Heavenly Love (on Hold)

Chapter 4

Comment, vote, fan, add to library, whatever you like! :D

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chapter 4: 

We arrived at Toronto's airport. Gabriel was very sweet and funny, and he had entertained me during the trip to keep my mind off my problem. 

But now the problem was here.

I looked around me as I walked to the luggage pick up. Gabriel had offered to come with me.

"I only have a small bag with me. All my personal belongings have been sent to the school already," he told me. I nodded and looked for my luggage. I found them and took one by one.

"Here, let me help," Gabriel offered. I looked at him and noticed he really did have only a small bag. Perhaps had a lap in there or something.

"There 5," I told him. I didn't want him to bother with me and my stupid clothes. Why did I pack my entire closet!? "I don't think we can take them all at the same time."

He shook his head. "Don't worry. We'll ask for help." He took two and so did I. I looked around.

"Who are we asking for help?"

Gabriel looked around and smiled. "Him." He pointed.

I looked towards the direction he was telling me, and frowned. How weird...this guy was very alike to the one in my dream, the only difference was that he had brown hair right now, not blonde as Luca.

"Who is he?" I asked Gabriel.

"He's Marco, my best friend," he answered looking at me. I nodded, still thinking. His smile faded.

"Something's wrong?" he asked.

I shook my head, "nah, I just confused him with...someone," I answered.

He instantly smiled and said "Of course."

I shrugged and Gabriel motioned Marco towards us. When Marco saw Gabriel, he instantly smiled, but when he saw me, he went white. Why do these guys go white when they see me?!

I'm not THAT bad, right?

I rolled my eyes and whispered to Gabriel, "why does everybody go white when they see me today?!"

Gabriel smiled and said, "Well, you are...unusual."

I'm sure he meant it as a compliment (or at least I hoped so), but still...unusual? Gee, thanks. I frowned and waited for Marco. He finally got to us and I introduced myself.

"Hey, sup. I'm Scarlett, nice meeting you, care to give me a hand?" I shook his hand (God, he was cold!) and then gave him the fifth luggage. The biggest one. He was well fit, I could see, so he should have no problems with that. He just stared at me and stood there like a statue.

I sighed in exasperation. "Dude, please! I need to find my school!"

That seemed to wake him up from his trance. He turned to Gabriel. "What?"

"What you heard, now move your ass!" I said, interrupting Gabriel who was about to say something. I'm the nicest person you'll ever meet, but I can be mean if I wanted to. I turned to Gabriel and pleaded with my eyes. Gabriel nodded and led me towards a lady that seemed too young to be in charge of a boarding school, but I assumed she was, seeing that she was telling loud teenagers to "shut the hell up and shit quietly and still until the school plane arrived". The school had a plane? Awesome.

"Uhm, Ms. Danielle?" Gabriel said tenderly. She turned to him and her face lit up. Wow, this guy had weird effects in people.  

"Hi, Gabriel! What happened?" she asked him while giving him an enormous hug. I don't know why but I felt anger rising in me when she did, but I instantly shook it off. She was a teacher and besides, I just met Gabriel! Still, it bothered me she hadn't noticed me standing a few steps behind Gabriel, and Marco literally breathing in my neck.

"Cut that!" I hissed to him and he instantly moved a few steps back.

Ms. Danielle finally let Gabriel go and looked at me. She smiled.

"Miss Sarah! It's good that you finally joined us!" she said and gave me a hug. I froze. She called me Sarah. Gabriel slapped himself.  

" 

Uhm, thank you, but my name is Scarlett. Sarah is my second name," I said the most sweetly and gently I could. She broke the hug and looked at me in the eye. The blue in her eyes were felt like ice, and I shivered gently under her stare.

"Gabriel? Can I talk to you?" she said still looking at me. She finally let me go and took Gabriel by the side, and had a very heated but hushed conversation with him.

I stood there, awkwardly, looking at the faces of the people sitting around. There weren't much, about 20 or 30, but I supposed this were only some students that lived in America or North America.

As I was analyzing the faces without being too obvious, I noticed they were ALL staring at me. I thought they noticed me analyzing them, so I looked away, but I still could feel the stare in my back. I looked at a blonde guy directly in the eye.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer," I told him, and waited for a cocky response, but to my utter surprise, he took out his camera and snapped a picture of me.  

Then all the students were doing the same.

I felt my mouth fall in surprise. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PEOPLE?

I felt some strong arms go around me and cover me with himself (it had to be a boy), and he snarled at them.

"Stop it you mad people!" I could hear venom in his voice. I think it was Marco. I then felt a delicate hand grasp my wrist and pull me towards the bathroom.

"Let go! LET ME GO!" I cried but a hand surrounded my mouth.  

" Shush! Scarlett, shut up! It's me, Miss Danielle," she whispered.  

I relaxed. She let go.

"What happened out there?! Why do people act as if I'm God's daughter or something? Why does everybody I've met in the last 3 hours go totally pale? Why did you called me Sarah? Why did my mother say she had loved me like a daughter? She's not my mom? I NEED ANSWERS!" I shoot question after question, not letting her answer, and I could feel anger rising in me. Something was happening here, there was a secret, and they hadn't told me. Somehow, I knew Miss. Danielle would have the answers I needed.

She looked calmly at me and nodded.

"Scarlett, let's start from the beginning okay?"

She took out a pocket clock and gave it some turns. I heard a buzzing in my ears and a cold breeze passed by me. I tightened my jacket. Miss Danielle continued turning the clock hands. I frowned. The breeze got stronger and stronger, and Miss Danielle's hair was flying all over the place. Mine was still. I was getting scared.

"Miss Danielle, what's happening?" I asked over the buzzing that now could be heard everywhere. Then the earth began shaking.

"MISS DANIELLE!" I yelled. I got closer to her and hugged her for support. She had a blank look in her face. I shook her several times.

"MISS DANIELLE! Please, please, what's happening?"

"Rape Praeterita!" Miss. Danielle yelled and everything around me started to spin. I screamed.

Then, as fast as it had started, it stopped. I opened my eyes, and my mouth fell. I looked at Miss. Danielle, and she was smiling.

I looked around again.

I tried to say a few words, but my voice was very shaky. I cleared my throat.

"Miss. Danielle, can you please explain me WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST?!"

The gray Miss. Danielle turned to me and smiled.

"Welcome to the beginning."

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

so am I any good? yes? no? you love it? you hate it? you like it? suggestions? comments?