INMARCESIBLE

INMARCESIBLE - 10

Eric_

I waited for her by her locker after classes but the Turtle was nowhere in sight. Its been twenty minutes since I was waiting but still not a glimpse of that girl to be found and my patience was running thin. It seems like I was going to be ditched once more. Hmph! As if I was going to let her ditch me ever again. Once was more than enough humiliating. If she was not going to come to me on her own accord then I was going to compel her to come to me.

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Saraphina_

"Erm... Sara, not to pry or anything, if I am correct you are hiding from Eric Warnard here, am I right?" Lena made me jump out of my skin in fright when she suddenly came up from behind and whispered into my ears. Not that I was normally jumpy or anything but this Eric Warnard guy was really taking a toll on me. Within a mere two weeks of knowing this guy, this guy had me life turn upside down. Now, thanks to him I was always anxious, paranoid and edgy. As if he would just jump out of nowhere and 'BOO' me into oblivion. All I wanted was a quiet little life but he just came like a whirlwind and wreaked havoc in my life without breaking a sweat. And now he had me running and hiding around in libraries and empty class rooms. God, what have I ever done to deserve this!

I gave her a reluctant smile and sighed in distress. "Yeah, you could say that."

"Err.. do you think it is a good idea to hide from him?" She asked.

Of course not. That guy was dangerous. And weird. And dangerous again. There was something about him that did not feel right. And then again, there was the matter of his vanished death date. That was the whole reason why I did not want to involve myself with that guy. But that birdbrian didn't seem to get the hint and kept on perusing me. Hence now I was stuck with running and hiding just to get him off my back.

"I have no other choice." I sighed yet again.

Lena patted my shoulders softly, trying to cheer me up in her own little way, which was very nice of her. I looked at the worried look on her face and I couldn't help but smile a little. In all these years I'd survived in the human society, I never had anyone other than my family look at me like that. It was a ...... refreshing look.

"Saraphina Valdez is report to the principal's office this instant. I repeat, Saraphina Valdez of class A-1 is to immediately report to the principal's office." The tinny grating announcement rang in my ears suddenly and I looked at Lena. Both of us had the faces of utter terror.

Being called to the principal's office was something very grave in Verona high. People were hardly ever called to the principal's office. If they were, it was either a suspension, or an expulsion.

Dread owned me, pushing against me like an invisible gale, attempting to reverse my steps back to my only almost friend Lena as I made my way to the principal's office. People were staring and whispering behind me as I walked amidst the crowd and I couldn't help feeling any worse with each passing moment. Very much like a goat which was on it's way to be slathered.

I said a silent prayer and after taking in a deep breath stepped into the lion's den, I mean the vile principal Headly's office.

"Ah! Miss Valdez, you're here." The man in his late forties said in a gruff voice.

"Ye-Yes sir." I mumbled back. Principal Headly had a hawkish air about him. His hair line was receding rapidly toward an ever growing patch of sparse hair at the back. His nose was curved and huge and he had eyes of palest blue that fixed you in ice should you dare disagree or talk out of turn. In short, he looked like he could screw you over and bat an eyelash over it.