Why Me?

Chapter 3

On the side is Jasper :D

Noor:

            I felt like killing Sophia. First she completely goes off on me and then she blames the whole thing on me. I was fuming the whole day. People were giving me weird looks and whispering about the ‘almost fight’ and I glared at the ground and wished I could run far, far away from school. I purposely went out of my way to avoid Sophia. I could only hope that Jasper hadn’t been in the cafeteria to hear what Sophia had said. If he did, maybe I would kill myself. He was only in one of my classes, and that was my last one. Every day I had silently gone past him to get to my seat, staring at the ground and trying not to notice that he was staring at me. It was plain creepy.

            Today I had to stand outside the class and take a few deep breaths before I went inside. When I did, I felt a wave of relief when I saw that he wasn't in his seat. I started towards my seat when I noticed that he was sitting at a different desk. And it was right next to mine. My heart pounding, I stepped over his legs which were so long that they were blocking the whole aisle. He sat like that everyday. With his legs sprawled out and slouching as if he didn't have a care in the world. I sat down in my seat and took out my notebook as the teacher started talking.

            “Psst,” Jasper hissed. I jerked in my seat, startled. I glanced over to see him smiling amusedly and I frowned at him then turned back to my work.

            “Hey.  Noor,” Jasper said a bit louder. I ignored him. People around us were starting to turn around and look at us. Jasper reached out one of his long legs and kicked me in the leg. I turned to glare at him.

            “What?” I hissed back.

            “I heard what happened at lunch,” he said. Of course he did. “Are you scared of me?” I didn't know how to answer that question. I was a little afraid of him, but that was because he was in my dreams. And also because everytime I looked at him he was staring at me with a perplexed look on his face. Luckily I was saved from answering the question by the teacher who gave us both a warning glare. At the end of the class I quickly got my stuff and left, then got lost in the crowd before Jasper could ask me again.

            After the long day of school had finally ended, I went outside, dreading being in the same car as Sophia. When I got there, she was chatting animatedly with a group of friends. Her friends slowly started drifting away and she got out her cellphone and called someone. After a few minutes of talking she flipped it closed and grinned at the last friend who was standing next to her.  I saw Jerry’s car then, and slowly made my way towards it. I got in the front seat.

            “Hi Jerry,” I said absent-mindedly, making an effort to sound like nothing was wrong.

            “I told you a million times, call me Dad,” he said immediately. I stayed silent.  He sighed.

            “Where’s Sophia?” I asked, trying to look bored and indifferent.

            “Oh, she’s going to her friends house. I think her name was Allie, or something like that. Why aren’t you going?”

            “I wasn't invited,” I said, looking out the window.  I was relieved.  I had been dreading being in the same house with Sophia the whole day. It would have been torture not talking to her. At home, I made the excuse of having homework and went upstairs then flopped onto the bed, thinking about how horrible the day had been. First, I have an emotional breakdown, and then I have a fight with my twin. This was already looking worse than being at the orphanage. At least there, we had been together. I was lost in my depressed thoughts when I felt my phone vibrate. Startled, I took it out of my pocket and looked at the screen.  I hadn’t told anyone my number. Someone had sent me a text. It read: