*ON HOLD* Broken Binds

Chapter two

I sighed in content as I walked down the covered sidewalk. I was surrounded on each side by magnificent oak trees that hung over the road like a protective canopy.

A gentle breeze whisked by flowing through my hair and stirring the multi-colored leaves that lay on the side of the road in a neat pile, well at least it used to be a neat pile.

I reached a cross section, and turned right, not left. Going left, was the shorter, faster, easier way...but, I couldn't. I couldn't bear to see her house.

The house that I spent most of my childhood in. The house that held so many memories for me, good and bad.

So, I took the long way everyday. It added five minutes to my walking time but at least I would have to go through an unbearable pain at the sight of her house.

I couldn't stand the heartbreak of knowing that she's never going to walk down those steps again, all because of me.

I sighed wiping away a traitor tear that escaped my eye. I promised myself I would move on.

I really have to stop making promises I can't keep.

I studied my surroundings as a distraction from the depressing thoughts that plagued my mind.

It was basically a normal autumn day in Cali, but I still saw the beauty in it.

Wishing I had a camera, I admired the beauty in simple things.

sighing once again I shook my head of any thoughts. they were giving me a headache.

well, that wasn't the only thing giving me a headache; Casper has been very persistent in trying to get into my head because I was blocking him.

He knew something was wrong, he always knew. That was the bad thing about having a twin; they know you, they are a part of you. A big part.

I rolled my eyes and opened my mind link to my idiotic twin.

'what Casper?' I asked in an agitated tone.

'Cel! you blocked are link again!!! what's wrong?' he asked in a worried voice.

I rolled my eyes, Casper was extremely over protective of me, even more so than the triplets.

' Casper I'm fine. I just wanted some time alone. I'm walking up the school steps as we speak' I told him and pushed through the front doors of my school and headed for my locker.

It was such a relief when I won the raffle for the lockers. Being a senior, we didn't automatically get lockers like the freshmen and sophomores did.

Seniors and juniors had to enter a raffle to see if we could get a locker. And trust me, I desperately needed a locker.

I put in my combination and just as my locker opened I was doused in confetti.

my hands flew up as an instinct and I gasped in shock.

I heard clapping and narrowed my eyes. I turned around and glared at my best friends.

"Oh my God CJ! your face was priceless!!!" my friend Johnathan exclaimed and my other friends; Giovanni, Justin, and of course, Casper...nodded and laughed in agreement.