Enigmatic ✔

2|Whispers

Stella

My mother was a teacher and so that meant I would drive with her to school, other children were most likely embarrassed at the thought of their parents working at the school where they went to but I actually enjoyed. Quite fond of the thought.

My mother and I advance towards the school together, this thing where children are embarrassed by their parents is very odd to me. Although, I might admit, I am a tad biased as I've known my mother to be nothing but polite.

A few indiscretions here and there but nothing major. After arriving into the school my mother bids her goodbyes and walks to her classroms whilst I go to my locker.

With a smiling face Issac comes to greet me, "I brought you that French dictionary you asked for" He smiles. Oh thank godness, he remembered.

"You have made my life so much better Issac" I smile.

"What I'm here for" He responds before the bell goes off, "Walk you to class?"

"Of course" I accept his offers, Issac was the sweetest. But before I could walk off, the whispers started.

I heard he killed both his parents.

Is he really back at school?

I'm definitely keeping my distance.

But he's so hot though.

I wonder if he really did it.

I heard he has squirrels for breakfast.

I would sleep with Hunter.

Hudson is like those creepy cannibals in Wrong turn.

Hudson screams bad news and death. I swear.

Those were just some off the comments my ears could pick up. I had hoped Hudson had chose to move out of the town as then my father's plan would've been irrelevant, now I had to do as promised and pursue Hunter.

A path was cleared for him in seconds, nobody dared to make eye contact, he stepped through the halls each stomp left chaos and destruction in it's trail. Father was absolutely out of his mind if he think I would end up unharmed, Hudson would harm me, but it was a risk I just had to take. Until the show was over, everyone kept quiet and waited for Hudson to leave the hall, once he finally did the whispers began again.

"He gives me the creeps" Issac is quick to say.

I peel my eyes away from the crowd to respond to him, "Yes, he does" I answer back, "Shall we?" Issac questions.

I nod my head slowly so Issac and I continue on our way to class.

I sat at the front of the class as usual with Issac beside me, a boy came in late and the teacher instantly attacked her, gave her detention, detention on the first day wasn't good my dear.

In class the teacher had, as usual ask us to stand and introduce themselves, as soon as I stood up, some immature boys got on their knees to bow, they were so annoying.

"Your highness" One of the had the courage to say. They teased me saying the way I spoke belonged in the times of royalty, they lacked the brain cells to know that royalty still existed up until this day.

As I said before, idiotic behavior like this was ignored, but before I could speak Hudson and his friends walked through the front door.

The teacher said nothing when she saw them only looked the other way, why not attack them and give them detention?

That was completely unfair! The teacher was completely  unfair.

But nevertheless I continued to introduce myself, "I'm Stella Burman and I'm delighted to have you as my teacher this year,  Ms. Jerard"

"Reciprocated" She speaks. Even though Ms. Jerard is unfair, she is very intelligent, I liked that about her.

I smile before sitting down, the other students continued to introduce themselves, until it was time for Hudson and his friends. For some reason the whole class didn't turn to face them as they had done to everyone else, I get that they think he slaughtered his parents and his friends probably helped him do so but loking at him, definitely will not kill you, well maybe their parents had warned them to stay away from him, as father did, before changing his mind.

I didn't expect them to stand and they didn't either, they just stared at the teacher and she got the message and then continued with her class. Unfortunately, she only went through the topics we would be doing during the semester, I was quite excited to learn something new.

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That night, I had spent my free time watching a documentary on the universe. It was quite fascinating.

I looked at the time, my three hours are up. I did my nightly stretch and then prepared for bed, but something else caught my attention as I looked through the window and saw someone jogging. Is that Hudson?

My curiosity led me on the front porch as I watched Hudson continue down the street, for some odd reason my feet begin moving, I follow him. Could he perhaps be leading me to something my father could use against him? The faster he led me to it, the quicker I was able to return to my daily routine.

But in all my effort to keep up, I loose him.

Standing in the moonlight, I hear a deep breath behind me, a heat suddenly creeps up my skin.

"Is there a specific reason as to why your following me?"

It's Hudson, he knows what I've been up to.

"Is there a specific reason as to why you chose to stop your nightly jogging to scare a young lady on a nightly stroll, a young lady who has been minding her own business on this fine night, I must say"

He moves from behind me, standing infront of me instead, the air is cold out tonight yet he's shirtless, "Is this suppose to intimidate me?" I found the urge to ask, I wanted him to know what he was up against and that I really wasn't afraid of him, infact I thought him a coward.

"I've heard about you" He tells me. Oh well good to know. I fight the urge to roll my eyes as mother thought it was an unpleasant way to respond to someone, but, he was an unpleasant person.

"And?" I was quite bored with all these statements he was throwing at me, I've clearly accomplished nothing tonight, and I would just rather go to bed then.

"Your father tried to have me thrown in prison" He responds. This conversation gets more boring by the second.

"Good night Hudson" I tell him. I couldn't stay and talk any longer, he was starting to upset me, why question things you already know the answer to?

"Send a message to your father for me? Tell him to stay out of my business"

He jogs off into the night as I go back up to my room, preparing for bed once again.

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