------- The throbbing pain in my heart. What is it? It's the pain of being rejected. The love I have for her is so immense that it could kill me if I didn't see her everyday. Yes. I'm dying of love. As I see her walk away, she glances at me and kisses me goodbye. The way she sadly smiles, the way her eyes dance with the moonlight. It's enchanting. Lying on the grass gasling for air as I clutch the side of my chest, my heart beats quickly as I whisper my goodbyes. "I love you." I couldn't talk, I couldn't move. The omly thing I could do was think, and cry. The way my cold tears slid down my face, it makes me feel warm inside, knowing that I admitted it and was turned down. I can finally rest in peace. The stars glitter and dance with the moon, as I hold in a breath and let it out. It was my last moment here in this dreary world, and to waste it was a sin. Paralyzed and mute, all I could do was watch the dabce up in the sky, as my eyelids slowly close, and I leave. ------- Chapter 1, Waking Up ------- I really couldn't decipher the reason why I wasn't being homeschooled anymore. Was it because of my attitude and behaviour? Or did my tutor retire? "Chrystaline?" My mother called me, and I walked down the stairs faking a smile. I knew it was time for me to say goodbye to Steve, her current boyfriend. "I really like you Steve, but I reallt don't think it's right for us to be together..." Steve nodded, and he sighed. "Angelique, I really hope your future would be... More..." He stopped and sighed again. He grabbed his bags and hailed a cab, whilst I stood next to my mother and waved goodbye. "Goobye Steven." "Bye Steve." As he waved goodbye, I walked back upstairs, but I was interrupted by my mom's furious shriek. "GREAT!" I let her have her breakdown as it was natural for her. It wasn't the first time she had rejected a man and blamed him to leaving her, it was natural. It was her 8th boyfriend, Steve, and I barely even liked him. He smoked too much and was a pain in the ass. Jobless too. It was like caring for a homeless person, yet I bore the guilt of having to have him leave. Would he finally find a job or become homeless? As I scribbled away in my diary, I let out a sigh of relief. No more stress, mom could finally relax. "Thank God..." ------ So tired. e.e
------ It was school day. The warm autumn wind flew into my room, the breeze caressing my skin. Walking to the closet, I pulled out a orange top and jean shorts, pulling on my beige mini boots. Grabbing my backpack, I headed out the door, kissing my younger sister's forehead and hugging my precious pominerian. "Chrystaline?" My sister tugged onto my shirt and I looked at her, kneeling down, and poked her forehead. "Mmm?" She smiled at me and ran away, my precious pomenarian following her. It was a typical day, starting highschool, being an ordinary freshman. Thinking about school, I hopped onto my bike and rode to school, daring to break any rules, daring to be a rebel. -------- "Class dismissed." Finishing the most boring subject of them all, I finally managed to get myself up, after sleeping through the entire intermineable period. "Miss Jackson?" Miss Hershay called for me, and I walked to her, not making a sound as I put my most disinterested, bemused expression on my face. "Yes?" "Would you mind keeping Mr. Fredricksom company?" Hershay was pointing at a blonde haired boy, who was looking out the window, listening to nature sing. "Mind I ask why?" "His parents went through a horrible accident, and he's... Anti-social. Considering you have so many friends, I wonder if you could..." "Be friends with him? Sure!" I fake smiled. Daniel Fredrickson. Known to be the most obnoxious, anti-social person in the entire school. "He's a junior." I raised my eyebrows. "He's also my nephew." I raised my eyebrow again. "... Well, I'm only taking care of him. I'm his guardian, since he was too young, and it was too late for him to be emancipated." I let down one of my eyebrows. "I was a close friend of their parents." I let down my other eyebrow. "Oh..." We both looked away. It was not until i broke the silence by saying goodbye and walking out of the class, letting her grade the test papers and such. ------ ^_^
------ Chapter 2, Memories. ------ Daniel's POV ------ School had ended, I grabbed my backpack and slung it over my shoulders. 'It's gunna be a long, boring fourteen years.' "?" Chrystalline Jackson, the school's most famous, outrageous rebel was running to her friend, Masie, who was sitting on the front of her truck smoking a cigarette. "HEY MASIE!" As the girls were being girls, I slunked back down on the school wall and looked down. The world had changed so much, and I wasn't sure I would be able to adapt to the new enviroment. "..." ------ I looked over my shoulders and saw Daniel, who was looking down on the ground. "I'll be back later Masie." Sighing, Masie smoked another cigarette and I walked over to Daniel, ready to start a normal conversation with him, like I promised Miss Hershay. I leaned down to look at him properly, and he kept playing with his hands. "Hey Daniel?" "What do you want?" Daniel had looked up, his expression solemn and bemused. "I was wondering... Would you like to-" I was interrupted with a huge scream followed by many others, Masie jumping off her truck, running away with the other dozens of students lounging around in the school car park area. As I turned to see who was causing the commotion, I heard gunshots. "?!" Me and Daniel both got up, looking at the group of masked men. "..." I turned around to see Daniel, who was now shaking. Was he scared? "Who are they..?" The three men were holding guns, and I just stood there dumbfounded. "RUN!" Daniel grabbed me hand and we left the carpark, him jumping onto his motorcycle with me sitting behind. "What?!" -------- ._.