CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER TWO

"S**t! S**t s**t s**t!" I shout as I rush toward the door, half naked. Apparently, my alarm clock is not loud enough to wake my lazy a*s up. I almost stumble into the doorknob when I make my way through the corridor into the bathroom, that was a close one. "Oh, I'm so dead!" I mutter as I brush my teeth quickly, if you can call that half-assed effort 'brushing', and run back to my room. I pick up my clothes and wear them while going out. 

    As I run past the living room to the exit, I catch a glimpse of the news, just some unimportant announcement, this feels familiar, but I can't put my finger on it.

I get to school and walk past the guard having his coffee. I run through the hallway, hurrying up even though I am already so late. 

    I arrive to class and hesitate before opening the door slowly, I somehow felt the teacher was right next to the door, what's going on?

    Cautiously, I walk towards my seat next to Michael, I feel a bit sick.

    "Yo, check this s**t out" He says and hands me some dope in the middle of the class, why am I not surprised? Michael is not the brightest candle out there, but he means well.

    I bob forwards to dodge a smack from behind and turn around to see Chloe, a bit surprised, but mostly disapproving. Chloe is my best friend, and also the toughest chick out there, believe me.

    "Chloe, can I explain later please?" I ask, feeling dizzy and too impatient to mock her.

    "Uh.. Yeah ok. Is everything alright?" She asks, a bit worried, I almost never call her Chloe.

    "I'm not sure, but probably just a headache, don't worry"

    Yesterday I blew Chloe and Tyson off, we were supposed to meet up at his place, but I was taking care of my mother, her brother died in the attack, and she was mourning his death. Although it was yesterday, it feels a bit more distant.

After a while, the bells ring and I advance to history class, as Chloe leaves for chemistry. I would’ve been jealous if I hadn’t known whom she was sitting with. 

    Next to Chloe were George and Madison, which weren’t so bad, along with Jake and Cole Miller, the trouble twins. 

    On his own, Cole isn’t so bad, he’s just a lab geek. But it’s his brother Jake who’s the problem, he’s a good for nothing bully, and he brings the bad side out of Cole, making the two of them unbearable douchebags. Jake also has the hots for Chloe, which is pretty funny, as she hates him even more than I do. 

Three exhausting hours pass by slowly, and we head to the anti-terrorism ceremony. 

    I sit next to Chloe and Tyson and I explain yesterday’s events, knowing they’ll forgive my actions. I can see Jake and Cole, sitting two rows in front of me, harass Miles, a weak nerd they like to pick on, I have this weird déjà vu, I think they're going to cut his shirt.

    I walk up to those two and slap Cole at the back of his head, telling them to quit being idiots for just a few minutes. Cole rises up quickly, while his face is filling with blood, he sends a huge fist right to my nose, I fall backwards and hit my head on the stair bars.

    Jake sees what's happening and fills with excitement and shouts "YEAH! Get 'em boy! F**K YOU ALL!".

    A random teacher is running toward us and yells at us to get out of the stadium before we'll 'be in big troubles'. We all walk out of the ceremony as Jake grins at me, mouthing "you're dead" silently. Tyson and Chloe look at me, worried and a bit disturbed.

    Outside, Jake and Cole take their bags and go away, I'm relieved they decided not to fight here.

I proceed to watch the ceremony from outside of the court, it's phony and boring as usual, recycling the contents of previous ceremonies, I guess most people just don't care about this anyway. It's 12:45PM and the school bells ring.. I've been through this!

    Before I manage to get a grip on what's happening, I hear a deafening BOOM! and turn to see a huge fire engulfing the court, WHAT THE F**K??