New Mysteries

Sonya

Meredith opened the door of  my room. Heels clicking on the creaky floor.

I was asleep, but not for long. Meredith dropped a stack of papers on my

stomach. “Ah, Meredith! I was sleeping!”, “Yeah, well now you are

working”. I  examined the stack of papers before me  . “There’s no way I

have this much missed work from one day of school.”No you don’t, but I

have three days of missed homework”. “Are you crazy! I’m not doing your

homework!”. “Yes, you are. you owe it to me”. “What?!”, “You ruined my

social life, so it’s only fair, in fact, I’m being generous. Have fun, sissy”. I 

 took one look at the stack of papers before me and when Meredith left

the room, I threw a pencil at the closed door. Everything was falling apart.

My mother was gone, sister hated me, and father too busy to even notice.

No way was I doing all of Meredith’s work! I  noticed my sketchbook and

decided I  needed to vent. After I  was halfway finished I  heard someone

enter the shop. “There she is!”, it was Britney! “Where’s your loser

sister?”. I  rushed down the stairs. “I’m right here Britney! Leave my sister

out of this!”. Britney turns around and snarls her wicked lip gloss snarl. The

inhabitant of the lipstick jungle gets ready to strike. “I don’t know what

your deal is with Justin, but you better step off goth.” I chuckle a bit,

nobody has ever really considered me goth before. “Why don’t you keep

your little pet on a leash Britney, it’s not my fault he follows me around, in

fact, it’s a bit annoying.”  I can tell she’s angry now. She stomps up to me,

showing her newly polished nails. “I will use these.”, she says, trying to be

threatening. “Piggy pink polish? Yes now I’m so terrified.” She pulls out her

cell phone. “You don’t step off, your sister’s rep will be in danger of social

homicide.” “I told you to leave her out of this!” Suddenly, I hear the back

door swing open. Everyone in the shop pauses as Darius walks into the

main room. “Is there a problem here ladies?”, he asks. Meredith and

Britney gasp.  “Not at all. “, I say. I turn to Britney. “I’m afraid you have to

leave now. You are not a costumer and you are disturbing the peace.”

Britney slaps a pack of gum on the counter and glares at me and then looks

to Darius haphazardly. “Seems like you’ve got a pet of your own Sonya.”

“He’s just a costumer Britney.” “Don’t most costumers use the front

entrance?” “He is here to pick up an order, I told him to go to the back to

pick it up. Now, if you are done trying to intrude, I’ve got work to do.” “I’m

sure,” she smirks, “But this isn’t over Sonya.” She says as she parades out

of the shop. I look at Meredith. “Watch the shop for a few minutes, I’ll be

back.” Darius follows me out the back door. When we are far enough

away, I turn to him. “What the hell are you doing here?”. “I heard trouble

starting in the shop, figured you might need help.” “With Britney? Please, I

could squash her with her own heels.” “Then why did your confidence

drastically increase when I entered?” “Yeah right,”  “You just want praise

for scaring some preps. One who happens to be my sister.” He grows wide

eyed and chuckles. “That thing is your sister?”. I nod “Another inhabitant

of the lipstick jungle.” “That’s a good one.” “Yeah, I guess it comes with

being an artist. What made you decide to intervene anyways? You could

get yourself in serious trouble.” “You worried?”, he smirks. “No, but you

should be.” He smiles confidently. “Threats don’t scare me.” I look to the

shop.  “I gotta get back, we’ll settle this later.” I say as I start to head back

to the shop. “Looking forward to it.” He calls. I  feel my face grow red but

why I wasn’t sure. The rest of the night, I do not think about Britney, or

Meredith, or even my mother. I think about a confident and flirtatious

vampire boy, geez what a pleasant change. A whole new mystery I needed

to work out.

Author's Note

a chapter by Katie

Reviews

[Death Girl]

you need to work on this and soon please

[stars are far]

that was my first read for you .. but thats a great start .. i will continue reading..:)

[sonnetmoon]

This is a good start... however I would like to read more please make it longer!
-sonnetmoon

[writ rajat]

'Heels clicking on the creaky floor'''is a very beautiful mixture

[Lexi Villanueva]

I real like this pretty good I like this even though I've only now reaad one chapter. 98