I awoke with a start, to banging from downstairs in the kitchen. I sat up, rubbing the sleep from my eyes as the sunlight streamed through the one window in my bedroom making me quint, still not fully awake. Under the window was my window seat with clothes and books scattered on and around it. I glanced at the clock and jumped out of bed with a curse. It was almost seven and if I didn't leave in the next fifteen minutes I'd be late for school. I ran to my dresser and grabbed a pair of skinny jeans and a dark green sweater. I pulled them on with as much grace as a spider on roller skates and darted into my bathroom and looked in the mirror. I groaned inwardly as I took in the rats nest I called my hair, I grabbed a brush and hastily brushed through my long, strawberry blonde hair, I mentally reminded myself to schedule a haircut as it was almost touching my butt. I gave up mid way through and just pulled it into a messy bun on top of my head. I grabbed my usual pair of silver dangly leaf eating and put them on. They tinkled as I flitted around my bathroom going through my morning routine, brush teeth, wash face, and apply a thin layer of mascara to the eyelashes that lined my blue eyes and I was done. I ran back into my room and practically threw my whole closet to the middle of my room looking for my brown boots only to find them on the other side of my bed where I left them yesterday. I zipped them up, grabbed my bag and zipped down the stairs in record time. I ran into the kitchen and saw the source of the banging that had awoken me up this morning. Annette, my housekeeper, had all the drawers and cabinets open and emptied of the contents, which were spread across the dining room table. She looked up as I entered "'Bout time you got up I thought I'd have to send Banana in there to wake you up" she said with a pointed look at Banana, my giant yellow lab who was currently standing behind a baby gate at the doorway whipping his tail back and forth excitedly as he heard his name. He barked and I laughed. "Like you'd go anywhere near him." Annette hated Banana and had ever since her first day when he'd peed on her favorite coat. I looked around again at the chaos that was my kitchen at the moment. "What are you doing?" I asked as I walked over to Banana to feed him and give him a pet. "I was putting the dishes away and realized that the dishes were coming out dirtier than if you'd already used them and decided to deep clean all of the cabinets." Annette said a she viciously scrubbed at a spot in one of the drawers. I just rolled my eyes and glanced at the clock. I grabbed my keys off the counter while yelling over my shoulder to Annette "Good luck with that, I'm gonna be late so bye!" I didn't wait for an answer as I closed the door behind me. I ran down the stairs of my front porch and jumped into my car. Dad had finally bought a house after l told him how much I hated living in apartments after Seventeen years, and when he though he could travel for long periods of time without worrying about me. I was glad, I loved my house. It was white with dark blue shutters and a fenced in yard that was good for Banana. It had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living room. My dad and I only took up two bedrooms and he was barely home enough to use it. My bedroom was cozy, it was on the smaller side with only one window. I had decorated it with a woodsy vibe, with the light forrest green walls, brown furniture, and my bed frame that looked like vines I'de say it was pretty darn close to a forrest. I pulled out of my driveway down the street. It took all of ten minutes to get to my school. I was about to pull into my normal parking space but it was already full. I furrowed my brow and was a bit confused considering I had parked in this same spot for the past year. I pulled into a spot across from it a bit pissed off and watched the car in my rearview mirror. I watched as a girl with short, black spiky hair emerged from the car along with two other boys and even though she was glaring at anything that moved her face was gorgeous, with sharp features and amber eyes that were lined with this eyelashes that had clearly been curled meticulously. The boys trailed after her slowly as she stomped into the school's front door. The shorter of the two, still tall to me with my five foot nothing, was talking animatedly about something and I examined his face. He had a bright, warm smile that I knew would instantly attract all the girls in the school to him. He was really cute I thought, he had amber colored eyes like the girl but his were almond shaped, he had blonde hair that was gelled out in every direction. I looked at the other boy then and was surprised to see him looking in my direction. Uh, make that glaring in my direction. I looked away blushing, embarrassed at getting caught staring but also thinking about the electric green eyes that had locked with mine. I glanced back up but he'd turned away and I examined him. He had pitch black hair that hung in his eyes, a strong jaw and high cheek bones. "Well damn since when did we have such hot guys walking around here?" Liz said and I screamed at the blonde girl that had appeared out of thin air in my passenger seat. A few people turned their head but since I was still in the car my scream had been muffled. I clutched my chest breathing heavily and Liz just laughed. I grabbed my fake cell phone that I had just for situations like these and held it to my ear like I was talking into it. I glared at Liz who was still laughing. "God! How many times do I have to tell you not to do that!" I yelled still holding the phone to my ear just in case someone was watching and thought I was crazy for talking to myself.
"What? its like the only entertainment I get as a ghost!" She said still holding back giggles.
"Liz I told you that I can't talk to you at school, someone might suspect something" I gave her a stern look and she sobered up but gave me puppy dog eyes "Oh come on!" she whined "you have your phone thing so it just looks like your talking on the phone, and I was just commenting on the new hotties roaming around."
"Still, being a necromancer is hard enough having to deal with and ignore the ghosts that I don't know that try talking to me at school, I just don't wanna be sent to some loony bin" I said a bit desperately as I tried to get her to understand.
"Ok, Ok I won't appear at school anymore." she said poutily "But you can't stop me from watching you!" she announced and disappeared. I sighed and grumbled about noisy ghost sticking their noses in other peoples business, knowing Liz was probably watching.
I reached in the back seat shaking my head grabbed my bag and got out of the car. I walked into the school as everyone was at their lockers. As I walked to mine I thought about the kids I'd seen in the parking lot. I guess they're new? that'd explain why they didn't know that was my packing space. The reminder of the parking space made me irritated, I'd have to get here early for the next few days so they got the message that the space was taken. I groaned at the thought of having to get up earlier than I already do and got a few looks from people around me. I ignored the strange looks and as I neared my locker I saw a familiar face leaning against it. "Hey" I said to Nate, my best friend, as I opened my locker. "Someone's later than usual" Nate said with a smirk. "Yeah I forgot to set my alarm last night." I grinned up at him. He was almost a foot taller than me.
"So did you finished Mr. Nash's english assignment?" he looked hopeful and a bit nervous
"Yes" I eyed him warily expecting him to ask for it
"Great! So you're not doing anything after school?" he asked still looking pretty nervous and my stomach sank a little as I realized what he was about to do. I've known for a while that Nate liked me but him being my best friend complicates things. I don't like him as more than a friend, not that he's not cute or anything, on the contrary he is actually one of the most sought out guys in school with his bright blue eyes, red hair, and dazzling smile. But I've just never seen him like that, and was dead set on becoming more, and every time I sensed that he was about to ask me out I'd make some excuse about my dad coming home or my Aunt Lauren wanting to spend time together.
"Actually I'm helping Annette with a project she's working on" I lied smoothly, not looking at him as I put my books in my locker. I saw his shoulders slump a little in the corner of my eye and a twinge of guilt hit me.
"Oh, ok never mind then" He said glumly. I regretted rejecting him but I disliked the alternative more. "if you want you can come over after dinner and we can study? Maybe watch a movie too?" I said knowing he wouldn't read to much into it. We did that at least twice a week. He perked up a little "Sure that sounds good, but I need to get to class" he said as he glanced at his watch. "Ok see you later" I said turning to go to my class too. "bye" he called over his shoulder. I walked briskly to my first period class. I had geometry first period and if that wasn't the worst time to take a math class I don't know what was. I almost always fall asleep in that class which is why the teacher, Mrs. Talbot hated me. I walked in with a few minutes to spare and found my seat. Mrs. Talbot was sitting at her desk looking over past homework. I pulled out my notebook and turned to a blank page, grabbed a few pencils and laid them out in front of me. Mrs. Talbot cleared her throat and I looked up. Standing next to her was the boys I saw in the parking lot. "Ok everyone as I'm sure you've realized we have some new students. This is Simon Bae and Derek Souza, they'll be joining our class from now on" She was wearing a tight smile, clearly not fond the theatrics. When she didn't get a response from the class she sighed and said "ok, you can go find a seat boys" she gestured to the seats and grabbed a marker to start writing the assignments for today down. Simon and Derek, as I'd learn their names, seamed to be walking straight to me and I quickly realized that there were only two seats open and one was beside me and one was behind. I met Simons eyes as he sat down next to me and he smiled and said quietly "hey". I couldn't help but smile back shyly and whisper "hi". He smiled at my response and started getting settled at his desk. I glanced up at Derek and my smile that was lingering from my interaction was instantly wiped from my face as I met his shockingly green eyes. He was glaring at me again. I got a little angry then. What right does he have to glare at me? what'd I ever do to him? I changed my expression to one of defiance as he walked past and sat behind me. Simon glanced between me and Derek with a concerned look. I huffed and turned straight forward in m seat to take notes, but as soon as I remember what class I was in I slumped down and propped my head up on my hand. After a few minutes I began to doze until, without me realizing she'd moved, Mrs. Talbot slammed a book on my desk, making me yelp and jerk awake. "Ms. Saunders, I suggest you nap in your free time, not In my class." I met her cold gaze and blushed, mumbling apologies. She walked away and I heard someone snort behind me. I turned to snap at the person who laughed at me and met the smirk of Derek. I gave him my best glare and turned back around only to hear him snort again. He's laughing at me, great, way to be intimidating chloe I bet he's really scared now. I fumed silently until the bell rang. I quickly gathered my things before I could run into Derek again and left the classroom swiftly. One things for sure I do NOT like Derek Souza.
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed it and I'm always welcome constructive criticism! I'll be doing Derek's POV in later chapters but for now I'm going to stick with Chloe's POV. I'll try and update as soon as I can :)