Cele squinted at the clock, still it read 3:57 pm. She was about to pull
her hair strait out of her head. Being in school is one thing but having to
go to detention for a crime she didn't commit was unnerving. Courtney and
her little group were always trying way to hard to get Cele in trouble, and
Cele had always known why. Because she was beautiful, because she held
herself with grace, or maybe because she was the daughter of the richest
man in town.
Cele had it made, you see, Bret William's wife had a cancer that prevented her from having kids of their own. So, they adopted Cele, no one knew exactly where she came from, but her name had been there on the necklace, the chain that was on Cele's neck at that very moment. Cele couldn't remember her real mother or father, nor if she had any siblings. She was alone in the world.
Interrupting her thoughts the teacher walked into the classroom which was filled. Cele wrinkled her nose, it was Ms. Grafter, the meanest and rudest teacher she had since freshman year, not to mention the woman probably used five perfume bottles on herself this morning.
"Alright, you trouble makers, let's make sure everyones here, JONES!" Jesse Jones lifted his hand.
"Okay, GOODMAN!" Harry Goodman raised his hand.
"And for the fifth time this semester, CELEBWETH WILLIAMS!" Cele just nodded in her direction.
"Ahh, DRIER!"
Soon the attendance was over and Ms. Grafter started handing out papers for the students to copy. She smiled wickedly as she handed out the assignments.
"Copy these three times then you can go, and if I hear you talking you will start all over again," all the kids nodded quickly, and started to copy their papers. Cele looked at her paper, then she shifted her weight. The detention room was also a fourth grade classroom, and being a junior in high school, not to mention the tallest girl in 11th grade, it is hard to get comfortable when you are only about a foot off the ground.
Soon Cele had finished her assignment she handed it in and Ms. Grafter, though willing to do so, let her go. Cele wandered down the hall looking at the brightly colored walls, being close to the junior prom everyone was getting in the mood. Cele had been asked five times to go to the dance, though she had declined each one, Cele just never understood why kids made a big fuss over a stupid dance, sure she would go to the senior prom. But she didn't think she would go to the junior one, as she turned the corner she saw someone that made her groan. Bobby Sharp, captain of the football team, part of Courtney's group and a all around ass hole. He thought just because he was a good looking guy he could get all the girls, but not Cele she always looked for something more in a guy besides looks.
"What do you want Bobby?"Cele couldn't help but notice that it was her locker that he was leaning on.
"You,"he flashed one of his smiles that could send any normal girl to their knees, but Cele wasn't a normal girl.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but you'll have to sign on the waiting list, but you have to have a B average."
"Your words hit me like a thousand knives, it hurts to see you think so lowly of me," Bobby placed his hands over his heart as he said this.
"Good,"she tried to move around him but couldn't.
"Come to the junior prom with me?" he requested.
"Hmm, let me think, uh, NO!" Cele finally shoved him away, and opened her locker, but she still felt his gaze on her back.
"Please,"
"NO"
"Please, my little fairy?" he lightly touched her left ear. Cele fumed, no one ever called her by that name but her father, and no one, no one, ever touched the one thing that made her different, besides her height, her ears.
She hastily grabbed the rest of her books and shoved Bobby out of her way, but not before giving him a piece of her mind.
"If you ever call me that again, or if you touch my ears, I will kick you in the crotch you will be singing like the chipmunks for the rest of your life," her voice dripped will menace, and Bobby not willing to argue with getting his manhood taken, walked quickly away. Cele watched as the cretin walked away, she then flipped her long blond hair over her shoulder and walked toward the parking lot.
*
"ANOTHER DETENTION!!!" Cele's mom, Iris, screamed.
Cele did not argue, for when her mom was mad it was hopeless to even try to reason.
"Do you understand?"
"Yes mom," Cele said when her mom had finished her lecture, her mom may be shorter than her with black hair and brown eyes, but she was still her mother, the person who had raised her. And Cele had great respect towards the older woman.
"Now go wash up, the Sharps are coming over for dinner," the black haired woman walked out to the living room. Cele waited till her mom was out of the room, when she was gone Cele banged her head on the banster. Two encounters with Bobby Sharp in one day, too much for comfort.
"Man, where's a virus when ya need one," she would have to put on something big, so Bobby wouldn't be drooling all over her like he did a school when she had tight things on. Cele went up to her closet and picked out some baggy jeans and a sweatshirt about three times too big for her.
She sang a small tune as she dressed:
I don't know
what words I can say
the wind has a way
to talk to me
flowers sing
a silent lullaby
I pray for reply
I'm ready
I was a small tune that had been in her dreams since as far as she could remember. She had looked all over the internet and had never found a match to it, not even the whole song.
Cele left half of her hair down and half in a ponytail (ya know the hair that Legolas wears except for the braids). She heard talking downstairs and knew that the Sharps were in the building. Cele took the back stairs, so as not to make an unneeded entrance. She quickly passed by the chef and exited out the door, but soon found herself in the presence of her father.
"Hi daddy," Cele said and gave her dad a hug.
"Hi fairy, I thought you were coming down the other stairs." Bret gave her a look that said "spill it'
"I didn't want to see him," Cele looked away she could never keep a secret form her dad unless she really had to.
"Well he brought you flowers,"
"Oh joy,"
"Come on, Billi's there, I'm sure you could talk to her," Her dad kissed her forehead lightly, which didn't take a lot of leaning because she was the same height as her dad.
"Okay," Cele let her father win. And Billi, Cele's best friend since the first grade was there, so maybe it wouldn't be as bad. Billi was nothing like her brother, she had red hair which was to her shoulders, and bright green eyes. Many said they were both so different that no one ever imagined they could be best friends.
Cele entered the dining room to see her mom and Mrs. Sharp gossiping about who know what, Bobby talking to his father and Billi waiting for Cele to come into the room. She took a seat next to Billi, and it was unfortunaly across from Bobby, Cele and Billi imediatly started to talk.
Soon the food came and the conversation of the kids stopped, Cele was about to put the fork into her mouth when she felt something nuzzle her foot. She looked up to see Bobby wink at her, she smiled sweetly......then rammed the heel of her foot into his toes. Bobby made a little noise and ran out to another room, the eating stopped as they listened to Bobby yelp in pain. Cele smiled to herself then continued eating.
Later that night everyone had gone home except for Billi who had been allowed to stay over night. Cele and Billi were reading some magazine article about how a orphan 16 year old had found her real mom and dad. Billi then asked something.
"Do you ever wonder who your real parents are, Cele?"
Cele looked down she had been thinking about it more as she got older.
"Yeah, but I never really think about it too much, but I did get this necklace from the orphanage I had been in before Dad and Mom adopted me,"
"Can I see it?" Cele nodded and got up, going over to her jewelry box and opened it, then she took out a chain and handed it to Billi. Billi looked at it in wonder, it was beautiful, aquamarines, emeralds and sapphires, all glittering up at her from a silver chain.
"It's beautiful, wow," Billi stood up. "Have you ever tried it on?"
Cele shook her head 'no'.
"Then lift your hair," Cele did as ordered and lifted her hair, Billi noticed that engraved in the thick chain was the name Celebweth.
"So that's where ya got your name from, now turn around and let me see how it looks on you," Cele turned around and Billi nodded respectfully.
"It looks like it was made for you," Billi then sat down again and motioned for Cele to do the same, she sat.
"Anything else can you remember?"
"A song..."
"Sing it, please?"
Cele nodded and sang:
I don't know
what words I can say
the wind has a way
to talk to me
flowers sing
a silent lullaby
I pray for reply
I'm ready
"That was....huh!? What the Heck!?" Billi yelled as she looked around, they were no longer in Cele's room, but in a forest, deep in a black forest. Billi saw Cele faintly in the dark, her necklace was glowing.
"What's going on!? Cele are you deaf!?" Billi saw Cele shake her head then motioned for Billi to come closer.
"This is where my dream always takes place," Cele looked around but this time there was no girl flowing in silver.
"Your dream?"
"Yeah, the dream where the song came from," Cele sang the verse of the song again but no avail they were still in the forest.
"We have to sleep in a tree," Cele started to climb the biggest tree that would probably be big enough to support both of them.
"Why?"
"Just trust me, it feels like the right thing to do, I sense that this place may have monsters or somthing," after those words being said Billi climbed to the top of the tree with Cele. They both climbed to the tallest branches then they closed their eyes for a sleepless night.
Cele had it made, you see, Bret William's wife had a cancer that prevented her from having kids of their own. So, they adopted Cele, no one knew exactly where she came from, but her name had been there on the necklace, the chain that was on Cele's neck at that very moment. Cele couldn't remember her real mother or father, nor if she had any siblings. She was alone in the world.
Interrupting her thoughts the teacher walked into the classroom which was filled. Cele wrinkled her nose, it was Ms. Grafter, the meanest and rudest teacher she had since freshman year, not to mention the woman probably used five perfume bottles on herself this morning.
"Alright, you trouble makers, let's make sure everyones here, JONES!" Jesse Jones lifted his hand.
"Okay, GOODMAN!" Harry Goodman raised his hand.
"And for the fifth time this semester, CELEBWETH WILLIAMS!" Cele just nodded in her direction.
"Ahh, DRIER!"
Soon the attendance was over and Ms. Grafter started handing out papers for the students to copy. She smiled wickedly as she handed out the assignments.
"Copy these three times then you can go, and if I hear you talking you will start all over again," all the kids nodded quickly, and started to copy their papers. Cele looked at her paper, then she shifted her weight. The detention room was also a fourth grade classroom, and being a junior in high school, not to mention the tallest girl in 11th grade, it is hard to get comfortable when you are only about a foot off the ground.
Soon Cele had finished her assignment she handed it in and Ms. Grafter, though willing to do so, let her go. Cele wandered down the hall looking at the brightly colored walls, being close to the junior prom everyone was getting in the mood. Cele had been asked five times to go to the dance, though she had declined each one, Cele just never understood why kids made a big fuss over a stupid dance, sure she would go to the senior prom. But she didn't think she would go to the junior one, as she turned the corner she saw someone that made her groan. Bobby Sharp, captain of the football team, part of Courtney's group and a all around ass hole. He thought just because he was a good looking guy he could get all the girls, but not Cele she always looked for something more in a guy besides looks.
"What do you want Bobby?"Cele couldn't help but notice that it was her locker that he was leaning on.
"You,"he flashed one of his smiles that could send any normal girl to their knees, but Cele wasn't a normal girl.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but you'll have to sign on the waiting list, but you have to have a B average."
"Your words hit me like a thousand knives, it hurts to see you think so lowly of me," Bobby placed his hands over his heart as he said this.
"Good,"she tried to move around him but couldn't.
"Come to the junior prom with me?" he requested.
"Hmm, let me think, uh, NO!" Cele finally shoved him away, and opened her locker, but she still felt his gaze on her back.
"Please,"
"NO"
"Please, my little fairy?" he lightly touched her left ear. Cele fumed, no one ever called her by that name but her father, and no one, no one, ever touched the one thing that made her different, besides her height, her ears.
She hastily grabbed the rest of her books and shoved Bobby out of her way, but not before giving him a piece of her mind.
"If you ever call me that again, or if you touch my ears, I will kick you in the crotch you will be singing like the chipmunks for the rest of your life," her voice dripped will menace, and Bobby not willing to argue with getting his manhood taken, walked quickly away. Cele watched as the cretin walked away, she then flipped her long blond hair over her shoulder and walked toward the parking lot.
*
"ANOTHER DETENTION!!!" Cele's mom, Iris, screamed.
Cele did not argue, for when her mom was mad it was hopeless to even try to reason.
"Do you understand?"
"Yes mom," Cele said when her mom had finished her lecture, her mom may be shorter than her with black hair and brown eyes, but she was still her mother, the person who had raised her. And Cele had great respect towards the older woman.
"Now go wash up, the Sharps are coming over for dinner," the black haired woman walked out to the living room. Cele waited till her mom was out of the room, when she was gone Cele banged her head on the banster. Two encounters with Bobby Sharp in one day, too much for comfort.
"Man, where's a virus when ya need one," she would have to put on something big, so Bobby wouldn't be drooling all over her like he did a school when she had tight things on. Cele went up to her closet and picked out some baggy jeans and a sweatshirt about three times too big for her.
She sang a small tune as she dressed:
I don't know
what words I can say
the wind has a way
to talk to me
flowers sing
a silent lullaby
I pray for reply
I'm ready
I was a small tune that had been in her dreams since as far as she could remember. She had looked all over the internet and had never found a match to it, not even the whole song.
Cele left half of her hair down and half in a ponytail (ya know the hair that Legolas wears except for the braids). She heard talking downstairs and knew that the Sharps were in the building. Cele took the back stairs, so as not to make an unneeded entrance. She quickly passed by the chef and exited out the door, but soon found herself in the presence of her father.
"Hi daddy," Cele said and gave her dad a hug.
"Hi fairy, I thought you were coming down the other stairs." Bret gave her a look that said "spill it'
"I didn't want to see him," Cele looked away she could never keep a secret form her dad unless she really had to.
"Well he brought you flowers,"
"Oh joy,"
"Come on, Billi's there, I'm sure you could talk to her," Her dad kissed her forehead lightly, which didn't take a lot of leaning because she was the same height as her dad.
"Okay," Cele let her father win. And Billi, Cele's best friend since the first grade was there, so maybe it wouldn't be as bad. Billi was nothing like her brother, she had red hair which was to her shoulders, and bright green eyes. Many said they were both so different that no one ever imagined they could be best friends.
Cele entered the dining room to see her mom and Mrs. Sharp gossiping about who know what, Bobby talking to his father and Billi waiting for Cele to come into the room. She took a seat next to Billi, and it was unfortunaly across from Bobby, Cele and Billi imediatly started to talk.
Soon the food came and the conversation of the kids stopped, Cele was about to put the fork into her mouth when she felt something nuzzle her foot. She looked up to see Bobby wink at her, she smiled sweetly......then rammed the heel of her foot into his toes. Bobby made a little noise and ran out to another room, the eating stopped as they listened to Bobby yelp in pain. Cele smiled to herself then continued eating.
Later that night everyone had gone home except for Billi who had been allowed to stay over night. Cele and Billi were reading some magazine article about how a orphan 16 year old had found her real mom and dad. Billi then asked something.
"Do you ever wonder who your real parents are, Cele?"
Cele looked down she had been thinking about it more as she got older.
"Yeah, but I never really think about it too much, but I did get this necklace from the orphanage I had been in before Dad and Mom adopted me,"
"Can I see it?" Cele nodded and got up, going over to her jewelry box and opened it, then she took out a chain and handed it to Billi. Billi looked at it in wonder, it was beautiful, aquamarines, emeralds and sapphires, all glittering up at her from a silver chain.
"It's beautiful, wow," Billi stood up. "Have you ever tried it on?"
Cele shook her head 'no'.
"Then lift your hair," Cele did as ordered and lifted her hair, Billi noticed that engraved in the thick chain was the name Celebweth.
"So that's where ya got your name from, now turn around and let me see how it looks on you," Cele turned around and Billi nodded respectfully.
"It looks like it was made for you," Billi then sat down again and motioned for Cele to do the same, she sat.
"Anything else can you remember?"
"A song..."
"Sing it, please?"
Cele nodded and sang:
I don't know
what words I can say
the wind has a way
to talk to me
flowers sing
a silent lullaby
I pray for reply
I'm ready
"That was....huh!? What the Heck!?" Billi yelled as she looked around, they were no longer in Cele's room, but in a forest, deep in a black forest. Billi saw Cele faintly in the dark, her necklace was glowing.
"What's going on!? Cele are you deaf!?" Billi saw Cele shake her head then motioned for Billi to come closer.
"This is where my dream always takes place," Cele looked around but this time there was no girl flowing in silver.
"Your dream?"
"Yeah, the dream where the song came from," Cele sang the verse of the song again but no avail they were still in the forest.
"We have to sleep in a tree," Cele started to climb the biggest tree that would probably be big enough to support both of them.
"Why?"
"Just trust me, it feels like the right thing to do, I sense that this place may have monsters or somthing," after those words being said Billi climbed to the top of the tree with Cele. They both climbed to the tallest branches then they closed their eyes for a sleepless night.