Chapter 1: The beginning.
My eyes flung open. I spun my head to the left. 7:00 am. I sighed and got out of bed. Another day at school, or as I put it, hell. I pulled my hoody over my head and stuck on any old jeans. Without waking my mum up, I snuck downstairs and left for school. As I was walking, I felt weird. I felt like something would change today... but not in a good way.
After arriving at school, I heard my best friend shout to me as I was putting stuff in my locker.
"Steph!" She called.
I smiled and answered, "hey Sarah".
I looked at my best friend, I was jealous. Her perfect skin, and her silky blonde hair that hung just past her shoulders. Her eyes complimented her hair and skin colour perfectly. And did I mention... I'm jealous?
"How many times Steph?"
I stared blankly at her as she twisted my body so I was in full view of myself in my locker mirror. Chocolate eyes stared back at me, while my long, wavy black hair cascaded itself down my back. "I've told you, stop wearing these hoodies and loose clothing... we're going shopping later"
"No, we're not Sarah!" I tugged my body away from her grip and walked away. I hate it. I'll wear what I want, when I like. I'm not as confident or as pretty as her, I just fade into the background, and I like that.
With my head hung down, I entered the classroom. On time, for a change. I sat down at the back and sunk into my chair. I looked up. At the front of the class was a boy I had never seen before, a new boy... great. I didn't care much. I could only see his back. But then.... that's when he turned around...
His sandy ruffled hair clung perfectly to his cheekbones. I studied his perfect features. His smile, was breathtaking, he made me become breathless... what was wrong with me? I continued to look at him, his eyes were like two shining hazel coloured orbs. Just like an angel. In a way, he was beautiful.
"Right class, today we have a new student, his name is Alexander -"
The mysterious boy interrupted Mr Sinder, " - please, just Alex", he said.
"Sorry, anyway.... class this is Alex, make him feel welcome, and please take a seat... Alex"
My mind was elsewhere, I pulled my hood over my head, as usual. I took out my headphones and pushed them into my ears, flicking through my ipod music. Ah, that's the song I want – The diary of Jane by Breaking Benjamin – I clicked play. I liked it like this. I was able to block everything out, all my troubles, all the bad things.... everything. Even the world.
