I dashed though the storm, searching for a familiar face. My curly ash colored hair was soaking wet from the rain, as was the cute little dress I was wearing.
"Mommy, Daddy?!Mommy, Daddy, where are you?" I cried as I ran though the streets, searching for my family. Finally, dead tried, I gave up trying to look for them. Tears begin to fill my eyes as I find myself in a dark, unfamiliar place.
"MOMMY!" I screamed as the black consumed me.
I sat up and gasped. My hands clutching my covers so tightly my knuckles were white. I placed a hand on my head and sighed.
'It was only a dream.' I glanced over to my right to see my alarm clock, the green numbers glowing in the darkness of my bedroom.
'Great, three more hours school.' I thought bitterly as I lie back down on my pillows, my arms folded behind my head. I stared at my blank ceiling in the darkness.
'That was a decade ago, why is it coming back to haunt me now?' I wondered as I went to change to go for a walk in the chill morning air. I quickly changed into my baggy red basketball jersey, my denim capris with orange detail, my black news-boy hat over my short cropped black hair and blue high-top sneakers. Then I walked out of my apartment, snatching my jacket from it's hook on the wall and locking the door behind me.
I sighed in contentment as I inhaled the chill morning air of mid-spring.
'Ah, Summer's around the corner.' I thought as I walked. I stretched my arms as the wind ran though my jacket.
"Hey!" A voice called and a boy my age with deep golden eyes and blonde hair that fell in front of his eyes walked up to me.
"Hey Nathaniel." I greeted, suppressing a shiver from the cold air, even though I had my jacket pulled around me.
"So what are you doing out here?" He asked and we started to walk along. I felt my throat close uncomfortably.
"Well, I wanted to get some fresh air." Nathaniel looked unconvinced.
"Lexus, if there's something you want to tell me, you can tell me." We stopped and sat down on a bench and I looked down at my shoes. My throat closed even tighter then before. Nathaniel could always tell when I was lying, don't ask me how, he just did. Nathaniel took my hand into his and when I looked up, he gave me a little smile. I sighed in defeat.
"Okay." I paused, thinking of a way to tell him about what happened to me.
"When I was a little girl, I was beaten by my parents." I said and Nathaniel looked at me like I grew a second head. I sighed though my nose.
"My father would beat me until I was bruised and bleeding, and the worse part was, my mother didn't even stop him. She just stood by and laughed." I couldn't stop the hiccup that managed to escape from my throat.
"Then, they stopped."
"Stopped?" Nathaniel repeated and I nodded.
"They were suddenly kind to me, they took me into the city and I got separated from them." I looked out over the dark streets, remembering the most frightening day of my life.
"I got lost in a storm, and then I realized they abandoned me. They didn't want me, so they left me to die out in the city."
"Wow." Nathaniel muttered and I touched my pearl necklace I wore all the time.
"My aunt took me in and raised me. I probably would have died if she didn't." I shivered.
"I came out here because I had a nightmare of that night when I was abandoned." I finished and Nathaniel was silent, staring at me with bewildered golden eyes. I looked down.
"Lexus, I... I don't know what to say." I stood.
"It's better if you don't said anything, you don't know what it's like to be me." I started to walk away, but I didn't get very far when I felt a tug on my wrist. I turned to see him with a soft smile on his face.
"Lexus, just because you were abused doesn't mean that you can push people away. There are people willing to listen to you." I turned away to hide the tears that were threatening to fall. Nathaniel's fingers gently touched my chin. I just couldn't hold it in anymore. I found myself crying like a small child into Nathaniel's chest. Nathaniel had his arms wrapped around me and was muttering soft words of comfort into my hair.
"Shh, it's okay." I couldn't explain it, but I felt hollow around him. Like he wasn't the one right for me. I didn't know what it meant but all I knew was I needed someone to comfort me. We went our separate ways and I couldn't shake that guilty feeling as I walked back to my apartment and got ready for school.
I couldn't help but feel awkward as I stepped into Sweet Amoris High. I walked down to my first period class, AP English. As I walked down the halls, I felt someone pull on my bag. I turned to see Castiel with a smug smirk on his face.
"What do you want, Castiel?" I growled, pulling my bag from his grip.
"I heard about your little run-in with Mr. Goody two shoes." I scowled. It wasn't a secret that Nathaniel and Castiel didn't get along. Hell, I had to break up a fight between them when I first arrived at Sweet Amoris.
"So?" I asked turning.
"Since when at you and the great student president on good terms?" I looked at him.
"What's it to you?" I asked and Castiel shrugged his shoulders. I adjusted my bag higher on my shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize that you cared." I hissed, sarcasm dripping from my voice. I stormed off towards my class with Castiel calling my name. I dropped my bag onto a desk when I got to the classroom and sat down, hiding my face. Iris walked over and sat down in the chair next to me.
"Lexus, you look terrible." Iris remarked and I twitched.
"Thanks for the complement." I muttered flatly and Iris looked surprised by my sudden change in attitude.
"What's up with you?" She asked and I sighed, running a hand though my short hair. Before I could tell her about what happened that morning, Nathaniel walked in. He looked in my direction and gave a soft smile like the one earlier that morning. I gave a little knowing wink back as Nathaniel walked passed me. I looked over to see Iris with a look of confusion on her face.
'I'll tell you later.' I mouthed and she nodded as my English teacher walked in and began the lesson. I may have enjoyed that class, but with my mind off in space. It felt like forever. I kept sending glances back at Nathaniel and passing notes to Iris the whole period. When the bell rang, One of the guys that loves to get on my nerves took the liberty to bump me from behind. I shot him a dirty look as I grabbed my things and walked out of the class.
I got though English, Math, Art, and pretty much all though Science without thinking too much about what happened this morning. Now, I was in the girl's restroom looking in the mirror. I sighed as I looked over my face. My pale skin was like ivory and soft looking, the two pieces of black hair I left long when I cut and dyed it framed my face and set off my sea green eyes. I sighed. I had to admit I have a pretty face, but I knew there were a lot other pretty faces here. I sighed again as I went to pick up my bag when a four inch heel stepped on it. I glared upwards to see Amber looking down at me with an amused look on her face.
"Why, you're bowing to me? Why thank you." Amber asked flipping her thick blonde curls.
"Like I would bow to you, Ice queen." I hissed, snatching my bag out from under her foot. Amber looked shocked and appalled.
"What did you call me?" She asked angrily and I looked at her with a deadpan look.
"You heard me, Ice witch." I said again, venom dripping from every word in that sentence. Amber looked like she was going to explode. She regained her composure and stormed out, not before calling out.
"And one other thing, Stay away from my brother! I don't want him to lower his standards."
"What are you, His mother?" I asked and Amber turned and walked out of the bathroom with her nose in the air. I snorted and walked out. It was my free block so I decided to see what Nathaniel was up to. I found him drowning in paperwork in the student council room. I allowed myself a slight chuckle, before asking if he needed help. He cleared his throat and I looked at him, amused by the fact that he was the one that was uncomfortable rather then me.
"Do you have classes?"
"Nah, this is my free block and I have nothing better to do." Nathaniel shrugged.
"Okay, you can help sort though some of these papers."
"Great," I sarcastically muttered. "It's sounds like fun." Nathaniel chuckled at my enthusiasm and pointed me over to a stack of papers that needed to be sorted. We sat in silence for a while, when I broke the silence with something that had been poking at my mind since I ran into Amber.
"Hey Nathaniel?"
"Yes?"
"Why do you think your sister is an intense drama queen?" Nathaniel chuckled at my question and I shot him a look.
"Quit laughing at me and answer the question." He stood up and I felt a little unnerved that he was taller then me by a bit.
"It was probably the fact that my parents spoiled Amber. Anything she wanted, she got."
"Does that include a less blonde mind and a sense of humor?" Nathaniel looked at me with an unimpressed look.
"What? It's the truth."
"Be that as it may, she's still my sister."
"So? Nathaniel, having a younger sibling means that it's up to you to look at them and ask if they made the right choices, and if they didn't, how you would be able to fix them. Amber is acting like she's the queen of planet and pushing people around, can't you see that?!" I demanded and Nathaniel stared at me. Feeling rage start to cloud my mind, I snatched my bag and stormed out.
"Hey!" A voice called and I ignored them, and continued to walk.
"Hey!" The voice called again, more persistently this time and I whirled around to see Castiel.
"What?" I snapped. I wasn't in the mood to talk to him, I just wanted to go home.
"What came around and bit you in the ass?" He demanded and I blew a tuff of black hair from my face.
"It doesn't matter." I said and turned, only to have him grab my wrist. I had to bite my lip to keep from crying out in pain from a scar that hadn't healed. My green eyes locked with his gray ones.
"What is up with you today?" He demanded and I felt cornered. I pursed my lip and Castiel's glare hardened. I yanked my wrist from his grasp.
"I don't want to talk to you right now." I walked off down the street, heading for my apartment.
My apartment was a couple of blocks away from the high school. It was a small one bedroom apartment that I loved to call home. My room was simple enough, with a small dresser that was painted with purple and black acrylic paints, a bed with dark red covers, a desk with a wooden chair that looked out of the window and a small closet. It was originally pink and white when I moved in, but not liking pink that much, I took my acrylic paints and stenciled silver wolves over a black background. I snatched the small bear off my chest of drawers and hugged it as I flopped onto my bed and stared at the ceiling.
'Ken? Where are you when I need you the most?' What I didn't realize, was I had an unexpected visitor coming my way.
A/N: Okay! I started to play this game and I suddenly my muse slapped me in the face with this idea. I actually wrote this a while ago and edited it. I may post more if the readers like it. We shall see! Anyways, I only own Lexus. TTFN!