Necklace Of Time
Chapter One – A New Life
I can't wait for school to end today, that reason is because it's my birthday! I am turning seventeen. I am not going to lie life hasn't been my friend for the past few years; I mean my father left me no wait that's a good thing. Oh by the way I'm Heather! The main reason why I am happy it's my birthday is because my grandma is coming to visit me, she lives in Italy so I don't really get to see her that much as I want too. I sadly have my fathers looks, blonde hair blue eyes but I have my mothers face oh I am so proud of that. My nickname is Miele which means Honey in Italian. My grandmother Elizabeth called me that because she always told me that I smell like Honey and candy. I call her Flore because it means flowers in Italian and she really does smell like amazing flowers. For some odd reason my eyes change colors depending on my emoticons. My friends call me a living mood ring, when I'm angry my eyes turn gray, when I am blushing a light green color, when I am sad it turns to a icy blue, and when I am nervous my eyes turn into a chocolate color. It's strange I know, but I like it, I like being different then everyone else. The bell rings and my best friend Cheyenne walk over to me and hugs me with all her might "Happy Birthday my friend! How does it feel to be 17 Miele?" I chuckle "It feels amazing dude!" we both laugh; she's Arab so I know a little bit an Arabic. When we walk out the "Bitch Gang" stops us.
Sammy the leader giggles darkly "Well look who it is, freak and whore how are you guys?" her friends laugh with her. Sammy's boyfriend Tim looks at me and winks, that guy always tries to flirt with me and it's so annoying! I smile at her "Wow amazing nose job Sammy, but you still look like a rat" everyone makes those oh sound. She gasps and covers her nose "Shut up! At least I have money and my daddy loves me!" my eyes turn gray, I growl at her "Femmina! Perchè non succhiate sul bastone del vostro ragazzo e non vi bruciate nell'inferno!" I say cursing in Italian. Sammy huffs; she flips her hair in my face and walks away with her followers. Tim stays behind to flirt with me "Oh Heath you sound so sexy when you speck Italian!" he says smiling. I roll my eyes "Oh please let Sammy suck your dick that's what I told her idiot" he chuckles before wrapping his arm around my waist "What if I don't want her to do that pleasure?" I kick him in the knee and I laugh at his pain. Cheyenne wraps her arm around me "Ready for the party later?" I shrug which makes her glare at me. I laugh and I nod "Yeah, yeah" she nods. We leave the school and we go our separate ways, when I reach my door step I feel arms wrap around me.
I smile I know who it is, the voice moves to my ear "Happy Birthday my heart" I turn around to see my best friend Matthew. He pecks me on my cheeks, I grin widely as he reaches into his pocket to take out a diamond bracelet. I hug him after he puts it on me, he move towards my ass which makes me take his arm and twist it around. He knows I can beat his ass, he's a tough kid but I'm the only person who can beat him up. See me and Matthew grew up together; the reason we get along so great is because what he tells me I'm different then most girls. I guess what he means by that is that I can climb, run fast, and fight but that's because I trained myself. He always bugs me saying I am a dude expect for two things if you know what I mean. Matthew chuckles before saying "You know Heather if it weren't for those things starting me in the face I would say you're a hot dude" I growl "I hate you" he smiles "Oh I love you too" I roll my eyes at him "You're an ass" he places his hands over his heart like he's heartbroken "Oh how could you say that amore" he says in an Italian accent which he knows makes me blush to a point where my eyes turn to a bright green.
Matthew sees that and chuckles "Ah well I'll see you later babe" with a quick pat on the ass and a sneaky kiss he runs into his home. I chuckle to myself he's always been a freak like that, but he's still my friend. He reminds me of Ezio and Federico from Assassins Creed, hell he even looks like them, which makes me happy to have him in my life. I walk through the door and the first thing that happens is that my black kitten Oceano jumps into my arms and rubs her cheek against mine purring. I chuckle to myself; her name is Oceano because her eyes remind me of the sea. I call out for my mother but instead I see my grandma at the end of the hallway with a smile on her face "Miele!" she says opening her arms. I run into her warm embrace absorbing the smell of flowers. I pull back and my grandma cups my face "How's my nipote?" she says smiling. I smile back "Bene mi manchi" she smiles widely "Oh I missed you so much, Ah I thought about you everyday my Miele" I feel my eyes turn to an icy blue "Come va in Italia?" she chuckles "Bene, your Italian is perfecto! It's better then mine!" she says caressing my face. I shake my head "Never grandma" she pulls me into another warmly hug "I love you" I lie my head on her shoulder "I love you too" she pulls back and takes out something from her pocket. What I see makes my heart skip a beat.
A beautiful long solid gold necklace is placed into my palm; it's an hourglass with black sand in it. She closes my hand and says "This is Collana Del Tempo or in other words Necklace of Time, it's one of its kind. I want you to have it" I smile and kiss her cheek "Grazi grandma" I put it on and I look in the mirror. My mother comes out of the kitchen with a frown, oh no something's wrong I can tell. Once my mom see's me that frown turns into a smile "Oh My little girl is all grown up, Happy Birthday Heather" she pulls me into a motherly hug. I smile my mother has always been nice to me. My mother Dianna look at my grandmother and they both nod, my Ma walks over to the bookcase and takes out a book with Italian hand writing on it, it says (La Tua Fede – Your Faith) they pass it to me with small smiles. I open it slowly to see a black chocker with a symbol dangling from the chain. It looks like the creed symbol from Assassins Creed, I look up at them "It was your grandfathers he would want you to have it Miele Take good care of it" my grandma says with a serious look. I nod as I put it on; once I locked it on I feel a boast of some kind, like I could do anything. I clutch onto the symbol "Prometto" then I hear a loud male groan from the kitchen. I look over at my mother and I raise a eye brow "Che Cosa?" her eyes look at me with an apologetic look "I'm sorry Heather he just came in" she tells me close to tears.
I look behind her to see the man of my nightmares; It felt like my heart went down like the Titanic. I look to back and forth between my grandma and my mother. My grandma seems annoyed like me, and my mother seems scared. That's where me and my mom are different I'm strong and independent where she gets scared easily and needs a man every waking moment. He hasn't changed one bit, that smirk on his face makes me want to smack it off. My grandmother wraps an arm around me, David that's his name scans me up and down making me feel so sick. When he reaches my face he smiles that smile I hate "How's it going Heath?" I want to rip out his hair, he can't call me that only my friends and family can "It's Heather and I'm fine. How's Joan and Kimmy?" the new wife and kid. He left me and my mom to go away and make a new family, that was a good thing though. He motions me to follow him to the park yard, I follow him I have to hear what he has to say. I lean against the door as he starts to smoke "Your looking good" he says making me gag. I smile "Wish I could say the same thing about you" then a smack so loud that makes the birds fly away from the sound. I spit out blood as I cover my warm cheek.
He laughs "Bitch you think your hot shit when your not! I didn't want a whore of a daughter hell I didn't want a kid but that was my mistaking for fucking your mother!" I stand up and I face him, for some odd reason I feel as though I have some sort of power from the necklace, I punch him tight in his nose knocking him so hard he passes out. I cover my mouth oh God I should run. I run pass my mother and grandma, I hear them call me to come back but I don't listen I just have to get out of here. I am about to run into a car but someone pulls me back in time. I look up to see my savior is Matthew, his golden eyes filled with worry and seriousness "Heather! What where you thinking!" he snaps at me. I look at him he's never been serious with me, then he see's my face and instead of being annoyed it fills with sorrow and regret "Oh Heather I'm so sorry, did he do this to you? I swear I'll go kill him with my bare hands" he growls towards my house. I cling to his shirt "Don't Matthew it will only make it worse" he sighs and brushes away the hair from my face "What am I going to do with you" he says smiling warmly. I grin to the point where I have to stop because of my cheek "No what am I going to do with you!" I punch him softly. He wraps his arm around my waist and takes me into his home which is like home to me.
We walk into his house and he yells for his mom "Ma! Heather's over!" his mom walks down the stairs and takes me into her arms "Aw Heather Happy Birthday!" I pat her back "Thank you Barbra" she wipes away a tear from her eye "I remember when you two were kids and we have to pull you guys away from hugging" I blush and so does Matthew "Ma! Not cool!" he says pouting. His mother giggles "Aw sorry honey wait you have something on your face" she licks her thumb and wipes away a dirt stain on his face. I laugh when I see his face, he pushes away his mom gently "Mom you're so embarrassing!" she pinches his cheeks before walking back into the kitchen. He chuckles to himself and mumbles, "Yeah where you belong" I punch him "Sexism much!" he rubs his arm smiling "How did you hear me! I said it so low" I chuckle and I walk up the stairs "Good hearing runs in the family dude" he laughs "And Good eyesight remember when you spotted that needle in the hay stack, amazing skills" I smile when we walk into his room. I open his door to see my bed waiting for me all neat, I come over so much that he bought a bed just for me. I jump on it as I place a hand on my face "That hurt, damn" Matthew sighs as he sits next to me "You know I could kick his ass please let me do it!" he gives me those big brown puppy eyes which he knows makes me say yes right away, but this time I have to put my foot down.
Matthew places his hand over mine "You know I will always be there right?" I nod "Yeah I know and I'll always be there for you" I make the you come out funny to make us both laugh. Then that smile he knows that makes me smile as well "Let's play your favorite game!" I jump up and I grab the game, I wave it up in the air like Link does when he finds treasure "Assassins Creed 2!" he laughs "Yep your lovers Ezio and Federico" I blush "Shut up there not even real amigo!" I snap at him. Matthew laughs at my blushed face and now green eyes "Oh what I would do for you to fall in love with me like I fell in love with you" he says chuckling. I place a finger over his lips "Look I don't want to ruin our friendship it's very important to me" he sighs and bites my finger. I yelp and I stick my tongue at him making him smile, that warm smile that makes his face bright up. As we play I start yelling at the screen when the Auditore family is about to be hung "No Federico had so much potential in life!" I feel a tear escape my eye, when he is hung to his death. I being to sob loudly and Matthew looks at me funny "Dude seriously?" I jump onto the bed crying into the pillow "Ugh I need some sleep before the party" I close my eyes, but for some reason why I try to wake up I can't I just see a bright white light in front of me with words saying (Una nuova vita – A New life) what does this mean?