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Chance Meetings

"S' i' credesse che mia risposta fosse
a persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
questa fiamma staria sanza più scosse;
ma però che gia mai di questo fondo
non torno vivo alcun, s' i' odo il vero,
sanza tema d'infamia ti rispondo."

(Canto 27, lines 61-66) Dante's Inferno

"If I believed my answer were to someone who would ever return to the world, this flame would, without more [words], stand still. But since never from this depth has anyone returned alive, if I hear true, without fear of infamy I answer you."

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Amelia flew past everyone in the hall as she made her way to the office. Amelia was your average everyday girl from the outside but was different from everybody else in other ways. She had long straight dark brown hair, a cartilage piercing on her left ear and two piercings on each ear, she had a button nose, and small full lips, but her eyes were silver gray. She wore black pants with black and blue Adio shoes, a dark navy blue corset with black lace a black jacket, with lots of bracelets and necklaces, her tongue pierced and a Monroe on her upper lip.

When she got there she asked for her new schedule. After she got it she took it and ran down the halls trying to find her first class, the last thing she wanted was to be noticed, she always tried to blend in with the crowd. She was brought out of her musings when she heard the bell ring and she wasn't even close to her class. She swore as she ran faster than before.

She made it to her first class (English) two minutes after the bell and took a deep breath, she knocked then opened the door when she heard the teacher say come in. Her eyes were only focused on the teacher and no one else so she didn't see everyone looking at her, but felt it. When the teacher said for her to take a seat she turned a found an empty one at the back, lucky her. When she sat down she took out her notebook and immediately zoned out until someone tapped her shoulder.

She looked to her right to find a guy looking at her.

"So your new eh, that's cool are you new to Dakota?" He asked

"oh my names Richie by the way." He said as an after thought.

She couldn't help but smile at him, he was sweet and his aura screamed kindness and compassion, but it also told you of a difficult life. He had blond hair and blue eyes, wearing glasses and had an ear piercing, he also wore a blue hoodie and jeans.

"Hi I'm Amelia, and yeah I'm new to Dakota; I moved here from South Texas." She said as his eyes grew huge.

"Oh wow, is like everyone makes it out to be? You know tumble weeds and cowboys." He asked with round eyes.

She giggled at this and shook her head.

"No it's just really hot sometimes, and it also depends if you live in a city or out in the country."

"Cool did you live in the country?"

"No I lived in the city, I came from San Antonio."

"Is Dakota really different than San Antonio?"

"Yes and no I guess you could say it was kinda the same but we didn't have as much noise as you do in Dakota."

"Yeah you get use to it I guess.."

But was cut off as another guy cut in to their conversation. This guy was black and had dreads in his hair, he wore a yellow and orange shirt with baggy jeans. His aura was kind and caring also but had a jokester side too.

"Hey Rich who's this? My names Virgil nice to meet you." He said as he stuck his hand out to shake hers but was intercepted as another guy came over, Amelia automatically shrunk from him.

His aura screamed violence and pent up anger,

"Hey dickheads get out of my way." He said, his back was towards her so she didn't see him but then he turned around.

The scowl on his face turned into an arrogant smirk as he looked her over. He had red hair with gold streaks, He wore a red tee and jeans. He leaned over her desk and she shrunk back farther, she glanced up to find the teacher had stepped out for a bit and cursed the gods at that very moment and time.

"Hey sweetie why are you talking to these dumb asses? Oh you know your also in my seat, but I don't mind we can share." He said and before she could say anything she was lifted out of her chair and into someone's lap.

She opened her eyes to see Richie and Virgil glaring at the someone behind her. She looked confusedly at them until she remembered that she was on someone's lap. She felt breath on her ear and gasped at the sensation it sent down her spine. Her eyes went wide as she struggled to get out of his grasp but he only held her tighter.

"What's the matter baby? It's okay don't worry." He whispered lewdly in her ear. She froze when she felt something hard under her ass and his hands on her hips. She saw Richie's face and pleaded with him to help her. He looked ready to blow his aura was red a deep red, and he was angry as hell.

"Let her go Hot streak." Richie said in a hard voice. Hot streak froze and looked over Amelia's shoulder at Richie and sneered.

"Butt out geek this has nothing to with you." He said, Amelia for the first time opened her mouth to speak.

"Please let me go." She said in an even voice though her features were twisted in discomfort and fear. His arms tightened around her midsection as she said this.

"Come on baby you know you like it." He said, not but two seconds later the teacher walks in and sees them.

"Francis let go of the new student this instant, if I see you doing it again I'll send you to the principals office." He just rolled his eyes and got up placing Amelia back In her seat, but not before throwing a smirk her way as he took a seat on the other side of the room.

She was mortified and embarrassed beyond belief, she put her head down as she put her hands in her pockets. Her face was as red as a tomato and she refused to look up. She jumped as she felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to her right to see Richie looking at her with guilty eyes.

"I'm sorry that happened to you not the greatest impression on a first day." She looked at him with understanding eyes and smiled.

"It's not your fault." She said and saw him smile at her statement but he started to frown and turned back in his seat.

She looked at him confused and turned her head to the other side to see Francis glaring at Richie. Her face went pale when he looked straight at her, smirked, then winked at her. She turned back around in her seat and tried to ignore the feeling of being watched.

The bell rang soon afterwards when it felt like a thousand years for her. She got up hurriedly and tried to get out of class as fast as possible but bumped into someone on the way out.

She looked up to see Richie staring down at her with amused eyes as she blushed and looked down.

"Sorry I wasn't looking at where I was going." She said in a hushed tone but her head snapped up as she felt chills up her spine she saw Francis coming their way and ushered Richie to move.

"What's wrong?" He asked with a frown and then saw what she saw his face had also gone white as he just stared.

Amelia took his hand and lead him out of class. She didn't look back until she felt they were far enough away. She pulled them behind a building and and looked around to see if he was anywhere around them. She looked back up when she felt Richie squeeze her hand.

She looked up and immediately turned away after she saw him look down at her in a confused manner with something else swimming in their depths. She looked up when he squeezed her hand harder but they both let go after they heard Virgil run up to them.

"Hey man why'd you leave so soon what happened?" He said in a concerned voice, but stopped as he saw Amelia. He smiled a smile that was too innocent to be trusting.

"You know what man it's okay I'll see you in class." He said in a mysterious voice. Amelia gasped as she remembered that she needed to get to here next class, one of which she didn't know where it was.

Richie noticed this and stopped her.

"Hey what's wrong?" He asked as he saw the anxiousness in her eyes.

"I gotta get to class and I don't know where it is." She said in a sad tone she didn't want to be late again and risk being noticed.

"Let me see you schedule real quick." Richie looked over her schedule and smiled as he saw what her next class was.

"Don't worry you have your next class with me and it's right around the corner so don't worry." Amelia smiled in relief. They started walking when Richie asked a question she wasn't expecting.

"You don't like being noticed do you?" He asked her while glancing at her briefly. Amelia looked down as he asked this but answered nonetheless.

"Yeah it's really obvious I know but that's also the first time anybodys ever brought it out to my attention." He looked down at her surprised.

"Really? Wow now I feel bad, sorry; but have you always been like that?" He asked cautiously, she knew he was just curious so she could tell him.

"No, but things happened, bad things so afterwards I figured it'd be easier to just blend in then stand out." She said with a faraway look.

Richie felt bad after what he had asked and they walked in silence till they got to class. He went straight to his seat as Amelia talked to the teacher. Richie scowled at all the guys as he saw them looking at her in a disgusting way. He was angry but not as angry as he had gotten with Hot Streak. After that he wanted nothing more than to kill him, he was jealous and he knew it. But he couldn't help the connection he felt with her when he first saw her. She looked so innocent just sitting there writing in her notebook. She looked just so beautiful in his eyes.

Richie saw her trying to find a place to sit he smiled at her and pointed to a set in front of him that was empty. She smiled and his mind went numb, he saw her coming over to where he was and plopped down right in front of him. She looked back at him and he smiled stupidly back at her.

He didn't know why he was acting like this, sure he had had sex a couple times but held no warmth and were all one-night stands, but what he felt right now was so mind blowing he was scared. He had never in all his life felt like this towards a girl. Virgil had tried hooking him up with some girls but no matter what he didn't feel anything for them.

He was brought back when he saw her flip her hair back and out of her face. He started to fantasize right then, she was below him on her stomach and he was breathing down her naked back while holding her hair to the side and the other hand on her hip, he was whispering in her ear while kissing her spine. She would moan and he would kiss her hard as he turned her on her back. *RING RING RING* he jumped as he heard the bell looked up to see her looking at him waiting on an answer probably.

"Um what?" He asked stupidly. She smiled and asked.

"Could you tell me where my next class would be?" He smiled back and thought he saw her blush.

"Sure let me see your schedule." This time he got a good look at it.

English- Johnsen

Spanish-Pesina

Art-Davis

Lunch

Biology-Joseph

Choir- Zapta

World Geo-Binks

Geometry-Burkley

He looked at it in surprise she had almost all classes with him except Choir. He looked at her face and knew at that moment that he was going to love this year.