Chapter ONE (Vanessa's view)
"Vanessa!" Vanessa turned in her seat and saw her mother raging mad at her door. She took out her headphones.
"What?"
"It's time for you to go to school. You're going to be late if you don't hurry." Vanessa only smirked. "I mean it. It's your first day and you won't be kicked out of this one."
"Whatever, they say that now but I will give them one week to either kick me out or to change my mind." She got up from her chair and went to her dresser to find her outfit. Her mother left the room and Vanessa grabbed a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt that said "Angle Wings" in white and silver. On the back it had the words "I've got my wings what 'bout you?" in blue. Her shoes were black boots that went to her knees and laced all the way up. She grabbed her backpack that her mother had given her and walked out the door. She got in her truck and drove to the High School. When she got out of the truck, she walked on campus and went to the office.
"How might I help you?" There was a middle-aged woman behind the counter and smiled at Vanessa.
"My mom enrolled me in this school and I'm here to get my schedule." Vanessa walked over closer to the desk.
"And what is your name my dear?"
"Vanessa Black" The lady typed on her computer.
"Ahh, Ms. Black, here is your schedule and a map of our school." She pushed a button and a boy came into the room. "Mr. Scott will take you to your first class." Vanessa rolled her eyes and then looked at the boy. He was taller than her and had on a black school jersey. It looked like a football jersey and it had the number 43 on it. The school's colors were Silver and Gold. He walked up to her and smiled. "Her first class is in Mr. Sy."
He walked toward the door and the bell rang. Vanessa followed with her arms crossed in front of her. "My name is Scott but everyone calls me Scotty." He said as he managed to break the silence between them as they walked down the halls. "What's your name?"
"Vanessa." She said silently. She never liked people and spent most of her time in her room with the door locked and windows closed or fighting in a ring.
"Have you lived here long?" He tried to keep her talking but she wouldn't make another sound. She looked to be in deep thought when he looked back at her. "Don't be nervous Mr. Sy is a great teacher."
She looked up and then looked around her. "I never get nervous. I'm just not a people person." She went back to staring at her feet and Scotty stopped.
"Never? I always get nervous when in a new place. Anyway, this is your home room. I'll see you around some time."
He walked away and Vanessa looked at the door. 'If I turn away now then I won't have to be here but then I will get a load of talking to by my mother and I don't have time for that today. Well, here goes nothing.' She turned the knob and opened the door. The teacher, Mr. Sy, was talking in front of the class and turned his head to her as the door closed behind her.
"I forgot that I would have a new student today. Class this is our new student Vanessa. Sit where ever there is an empty seat." She looked around the room and went to the first one she saw. It was in the third row and toward the back of the room. Mr. Sy continued the lecture on what they were going to do for the week and most of the students weren't listing. He didn't seem to care though. The closest person to her was the person in front of her. There wasn't anyone that was next to her and she was the last one in the row so no one was behind her either. She took out her note-book and started to draw.
"Hi, my name is Nate, What's yours?" She didn't look up and barely heard him because she was focused on her drawing. "Did you draw that? It's amazing. I wish that I could do that."
"Hey Nate." A girl whispered from one seat over. "Are you getting this? I will need it from you tonight when I come over."
"I'll get it at the end of class, he loves me so I'll just say that I was helping the new girl."
"Ok, thanks babe."
Nate turned back to Vanessa and watched her for a minute. "You're really good. What is it?"
Vanessa finally looked up to tell him to buzz off and to not talk to her and wished that she hadn't. He had bright green eyes and he had brown hair that was unreal. She looked immediately back down at her paper and blushed a little. 'He's cute but human. I'll never go for him. He also seems to have that chick as his girlfriend. It's not like I care though right?' "It's an angel." It was indeed and angel but it was a dark angel. Her drawing was all in pen and Pencil.
"That's cool. What's your name?" He turned his whole body to face her now.
"Vanessa." She looked up at the clock. She still had 30 minutes to go and she decided that she still didn't like school. It was only 30 minutes in to class and she was sick of the people around her. 'This boy is cute, I'll give him that but he's really annoying and won't stop talking.' She thought as she drew more on her drawing in front of her.
"That's a cool name. I'm having a party tonight, do you want to come?"
"No. I'm busy with other things." She put back her notebook in her bag and took out a notepad. It had dates and numbers written on it.
"What's that?"
She wrote down "School last's too long, going to be late to meeting." She put it back in her bag and put her head down. "Nothing."
"Well, that offer stays if you change your mind." He turned and started talking to the people next to him. She put her head on the table and she soon heard the bell ring. "Do you need help getting to your classes?"
"No, I just need to talk to the teacher." She walked with her head down to Mr. Sy.
"Yes Ms. Black, what do you need?" Nate was now standing next to her.
"She would like a copy of the notes for this week. I was helping her know her way around the school with her map." Nate said before she could answer herself. She could care less about the assignment.
"Well, I guess that you didn't get them either. Well, ok but this is the first and only time that you both get freebies."
"Thank you, Mr. Sy."
"Actually," Vanessa said as she looked back at the cute boy and rolled her eyes. "Do you know where the nearest fast food joint near here? I heard that they don't serve seniors lunch."
"I'm sure that Nate can help you with that. Rumors have it that he has connections and knows these things." He grabbed the notes off of the printer and stapled both packets. "Here you both go, remember, only one I'm giving you."
"Thanks Mr. Sy." Vanessa walked out of class and then looked around. "Room 856".
"That would be on the third floor." Nate was walking out of the room and said it as he passed her.
Vanessa looked at him as he walked away. She then looked at the map she was given. She was closest to the stairs and so she went up the two flights of stairs to get to the third floor. No one was going up the stairs and everyone was in line to take the elevators. 'No wonder they have ten minute passing periods, it takes 5 minutes to get into the elevator.' She thought to herself as she went into her class.
All of her classes were the same, boring things that she could care less about and stupid people that she wanted nothing to do with. It was now her lunch hour and she started walking to her pickup truck. Almost all the senior guys were going gaga all over it. She pulled her keys out and pushed the lock button and the guys jumped back in surprise as the horn sounded. Both Nate and the earlier guy, Scotty was standing next to each other. When she opened the door to her pickup, Scotty was the first to say "Vanessa, this is yours?"
She smirked as in saying 'Yeah, surprised It's a girl's truck?' and started the engine. Nate turned to Scotty. "You know her?"
"Yeah, I escorted her to her first class. How do you know her?"
"You idiot, I had her first class with her." Vanessa ignored the two boys and started to back up. "Hey, don't you want to know where the best food joint is!?"
She still ignored them and drove off. "I don't care if he has, so-called, 'connections' around here. I'll just go home and eat instead of risking running into those two again." She thought to herself as she left the parking lot.
When she got home, her mother was folding laundry. "Vanessa! I told you that you are going to school and not ditching!"
"Calm down mother I said that I would give it a week. This is only the first day, besides I came home for lunch."
"Oh, well, fine but you are going back." Vanessa ignored the last comment and went to the fridge to grab some left over cold pizza and went to her room. She fell asleep soon after she finished her pizza.
~Dreams~
"Don't worry It'll be alright, Have I ever steered you wrong?" A man said to her as he turned to her. They were walking along a lack and the grass felt good against her bare feet.
"Not yet." She replied. "Thank you, I don't know how I'm going to get through this school thing without you." Vanessa gave the man a hug and Woke up. It was time to leave so she brushed her hair and left. She got back to the school in plenty of time and she looked around the school for a while. If she saw either Scotty or Nate, she would immediately turn. "Those two are people to avoid. I don't want any 'friends' and they're trying to force it on me." She made it to all of her classes and they were all like the other ones. 'BORING, why did my mother sign me up for all of these boring classes anyway? Does she like to torture me?' Finally the school day was over and she could be free. Unfortunately, when she turned the corner to her truck, Scotty, Nate, and a girl who was "hanging" by Nate's neck were right there.
"Hey Vanessa, there is a party at Nate's place tonight, are you coming?" Scotty said.
"No, I already invited her and she said that she already had plans. I did tell her that the offer stays until the party ends tonight though."
"YOU DID WHAT?" The girl stood and let go of his neck as she put her hands angrily on her hips.
"It's alright babe, I thought that she would enjoy meeting new people. You don't need to jump at everything that makes you jealous."
"Oh, alright." She wrapped her arms around his waist and looked at Vanessa with a 'this is my man' look. Vanessa knew that she would already be late for what she had plans for and didn't want to be held up anymore so she started walking towards her truck that still had the guys going gaga all over it.
"Stupid people, why do they have to be in my way?" she pulled out the keys and then pushed the alarm button and the guys looked back at her. She stopped it and got in. She went back to her house and grabbed her "training" bag and dumped her backpack on the ground. Her mother saw her and tried to talk to her but Vanessa was in and out in practically seconds. 'I hope that they know not to try this without me.' She got back into her truck and drove off.
~ Private Mountain Training grounds Building~
"She's late." Said an Angel as he sat on his 'throne' in the main part of the practically empty building.
"Her mother made her go to school and so that's what held her up." Said a younger Angel who was many years younger than the older one.
"You're taking the defense quickly. Why does her mother insist on trying to make her go to school? She has us and she has already been kicked out of many schools already."
"I don't know Seth, but she has no choice, she's only 17."
"I know how old she is, I have known her since we were both babies!"
"Yes Seth."
Vanessa just walked in and Seth was about to hit the younger boy. "Hey, what did I tell you about hitting? Even if Eric is being an idiot, I will be the one to say whether or not he deserves to be hit."
"Sorry, It was just that he... and that you weren't... and that he..." Seth had tried to say but stuttered trying to gain his thoughts.
"That's enough. I have had to deal with too many stupid people today; I'm relying on the both of you to keep up with me tonight."
"Yes Vanessa." She looked around the room. "Seth, you go and get the walls ready."
"Vanessa, what did you bring in your bag this time?" said Eric, who was the younger of the two boys.
"Rope and Harnesses, are you ready for training?" They both nodded their head and went to the other room. There was a rock climbing wall and Vanessa hooked up the ropes and harnesses. "First one to get to the top gets to leave. If I get to the top first then you will both stay and train with me." She knew that they didn't like when she did this because if they didn't beat her then she would fight with them and they would end up with scars every time this happened. She was the best and strongest teacher for the Angels and only the best would come to her. Her mother hid the fact that her daughter was an angel and made her ware a golden necklace that said "Angels" that kept her wings hidden using a spell on the piece of jewelry. "Ready, Set," there was silence that fell in the room. "GO!" She was so angry at the thoughts of today that she was slower than she usually is. She was really distracted and had her mind other places.
A ring echoed through the room. The first one to reach the top was Eric. The next one to reach the top was Seth. He noticed this and looked at Vanessa. She had unhooked her harness and was free climbing. She was almost at the top and her grip started to slip on one hand. "Vanessa, what are you doing? You're going to get yourself killed!" When she heard these words, she pulled off her necklace and her wings spread out behind her back. She started to fall but right before she hit the ground her wings caught flight.
"You both beat me. You can both go." She walked out of the room calmly. The two boys looked at each other. They knew that she would never let them go if they both beat her. Something was up.
"You go home and get some rest. I'll see what's up." Seth said to Eric. He nodded his head and left. Seth went to the room that Vanessa was in. "What's up with you today?"
"What do you mean, and didn't I tell you to go home? You have the privilege. You beat me fare and Square."
"Come on, I've known you how long? You would never let both of us beat you and act this calm about it." He sat down next to her on the steps. "Now tell me what's on your mind."
"My mother. I can't go back to her. I can't go back to that stupid school. I can't Seth, I refuse to. It's full of people and they are just so stupid."
"Ok, what did they do?"
"They go gaga every time I pull up in my truck. This guy has a really jealous girlfriend that thinks that I'm going to steal him from her. Worst of all, they are so nice it bugs me. The classes are so boring and teach me nothing. I just wish that I could be with my dad." Vanessa said as she put her hands to her forehead.
"Don't say that. You couldn't teach me or Eric, you couldn't see us again, and speaking of your father, he's talked to you lately hasn't he? You don't get like this unless he has."
"In my dream, I fell asleep on my lunch and he told me to trust my mother in this school. I don't know if I can though."
"Well, ok, let's see how much I can be there, without being there. I could pick you up and drop you off from school. During your lunch I can take you somewhere and eat, and then I can take you back to school. You won't have to be there any longer then you absolutely have to." Seth said as he tried to help his best friend.
"I know what you're up to but I won't get back with you. I just don't feel that way anymore."
"It's not like that; I'm only trying to help a good friend." She could see it in her eyes that he had never lost those feelings but she had the second time she moved.
"Ok, but if it gets any more personal than that then it stops."
They stood up and started to walk back to the rock climbing room. "Do you want to clean this up or do you want to try again?"
"I'll just pack everything up, could you find my necklace? My mother will kill me if I came back without it. It wouldn't be the first that I've broken."
"Sure, after that I will help you pack up." They both cleaned up the area and packed up the things that Vanessa brought. The necklace was still intact and she put it on. Her wings immediately disappeared. "I just thought of something."
"What is it?" She asked as she zipped up her bag.
"I'm going to need a necklace too if I'm going to be at your school so much."
"Yeah, you're right, I'll get you one and give it to you tomorrow when you pick me up."
"Alright." They left and went their separate ways. She had told him when to pick her up. On her drive home she saw the house that would most likely be Nate's party. She was already driving down the crowded road when she realized it so she couldn't turn around so she tried to get by it without being noticed. She had no luck though, her truck was hard to miss by the guys and the streets were so crowded that she could only drive slowly.
"Hey! Vanessa! You made it!" She put her head on the steering wheel and then slowly turned her head and looked out her window. "I was almost thinking that you really weren't coming. You can part your truck in the garage and then meet me inside."
She knew that she couldn't get out of it now. Scotty yelled at everyone to make way for her to park her truck. Everyone made the way clear and big enough that she could drive. When she opened the door and stepped out of her truck inside the large garage and went through the door to the inside. It was loud with music and she looked around. "Where can I hide for the next hour or so?"
"Hey Vanessa, I thought that you weren't coming." She turned around to see Nate and his girl hanging loosely and his arm was around her waist. She was definitely drunk and he was most likely making sure that she didn't do anything stupid.
"Yeah. My plans ended a little bit ago." She turned and started looking around again.
"Who are you looking for?"
She didn't speak but she did find somewhere there were no people. It was the corner of the kitchen and hardly anyone was in there. She started walking toward it and Nate followed. When she got in the kitchen she looked at the food. 'It's probably spiked or something like that.' She didn't reach for any of it but she glanced at it several times.
"Are you hungry?" Nate asked as he was reaching for a plate for himself.
"No." She needed an excuse and that's where Seth popped into her mind. "I wonder what he's doing."
~Back at Vanessa's house~
He knocked on the door and heard someone say to come in. He opened the door and saw Vanessa's mother. "Hi, Seth, how are you?"
"Hi, Veronica, Is Vanessa home?"
"I haven't seen her since she left to train you and your brother Eric this afternoon. Didn't she train with you two?"
"We finished early and decided to go home. Is it ok if I can look through her room for something that may give a hint on where she might be?"
"Yeah, sure go on right ahead." He went up the stairs and went into her room. He looked through her drawers and found nothing. He then spotted her backpack and looked through it. He found her notebook with her pictures in it and looked through it. "She's going to hate me for looking at these. It was then that he saw the picture that said Angels in cursive at the top and two Angels. It was the one she was working on in school and had almost finished. He could tell that one of them was her but he couldn't tell who the other one was. "One thing's for sure, it's not me. She made that clear earlier." He thought to himself and then put it back. He looked at other things that her mother had put in there as her school supplies and then found a torn piece of paper. "1543 N. Thing Rd. Starts at 5." was written on it. "She wouldn't go to a party. She hates every one of their guts." He took it and then went down to Vanessa's mother Veronica. "Do you have a necklace like Vanessa's that I can where, to hide my wings?"
"I have one extra. Be careful with it. It takes me a long time to make them."
"Don't worry about that. I'll take special care of it." He grabbed the necklace from her hands and put it on. His wings disappeared like how Vanessa's did when she put her necklace on. He walked outside and walked to the address that was on the piece of paper. It was only a few blocks away and so he didn't mind walking. When he got there, he noticed that it was indeed a party and that Vanessa must be miserable. Seth walked in the open door and looked around the room for her. He proceeded to walk around until he spotted her rolling her eyes at some boy who was trying to talk to her.
~The party~
Vanessa was "talking" to Scotty who had walked over to her as Nate left to put his girl to bed to sleep. She looked around the room still thinking of a way to get out of there and saw Seth at the doorway of the kitchen. "Seth!"
"What? Who is Seth?"
"I am." He now stood right behind him and walked around to Vanessa.
"Oh." Scotty took a step back and Seth leaned over to Vanessa's ear.
"How did you get in this mess?"
"I'll tell you later. And you are going to tell me a few things too." She turned to Scotty.
"Sorry, I've got to go, my mother needs me at home and so I need to leave."
"That's ok." She started to walk to the garage door and heard him start yelling. "See you tomorrow at school then?"
Seth and Vanessa went through the door and found the usual bunch of guys around her truck. "Watch this." She giggled and pulled out her keys. A loud honk came from the truck and all the boys jumped and looked back. Vanessa looked at Seth who only smiled. "Do you want to drive?"
"I guess I can. With that guy all over you I guess you must be hungry and tired." That was exactly how she felt when she got in the passenger side of her truck. She put her hand on the side of her head and fell asleep against the door. Seth noticed this and drove straight to her house without stopping for a bite to eat. When he arrived at her house, instead of waking her, he carefully carried her into the house and put her in her bed. Veronica gave him some dinner and then he left.
Alright, this is the first story that I have ever posted on here. Please tell me what you think of the beginning chapter. The next chapter will be the same day only written in Nate's point of view. Every odd number chapter will be Vanessa's view and every even number chapter is Nate's view. REVIEW.