Chapter 1

I sat at the kitchen table when I heard mom calling from the front door," Rebecca, your ride's here!"

"Be right there mom" I called back and stood up from the table. I picked up my bag from my room and slung it over my shoulder.

"bye mom." I said and hugged her goodbye. "bye hon."

I exited the house and got into Thomas' blue Mazda. Thomas is my nephew. "hey Cus, how've you been?" I asked as I sat down in the passenger seat."Been great, you?" he asked and pulled away from the driveway. "great." I said with a smile and looked out the window. Soon he dropped me off at school. I wouldn't say it's the best school in the world, but it's pretty good.

Jessica and Christine were waiting for me at the main gate. Jessica was a ginger and Christine had brown hair with a brilliant set of hazel eyes. "hey Becca!" Jessica greeted and flashed on of her famous smiles. "hey Jess, hey Chris"

"Um, did you do the Math homework" Jess asked, hinting she didn't. "yeah I did. Why do you ask?" "no, I forgot, "she said before adding, "may I borrow your book?"

I reached or my Math bookin my bag then gave it to her. "what did you girls do all weekend?" I asked.

"I went to a party with the guys over at Blake's" Christine said. "And I went to Cape Town with Kate." Jessica said as she put my book in her bag. "lucky, I wish I could go there again."

"Maybe next time you could! But it rained so much, we had to stay indoors the whole time." Jessica said and sighed. "Yeah, what's with the weather lately? It's like someone's controlling it with a remote. The one day, it's real sunny, the next it's pouring." Christine said in thought.

"You thinking about Edward again?" I asked and raised a brow.

"no, I was thinking about the rain." She said and blushed. I rolled my eyes. "Really?" Jess asked sarcastically. "yeah." Christine said softly. "okay" I went to first period. E had biology first 'great' I'm really good in Bio, but I don't really like it. When I got to Biology, Shane stood at the door with his phone and a cigarette in his mouth."You know your killing yourself with that?" I half asked-half said. "so? Why would you care? It's my life." He shot back. "Just saying." I said and threw my hands in the air. "want one?" he offered as he held the packet in front of me. "What!? No!" I refused. "suit yourself" he said and lit another cigarette. He put it in his mouth and a few seconds later blew out a cloud of smoke into my face. I coughed and stepped back. "dude! Have some decency...and respect!" i shouted. The bell rang,so we went to class.

At the end of the day, i text Thomas not to pick me up after school. I said goodbyes to Jess and the rest of the gang(Edward, Daniel, Justin, Kate, Jessica and Christine) then headed home. but not exactly home. i browsed some shops before i got bored and decided to go home. i walked past the hospital, then the police station, then past the grave yard, then past some Victorian styled houses, and then past the rich people's houses. Then i was home. i opened the gate and took the keys from underneath the doormat at the front door,then opened it and went inside. i didn't bother in locking it again,we lived in a relatively safe neighborhood. I dropped my bag in my room and then flopped down on my bed. I heard the doorbell all the way to my room,which was at the far back of the house. " who the heel could that be?" i said aloud as i made my way to the front door.