Chapter 1 the Awareness
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Hello, my name is Aella Saeki. I don't know who found my name and decided to name me that, but I like it because, I, like the whirlwind of my namesake, am unpredictable. I also find that I tend to scare people. I have no idea why.
Anyway, I have recently found something unusual. Let me tell you about it.
I was at school, and I was walking from my biology class to my trigonometry class. I was fighting my way through the crowd, when this stab of pain hit me. It felt like my back was on fire. I doubled up, nearly dropping my books.
"Hey, Aella, are you alright?"
It was him, Erek King. I tried to answer him, but another stab of pain hit and I bit my tongue to stop the screams. My books tumbled from my arms and thudded onto the ground. I fell among my scattered books, as tears of pain rolled down my face.
Erek became more concerned, bending over me to try and pick me up. I struggled, but that caused another throb of agony. I ceased struggling, and when Erek touched my back, the pain disappeared. He frowned, gently pulling my shirt up so he could see my back.
I tried to stop him, but he was too strong. I hadn't realized that he was so strong, able to gently but firmly hold my wrist to stop him from pulling up my shirt. I realized that I was blushing, and again I tried to pull my shirt down, as he had pulled it up enough to expose a tiny bit of my bra.
I hadn't realized that I had accumulated a crowd. Some girls were whispering about Erek, and muttering that I was so lucky, as Erek is supposed to be quite a catch. Suddenly, they all went quiet, and I looked up and saw the vice principal standing above me. Erek noticed him too, and quickly tugged my shirt back down.
"What it going on here, Mr. King? I demand an explanation as to why your hand is up Miss Saeki's shirt. Well, do you have an explanation, or an excuse? Miss Saeki, was he harassing you? Are you alright?" Mr. Chapman asked me.
"Well Mr. Chapman, Aella collapsed and she told me that something had hit her back, and asked me to look at it. I was just doing what she told me to." Erek tried to explain.
"Yes, Mr. Chapman. Something hit my back and I couldn't see if there was any blood or not, so I asked Erek to look and see if the skin had been broken. I didn't realize that the injury was so far up. I wouldn't have asked him to look if I had known that. So, it was my fault that my shirt was up so high." I explained to the vice principal.
He frowned, and said, "Well, both of you will accompany me to the office to examine Miss Saeki. I will be calling your parents Mr. King, to tell them that you have a detention. Now, come along. Can you stand, Miss Saeki?"
"Y-yes." I nervously whispered as Erek offered me his hand. I gratefully took it, and he pulled me up off the ground, and then bent down to pick up my books and backpack. Both of us walked through the crowd, and Mr. Chapman shouted "Clear out! Go back to your classes. The people who disobey me will get a detention." That effectively cleared the halls, but I saw a glimpse of a familiar face: Cassie, my best friend. She mouthed something at me, which I didn't catch. Maybe it wasn't meant for me. It might have been for Erek, but I'm not sure about that, as I wasn't aware that they knew each other.
So, anyway, if you haven't figured it out yet, that's where this whole mess started, with the strange injury. Now, back to the story.
When we reached the principal's office, Mr. Chapman told me to come with him to the nurse's office to be checked out, and Erek to sit down and wait for him to come back. While we were waiting for the nurse to arrive, Mr. Chapman told me to pull up my shirt so that he could see the injury. I did so, and he peered at my back. Finally, when I was starting to feel uncomfortable, he straightened up and said "I don't see any injury or blood. Are you sure that you were injured?"
I paused before answering. I wasn't sure that I should tell him what I had seen just before my side started hurting.
"Uh, yes, I thought that I had been hit by something, but I must have been suffering from cramps, the kind that comes, uh, during my, um, feminine time." I nervously told the principal, as I felt my cheeks start to burn.
He seemed a little perplexed as if he didn't know what time I meant, and coughed, saying "Well, if you aren't injured in any way, I think that I can let you go back to class." So saying, he dismissed me and I left.
As I left, I passed by Erek, and he looked at me, and I felt this sudden happiness, like I had no cares in the world, only to play and be happy and to just know peace. I felt like I was becoming a part of Erek. My eyes widened, and he started to get to his feet. But the moment was ruined by Mr. Chapman came out of his office, and I hurried away.
What is happening? Why should I feel like that? Why!? I silently screamed as I walked down the hallway. I saw something glittering on the floor, and I picked it up. It looked like a jewel, a really valuable one from a necklace. What is this? I wondered as I continued on my way to class.
Okay, so that's the first chapter. Did you like it? Should I continue? Any ideas of what will happen next?
