Fireflies rise up into the moon.
Lighting up the sky, taking over the darkness, as high as the pines.
Illuminating everything in their path.
Stealing people's breath, taking them aback.
Beauty comes into mind.
When you catch a glimpse of the bright yellow lights, and then they're gone in a split second, the dead of the night.
It's hard not to blink another time.
They take your deepest secrets, your special things, pack them tightly away in their wings.
Get them ready for flight, to take off and sore high up to the stars in the sky.
They take whatever they can get their hands on, they are thieves of the night.
Ring Ring Ring
The bell's annoying screech echoed in my ears and made my head pulse as I tried to bury my head farther under my soft and sadly not sound proof pillow. Sadly that didn't last long.
"Valery Orion! Get your lazy butt out of that bed now! We have to get to home e.c. before Ms. Handily gives away all the good supplies and makes us do the Fabric work or worse makes us clean the closet!" My cousin, Helena Louis, yelled at the top her lung trying to get her voice through my pillow and into my already damaged brain. I pretended to ignore her hoping that this was very depressing a dream and I could get more sleep before classes actually started.
Helena grabbed my ankle and pulled me straight out of my plush bed with a look that would make the devil fear her plastered on her face. I grabbed my plaid uniform and quickly changed in our cramped bathroom. Pulling my hair up into a ponytail I accidentally banged my arm on the porcelain sink which was soon followed by me banging my head on the shelf above said sink.
"OUCH! Gosh dang it! WHY!" I screamed at the top of my lungs not understanding why today was already starting off so horrible.
Running down the hallway we barely made it to Ms. Handily's class before the tardy and you're dead bell rang. Sitting down in our seats we brushed down our hair and waited for instruction.
"Okay class, today we are learning about the toxins in certain foods. Which ones they're in, How to get rid of them, and how to use them correctly. The specimen in the spotlight the Puffer fish. Can anyone tell me what makes it poisonous?
Raising my hand I prepared to answer only for the wonder twins to get called on first. Nicolette and Victoria Baine, the wonder twins of the science division were always the go to people for teachers with anything to do with math or science. Their dark brown hair and eyes made them the cover duo of Night Academy's Science Catalogue. They were like cheerleaders except for science. It was so annoying I don't know how I hadn't ripped off their faces yet.
"The Pufferfish as known as Tetraodontidae, produces a tetrodotoxin 1,200 more poisonous than cyanide. Scientists speculate this is due to their clumsy swimming style that they developed these special neurotoxins. The fish developed this substance to make them less vulnerable to predators. One pufferfish has enough toxin to kill 30 adult humans. There is also no known antidote." Victoria said as her twin stood up to add something onto her statement.
"It is also speculated that the pufferfish make this toxin from the bacteria in the animals they eat." Nicolette said with a fake smile plastered on her face.
The teacher motioned for them to sit down as she was pleased with their answer. But to be fair any teacher is when they answer.
The rest of the day pasted in a blur until lunchtime around noon. Helena and I grabbed our trays and hopped into the slow moving but chaotic line to food. As we were moving we spotted the rest of the gang. There was Carol Riker- the telltale blonde who looked like a super model however if you piss her off she packs quite a punch, Yvette Bark- the super shy red head who at the age of 15 has already snuck out of the academy and gotten a tattoo, and Marco Orion- the football star who doesn't care about anyone except himself who just happens to be my big brother. They all walked over and joined us in the lunch line. Scuffing Helena, who was in front of me, passed straight on through the line once she saw what was on the menu- Fillet Minion, Mashed Potatoes, green beans, and a biscuit. Helena was a special kind of vegetarian. She rarely eats anything that isn't fruit. No one cares that she doesn't eat what we all eat except one person. My idiot brother.
"Come on Helena, it's just a big fat, bleeding red piece of cow, mashed roots, cut off the stem plants, and a biscuit, surely you can eat that!" My idiotic, irritating, half whited brother shouted at her. He then tried to put his arm around Yvette to which she promptly shoved him into the mashed potatoes on his plate. I laughed a little completely understanding why she did that.
"That's what you get for being a jerk Marco!" Helena shouted at him as he tried to get the mashed potato clumps out of his blonde hair. Failing he glared at the back of Helena's head as she went to go grab an apple from our shared dorm room. As if feeling his blue eyes on the back of her head, Helena flicked her black hair at him before walking down the hallway and out of sight.
I sat down at one of the window tables to eat my lunch. I spread my napkin on my lap and dug into to the steak sitting on my plate. I was enjoying the energy source too before Chase Summers came along to annoy me.
"Hey Valery would you go on a date with me?"
"No"
"Please I will make it worth your while"
"No"
"Come on you know you can't resist me, after all I'm Chase."
"NO! Gosh darn it leave me alone! I will never ever go on a date with you! You are annoying, a peacock, a douchebag, and so incredibly stubborn it's not even funny! "
He smirk for second when I mentioned him being stubborn. Smiling he waited till I was done with my rant before replying.
"That's what you think babe." And he walked off like he knew that was going to happen. Making his head look really small with my fingers before thinking…
Chase must be insane or he just doesn't care
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