CHAPTER 1: #24

Dear diary

Today I saw him again. He sat down right in front of me in history. I cant believe it #24 sat in front of me, ME. Like I probably sound silly but there was at least 3 other seats he could of sat in but he chose the one in front of me. Maybe this is my chance? My chance to tell him, my chance to let it out and say how I feel. Oh gosh, but how? How do I start? Well maybe I should start with my name. Yeah I know I told him that like 18 times already but still its not like he heard me or anything. No I have to, I have to do this, tomorrow yes I will tell him tomorrow. And if he says he cant talk I will stick it to him. I will follow him out the door and let him know that I like him. Tomorrow it is.

Ivy shot out of bed before her alarm that morning, her bag packed and out the door she went. Her brother Danny dropped her off to school even though they are the same age he got a full time job and finished school a year early. Danny is Ivy's only sibling but even then they are just step siblings. Their parents met 4 years ago when they were both 14, when they got married Ivy and her mother took their last name so she used to be Ivy Luck but now she is Ivy Mahealani. Ivy has noticed something off about Danny as well, ever since he and Ethan broke up he has been acting really odd. Like he knows something she doesn't. She knows he isn't telling her something but then again no one really ever tells Ivy anything.

"so, are you going to tell me who #24 is"? Danny asked with a smirk on his face.

"what! haven't I told you to stay out of my room?" Ivy said angrily knowing he has read her diary, again.

"haven't I told you to stop leaving your stuff laying around the house?" Danny says.

"he is just a guy from my history class, he barely notices me and I have liked him for 2yrs now" she confesses her love like she confess her sins.

"Ivy you do know I can give you some advise on dating guys and what to do if you like the wrong guy, I know a thing or 2 about how to make a guy obsessed with you" Danny says laughing with Ivy.

"well actually I am going to speak to him today" Ivy confesses again

Danny pulls over out the front of the school he looks around for any sign of 24.

"oh really, well let me know if he gets to know more about you not just your name" Danny's protective brother side comes out. But quickly goes away after he notices another shirtless teenager with a perfect figure walk by.

"DANNY!" Ivy grabs his attention.

"what, I wasn't... you know.. he is my 24" Danny reacts.

"err! Thank you" Ivy slams the door shut. "you can go now".

Ivy looks down at her phone and notices the time. "Oh crap not again" Ivy says whilst she picks her single strap bag off the ground and runs franticly to her maths class. Ivy swings her bag up over her shoulder not noticing the senior girl with a hand full of books and high lighter in her mouth. The bag swings around and hits the girls books out of her hands sending paper work through the air and one of her text books lands in a puddle in the gutter. "sorry" Ivy shouts to the girl while she is still running to class. Then she hears what sounds like a growl coming from the senior girl. But that is just placed with some of the many odd things she has noticed in this town and school.

Ivy has noticed many unexplainable things like the time she saw a junior with bright blue glowing eyes only to vanish into a hazel colour. Or the time birds came crashing through the windows of her school all at once on the first day back. Or possibly the time she saw one of the schools lacrosse co-captains break his leg on the field and he just got up and walked it off without a limp in sight. This growl from the senior is just one of the minor adds to the list.

Ivy runs in bursting through the door "I'm in, here Mrs I'm here" she says quickly

"Mrs Mahealani you are a whole 30seconds late, I hope this isn't a new reputation for you" Mrs Fleming say sarcastically as Ivy can hear some of her class mates laugh. Even Scott Mcall the kid who used to be late to all his classes laughed a short laugh.

"um, no Mrs Fleming" Ivy says hesitantly

"good, take a seat" Mrs Fleming waves her hand towards one of the available seats in the room. Ivy sits down but not in the seat Mrs Fleming was directing her too.

"well then, Now that we are all here I guess we can start the lesson. Turn to page 183 in your text booklets and I will need a volunteer for the recap on last nights assigned reading. If you don't raise a hand then I will have to pick you out myself" The teacher looks around the room and when it seems that she is about to pick Ivy who did not do the reading Malia Tate suddenly enters through the door looking like a wreck. Her books in hand and green highlighter ink running down her chin starting from her lip. Her hair is all over the place and looks as if she hasn't brushed it in days, some of her teeth on the left side are green from the highlighter. And her maths text booklet is soaked and dripping down onto her wet socks. Ivy slouches wanting to disappear into her chair.

"Malia, late as always. Well seeing as you were late that must mean you were finishing off last nights assigned reading, do you mind taking a seat and sharing with the class" Mrs Fleming ask disappointed but not surprised.

Malia looks down at her wet text booklet. She sits placing it on the table and gently opens it up to last nights reading. The pages so wet they start to tear out from the booklet and you can see where she had highlighted the reading. Malia looks up to the teacher with a worried look on her face as if to show she was disappointed in herself as well. She sits still starring at the teacher holding the ripped pages in her hand. "well then seeing as you we're late and mistreat your property and also have no evidence that you did the reading I guess I will be seeing you in detention" the teacher says resting one of her hands on the desk in front of her.

Ivy, buried in her chair looks around the class room. Embarrassed as she feels like everyone saw her bump into Malia and was the reason for this mess. Then she sees him, #24 sitting right between Malia and Scott. Her body lifts up as if angels pulled her gently by her shoulders raising her up straight in her chair. And angels she saw as #24 turns in his seat to face Malia and smile the smile of angels that smile. His teeth purely white, his hair soft to the touch, his eyes oh his beautiful brown eyes that turn gold in the sun light. "You're perfect" Ivy says out loud by mistake.

"Pardon Mrs Mahealani" The teacher turns as does the class even #24 stares at her. "Ivy did you say something" the teacher ask her and everyone stares waiting for the answer as if it is the cure for cancer. "um... sorry Mrs" Ivy answers quickly and calmly. "What was so perfect that you had to say out loud in the middle of my lesson? Or are you not going to tell us now?" Mrs Fleming and the class stared waiting for the answer. "Nothing, it was nothing, nothing important anyway" Ivy burst out. "Well, the way you said it sounded important so you have to tell us now what is so perfect?" the stares began to feel heavy. Then it happened, something happened, something out of her control. Ivy stood up her fist clenched ready to hit something, then she did. Ivy's fist come falling from the sky and plummet through her desk then a bird comes crashing through the window and attacks Mrs Fleming. What look like claws come out her finger tips. No not claws talons.