Chapter one

Shattered From Thelmas point of view

"Are you sure you alright?" asked Thelma as her and Cassie made thier way to their usual after school spot, the big tree from which you can see the school grounds perfectly. "You've been acting very strange lately."

"You mean more than usual don't you?" Remarked Cassie with her usual look of sarcasm.

"I'm serious Cassie!" Implied Thelma "I'm starting to get very concerned."

"I'm perfectly fine Thelma!" said Cassie "Don't worry so much."

"It's kind of hard not to." said Thelma as she took a bag of chips out of her bag and began to eat them.

"Must you eat those things constantly?" remarked Cassie, feeling rather annoyed by Thelma's constant hunger strides.

"I'm sorry." exclaims Thelma "I can't help that I'm hungry!"

As they get near the tree. Thelma's spots Cassie looking at the boys football practice. She sighs deeply.

"What's wrong with you?" asks Cassie taking her eyes away from the field of boys.

"Nothing. I just lost my appetite de to your mindless stare at the prat known as Leon." remarked Thelma, putting the bag of chips back in her bag.

"I was not staring at Leon." Cassie protested with a small smile. " I was admiring their hard work and accuracy."

"Yeah right! Come on Cas! I know you like him." Thelma said looking at her suspiciously. "You just don't want to admit it."

"I don't like him Thelma." Cassie said staring at the tree as she took her bag off her shoulder.

"Sure you don't." said Thelma unbelievingly.

The both of them sat down on the blanket Cassie brought. Just as they start to get comfotable, Roxanne shows up closely followed by her usual pack of mindless drones.

"Well if it isn't the gay and the girlfriend." Roxanne sneered with a slight dullness in her voice as usual.

"Well if it isn't the desperate girl trying to cover up her affair with out teacher by saying she needs tutoring, and he's the only one who can give her what she really needs. Sympathy." Teased Thelma.

Roxanne came alarmingly close to Thelma and gave her a look that had implied that she had crossed the line.

"How do you know about that?" She said threateningly.

"I think the better question is, who doesn't know about it, besides the rest of the teachers and the Headmaster of course. For now." laughed Cassie.

Roxanne stood up straight once again, gave Cassie and Thelma a glare and stormed off. Thelma and Cassie both laughed until something caught Cassie's attention. Leon was making his way past the tree they lounged under. Cassie smiled mindlessly at him as he passed.

Thelma angrily stood up and headed back toward the school. "Pathetic." was her only word over the situation.

Cassie tood up "Thelma wait!" she yelled as she jogged after her. "Why are you acting like this?"

Thelma merely kept walking, bumping into people as she made her way into the school.

"Are you listening to me?" asked Cassie, struggling to keep up with her.

"Only to what I want to hear. " Remarked Thelma. "Which so far has been nothing."

"What is it exactly that you want to hear?" yelled Cassie. "I'm sorry for smiling at Leon. There is that it?"

"No!" Thelma yelled back at her.

"What then?" Cassie said pulling Thelma to a stop in front of the lockers.

"I don't know." Thelma said, her tone softening. "I'm sorry o.k. I just overreacted."

"Okay then. If that's really it." said Cassie eyeing her with suspicion."Let's go back to the room. Then maybe we can go see a movie?"

"Okay, sounds good." said Thelma slightly nodding.

With that being said, Thelma and Cassie walked down the hall leading to their room. Thelma watched closely as Cassie smile and waved to the various people she passed. Why was Thelma acting the way she was?

She took her eyes off Cassie long enough from running face first into the door. She opened the door slowly and made for her bed.

All of a sudden she notices something on her nightstand she sets down her bag. It's small yellow stone connected to a chain she slowly picks it up and shows it to Cassie.

"What do you suppose this is?" She asked her, A little bit of worry in her voice.

Hah! wait for the next chapter to find out what happens! Dun dun dun!