First day back.
"Elena" I could hear my name was being called through my muffled pillow. I pulled the pillow closer around my head, thinking I could hide away and make the sound stop. But with no success, I gradually brought my head out of my soft pillow, glaring at the person who distracted my dream. Of course, it was aunt Jenna.
"Finally, I thought Jeremy was bad at trying to get up, but you." She smiled, her blonde hair tangled into knots, pulled tightly into a ponytail. Her eyes watched me, as I pulled myself out of my comfy double bed.
"Alright I'm up." I murmured, my throat groggily. I hated the mornings, it meant another day had gone past since my parents left forever. Today, it had been 104 days. 104 days since the accident. I pulled myself from the bed that I was perched on, and followed Jenna out, leaving my dark thought alone. I didn't want to start the first day of school in a dark mood. I didn't want to start the year, with my conscience eating at me. I didn't want to seem weak for once.
As I walked down the long stairs, my eyes flowed to the bottom, expecting to see my dad. But nothing, just the dust sinking to the floor. I should be used to that by now, not seeing my parents, but I still expect them to be there. I still expect to see my mum at my bedroom door, waking me up, cooking in the kitchen, laughing as my dad kisses her in the car. Each time, nothing.
As i finished putting on my last touches of mascara to my eyelashes, I heard a loud horn beep, shaking my back into where I was. I was stood in front of the large mirror in the living room. Picking up my bag, I placed my mascara on the side, and marched to the front door.
"Elena" I heard Bonnie shout, smiling ear to ear. Her hair had grown since last time I saw her. She wore a grey long sleeve top, with a black sleeveless cardigan over top, with a long golden necklace swinging on her chest. I smiled, as i walked towards her silver car. Her dad had given her this as a present for her 16th birthday, almost two years ago.
"Bonnie, hey thanks for the ride" I smiled, trying to to get over my new fear of cars. It sounded pathetic to new comers in my life, but to me and my friends, we knew why. That very night, a car crash changed my life forever.
"No problem, Caroline text me saying she's going to meet us there. But with her gone, I can tell you exciting news" Her face showed everything, it was big, and very positive. She gestured her hand for me to get into the passenger side. I did, with a toothy smile. As we both slid into our leather seats, my body shut down still. I can't let this affect me forever, I thought to myself.
"So the exciting new? I thought you stayed at your 'crazy boring grandma's for the week'." I quoted, as she told me before she left. I remember her moaning constantly that she had to stay there for the summer, to learn her heritage.
"Well, I promised my grams that I wouldn't tell anyone, but your my best friend, so its illegal not to. So i did find out that my grams was actually crazy, she kept talking about spells, and curses. She had thousands of books on the shelves about witches and monsters. In a way, it was pretty cool. She actually told me I'm a witch, can you believe it? Me?"
"A witch? Maybe your grams worships the devil or something." I replied, my eye brows shot up high.
"Well don't you remember the stuff I predicted last year that came true." She smirked, considering the possibility.
"What that Callum Durke would ask you out to prom. Yeah bonnie, that's witchcraft." I joked, laughing along with her.
"Well, considering he was out with Caroline, I'd say yes." She laughed, remembering the day he asked her to prom. She rejected him in an instant. Two weeks earlier she had a small feeling that he would.
"And the time you predicted that Caroline would fall flat on her face in front of everyone in class, she didn't come to school for a week just in case." I laughed, remembering the days. I remember telling my mum the story, and her laughing along side me.
"Haha, well I would of been right if she actually attended, but she just had to ruin it." Her smile reached up to her ears.
"Oh Carr." Caroline was the stereotypical blonde. Although she was smarter than most, she did have her blonde moments, as well as her teenage hormonal moments. But we loved her all the same.
"So what do you predict about my future" I asked, my eyes focused on her. Creases spread across her forehead, as she searched for my 'future'. She seemed to think pretty hard, before murmuring a short answer.
"True love." I look at her questionably. I had dumped Matt 3 months ago, needing to be alone. I knew he was never going to be the one, but we felt that we owed our selves to have a try, and start a relationship. We had been best friends since we were kids. But I always knew I wanted it to stay like that. Ever since I had said those words 'its over', I knew id lost a great friendship as well, but I needed the space.
I haven't spoken to him as much since the break-up, he had ignored me for the majority of it. I don't blame him.
"And the guy, please be strong, muscular and super good looking and defiantly not from our school." I laughed along, thinking of the
idea of 'true love'. I had never believed in fairytale endings, or fate. It was just the role of the dice. Your decisions are what makes a person, not fate. Like if I had not made one stupid decision, they would...
I stopped my train of thought before i had gotten to far. I had to be strong, I had to, for me and for them.
Bonnie pulled her car to the side of the road, and closed her eyes. I felt the sides of my lips tilt at the corners.
"Of course, i can see... Black hair... with blue eyes.. With a gorgeous smile, that matches a perfectly body." Her eyes blinked open automatically.
"Wow... I could almost picture the guy then.. that was creepy." Bonnie whispered. I nudged her, smiling.
"Maybe Bonnie Bennett really is a witch." I murmured, as she pulled away from the curb, and through the school gates. I felt her nod beside me, as we reached a car parking spot. I unbuckled the seatbelt, grabbing my bag. I put my happy mask on, before taking my first breath in school. Count to one to ten, I whispered to myself.
"Come on, i think my little experiments made us a little late." She smiled, clinging to my arm. We walked to the school doors, looking at the students.
"Nothings changed much." She whispered, a frown appearing on her face. But to me, a lot of things had changed.
"Hmm" I whispered, a frown appearing on my own. We walk to our lockers, luckily they were very close together. We nudged our away through, and finally reached our destination. From across the hall, I noticed Jeremy, like a lost puppy, follow Matt's sister.
I walked to the first lesson, history.