I turn the corner, the purple, cheap, earbuds isolation the noise coming out from my Ipod. I didn't notice Helena turn the corner and meet me- the joys of living on the same block. She tapped my shoulders, and I looked up to see her pretty face. Her hair was dark, more black than a brown, and her eyes were the exact same color, yet somehow she still had the sweet look to her. I gave a hesitant smile to her and pulled out an earbud. "Hi." I said. She jumped up next to me and I stepped closer to the egde of the sidewalk to make room for her. "Hi! Ready for your first day in high-school?" She asked, and she gasped slightly, jumping up and walking backwards in front of me. "Maybe we'll meet boys! Oh, this is going to be so fun!"
I pushed her aside, shaking my head slightly with a smile. "Yeah. For you." I said, shrugging. "You're forgetting something." I added, looking at her pointedly. Her smile faded, and she slowed down to my pace. "She's back?" She asked quietly, her hands beginning to play with themselves. I nodded unhappily. "Few weeks ago. Don't worry, I'm fine." I looked at her to see her pretty black eyes widened in concern. I chuckled. "Seriously! I'm fine." I assured her, and she sighed unhappily. "Why didn't you tell me? Did your mom notice?"
I lived alone with my mother, as a only kid. My father disappeared when I was a year old. 'He wasn't worth being part of your life', she keeps saying. Still, sometimes I wish I knew him. Sometimes I wonder if he knew what he'd done to me.
Poke. My random thoughts were interrupted by Helena poking my side. I hid a laugh. She knew I was ticklish there! I looked at her, wondering what she wanted. After a second of silence, I blinked at her. 'What?" I asked, and she frowned. "Did. Your. Mom. Notice?" She asked again, and I shrugged. "Probably not. All she knows is that I went out last night and I returned later that night... I'm surprised Little Miss Insane didn't kill her." I answered. Helena shook her head. "What about tonight? What'll you do?" She asked, and I shrugged. "I'll sneak out? I don't want her out while my mom is around." She jumped up again, and I quirked an eyebrow at her. "I'm your friend! That means I'm hers too.. She won't hurt me, right?"
I shook my head. "I don't know what will happen, Helena. I don't want to-" She interrupted me, right in the middle of my sentence. I sighed, my shoulders drooping as she talked. "My parents are home!" She said, only to continue on. "And I'll lock you in the basement. She won't be able to get up from there, there is NOTHING down there. Nothing!" After a second, I rolled my eyes. "Fine. But I apologize in advance to your family if something happens."
She smacked my arm. "Nothing will happen! Now, I'll see you after school."
School was so long and boring! That's what every typical teeanger said, and until ten o'clock tonight, that's exactly what I was. I went through the day normally. Found all my classes just the same as anybody, and was just as bored as anyone else. Except I was quieter. Mainly because my thoughts were so much different that anyone else's. I was worried. Worried that if I stayed any longer, she would try to come out. I tried entertaining myself by writing my thoughts down, and hiding it, even flushing them down, I just didn't want anyone to find them! I don't know what would happen, and I don't care. I just didn't want them found.
My thoughts were so much different from the other kid's. All they thought about who was hot and who was not- and apparently I wasn't. I knew it wouldn't end well when a senior randomly came up to me, who had my head buried in my locker, and started harrassing me... That was the right word. Harrassing. I turned around to be face-to-face with a pair of bright-blue eyes, similar to mine, only inches away from mine. I stopped where I was, my eyes widening. I stepped back so I was against my locker, and he smiled.
"Well hello there, Darling." He said, grabbing a lock of my bright blonde hair and toying with it in his hand. "You're a pretty one aren't you?" He teased. I cleared my throat to say something, only to feel a finger on my lips when I was about to open my mouth. 'No, no... Don't speak.. Just listen... Do you know who I am?" I didn't answer, because after all, he told me to be quiet. That only caused his smirk to grow a little, and he pushed me harder against my locker. I winced, and gasped, having the air pushed out of me. "Let me give you a hint. I'm Ashton, and this, my darling..." He gestured to the school. I took this chance to look around. Everyone was watching. I tried to prevent the lights from flickering, but I could feel her. The light slightly flickered, and I winced again, trying to hold her back. Then I felt him pull my chin to face him. "This is my school..." He continued. "And I'm here to make it known, that here, I'm the only person who can control you..." I held back the urge to shake my head and prove him wrong, just as I felt her push out more. I winced a little, and simply nodded, looking away. After a bit more antagonizing from him, he walked away, and just in time. Helena ran to me just as I slipped to the ground, wincing more and more by the second. "Helena..." I gasped. "Get me out of here." I finished, and she nodded, pulling me up and running us both to the bathroom. She pushed me in just as my features were changing. I wasn't me anymore, and there on the bathroom floor, Helena in there with her, I became Little Miss Insane.
