Disclaimer: Don't own any of it.
borrowing the Characters for harmless fun.
This is purely for entertainment.
Author's Note: something I wrote out of nervousness honestly it's pretty sloppy but I thought eh what the hell, might as well post it
( in this chapter I've introduced an oc main character, it can honestly been anyone you want it to be but while writing this myself I kinda pictured a young Tom welling in his early Smallville days but with more of a bad boy vibe. (Kent Murdoc will be his name) enjoy
Rating: M
Chapter 2
Kyle pov
"What do you mean she wasn't there?"
"She left a note saying that she went on vacation and not to worry about her , I think you're stressing too much son she's a smart girl and is very capable of handling herself"
"Dad you're not listening to me, she had bruises all over her face and both of her hands were all bloody and cut up, there was something seriously wrong going on"
"Kyle she is fine, if something was actually going on she would have said something about it, she's a sweetheart and all but she's not very good at keeping quiet about things" Jim Valenti says walking into the kitchen being followed closely by his son
"Dad, you don't even know her"
"And you do?"
"Well not exactly but-"
"No buts Kyle I'm a busy man okay? I've already informed Amy about her leaving So everything is gonna be perfectly fine. Her mom will take care of it don't stress it"
"Well, did she at least say where she was going on the note?" I say clearly upset about my dads lack of interest
"I'm not sure but it doesn't matter, right now you need to be thinking about what you are going to get accomplished this summer okay? It's bad enough miss blondie in there just wants to hang around and hang out with her friends all day" Dad says loud enough for Tess to hear from her position in the other room
"I heard that!" Tess yells back teasingly
Ignoring her, Dad picks up his car keys from the kitchen table before making his way towards the door
"Hey" Dad calls over his shoulder
"Yeah?" I mumble
"Seriously, she's a big girl Kyle stop worrying."
"Fine" I mumble
"Fine?"
"Fine." I say firmly ignoring his concerned gaze
"Alright then, I'll be down at the station if you need me" Dad calls out making sure Tess can hear before walking out the front door
Rolling my eyes I trudge into the living room where a bored looking Tess laid sprawled out against the couch
"What were you and Jim talking about?"
"Maria"
"Maria Deluca?" Tess answers back intrigued
"Yep"
"What about her?"
Looking at her hesitantly I debate on telling her what had happened earlier or not
"...uhm I went too her house earlier to check on her and she acted kinda weird"
"Weird how?"
"She had...bruises all over her and her hand was bandaged up like she hit something"
"Woah,seriously?"
"Yeah I told dad and he went to go check on her but he said that she left a note saying that she's going on vacation and not to worry or something"
"Hmmph pathetic" Tess mumbles rolling her eyes
"What?" I say looking at her confused
"C'mon Kyle you're seriously gonna fall for that? She's a drama queen she only made herself look like that so she could get Michael's attention" Tess says scoffing
"...Which she should seriously stop doing since him and Isabel are like a thing now anyways"
"Michael and Isabel are dating?" I say surprised
"Oh yeah they're like totally in love" Tess says throwing her curly blonde hair over her shoulder and shrugging
"Are you sure? They always seemed more on the brother sister side to me"
"Oh yeah no way they're like seriously into each there"
"Oh" I mumble
"Yeah Anyways I wouldn't worry about it much Kyle, she probably did that to herself to get attention" Tess says getting up and making her way into MY bedroom
"...or maybe she was actually hurt" I say slowly
"Yeah, okay" Tess says rolling her eyes before closing the bedroom door
Sighing I sit down on the now empty couch
"she's not pathetic" I mumble sinking into the couch confused
Maria/pov
Watching the bus drive off into the distance I let out a nervous sigh
Having the courage to finally get off the bus was tough, but I realized that this might be my last chance to completely do something that would effect my well being in a good way for a long time.
Having two months to figure it out and having everything I needed to do it was probably the best push of confidence that there was though
My mentality set in the right place and my emotions set in the back of my head, I began my journey slowly
walking towards the intense looking school
"Good grief, this place looks like a godamn death trap" I mumble to myself pulling my duffle bag over my shoulder as I make my way into the schools main lobby
Blushing after hearing several low whistles I decide to speed up my pace, catching the eyes of a large group of boys loitering around the main entrance
"Would you pigs stop, she's new, give her a chance to breath a little, jeez"
Turning around at the sound of the boys deep voice, I catch his eyes as I make my way towards the front desk
Staring back at me from under his thick eyelashes, he looks slightly surprised for a second before turning his face back into a smug expression emphasizing his facial features as he does so
His short spiky hair and his insanely cocky expression and built exterior makes him come off tough but unfortunately for him I've dealt with boys like himself before
Sending him the coldest glare I could muster up I turn around completely facing the lady at the front desk
"Hi, I'm Maria Deluca and I'm um new here" I mumble softly to the older lady sitting behind the computer station
"Hi there babygirl and welcome, would you mind telling me you're last name again?" She says brightly
"Oh uhm Deluca"
"Hmm Deluca" she mutters typing into the tiny computer sitting in front of her
"Oh yes Deluca, you're mother called in for an application for you but we never got it in"
"Oh yeah um she actually mailed it in a couple hours ago it should be hear at anytime" I say still hurt that she would go behind my back and do something like that
"Oh well that's okay, as long as I get the application in with you're mother's information in the next week you should be fine" She says standing up making her way around the empty front office
Opening up a drawer In the far corner of the room she pulls out two white sheets of paper before walking back over towards me
"Alright sweetheart I'm gonna need you to fill these out okay? This one is just a little form that's asks you simple questions like if you have any allergies or if you're allergic to anything"
"And this one" she says putting her perfectly manicured finger on top of the other form
"Is what classes you would like to apply for"
"Classes?" I ask confused
"Yep, we have a variety of self defense, and survival but we also have quite a bit in you're everyday needs categories, like home ec or sex ed"
"Oh" I mumble looking down at both of the forms
"And after you're done filling these out I'll get you you're room key and a personal guide to show you around campus"
"I can take her Agnes"
Whipping around surprised, I look up at the tall, pretty boy from earlier
"Ah yes, Mr Shaw that would be splendid!" the older woman says clapping her hands together happily
"and who are you?" I ask agitated at how close the old spice smelling boy was standing behind me
"We go by last names here but you can call me by my first name, Adam" he says giving me a sarcastic grin
"Adam Shaw?"
"Yep, that's me" he says giving me a questionable once over
"Oh um Maria...Maria Deluca"
"Pleasure to meet you" he says
"Likewise"I mumble looking away from the good looking boys gaze
"Alright, here is your room key" Agnes says coming back over and handing me a key with a tiny tassel attached to it
" You're gonna be staying in the D-4 room all the way at the top , unfortunately you will be bunking alone but I have no doubt that you will have any trouble making friends here" Agnes says giving me a pen to fill in my forms
"Oh uh thank you"
"No problem babydoll just put the forms in that black little tray over there when you're done okay?"
Nodding my head as she walks away I turn my complete attention to the forms, working on my medical one first
"You're allergic to honey? That sucks"
Ignoring the boy hovering over me, I grab the pen Agnes left me with my bandaged up right hand while leaning my head on my left
"So What happened to you?"
"What?"
"Why do you have bruises all over you're face and why is you're hand so fucked up?"
"I honestly don't see how that's any of your business" I say nonchalantly reaching over and putting my medical form in the black tray
"Let me guess, girl loves boy, boy cheats on girl, girl beats the living hell out of boys other girl, and girl gets sent away to military school for bad behavior" Adam says matter of factly
"Uh Yeah not quite" I mumble looking over the two extra classes I get too choose from before marking yes to hand to hand combat and strength training
"Woah are you sure you wanna take those classes?"
Turning to look up at him I scoff
"What the hell does that supposed to mean?" I say slightly offended
"No, I mean those are just some really tough classes, I know some guys who weigh ten times more than you who can't take those classes"
"Yeah well I'm not them am I?" I say slamming the class form in the tray before stomping down to the Stairway at the end of the hall
"Hey Wait up!" Adam yells jogging back towards me
"What the hell do you want?" I Grit out looking at the map of the school next to the stairwell
"You're gonna have to get you're uniform you know"
"My wha-oh" I say taking in his tan shirt and army cargo pants
"Yeah" Adam says scratching the back of his neck awkwardly
"Uhm okay where do I find that?"
"Just follow me" Adam says walking back down the hallway
"sure why not" I say rolling my eyes
I follow him down past the lobby and into a huge gymnasium
"They keep spare clothes in the stockroom, you'll probably get you're dogtags and stuff after you're all settled in"
"Dogtags?"
"Yep, personalized and everything" he says walking into what I think was called the stockroom before flipping on the light switch
"Size?"
"Huh?"
"You're clothing sizes"
"Oh" I say embarrassed
"Uhm small in pants and extra small in shirts" I mumble ashamed
"Are you sure you wanna take strength training class? Lots of people lose a lot of weight when they go into it"
"Yeah, hopefully I'll gain more muscle than mass"
"Probably" he mumbles grabbing an extra set of clothes just Incase the ones he's already grabbed gets dirty
"Uhm over there in those packages is undergarments and stuff if you wanna look" Adam says pointing to the back of the room
"Oh, but won't the ones I've already packed work?" I say ignoring his blush
"Probably but they're kinda strict on that here, we only get to wear our regular clothes on the weekends"
"oh wow that sucks"
"Yeah you'll probably get the school handbook when you get you're schedule it has everything about stuff like that in it" he says grabbing the clothes before motioning me to grab the packaged undergarments
Grabbing them I follow him out of the stockroom before flipping of the light switch and closing the door
"Kinda sucks they're making you bunk up in D hall" Adam says trying to start a conversation
"Why?"
"Cause it's all the way up on the top floor and you're probably gonna have to go down three flights of stairs to get to you're classes"
"oh"
"And cause other than the eighty year old janitor and this mental kid named Kent, you'll be the only one up there"
"Mental?" I say furrowing my brows
"Yep" he says shrugging obviously avoiding the subject
"That's fine with me actually I prefer being alone most of the time" I say ignoring his sad attempt to change the topic and thinking about how much of a relief that's gonna be when Ria decides she wants to come out again
"Why" Adam says before turning up towards the stairwell with me following closely behind
"I don't know" I shrug not really feeling like spilling my guts to some stranger
"You don't like to talk much, huh" Adam says stopping almost out of breath from walking up so many flights of stairs
Stopping and gaping at him openly, I almost gasp
"What?" Adam says noticing my surprised state
"Uh-Nothing it's just you're the first person who has ever in my whole life said that to me" I say honestly
"Seriously?"
"yeah-I uh wow" I mumble walking up to the door labeled D-4
"So I guess this is you're stop" Adam says looking around awkwardly
"Uh, Yeah thanks for walking me up here by the way"
"Yeah no problem, if you ever need me by the way I'm in C-2 with my roommate Finn so..." he says handing me the uniforms
"Oh yeah okay cool" I say looking up at him shyly
"Yeah so I'll see you around" he
says backing up slowly
"Guess so"
Smirking and sending me a small wink, he makes his way back down the stairwell silently
Sighing I lean my head against the door to my new living situation
"Wow, he's sexy"
"AHH!" I scream startled
"What?" Ria asks from beside me
" And just where the hell have you been!?" I exclaim
"Um inside you're head" Ria says matter of factly leaning against the wall next to her
"Yeah, well go back"
"Why?" Ria wines
"Because, I'm tired of seeing you're face"
"Ooo burn"
"Would you just shut up already"
"Yeah sure, but I have a question"
"What?!"
"Are we gonna go inside the room or are you just gonna stand here talking to mid air as the scary looking kid watches you"
"What?" I say looking behind me at my newfound audience
"oh...hey" I mumble looking at the built figure of a depressed looking boy standing next to the stairwell creepily
His dark sleepless eyes meet mine in a deep stare before he turns to completely ignore my gaze
"hey back" he grunts making his way past me before stopping at the room next to mine
"Oh looks like we're neighbors" I say awkwardly laughing
"Guess so" he says nonchalantly putting the key into the door and stepping in his room, looking back at me again for a quick second then closing the door
"Ooooo he's kinda cute too"
"Go away Ria"
"Fine" she says from behind me
Not needing to turn around to know that she disappeared I slid my key into the lock before opening the door
Letting a small smile grace my lips I take in the room happily satisfied with the small space that I would be calling home for the next couple of weeks
A large window placed in the middle of the room draped with a thick purple curtain and a big king sized bed, on the side of me next to the front doors entrance was a small closet and desk completely empty except for the small alarm clock that was neatly placed in the corner of the desk
The bed had a very comfortable looking black comforter on top with thick throw pillows all across it
Walking towards it I turn myself around before throwing my self on it heavily dropping my duffle bag and new uniform and undergarments on the floor as I do so
"mmmm" I moan in satisfaction as my body practically melts into the bed
"now this is a vacation"
Ria says appearing again
"This is not a vacation Ria, this is for me to improve myself"
"This is for me to improve myself" she mimics in a baby voice
"ughh" I say rolling over and putting the pillow on top of my head
"What?"
"Why are you here Ria?" I say my words coming out muffled over the pillow
"You need me"
"Not right now I don't"
"Yes you do"
"What the hell are you even talking about?" I say glaring at the raven haired girl from her position next to my closet
"You're alone with you're thoughts again, they're hurting you" she says knowingly
"Well I guess I'll just have to fix that then huh?" I say standing up and making my way to leave the room
"Hey! Where you goin" she calls back to me as I slam the door to my room ignoring her
"none of you're business anyways" I say scoffing to myself
"You do that a lot?"
Turning around I make direct eye contact to the creepy boy from earlier
"Huh?"
"Talk to yourself... or maybe you're not even talking to yourself"
Not even bothered at his blunt way of calling me crazy I roll my eyes
"No, I'm definitely talking to myself" I say laughing darkly making him raise his eyebrows in surprise
"You know there's a curfew here right?"
"And?..." I say trailing off
"Touché" he mumbles walking towards the D floor staircase
"Hey, where are you going"
"The roof" he answers shortly
"well...can I come?"
He looks at me for a second too long before nodding his head yes and turning back around towards the staircase with me following closely behind
Mixed pov/
"Wow, this place is deserted" Tess laughs, happily joining the rest of the pod squad at their routinely table located in the crashdown
"You can say that again" Isabel says sounding bored watching as Tess sits down next to her brother but not before giving him a big sloppy kiss
"do you guys seriously have to do that here?" Michael says grimacing at his fellow aliens
"Like you guys are any better" Tess says sending a smug look between the second in command and princess
"Uh Yeah totally" Isabel trails off awkwardly while Michael looks on seemingly more interested in his soda
"Besides, it's a good way to push other people to move on" Tess says obviously sending a jab at her boyfriends recent ex
noticing everyone at the tables bored and solemn looks Tess again decides to start up a topic
"Speaking of moving on...seems like little Ms hurricane Deluca decided on skipping town" Tess says rolling her eyes dramatically
Instantly perking up at the sounds of his ex girlfriends name, Michael furrows his eyebrows in a worried expression
"What do you mean she skipped town?" Michael asks trying to sound nonchalant
"well..." Tess says taking in a deep breath obviously about to talk her lungs out
"Kyle said that he went to stop by her house yesterday and that when she answered the door she had like bruises all over her and that her hand was all messed up like she punched somethin-"
"SHE HAD BRUISES?" Michael exclaims standing up from the booth
"Would you let me finish" Tess says motioning him to sit back down
Following her demands he sits back down instantly, silently urging her to continue
"Anyways...he asked Jim to go to her house to make sure that she was okay and it turns out that she left a note saying that she left and not to worry that everything's fine" she said ending her sentence before reaching over to take a sip of Max's cherry coke
Looking around at the surprised expressions from his sister and best friend, Max decides to carry on the discussion
"And?..." Max says dragging out the word looking at her questionably
"And...that's it, she just left" Tess says shrugging as if it was an everyday deal
"What did the note say" Michael says demandingly
"I don't know completely what it says just that she left and not to worry... You should seriously chill okay, she's probably just doing this to get you're attention"
"...she put bruises all over herself for attention" Michael says slowly looking at her as if she had two heads
"C'mon I mean I know you dated her or was her make-out buddy or whatever for that period of time but you seriously cannot sit there and tell me she wouldn't do something like that for attention" Tess says scoffing
"Yes I can Tess, because she's not crazy, a bit on the wacky side but not crazy" Michael says giving her an astonished look as the other two quiet aliens look at their friends warily
"Hey, whatever you say" Tess says unconvinced
Scoffing Michael stands up from the booth before grabbing his jacket and heading towards the door
"Hey, where are you going?!" Isabel calls towards his retreating figure
"The hell away from here"
Maria pov/
After what felt like hours of my young companions pick-locking
The door to the roof finally popped open sending a cold breeze through the frame hitting me instantly
"C'mon" the boy says walking out towards the cement ground of the top part of the huge building
Following him out and softly closing the door behind me, I look around me in awe as the dark sky lights up around me with a cluster of shiny bright stars
"wow" I breath out amazed
Motioning me to follow him, the boy walks over towards a large but very worn out couch before plopping down on it
Sitting next to him I lean back just gazing at the beautiful view as the soft sounds of my environment around me begins to soothe me
Sniffing around me now smelling something very herbal I gasp in surprise as I look over to watch the boy place a paper joint between his lips before inhaling deeply
"What the hell are you doing!?" I ask flustered
"Oh my bad, would you like a hit?" He says smugly putting the joint directly in front of my face
"I-I don't know how" I stutter innocently as a dark shade of red pulls at my cheeks
He stares at me again, a small smile threatening to appear on his face before he snaps back into reality and shrugs it off
"It's easy I'll show you" he mumbles handing me the joint
I look at it for a second before following his relaxed instructions
"Okay first place it between you're lips but don't breath in" he says watching me do as told
"Okay now what you're gonna do is breathe in deeply before stopping then exhaling" he instructs watching me closely
Furrowing my brows and pouting at him with the joint between my lips I attempt at his instructions before having the smoke get caught in my lungs making me cough out the bitter taste roughly
"Easy there Snoop" the boy says laughing and rubbing his hand soothingly in circles on my back as I continue coughing now bent over with one hand clutching my chest and the other holding the joint
Slowly pulling back up from my coughing fit I raise the hand holding the joint in-front of my face
Glanicing between the boys eyes and the joint for a few seconds, I decide on bringing the joint back up to my lips
Inhaling again but this time slower, I hold the smoke in my lungs for a few seconds before exhaling easily
Now leaning completely against the couch again , I look towards the boy while handing him the joint
"Wow,a fast learner huh?" He says impressed
"mmmm, I try" the effects of the marijuana instantly taking over me as I close my eyes
"cute"
"Hmm?" I say looking at him again
Avoiding eye contact he pulls up the satchel he had carried up here with him on his lap before mumbling a soft "nothin"
"Okay" I say watching him pull out a laptop from his satchel while holding the joint between his lips
Snagging the joint, I inhale again as he turns on his laptop instantly logging into his iTunes account
"Ooooo, music!?" I say excitedly taking another hit from the joint
"Yep"
"Scremo?" I ask taking yet another hit from the joint
"No" he says scoffing and taking the joint from my hand
"Okay" I mumble again as a happy, sleepy, feeling covers me in warm kisses
Relaxing for a few seconds with half lidded eyes I let out a sigh of relief before squealing in delight as mazzy stars "Fade into you" begins to echo throughout the dark atmosphere from the boys tiny computer
I stand up swaying my hips lightly, ignoring the bemused expression on the boys face as I just let go
I began spinning in slow circles lifting my hands up at my sides, feeling air pass against my fingers as I pick up momentum slightly
And I wasn't the only thing that was spinning
Everything was spinning and I couldn't stop laughing. My whole body was tingling
After a minute I got too dizzy and
fell to the ground
before looking up at the stars
a few seconds later I felt a warm body lay beside and I gazed up at the hollow looking boy just now taking in his deep dark, bloodshot eyes and the soft barley noticeable frown lines that shadowed around the corner of his lips
"What you're name?" He mumbles his eyes now completely closed
"I'm Maria"
He turns his head and looks down at me, deep brown eyes looks now looking directly into mine
"Kent"
"huh?" I whisper feeling his warm breath hit the top of my head
"Kent, Kent Murdoc" he says again leaning in closer to me
Looking up at the sky again I ignore his heated gaze with a demand
"Tell me a secret Kent" I whisper
"A secret?"
"Yes, a secret you've never told anybody before"
He's quite for a few seconds as he leans his head back slightly to gaze up at the sky
"I don't like stars" he says almost glaring at the image above him
"Really?" I say interested
He lets out a deep breath before continuing
"When I see stars, that's all they are. And it's always been like that"
"Does that bother you?"
"Sometimes" he admits
Nodding my head in understanding I relax again into my drug filled haze
"You're turn"
Listening to his request my head searches through my long list of dirty little secrets before stopping at one of my biggest
Ifellinlovewithanalienifellinlovewithanalienifellinlovewithanalienifellin love withan alien
not even skipping a beat I instantly blurt out
"I think I'm a sczophrintic"
Immediately regretting that my big mouth decided to betray me like this, my mind (Ria) begins to scream at me to get up and run away, hide so he doesn't fear you and hide so he doesn't scream you're truths
But the boy surprises me, taking a whole different approach
"no shit?,me too" he says with all sincerity in his voice looking down at me as I look up at him
I stare shocked as he take our hands and intertwines them tightly
A warm feeling shoots through me again making me smile widely , obviously the drugs by now had taken full effect and the dilemma I had earlier was exterminated
Leaning my head into his shoulder I gripped his hand with all my might letting the fuzzy feeling take over
Making everything inside me feel like it was going to burst into fireworks as my whole body fell apart at the earth . Everything didn't matter at the moment, because I was floating.
Floating into nothing.
Michael pov/
I hate this
I hate destiny
I hate my life
Why the hell does my life always have to be so damn complicated? Why am I always the one sacrificing for someone else's happiness?
With a sour face I trudged up the narrow driveway of the deluca's residence turning towards the side of the house before crouching down to look through Maria's bedroom window
Using my powers to pop open the once locked latch I maneuver my body under the window expertly before planting both of my feet on her soft carpet
I flip her light switch on before taking in her room for anything unusual
My eyes instantly catching the mirrorless vanity, the one were I watched her several nights sit in front of just taking in her appearance or brushing her soft hair while humming something of the pop genre
Walking towards it I run my fingers against the edge of the mirror softly before being roughing pulled out of my thoughts and into a flash
~flash~
Maria staring eye to eye with herself in the mirror*
~flash~
Maria talking to herself through the mirror, tears streaming down her face*
~flash~
Maria screaming at her reflection through the mirror angrily *
~flash~
Maria slamming her fist into her glass vanity shattering it and sending tiny pieces of glass everywhere*
Coming out of the flash I clutch the edge of both sides of her vanity with both of my hands to make sure I didn't fall down, gasping for air while closing my eyes
Opening my eyes, my heart begins to thump out of my chest at the sight below me
Right in the middle of my ex girlfriends vanity sits the napkin holder I made her
She kept it
Even after everything she kept it
Backing away from the vanity I let my thoughts roam, worried from the flashes I received
Never had I ever seen her so upset, even before I met her in grade school,middle school, and now.
I had never seen her that hurt
She must have been in serious pain to hurt herself like that
Pain that I caused
Flinching from the thoughts, I rub my temples trying to relax the tension from the overflow of emotions
Walking out of her room and into the living/ kitchen area I roam around looking for anything that could give me any clues to where she went
Finding absolutely nothing in the living room I sigh walking back into the kitchen and slumping down on one of the small kitchen tables seats
"What have I done" I mumble to myself out loud ashamed
I never meant to hurt her, I loved her
I love her
I just didn't want her to get hurt because of me but it seems I've caused more pain than I could even imagine
Slapping my hand on the table in frustration I immediately pull back in pain from the slight stinging sensation of a little colorful paper pamphlet
Putting the tiny cut on my finger in my mouth, I reach over to grab the tiny pamphlet in curiosity
"Saints school for misbehaved children?" I read out loud, furrowing my brows
As is someone came behind me with a bat and hit me directly against the smart part of my brain a lightbulb pops up
"Good god Deluca, military school?" I mumble closing off the light to the living room and kitchen before making my way back into Maria's bedroom closing the door and flipping off the light behind me as I do so
Still gripping the pamphlet in my hand tightly I crawl out her window and lock it back up
"Kansas here I come"