Two eyes watched from the window, a hand reached out towards Valenie...

My mother came into my room early the next morning, she told me it was time for me to go to school.

" Go away school's not open for another two days!"

"No, it's not. It starts today and you are late!"

My eyes fluttered open and I resisted the urge to bang my head on the table.

" I don't have my books, how am I going to school?"

" The school provides it, now get up."

I waved my mother away and trudged towards the bathroom. I combed my silky hair and brushed my teeth. I am soooo going to disappear into the background, if no one notices me even better. Grabbing a piece of bread, I was just about to walk out the door when, my mother stopped me. Uh oh! Is it about the car? Oh my gosh!

"About the car...I"

" I didn't mean to I..."

" I am going to change to a new car."

" I was going to tell you...what did you say?"

I breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, there was a change in cars. The other one is so old I could swear it was about a hundred years old.

It was early in the morning when I realised that there was school today. Of course Val hadn't known. The boys did not tell her anything. I laughed at the excuses in Val's head. Her dislike for school grew in her head as she thought of the reasons. It was impossible for Val to disappear into background, she should know that. I closed my eyes and picked something from inside the cupboard, I couldn't be bothered to pick. I drove quickly to school, anxious to see Val face to face.

" Bye! I'm late remember!"

I stepped outside and walked down the street. Then, it hit me. I didn't know where is school. A honking sound from behind made me turn around. It was Kelvin and Rick! I thought I would never get to school. I waved and smiled. They drove up to me and said,

"Need a ride?"

I laughed and nodded. School wasn't what I expected, in a good way of course. Instead of the old run down school which I pictured, the school was bright and cheerful and didn't look run down at all. They were up-to-date in terms of technology too. I felt everyone staring at me as I walked through the hallway. Sometimes there was giggling and an occasional , it was bustling with life. Rick pulled me towards the office and greeted the clerk there warmly, he pointed to me, himself then Kelvin. The clerk nodded and looked my way. She dug up some papers and pushed it towards Rick. He then brought it over to me and told me to fill them up! I sighed and dragged myself to the first class in the timetable, English. Never ending introductions the entire day! The teacher introduced himself as Mr Mor and told me to sit somewhere in the class, Rick told me to sit beside him and gestured me to my seat. No introductions? That's weird. Mr Mor tapped me on the shoulder and told me to say my name.

"Uh.. I...uh...am Valenie Angel."

The classed ahhed at my name. You must admit, it's pretty unique. I put my oversized bag onto the ground and tried to sit as comfortably as I can on a hard seat. Next class was Trigonometry, the exact same thing happened except for the teacher having a different name. Her name was Ms Torini. I started spying a few same faces in both classes and they seemed pretty nice. Then came lunch. The supposedly best subject I have. I grabbed some sandwiches and Kelvin came to bring me to their seat.

" Looking good, so your day must be fine right."

I took a bite and lifted up my hand and tilted it from side to side to show that it was okay.

" I am Liliana."

I found a girl with jet black hair, with a big smile looking at me and holding up her hand. I shook it.

" There he is!"

"Who?"

" The ultra most handsome guy in the school that's who!"

The day went without so much as a yawn,compared to the previous days. The things that I was supposed to learn,I had learned. But, because I was so concentrated on Val, I wasn't bored. In fact, I was constantly amused by her. Liliana, the constant gossiper and avid fan of mine, had just pointed Val towards my direction. I waited patiently to hear what she thought of me.

She pointed in a direction and i turned that way. A guy, with golden brown hair, a sun kissed face, tall and muscular build and the most liquid gold eyes I have ever seen was sitting at the far end of the cafeteria and seemed to be staring at us. He wore a simple light greyish blue turtleneck shirt and long khaki coloured pants. He looked like the kind of guy which looks good in whatever he wears no matter how ugly it was. Wow!He is handsome. Just when I thought of that, he smiled and seemed to be laughing to himself.

I caught Val's smell in the gust of wind. Her smell...was so...unique...She is it. My destined other half.

There was a sudden gust of wind and his eyes caught mine, it looked different somehow but I don't know why. The bell rang for the next lesson, so I finished up my sandwich and cleared the tray. Rick told me that from here on we do not have the same classes together, except with Liliana. We walked to class together and to my surprise the guy from the canteen was inside my class. There were no empty seats except for the one next to him so the teacher, Mr Ders, asked me to sit there. I don't think that he will like me, after all I look better as part of the wallpaper. I slid into the seat and tried to stay as far as possible from him. The way he looked at me made me feel a bit uneasy, yet he made me want to understand him better and want to be as close to him as possible. Why was that so?Why do feel that I want to be as close to him as possible? The golden haired guy looked at me then frowned. I was taken aback and looked away.

Of everything that could happen to me, my other half wanted to be with me because of the traits which make humans like us. I must have shocked Val. It was purely unintentional. I decided to make things right.

" Hi! I saw you at the cafeteria and did not get the chance to introduce myself, I am Desmond Devilo. Very pleased to meet you. You must be Valenie!"

Desmond's voice was so musical it was hard to believe that he wasn't gave me a mega watt smile which melted my heart in a snap. The teacher called for our attention and told us to do our homework in pairs. Suddenly the entire class was staring at both of us. That's awkward... There was a light tap on my hand and I looked to the side. Desmond gave me a reassuring smile.

I could feel Val's pure uneasiness with the sudden attention. My still heart ached for her. She seemed very vunerable. I had decided to take the chance of exposing myself and decided to use the phrase which she thought of. I hoped that I managed to pull it off as a coincedence.

"It always happens! Pairing up with the hottest guy in the block, who looks like the type which looks good in whatever he wears no matter how ugly it is."

I smiled then halted. This is as if he was reading my mind.

Obviously,it didn't work. Val was too observant. She had immediately linked it to mind-reading. Hmmm...never 's wrong stays wrong. I won't die from this, since i'm already dead.

I caught Desmond winking at me. All to soon it was the end of class, I had really enjoyed his company. As I was walking out of the class I tripped, sending books and papers flying all over the place.

I knew that I was taking a risk, but I could never forgive myself if Val got hurt. I caught her and her papers and prayed that she wouldn't feel like I was different. People were applauding me in their mind and was surprised at my amazing feat, as for Val, she was mentally shocked. Aarrrghhh! I should have left the damn papers alone.

Desmond caught me, the books and the papers all at once. It was as if I was in a movie and all these things were already set up. Everytime our eyes connect, I get different feeling from him. It was as if electricity filled the place, flying around wildly. He brought me back up and gave me my was then when I felt that Desmond's hand was very cold. I held his hands in mine and tried to warm it up for him.

" Your hands... Are you okay?"

Desmond retracted his hands so quickly it scared me.

" Um...they are okay,it has always been like that."

He gestured his towards the door.

" We have the next class together, you want to walk with me?"

We walked together and talked,mostly about myself though, he didn't like talking about himself and was being the most perfect gentleman. Even then, I realised he was different.

" Why did you come here? What do you normally like to do?Do you a lot of friends in your last town?"

"It was due to my mum's work. I don't know and not I ask you questions too?"

He shrugged and walked faster leaving me behind.

"Wait up!"

We sat together for the next class as well, it seems that nobody in the class wants to sit with him.

"Why doesn't anyone sit with you?"

At the question, his expression changed.Somewhat lonely, a hint of sadness or maybe bitterness? He shook his head and mouthed the word tommorow. Finally, it was the end of school. Desmond followed me out the door. There, Rick was waiting.

" Need a ride?"

" I am sending her home, we have much to talk about."

With a hint of jealousy in his tone, Desmond had said.

"We do?"

He dragged me away from Rick with more then enough force. I frowned. Once in his shiny new Volvo, he looked at me at smiled. I stared at him suspiciously.

"I don't know what you're smiling about and I don't want to know."

He chuckled and started the expected from a new car, it purred instead of producing a choking sound like my old ancient red car. All the time Desmond was driving, he watched me from the corners of his eyes, as if he was studying me. He never missed a traffic light nor a turn.

"That's your house right?"

" how did you know?"

He pulled over at my house and helped me to open the door before I had the chance to do it myself. I thanked him and my mother appeared from nowhere.

"Would you like to come in?"

"Mom!"

"I would love too."

"Desmond!"

Can I please go and die now? I trudged into the house and glared at Desmond who smiled back at me. I am going to faint. As if on cue Desmond looked at me and asked if I was okay.

I let out a low growl. My mother looked behind.

"Is there something wrong?"

"No..."

I hissed.

"I won't be staying long...I still have work to do."

I let out a silent yes. It seems like Desmond's 'not be staying long' is about a minute. That's what I am talking about. He ran out of the house. Fast. Too fast. It didn't seem normal for a human. What if he was...it's impossible...Or was it?

The call was important. Roxanne almost lost herself over the human which cut his hand during cooking class. She needed calming down and I had to reassure her. My car couldn't go fast enough and I was anxious, if Val was the one what would have happened? The endless possibilities flooded my mind.