Chapter Two- Lies

The next day Kira shoved some books into her locker and headed off to go get some lunch. She decided to shake that mean rebel phase off and go to school. Now she regretted that. Not only were her classed dreadfully boring, but the teachers were bagging on her more than usual. It's like you skip one day of school and then you're on FBI's most wanted list. Dr. Mercer was on her case the most though. Kira could tell that Ethan and Conner had told him that she skipped school and didn't care that she did. Dr. Mercer kept trying to come up to her during class, but she would busy herself in her work so he wouldn't talk to her and he didn't. Conner and Ethan were also on her case. They kept coming up to her saying something about how she wasn't acting herself. She just ignored them though.

Kira slowly made her way to the cafeteria. She spotted the menu and noticed it was meat loaf. That was the worst thing that could come from the cafeteria. She spotted Ethan and Conner sitting at their usual table waving her over to join them. Her day had not been great so far and she didn't want to try and make conversation with them. That would just make it worse. She was about to back out into the hallway and come up with and excuse later, but Dr. Mercer was walking down the hallway and when he saw Kira he picked up his pace to come and talk to her. Not wanting to talk with him more than not wanting to talk to the guys Kira walked back into the cafeteria, slowly making her way to the table.

She was almost there when she saw Trent signaling her to come sit with him. He was at an empty table in the far corner. Quickly she made her way over to him and sat down. She glanced over at Conner and Ethan, their mouths were open wide. She glanced back at to where Dr. Mercer stood. It looked like he was about to come in, but when he saw that she had sat down he turned around and walked away.

"You're not eating." Trent pointed out

"I'd rather not eat what I'd have to barf up later and you're not eating either." Kira said

"I'm not eating because I'd rather have something more interesting."

"Like what?" Kira asked suddenly interested

"I don't know. Pizza maybe? Want any?"

"You know you can't go off campus on Tuesday, only Friday."

"So? Do you want to stay here and eat meat loaf and end up in the bathroom later or do you want to come with me?"

"I'll come."

Trent nodded and smiled as he stood up. Kira got up and followed him out. She took one last glance at Conner and Ethan. They were still staring at her. She laughed as she left. Kira followed Trent down the hallway and noticed he was going to the far exit to the parking lot, the one by the library. She was about to ask why they were taking the long way when a teacher walked by and stopped them.

"What are you two doing here? It's your lunch period, am I right?" she asked

"We already finished lunch and we were heading to the library." Trent said reaching into his back pocket.

"Show me your pass." The teacher said holding her hand out. Trent pulled a library pass out and Kira smiled.

"Go on." The teacher said after examining the pass. Trent and Kira started walking again.

"Nice one." Kira said once the teacher was out of earshot. Trent just smiled as they walked out the door leading to the parking lot.

Trent led Kira to a small white sports car and they both hopped in. Trent drove down a few blocks to the best pizza place around. Trent parked the car and they both hopped out and walked in. Luckily there was no line.

"What do you want?" Trent asked

"Just a slice of cheese please." Kira said. Trent nodded and ordered while Kira went off to find a table. Kira found a booth in the back corner. There were so many people there that by the time she found it Trent walked up with the food. He sat down across from her and they started to eat. Neither of them noticed that the other would look up when the other wasn't looking. When they were done eating neither felt like going back to school yet so they just sat there talking until Kira looked at her watch.

"Oh my god! We have to get back to school!" she exclaimed

"I guess so." Trent said as they stood up and went back to Trent's car.

At the end of the day Kira threw a few notebooks and textbooks into her backpack. She had no idea what her homework was and she had no idea what she had just thrown in her backpack. It wasn't like she was planning on doing her homework anyways. She walked out of the school and started to walk home. Ethan ran up to her. Kira could hear his footsteps coming and she groaned, but put on a fake smiley anyway.

"Where did you and Trent go?" Ethan asked

"Out." Kira said

"You mean like off campus?"

"Yeah." Kira said walking away from him, but Ethan followed.

"You know if you had gotten caught you would have been suspended?"

"We didn't get caught ok?" Kira snapped and stalked off. This time Ethan didn't follow her. She could tell that she had hurt his feelings and was about to turn around when Trent pulled up.

"Do you want a ride?" he asked from inside. Kira nodded and Trent popped the passenger's door open. Before Ethan could say another word Kira got in the car and Trent sped off.

After a few minutes of driving Kira got tired of the silence that was between them.

"Thanks." She said starting a conversation

"For what?" Trent asked a smile curling on his lips.

"For saving me from Ethan back there. He and Conner have been getting on my nerves lately." Kira said and Trent just nodded with a grin on his face "So where have you been lately?"

"Here and there." Trent shrugged

"What about the gem's power?"

"Oh I won't have to worry about that anymore."

"Good." Kira said not knowing what to say next.

"Do you want to do something tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow is a school day."

"You skipped once you can skip again."

"How'd you know that I skipped?"

"Word travels fast at this school. So do you want to do something or not?"

"Sure, what did you have in mind?"

"You'll see. When can I come and pick you up?" Trent asked as he pulled up into Kira's driveway.

"Um that depends. My parents aren't very consistent with leaving for work. How about I call you when the coast it clear." Kira said and Trent agreed.

Kira said bye and got out of the car and Trent sped off. When Kira walked in the from door her mom was standing there with her arms crossed and an angry look on her face.

"Who was that?" she asked in a fake sweet voice

"A friend." Kira said heading upstairs.

"Strange, I've never seen you with him before."

"Mom, have you been spying on me. I never said it was a he."

"How come you skipped school yesterday?" she asked changing the subject along with changing her voice to angry. Kira stopped dead in her tracks and turned to face her mom.

"Who said I skipped."

"I got a call at work today from you teacher Dr. Mercer and he said you skipped school yesterday. Did you?"

"No, I was in the nurse during his class. He's forgetful and probably forgot to write that down so it looked like I skipped. Plus if I had skipped the school would have called you and you saw me leave yesterday." Kira said lying as she started to head upstairs. Her mom turned away signaling that she had bought that.

Kira ran up to her room and plopped onto her bed. She couldn't believe her mom had bought that. She was usually such a bad liar. Apparently she wasn't any more.

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