Groaning, I shifted to the left of my bed to observe my digital clock. After finally focusing my eyes on the numbers, I read that it was six o' clock in the morning, and the clock was violently ringing. "Not now…" I mumbled angrily, leaning my head near my pillow. Cue my bad luck. Instead of hitting my feather pillow, I slammed my head against my wooden bed side table.

"Oww!" I screeched, rubbing my hand against my hair where a bump would soon grow.

"Morning sleepy head!" Aelita said, throwing a towel onto my bed. "We gotta get up a bit early so we can take a shower." Aelita told me.

A shower would be nice; the hot water trickling down my back. Smiling, I got out of bed and pulled my black tank top down a bit. Everything was so short on me. This stupid shirt only came down to my hips barely covering my belly button. My pants were the complete opposite. Looking at my red and black plaid, flannel pants, i hiked them up and rolled them so the end was no longer touching the ground. Grabbing the towel on my bed, I followed Aelita, which I really didn't have to do because the bathroom was only a couple doors down. As we entered the steam filled room, Aelita found me a place to set my hair brush, make up etc. down and also lead me to an open shower. I thanked her quickly and closed the curtain behind me. Stripping down, I looked at an oddly shaped scar which was on the side of my left boob. It looked like a labyrinth; spiraling and tracing my boob. Hmm… I don't remember ever getting that. Shrugging that fact off, I turned on the hot water and I cleaned myself up for my first day of school.

Quickly finishing up getting dressed I looked in the mirror. Today I was wearing some washed out shorts, and the same blue shirt I wore yesterday. And I was wearing some hot skater sneakers that were cobalt blue. They were totally hot. To top it off, I wore my hair in a long, loose ponytail with a plaid bow in it. I looked good, which was totally rare. Grabbing my backpack, I rushed to my first class with Aelita and we were there, only seconds to spare.


Finally, the last bell rang. It was the dinner bell, and my stomach was totally in need of food. I forgot to eat breakfast because I was getting ready, and I really needed some food or I was going to starve. Walking with Aelita to the cafeteria, we caught up with the gang on our way.

"Hey," Odd said, greeting Aelita and I.

"Hey." I said to everyone.

Aelita fell back a little along with Jeremy, and they talked all hush hush with each other. I looked back at them and thought they looked really cute with each other. I smiled, and wished silently that I had someone like that.

"Don't worry," Odd said, putting his arm around my shoulder casually. "They're in geek love." He said.

I punched him gently in the stomach, rolling my eyes, and he laughed as we walked into the cafeteria.

"You're just jealous." I told him, and we laughed some more.

After going through the never ending lunch line with Aelita (who had FINALLY stopped talking with Jeremy), a grin grew on my face.

"So," I began slowing my pace down a bit so we could talk. "You and Jeremy are really cute together!" I tell her almost squealing.

"You really think so?" She asked almost sounding a little bit anxious.

"Yeah! You guys should totally go out to the movies sometime." I told her, nudging her with my arm in an antagonizing notion.

She blushed, and we took our seats at a table with the others. Sitting in between Odd and Aelita, my stomach growled angrily. Odd chuckled.

"Someone's a little hungry!" Odd said, chowing down into his second serving of spaghetti and meatballs.

"Someone didn't have breakfast because she was getting ready." Aelita said, nudging me with her elbow.

I smiled, and I began to eat my banana.

"And if I do say so my self, you look ravishing after all your work." Odd said, trying to sound smooth.

Ulrich rolled his eyes and smirked at Odd.

"Odd, like I said, don't use pick up lines on Lucy. She's not the type of girl who will fall for that crap." Ulrich said, biting a piece off of his sandwich.

"And what type of girl is that?" I asked, taking a sip from my Pepsi.

"Stupid." Ulrich said, and everyone started to laugh.

I sneaked a look towards Odd through my laughs, and he was looking back at me, smiling. He seemed as though he didnt even care that Ulrich just cracked on him. He began laughing and once again put his arm around my shoulder.

"She's definitely not stupid, or she would be all over me by now." Odd said, and the laughter started back up with a couple eye rollings from the group.

"You wish!" Jeremy snorted.

"Sssuureee." I told him, not reassuringly, but in a flirty kind of way, rolling my eyes.

Whoa, wait. I never knew I knew how to flirt! I always thought I was a failure with boys, but Odd just kept on smiling at me and he kept his arm around me..... Not like I didn't want it on me...... As we all finished up eating our dinners, and we threw away our remains, we all headed back to Jeremy's dorm to chill and talk. I laughed. Me. Chill. I had never 'chilled' with anyone, and although it's not a lot of fun, it seems like it is when you're with people who are your friends.


As we all settled inside of Jeremy's room, it was only 6 o' clock and I still had a lot of time to take a shower. Leaning on a bed on the floor, I pulled my knees up to my chest, and talked to Aelita about… well… normal stuff. We talked about school, homework, the movies, and other stuff.

"So, how do you like Kadik so far?" Odd asks I watch the computer screen that Jeremy's eyes could not look away from.

"Amazing." I told him, now looking at the clock.

Suddenly, a cold breeze brushed my shoulder and my enormous headache finally came back to me. My temples felt like they were going to explode and my head felt like it was being jabbed continuously with knives.

"Damn it!" I hissed under my breath.

Pushing my fore fingers against my temples, I looked up at Odd.

"What?" Jeremy asked, suddenly interested in something different then his computer.

"My… my head." I said standing up.

"Again?" Yumi asked, looking concerned.

"Yeah...again." I replied, leaning on a wall with my hand now against my forehead.

Aelita came up behind me and she put a hand on my shoulder.

"You need some Motrin?" She asked me with a soothing voice.

Looking at the clock I noticed it was 8:15.

"No. I'll just go take a cold shower. It will help." I told the group, trying to comfort them.

"You want me to come with you?" Aelita asked.

"No… I'm fine." And with that, I staggered out the door like a drunk, and into the girl's bathroom to try to cure my agonizing migraine.


Stepping out of the steaming shower, I noticed I was the only one there, giving the bathroom an eerie feel. Clutching a towel against my soaked body, I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked pale, and I felt my headache come back with full force like a raging beast. Groaning, I tried to distract myself, looking at the now the most obnoxious thing in the mirror that i was standing in front of. My scar on my left breast. It was even bigger... NOT MY BOOB you perv! My scar!

Confused and in pain, I, once again looked in the mirror. But instead of only seeing myself in the mirror I saw… a man? A tall, slender, but muscular man with gold eyes that were staring into mine. Then his eyes flickered into a symbol which some how I recognized. I turned around to look at the man face to face, but he was gone, doing a quick 360 turn I saw nothing but steam. Sighing in relief, I turned back to the mirror, but instead of looking into the mirror, the same man I had just seen was right in front of me. My head then throbbed with severe pain and I ran; my vision blurry with tears. Running out of the bathroom, I panted heavily not looking back. I needed to get back to the others. That man was real! I saw him with my own eyes! Finally reaching the dorm room I burst through the door, making sure I was still wearing my towel.

Looking straight into Odd's eyes I sobbed and let out hesitant voice. "I…I saw him."

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end of chapter 2