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Italics are memories. Italics in quotes are thoughts.
Chapter 4
I felt alone, and what I thought would be my sanctuary only turned out to be a nightmare.
I was sitting in science, trying to focus on the teacher, but whatever she was talking about wasn't interesting. I already knew everything I needed to know about plants and life forms. Why should be care how plants turn orange. It's useless.
The boy next to me, Ulrich, was pretending to take notes, but really he was just writing 'Yumi Yumi Yumi' all over his notebook page, and didn't bother to hide it from me. It was funny, as he didn't strike me as the love sick type of boy.
The blonde one…Odd, not Cal, was a few seats in front of me. He kept turning his head towards me, trying to look nonchalant about it. I didn't say anything. He could chase me and chase me and it still wouldn't change anything. He still looked like Cal.
Ulrich suddenly poked my arm with his pencil. I tried to ignore him, but he continued, so I turned to him, a questioning look on my face.
"What was up with yesterday? Calling Odd Cal, I mean."
I turned away and didn't say anything. Telling him would be stupid, and it wasn't like he could relate. Besides, why would I tell a stranger about my past? So I just looked at Mrs. Hertz and pretended to pay attention to what she was saying.
"Hey!" Ulrich whispered, poking my arm again. I waved him away and scribbled in my notebook (that was kindly donated by the Delmas family) and kept my mouth shut.
'Say something, anything. This is the chance you've wanted.' My mind hissed at me.
The bell rang, and I robotically got up and started walking to my next class, completely ignoring Ulrich's calls to me.
I walked to the gym and sat down in roll call order. Sissi was chatting away to some of the younger girls, trying to sound high and mighty about how I was her charity case. I chewed on my lower lip and ignored all the whispers and stares. I found the ground to be extremely interesting.
"Hey."
I looked up to see Odd standing over me, a grin plastered on to his face. I looked away and hoped he would take the hint.
"You don't have to be afraid of me."
I looked up again and blinked. He smiled at me, sincerity radiating from his whole body. My gaze fell back down to the floor, "S-sorry." I stammered, before getting up and running to the other side of the gym.
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"Mommy, where we goin?" I asked, looking up at my mother, who was clutching my hand and her bag.
It was the middle of winter, and we were walking in the snow.
My mother chose to ignore me, and instead looked at my father and said, "We're lost."
My father whistled, "We'll never find it now…"
My mother looked scared, "We could die out here!"
"Calm down, everything will be fine."
My mother had a look of panic. I patted her hand and hugged her legs, "It's ok mommy, we'll be safe."
My mother looked down at me, but didn't say anything. She instead looked over, "H-hey! I think that's it!"
My father turned around and we saw a small community in the distance. The snow blinded our view a little bit, but we saw the gleam of a fire. He cried out happily and started running.
My mother tugged on my hand and followed. We ran, and by the time we reached the entrance, we were out of breath, but my parents had smiles.
"Where are we?"
My mother shushed me and said, "It's ok, you don't have to be afraid anymore."
The gates opened.
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I tossed and turned in the bed I was in. I shot up and touched my face, which was wet from tears.
And I wasn't sure if I was crying for the life I lived or for the life I never had a chance to have.
A/N: Sorry this chapter is so short! I promise longer chapters will come up soon, but when I tried to make this longer it just was…blech…so yeah.
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