Chapter 10 - I got a feeling
You know that feeling you get when everything around you becomes darker, a deafening silence takes over the room, dread & despair slowly envelop you and you just know something bad is about happen. Your hearts pounding, you're full of fear and a dark shroud surrounds you. That's how I was feeling right now. Yay me! I was lying in bed watching as the first rays of light streamed through my bedroom window stealing away my last remnants of drowsiness. I really didn't want to get out of bed at that moment so I was just decided to lay there and think about life. I had been doing that a lot lately since the accident. So as I looked up at the ceiling and wondered how on earth my life could possibly get any worse. My friends had either decided that they don't like/trust each other so were not getting along well or were acting like complete dumbasses. Alec and Nessie hated each other; Chloe and Lauren are either drooling over Alec or arguing over him. I can't even talk to Alec anymore without Nessie giving us the evils or butting in. I mean what the heck is up with her. Then Alec just completely ignores her or makes snide remarks about her. This just makes me wonder what could have happened between them in the past. The thing is I like both Nessie and Alec, but being honest with myself I prefer Alec to Nessie. I just trust him more. Every Wednesday and Thursday after school we would go to the library or shopping to the local bookstore near our school. We would have all these discussions about books, for example Alec was into Classics and old fashioned books. At the moment I was trying to teach him the joys of modern authors like Rick Riordan and Christopher Paolini instead of oldies like Chaucer. I really do like him and we have way loads of fun but every time we're getting close he pulls away and says he has to go. Like he's afraid of something. It just so annoying! I groaned to myself while punching my pillow and throwing off my duvet covers. I slowly got up out of bed and started getting ready for school while doing my best to avoid thinking. Trying to forget about my bad feeling. Trying to forget about Alec.
As I got to school I looked around for my crazy group of friends. I found them and Nessie's cousin hanging out by the cafe drinking hot chocolate. As usual they were talking about Alec (while nursing their sweet warm chocolaty beverages). About his hotness, how sexy he looked in his Hollister hoodie and his cool mysteriousness.
"Hey guys! I said as I sat on the bench next to Chloe. They all smiled at me and gave me the usual "what's up?" and "heyya". "ohhh, and before I forget" I rummaged around in my bag until I found what I was looking for and smiled, "these are for you guys coz' I love you all so, so much" They looked towards me as I gave them all the long awaited invites to my birthday party. Coz I am awesome that way.
"OMG" Chloe cried as she grabbed it from me and read it.
"Finally" Sam said after she waited for me to give it to unlike a certain someone who has sharp nails and now I have a scratch mark on my hand. Not cool.
"You can sooo count me in!" Roxy shrieked while scanning through hers.
As they were all reading the invites and screaming I saw Josh, Alec, James and Ciaran walking past us outside. I ran over to them and handed them all an invite. "I hope all you guys can come" I smiled then walked back inside to my girlies. I saw Nessie give me a disapproving look before she turned around and started talking to her cousin. Urghhhh! She's treating me worse than my freaking mother, but that's probably not a lot seeing as I only see her for less than 3 hours a day, if I'm lucky. Stupid workaholic! I really need to improve my life.
"So do we have to like wear masks?" Sam called pulling me out of my negative thoughts.
"what?" I asked because I didn't actually hear what she said
"Do we have to wear masks?" she repeated
"Well seeing as it's a masked ball and there are pictures of masks on the invites. No, you do not need to wear a masks, how could you even think that?"
"Really?"
"No! of course you need a masks. It even says it at the bottom of the invite"
"ohhhhh"
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes at her. Relax Amy, it's still the morning and school hasn't even started yet, of course there brains aren't turned on yet. And that headache your getting is now probably dew from stress and not feeling everyone's excitement and anticipation. Or even the look Nessie's father, I mean cousin, he's her cousin. He looks 17. That's way to young to be her father though they do look a quite a bit alike... Anyway, what was I thinking, oh yeah, this is not from the strange feeling you have like someone trying to get into your head, kind of like when someone knock a door to enter your house. Ok, that sounded weird even to me. And now why is everyone staring at me funny, is there something on my face? Nope, my face is fine. Now Chloe's waving her hand in front of my face. Oh, there trying to talk to me. Now who's the one with their brained turned off in the morning? FOCUSS!
"Earth to Amy, anyone there" Sam called
"Amy is currently not here at the moment. Please leave a message or try again later. Beeeep!" I responded in a monotone voice and tried my best to keep my face blank
"Well the bell's about to ring and were about to head off and were wondering if you were going to come with" Nessie replied
"Or are you going to keep fantasizing about Alec" Chloe added in with a smirk on her face
"I was not fantasizing about him, I was thinking about my party"
"Sure" she replied as we all gathered our things up and made our way over to our form rooms.