Here's chapter 2
Lynda sat on her bed and placed the candle on her dresser table. She let her eyes adjust to the dark before she walked over to her draws. There inside was her collection of candles she lit each one and placed them around the room. Behind her wardrobe she pulled out her drawing and then reached for her paint and paintbrushes. She stood still and looked at her drawing. Lynda closed her eyes and pictured her image. There was destruction everywhere; a tidal wave was coming over the small town. Destruction she had called it, it was the destruction of a town that she had seen.
Knock! Knock! 'Come in' Jamie walked in her room. He glanced at the picture and gasped. 'That's…how can a girl paint such a destructive picture?' He noticed the room and the pictures on the walls. 'Did you paint these?'
'Yes why do you have a problem with it?' He glanced at the pictures on the wall. He noticed that they were pictures of the elements. At the northern wall there was a blazing fire surrounding two men and a woman beside them were three symbols, at the Eastern there was the same amount of people only they were surrounded by the wind, at the south two women and a man stood surrounded by water and at the west there was two men and another woman surrounded by trees. Jamie looked towards Lynda, she was staring towards the ceiling and he followed her gaze. 'If you want to see, better lie down on the floor and look up' He did so and saw a young woman in a violet dress, behind her the night sky was twinkling and waves crashed around her.
'You are a brilliant artist, that talent will take you somewhere'
'You think so?' he looked towards her and noticed she was blushing.
'I've seen you for quite some time at the collage' he said out loud.
'You've been spying on me!' He could sense the anger in her voice.
'No I come past there each day on my way to school, I always notice you with your head in a book, you seem so mysterious, I would love to get to know you better'
'I'm Lynda Shields, 16, a scorpion, go to Infinity Collage and I'm in 11th grade'
' Anything else, then ask away Mr Watford'
Jamie could not believe she was being so nice to him. 'Okay favourite colour?' 'Blue and Green' 'Fav animal?' 'Whale and Dolphin' 'Fav. Subject?' 'Art' 'Least fav subject?' 'None' 'Least fav animal?' 'Spiders' 'fav place?' 'Ocean' 'Fav. Band?' 'Don't know' 'right, fav. Music?' 'All'
'My turn'
'Red, Cat, biology, physics, horse, space, nothing, rock and roll'
'Hey no fair let me ask the questions' 'Favourite mode of transport?' 'Motorbike' 'Fav food' 'Salad' 'Salad?' 'Yeah' 'Fav person' 'you'
'What did you say?'
'Nothing'
'Hey what's your star sign'?
'Libra'
'Scorpio'
'Stubborn Scorpio'
'Thanks a lot' she sounded hurt.
'Hey I didn't mean it'
'Hey Jamie?'
'What?'
'I should thank you for helping me out earlier on with those boys. I'm sorry for being so cold towards you'
'Its no problem, I would have done anything for you, can I ask you a personal question'
'If its not too personal I'll answer it'
'Why are you so cold to the opposite sex?' Lynda remained silent.
'You may think you hide your feelings well Miss Shield's', but really I know your a lonely girl who needs someone to love her. I don't know what happen in your past to make you push people away but I will not be rid of that easily. You need someone besides Serena to be your friend, and I'm determined to fill that position.' Lynda stood there in shock as a tear rolled down her cheek.
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'I know I push people away and most of the time that scares them off, but you seem to not go away. The strange part is I don't want you to, I want you as my friend, it's nice to know someone won't give up on me, like so many others before." Lynda had never felt this way about anyone in her life. Another tear rolled down her cheeks, Jamie stood up and he realised that she was clenched her hand.
'You should really get that seen to, do you have any bandages? ' Lynda pointed to the bottom draw in her cabinet. Jamie found a first aid kit and sat next to Lynda. 'Let me see your hand' She opened up her clenched hand and it had swelled to twice its size. Jamie found a bandage and gently wrapped it around her injury.
"I put up a shield around myself, not letting anyone in. Here I was thinking that it was working so well, and you smash my defences to pieces. You seem to know me so well, when this is first time I have spent time with time with you, it's like you can read my mind, thank you.'
'Your welcome, you're a friend, I care about you' there was an awkward silence in the room until Lynda broke it.
'Hey do you want something to drink?'
'If you don't mind'
Lynda walked over to another part of the room and pulled out a secret compartment. 'What do you want?'
'Just water please' She tossed him a bottle of mineral water and she pulled out a bottle of diet coke. 'Did you build this yourself' He asked looking into the drinks compartment.
'Yeah but my mam knows nothing about it so don't tell her'
'It's okay I can keep a secret' Suddenly a noise surrounded the room. Lynda jumped but laughed when she realised it was her alarm going off.
'It's 3 am, hey you should go to bed, I shouldn't have kept you up this late'
'It's okay I would love to stay up with you for longer but I can tell that you're tired so I'll leave'
'Good night Jamie'
'Good night Lynda'
Jamie woke up early and wrote a note for Lynda and her mother and he walked silently past the door of Lynda's room and saw her coming in through the window. Lynda looked up and noticed Jamie standing at the doorway. Instead Jamie waved goodbye and walked out of the house leaving the note by the phone.
She walked out onto the landing and saw her mother standing there. 'He is very sweet Lynda, he seems like a lovely boy'
'I know mam I'm going to the arcade after school okay so I won't be home until late'
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On to chapter 3
Lynda sat on her bed and placed the candle on her dresser table. She let her eyes adjust to the dark before she walked over to her draws. There inside was her collection of candles she lit each one and placed them around the room. Behind her wardrobe she pulled out her drawing and then reached for her paint and paintbrushes. She stood still and looked at her drawing. Lynda closed her eyes and pictured her image. There was destruction everywhere; a tidal wave was coming over the small town. Destruction she had called it, it was the destruction of a town that she had seen.
Knock! Knock! 'Come in' Jamie walked in her room. He glanced at the picture and gasped. 'That's…how can a girl paint such a destructive picture?' He noticed the room and the pictures on the walls. 'Did you paint these?'
'Yes why do you have a problem with it?' He glanced at the pictures on the wall. He noticed that they were pictures of the elements. At the northern wall there was a blazing fire surrounding two men and a woman beside them were three symbols, at the Eastern there was the same amount of people only they were surrounded by the wind, at the south two women and a man stood surrounded by water and at the west there was two men and another woman surrounded by trees. Jamie looked towards Lynda, she was staring towards the ceiling and he followed her gaze. 'If you want to see, better lie down on the floor and look up' He did so and saw a young woman in a violet dress, behind her the night sky was twinkling and waves crashed around her.
'You are a brilliant artist, that talent will take you somewhere'
'You think so?' he looked towards her and noticed she was blushing.
'I've seen you for quite some time at the collage' he said out loud.
'You've been spying on me!' He could sense the anger in her voice.
'No I come past there each day on my way to school, I always notice you with your head in a book, you seem so mysterious, I would love to get to know you better'
'I'm Lynda Shields, 16, a scorpion, go to Infinity Collage and I'm in 11th grade'
' Anything else, then ask away Mr Watford'
Jamie could not believe she was being so nice to him. 'Okay favourite colour?' 'Blue and Green' 'Fav animal?' 'Whale and Dolphin' 'Fav. Subject?' 'Art' 'Least fav subject?' 'None' 'Least fav animal?' 'Spiders' 'fav place?' 'Ocean' 'Fav. Band?' 'Don't know' 'right, fav. Music?' 'All'
'My turn'
'Red, Cat, biology, physics, horse, space, nothing, rock and roll'
'Hey no fair let me ask the questions' 'Favourite mode of transport?' 'Motorbike' 'Fav food' 'Salad' 'Salad?' 'Yeah' 'Fav person' 'you'
'What did you say?'
'Nothing'
'Hey what's your star sign'?
'Libra'
'Scorpio'
'Stubborn Scorpio'
'Thanks a lot' she sounded hurt.
'Hey I didn't mean it'
'Hey Jamie?'
'What?'
'I should thank you for helping me out earlier on with those boys. I'm sorry for being so cold towards you'
'Its no problem, I would have done anything for you, can I ask you a personal question'
'If its not too personal I'll answer it'
'Why are you so cold to the opposite sex?' Lynda remained silent.
'You may think you hide your feelings well Miss Shield's', but really I know your a lonely girl who needs someone to love her. I don't know what happen in your past to make you push people away but I will not be rid of that easily. You need someone besides Serena to be your friend, and I'm determined to fill that position.' Lynda stood there in shock as a tear rolled down her cheek.
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'I know I push people away and most of the time that scares them off, but you seem to not go away. The strange part is I don't want you to, I want you as my friend, it's nice to know someone won't give up on me, like so many others before." Lynda had never felt this way about anyone in her life. Another tear rolled down her cheeks, Jamie stood up and he realised that she was clenched her hand.
'You should really get that seen to, do you have any bandages? ' Lynda pointed to the bottom draw in her cabinet. Jamie found a first aid kit and sat next to Lynda. 'Let me see your hand' She opened up her clenched hand and it had swelled to twice its size. Jamie found a bandage and gently wrapped it around her injury.
"I put up a shield around myself, not letting anyone in. Here I was thinking that it was working so well, and you smash my defences to pieces. You seem to know me so well, when this is first time I have spent time with time with you, it's like you can read my mind, thank you.'
'Your welcome, you're a friend, I care about you' there was an awkward silence in the room until Lynda broke it.
'Hey do you want something to drink?'
'If you don't mind'
Lynda walked over to another part of the room and pulled out a secret compartment. 'What do you want?'
'Just water please' She tossed him a bottle of mineral water and she pulled out a bottle of diet coke. 'Did you build this yourself' He asked looking into the drinks compartment.
'Yeah but my mam knows nothing about it so don't tell her'
'It's okay I can keep a secret' Suddenly a noise surrounded the room. Lynda jumped but laughed when she realised it was her alarm going off.
'It's 3 am, hey you should go to bed, I shouldn't have kept you up this late'
'It's okay I would love to stay up with you for longer but I can tell that you're tired so I'll leave'
'Good night Jamie'
'Good night Lynda'
Jamie woke up early and wrote a note for Lynda and her mother and he walked silently past the door of Lynda's room and saw her coming in through the window. Lynda looked up and noticed Jamie standing at the doorway. Instead Jamie waved goodbye and walked out of the house leaving the note by the phone.
She walked out onto the landing and saw her mother standing there. 'He is very sweet Lynda, he seems like a lovely boy'
'I know mam I'm going to the arcade after school okay so I won't be home until late'
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On to chapter 3