* Chapter 2 *
Walking down the corridor to her second class, Kelei was surprised to find most people not yet in lessons. She was definitely late, yet they were acting like they were still on holiday.
Sliding into the classroom to find everyone already working on something, Kelei sidled up to the Maths teacher and asked her where she should sit. The maths teacher, Mrs Gwanie, told Kelei to sit next to a boy at the back, called Maen Blackleaf.
'He'll show you what to do. And if you need any help just ask Maen, he's a very clever student.'
After thanking Mrs Gwanie for her help, Kelei walked slowly to the back of the classroom, studying the boy she was supposed to sit next to, as she walked.
He had unruly black hair, and, she saw when he looked up, green and blue eyes.
'Hi, Mrs Gwanie told me to sit next to you. She said you'd explain what we're doing.' She told him calmly, noting the way his eyes had become slightly unfocused when he'd looked her in the eye. * Even with the contacts in * She thought bitterly, allowing him the time to focus on what she'd just said.
'Oh, right! Hi, I'm Maen. You're new here aren't you?' He said in a rush, obviously embarassed about the effect she had on him. He wasn't the only one.
'Yes, I'm new. My name's Kelei, I just moved here yesterday.' She said, sitting down and getting out the things she needed.
Taking the hint for what it was, Maen didn't ask any more questions and settled down to explain the work. But, as maths was a subject Kelei was very good at, little explaining was needed, and Maen seemed a bit surprised with how easily she grasped the work.
They spent the rest of the lesson in companiable silence, every now and then checking the answers the got with eachother, but Kelei was still aware that every few minutes Maen slid glances at her. As did quite a few of the other boys in the class, and some of the girls too. Although, their looks weren't quite as friendly as the boys.
But the lesson was still a reasonably good one. Afterwards though, Maen waited for her, wanting to know if she wanted to have lunch with him and a few of his friends.
'Oh, no I can't. I'd love to, but there's something else I have to go do.' Kelei quickly lied, following the directions the secretary had given her in the morning, for finding the library. She quickly wove her way through the school building, confidently heading for her destination.
Luckily people were allowed to eat in this library, which meant Kelei could have her KitKat and apple in the relative safety of a dark book corner.
Settling down in her dark corner, she pulled out one of the pads of lined paper she'd brought with her today, the one with her nearly finished story in it, and began to write. After a while, Kelei reached for her food and snacked on it while writing about battles, and betrayal, love and finally, as she finished the book, death.