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without my permission.)
I am Sydney. I'm the new girl, the one who's lost, the one who doesn't know anything, the one who's different. Mom said everything will get better, that someone else will come and they'll be the new kid. I don't believe her. Nobody at this school will be like me, will be "different", that's why we moved here in the first place.
My first day of 11th grade, I met my new best friend, Natalie. We share every class together, which is lucky, cause they try to work it out so that we're with different people in every class. They must have over- looked us.
As far as I know, she's normal. Short blond hair and deep brown eyes along with the perfect face complete her features. Besides me, with my long brown hair and emerald green eyes, she looks like an angel, especially to her boyfriend, Zack.
As for me and my love life, I'm single, which is probably a good thing, considering my "condition".
You see, when I was still in the womb, the doctors told my mother there was something wrong with me. They never said what it was, just that they could fix. Of course, my mother didn't care what they did, as long as I was okay, so she agreed. But, what she didn't know was I was perfectly healthy. They had been wanting to try some new experiment out and figured I was the perfect "lab rat". So, they tinkered with my genetic code, giving me animal DNA from a feline. It didn't hurt or anything, just gave me cat- like abilities, which was kind of cool, till my secret got out. That's why we had to move, my mom and me, because of who I am.
"Syd?" Nat asked, tapping me on the shoulder, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking," I replied, giving my best friend a "you-know-what-I-mean" look.
We were outside in the schoolyard, eating lunch, wishing the day were over. It was a hot blistering day in June, which was not uncommon, just unnatural, since yesterday had felt like the dead of winter.
"So, you going to that dance-party thing tonight at Jimmy's house?"
"I don't know. Don't you think it'll be boring?" I said.
Before Natalie could answer, Zack came up behind her. He put his arms around her protectively, making her giggle.
"Who's your friend?" I asked him, before the two lovebirds could get at it again, like this morning.
A dark-haired boy with the most beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen had followed Zack.
"This is Angel. He's new," Zack said, trying to hold Nat back from kissing him so he could the words out.
"Hi," Natalie told him, before turning all her attention to her boyfriend.
I rolled my eyes. "Just ignore them and maybe they'll go away," I said laughing. I held out my hand. "I'm Sydney."
He grabbed my hand and shook it, letting his gaze fall down my back and back up to my eyes. His hand lingered on mine before finally dropping into his lap.
I had gasped inwardly when he had grabbed my hand. My body heat had risen at his touch, and that could mean one of two things, if not both. Either my animal side was interested in him, or he was like me, half animal, a Feral, as my kind was called. I had a feeling that it would be the former rather than the latter.
"You want to go for a walk?" I asked him, searching his face for the answer. His eyes gave away everything. He wanted me, badly.
He nodded, and we started walking. I wondered how long it would take before he made his move.
"So, I heard there was a party tonight," he said, bringing up that subject again, "You going?"
"I don't know. Why? Are you?"
He shrugged. "I wouldn't know anybody there."
He had used the oldest excuse in the book for asking a girl out. And the miraculous thing was, I fell for it.
"I'll go," I told him, "But only if you promise to go too and meet me there."
He raised his eyebrows at me, obviously surprised by my offer. He held out his hand, "Deal." We shook on it, just as the bell rang.
"I got to get to class." I bounded off in the direction of the school buildings.
Nat called me after school, wanting to talk about what had happened between Angel and me.
"Nothing happened," I said again for the twentieth time.
"Sure. I believe you, NOT!" she said into the phone. "You do know that Zack brought him there on purpose, just so he could meet you. He's so your type."
"Since when is tall, dark, and handsome my type?"
"Since I say it is. Come on, don't give me that, even Zack and me felt the sparks fly," she said. She sounded so sure of herself that I knew not to disagree. "So, does that mean I'll see you at the party?"
"Yep. He persuaded me to go, though I don't have any idea what to wear."
"Wear that animal top you got for your birthday with those jeans. He'll love it."
"How do you know?" I said.
"Trust me."
"All right, fine." I heard the door open downstairs and someone walk in, heels clicking on the tile floor. "I got to go. Mom's home. See you at the party."
"Bye girlfriend," Nat said, and then hung up.
I heard the click of the disconnection and put my phone down on the dresser in my room. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in," I said, as my mother entered.
"Have a good day at school?"
"Yes."
"You going to Jimmy's party tonight?"
"Yep. How did you know about that?"
"I have my ways," she answered, a glint in her brown eyes.
"Uh huh, sure you do."
"You better get ready, it starts in an hour," she told me, closing the door behind her as she left the room. I rolled my eyes and headed for the shower.
(Before I post the rest of this story, I wanna know what you think. So r&r and tell me!)
I am Sydney. I'm the new girl, the one who's lost, the one who doesn't know anything, the one who's different. Mom said everything will get better, that someone else will come and they'll be the new kid. I don't believe her. Nobody at this school will be like me, will be "different", that's why we moved here in the first place.
My first day of 11th grade, I met my new best friend, Natalie. We share every class together, which is lucky, cause they try to work it out so that we're with different people in every class. They must have over- looked us.
As far as I know, she's normal. Short blond hair and deep brown eyes along with the perfect face complete her features. Besides me, with my long brown hair and emerald green eyes, she looks like an angel, especially to her boyfriend, Zack.
As for me and my love life, I'm single, which is probably a good thing, considering my "condition".
You see, when I was still in the womb, the doctors told my mother there was something wrong with me. They never said what it was, just that they could fix. Of course, my mother didn't care what they did, as long as I was okay, so she agreed. But, what she didn't know was I was perfectly healthy. They had been wanting to try some new experiment out and figured I was the perfect "lab rat". So, they tinkered with my genetic code, giving me animal DNA from a feline. It didn't hurt or anything, just gave me cat- like abilities, which was kind of cool, till my secret got out. That's why we had to move, my mom and me, because of who I am.
"Syd?" Nat asked, tapping me on the shoulder, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, just thinking," I replied, giving my best friend a "you-know-what-I-mean" look.
We were outside in the schoolyard, eating lunch, wishing the day were over. It was a hot blistering day in June, which was not uncommon, just unnatural, since yesterday had felt like the dead of winter.
"So, you going to that dance-party thing tonight at Jimmy's house?"
"I don't know. Don't you think it'll be boring?" I said.
Before Natalie could answer, Zack came up behind her. He put his arms around her protectively, making her giggle.
"Who's your friend?" I asked him, before the two lovebirds could get at it again, like this morning.
A dark-haired boy with the most beautiful blue eyes I had ever seen had followed Zack.
"This is Angel. He's new," Zack said, trying to hold Nat back from kissing him so he could the words out.
"Hi," Natalie told him, before turning all her attention to her boyfriend.
I rolled my eyes. "Just ignore them and maybe they'll go away," I said laughing. I held out my hand. "I'm Sydney."
He grabbed my hand and shook it, letting his gaze fall down my back and back up to my eyes. His hand lingered on mine before finally dropping into his lap.
I had gasped inwardly when he had grabbed my hand. My body heat had risen at his touch, and that could mean one of two things, if not both. Either my animal side was interested in him, or he was like me, half animal, a Feral, as my kind was called. I had a feeling that it would be the former rather than the latter.
"You want to go for a walk?" I asked him, searching his face for the answer. His eyes gave away everything. He wanted me, badly.
He nodded, and we started walking. I wondered how long it would take before he made his move.
"So, I heard there was a party tonight," he said, bringing up that subject again, "You going?"
"I don't know. Why? Are you?"
He shrugged. "I wouldn't know anybody there."
He had used the oldest excuse in the book for asking a girl out. And the miraculous thing was, I fell for it.
"I'll go," I told him, "But only if you promise to go too and meet me there."
He raised his eyebrows at me, obviously surprised by my offer. He held out his hand, "Deal." We shook on it, just as the bell rang.
"I got to get to class." I bounded off in the direction of the school buildings.
Nat called me after school, wanting to talk about what had happened between Angel and me.
"Nothing happened," I said again for the twentieth time.
"Sure. I believe you, NOT!" she said into the phone. "You do know that Zack brought him there on purpose, just so he could meet you. He's so your type."
"Since when is tall, dark, and handsome my type?"
"Since I say it is. Come on, don't give me that, even Zack and me felt the sparks fly," she said. She sounded so sure of herself that I knew not to disagree. "So, does that mean I'll see you at the party?"
"Yep. He persuaded me to go, though I don't have any idea what to wear."
"Wear that animal top you got for your birthday with those jeans. He'll love it."
"How do you know?" I said.
"Trust me."
"All right, fine." I heard the door open downstairs and someone walk in, heels clicking on the tile floor. "I got to go. Mom's home. See you at the party."
"Bye girlfriend," Nat said, and then hung up.
I heard the click of the disconnection and put my phone down on the dresser in my room. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in," I said, as my mother entered.
"Have a good day at school?"
"Yes."
"You going to Jimmy's party tonight?"
"Yep. How did you know about that?"
"I have my ways," she answered, a glint in her brown eyes.
"Uh huh, sure you do."
"You better get ready, it starts in an hour," she told me, closing the door behind her as she left the room. I rolled my eyes and headed for the shower.
(Before I post the rest of this story, I wanna know what you think. So r&r and tell me!)