Chapter Two: Avia
The next day the morning sky was bright. Deep in the heart of the City the school sat different from that of the days before the virus, but there it sat. Sitting in the principal's office a young girl in her mid teens waited for her moment of reckoning. Unlike most students she didn't sit in front of the desk but instead made herself comfortable in the Principal's chair twirling her blonde and blue braids between her fingers.
When the door creaked open she hardly moved from her comfortable position. Looking up she smiled at her friend. "Avia do you think she knows?" the girl's small voice quivered as she stared at Avia.
"No Alice I doubt she knows." Avia's voice remained calm as she looked at a row of pictures placed neatly on her desk. "Besides, it's our last day what can she do to us?"
"You know Selene has her ways."
"Just forget about it ok."
Alice nodded and seated herself in a chair. She trusted her friend, always had, but being in that office so early in the day made her nervous. Moments later the door opened once again. Selene entered. She held a tissue in her hand and gave alight sniff as she looked at the two girls. Before she could speak Alice stood and in a panic she began to explain about the huge mess left in her office a few days ago. Avia stood. "Alice, SHUT UP!"
There was shock in Selene's eyes. "I asked you here to tell you that Amber's dead."
"Amber's dead." Avia's voice shook slightly. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, Trudy told me."
"And you listened to her?"
"Avia!"
"Sorry" Avia looked at Alice who was barely moving. She helped her friend out of her seat and guided her out of the office.
In the hallway Alice began to ramble. Something inherited from her father. Avia looked at her friend. Rolling her eyes she pushed Alice into the nearest girl's room. "Hey what was that for?" Alice screamed.
"You wouldn't shut up."
"Just because your mother didn't get along with Amber doesn't mean anything."
"My mother doesn't get along with anyone, so what else is new?" Alice glared at Avia who was walking towards a window.
"What are you doing?"
"Coming?" Avia looked back at her friend.
"Are you crazy? NO!"
"I think we deserve a break besides Bray needs us."
"Bray needs you."
"You're sick. Remember I have Dal."
"I don't know what you see in him."
"He's your brother you're not supposed to see what I see." With that Avia climbed out of the window leaving Alice behind. Alice turned towards the door and rolling her eyes went back to class.
The next day the morning sky was bright. Deep in the heart of the City the school sat different from that of the days before the virus, but there it sat. Sitting in the principal's office a young girl in her mid teens waited for her moment of reckoning. Unlike most students she didn't sit in front of the desk but instead made herself comfortable in the Principal's chair twirling her blonde and blue braids between her fingers.
When the door creaked open she hardly moved from her comfortable position. Looking up she smiled at her friend. "Avia do you think she knows?" the girl's small voice quivered as she stared at Avia.
"No Alice I doubt she knows." Avia's voice remained calm as she looked at a row of pictures placed neatly on her desk. "Besides, it's our last day what can she do to us?"
"You know Selene has her ways."
"Just forget about it ok."
Alice nodded and seated herself in a chair. She trusted her friend, always had, but being in that office so early in the day made her nervous. Moments later the door opened once again. Selene entered. She held a tissue in her hand and gave alight sniff as she looked at the two girls. Before she could speak Alice stood and in a panic she began to explain about the huge mess left in her office a few days ago. Avia stood. "Alice, SHUT UP!"
There was shock in Selene's eyes. "I asked you here to tell you that Amber's dead."
"Amber's dead." Avia's voice shook slightly. "Are you sure?"
"Yes, Trudy told me."
"And you listened to her?"
"Avia!"
"Sorry" Avia looked at Alice who was barely moving. She helped her friend out of her seat and guided her out of the office.
In the hallway Alice began to ramble. Something inherited from her father. Avia looked at her friend. Rolling her eyes she pushed Alice into the nearest girl's room. "Hey what was that for?" Alice screamed.
"You wouldn't shut up."
"Just because your mother didn't get along with Amber doesn't mean anything."
"My mother doesn't get along with anyone, so what else is new?" Alice glared at Avia who was walking towards a window.
"What are you doing?"
"Coming?" Avia looked back at her friend.
"Are you crazy? NO!"
"I think we deserve a break besides Bray needs us."
"Bray needs you."
"You're sick. Remember I have Dal."
"I don't know what you see in him."
"He's your brother you're not supposed to see what I see." With that Avia climbed out of the window leaving Alice behind. Alice turned towards the door and rolling her eyes went back to class.