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Chapter 4: Fantasy or Reality
I sat in my Trigonometry class, trying hard to pay attention to the teacher. It was amazing how boring he was. As he droned on and on, my eyes refused to leave the surface of the clock that ticked ever so slowly. Time seemed to be slower than usual. Time in the morning was too fast and time at school was too slow.
Suddenly the sound of the bell could be heard and the bustling of students out from their classes.
"Remember kids the chapter 1 test is Friday!" the teacher cried, trying to be heard as the students quickly shuffled out of his classroom.
I quickly gathered my things and exited the classroom. I could literally hear my stomach growl.
"Haley!" a voice called. I looked up to see Natalie running up to catch me. I was surprised to see her in my Biology class the day after I met her at school and I was even more surprised to see Angie in both my Honors classes.
"Hey," I smiled. I was surprised that already a week had passed by. My dad's job here in Bayville was going well so we would be staying here for a while. Luckily for my sanity I hadn't seen any weird things going on lately. That Xavier Institute for the Gifted had acquired new students though. First it was Kurt Wagner who I met a day after my first day at Bayville and then the newest attendee there was Kitty Pryde. She was in my Honors classes and Gym class.
I didn't really talk to Kitty Pryde that much despite the fact she sat next to me in Honors. I was surprised someone like her could be so smart. She acted so girly-girlish and said the word 'like' incessantly. Some might say she acted like an airhead but if you got to know her there was much more to that story. One thing that I noted was that she'd try and avoid being around Kurt Wagner as much as she could. I couldn't help but wonder why? Maybe she liked him or something and was too embarrassed to talk to him.
Natalie and I made our way to the cafeteria and sat down at our designated table. Angie was already sitting there reading a book.
"Angie, we're not in class. It's lunch! Put the book down," Natalie said, putting her hands on her hips.
I giggled and said down next to Angie. I looked at the book and the cover read: "The Mysteries of Human Evolution."
"I can see why a bookworm like you would read," I began, "but why are you reading 'The Mysteries of Human Evolution'?"
"It's for school. I'm having a test next Wednesday," Angie replied, finally putting the book down.
"Test?" I asked. It had only been my first week and I was swamped with homework, tests, and two projects due in Honors Social Studies and Biology.
"Did you know that in the late 1800's a scientist thought that there could actually be new species of humans running around? He thought that part of the human race could've actually evolved due to their DNA mutating. Of course, the guy who thought of that died with people thinking he was insane. He couldn't back up his theory with any factual information, just a hypothesis," Angie informed us. She began pulling on one of her pigtails in excitement.
Natalie rolled her eyes, "Wow, that is so interesting."
"I know!" Angie cried. I shook my head.
"Don't you know sarcasm when you hear it?" Natalie asked.
"Oh, shut up. Unlike you I use my brain," Angie retorted.
"Hey!" Natalie yelled.
Since I had known Natalie and Angie, things between them had always been like this. They were best of friends, yet fought constantly.
I laughed silently and took a bite out of my pizza. I looked up at the clock, but found that it wasn't working. I sighed. I need to buy a watch.
Natalie gasped, "Don't look now but here comes Lance Alvers AKA Maladjusted Teen."
"That's not nice," Angie commented.
"He's not nice," Natalie replied.
Us three girls looked up and saw him walk over to the lone table to the corner that occupied frog boy. Surprisingly I still had not yet acquired his name and had completely forgotten to ask someone what his name was. This was probably because nothing weird had gone on lately.
Was it normal for a normal person like me to act so casually after what had happened in the last week I'd been here? Everything was normal all of a sudden, at least in my life. What surprised me even more was that Scott could easily get away with it you know? Should I confront him? I remembered I was contemplating this in my journal the other day and thinking that if Max ever snuck into my room and began reading it, he'd think I was crazy or something.
"Hey, do any of you guys know frog boy over there?" I asked.
Angie shrugged but Natalie responded with a nod. "Oh yeah, his name's Todd Tolensky but some people like to call him Toad."
"I can see why," I mumbled.
Angie squealed just then and I knew that she was going to give us some information again. "My dad, my older sister, and I were driving and we saw this really old, rundown house and outside it said: The Brotherhood Boarding House. I remember seeing the house before but nobody lived there, until now that is. I asked around town and I found out its like this place for delinquents and these two go there!"
Wow. Angie was a fast-paced talker. I shook my head and thought back to toad's slimy, green tongue. That tongue made me feel like vomiting just thinking about it. That Kurt Wagner, Kitty Pryde, and this Lance Alvers were all different too perhaps. But maybe they weren't and I was just jumping to conclusions again. Now I didn't have just the Xavier place to worry about but this Brotherhood place too. Things would've been so much easier if I could reverse time so that I never went to that football game. But then again I would never have met Natalie Matthews or known that Angie Vu's number one pet peeve were telemarketers and dentists. Or that Natalie totally hated goldfish because they looked like they were making fun of people but for some reason she liked clownfish though.
After school I had to stay in order to meet with my Biology teacher. I had to finish up a project I had been doing. It took about half of an hour and I quickly raced to the door since I didn't plan on staying too long. I swung the door open with a strong force and surprisingly found Kitty right there, but in front of the door.
"Oh my gosh, are you ok?" I asked.
"Oh yeah I'm fine," Kitty said, beaming straight at me.
"How did you get here without being hit by that door?" I asked.
"Uhh," Kitty stammered.
I raised my eyebrow questioningly, waiting for a response.
"Hey, so, um, like wanna come over to my place. We can do or homework together since Mr. Raphael gave us like so much," Kitty suggested, forgetting to respond to my question. She smiled uneasily but I something inside me kicked in and I instantly answered her, "Sure."
"Great, my friend Scott will like give us a ride to where I live," Kitty explained.
After calling my parents up on my cell phone, I met up with Kitty and we walked out to where Scott had parked his car.
This was so weird. I was going to actually talk to this guy now. Maybe this was all in my head? I mean, how could I base science on such phenomenon? Was this just fantasy or was I really living in this illogical type of reality? I could imagine.
Violet Angel: Hope everyone likes this chapter. I would have gone ahead to the part where Haley actually goes to the institute, but I didn't want to make it too long. Keep reading and keep reviewing!
