Second chapter... what's going to happen now?
I've had soooo much fun writing this and I can't wait for you guys to read it!
Once lunch and third period were over and the two girls were at their seats in History, Natalie was ready and Atea was more than ready. She felt like she could do it with her eyes closed, but her mind wasn't fully focused. She couldn't stop thinking about that man...
Her teacher, Mr Young, handed out the tests while telling the class they only had the period to complete the test and he would not allow anyone to stay longer.
The test was easier than easy, and Atea breezed through the whole thing in thirty minutes. She looked around at her classmates, who all seemed to be struggling, some more than others. Atea reviewed her test for the third time, then walked over to Mr Young to hand her test in.
When she handed him her test, he looked at her, though not very surprised since Atea was like this with all of her history tests.
"You are sure you're finished?" He asked her, eyeing her suspiciously.
"Positive. I've reviewed it fully three times."
"Well, I can't argue with you but I want to see no less than a 95 on this, or else I'll make you review it ten times."
"I promise. Is there anything that I can do while I wait for the period to end?" Atea asked. She didn't have any books or extra homework, so she figured she could start on something early for History.
"Well, tomorrow we will be starting a new unit. It's on mythology in different cultures. Take out a textbook and start reading Chapter 25 to 30. That covers most of the unit. Chapter 25 starts on page 300."
"Okay thanks Mr Young." Atea took a textbook from the shelf beside Mr Young's desk and walked back to her desk.
Before she opened the book she looked over at Natalie, who was writing furiously. She caught Atea's glance and smiled, a gesture that meant, thanks so much for the help. I'm totally gonna ace this! Atea smiled back, then opened the textbook.
Mythology was by far her favourite subject in History. It involved everything; the culture, the architecture, the beliefs and the fashion. Atea started reading chapter 25, it was about Norse mythology, one of the few cultures she didn't have much background knowledge about.
There was an introduction about the Aesir, or Norse gods, with a few pictures on the side. One of the images showed the man from Atea's dream. Oh my god. That's him! Loki is the man from my dream! But that can't be possible... She skipped the paragraphs explaining the gods Thor, Odin and Frigga to read more about Loki.
The bell rang loudly, and Atea jumped from surprise. Mr Young told everyone to hand in their tests. She asked Mr Young if she could borrow the book, to which he approved, then waited for Natalie.
"Man that test was easy!" Natalie gushed, while walking to their lockers, "I totally got like at least an 85. How do you think you did? You finished it so quickly!"
Atea shrugged, "I think I did well, it was really easy. You're welcome for helping you study." She grinned at Natalie.
"Oh yeah thank you so much! I wouldn't have done so well if it wasn't for History Nerd Atea!" Natalie posed like a superhero, with her two hands on her hips and her chin sticking out proudly. They both laughed, "I'll see you tomorrow okay? Have fun at soccer practice!" Atea said.
"See you! Ugh I forgot about that too!" She shook her head then left.
Atea waited a moment at her locker, trying to remember if there were any assignments that she needed to work on, then started her short walk home.
Atea's evening was uneventful; she worked on some homework, went for a run, ate dinner and watched a movie. By the time the movie was over it was already 9:30, and she was exhausted. Two tests in one day and not the best sleep didn't help. She said goodnight to her parents then went to her bedroom and changed into her pyjamas. Atea tied her messy dirty blonde hair in a ponytail and got into bed. She picked up her book, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and started to read. Sherlock Holmes was her favourite fictional character. He was incredibly smart, and although he seemed rude and anti-social to the majority of the population who knew him, he helped them and they needed him. She stayed up for at least another hour reading, then turned out her light and fell asleep. She hoped she wouldn't have any weird dreams.
Her sleep was dreamless, but halfway through the night she woke up. Atea had no clue why she woke up, but for some reason she felt uncomfortable, as though something was watching her. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she saw Sylvester sleeping soundly at the end of the bed.
Can I please have one night without waking up? She thought to herself. Out of the corner of her eye she saw something move. Atea whipped her head around, her heart beating heavily.
"Loki," she whispered. He was there. In her room. She didn't know what to do, she didn't want to wake her parents. And besides, she was probably hallucinating. She hoped she was.
He laughed, and though she couldn't see his face because of the dark, she heard the smugness in his voice.
"What are you doing here? You aren't even real! Am I dreaming again?" Atea was shellshocked, her head swirling with thoughts that she couldn't keep track of. She could hear her heart beat in her ears and feel the blood drain out of her face. She suddenly felt like she was going to faint. Or throw up. The room was spinning and not a second later she passed out, the last thing she saw was Loki's figure moving closer to her.
A cliffhanger! You'll have to wait for the next chapter...
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