Day: 003 as a comrade

I heard and felt my phone vibrating in my pocket. Why was it vibrating? I was so tired. School I thought. What day was it? I pulled my phone out of my pocket still half asleep and yawned. It was the next day already, Monday. I realized the vibrating was the alarm that I had set on my phone for weekdays to wake me up for school. I turned on the lamp next to my bed and stretched like I always did. I squinted my aching eyes as light washed over my vision. I picked out a warm sweater since it was most likely cold outside with a pair of skinny jeans. After getting dressed (which was actually pretty hard considering the rings that were on my body) I checked the time on my phone, 6:45am.

My sister had already left for school, but everyone else in the house still slept soundly. I headed down stairs to make myself some breakfast. Stuffed two waffles in to the toaster. I grabbed my backpack and waited for the waffles to pop out. When they did I ate one and held on to the other one with my teeth. Then I ran out the door to catch the bus.

As I walked towards the bus stop I met up with my friends Rian, Gavin, and Valencia all walking together. "How are you guys?" I asked them with a bright smile. "Fine, we were just talking." Valencia replied. "About what?" I was curious. Rian and Gavin interrupted us. "Nice to see you too Sephiria. We're doing great thank you." Rian said sarcastically. I laughed, "nice to see you guys."

"Oh Shit! Guys the bus is already here!" Rian cried. All of our heads snapped forward to see the bus already at the stop and about to leave. "Dammit!" Valencia began to run and we all followed behind. "The bus driver came early!" Gavin said between gasps. We reached the bus right before it left and I sighed in relief.

"Next time don't be so late," the substitute bus driver groaned. Rian looked straight at him and sneered, "fine, as long as you don't come so early old man." We heard some kids in the back laugh and I saw satisfaction written all over Rian's face. He loved the attention. The four of us all went to the back of the bus and found seats close to each other. I slipped in to an empty two seat row and when Valencia began to sit next to me Gavin quickly slipped between us and took her seat. "Sorry but I'm gonna' sit next to Sephiria today," Gavin told her. Valencia pouted and flipped her long silky black hair. "Fine, then I'll sit next to Rai."

Rai was Rian"s nickname given to him by Valencia and I. I couldn't help but laugh at the stupid things that she and Gavin fought over all the time. All of a sudden Gavin turned his attention over to me with a look of concern on his face. "Your church burned down right?" How did he know? "Well it was more like parts of it exploded but, yeah you could say that," I tried to sound as fine as possible. "How did you know?" "It's all over the news. Something about a broken fuse sparking a fire or something like that." Gavin explained. I thought to myself for a moment. The church did have a few broken walls thanks to the demons. The demons. I shivered at the thought of those ugly creatures.

"It was your church right? Are you alright?" he asked worriedly. "Well I'm okay enough to come to school so I'd say that I'm doing pretty good." I forced myself to smile. "C'mon, don't lie. You're not okay at all are you? People you knew died. That's way to much for a seventh grade girl to take." "Yeah, you're right. So can we just not talk about it please? I don't want to talk about it okay?" I told him keeping my head down and choking back the tears as I remembered that horrible and frightening day that no one knew the truth about.

When the bus reached the school we hurried in to the school and headed upstairs. Our school was pretty big for a middle school but I guess the students there never really thought about it. My locker clicked open after I spun in the combo. After I gathered all of my things I slammed the locker shut and felt someone tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see my friends Kameron and Lydia standing behind me. The two girls gave me a bright smile. "Mornin' Seph," they grinned. "Hey guys," I smiled back at them and got up off of the floor.

"Something's up with her today," Kameron told Lydia. "Definitely," Lydia agreed. "So what is it? Other friend problems, family problems, daydreaming?" Then they looked at each other in a way that made me want to squirm. "Or maybe… it's I boy." My face turned a bright pink color and I saw wide grins spread across their faces. "Jackpot," Kameron said in an 'I win' kind of tone. "Of course not! What are you guys talking about!" I laughed nervously remembering Allen and his silver eyes and snow white hair, which didn't help at all. Their faces narrowed in on me, "so tell us who?" "uh-uh-uhmmmmmmmmmm…." I stuttered. "Well maybe I did meet someone that was really nice to me over the weekend," I mumbled quietly.

"Ah-hah! So there was a boy," Lydia laughed. "Hey but that doesn't mean I'm crushing on him or anything!," I blushed. "Awwwwwwwwwww, so tell us about this boy," they nudged me on the shoulder. "Well he's nice." "Uh-huh." "And he's brave." "Uh-huh what else?" "And… and…" "What is it?" I didn't want to say what I was thinking of next. "Well he is.. He is.. I guess he's kind of good looking," I sighed admitting defeat. "Ya' see that was what we were looking for," Kameron grinned.

"So how do you know that this boy's strong and brave," they asked me. I grew quiet again. I couldn't say that I knew because he saved me from a bunch of demons that had attacked my church, although it was true I would seem absolutely crazy! I looked at the clock, 7:49am. One more minute! time hurry up! I begged mentally. All of a sudden the bell rang and I sighed with relief. "Well it was nice talking to you guys but its time to go to class now. I waved and rushed off as fast as I could.

I made it to my first period class on time, Physical education. I went to the locker room to get changed in to my P.E uniform. Kameron and Lydia walked up to me not looking very happy. "You're such an idiot Seph. You tried to get away from us but we have first period together," lamer on put her hands on her hips. "Not the brightest person in the world are you?" "You just realized that," I wallowed in my own self pity. "C'mon, now you have to spill it," Lydia said. "Fine," I groaned. "Well lets just say that he kinda saved me." "Really from who or what?" I knew that they'd ask that question next. What would I say? Oh yeah it was a demon now ain't that cool? Of course not! Never in hell would I ever be that stupid! Think Sephiria! Think! What kinds of people do other people protect people from! "Hello. Sephiria," Lydia sang. Think!

"A mugger!" I said the first thing that came to my mind and immediately felt stupid right after. "Oh my gosh really? That's so cool!" The both of them said. I was shocked that they'd actually fallen for such a lame lie, but all that mattered was that they'd fallen for it so I decided to elaborate on it a little more by adding a little story. "Yeah, I was walking from my church to my cousin's house when this really creepy guy came out of no where and pointed a gun at my head!" I lied. "Oh gosh that's so scary! Did you call the police?" Kameron stared at me wide eyed.

Both of them were totally buying my completely, absolutely fake story and I thanked the heavens for giving me such gullible friends. "And then the man told me to give him my money or else se would shoot! Then Allen came along and stacked that scary dude!" I continued with my fake story with a little bit of truth in it. That is if you thought of the mugger as the demon, my money as my innocence, and Allen trying to save me from the demon. "Wait! You got the guy's name? you're one lucky girl Sephiria!" Kameron and Lydia both squealed. "Yeah, then Allen beat the crap out of that guy, but he did get shot once trying to protect me," I remembered when Allen took a demon bullet for me and it made me feel a little guilty. "Is he okay? Did he go to the hospital?" the two of them seemed so worried for the boy they didn't know but I also was worried about Allen. "Allen told me he was fine and told me not to worry so I didn't know what to do, but he really didn't seem that hurt at all." That part of the story was the complete and honest truth. "Man, he must really be strong then huh?" Kameron sighed. "I would die for a guy like that, but I guess you got him first." "Hey! It's not like I like him in that way or anything!" I protested. "How could you say that Sephiria! He sounds like the most perfect guy in the world!" I blushed. Allen was pretty great, but…

"Today we're going to go outside and run!" Mrs. Therodine, our P.E teacher told us all. "When you get out there I want you guys all to do a full lap! No stopping! No walking! No exceptions!" "Oh hell," Lydia groaned. "Watch your mouth Mai!" Therodine ordered. "Or I'll have you running laps this whole period! Now get out there!" "Yes Ma'am!" The class said like robots. "Yes Bitch," I whispered in to Lydia's ear to make her feel better.

The three of us walked on to the huge track field. One lap around the field was more than a quarter of a mile. It sucked. "Aw crap," I groaned. "How long until she gets tired of watching us run laps?" Lydia groaned with me. "I don't really mind," Kameron shrugged. "That's because you enjoy running," I nudged her shoulder. We began to run and as soon as we began Kameron picked up speed, so Lydia and I grabbed her shoulder, "C'mon Kam, let's jog this one together you're always getting in front of us," I said. "Sure, I guess this time," she agreed.

I turned and looked at my school while jogging, but all of a sudden stopped. "Sephiria! What do you think you're doing? Therodine will kill you!" They cried. "You guys go on ahead! I'll catch up!" I told them. They looked back at me worriedly, "you're gonna' be in so much trouble Seph!" Kameron warned. "I won't get caught," I assured them. "Okay," they replied uneasily and began to jog forward again. I looked at Therodine, her head was turned now was my chance. I jumped the fence and ran towards the school. I'd sworn that I'd seen a white haired boy sitting on the roof of my school. When I got to the school I looked up and cried, "Allen?" "Huh?" He lost his balance and fell off the roof of the school. He hit the pavement with a crash, and got up quickly without a scratch on his body. "Well that kinda hurt," he said brushing some specks of pavement off of his uniform. "H-hey, uh-uhm," "Sephiria, my name's Sephiria," I told him. "Yeah, Sephiria! May I ask you what you are doing here?" "I should be asking you that question! What are you doing here Allen! And why of all the places are you sitting on the roof? Are you watching me?" I asked. It got very quiet for a long while and I took that as a yes. I gave him a weird look.

"Ok, so I was watching you, but only because you have innocence, and demons could come and attack you at anytime." He looked a little embarrassed and crossed his arms. "So you're protecting me," I felt happy on the inside for some reason, but I tried my very hardest not to show it. "So you're protecting me, thanks," I said. "Wait have you been watching me all day?" 'Yeah, once you started school," he admitted. "Did you hear what my friends and I were talking about?" I begged that he didn't. he paused for a moment and I saw his cheeks turn a rosy pink, "uh, yeah actually. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but.. So you think I'm good looking huh?" he laughed softly scratching the back of his head. I also felt my cheeks get hot, "s-so maybe I think that.. What of it." I tried to make myself seem like I didn't care although I knew it showed through. "Don't worry about it. I don't really mind." He smiled. "I don't let that kind of stuff get to me." "You didn't watch me change right?" I narrowed my eyes and stared at him suspiciously. "What? Of course not I would never-" I laughed at his reaction.

"Don't worry I was just messing with you," I laughed. "I know that Allen would never do something like that because Allen is a good person and a perfect gentlemen." All of a sudden Allen began to laugh at me, "the way you talk is so odd!" I crossed my arm, "you know what, I take back everything that I just said," Allen had an accent, an English one, so I assumed that he wasn't from around America. It was only now that I was so casually talking to him that I really noticed. He wouldn't stay here forever, he couldn't. "I have to get back," I told him. "Just keep on watching over me Mr. Exorcist." Then I began to walk away.

Allen followed behind me, "hey Sephiria, I think that you should come to England with Lenalee and I where our headquarters is soon." I stopped walking, "why?" "Because if you stay here you're going to put everyone you care about in danger. The demons will just keep on attacking you until they get your innocence." "And what if I just give it to them. Then they'll stop attacking am I right?" "Yes, you're right but that would be a bad move. Lenalee and I have been studying a little about your innocence and we found out some things about it. First of all your innocence isn't just one that you can just give away and be done with it because its in your blood, or rather I should say that your innocence has become your blood itself. So your crystal type is much different than Lenalee's If it still can be considered a crystal type at all. Your innocence lives inside of you, you were probably born with it, which is very rare. I was born with a left arm of innocence also so you and I would be one of the rare occurrences. And those rings that you have, If you break them you will just continue to bleed until you have enough blood to create new rings.

I shivered, I never wanted to feel that pain ever again. I would try my very best not to break them. "I'll think about it, but Allen I've really got to go now." I told him as I climbed over the chain link fence. "Here, let me help you," Allen said while holding my sides and raising me over the fence like I was as light as a feather. I landed safely on the other side and smiled, "thank you."

"Liang!" A sharp voice yelled. "What are you doing! Everyone has finished their lap already but you! I want you to do-" I flinched but heard Allen's voice instead of Mrs. Therodine's. "I'm very sorry ma'am, I needed to ask for directions on how to get somewhere so I stopped this girl and decided to ask her. Please forgive her it was my fault." "Sephiria!" Kameron and Lydia ran over to me. "Where heave you been?" then they stopped as they saw Allen on the other side of the fence. "Fine Mr… Mr…" "Allen Walker," he told Mrs. Therodine. "Fine Mr. Walker, I will forgive her," Therodine calmly told him. "Now Liang, get to the class line with everyone else right now. You two also!" She pointed and Kameron and Lydia. Then she walked away. "Thanks," I said to Allen. "You're welcome Sephiria. Try not to get into any more trouble," he smirked wt me and waved goodbye.

"Oh my gosh was that him? The Allen that you were talking about?" The two of them asked me as we made our way back in to the building. "Uhm-er yeah actually," I scratched the back of my head. "He is sooo good looking!" Lydia squealed. "So that's why you stopped running? To see him are we right?" I nodded feeling a little embarrassed. "What I coincidence that he would be at our school though," Kameron thought. "You are one lucky girl Sephiria." I felt awkward with them talking all about Allen especially since there was a big chance that he could hear what they were talking about, so I decided to just not say anything while they talked.

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The school day had seemed to take ages to finish, but finally it had ended. For the whole day I felt as if I couldn't talk about anything with my friends because I was scared that Allen would be listening in on our conversations. My friends on the other hand had heard all about the gorgeous white haired boy that I was talking to, in fact the whole school had probably already heard by the end of the day. Apparently someone from my P.E class had seen the two of us talking and began a rumor, and everyone knows that rumors spread fast.

I was walking out of my sixth period class, the last period of the day and I could still hear everyone speaking of it. They bombarded me with questions like, how do you know him? Or, how did you meet him? Are you two going out? "We're just friends," I replied firmly. "There's nothing more to it!" Truthfully I was rather frustrated, with everyone asking stupid and silly little questions about a boy they had never even met.

Valencia and I got on to the bus to get home after school with Lydia. "So I've been meaning to ask you Sephiria. Why was Allen wearing a uniform?" I paused for a moment. Why were they always asking me questions that I couldn't answer truthfully? "He probably goes to an academy or something," I lied. "He must be rich then," Valencia said.

When we got to the back of the bus Rai grinned. "Late again aren't ya' Sephiria." "Well that's me, always late to get on the bus." I replied. "Oh and Sephiria, Why's Allen's hair white? It's not even platinum blonde, it's just completely white!" Lydia said. "He must've bleached it," I guessed because truthfully I didn't know the reason why either.

At home I greeted my sister who sat on the couch with her boyfriend Nick, who was helping her with some math. "Hey," he waved at me. I waved back and smiled. He was a good guy. Then I went upstairs to do my home work. When I got upstairs I looked in the mirror that was in my room and for some reason I saw a double of my self. Or rather I saw the girl from my dream standing behind me. I turned around to find that there was no one there, so I rubbed my eyes and looked back in the mirror. It made no difference. What's going on? was the only thing that went through my mind at that moment.

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The best picture I could find of a group of friends =.=