House of Secrets

Chapter 2: Of First Time Meetings and Injuries

Nina's PoV

The sun was shinning bright through the window when I woke up and the sky was as clear as clean water. Ive been so happy since the prom a few weeks ago because Im dating the guy Ive liked since I came here and the mystery of the house was over (for the most part anyway). So everything was the way it is suppose to be.

It was a weekend so we didnt have to go to school, which meant more time with Fabian but also more time with Amber. I love her but she can be a bit much sometimes and all she talks about is me/fabian or cloths, which gets a little annoying after awhile.

I looked over at my alarm clock to see that it was 8 o'clock, so Trudy would be serving breakfast in about ten minutes. So I grabbed some clothes from my closet and tip toed out of the room so I would wake Amber from her... beauty rest. I got to the bathroom and took a quick shower then got changed and went back and placed my dirty pj's in the hamper by the door.

Then I walked downstairs into the dinning room to fing Alfie and Jerome fighting over the last blueberry muffin, Mara and Mick were in the common room reading a book and Patricia was helping Trudy with the food in the kitchen, but where was Fabian? I walked into the common room to ask Mick where he was when I felt a pair of arms grabbed me around my waist and lift me up and spin me around the room, which made laugh and scream like crazy.

"Fabian! put me down!" And soon everyone was staring over at me like I was crazy. So he finally put me down and I playfully pushed him. " Dont ever do that again!"

" Im sorry Nina but you look cute so cute when you laugh I just had to do it" Fabian said with a smile that made me melt. I could never stay mad at him for too long, he was just so cute, smart and funny. "Okay, I forgive you" I said giving a hug. When I let go he leaned down and gave me a sweet kiss.

" Hey guys, some of us are trying to eat here!" Alfie said which made Patricia, Mick and Jerome laugh which Mara just shook her head and rolled her eyes. At that moment Trudy came and placed plates of eggs with bacon and toast on the table with a pitcher of orange juice and one with milk. So everyone was just starting to eat when Amber came over and sat down at the table and started to eat faster than Alfie does when he misses lunch.

"Wow Amber whats the rush, you think eating faster would stop you from gaining weight?" Jerome said with a laugh which made her angry so she walked over and smacked him in the head. Amber felf happy when Jerome started to rub the back of his head so she skipped back to her seat and continued eating. So I decided to ask her.

" Seriously Amber why are you eating so fast, we dont have school today" And as soon as I said it I regreted because she then she went into an all out talk mode.

" I have a date with a guy from school and I told him I would meet him around 8:30 at the school and if I dont eat fast I'll be late and its rude to be late on a first date" and thats where she left it cuz she shrieked and practically threw her plate into the kitchen and ran out the door as fast as she could.

"Well bye then!" I yelled after but I knew that she didnt hear me. So I took my plate to the kitchen and washed it and then went to the couch to see what Mara and Mick where reading when I heard someone come down the hall. Everyone looked up to see a girl in the doorway near the kitchen and I felt a pull toward her. Why did she seem so familiar?

Elena's PoV

I looked into my mirror to see exactly to see how bad I looked from my lack of sleep. My eyes were bloodshot and they had rims as black as nighttime under them and my skin was also pale like a ghost, I bet you could see right through me right now. Since Trudy texted me about five minutes ago (which is what woke me up before I almost fell asleep, thanks alot Auntie!) saying that I had to go to the dinning room for breakfast and meet the rest of the house, which made me feel queasy. What if they dont like me?

" There's only one way to find out I guess" I said to myself. So I grabbed some conceler and applied it to my horribly bad eyes then got changed. I really didnt know what to wear so I grabbed a red plaid shirt with a black/white cardigan and some light wash jeans with black converse. Then I brushed my hair and put it into a side ponytail. I didnt need to wear my glasses on days I didnt have school so I decided to leave them on the table.

" I guess its time" I said to myself. I grabbed the journals I use for drawing and song/music writing along with my ipod and left the room. I could her the sound of people in the common room/ dinning area. Aunt Trudy said that there were 8 other students living in the house, which made me all the more nervous. 8 people judging me at once, I couldnt wait.

So I just took a deep breath and walked the rest of the way to the kitchen and when I stopped in the doorway, everyone just stared at me. 'Please someone say something!" I shouted in my head. And as if Aunt Trudy was a mind-reading angel she introduced me.

"Everyone, id like you to meet my niece Elena and she is going to be living here and going to school with you all so I want you to be nice to her, that means no pranks on her Alfie and Jerome" she said with a stern voice toward two boys fighting on the floor near the table. I look close at the boys and one of them looked so familiar and then I remember, he's the guy from my dream! My chest was hurting just thinking about the guy who shot me. And it really did hurt. I grabbed my chest and leaned against the doorfram and I could hear Trudy asked me if I was alright. And I was about to answer yes when I felt something wet on my hand.

I brought my hand up and my eyes widened with horror. My hand was covered with my blood. "No Trudy, im not fine" was all I said before I started to fall onto the floor but instead onto someones lap. And before I passed out I saw that it was the same guy. Then I fell to the black.