I was relieved to finally pull up to our stop after a long first day. I couldn't wait to get inside so I didn't have to pretend to be someone I'm not any longer. We only had about a two minute walk from our bus stop to our house, which was surrounded by trees so we had to make our way through a miniature forest. " Can I please comment on how stupid the fake last name Kit made up is? " Tori said, rolling her eyes. Kit had made up a family name for us, the Wolfe's. Ironic, I know. I giggled, " he just wanted it to be something we wouldn't forget. It would be suspicious if we hesitated when we were asked what our last name is" Simon defended his father, as usual.
When we got into the house Kit was on the phone with someone. They were talking about an open position at the local hospital, Kit needed a job if we were gunna keep living here or we were going to go broke. Tori and Simon had already gone to their rooms to put their books away so I grabbed Derek's hand and led him up to my room while everyone was distracted.
When we reached the top of the stairs he picked me up bridal style, I giggled as he set me down right at the top of the stairs that led to my bedroom. He crushed his lips to mine and I smiled into the kiss, wrapping my hands in his hair. He pulled back and smiled " I've been waiting for this all day" he growled, gently pushing me on the bed. He kissed me playfully, his tongue brushing mine and his fingers tracing circles into my lower back.
This time when he pulled away he rolled onto his side, pulling me with him. We laid like this in silence for a couple minutes before I asked how his day was. " Good, especially math, I felt like that was the only class where I fit in. Oh and of course because of Chelsea" he teased. I rolled my eyes " Marilyn said she's with a football player anyways, maybe they have an on and off kind of relationship". He frowned " maybe. I like Marilyn and all but didn't you think it was weird that she had no one to sit with? She's really nice I don't see why she wouldn't have friends" he explained. " Yeah I agree, if we get to know her better we could always ask, maybe her and her friends got in a fight". Just then there was a knock at my door. Simon bounded up the steps and sat on the corner of my bed.
" What are you guys up to?" He winked at Derek. " Were just talking about how it's odd that Marilyn doesn't have any friends, yet she's super nice and friendly" I explained to him. " Oh I know why. She told me that she was part of Chelsea's group for years but after they got into highschool they just kind of grew apart, but it didn't end well, that's why she doesn't have friends. If Chelsea doesn't like you, nobody does. She runs the school" Simon looked like he really felt bad for her. " That must have been rough on her. I don't know how she dealt with that for this long." I said. We were all placed in grade ten, except Derek who was in eleven, so Marilyn had been sitting alone for a while now.
We talked for a few more minutes before heading downstairs to see how Kit's phone call went. "Hey dad, who were you talking to?" Simon asked as we all sat down in the living room. " Well I was talking to the owner of the local hospital and there's a janitor position available so he said I could start working there tomorrow." Kit explained. I was glad that he had found a job, I thought it would be hard because in small towns they're usually all taken.
We ate dinner and then all settled down around the T.V Kit had picked up earlier today. We watched Nightmare On Elm Street and I headed upstairs for bed. I was exhausted so I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
When my alarm clock went off this morning it wasn't as hard to get up. I crashed at 9:30 last night so I got plenty of sleep. I went about my normal getting ready for school routine, I wore one of the basic t-shirts that I had bought at Forever 21. It was a bright red colour that really complimented my hair and skintone, the cut was also very flattering. It was a slight v-neck that dipped down right before my boobs so there was hardly any cleavage, which I liked I didn't want to feel exposed. I wore some ripped skinny jeans with it, and applied my cherry lip gloss to compliment the red in my shirt.
By the time I finished it was only 6:50, so I had plenty of time before I had to leave. I decided to make Derek and I breakfast, so I rummaged through the fridge to see what groceries Kit had picked up. I found eggs and cheese so I decided to make us egg and cheese sandwiches, something I used to eat often when I lived with my dad. The sound of the egg sizzling in the pan reminded me so much of home. When I was finished cooking I brought the sandwich down to the boy's room.
Derek answered the door when I knocked. He looked sleepy and had a nice case of bedhead, "morning" he grunted. "Hey I made you breakfast!" I smiled, hoping he would like the sandwich. He grinned "thanks Chlo this looks awesome" he leaned down for a quick kiss before heading upstairs to eat with me.
When Tori and Simon finally dragged themselves out of bed and got ready we headed to the bus stop. When we got on Marilyn had seats saved for us all around her, so we could all sit together. We all chatted about how our night went and asked Marilyn about hers. Marilyn followed me to my locker when we got to the school so that we could walk to first period together. Ever since our talk with Simon last night I was dying to know what drove Marilyn's friends away from her. I didn't think they just grew apart, I knew there had to be something that caused it but I didn't know what. I wanted to ask her about it but I figured I should wait until we knew eachother a little better, I didn't want to look nosey. " Hey I love your shirt!" Marilyn said, breaking me out of my trance. " Thanks, I got it at the Forever 21 in the mall" I smiled. She was wearing nude colored flats and a white sundress covered in blue flowers. It was spring and the weather was actually getting pretty warm, I need to look for some dresses and shorts soon.
According to Marilyn the english teacher did the same thing every day, and she was right. He talked for a bit then assigned questions in partners. I was with Marilyn again, and I really wanted to ask about her and her friends. I couldn't shake the feeling that something was up with her, nothing bad, just that she was different. We started working and I just went for it, what did I have to lose really. " Marilyn?" I asked cautiously , " yeah?", " what happened to your old friends, I mean you must have been a part of a group at one point". She looked a little uncomfortable, " I guess you could say we ... grew apart. When I first started highschool weird things were happening. The doctors called them hallucinations. I used to be friends with Chelsea... and being how she is she called me weird and slowly isolated me more and more until we just stopped talking completely" she finished quietly. It sounded like I was one of the first people she shared this information with, Simon knew some of this but I got a lot more out of her. " That's terrible. You would think they would stay by you and try and help. It's probably better that you're no longer friends with them, they weren't true friends." I gave her a small smile of sympathy. "I'm glad you're not judgemental like them. I thought you guys would do the same if you found out, then I'd be left sitting alone at lunch again". It clued in on me then, hallucinations, starting when she started highschool, right around puberty. That was exactly what happened to me when I found out the truth about what I am.
I wanted to know if she was adopted, I don't see how her parents would have kept this from her if they knew. I didn't want to come off as nosey so I figured that could wait for another time. " Were not like that, I'm sure you'll think we're pretty weird too once you get to know us better" I said with a wink, the uncomfortable look faded to a smile, " let's hope that our weirdness is compatible" she giggled, and we went on to finish our questions.
I tracked down Derek on the way to our second period art class, I needed to tell him what I found out about Marilyn. I truly wanted to help her if she was a supernatural as well, especially if there was a chance that she was part of the Edison Group's experiment. I'm sure that they were looking for her all over, her parents probably put her in such an isolated town on purpose. " Der, I think Marilyn might be a supernatural, a necromancer actually." I explained quickly, eager to get this information to him. " I thought that ever since we met her, there's just something about her. I was going to try to find out something to prove my theory but I guess you did that. What do you know?", " well I talked to her and she said that when she started highschool she was having hallucinations and that's why her friends don't want anything to do with her. Sound like anyone you know?" I hinted. " So you think she's a necromancer? We got to try to find out what we can, if she's part of the experiment she could be in danger" he said as we entered out classroom. I agreed and we sat down in our seats next to Simon.
The lecture was a lot shorter today, we were supposed to begin working on a project. He talked for about ten minutes, before explaining where the supplies were and leaving us to work. As we were painting I nudged Simon on the shoulder. " We think Marilyn might be a supernatural...possibly part of the experiment" , he looked confused, " she seems so normal though.. And she's lived here all her life. What makes you thinks this?". I repeated what I had just explained to Derek a few minutes ago. "Woah. Well we better find out as soon as we can, we wouldn't want her to be in danger.". I was going to try and find out as much as I can in the next few classes, in as subtle of a way as possible. I was almost hopeful that she was a necromancer, it would be nice to be able to talk to someone that understands what I go through.