Chapter 2
Welcome
And I'm back, Airiana thought.
Back at Lakeview prep college.
She'd just thrown her suitcase in her dorm and collapsed on the bed.
She had to wake up at five this morning, ready for the drive here.
But it was already Six-forty.
She had twenty minutes to prepare for breakfast.
She pulled on her favourite jeans and a flowy grey strech shirt, wearing a short sleeved cartigan over it, and of coarse her black boots. Never forget the black boots.
She felt only a quarter more of herself than usual. Things were still out of place.
She pulled her hair into a messy bun and brushed through her fringe a couple of times.
She actually jogged down the stairs.
When Airiana turned up at the cafeteria she was greeted by two sparkly eyes girls, arms open.
Celestia and Ashley.
"Hey!" Ashley sung and threw her arms around Airiana.
"Hey!" Airiana sung back. Hasn't it been a lifetime since I've seen you, Airiana thought.
Next up was Celestia.
"I missed you." She said, wrapping her arms around Airiana like a lost teddy bear.
"I missed you too." Airiana replied.
"Come sit with us." Ashley insisted.
"Uh..." Airiana looked back at Lexi, who nodded. "Ok."
Today's theme was Suburban.
It was all cereal.
"Um, I'll have cornflakes." Airiana taps her choice on the menu and hands it to the waitor.
"Us, too." Ashley answers.
Celestia turned to Airiana. "So, what's the gossip these days?"
"Um, well, Jeremy's back." Airiana answered.
Ashley gasped and clapped her hand over her mouth. "Really." She gave Airiana a bubbly smile.
Airiana nodded and shuffled in her seat, getting comfortable.
"HOW?" Ashley asked.
"I'm...not exactly sure." Airiana admits.
That question had never crossed her mind. She was just so happy he was back. She didn't want to focus on the most likely negatives. Airiana felt a rising excitement in herself.
Ashley flicked her long wavy blonde hair and winked at Airiana. Airiana didn't know what it meant but she smiled and half-turned her head anyway.
"Celestia has a major crush on him." Ashley giggled.
Celestia shoved Ashley. "I do not."
"Oh, I think you do." Ashley laughed. Airiana chuckled at the thought. How scandleous.
Celestia sighed sarcastically and avoided eye contact with Airiana.
Oh, SHE DOES, Airiana thought.
"What about Sam?" Celestia asked, changing the subject.
"He's here too." Airiana replied.
"Wait. Their here!" Celestia quietly exclaimed, leaning across the table.
Airiana smiled and nodded.
These girls brought something out in her. Like Lexi does. Like wynter used too. Wynter...
Like a chemical spilling through her blood. Her gold blood. Making her feel happy, toxic, different.
At home, possibly. They make the little things better and make Airiana completely careless. Her heart would beat around them. The wind would carry her voice. She could breath clean air. No poisonous shadows. No rebellious vampires. No lost hope. Almost nothing missing. Almost.
But if Airiana searched deep within herself, the sorrow, the self-pity, the longing, and the unwanted feelings would still linger. But right now, she didn't bother searching deep. Why would she.
Airiana waltzed to history with Ashley. Literally.
They danced about the halls till they reached their classroom door, laughing.
Celestia was laughing, shaking her head.
"Late are we, girls." Miss Mcritchie smiled warmly but narrowed her eyes and raised her eyes.
"Sorry miss." The three girls chorused.
The teacher waved them to their desks.
Airiana plonked herself down next to Lexi.
"Having fun, at school." Lexi chuckled.
"Well..." Airiana smiled and shrugged.
Airiana was taking notes about 'The unequal distribution of the world' on her paper.
Clean water:
80% of the world is covered by water, most people can acess water in general, but only 3% of it is clean.
Education:
Due to the lack of education, there can be no qualifications for any professional or high-paying jobs, such as, Teachers, doctors, vetinarians, ect.
Food:
Some countries have an over-excessive amount of food, leaving the poorer countries with close to nothing, having to grow and crop their own vegetation.
Money:
Some countries in Africa must live on one to two dollars a day, Australians- fifteen dollars a day, and we as Americans, probably more.
She wrote.
She wasn't thinking about how lonely she was.
Because she wasn't completely alone anymore. She had her family back, old friends, new friends, old soulmate and a little piece of that hole had been filled, even when she thought it never would. But then again, who would possibly think you could find a lost friend, meet new friends, forgive the unforgiveable, have your brothers broguht back to life, and still have time to listen in class in the first period on a monday, all in a week. WHO.
Airiana cringed as she realised she was actually doing work in MATHS.
She was using Phythagoras's Theorem.
Not a bad guy, she thought.
She hated him once before, but then she realised it was easier than she thought. Her teacher was blabbing on as usual about the time he wanted to be a pilot in the airforce. Back in the day, he had said. Ashley was asleep on her desk. Celesia was chewing on her pencil. Lexi actually looked semi-interested. Airiana had heard this story last week. Honestly. He had a way of making everything things more boring than it had to be.
At recess, Airiana was on her way to the music room when she saw a boy sitting on his own, fiddling with his sandwich.
She sighed at her own politeness and walked over sitting next to him.
"Well, I never expected a straight girl to sit next to me, the worlds getting better." He giggled to himself, offering his hand. "Andy Walker."
"Airiana Lovett." She said, smiling, and shaking his hand.
"I'm gay, by the way." He said out of the blue.
Airiana smiled at him and cocked her head to the side.
"The world is getting better. Any other girl would have walked away awkwardly and avoided making eye contact with me for the rest of their life. Were you sent by angels?" He narrowed his eyes sarcastically.
"I may have been guided at some point." Airiana chuckled.
"Well, I'm an isolated freak around here, so if you wanna duck away and save your reputation, I won't be offended." Andy looked down at his feet.
"Yeah, I know how you feel."
He looksup and says, "Your a vampire, aren'y you."
Airiana nods.
"I'm a witch. So is your buddy, Celestia over there." Andy nodded towards the girl jumping up and waving her over.
"What about Ashley?" Airiana asked.
"Vampire." Andy declared.
Airiana spent the rest of recess chatting with Andy.
He was now her gay friend. The kind you can take fasion advice, have deep and meaningful conversations, talk about boys...
In gym, Airiana went back into the basketball courts, but there was another person in there.
A boy with short brown hair and wise blue eyes. He was tan and toned, shooting goals and dribbling the ball.
Airiana dropped her bag to announce herself.
The boy jumped.
He turned and smiled sweetly when he saw her.
He dropped the basketball and walked over to shake her hand.
"Hi there, I'm Riley." He said shaking her hand.
"I'm Airiana." She said smiling.
"Oh, yeah, Charlie talks about you all the time." He says.
"And what does Charlie say?" She asked. Was she flirting?
"I don't really listen, don't like him much." Riley said.
"That makes two of us."
"So you like basketball?" Riley asked.
"Yeah." Airiana said, pursing her lips and nodding.
"One on one?" He asked, a little nervous, cringing at how upfront he was.
Airiana cocked her head as she thought about it.
She walked over and picked up the ball. "Bring it."
After their game, Airiana was sweating a little, and huffing and puffing.
"I won." Riley declared.
"You cheated." Airiana whined and threw the basketball at him.