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I have school today and as I lie in bed dreading the fact that my alarm is going to go off any minute I decide I might as well think positive and I say out loud to myself, "It will all end soon." I get out of bed and silence my alarm just as it starts to go off. I dress slowly picking out a pair of jeans and a black quarter sleeve sweater and slide my feet into a pair of black boots.

I leave my room, tiredness still fogging up my mind and stumble into the kitchen where I know for a fact my mom will be with my breakfast in hand. Sure enough as I round the corner and step into the kitchen the table is covered with plates of pancakes for my sister and I along with an assortment of fruit. She walks over to the table with a pitcher of orange juice. "Morning mom. This looks great." She pours some orange juice for me into a cup. "Thanks. You know you don't have to do this every morning." She smiles and pours a cup for my sister. "Well, we need some family traditions to keep us together." She's right. I can't remember a time where I missed breakfast. We've always had breakfast together even when my dad was still here.

That thought makes my depressed and I shove a piece of a pancake that is covered in syrup into my mouth. It taste like heaven. My sister finally shows up wearing the latest fashions. If my mom didn't feel so bad for moving us around all the time we wouldn't be as spoiled, as we seem. Yes we're babied and spoiled, but we return the favor. I use to blame my mom for everything even though I knew it was my fault, but she was the one I wanted to blame for my mistake. Now I know I would be alive if it wasn't for her.

We finish eating and my mom drives us to school. My sister jumps out before my mom even stops the car, "Bye mom! Thanks for breakfast!" My mom sighs and shakes her head. I laugh and say, " Well, what can you do you know?" My mom turns towards me and smiles. "Watch out for her OK?" I roll my eyes at her, but nod and lean over to give her a peck on the cheek. "Sure thing mom. Thanks for the ride." I get out and shut the door and wave to her as she drives away. I stand there and think to myself, what would I do without her?

It still hurts me to think about all the frustration and hatred I poured onto my mom after the mindless mistake I made. I'm still trying to repay her by helping her manage the household along with my sister. It's the least I can do for making her life more miserable than it has to be. My thoughts about my mom were interrupted by a laugh that could wake the dead. There in the middle of the hallway is group of friends who I consider enemies. The only time they ever acknowledge my existence was when I transfer to this school. Now I'm just another piece of school they love to hate.

Brooklyn is the leader of the hater club. I don't know what I did to piss her off, but something lit the fuse, which caused the hate to explode from one person to another in her little pack of followers. Now I'm nothing but paint on the walls and that's just fine with me. I rather have no friends than a whole bunch of them that critique my every move. I have Catherine who tells it like it is and I can stand that more than the whispers behind my back.

I'm searching the halls for Catherine and she's nowhere in sight so I'm left to fend for myself. I have 10 minutes before school actually starts so I wander around not really knowing what my destination is. I probably have already passed my classroom 6 times and even though I'm preaching about wanting to be alone and away from the crowd, chatting with my teacher is something I want to avoid at all cost.

5 minutes remaining and I'm still standing around when the guy who had the camera at the park rounds the corner. I feel my face contort into a grimace and I bite my lip trying to keep the many curse words that are popping into my head from escaping into the open. He's walking closer and I'm basically running in a circle trying to find away to avoid breathing the same air as him when I see the hater club walking towards me in the opposite direction.

I decide that I'm acting ridiculous and tell myself to stay where I am and not let them get to me. The hater club reaches me first, Brooklyn in front and her posse trailing at her heels. I take a good look at them and see something that doesn't come as a big surprise to me. My sister mingles in the back of the crowd, whispering with another girl.

Great, my sister is one of them. Brooklyn walks right by me but first steps on my foot as if I'm invisible and she didn't see me standing right there. I hold my breath because I have the urge to burn the hair on her head to a crisp. Everyone scuttles off including my sister but before she can get out of reach I pull her by her backpack towards me. "Hey! What the hell?" She looks at me like she would rather be talking to anyone but me.

I try not to take it to heart, "why are you hanging out with them?" I ask her straight out just wanting to cut some corners. She stares at me as if the answer should be obvious, "Look sis" She says sis as if it's a dirty word she feels uncomfortable saying out loud, "I know you don't get it but there my friends. You could have friends to if you tried." She pulls away from my grasp and lifts her head up high. "I have friends and I can't let you mess that up so please just pretend like you don't know me." She looks a little sorry at what she just said and mumbles an apology as if that can fix the wound she just inflicted on me.

I watch her leave and feel my shoulders hunch, the weight of defeat landing on my shoulders. Life can be so hard sometimes. I lean against the lockers near the door and glance at my watch. 2 more minutes and I'm free… sort of. The bells rings out, leaving a ringing noise in my ears and I smile ready to go. Then I remember the guy with the camera and see he is entering my class. I'm confused because I know I've never seen him in there before. I tentatively make my way inside to see him talking to my teacher. They exchange some laughs and then the teacher says," Well, it's great to have you back in my class." The guy chuckles and thanks our teacher and heads to the back of the class. I go my usual seat and the teacher finishes talking with, "You better not cause any trouble." The guy just smirks and slides into a seat right across from me.

I try not to look anxious with him next to me but I feel the Draki within me pushing to the surface, my defenses rising up incase I need to defend myself. I hold my breath and close my eyes trying to relax and pretend that I'm outside where the air drifts around me and the sky is filled with white fluffy clouds. This calms me somewhat and I open my eyes and turn my attention to my notebook on my desk. I go to grab my pencil and instead of picking it up like I intended to do I knock if off my desk.

I reach down and pick it up and come face to face with the guy who is now too close for comfort. I stop breathing as I feel the smoke rise up in my throat. I sit up fast and try not to breath fearing smoke will billow out of my mouth. One thing I need to control is my emotions otherwise I might just do something like breath fire, which might not go unseen. I cautiously breathe out facing away from the boy and see no smoke so I take slow steady breaths.

I feel fine now but turn and see the boy is looking at me with curiosity in his eyes as well as something else I can't identify. The smirk has also not left his mouth. He looks at me as if I reacted the way I did because I thought he was so stunningly attractive I couldn't catch my breath. I stare at him and cough as if to say you have no affect on me whatsoever. I mean, yes this guy is someone I can see girls drooling all over but I feel that he is hiding something that he doesn't want anyone to find out. I sure as hell am not going to try to solve that problem.

The class is filled by now and I turn my attention to the teacher and before I know it class is over and the guy next to me is nothing but another student. I gather my things and make my way to the door but I feel someone following me. I know it's him but I keep walking hoping he'll give up on whatever prank he's trying to pull.

He hurries his pace and soon he's next to me. "Hey, what's up? I'm Xavier. I sat next to you in class." His everlasting smirk is still dancing on his lips and I have the urge to smack it off his face. I keep walking, placing a bored expression on my face. "Cool. Nice to meet you Xavier." I stop at my locker stumbling on my combination because he is staring at me with eyes that are so full of emotion that it's scaring me. "Here let me help you." He says to me reaching his hand towards mine at the same second the lock snaps open. I don't look at him when I say, "Thanks, but I got it."

It's silent as I stuff my unwanted textbook and notebook into the locker and slam the door shut. I finally face him eyes looking at his. "Do you need something?" He smiles and answers, "Just your name. Then I'll leave you alone." I blink wondering why he just can't leave. My Draki is close to the surface, not trusting this guy with eyes full of emotion so I tell him, "I'm Jacinda." I walk away and shiver as I feel his eyes following me walking down the corridor. I get a sense of Déjà vu.

I walk faster now wanting to get away from his eyes and run head on into what feels like a wall. My backpack slips from my shoulder and lands with a thump. I look up and see the same guy who bumped into me in the park. It then hit's me as I stare at the guy in front of me. Xavier and him act like the same person, but with a slightly different personality.

This freaks me out and I don't even acknowledge the guy I just pick up my bag and scramble away. I here him call after me, but I ignore him not wanting to deal with all of these too confident and knowing guys. I just walk to my next class the feeling of being watched never leaving my mind.