Jumper: Cent's Story

I hope that you guys liked the first chapter. I wanted to show how things were going for David and Millie. Now, we will fully concentrate on Cent and see where the story takes her.

We will meet John Bale in this chapter, but it will only be a brief appearance.

Enjoy chapter two.

Chapter Two:

A Mysterious Boy

Cent was not enjoying her time at the school so far. Already, her first three classes of the day were driving her crazy. At least math was not that hard as she once thought, some of it she already knew from her time in Seattle.

Cent was in her English class at the moment. Doing worksheets that the teacher had handed out.

The school bell rang. It was time for lunch.

Thank God! Cent shouted in her mind, feeling relieved.

She grabbed her stuff and headed out the door of the classroom.

Just as she was in the hallways, a hand grabbed her shoulder.

Cent turned to find a pretty girl, dressed in a white blouse and short-shorts, smiling at her.

"Hi," she said, all excited. "I noticed that you are new here. My name is Ashley."

Cent smiled back.

Finally, a friend! she said to herself.

They shook hands and began to walk together in the hallway, dodging on-coming students.

"Name's Cent Rice," she said. "Is it really that noticable about me?"

Ashley nodded and said, "In a school like this, yes, completely. Despite how big this school might be, people can make out the new from the old students. Hey, do you have lunch next?"

Cent nodded.

Ashley smiled and said, "Great! I love having lunch before the final class of the day! You are going to love the lunch system here!"

Cent couldn't respond in time as Ashley pulled on her arm and made way towards the cafeteria.

Cent was actually starting to enjoy her day at school. She was enjoying Ashley, who was able to help her with the five lunch lines that were in front of her. Appearently, each line served different kinds of food. Ashley told her which one had the best food.

I just might actually like it here, Cent smiled as she thought the words.

Ashley led her to a table, where there were two other girls waiting.

"Hey, Ashley," one waved at them.

"Hey, Emily," Ashley greeted back. "Hey, to you too, Rachel."

The girl, Rachel, waved her off and continued to eat her taco.

They both took their seats around the small, round table, with only one seat left.

"So, who is your new friend?" the girl known as Emily asked.

Ashley turned to me and smiled.

"Girls, meet Cent, Cent meet Rachel and Emily."

"Oh, goody, goody," Emily bounced up and down in here seat. "A new member to our little lunch group. Nice to meet you, Cent."

Cent smiled back at her and said, "Nice to meet you too."

Rachel finally acknowledged their presence and looked up. She smiled and stretched out her hand.

"Nice to meet you Cent."

They shook hands.

Ashley clapped her hands together and said, "Now that we have officially introduced each other. Lets get straight to girl business."

They spent the whole hour of lunch discussing boys, classes, and of course, teachers.

"Oh my goodness, I can't stand Mrs. Nixon anymore!" Emily complained. "Like, today, she forced us to write a four page report on this guy, who didn't have much of anything to have one page done. It was torture!"

Cent and Ashley laughed.

"Sounds like a real teacher to me," Cent said.

"So, where do you come from?" Rachel asked.

Cent froze.

This part Cent hated the most. When people asked her where she came from. This part she had to lie about. A way of keeping her and her parents cover. At least her mom went over it with her. She had it memorized.

"From New York," Cent responded.

Everyone's eyes widened.

"New York?" Ashley said, all shocked. "You have differenly made quite a change to just move here."

Cent nodded, not wanting to talk about it.

"So, you got any boyfriends back home?" Emily asked.

Cent shook her head.

"No, I've never really dated before."

Ashley's eyes widened and her mouth dropped.

"Girl, what is the matter with you?" she studied her from top to bottom. "You have one stunning body and you haven't even gone on a date with some hot guy? I mean, every boy in town would be chasing after you."

Cent laughed.

"Hey, guys," Emily whispered and leaning forward in her chair. "Six o'clock. Behind me."

Cent, Ashley, and Rachel looked to where Emily was pointing.

Behind a couple of tables was a boy. A mysterious boy. He was sitting alone at one of the tables. He wore a Spider-Man t-shirt and a pair of jeans, including Nick shoes.

Cent frowned and asked, "Who is he? Some lonely guy or something?"

"No, he's new," Ashley responded, still looking at him. "He came to this school about three days ago. Nobody knows who he is. Apparently, he keeps to himself and never interacts with others. And even weirder, me and the girls tried to follow him after school yesterday. He always uses the back doors. Well, he tried to go down an alley that leads to a dead end. Me and the girls tried to see where he was going and when we looked down the alley..." She paused. "... he was just... gone."

Cent frowned and asked, "Gone? What do you mean gone?"

"I mean, he was just gone," Ashley faced her.

"Yeah," Rachel said. "He was there at the corner and when he walked down the alley, he was gone. Like as if he disappeared or something."

"My theory is that he uses a trap door or something," Emily cuts in. "He must make his home there. The building right next to that alley is abandoned."

Ashley and Rachel roll their eyes.

"You watch too many movies," Rachel said to her.

"And read too many books," Ashley added.

"What?!" Emily raised her arms. "I'm a virgin. What do you expect me to do with my time?"

Ashley and Rachel laughed.

Cent didn't hear their conversation. She was to busy looking at the boy that they were talking about earlier. Something about him made Cent more curious. He seemed... alert. Like he was waiting for something to happen. He also had his hand close to his pocket, like as if he was waiting to pull something out at any given time.

Cent didn't know what she was doing, but she was studying the boy from head to toe. She took notice of his black, short hair. His white, but tan face. There was also cuts on his arms. Like... knife cuts. Then she noticed his eyes.

Everything slowed down. Time itself stood still. For some reason, she felt dazzled by his dark, green eyes. She couldn't stop looking at them.

They're beautiful, she told herself.

The boy looked up. For a moment, they stared at each other.

Cent turned away and stared down at her food. She smiled. She didn't know why, but she did. And for a moment, she thought she saw him smiling too, from the corner of her eyes.

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