FLAME&FIRE

Chapter 2

THE NEXT MORNING AS I WALKED THROUGH THE HALLWAY I COULD STILL FEEL THEM ALL STARING AT ME THEIR EYES STILL WIDE IN AWE AND ADMIRATION. N I WELL WHAT COULD I DO? I JUST DID THE USUAL HAUGHTY WALK PAST THEIR STARES.

WELL U SEE I HAD TO KEEP ON THE POPULAR GIRL SHOW .THERE ARE SOME RULES TO EVERYTHING WHICH CAN'T BE BROKEN. NOT THAT THIS WOULD COUNT AS AN OFFICIAL RULE SINCE IT ISN'T A TYPICAL SCHOOL RULE LIKE THE DRESS CODE OR ABOUT THE USUAL " NO PDA" AND OTHER THINGS BUT THIS WAS "THE POPULAR GIRL RULE " MADE BY?THE STUDENT OF COURSE.

I WONDER HOW SO MANY OF THEM ARE DYING TO REPLACE THEIR FEET WITH MINE BUT ONCE THEY ARE HERE THEY WILL REALIZE EVERYTHING IS NOT ALWAYS ABOUT THE BRIGHT YELLOW SPOTLIGHT.LIFE HAS OTHER COLOURS TOO AND IRONICALLY THE ONES WITH THE YELLOW START CRAVING FOR THE BLUE N GREEN AND THE ONES WITH THE BLUE N GREEN ALWAYS FIND WAYS TO GET THE YELLOW.

"MISS FALLON !" I FINALLY BREAK AWAY FROM MY TRAIN OF THOUGHTS TO FIND MR WALTER STARING RIGHT AT ME AND WITHOUT A DOUBT A SECOND LATER THE ENTIRE CLASS IS LOOKING AT ME TOO.

"YES MISS FALLON SO PLEASE WOULD YOU MIND ANSWERING THE QUESTION?" HE SAID WITH EVIDENT HATRED DRIPPING DOWN HIS EVERY WORD AND I SWEAR IF I WERE WATER I WOULD ALREADY BE FROZEN BY THE COLD STARE HE WAS THROWING AT ME.

"UMM.." I KNEW I COULD'NT HESITATE FOR LONG. ANOTHER MISS POPULAR RULE .MISS POPULAR SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A SMART REPLY FOR EVERY REMARK.

"WELL SIR DID YOU ASK WHETHER I MINDED?HOW VERY KIND OF YOU?AS A MATTER OF FACT I DO MIND ANSWERING THAT STUPID QUESTION OF YOURS AS I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO THAN THAT."SAYING THAT I WALKED PAST HIM AND OUT OF THE CLASS. BEHIND ME I COULD FEEL SOME GASP SOME LAUGH AND MOST OF THEM CHEERED.

I FELT AWFUL FOR SAYING THAT TO HIM.BUT BEFORE I WOULD DROWN IN SELF LOATHE I DECIDED I'D KEEP THAT FOR ANOTHER DAY.

I GOT IN MY CAR AND PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WITH A SWIFT MOTION AND WAS SOON ON THE NEARLY EMPTY ROAD TO MY HOME .MY HOME WAS A 15 MINUTES RIDE FROM MY SCHOOL.

AND MY THOUGHTS WERE ALL IN PLACE BY THE TIME I REACHED HOME .

I PARKED MY CAR AND WENT IN ,RELIEVED TO BE BACK....HOME. THE PLACE WHERE I COULD BE ME. WHERE I COULD DUMP THE PRETENCE.

"GRANDMA.....I AM BACK"I SHOUTED AS I OPENED THE DOOR. MY GRANDMA WAS THE MOST ACTIVE WOMAN ON THIS PLANET. SHE WAS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING OR THE OTHER .SHE GOES TO DANCE CLASSES ON THE WEEEKENDS AND HAS YOGA CLASSES ON THE WEEKDAYS.CURRENTLY SHE IS WEARING HER CUTE APRIN THAT SAYS "KITCHEN'S QUEEN" AND IS HOLDING A DISH FULL OF...............

"CHOCOLATE MUFFINS!!.......OH I LOVE YOU SO MUCH GRANDMA,YOU ARE THE BEST" I SAY AND GIVE HER A KISS ON THE CHEEK WHILE I PICK UP THREE MUFFINS IN A GO.

BEFORE SHE CAN BEGIN ABOUT HOW THE MUFFINS DON'T HAVE LEGS I HURRY UP THE STAIRS TO MY ROOM.

I THROW MY SELF ON THE BED AND LIKE ALWAYS STARE UP AT THE WHITE CELEING WHILE MY MOUTH DEVOURS THE TASTE OF THE LAST BIT OF THE MUFFINS.

I JUST LOOK AND LOOK AT THE WHITE CEILING .TAKING IN ITS EVERY CORNER .EVERY EDGE.CONSUMING EVERY BIT OF WHAT I SEE UNTIL THE WHITE CHANGES INTO BLACK.

"SWEETIE??..GET UP HONEY...YOU HAVE BEEN ASLEEP FOR HOURS NOW.COME ON GET UP AND GET CHANGED."

I OPEN MY EYES AND INSTANTLY LOOK AT MY WATCH....WHAT THE???///..ITS ALREADY FUCKING 5;00PM .

I RUSH TO MY CUPBOARD AS MY GRANDMA SHUTS THE DOOR TO MY ROOM.

AND WITHIN 15 MINUTES I'M IN THE PARK WITH A TINY BIT OF MY HOMEWORK AND OFCOURSE A NOVEL.

I OCCUPY MY USUAL SPOT ON THE BENCH BEHIND THE TREE WHEN SUDDENLY IM INTERRUPTED BY A CERTAIN NOBODY WITH WHOM I SURELY NEVER WANTED TO EVER HAVE A CONVERSATION.

"WOULD YOU MIND IF I CHECKED YOUR POST BOX??"YEAH GREAT THATS SURELY AN ASSHOLE.NOEXCUSE ME NO HELLO JUST STRAIGHT TO THEIR POINT.

AND OFCOURSE EXCUSE ME OR HELLO WAS THE LAST THING SOMEONE WOULD EXPECT FROM THE SELF PROCLAIMED 'JUDE WALKER'.

SO YES SUMMING IT UP THIS WAS GONNA BE A GREAT DAY(NOTE THE SARCASM).