Tiffany's POV:
Thursday morning comes and first period just had to include Kyle Conaway didn't it. Boy, modern history, world's most boring subject ever... wait, no I could think of more. Our teacher Mr Martin talks in a mono tone about world war II and it's really such a bore, remind me why I chose this subject again.
Nine months left. Dad's words ring in my head and that is soo right. I only have nine months before I graduate and will be apart of the real world.
"So Tiff, do you like... have a pen I could borrow?" Kyle asks me when our teacher asks us to answer a multiple choice and short answer sheet. Well yes, Kyle also sits next to me in modern and it's a pain.
I glare at him, "A pen. A pen, jeez is it really so hard to bring a pen to class, Conaway." I say really annoyed,
"Did I add please?"
Argh. I feel like ripping my shoulder length hair out of my head, just talking to this guy.
"Mr Conaway, Miss Veyne. Is there a problem?" Mr Martin asks from his desk and I go to tell him that Kyle is annoying me but Kyle beats me to it.
"No sir. I was just asking Tiffany if I could borrow a pen." He explains and sir nods,
"Carry on then."
"You are soo freaking irritating. You could get a pen at the dollar store for a not even a dollar." I hiss, going through my pencil case and handing over a black pen, "Oh and you better give it back."
"No worries. Tiff." He says with that freaking smile of his,
"Tiff-an-y." I mumble under my breath, sounding out every syllable. This guy doesn't get the fact that I don't like being called Tiff, so I shouldn't even bother anymore.
Lunch comes along after two long periods, break was two hours ago but I'm hungry. The lunch lines were long and they are super long today cause it's Thursday and everyone knows Thursday is the day for the best food to come to our soo fabulous canteen, not really. Thursdays are only good cause the school orders pizza's from the best pizza joint in town, suggested by one of the seniors that came to this school two years ago and they decided to do it, every Thursday.
Once I finally get to the front of the line I order a meat lovers pizza slice only for the lady to tell me they sold out.
"What do you mean sold out?" I sigh, "What other flavours do you have left then?" I ask and she points to the last three boxes,
"Vegetarian, or supreme." She tells me and I gasp,
"Fine, I'll just take the vegetarian." I say, I hand her the money and she passes me a plate with my slice on it, I smile forcibly and walk off.
Of course meat lovers would sell out, that is the best pizza at the pizza joint. Damn the stupid school for ordering more of vegetarian than meat lovers.
I continue to grumble to myself all the way to my seat with Avery on the outside benches.
"What's wrong with you?" Avery asks me and I show her my plate,
"They only had vegetarian or freaking supreme. And I really wanted meat lovers." I whine and then she grins,
"Oh then you'll love me even more." That's when she shows me her plate with four slices of meat lover pizza. Yumm.
"Trade." I smile but she shakes her head,
"Two and a half veggie each." She says and I smile brightly,
"Even better, two for me and three for you." I say and she grins,
"Deal."
Taking a large bite of my pizza I start to chew until I feel someone sit next to me and when I look to see who it was I nearly choked. I start coughing really badly until Avery decides to pass over the water, and I take a big gulp of it.
"You ok Tiff."
"Tiff-an-y." I grumble, "And yes I'm fine. What the hell are you doing over here? I thought you'd be hanging around your girlfriend and the populars." I say, and he smirks,
"Celeste isn't my girlfriend. And just because I hang around her group doesn't mean I can't hang around you."
"Pfft, yea right. You are soo freaking annoying so I don't freaking know why your over here. I've had enough of you in modern and creative writing-"
"CW." Kyle cuts in and I groan,
"Whatever. Go away will you, this is my time alone with my best friend." I say and that's when he finally notices Avery,
"Hey! Your cute." He says and I roll my eyes, of course he would say that.
"And I have a girlfriend." She retorts with a smirk.
"Oh Tiffany, I didn't know you were a-"
"Shut your mouth right there. I'm not the girlfriend you jerk face." I tell him, taking another large bite of my pizza,
"Didn't you hear her when she said I was her best friend?" Avery asks him and he smiles,
He leans across the table and whispers loud enough for me to hear, "I don't really listen to her rants."
"Whatever. Can you go away now?" I snap,
"Nope."
I huff and sit back in my chair. Damn him, damn school, dam- not again.
I start breathing in and out, wrapping my arms tightly around my chest making both Avery and Kyle look at me in concern.
"Tiffany! Are you ok? Wait don't answer that. Come on, I'm taking you to the nurse's office." Avery says grabbing her things in a rush and runs over to my side,
"Did you take those pills? The ones the nurse gave you on Monday?" Kyle asks and I take another deep breath.
"No. I was going to but I must have forgot all thanks to your annoying voice." I say just as another burning pain hits my chest. Why me?
"Come on. I'll take Tiff, you grab her things. Ok?" Kyle tells Avery, she nods furiously,
"Don't forget the piz- Conaway." I snap, as I feel him lift me up. But another pain strikes my chest,
"Tiff, stay calm and just let me be nice for once." He snaps and carries me all the way to the nurses office, making other students stare at me for the second time in two days.
"Again." Mrs Adelia says looking at me with a worried glance,
"Again." I confirm, Kyle places me down on the nurse's bed and I curl up in a ball, holding my chest.
I hear loud rapid footsteps heading towards the door and I was right to who it was, "Is she ok?"
"She's fine. She just needs her pain killers." Kyle says grabbing my bag off Avery and going through it and grabbing out the small box,
"Tiffany, I don't think it's a good idea to come to school tomorrow. Three days in a row isn't a good thing you know." She tells me and I nod,
"I'll be sure to stay home." I mumble, feeling sweat dripping off my forehead as the pain worsens in my chest.
"Here, take these." Kyle says, putting the two pills in my mouth and holding a cup of water to my lips. I take a light sip and swallow the pills down my throat. Feeling tired once again, my eyes start to close on their own and I fall into the darkness of sleep... again.
For the third time this week I wake in the nurse's office. I look around to see that the nurse is not here and neither is Avery or Kyle. I look around for a clock and see the one above my head to see that school is already over... and I didn't hear the bell ring, I'm normally a light sleeper. Never mind that I hop off the bed, grab my things, letting a yawn slip past my mouth. Just as I'm walking I bump into someone, deja vu, someone taller than me this time. I look up and see it's Kyle.
"What do you want Conaway?" I groan, walking straight past him.
"Well your friend Avery asked me to take you home since she doesn't want you to catch the bus and something came up for her." He tells me and then says, "The least you can say is thank you."
"Thank you Conaway, but I will be getting my own way home. Goodbye."
"She clearly told me you would refuse so I prepared for it. Let's go." He pulls on my arm and drags me down the hallway, making students stop and turn our way.
"Conaway, let go of my freaking arm will you! I can handle myself." I say ripping my arm from his grip and walking ahead of him, "I told you I can get home myself and I will. Just leave me alone." I say walking away from him, but he catches up easily.
"No no. I'm taking you home, unless you want me to embarrass you again." I turn around sharply and look him straight in the eye, knowing exactly what he would do.
"You. Wouldn't. Dare." I grind out and he smirks,
"Oh, I will. And you know for a fact that I will." He remarks and I groan,
"So much for me being a waste of your precious time." I snap,
"Well, that was Monday. Today is Thursday, build a bridge and get over it."
"You did not just say that." I say and he smirks,
"Oh I did sweetheart, now get in the car."
Oh, so we were at his car, not that I really noticed. I do as he asks and get in, he closes the door and then jumps in the drivers seat. Taking me home for the second time in two days.
When we do arrive at my house he tells me one thing, and one thing only.
"Whatever you do, don't come to school tomorrow. In fact don't leave the house at all tomorrow, got it."
I roll my eyes, he can't tell me what to do. I just get out of the car and slam the door, I hear the window wind down and he yells,
"I mean it!"
With that he drives away in his fancy BMW.
I walk up to the front porch of our two story house and search my bag for my keys, I find them and open the door immediately, and just as I turn to close the wooden door behind me I see a black van drive very slowly on the other side of the road. The same van that was at the field. I rush to shut the door and put the padlock up, just in case. It could be just a coincidence and I'm really paranoid.
"Tiffany! Is that you?" Mom calls from the kitchen,
"Yea it's me." I call back, walking into the kitchen, "What's for dinner?" I ask walking up to mom and kissing her cheek,
"I was just trying to figure that out. Maybe we could have pasta."
"Yea, pasta sounds good." I say with a smile. Mom turns around from grabbing things out of the cupboard and looks at me with concern,
"Have those pains come back?" Mom asks me looking really worried,
"I've been taking pain killers mom, and they seem to have worked." I tell her and she looks confused,
"But we tried pain killers before and they haven't worked."
"The ones the nurse gav-"
"Nurse... Tiffany, if you've been going to the nurse's office why didn't you tell me? You should have called and I would've come pick you up. That's it your not going to school tomorrow, you need to rest." Mom says and I give her a nod,
"The nurse told me to anyways, seeming the amount of times I've been there. She said I shouldn't have come to school if I wasn't feeling well."
"Tiffany, sweetie. How many times have you been to the nurse's office?" Mom asks me carefully,
"Three."
"Damn it Tiffany, you should have just called me. And you also need to go get that x-ray done, I booked you an appointment for tomorrow at midday. I booked it on Tuesday but it must have slipped my mind to tell you."
"Ok. I'll go tomorrow. If I don't mind I'm just going to go to sleep now, I need a rest." I tell mom yawning,
"Alright sweetie." Mom says kissing the top of my head. "Have a good rest."
I smile and head upstairs.
Fluttering my eyes open, I let out a yawn and look beside me to see the time. And it's... I blink my eyes getting used to the bright glow of the clock and it reads, eleven thirty. Crap. Didn't mom say I have an x-ray at midday, that's in thirty minutes. I start to get changed when I start to smelling something burning. I sniff the air again and turn around only to see my curtain is on fire... wait fire! There was no candle or anything that can light a fire in here.
I quickly run to the bathroom and get a glass of water and run back to my room and being careful not to throw the water on the electrical power points, I throw the water on the small fire making it go away. Few, now I can get ready for the appointment, but as soon as I turn around a few things from my dresser was floating in the air. Now I'm hallucinating. I blink my eyes a few times and the things stop floating. Now I'm just going crazy. I rush to get changed in case anything else happens, along with brushing my teeth and throwing my hair in a messy bun. I quickly cleanse my face and add moisturiser and rush down the stairs. My parents would be at work and Claire would be at school, that's why my alarm didn't go off, cause mom must have turned it off last night before she went to bed.
I lock the door behind me and rush my way to the clinic. It wasn't really far, ten minutes by car from my house and twenty minutes by walk. Well I better be quick if I don't want to be late.
Once my x-ray were done, I was told to pick it up sometime today, so I messaged mom to do it for me. I hear footsteps behind me but I wasn't really paying attention since I was texting and walking at the same time, but I couldn't help but think that someone was watching me. You know the feeling you get when someone's eyes are on you, yea that's what I'm feeling right now. So when I turn around and see nothing at all I just think it's me being really paranoid. This morning I was hallucinating and now I'm thinking weird things, right.
Suddenly a sharp burning pain rise in my chest and I put my arms across my chest like I normally do, only this time was different. This time I should have listened to my instinct carefully cause next minute I feel cold sharp metal against my throat.
"Do what I say and you could get out of this easily." A hard voice says close to my ear. And with my luck, there were no passer-by's to help me. What did I do to deserve this?
I suddenly hear a car come to a sudden stop beside me and realise it is the black van that was at the field and in my street yesterday. I should have taken that warning Kyle gave me yesterday seriously... wait hold up, Kyle warned me... but how did he know.
"Tiffany Veyne. I know exactly who you are girly. All you have to do is come with us and we won't hurt you."
"Wait a secon-ahh." I take a deep breath to try calm the burning and start again, "Why are you doing this to me?" The burning pain gets worse and I suddenly feel light headed.
"Oh Tiffany, you have something I want and I'm going to make sure I get it." The guy says, pushing the knife closer to my skin, making it feel weird and feeling something wet run down my throat... blood.
"What do you wa-ahh." I try to ask, only to get the burning pain surge through me.
"You have a power Tiffany. The elementaret. A power that is in you and will grow with in you. If you com-"
I hear a loud bang and suddenly the sharp metal was away from my neck. I look up and see a familiar figure in all black and black aviator sunglasses sitting on his nose, that wasn't the only thing I notice, he was also holding a gun pointing it at the guy who just tried to kidnap me.
"C-Conaway?" I ask my voice trembling.
"Get the hell away from her right now." Kyle says in a strong voice, "Or I won't hesitate to shoot."
"Oh, it's you. I knew you would find out some way or another. Your organisation moves pretty fast."
Organisation. What the hell is he going on about.
"Well your not so bad yourselves." Kyle says flatly, "Now get away from her. Now."Â He repeats and I crawl away from the guy only to be caught by another.
"She has something we want and we're going to get it." The guy that's holding me in a tight grip snaps, holding a gun to my head.
"Oh really." Kyle says talking a step forward.
Doesn't he know he's going to get us both killed.
"Yes, really." The guy says through gritted teeth and throws me in the back of the van. Hearing another bang, the guy in front of me falls to the floor. I stare at him horrified.
What the hell is going on? I want to scream but nothing will escape my mouth, I suddenly hear the screeching of tires and Kyle's in front of me, grabbing my arm and pulling me out of the van. Suddenly running with me in tow.
"Tiff, hurry up!!" Kyle yells and I hear more gun shots, Kyle pulls me to the ground until the gun shots stop and quickly gets back up, "We need to go. Now!!" He snaps, "I'll explain later, I know your a fast runner and unless you want to get killed then I suggest you hurry the fuck up."
Hearing that, I run as fast as I can behind him and in one of the close by alley ways his car is parked. He gets me in the car first and runs to the other side. Kyle quickly puts the car in drive and starts to speed out of there, hearing more gun shots, I turn around and notice one fly's towards the back window, scared I duck down.
"Don't worry, it's bullet proof glass." Kyle tells me, still speeding on out of here and soon I realise we just passed the leaving town sign. My eyes now really wide and worried. What the hell is going on?
"Conaway! You better damn explain what the hell just happened!"
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A/N:
A little bit of action and there will be more to come. So the chapters are going to get more intresting now. I hope you like this chapter.
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