Chapter 4 - Chapter 4

Song

Setting fires- The chainsmokers ft. Xylö

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"Wake up!,wake up!! ", Amelia heard a voice calling, while lightly tapping her.

She groaned a little, sat up and yawned.

Finally looking in the direction of the voice, at her side stood a average height girl of about 5'6.

The girl was looking at Amelia curiously, she had chocolate colored skin, ebony colored hair tied into a low bun under her beret and light brown eyes.

She'd been biting her lips slightly, fidgeting and moving from one foot to the other while blankly staring at Amelia.

"Hi", Amelia finally said, breaking the awkward silence.

"H-hello ", the girl replied nervously.

"My name is Charlotte, but everyone calls me Charlie."

"You must be the new transfer Amelia Snow. "

" Nice to meet you", she said, awkwardly putting her hand forward.

"Nice to meet you too", Amelia replied, taking the other girl's hand in hers and then releasing it.

"W-well, I was so excited when I was told I was getting a roommate."

"No one wanted to share a room with me", Charlie said sadly looking down.

"Why? , you're a nice person", Amelia enquired.

Charlie shrugged, "Well I dunno, they all call me weird and bully me a lot. "

"I have a few friends though", she said, lightening up and smiling.

"I'll introduce you to everyone, when we go out for dinner ."

" That is, ya know if you'd want to go with me".

"Of course I would", Amelia said.

"But first of, I better put my stuff away. "

" Well okay,I could help you if you like"

"No, no, I can't handle these myself."

"It's not much anyway.

"Thanks for offering ", Amelia said.

"Well alright, I'll go take a bath now."

" I smell like crap!!! ", Charlie sniffed herself a little and grinned.

She walked to the wardrobe, took out a few of her stuff and walked towards the door.

" Well, the bathroom is just down the hall. "

" We have to share it with everyone on this floor. " "So you have to get there real quick after morning trainings to actually use it. "

Amelia only giggled and stood up from her bed watching Charlie slip out of the door.

She turned to the corner she'd dropped her belongings in, picked them all one by one and dropped them on her bed.

Their room was painted a light yellow, like all the other student rooms. The wall on one corner held a large wardrobe, which she was meant to share with Charlie.

There's was a window at both ends of the walls each facing one of the beds which lay next to each other.

Each bed had a small drawer underneath for storage of stationery and personal belongings.

There was a reading desk next to the wardrobe.

It held a reading lamp and some of Charlie's books.

Amelia picked up her small luggage and opened it up. She pulled out the clothes she'd taken from home and folded them into space Charlie had left for her in the wardrobe.

She then opened the small box lieutenant Ann had given her, pulled out her laptop and dropped it into the drawer under her bed.

She pulled out her two uniforms and other training gear, hung them in the wardrobe and took out the few books she'd been given and put them in the drawer where she'd put her laptop.

Finally, she moved to her backpack where she'd kept her toiletries. Pulling everything everything out,she began to sort through .

She took out her dairy and lifted the mattress of her bed, dropping it underneath.

Pulling out some of her books she put it on the reading desk.

When she was all done, she sat on her bed and waited for Charlie to get out of the shower.

A few minutes later, Charlie came back in, with a towel in her hand rubbing her hair dry.

She was wearing a loose fitting green tee-shirt with the school insignia on it and a pair or green sweats.

"Um, you're done unpacking, that was fast", Charlie said.

"Yeah, I didn't bring much. "

"Well okay, extra sheets for your bed are in the topmost cupboard above the wardrobe".

"You can also take a bath. It's almost dinner so, you gotta be quick Am. "

" I can call you that right?, *Am.*?",Charlie asked.

"Sure thing, everyone calls me that".

Amelia walked to the wardrobe .

Pulling out the sheets from where Charlie had directed her to.

She made her bed while Charlie sat on her bed working on a report on a topic in brigade tactics she was supposed to submit in school the next day.

When she was done, she picked up her toiletries and headed to her wardrobe picking a similar outfit to the one Charlie was wearing.

"I'm heading out now".

Charlie looked up, "Yeah sure, like I said the bathroom is at the end of the hall. "

"Use the third stall, it's the best, if you wanna get any hot water. "

"Sure thing, thanks Charlie."

"It's nothing Am."

"We'll head for dinner when you get back. "

" Okay, "Amelia said,slipping out of the room.

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Amelia was on the queue with Charlie to get their dinner, when it was finally their turn.

They got their food and where headed to Charlie's table, when Amelia knocked into someone and spilled her food.

She stood, staring in at a broad chest stained with food.

"OMG!, I'm so-", she was halted by a low whisper.

"Shut up ".

Amelia stiffened.

Charlie knowing who they had crossed let out a strangled sound and gulped.

The whole canteen went silent. Not a single sound could be heard. Even the canteen staff stopped serving and watched.

All eyes were on Amelia and the strange boy before her.

She looked up to see cold grey eyes with strange specks of blue and hazel in swirling patterns . The brilliant colors looked like a storm was brewing.

He was so tall, she thought. About 6'5,she was guessing.

She studied his face for a while noticing he had cropped dark brown hair which made her want to run her hands through.

He had a piercings too, on his lip and his left ear.

There was a little scar on his left eye brow and his nose was a bit crooked liked it'd been broken a few times.

She inhaled deeply, breathing in his scent, he smelled like sweat and mint. It was intoxicating.

Her eyes moved to his lips, and stuck there.

He had pink lips, which where in a grim thin line like he was holding in raging anger.

He was studying her just like she was, him.

Suddenly he snapped out of it.

Scowled darkly, making him look like an avenging angel.

He violently shoved his hands into his pockets and brushed roughly past her stalking out of the canteen silently.

Immediately he left, everyone returned to what they'd been doing but people still turned to steal glances at Amelia.

She staggered back a little and shook her head trying to shake away the strange feeling she was having.

"Wow!".

"What the hell just happened ", she turned to look at Charlie who was frozen in fear.

"Charlie? "

"Huh, what? "

" I just asked who the hell was that? "

"You know, the dude I spilled food on "

Charlie snapped, immediately coming back to normal.

"OMG!, Am."

"He's gonna kill us!!. "

" You spilled food on him!!! ".

"We're so dead", Charlie muttered hysterically, nearly on the verge of tears.

"Calm down, no one's gonna kill us. "

"Now explain, what just happened? "

" W-well, that's Elijah Blackwood".

" He's the best student in Kenton, he's good in like everything. "

"Thing is, he's scary as hell. "

" He has some kind of dark past, keeps to himself, a total loner. "

" Stay away from him Amelia, he's no good"

"There was a rumor one time that he broke a junior cadet's arm for stepping on his foot accidentally. "

"Everyone's scared of him, he only talks with his roommate who happens to he his best friend I think ".

"Just don't get in his way Am. "

" Okay, okay".

" Just chill Charlie ", Amelia replied

"Since, all my food is gone. How about introducing me to your friends ".

" Well s-sure, you could share mine with me though, I know you skipped lunch. "

" Aaaaw thanks Charlie ".

" You're welcome ", she said moving towards a small group of four people.

" Hi everyone, meet Amelia".

"She just transferred to Kenton, my new roommate. "

" Hey", everyone chorused.

" So, Amelia, this is Sam, beside him is his twin brother Sean", Charlie pointed to two boys sitting next to each other. They both had blond hair cut low and green eyes.

They smiled warmly at her and waved.

"Those other freaks are Hannah and Shawna ", she said rolling her eyes dramatically.

"Hey!, we're not freaks! "

" That hurt ", Hannah said.

Shawna just shrugged.

Shawna was a blonde haired girl with brown eyes and wore glasses. She looked liked the type who didn't socialize much on the other hand, Hannah was a chirpy girl with blue eyes and brown hair. She talked a lot and was always smiling.

"Welcome to this hellhole Amelia.",Sean said, speaking for the first time since they settled down.

"It's not that bad, I think I kinda like this school "

" WHAT! ", everyone exclaimed at the same time, getting dirty looks from the other tables

Sam feigned fainting while Shawna just looked wide eyed, her brown eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

There was an awkward silence before they all burst into laughter.

"Wait, till tomorrow. "

" We'll meet at lunch, then you'll tell us if you still like this school "., Sean said still laughing very hard.

" Well okay ", Amelia replied wearily.

"We saw your encounter with Elijah ", Hannah blurted.

Suddenly the atmosphere changed and everyone became tense.

" We were so scared for you, we thought he was gonna kill you ".

" You're so lucky Amelia, but just make sure you stay far far away from him. "

" He's trouble ".

Everyone else on the table nodded in agreement.

The bell rang signifying the end of dinner

" Well, dinner is over. "

" We should leave, I have prep with everyone else but since it's your first day I think you're excused ", said Charlie

" Well okay, I'm tired even."

"I think I'll just go to bed".

"Well okay Amelia, I'll wake you when I get back. "

"Bye everyone, it was nice meeting you all", Amelia said walking away.

She walked out of the canteen and towards the dorm.

She kept having this uneasy feeling like she was being watched by someone.

She shook it off and continued walking

She finally got into her room.

Pulled out her laptop and set it up.

She then pulled up her covers and fell into deep sleep with thoughts of the mysterious boy with weird grey eyes.