*the next day*
Tatiana's POV
"Where is she!" I said, exasperated due to the fact that I have been waiting for her in front of the registrar's office for 30 mins now. The school bell rang 5 minutes ago already.
"Excuse me miss, have you seen the new student today?" I asked the registrar.
"Yes I did, is that the reason why you are still here? You should've asked me first" she nonchalantly told me. I was getting annoyed already.
"If you have seen me standing in here for a very long time and looking at everyone who comes in, then you should've called my attention!" I nearly raised my voice. I tried my best to keep calm but I just couldn't get over the fact that I am late for the very first time for nothing.
"It's not my job to ask every student standing in front of the office what they need" she said without even looking at me and continued typing something. I was about to retaliate but she beat me to it.
"She's in the same class as yours. You are welcome" she said with a smug expression.
"Thank you VERY MUCH!", I sarcastically answered her and stomped my way to my school car.
"URRRG!!! SHE IS VERY ANNOYING!", I shouted as I took my seat in the mini car.
"I HEARD THAT!" she said with a loud voice. I ignored her and speeded up to catch up on class and finally kill, uhh, I mean, finally greet the new student.
When I arrived in class, I immediately looked for the new student if she was really there. When I finally caught her eyes, she cowered in fear. I tried my best to calm down and went to the seat next to her as instructed by our professor. I couldn't look at her. The feeling of sitting next to the source of my anger infuriates me, but I know we are in the class so I did my best to keep it together and to just pay attention to the lecture.
When the class was about to end, the principal came and called out for the girl and I.
I guess he found out that I wasn't able to meet up with her before classes started. I saw him mentally fighting with Kendra. I don't know what that was about, but I guess it is kind of related to the matter at hand. She was annoyed when I sat next to the new student. So I guess she caught my dear cousin's eyes. She looks pretty, so the possibility of Kendra having to do something with this is high. I went outside and followed the principal to his office. I went inside first and he told me to keep an eye on Kendra because she might do something stupid. She doesn't know about the issue with the new student so she may blurt out the academy's secret. He told me that Kendra and the new student met before I did, and seeing her giving more attention to the new student is suspicious. She usually doesn't care about other students aside from her few trusted friends. She just deal with the others professionally if she needed to and avoided trying to be close to them. Those trusted friends of hers were my friends too, but because of an incident 2 years ago, I started to get distant with them. I still want to be friends with them again, but the damage has been done.
I excused myself from his office to get the campus tour started, but when I went out, she was gone.
"Excuse me ma'am but do you know where the new student went?" I asked hastily.
"Why? She was escorted out by Ms. Kendra" she said confused by my question. When I heard that, my blood boiled from anger. She better not be talkative this time.
"Ma'am, if you may, will you please help with something?" I asked her a favor and she nodded. After a few seconds, I was already in a place where those two went, thanks to the secretary's ability to teleport.
I saw the new student walking towards my direction alone.
"Luck is on me today" I whispered to myself and hid by the tree near the entrance. I caught a hold of her. She called for help from my cousin so I had no other choice but to use my ability. I can actually make anyone pause for a few minutes, relax, sleep, or put anyone in a coma. I can also see any person's past in a series of scenes, but only the ones they remember. All of these things can be done just by touching the person.
'She's quite good at lying I see', I thought to myself.
I didn't like how my cousin treated me for the last 2 years but, I still do care for her. I can't afford to see her crumble from pretty little liars again.
When Kendra was close, she grabbed my hand and that was the time that I could finally escape. I used my ability and made her pause for a few minutes so I could get away with this "Pinocchio". I took the girl to an underground staircase towards an empty room to give her a lesson but, when I kissed her neck, she just collapsed and I was shocked. I didn't even use my ability on her when I fooled around, but how come she suddenly fell to the floor. Next thing I new, Kendra came running towards us and went to the girl's side trying to wake her up. That woke me up from my shock and tried to help but Kendra punched my face.
"I don't want to see you near her ever again, good thing she's still alive, or I would've done something worse to you" she told me with a stone cold expression. I didn't respond, I just stood there watching her carry the new student out of the place.
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*3 days from the incident* (present)
I couldn't sleep properly since then. I know I did something wrong but I didn't mean to. I felt terribly guilty from what happened, I couldn't even help her go to the hospital. I told my Uncle about what happened, except for the fact that the girl was a liar and that I did something foolish. I didn't lie to him though, I just missed out some points on what happened. I need to save myself as well. I know I am wrong for not telling him the whole story, but I need to have a chance to apologise to that girl at least. I wouldn't be able to do that if I told my uncle everything.
"Sir, we have arrived" the driver informed my uncle and all of us went out the car.
"I hope she will forgive me." I thought to myself and entered the hospital.
-End of chapter-