As I drove Gabriella to school, she couldn't stop talking about this girl she just met it was annoying cause she just never stopped talking, times I would laugh while other times it felt as if I wasn't even listening anymore, I just had too much on my mind.
~G. She asked me my name and told me her name's Jess she has the most beautiful hair I've ever seen, it's like sun kissed blonde hair and her eyes, if you see her eyes they look like ripe mangoes. The teacher said she should sit next to me and I was shocked when she actually said something to me. Have I told you that Penelope and Garcia stopped talking to me? Well if I didn't they did, they said they didn't wanna be friends with me anymore cause I had better, longer and prettier hair than them can you believe that? I just didn't understand. I'm happy we aren't friends anymore though cause they just proved to me that they were never my friends and I'm happy that Jess is my friend now, I just hope she doesn't end our friendship the way Penelope and Garcia did, I don't even want our friendship to end at all, maybe I could bring her home with me some day, you, mom and dad could meet her
I was so happy when we finally got to her school, she waved me a good bye and jumped out of the car, I drove to my side of the school and just as every other day Rylee and Adelynn were waiting for me in the parking lot so I parked the car and got down from it.
~R. Sup girl
~Ad. Hey what do you use on your hair? It looks beautiful
~me. Thanks, come on let's go in
We got to our lockers and just as every other day I started felling weak again, I always thought I would get used to it but it's been a few weeks and I haven't gotten used to it at all. I ran to the bathroom and locked myself inside a stall and just sat on the toilet as all those emotions went through my body making my limbs feel numb. With every day that goes by I feel weaker and weaker whenever they are around. I unlocked the stall door and looked at myself in the mirror, my hair seemed dull, all of a sudden and the bang I left in front of my face seemed to be changing colors, switching from, taupe to yellow to brick red to byzantium to cerulean to purple to olive, it was just changing colors and it got my worried somehow. "What's happening to my hair? I can't go out with this happening to my hair, what if someone sees it and asks me questions?". I tucked the bang that was changing color behind my ear and used my hair to cover it then left the bathroom before anyone would come in.
As I walked through the hallway with my books in my hand I couldn't get my mind off my color changing piece of hair. "Will all my hair change color this way? What is happening to me? Why is this happening?". I wasn't paying attention to were I was going that I bumped into someone and all the books in my hand fell, I bent down to pick the things up and the person bent down to help me too. I felt so weak and the emotions felt so strong that it made me feel like I was dying a painful death but I had to stay strong as I finished packing my book I raised my head to see the person I bumped into and my eyes met with a pair of pink eyes.
~me. I-I-I am so sorry, I wasn't looking were I was going
She narrowed her gaze and titled her head.
~A. Are your eyes two different colors?
~me. What?
She raised up a mirror and I looked into my eyes, one was brown while the other purple, one of the contacts had fallen off...wait...I don't remember wearing the two this morning. "How could I possibly forget to wear my second contact lense this is not good". I looked at my myself in the mirror again and my color changing piece hair was right in front of my face now changing between red, pink, coral, lilac, blue violet, ruby, aquamarine, brown, violet and a few more colors I looked up at her and she seemed awestruck.
~A. Your hair
She stood up and helped me up too then just walked away before I could say anything, I was happy she didn't say anything actually I couldn't start explaining why my hair was changing colors cause I didn't know either. "Does that mean everyone can see my hair changing color?!". I tucked the piece of hair behind my ear again and ran to class. Emory and Aitana weren't in class. After the bell rung for lunch I went to the cafeteria with Rylee and Adelynn, we got our food and went to a table then I started feeling weak again. They were back. I looked towards the cafeteria entrance and saw Emory, Aitana and Cecilia walking in and anger boiled inside me. I ran my fingers through my hair completely forgetting about my hair still changing color. I continued to eat my food and talk to my friends when all of a sudden they came and sat with us, it shocked all of us but when they did Aitana smiled at us.
~A. I hope we can join you guys
~Ad. Uh yeah sure course you can
Cecilia gave me a stern look as she sat beside Emory and rested her head on his shoulder.
~A. Can we introduce ourselves?
~R. Sure
~A. I'm Aitana and this is Emory
She said looking at Emory and when I looked at him he was already looking at me and our eyes locked and he looked at my hair that's when I remembered my hair was still changing colors then I quickly tucked it behind my ear and used my hair to cover it. The emotions I felt became stronger and stronger as if taking away all the energy in my body.
~A. What about you guys?
~R. I'm Rylee, this is Adelynn and Hailey
~A. Hailey?
She looked at me confused.
~A. Hailey's a beautiful name, I once had a friend named Hailey and she was the complete best I just hope your just as sweet as her
She said smiling.
~Ad. Trust me, Hailey is the sweetest
~A. Interesting, maybe we could hang out sometime?
She asked titling her head.
~me. Uhm yeah sure that would be nice and Aitana is a really beautiful name too I've never heard it before, what does it mean?
~A. It means glory
~me. Oh wow, and Emory?
I said looking over at him.
~E. It means home strength, industrious leader
~C. But you never told me the meaning of you name
~E. You never asked
~me. Your names have beautiful meanings
~A. And Hailey, what does it mean?
~me. I...don't know, I never asked
~A. {Chuckles} well we get that, it's no problem, I didn't know the meaning of my name until I got transferred here, I just had to ask
~me. {Chuckles} well it's not our fault
~A. It's not at all
Then we both laughed. I thought she would bring up the thing about my hair and eyes but she said nothing, we all talked and laughed and for some reason having Emory and Aitana around was nice, I felt safe and comforted having them around, I still felt weak but it didn't even bother me much anymore. The bell rung and we all went to class. Cecilia wasn't in all our classes and this was one of those classes. Art class. I would usually sit in a corner and just painted out this image I always had in my head but our art teacher said we wouldn't be painting instead sketching. She called out Emory and told him to model for us to draw him and his eyes were on me the entire time, when I'd look away from him I would feel him looking at me. I finished with my drawing and just stared at Emory, we were staring at each other until the entire classed finished. The teacher graded us and just as always I got the highest. Art class was over and I had no class after that so I just hung out with Rylee and Adelynn by our lockers then they went to the bathroom and I thought of going to the library as I was walking through the halls and arm pulled me into an empty class and I almost screamed but didn't after I found myself staring into a pair of cold icy blue eyes.
~me. Emory
I called his name and he smiled at me.
~A. Listen you have come with us, your not safe here
~me. What do you mean?
The emotions I felt from her changed all of a sudden and it made me feel a lot more tired than I used to.
~A. You have to come with us, your not safe here this place is not safe for you to be in
~me. Is something gonna happen? Do all the students know? Are we gonna get attacked?
~A. No, your gonna get attacked
~me. By who?
~E. It's not safe for you here, you have to come with us Aura
~me. Aura?
Why does that name sound so.... familiar? Why does it make me doubt my name is Hailey?
~E. Yes you're Aura, that is your real name
~me. My name isn't Aura, its Hailey
I said as I turned away from him wanting to leave but when I tried turning the door nob it didn't budge.
~me. The door isn't opening
~A. That door's not opening till you come with us
~me. I can't go anywhere with you I barely even know who you two are
~E. But don't you wonder what you are?
~me. I-
~E. Do you think your one of these things that move around this school with you?
~me. I...I don't know what your talking about, open the door and let me leave
I started feeling some strange feeling go through my body I didn't know what it was but it was making me feel like all the life in me was being drained out, I fell to me knees and held my chest as I started to cough trying to get my breath.
~E. Aura! Acura stop it your hurting her
I still felt like all the air in my lungs were getting sucked out of me.
~E. Acura I said stop
He said as he ran towards me and held me in his arms.
~E. Acura!
She opened her eyes and took a few steps back then looked into my eyes, I was able to catch my breath again but Aitana walked out of the room and Emory helped me up.
~E. She's not mad at you
~me. What...happened?
~E. When you choose to listen to us then you'll understand everything
I couldn't just go with these two, I don't understand what just happened right now but just moments ago they were hanging out around Cecilia. I walked out of the room with Emory walking a bit behind me and Acura walking ahead of me. We got to class and Cecilia jumped on Emory when she saw him, she looked between me and Acura and gave us a stern look, Acura didn't seem bothered but I on the other hand just walked passed them and went to my seat. Emory didn't sit with Cecilia and Acura but sat right behind me. I could feel his gaze on my back as the class went on, I was feeling all those emotions again and it was exhausting me so I put my head down on the table and fell asleep.
~Teacher. Miss McRae
I quickly raised my head up and found the teacher looming above me.
~Teacher. Is my class too boring?
~me. Uhm, no sir I'm sorry it won't happen again
~Teacher. I hope so
He walked away and when I looked at my hair the one that changes color was still changing color. "Can they not see it? Rylee and Adelynn haven't asked anything about it since but Emory and Acura seemed to be able to see it considering the shocked look on their faces when he had seen it. Am I really different from my friends and the people in this school?".
I looked at the hair changing from color to color and then it just stopped and stayed on the color red. I took the hair in my hands and looked at it, then it started to change color again. Was this normal?
~Teacher. Are you paying attention to the class miss McRae
~me. Yes sir
~Teacher. Is there something wrong with your hair?
I looked at the color changing piece of hair in my hand and looked back at the teacher. Could he really not see it?
~me. No sir, there's nothing wrong
~Teacher. This is your last warning
~me. Yes sir
I laid in bed thinking back to what Emory and Acura had told me. Was I really not human? Was I different from everyone in my entire school? And if I was the only different one and they knew what I was why were they in the school too? If they were the only ones who could see my color changing hair then those that mean I am what they are. All of a sudden my door flew open and Cecilia walked in.
~me. Knock much
~C. Listen to me Hailey, stay away from Emory he's mine and will always be mine so if you know what's good for you, you stay away from him before I get started with you
~me. Cecilia I don't know what your talking about, if it's about when you guys sat at the table with me and my friends I didn't wave at Emory and say he should come sit with us, it was their choice
~C. Then why were you walking with them?
~me. You have a problem with me, Aitana and Emory pick one
~C. I pick Emory so stay away from him....or else
Then she walked out and slammed then door. I didn't have her time I had other things I had to worry about and she wasn't even part of the last three at the end of the list.