Chapter 3 - SOMETHING NEW

SEPT. 12.

A new school year just started, same old faces, same old me...life couldn't get more exciting than seeing that nothing has absolutely changed. The classrooms were still the same way they were when I last saw them, the hallways still had that rusty smell mixed with Mrs. Raven's perfume that kind of smells like dead flowers, it was like the school was frozen in time.

Orientation just ended and we had the day all to ourselves. The teachers thought it'd be a good idea to let us adjust to our new dorms and have a bit of fun. Kierra, one of my classmates, said they were going to throw a welcome party in their dorm at 7 pm and asked me if I wanted to join, loosen up and whatnot.

I didn't want to be there so I told them that I'm gonna be busy unpacking but they INSISTED, I didn't want to argue and they were being annoying about it so I eventually agreed to be there even though I didn't really like parties.

I went to my dorm, fixed my stuff, and took a nap. Not even half the day I was already tired. The entire orientation was just incredibly boring, Mrs. Raven's voice just kept getting irritating rather than intimidating, and her entire existence was just unbearable at this point.

My nap was going very well, until I heard my doorknob rattling, and whoever was trying to open my dorm sounded very desperate.

At first I didn't want to open it but then I remembered, my roommate wasn't here yet. So I opened the door but before I could even unlock it, the rattling stopped. I opened it but nobody was there, not even a single whisper. 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑. I thought to myself, but I didn't think much about it and went back to my bed. But before I could even close my eyes, someone knocked on the door again.

"Great…more of this" I said to myself. I was already exhausted with the orientation, and now some jerk was trying to prank me. 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙? I walked back to the door and opened it expecting to see no one, but someone was.

A girl with snow white hair, pale skin, and bloodshot red eyes stood in front of my dorm room, she was heavenly, she looked like a real life angel.

"Hi! Can I come in?" she said.

"Yeah sure, come in," I replied. She came in and walked around the room for a while before settling in and putting her bags away.

"You must be my roommate! I'm Angel by the way, Angel Winterglow

"Christina, nice to meet you""Wow! I cannot imagine I went to THE Bellarose Academy! This is so exciting! This place is AMAZE- BALLS!"

"I could argue with that, if you get stuck here long enough you're gonna want to leave" I blurted out.

"Oh…" Angel frowned a bit…I felt bad.

"Sorry- I didn't mean to ruin your first day"

"No silly! You didn't ruin anything, that's in character for you to say anyway. You've been here longer than me so who am I to judge?"

Angel smiled and I smiled back…awkwardly, she continued roaming around the room while also unpacking her things. She seemed like a very kind person.

𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝐼𝑇 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑦. I thought to myself. She looked so….beautiful. I didn't know a human being was able to be this…perfect.

"Well umm Christina, was it? It was nice meeting you but I'll head to the canteen if you ever wonder where I am." She smiled and waved goodbye.

"Sure, have fun"

She walked out of the room and I went back to my bed.

𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑗𝑒𝑡-𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑑, 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 6𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑛𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒.

I eventually dozed off and before I knew it, I slept for over 3 hours, I didn't even realize it was getting kinda late already. I saw the sun setting so I grabbed my earphones and headed towards the rooftop. The sunset's always very pretty from up there. I sat down and took a deep breath, not even an entire day and I'm already so tired (I blame the 6 hour flight from Paris to here). I didn't even think I could make it through the school year, but then again I didn't really have a choice but to do so otherwise.

"God being here is so unbearable"

I put my earphones in, closed my eyes and listened to some 90s playlist while I watched the ocean colored sky fade seamlessly into a heavenly pink as the sun sets down. I closed my eyes and felt the cold wind breeze going through me.

I opened them up again and looked to my right. There was a boy standing still, looking up into the dreamy sky above us. He had messy beach blonde hair that almost covered his sapphire colored eyes, and wore a light teal hoodie, over the school's uniform that said, "doin it like mark zurckerbird" which made shit sense. I haven't seen him before. Huh, must be a new student.

He looked in my direction, confused. I just looked back up at the sky, paying no attention to him. We both stood there in complete silence, admiring the peace the sky had offered us. God I wish I could've stayed there forever, but alas, life is unfair. Then I suddenly remembered the party Kierra invited me to. Before I got up, I noticed the boy wasn't there anymore. I got up and went back to my dorm to get ready and when I got there, I hurried to the bathroom and took a short bath. Afterwards, I got dressed up and headed down to the first floor to Kierra's.

When I got there, it reeked of alcohol and strong men's perfume. Someone should boycott axe, this place fucking stinks.

"WHOOO! YOU MADE IT!!" Kierra's drunken screaming came from my behind.

"YOU KNOW? I ACTUALLY THOUGHT YOU'D DITCH ME LIKE YOU ALWAYS DO AND JUST LOCK YOURSELF IN YOUR ROOM"

"You smell like shit, how many drinks did you have?"

"NOT ENOUGH APPARENTLY"

They put their arm around my neck and dragged me inside the room. "HEY GUYS! LOOK WHO CAME! CHRISTYYYYIEE"

Everyone clapped their hands and cheered, as if me going to a party was some sort of once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.

"Kierr, please shut up god" I rolled my eyes to the back of my head, and they handed me a red cup that was almost filled to the brim with what I can only wish was vodka.

"Drink up, little birdie!"

I looked at them with an annoyed face, they knew I wasn't a huge fan of alcohol, I get pretty … messy when I drink too much.

"Seriously? You know I don't like to drink"

"It's just vodka, and I didn't say you should drink the entire thing, although it'd be pretty funny if you did"

I rolled my eyes even harder.

"...I'm just kidding chrissy bell, that's just something to keep you company since I can't be at your side at all times here at this wonderfully organized party of mine"

"Does the principal know you're throwing this?" I asked with a stern voice.

"Obviously not? When did she ever?"

"You are fucked when she does."

"When did you become such a party pooper? You know what? Just drink the entire cup so you can be a little less insufferable"

"And end up like you in the morning? Drenched in your own puke and smelling like cat piss? No thanks."

"BOOOO!"

"Shut up Kierr, and take a bath sometime"

I walked away from them, and proceeded to find the bathroom. Then I saw him, the boy that was on the roof with me earlier. He was talking to some girl that looked like a highlighter. I feel like he knew I was looking at him so he turned his head towards me and we made eye contact again. I looked away after a few seconds and left the dorm to go upstairs and find a bathroom. I eventually found one and locked myself in.

𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝐼 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠…..

I took a sharp, deep breath and looked at my reflection in the mirror. 𝐼 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠. I dumped the vodka into the sink and threw the cup in the garbage bin then left the bathroom and headed back to Kierr's dorm, I had no reason why I should go back, maybe I didn't want to be left out at that moment, or maybe it was because I wanted to see that guy again, but whatever it was I went back.

Then suddenly….I heard a blood curdling scream. A terrifying, anxiety-inducing scream. My gut told me to go towards it.I didn't know if I should fear for my life or risk it.