Chapter 2

"Life is about making an impact, not making an income"

I woke up to my screaming alarm. Even if you keep a song as your alarm tone, you will still hate it no matter how nice the song is. Today was officially the first day of grade 12. I was excited and also anxious about whether or not me and Scarlet would have any classes together. After taking a shower, I got ready. Our school had uniforms - Dark blue skirt, a creamish shirt, with a blazer which was the same colour as the skirt. I was  pretty much normal looking with golden brown skin, dark brown eyes that practically looked black with very little of brown in it, if only you look closely. I wasn't tall but just 5'4. I wasn't skinny, I was more towards the the curvy side. I had a hour glass figure and even though people keep saying it's the ideal type, it still gets annoying at times.

I walked towards the bus stop and waited for the bus to arrive. In 5 five minutes the bus arrived and I went and sat down with Scarlet next to me. As soon as I sat down Scarlet started babbling about her brothers new classsmate who had come over to their house. "Fayth, you should have seen him. He was soo HOT. He was around 6 ft tall and had a muscular build with hazel eyes and golden brown locks. Any girl would fall in love with him" she gushed.

"More like you have fallen in love with him" I muttered. She just laughed at me and said that I would only know if I saw him. I wasn't suprised by her reaction. Her brother Samuel was 18 and he along with his friends looked like models. Scarlet herself looked like a fucking model with strawberry blonde hair, slightly tanned skin, tall and skinny with the right amount of curves, with slight freckles on her face and blue eyes. She and her brother practically looked like twins, maybe because there was only about a 10 months age gap between them.

Soon we reached school and we both made our way to the front desk to collect our schedules. We greeted the lady at the desk and took our schedules. With fingers crossed we compared our schedules. I was pretty relieved that I had most classes with her, with only two classes as exceptions. We made our way to our classrooms and greeted our classmates. Making our way to the middle of the classroom we waited for our teacher to arrive. We didnt learn anything today 'cause in most of the classes we just introduced ourselves. Lunch break arrived soon and we made our way to the cafeteria. We ordered a sandwich and went outside to eat. We sat under a tree and ate our lunch in silence. We both had different classes after lunch so we parted ways. The day passed by like a breeze . 

I reached home at around 3:30pm. Scarlet told me that she couldn't come over today so instead she called me over to her place. I debated on whether to accept her offer or not. No matter how much I loved Scarlet, I never did feel comfortable visiting her house, especially when her brother was present. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I detest the company of men, it was just that her brother was too flirtatious in nature. On of the disadvantages of studying in an all girls school is that you wouldn't really know what to do if a guy flirted with you. It might not be the same for others but this was a major problem in my case. While most girls would constantly blush in front of their crush, I would do the total opposite. I would try to be smart and invariably make them feel like a fool or scare the shit out of them with my weird tactics. I would also tease them endlessly . Tbh I didnt have any romantic feelings towards Scar's brother whereas he was convinced that I was his silent admirer, and that irritated me a lot. Though Scar had strawberry blonde hair, her brother had brunette hair, with a slight muscular build, his eyes and face cut were similar to that of Scarlet. I had to admit he was hot. I did have a crush on him when I was 10, but not anymore. Scarlet was my sister and crushing on Samuel would be like crushing on my brother and that was "eww". 

Deciding to go to her house , I changed into a pair of dark wash skinny jeans with a white full sleeved top. I reached her house in a few minutes and I knocked praying to God that it should be Scar who was opening the door. You see prayers are not always answered especially if God feels that its silly. Sam opened the door and on seeing me he just smirked and gave me a once over.

"Can't get enough of me, can you? Have you decided that its futile to hide your feelings, so now you have come to express you undying love for me?"he asked with a teasing expression on his face.

"Only in your dreams Parker" Rolling my eyes , I brushed past him and directly went to Scarlet's room. On reaching i wasn't surprised to find her hanging upside down with her feet on the bed and her head hanging down. She was engrossed in something on her phone. I went and stood next to her, yet seeing her lost, I whispered in her ear "boo". She shrieked and was about to fall on the floor, when I caught her and helped her sit on the bed. 

"I would have fallen and busted my head open. Don't scare me like that!" with her hand on her chest she tried controlling her breathing. I loved scaring her occasionally. Call me wicked, but it was just fun to see her reactions

"You should be happy that I kept you from falling " I replied, sitting next to her I took her phone which was lying on the ground. I unlocked her phone, knowing her password by heart. I was shocked to see that she was texting a guy named Landon.

"Who's Landon? And why are there so many hearts exchanged between the two of you?" I raised my eyebrows. She blushed and looked down at the floor.

"Spill the beans already" 

"Okay okay. You remember the guy I was talking about today morning? Well turns out his name is Landon. He came over today and Sam had gone out somewhere for a few minutes. We just talked for while and he took my number. He started texting me," She replied to me still blushing furiously. I smiled. Looks like my friend has got a crush. 

"What did he say? Did he flirt? " I asked her 

"Whoa. Don't get your hopes up. We just had a normal conversation. though he kept sending hearts and I thought it would be rude if I didn't do so too."

"Do you think he's gonna ask you out?" I asked her, curious to hear her reply.

"I don't really know. Like he's so damn hot and its obvious that he will have a lot more better girls and I am younger than him too, seeing that he's around Sam's age," she frowned. 

"I have a feeling that he'll ask you out sonner or later" I said. 

"Lets forget this for now . How about we do something else"

"Okay"

After around 3 hours I went back home, even though Scar insisted on me staying over for dinner. I told her that I was a bit late and mum would be waiting for me. Just as I left the house Mr and Mrs. Parker returned from their trip. I greeted them and told them to come over once for a family dinner. They smiled warmly and told me that they would surely come. I made way to my house which was only one block away .

As I was walking, I saw two men in a heated conversation. One of them seemed to be convincing the other to take a heavy bag. A metallic object closely resembling a gun seemed to be tucked in his waistband. Intending on not finding out what it was, I hastened my steps. They did not even glance in my direction even once. After the collision, the crime rate in the world was very low, and now it was very unusual to see something unlikely. if it did happen too, the steps and punishment was so harsh that no one dared commit it again. It was so rare to see a crime broadcasted on tv, all you could see was some boring politics on the news. Once I reached home, I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. After taking a shower and eating a warm dinner, I sought the comfort of my bed. 

Laying on the bed, I wasn't able to help but wonder about the two men I saw on my way. Something told me that something horrible was going to take place soon. Shaking my head at my absurd thoughts I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.