Saturday, January 28, 2012

thuy-thuy's novel part 2

Part 2:   
  “Hey Amilia!” Joyful Cristel bellowed from the other end of the hallway as Amilia stepped in the front entrance of James Herbert Middle School. Cristel dashed toward Amilia her face looking excited. By her look, Amilia knew that Cristel had some kind of story she wants to tell Amilia and Amilia also knew that she and Cristel will have a long conversation again once Amilia allowed Cristel to open her mouth. And for sure, Amilia did not want to experience that all over again. Last time when Cristel and Amilia had a conversation, it went to about 10 minutes and they were talking about toilet paper! “RRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!!” the homeroom bell rung, Amilia was saved! “Few!” Amilia thought to herself but seeing how sad Cristel looked when she was cut off by the bell, Amilia felt bad.
  As Amilia stepped into Mrs.Forge’s room, she notice that a new student had arrive. She was seated right behind where Amilia seat was. The new student had long, black hair with red highlights and she wore extremely dark makeup. Her eye was surrounded with thick lines of liquid eyeliner and her lip was a dark, bruised purple color. Her face was very pale but her eyes had a red, tense color just like the color of the yard in Amilia’s dream! “Strange,” Amilia thought to herself, as goose bumps started to appear on her arm, and as they form, she was reminded of her terrible nightmare.“Class, this is Xnerdrom,” Mrs.Forge whispered quietly for she was also a little scared of the student. “She is a new student here at James Herbert Hoover Middle School and I want you to make her feel welcome,” Mrs.Forge continued.
  During homeroom, when Mrs.Forge was taking attendance, Amilia felt like those fierce, haunting eyes of Xnerdrom was staring at her, getting through her skin, it was an uncomfortable situation. Then, Amilia had that peculiar feeling again when Mrs.Forge was announcing the clubs. The strange thing was, Xnerdrom’s mysterious looking eyes never blinked even once and through the ten minutes of homeroom, her eyes was looking in one direction, facing Amilia, since the time Amilia had stepped into the room. Xnerdrom was like a tiger, staring at his prey, targeting his prey, watching every move it makes until it was the right moment to attack. Amilia could feel her eyes breathing on her neck and she didn’t like that feeling, not one bit.
  “Xnerdrom, hey wait!” Amilia screamed as she ran toward Xnerdrom who surprisingly, went in the direction that was different from Amilia’s next class. The bell had rung already, and now, it was passing time for period one to begin. “What,” Xnerdrom siad grumpily with a quiet, yet low tone of voice. “Oh, nothing. I just figured I should introduce myself to you and I want to welcome you to Jame Herbert MS.” Amilia replied forcing out a fake smile. Amilia actually didn’t speak to Xnerdrom to welcome her, she just wanted to talk to Xnerdrom so they would become closer and so there were no misunderstanding. No response came from Xnerdrom and the two girls just stood there with the awkward silence, the awkward atmosphere, exchanging looks at each other.
  Usually, time in school went by really fast to Amilia but today, she felt like the time just froze, it was the longest day of her life. All day long, she couldn’t concentrate on her academic but instead, she was thinking about Xnerdrom The weird feeling she always get whenever she was near her, and that color in Xnerdrom’s eyes. The period three bell finally rang and it was time for lunch!
  Today’s menu was bean Sloppy Joe, cold raw sandwich, or pizza. Amilia thought it was best if she just chose pizza. She got a small bottle of chocolate milk and went to pay at the cash register. As Amilia walked toward her table where her friends were sitting, waiting to tell her their stories, Amilia spotted Xnerdrom sitting on a table in a corner, all alone, with no lunch. “Should I go talk to her, should I give her some food?” The same question kept repeating on Amilia’s mind. She couldn’t help her heart to feel sorry for Xnerdrom.
 
  “Would you like half of my pizza?” Amilia asked timidly, showing Xnerdrom the pizza. The pizza was filled with melting cheese and Xnerdrom had to admit that it looked really delicious. Beside, her stomach was screaming for food. Xnerdrom nodded shyly and took half the pizza, and all though she was hungry, she waited until Amilia was gone to eat the pizza. “Go on,” Amilia flashed a smile insisting Xnerdrom to take a bite and Amilia swore that she saw Xnerdrom flash a little smile back to her. The day went by a little faster, and Amilia felt more blissful not only because she did a good deed but because she made Xnerdrom and herself more comfortable.

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