• CHAPTER 2-

    The world spun, I couldn’t believe it, I did it. I finally dumped Kevin, rather than feeling incredibly relieved, I felt nauseous. What had had he said to Echo? It all came spinning back to me.
    “You’ll regret this bloodsucker. You and your freaking humanity!”
    I ran to the bathroom lockers and the familiar hallway blurring through my teary eyes. Why did I feel so weird? I dumped Kevin. Big deal! I’d been meaning to do it for a long time. I mean… My thoughts trailed off, becoming more and more faint with each nauseating step, until I couldn’t remember why I was running, I stopped, confused. Was I feeling sick? I thought a moment. I definitely wasn’t going to throw up. Right then, a soothing pleasure seeped through me and Kevin’s face popped into my head. Okay, he didn’t POP, he more like slid, or merged. “Kira? Kira, baby I’m so lost without you.” Kira (and baby) was his pet name for me, he also called me Keke when he was happy. “Akira.” His voice had authority and his face grew sharper, but my obvious love and pleasure didn’t die away, actually, I sincerely doubted it ever would. “You will come-”
    “You have major mood swings, girl.” A deep, calm voice shattered Kevin’s image and interrupted his authority. My feelings came rushing back to me in a painful wave of hurt. Kevin. Break up. Nausea. At least I wasn’t feeling nauseous anymore, more like… Confused. “Hello? Are you there…” he paused, obviously searching his mind for my name.
    “Akira.” I blurted, who was this kid? Then I realized I had been running to the bathroom crying before stopping and grinning foolishly, and this, I studied him, amazingly cute boy with mysterious shaggy brown hair whom I have never seen before had witnessed it.
    “Akira.” He repeated decidedly.
    I smiled, his business-like voice and concerned brow made me like him, “Yes I am here.” I frowned, “I see that I am at an extreme disadvantage.” Flirting would help my twisted insides, it always does doesn’t?
    He grinned, “And what’s that?”
    I smiled slightly, “You have witnessed displays of my innermost feeling and I don’t even know your name.”
    His grin widened, if that was possible, and I noticed that his brown eyes were extremely deep, “My, that IS a disadvantage.” He closed his locker and walked away, “See ya, Kira.” He flashed me his dazzling smile once more before disappearing around the corner.
    Okay, I’ll admit I was confused and more than a little dazed, but the bell rang forcing me to put my odd encounter with Mystery-Man (as I had dubbed him) behind me and hurry to English, where I sat next to Samantha, lead cheerleader, and diplomat of all evil.
    Samantha shot me a sympathetic look, with a glint of evil of course but she always had that, and handed me a neatly folded piece of pink stationary paper.
    I unfolded it cautiously, half expecting something to explode, but nothing did. Instead swirly cursive writing.
    “OMG.I’m so sorry. Kevin is sooo mad. And I feel sorry for anyone who is the object of Kevin’s anger.”
    Okay… That was strange… I shot her a what-the-heck look and she just gave me another evil-sympathetic smile.
    I focused on my creative writing assignment, “Write a short story with confused emotions.” I sighed, that wouldn’t be too hard.