Leona walked into her first period class, choosing to sit somewhere in the middle. She found the desk she wanted and quickly rushed there. Taking her seat, she took out her composition book and a pencil, and waited patiently. The bell was going to ring in about one minute, yet the classroom looked . . . almost empty. The teacher didn't seem bothered by it either. The bell finally rang, and a few moments later, crowds of students came through the door. The classroom was so big that the desks were placed on these platforms that almost looked like a staircase from the teacher's desk. Students began occupying every seat in the room, and the teacher sighed as soon as everyone sat down. "Really now? First day back and you all are late?" The teacher rolled his eyes in sarcasm as the students joked with him. Leona was taken aback, as, in her old school, if she were even a second late, her teachers would get angry. She wasn't used to this more "laidback" atmosphere. "Well, welcome back st

Leona took a deep breath as she stood in front of the school yet again for her second day of attendance. She looked around and noticed that she was getting less stares. Maybe they've already gotten used to my face? Leona shrugged it off and walked inside, heading straight for the breakfast line. "New girl!" Leona heard a voice shout from behind her. She turned around to see a pretty group of girls approaching her. The girl in the middle had blonde hair, and Leona noticed that she looked a lot like Terrell. Suddenly, Leona realized that they were probably talking about her, so she reluctantly pointed at herself and mouthed the word. "Me?" "Yeah, you! I wanna talk you about something." The blonde girl started stepping closer and closer to Leona until Leona's tray was the only thing separating them. "I heard that you were spotted in a lot of the same classes as Jaiden! Don't get any ideas, because he's mine!" The girl flipped her hair, then posed with her hands on her hips. Leona ope

"I think this is better — I'm not well with starting conversation," Leona said, moving on to her next stack of papers. "Even if I greeted everyone who walked in, I probably wouldn't know what to say after that. Zach and Emily seem to know how to do everything by heart though . . ." "Really? That's too bad, I'm sure you could do well with some practice. I mean, even though you're the youngest one out of all of us, in terms of grade level, you're the most reliable I would say," Chelsea said, smiling at Leona and pointing at all the organized drawers and files she had already finished. "What are you, a robot?" Chelsea joked, and Leona held back her laughter as she handed another stack of blank printing paper to Chelsea. "You should probably get back to work before Emily scolds you again." "Yeah, yeah," Chelsea sarcastically agreed, taking the papers and slumping all the way back to the printing room. Suddenly, Emily came inside the room where Leona was working, as if she was in a rus

Once Leona was safely in class, she was relieved to see barely any students already there. Taking her seat, she began to take out her materials, thinking of how she was going to apologize to Jaiden once he entered the classroom. I could just send him a note . . . but that doesn't seem too sincere. While in the middle of thinking, someone tapped her desk. She looked up, and to her surprise, it was Terrell. What's he doing here? Doesn't he usually appear with the late group? Is he here on behalf of Jaiden? Leona's thoughts started swirling in her head as he looked at her with a serious face. Terrell never seemed like the serious type, so she figured that she wasn't in a good position right now. "There's a group coming after you, yeah? Make sure to stay away from the back school building, and stay around a lot of people," Terrell said as he sat on top of the desk in the row in front of Leona. Leona's concerned expression suddenly changed into a confused one. Is Terrell . . . lookin

Leona could feel sweat drip down her face as she stared at her bedroom ceiling in shock. Suddenly, she got up and went inside one of her drawers, pulling out a small jewlery box. She opened it, finding a beautiful silver necklace with a silver gem in the middle. "How did I forget about you?" Leona muttered to herself as she stared at the necklace in awe. "Okay, then, I'll wear it today." Leona nodded to herself, placing the necklace on her bedside table and getting ready for school. After finally putting on her uniform, Leona moved her long black hair out of the way, and used her mirror to put on her necklace. However, after straing at it for a while, she hid it under her uniform. The necklace was the only thing that was with Leona ever since she was first adopted. Her parents had told her before that when they saw her for the first time, she already had the necklace on. To keep it safe all these years, she stored it in her drawers, but after having such a weird nightmare, she fig