"Angel, are you in there???" Beth asked banging on the bathroom door. I rolled my eyes as I peered down at my disastrous body and smiled.

"Angel! Come on, I know you're in there" she said again banging even harder.

"If you know I'm in here, then why'd you ask?" I replied smirking slightly.

"Get out of there, right now" Abbi's voice came out annoyed. Well, that makes two of us!

"Or else what?" I deadpanned narrowing my eyes. Oh wait, she can't see me, that too bad.

"Oh, you don't want to know" she replied. I could hear the eye-roll in her voice "Just get out of the toilet!" I rolled my eyes as I rested against the stall.

"Hey, Beth!" I called out.

"Yes, Angel," she said sounding greatly annoyed.

"How do you know my schedule?"

"You don't need to know that" she replied. I could hear muttering from outside the stall but I couldn't tell who was muttering. That's the point I guess!

"Tell me or I won't come out," I said stubbornly in a weak attempt to threaten her.

"Okay fine, you big baby!" she said sighing while I smirked in triumph inside the stall "when you zoned out in chemistry, I slipped out your schedule from your bag and found out my schedule was the same as yours" she replied.

"Oh, okay," I said sighing, as I pushed off the wall and unlocked the stall door smiling a bit.

"Why are smiling?" Natasha asked looking at me weirdly. Oh, I didn't notice she was out here. Wait, I was in a stall, how was I supposed to notice.

"Nothing really, I'm just thinking how beautiful I look right now" I replied glancing down at my color-filled body.

"You are....." she said stammering, apparently looking for what to say.

"Beautiful" I replied smiling and twirling at the same time. Okay, remember when I said I wasn't weird, I think I may need to rethink that.

"Weird, any normal girl in this situation would be crying right now," Natasha said cocking her head to the side.

"I'm not normal then" I replied shrugging as I looked at my reflection in the mirror"You are weird" Abbi deadpanned, eyeing me up and down.

"I am, aren't I?" I said smirking a bit.

"Do people tell you this all the time?" Beth asked suddenly.

"Tell me what?" I asked curiously, turning around to face the girls.

"That you are weird" she answered shrugging.

"Oh, not really," I told her shrugging then asked confused "why'd you ask?"

She shook her head and smiled a bit "you're cute when you're confused" she said and turned to the mirror to fix her hair.

"Why thank you" I replied giggling.

"Are you guys done in there?" I voice I recognized as Nishan's yelled before incessant banging followed.

"We've been waiting out here for the past thirty minutes" Wesley called sounding very annoyed. I get the sense that he was the one banging.

"Quit the banging, Wes!" Abbi yelled glaring at the door. Almost immediately, the annoying banging stopped.

"It's okay guys" Beth called out "she's okay, we'll be out soon. you can go somewhere else. I'll text you when we're down here"

"Yeah, whatever" Wesley sneered and then it was quiet outside. I think they left.

"Anyway, now we need to change your clothes," Abbi said looking me up and down and turning up her nose. I huffed in annoyance as Beth and Natasha cracked up.

"I didn't bring extra clothes. I didn't expect I'd need it on my first day" I said glaring at Beth who was still laughing.

"Just wait here okay, we know where to get your clothes," Abbi said, assessing me once again before glancing at the other two girls "come on, let's go" and with that, they left me standing in the bathroom alone.

I stared at my reflection in the mirror. Just then, my eyes caught a piece of paper folded neatly beside the door. It almost as if someone slipped it in. How did I not notice?! I walked towards the door and peeked into the hallways... not a single soul in sight. I shut the door confused and picked up the paper.

Dear Angel.

I'm sorry you had to go through all that on your first day and I couldn't do anything about it. I hope every other day will be better than today. Don't worry, when I can, I'll get back to them. Always remember, I'm watching out for you.

Your Guardian Angel,
M.W

Okay, I'm creeped out now. Who is M.W and what does he want?!

"We are back" Natasha announced as she entered the restroom. I quickly shoved the paper into my jeans pocket and turned to look at them, smiling slightly.

"Hopefully, the clothes we brought will fit you" Abbi added as she handed me a crop top and a pair of shorts.

"Don't you guys have classes?" I asked as I examined the clothes.

"Yeah, we do. But who cares" she replied. I wanted to tell her that it was not a very nerd-like thing to do, but I decided against it.

"Go change your clothes," Beth said shooing me.

"The paint on my skin is going to get on the clean clothes," I asked.

"Sweetie, we're in the girl's bathroom. the bathing stalls are over there" she replied point towards a set of doors. I thought those were toilets.

"Okay, thank you so many guys," I told them sincerely.

"No problem! Now go, the boys are waiting" Abbi said pushing me towards the bathrooms "pick anyone. There ought to be a new bar of soap and towel in there. They were cleaned this morning" I walked towards the door and entered the first one. It looked clean, nice! I immediately got to getting the paint off my body. After scrubbing my hair and my skin up to the point it looked red, I changed into the new clothes and then came out carrying my dirty clothes in my hand.

"You look beautiful" was the first thing Autumn said as I walked towards them.

"Why thank y, ou", I said smirking a bit.

"Wait," Beth said before walking towards me "There's something I need to do first," she said before planting herself in front of me.

"What, do you need to use the toilet? Because I can step aside if you need to pass" I said trying to move.

"Nope! I need to do this" she reached out to free my wet hair from its brain"What's the difference?" I asked turning to look at myself in the mirror, looking back is a brown-eyed brunette who thinks she takeover ever high school. Maybe Beth is right I look good with my hair loose.

"Now, you look beautiful" she replied smiling.

"So you mean I didn't look beautiful before and Natasha was lying?" I asked teasingly.

"That's not what I meant" Beth replied giving me a bored look.

"Then what did you mean?! Wait, I always braid my hair, does that mean I have never looked beautiful?" I asked trying hard not to laugh and focus on giving her my best glare.

"Think what you like, sweetie" Beth deadpanned rolling her eyes.

"You're no fun," I said pouting before turning to face the other girls.

"Let's go," Abbi said searching for something in her pocket. Which was her phone. When she brought it out and checked it "the boys are waiting outside," she said immediately.

"Let's go to our locker" Beth suggested as we left the restroom. Natasha and Abbi walked in front of us while we trailed at the back.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"To get our bags" I raised my eyebrow still confused.

"Remember we left them in our lockers" she said, kin at me as if I were dumb.

"Oh...kay?" I said still feeling somewhat confused as I followed them towards the direction of the lockers.

"Here we are! Get your bags so we can get going" Natasha said behind us.

"What about yours?" I asked.

"The boys already have them" she replied.

"Okay," I said shrugging and opened my locker to carry my bag. As I pulled out my bag, a piece of paper fell out. I saw it was neatly folded, the same as the other notes I had gotten. I didn't want to read it in front of the girls, so I picked up the paper and slipped it into my bag along with my paint-covered clothes from earlier "Let's go" I said to the girls as we strolled outside school.

"What are doing outside school?" I asked as we reached the school doors.

"Skipping" Abbi replied in a 'duh' tone. "Don't 'duh' me! Skipping isn't a normal thing for apparent nerds to be doing!" I thought internally as I scanned the empty hallways.

"Is that what nerd do here?" I couldn't help but ask out loud.

"No of course not, that what we do" Natasha replied wriggling her eyebrows. As we stepped out of the school into the parking lot, a car immediately drove up to us.

"Hop in," Wes said. I immediately grabbed the handle and pulled the door open. Just as I was about to sit, I saw a piece of paper, neatly folded just like the others resting on the seat. I picked up and quickly stuffed it into my bag before sitting down and giving way for the others to enter and sit comfortably. When the whole crew had settled in, the car started moving. Soon everyone was involved in a conversation and didn't seem to notice my silence. So, I figured it'd be a perfect time to read the letters. I reached into my bag and pulled them out. I quickly glanced around me, before using my bag to block my hands as I unfolded the first letter

Dear Angel

You look absolutely beautiful in a crop top and shorts why don't wear them every day.

Your Guardian angel
M.W

"What the f*CK is going on," I thought to myself as I opened the second letter.

Dear Angel

Now you know skipping school is bad. So why are leaving me *insert pouting face*? Are you leaving because of the incident? And more importantly, where are you going? Please stay safe.

Your Guardian angel
M.W

This is way beyond creepy. Someone me and could do anything at any time. Fear coursed through me as different irrational thoughts floated in my head.

"Angel, what's wrong? You look scared" Natasha asked looking worried.

"No it's nothing" I replied quickly shoving the two letters into my bag as discreetly as possible.

"Okay..." Natasha replied sounding unconvinced

"So, where are we going?" I asked curiously.

"You don't need to know that" Natasha replied smirking.

"Okay," I said feeling confused "is there anything I need to know?" I asked.

"Yes," Wes replied.

"What?"

"You need to know how to keep your mouth shut" he replied rudely. Wait...what?! Is he serious? I was quite up until a few minutes ago.

"But if I keep my mouth shut I won't be Angel Coleman anymore," I said in an attempt to keep the mood light, even though I knew he was being a rude ass.

"Yay! We get to know one more thing about you! You talk too much" he said with his voice dripping with sarcasm. Is he for real?! I glared at the back of his head. He's very lucky he's the one driving the car.

"Don't let him get to you okay" Abbi offered "He just doesn't like when we add new people to our group, I'm sure he will come around" she added.

"Then why did he introduce himself so nicely back in the cafeteria," I asked confused.

"If he didn't, Beth would've kicked his butt" Abbi answered. I wanted to ask what's stopping her now, but I decided against it.

"Okay," I replied and leaned back into my seat. An awkward silence filled the car as we raced off to... oh! that's right, I don't even know.

"We are here" Nishan announced as he hopped out of the car immediately stretching his limbs. We all came out of the car and walked towards a massive house before me.

"Where are we," I asked in awe. The house in front of me was breathtaking.

"We are at our house" Nishan answered. What did he say? I heard our house, but I probably wasn't listening attentively because I was focused on taking in the view. It looked bigger than my house and was by far finer than mine.

"Let's go inside," Beth said pushing me forward as we all piled into the house. I came to halt looking at the sitting room. "This is the sitting room" "Yeah I know that... it looks like one," I said internally rolling my eyes. The interior design was beautiful. "Natasha designed it herself"

"She did a good job" I replied

"Thank you" Natasha cut in smiling proudly while staring at her handwork

"So who's house is it again?" I asked turning to face Beth.

She rolled her eyes and answered "Nishan told you before, it's ours"

"Oh, so you all live here?" I asked looking at her crew as they sat down.

"Yes, we do" Abbi answered.

"And your parents let you?" I asked again as I dropped myself on the love seat beside Abbi.

"Yeah" Nishan answered.

"That's super cool," I said smiling

"Let's play a video game" Beth cut in. I shrugged as I grabbed a controller from Beth and proceeded to play the game. After beating all of them excluding Wes, we decided to play other games including hiding and seek.

"Aren't we a little too old to play this game?" I asked glancing questioningly at them.

"Just say you don't want to seek" Nishan replied in a mocking tone. I glared at him before replying.

"No, I don't want to play at all" I deadpanned.

"Why not?" Natasha whined

"One; I don't know anywhere apart from the sitting room, Two; there is no good hiding spot in the sitting room, Three; I have to think of a way to beat Wes in the video game and Four Abbi isn't playing too" I answered smirking a bit.

"Your One and Two make sense. FYI, you can never, ever beat Wes. I have tried and failed many times so don't waste your time and also Abbi isn't playing because she has to finish the book covers she was making." Nishan replied.

"So...."

"Fine, don't play then" he replied frowning playfully

"Thanks," I said and left them to play. I went to sit and took out my phone to go through my social media. As I unlocked the phone the first thing I saw was 13 missed calls and 39 messages from just my mom. "How come I didn't hear the phone ring, I didn't place it in silent." I thought internally but somehow it was on silent.

"Um guys, I have to go. My mom is already worried" I told them as I stood up from my chair and pocketed my phone. Luckily, they hadn't started the game yet.

"Okay, come on let's go," Nishan said

"Wait, let Wes go drop her" Beth suggested.

"Why me?" Wes asked scowling at Beth and then turning to glare at me.

"You never liked the game hide and seek anyway. I always force you to play and you guys can get to know each other" Beth replied smiling mischievously.

"Okay fine! Only because I don't get to play that dumb game. Nishan give me the car keys" he grabbed the keys from Nishan and walked to the door. I stood rooted to the spot. I will kill Beth tomorrow for making me ride with him "What are you waiting for let's go" I heard his voice call annoyed. I snapped out of my reverie to see that he had already gotten to the door. I quickly followed him out the door and into the car. The drive home was quiet and awkward.

"Thanks," I told him as he pulled in front of my house. I quickly jumped down and grabbed my backpack from the back seat.

He didn't even acknowledge me. Immediately I shut the door he sped away. I glared at the car as I walked to the front door of my house. Wait I didn't tell him where my house was! So how come he knew?! That will be the first thing I'll ask him tomorrow.

"Where have you been," my mom asked immediately I entered the house "and who owned that car?" She added looking at me suspiciously.

"A friend's house" I didn't even think Wes cut the acquaintance mark. I only said friend because it'd make my mom less suspicious "and the car was own by the classmate" I replied

"So today was fine, I hope?" She asked with anxiety on her face.

"It was fine mom" I replied. If you include the whole spaghetti and color experience but who's counting, also not gonna tell that or changing school again. She smiled "I want to go change and sleep" I added heading towards the stairs.

"So you don't want something to eat?" she asked, I feel tired.

"No mom I just want to sleep, thank you though" I replied and started heading up towards the stairs

"Okay, just know..." I didn't catch the last part I was already in front of my room. I entered my room and threw my bag on the floor beside my desk. I then grabbed clothes from my closet and went to take a hot relaxing bath. When I was done, I changed into my sleeping wear and walked back into my room. Just as I was about to climb into bed, I noticed the window was opened. I didn't open it this morning, maybe mom did this morning. As I stood up to shut the window, I noticed a piece of paper neatly folded with a stone placed on top of it to keep it from flying away. After throwing the stone away and closing the window I sat on my bed to read the paper.

Dear Angel.

Glad you are back from ever you went, but I don't think it's safe to follow strangers. I'm so excited to see you again tomorrow. Above all, I'm happy you are safe. Sleep well, my beautiful Angel.

Your Guardian angel
M.W

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