Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to of had a normal life. What it would be like to not deal with anything. No pain, no sadness... just parties on the weekends and fun with my friends. That would be amazing. Yet here I am tossing and turning in the middle of the night three hours before I have to be at school. I know right... already Monday. My weekend basically consisted of me sitting home alone, reading, watching t.v., hanging out with my parents, and facetiming Karmen until I fell asleep. I mean hey... how long can a girl listen to someone talk about her clothes??

I got brought out of my thoughts with a beep of my phone

Unknown- Shouldn't you be sleep

Me- Who is this ?

Unknown- don't let the bed bugs bite ( ;

I didn't even reply before I fell back asleep. 

    Next thing I knew my alarm was going off and it was time for me to go to School. lovely. 

I walk into my bathroom and look into the mirror to see the actual grudge.  I have decently long blonde hair that comes about halfway down my back. It's straight most the time, but lucky me whenever I wake up it decides to threaten my existence and cover my face and head in knots. My eyes were dark brown which seemed to get lighter in the sun. I'm not big, nor small. I'd say I'm an average size... now that is ... that's a story for another day though. I hurriedly brushed my hair out so I looked somewhat presentable, brushed my teeth, and headed down stairs.

    "Hey Honey, did you forget something" my mom said in a humorous voice.

I quickly looked down and felt my cheeks heat up as I realized I literally didn't even get dressed. God.

"Hey Freya, nice underwear" a gruel voice chuckled out. That would be my "brother" Jax. He is a little older than me, but we're in the same grade. Most people don't even know we're related. He doesn't bother to make it evident, probably because of his "rep" , so I couldn't care less. Just love him. :) 

I ran up stairs as fast as I could, grabbed a black hoodie, some dark jeans, and made my way out the door.

"Bye Amelia, Bye Jasper" I yelled quickly and started jogging to school.

The high school wasn't far from my house. I've only lived here with Amelia and Jasper for three years, and I've mostly gotten used to just walking to and from school. I don't have to worry about the social life of the bus, and I just don't feel like getting a license. If I really needed a way to get somewhere Karmen has been driving since she was like thirteen, so I got that covered. Amelia and Jasper have been the best parents I could ask for since.... Well... it's a thing...

. . .

"I found something out about the new guy...."

 Yay... I already get to deal with her gossip before first period even started. 

    "Bro. We kind of have a class to get to." I said in an agitated voice.

    "Fine I guess you don't want to know..." she said quietly trailing off at the end as we approached the door to English.

    "I don't care" I quietly sang walking in, swiftly finding my way to my seat. My hood was still up to avoid eye contact, or just people contact in general. As soon as the bell rang I got told to put it down. I did as the teacher said than noticed a pair of eyes on me.

You know the feeling you get when someone is looking at you? You can't see them looking at you but.. You just feel it? 

I slowly, yet unnoticeably, turned my head to the right to see the hooded new guy turn his head the other way. Huh. This guy just gets to get away with wearing his hood? I don't know what in the world came over me. I can't even say thank you to the lunch lady without freezing up, but something just made me say something.

    "You're Not the only awkward one you know" I said in a light whisper since Mr.Eldridge had already started the lesson. Next thing I knew Mr. Mysterious turned towards me. I couldn't quite see his eyes, well his face in general, but I knew he was looking me in the eyes. Absolutely nothing in this moment could have let me look away. I don't know... I feel like I owed it to myself not to back out of this one... I got so caught up in my thoughts I forgot what was even happening until he spoke.
    "What's your name?" he said plainly after that awkwardness of us just looking at each other. Well him looking at me, and me looking at an indented shadow. His voice was deep but light at the same time. He was whispering after all, but it wasn't gravely or rough, it was clear. 

    "Freya." I eventually said still in a quiet voice after thinking about how I should answer. He didn't respond. Instead he turned his head back towards the front of the board. I wasn't going to accept that. If this guy thought he could just walk in here and wear his hood then he had another thing coming. That's MY thing. I went to reach his arm to get his attention.

"He-" but I got cut off. He quickly jumped at my touch and grabbed his arm. He looked up slightly and I could roughly see his face, but all I noticed was his slightly blushed cheeks. This is when I realized something, and apparently I don't know how to keep my mouth shut. I was astonished.

   "You live in darkness too" I barely said under my breath looking at him in amazement. There are little people in this world let alone this town that understand me. I could just feel that he was just as broken as me. I was hoping he didn't hear me, but apparently he caught it.
     "What did you just say?" he said a little over a whisper. Now the lesson was over so there were more people kind of chit chatting while we had about ten minutes of free time before the bell rang for second period.

    "I didn't say anything" I said quietly as I turned back towards the front tugging at my sweatshirt for comfort in this anxiety filled situation.

    He lived in darkness too. I could just tell. We were alike. Who was this guy?

I felt a slight tap on my shoulder and turned back to my right to see a piece of paper handed to me from Mr. Mysterious. He wasn't even looking at me. He just handed it to me and walked out. I guess I hadn't realized there were only about ten people left in the classroom since the bell had rang while I was stuck in my head.

I slowly opened it and all it said was dead center in the middle in the most beautiful handwriting I had ever seen

     * Hunter Knight. I don't live in darkness. I am darkness *

I feel like this is the beginning of the end...