Day 2

       Greggy was waiting for me as always. He grinned when saw me, and for the fist time, I kind of grinned back.

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       The day before, my throat instantaneously let out a huge scream after what seemed to be William's voice inside my heart. I freaked out. And soon, loud footsteps were coming from outside the room. Mom.

       "Honey are you okay?? Are you dying?"

      Dying, mom? Yeah I think she was kinda right, actually... But and if William Gray was not my imagination? And if he was real? He would be the first thing mom would see when opening that door!

       Under the bed? no space. In the wardrobe? Impossible. Under the desk?

       2 more seconds of panic. And he was there looking at me like an idiot.

       "Do something, William!!"

       "What can I do??"

       "Disappear!" I shouted with all my night. And it worked. William Gray was not there anymore. No time for second thoughts, mom opened the door (that was not locked, I lied to him of course).

       "Angelina?"

      I turned to her in a jump. "H-headache".

       "Hm? I heard you screaming and then yelling something like 'shashapear'..."

       "Yeah I- I was talking with Greggy"

       Why wasn't she going away? GO AWAY!

        She spent more 10 seconds examining my face. "Why one of your toys is dropped on the floor?"

       Lego William was lied there, like a little lost freaking toy, waiting to be found by his little freaking owner. I reached down, and closed my hand around him, wishing I could just stop living.

•••

       "Hey you are smiling..." Greggy murmured as if my smile was an aurora borealis in California. Greggy's face was so funny I wanted to laugh, but it would surprise him even more and he could have a heart attack. I didn't hate Greggy, he was funny. Wanted to give him a chance to be my friend, for real now.

We stayed some time in silence. Probably he was thinking what the hell had happened to me... but I, in the other hand, was with another thing in mind: I was dying to see Mr Unknown. Because just after him, my day became a REAL REAL mess. I was sure he had cursed me somehow.

And I left Greggy standing there, and went looking for Mr Unknown, in all the halls, classrooms, and at every corner of the refectory. He was nowhere. He disappeared, where was him??

        There were some girls talking under a tree near me. I knew who they were, as everyone there did, and I also knew they could perfectly give Mr Unknown's whole address if someone asked. They knew everything, since math equations to alcohol flavors.

         Pretending to read a dirty paper I've found inside my pockets I slowly got closer enough to listen what each one of them had to say. Mary Duddely (the tallest of all, weird way of expressing herself) seemed to be crying over Belle Viann's shoulder because of her crush Patrick who stopped talking to her. Poor Mary.

         "Get over him, Mary!"

          "Yes, Mary!"

         "Kick his balls, Mary!"

          I almost had a laugh crisis.

           "Hey girls." The one named Sarah Barr (blonde, pink clothing, very muscular) said. "And the new boy?!!"

My brain made a zoon- and they all started talking like a bunch of crazy fangirls.

           "That hottie?... Air please!!" Gi Audrey (biggest breasts of all) pretended to faint.

            "Hahaha oh yes... he just arrived and he's already the hottest guy in LittleMoutain High." Marian Guedes (small teeth that combined with her doll-like face) stated.

            "His body is nothing compared to his face. Did you see his eyes?!" Belle Viann (the brunette who was patting Mary's head) looked impressed.

          Yes...

            "More than this. I'm sure he is a nice person too. You girls should try to see inside people and not just outside." The named Gi Longen spoke calmly. She was the quietest in the group, with a very pale skin, but beautiful, and probably the most intelligent of all. I wanted to ask her things.

       "Ah, but he is handsome anyway! Do any of you know the hottie's name?" Sarah asked.

       My ears became two monsters waiting to be feed. Marian smiled and whispered in a way everyone could listen. "I've heard it's Oliver..."

       Oliver was a great name; it reminded me of olives. I realized I knew Mr Unknown's real name now, which meant that I could ask someone about his whereabouts... The best option was asking Gi, the intelligent girl, but she was with her friends (dã)... Maybe I should find someone in the restrooms?

       How would a restroom conversation turn up?

      'Hi my name is Angelina. What's yours?'

      'Umm (random name)'

       'Ah okay... *looks down, looks up, looks sideways* You know where Oliver is?'

       UGHHHH!!!

       Sigh!

      I bit my lips while watching the six talk and laugh like they always did. How come I'm here- and they are there? Why in the world I ended up staying by myself while people did what they called "socialize"?

      Why???

       "Hey, girl."

        I received a shock. It was the same voice from my recent dreams, and his presence felt like the cut of a sword right behind my neck. I turned around slowly; and all thoughts suddenly went away.

       "- Do you know where I can buy candies in here?" He asked.

       And they were the prettiest shade of emerald I've ever seen...

       "- You know, candies are life. We can't survive without them..." He said.

       I could survive a thousand lifes without candies only with the strength of your smile.

       Focus, I need letters to form a phrase!

         "Yes! We can not!! Well I can take you to the place, its not so far..!"

       He smiled again. Hope he didn't notice my cheeks burning. The candy machine was actually far away, near the terrace. But that was good because we had enough time to talk like- normal people?

       "Thank you for guiding me through this maze, girl."

       Let's go, brain, work!! "No problem... School is a real maze! You... you can call me Angelina if you want."

       "Great name. I'm Oliver."

        Already knew that...

        "Why did you move to LittleMountain High this time of the year?" I asked.

       Something changed in his expression but he was back to normal 1 second later. Wish I could read Oliver like I read Greggy or my mother.

       "Simple question, difficult answer." He said, and cold chill came dancing throw my spine. Oliver was obviously hiding something. Secret CIA agent? FBI?

       Werewolf?

       I wanted to know everything about him.

       "So..." I looked down st my shoes (which were needing a bath). "what's your last name?"

       His relaxed face curved in some kind of wonder.  "My name is Oliver Snowfields. It's a pleasure to meet your royalty." He laughed, probably thinking I was a weird person that liked knowing others' last names.

       Wait...

       "SNOWfields???"

       "Yeah."

       "Like snow-fields..?"

       He frowned "Yes, snow... Frozen precipitation consisting of hexagonally symmetrical ice crystals formed directly from the freezing of the watervapor in the air."

       I stopped walking. Great definition.

       I'm so idiot. Someone must be playing with me, testing my emotional limits.

       "Don't you like snow?" Oliver asked, still on the way to the candy machine- but soon he stopped walking too, noticing that I was not by his side anymore. We stared at each other. Okay no, I couldn't keep a steady look into his green orbits for too long.

       "I like its smell."- I said. What? Angelina...

       "Oh my, I didn't know snow had a smell. What is it like?"

       Oh gosh. I think he knows his perfume is snowy made. Need to think something nice to answer.

       "It's... a mixture... it smells... water"

       Bang. I could destroy all Alaska only with the bump of my heart. He blinked 2 times after 6 seconds of reasoning.  Not that I was counting the time or the number of blinks, no, no.

       "You are..." Oliver Snowfields' green eyes studied my body. "intense."

       Glup.

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To my best friends
Mary Dudley, Sarah Barr, Gi Audrey, Marian Guedes and Gi Longen... é tudo vaca❤