Chapter 1: Chapter 1
G R A C E
Life is always mysterious. The way it shows us different things, different lessons in different ways. The way it approaches us. Sometimes it is positive and sometimes negative. But it depends on us, how we want to appreciate it and how we want to see it. If you will notice only negative things, then nothing can be done. Take every negative thing with a positive attitude, that's when your life will change forever. Remember your happiness doesn't come to you, it is you who has to find it. Be a positive person with a positive attitude, nothing is bad in the world. It is you who see things in that way.
Getting out of my deep thoughts, I feel cold water on my bare face. Dripping down on my skin making me shiver out of the cold. That's when I get it. I open my eyes immediately looking at the front of me. There stood my lovely brother Lorenzo Hernandez with the bucket in one hand, and others to cover his mouth, holding back his laughter. I stood up quickly, pushing my bedsheets and glare directly at him. He burst out in laughter. His muscles relax and His brown eyes sparkle with fun. His hairs are messy indicating that he just wakes up to piss me. Huh? I hate mornings. I groan.
"Rise and shine princess. "He says after calming himself down.
"Can't you just wake me up like a good brother. "I reply.
"You never wake up on time so I didn't get any other option. "He replies with a smirk. "Get ready we don't want to be late for our first day. "He says pushing me towards the bathroom.
I enter the bathroom, taking a brush, I put little past on it, then rubbing it inside my mouth. It smells nice. I stare at my reflection in the mirror. My brown hair is wet and water is still dripping through them. My pale skin is shinning due to morning light. And my brown eyes are sparkling. Through the only thing I feel is laziness. Life is so boring. I want something new, a new adventure. A new adventure that no one had.
Ignoring my stupid thoughts, I get ready for my school. Getting dressed in school uniform. I look myself in the mirror. My shirt is loosely hanging on my chest and my navy blue skirt reaching up to my knees and hanging on my waist. I took my tie and hang it around my neck. I applied a little amount of makeup and then my perfect perfume. Putting my blue matching jacket, I grab my bag. Putting my stuff and phone, my eyes land on my camera on the self. I had used it many times. My dad gifted it for my birthday. There are many happy memories of it. Should I take it with me or not. Let's just take it. I grab it and put it in my bag securely. I don't want to lose it. It is my favorite.
Reaching to the kitchen after passing through stairs my eyes landed on my mother Liliana Hernandez who is preparing for breakfast. The smell of spaghetti enters my nostrils, tasty I muttered. Her brown hair is loosely tied in a bun. Her eyes hold nothing but just a strong personality. She is dressed in her pencil skirt and white shirt with a jacket. The personality due to which she is a successful businesswoman.Her pretty eyes land on me. I really love my mom. I offer her a smile which she kindly returns. I reach the table sitting across my mom.
"Morning mom. "I said.
"Morning Principessa," she replies to me in her Italian scent.
I start munching on my breakfast after taking a seat. My mom sits across me eating with me. Her perfume smells nice. Her whole manners and body show perfection. My brother enters after a few minutes and sits beside me after mouthing 'good morning' to mom. Soon my dad- George Hernandez too join us sitting beside mom he smiles at me and my brother. We kindly smile back at him. Mom serves him food. My dad is dressed in casual clothes indicating that he will stay home maybe. His brown hairs are messy while his skin is shining like mine. Guess what I got the skin from my dad's genes.
"Are you guys excited for your first day in high school. "Ask my dad.
"No. "I groan looking at him dad chuckles at my response.
"Well, it will be fun. "Lorenzo reply to him.
"Are you free today, dad? "I ask him.
"yes I am, darling. But anything can come up. "Dad replies to me after thinking about it.
I nod at him. He is right, he is not a normal person I mean he has no normal life. He is the best detective in the country. And a famous one. Who knows what might come up. Mostly he never stays at home if he has to work in some cases. But it is always amazing rather than to live in the home having nothing to do. Dad is so lucky.
After breakfast, I and my brother follow my mom into her BMW. Shocking right. Its nothing my mom is a famous businesswoman. She owns the richest company. We are rich. Mom drives us to school. I and my brother get out of the car. Mom bid us goodbye before driving off to her building.
Looking at the school my happiness fades. Central Xavier high. The school for intelligent students, but bad luck there are foolish ones too. Why why. Who invented this school thing. Instead, children should do something they really like. My brother looks at me in confusion when I just look at school in horror.
"Baby, there aren't any ghosts out there. "Lorenzo said dramatically.
"I know. "I mock him.
"Let's go. We will meet at lunch. "Lorenzo reply.
I nod and he pulls me towards the school. we stood a little far away from the crowd. Students are still waiting until the principal finishes his speech. We are late but its the first day. I ignore him.
"When will he shut his mouth.No one is even listening to him. "Lorenzo said to me with a grin.
"Right. "I reply to him with the same grin.
"Hey man, how are you? "My eyes land on Ashton. My brother's friend.
"I am good. "Lorenzo reply to him with quick bro hug. Ashton looks at me.
"Hey, cutie. "Ashton mock me.
Huh. "Hey, stupid. "I reply to him with a grin. He looks at me while Raising his eyebrow, my brother burst into laughter.
"Do you forgot she is my baby sister. "Lorenzo reply to him while kissing my cheek.
"Yuck brother. You are gross. "I said to him. He glares at me.
"We should teach her manners. "Ashton said with a smirk. My brother smirk back at him.
"I am going bye. "I left them before they can stop me.
They really are annoying, if I stood with them for even a few minutes then I am sure I will lose my cool quickly. I stood near the tree. Finding my best friend Dahlia Rivera. Roaming my eyes through the crowd My eyes lands on the girl with dark red-brown head. I immediately recognize her. Dhalia. Her long hairs are waving in the air like a river. Her black eyes are roaming through the crowd. Sunlight hit her show white face. Sparking every inch of her face. She is the definition of pure beauty. I try to call her but she didn't hear anything.
Suddenly she looks back straight to me. Giving me a smile she push other students through the crowd and stood in front of me with her pure smile. I smile back. She gives me a quick hug and pulled away.
"How were your holidays? "She asks me.
"What do you think. My brother is so annoying. "I reply. She chuckles.
"So first day, I know you cant be happy but I am soo happy to meet my best friend again. "She says dramatically. I chuckle.
After a movement, we start walking towards our first class. Passing through the corridors we bump into someone. Raising my head I find one and only Dean Wilson aka the bad boy of our school. He is in uniform and his black hair is swept back. I quickly glare at him while dahlia looks at me with horror. His eyes hold pure anger. Trust me he is hot in his uniform which makes every girl sequel in happiness but for me, he is an asshole. A big one.
"Watch where are you going. "Dean snap at me.
"Don't you have your damn eyes. "I reply more angrily.
"You know who I am. "He asks with a smirk.
"But you don't know who I am. "I reply with a smirk.
He glares at me. Raising his hand he tries to punch me but I quickly twist his hand, kicking him down on the ground. He falls down with loud noise. Looking up at me, he glares again. He stood up but before he can approach me again, one of our seniors stop him.
"Don't you dare to touch her. "The senior warn him.
Dean glares at me last time and left for another way. Senior nod at me while I nod back. Don't get it the wrong way. Actually, my brother is popular but not in a bad way and his friends know me very well. Guess what he is one of them. He left towards his class. Dahlia sigh.
"you are lucky to have such a big brother. Besides, that was insane. "She says to me.
"Alright sorry. "I reply.
Without wasting another time we went to our class. Opening the door we hear the talking of our classmates. It's like everyone is enjoying it. I and Dahlia reach to the last bench, putting our stuff we sit on our chair. The class is as usuals as before. The board is clean and decorated with slogans to welcome students. shifting my attention my eyes land on Evelyn Rhodes, the queen bee of our school. She comes towards us. Her eyes are sparkling like usual but it doesn't hold any happiness. Her uniform is tightly hugging her body. And her long blond hair is style down in curlers. Reaching us she offers us a smile. We are friends with her. She is a queen bee but she usually is kind. I don't know why people hate her. She has a sweet and caring personality. people should get to know her. The reason she hangs with us cause, the rest of the girl behaves badly with her.
"Hi, dahlia and grace. Nice to see you. "Says Everlyn.
"Hi, girl. "We reply with a quick smile.
"How were your holidays," she asked us.
"I was at the beach most of the time as usual. But it was fun. "Dahlia reply.
"Humm. "Said Everlyn.
suddenly we hear the loud thud of noise. Our eyes dart towards the door. There stood dean Wilson. His hairs are messed while his jacket is loosely hanging on his shoulders. His black eyes hold only naughtiness. Everything seems normal until Rowena Jackson the nerd of our school enter the class and stood beside dean. She is changed. Her dress is tight and her skirt barely reaches her tight. she had applied lots of makeup. Even she is not in her glasses and hoodie. Her hair is dyed in light Orange color. She looks at the dean and kisses his cheek. Holding hands together they took their seats like royal king and queen. The students start gossiping more. I look at Everlyn, she didn't seem in shock. I think in the whole class she is the only person who seems not to give any attention to him. That was something. I look at dahlia who looks at me.
"You both were dating, right. "Asks Dahlia.
"Yeah, we were but we broke up before the summer vacation. "Everlyn reply.
"Huh? You both were inseparable. "I add.
"Well, actually he cheats on me so I broke up with him. "Everlyn reply with sad eyes.
"We got that. "Dahlia assure her.
"Well, it doesn't matter, now. "Every smile at us.
The teacher finally enters in a class. Ignoring other gossips I open my books and start concentrating on teachers. after finishing all my classes I move towards locker. Finally its lunch. Grabbing my books I stuff it inside the locker. I move towards the cafe but I get dahlia in the midway before even, I can say hi, she starts dragging me. What no 'hi' or 'hello'. When we finally reach the ground, she stops me from breathing heavily. I look at her with confusion. What's inside her head.
"What."I raise my eyebrow at her.
She points me towards the crowd in front of us. I look at the direction where she pointed me. There is a huge crowd of students gossiping about something. I cannot hear them clearly. I look up at the rooftop of the school there is no one. Shifting my eyes I find a black figure inside the class. Huh? Who is that? I look closely, I am sure that someone is standing there. Before I can identify the shadow disappears. Damm. What was that? I raise myself to look through the crowd but I can't see anything.
I look at dahlia. I poke her shoulder, to get her attention which really works. She looks at me with her shining eyes.
"What's going on here? "I ask her.
"I don't know grace. "She replies.
I nod my head.suddenly my eyes land on Lorenzo and Ashton. I raise my hand to get their attention, they look at me and approach us. They also look at us in confusion.
"What is this? "Ask Ashton to us.
"And I thought to ask this question to you. "I reply.
Their face falls well mine too. Lorenzo suddenly grabs my hand while I hold dahlias' hand. Lorenzo pushes other students so we can move. When Lorenzo's friends notice him they make way for us to stand first. Four of us reach there standing there we examine the scene in front of us. Immediately our eyes widening with shock. I look at Lorenzo he is still focusing in front of him.
There is a girl on the ground. Her blond hair is totally messed, covering her face. Her uniform is wet. There is blood surrounded her. She jumped from the building. I examine the body more closely. Her show white skin has little blood strains. I can hear lots of gossips.
'She committed suicide. '
'Yeah right. '
'Must have a hard time. '
'She is dead I think.'
'She seems familiar. '
'Looks like she is a slut. '
I ignore all the gossips. Taking my camera from my bag I took pictures of the dead bodies and then of the rooftop. There was someone on the rooftop right. Yeah, there was someone. I start moving towards the rooftop but I feel like someone grabbed my wrist. I look back to find Lorenzo. I sigh in relief.
"Where are you going? "He asks confused.
"Come with me. "I reply and start running towards the rooftop.
When I reach there I open the door. The strong wave hit my face. It's cold. I move towards the railing examining every inch of the rooftop. I click some pictures even though there is nothing. Lorenzo looks at me confused. I signal him to examine it but we find Nothing. I quickly grab his hand and take him to the second floor Where I had seen the shadow. There I find Nothing. There is nothing. The bot even a single proof. I am sure someone was here.
"Let us go I think police is here. "Lorenzo ask me. I nod at him.
We reach back towards the crowd. The police examine the body and turn it around to see the face of this girl. I and Dahlia look at the body with shock. Impossible. Evelyn Rhodes. Her blonds are waving. I look more closely. Shit. Why someone wants to kill her. Something is wrong. I quickly take pics from different angles. I took every picture of the crowd. I just want it just in case.
"Kids get back to your home." principal announce.
Students start leaving school. I look at the body, some nurses take her inside the ambulance. She might be alive. My brother orders me to get home with him. I nod at him. I bid goodbye to dahlia. I and Lorenzo wait until our driver come to pick us.
I stare at my book. Huh? I want adventure but I never wish to kill someone. I close my eyes leaning back on my chair. Everlyn's bloody body still came in my mind. Her bloody hair is still wet. Her sweet perfume of vanilla and rose still smells fresh but it's mixed with blood. Her skin is still white. Who wants to kill the pure beauty, surely someone who is jealous or someone who want to destroy her happiness. Someone who is close to her or someone who doesn't know her.
I snap out from my thoughts when the door of my room opens. I look at my brother who looks at me with worried eyes. I immediately understand he must thought that I am scared or something. Well, brother its not the first time witnessing this kind of thing. I smile and assure him that I am okay.
"Look I know you are not scared but grace she is your friend therefore I am just making sure you are okay as you are my baby sister. "He says with a smile.
"I know brother but don't worry. It cants affect me. "I assure him.
He nods and lay on my bed. I took all the pictures examining all of it. I find a cut on her wrist. Something is wrong. I examine pictures more clearly but I find Nothing. No clues. Shuffling back on the chair, I sigh. Tomorrow I will get reports through the news. No big deal. And if Everlyn is still alive then I can meet her. But what if someone meets her at the hospital and murder her. Shit. Why didn't I thought that first? I quickly stood up grabbing pics and camera I put it in my spare bag. Hanging it on my shoulders I look at my brother.
"Lore, we have to go. "I ask him.
He looks at me. "But where. "He asks me back.
"Hospital we have to reach there quickly. "I Reply.
"Are you sure. "Lorenzo said. I simply nod.
We reach the hospital. Grabbing my brother's wrist I pull him towards the nurse counter. I took quick information about Everlyn. Pulling my brother to the elevator I press a few buttons. The lift stops signaling us to move out. I find the room. Opening the door my eyes land on Everlyn's pale body. Her wrist is attached to machines. Her face is attached to an oxygen mask. My eyes land on the chair beside her bed. There sits the one and only dean Wilson. His one hands are grabbing Everlyn's. I can hear the sniffles. He is crying. Now that is something new. He didn't notice me and my brother yet. But why he is crying? He already broke up with her. My brother looks at me with gron. Suddenly dean eyes land on us. He quickly wipes his tears away.
"What are you doing here, grace? "He asks me.
"Well, she is my friend I can meet her. "I reply obviously.
"You can't meet her. She is in a comma. "He replies with a sad face.
"Don't worry lover boy we just come here to check her. "Says, my brother.
"You already broked up with her. Why are you here? "I ask.
"I know but it was a misunderstanding. I love her. I can't lose her. "He said.
"Hell to you then what was the drama that you pulled out in the morning. "I snap at him.
"You have no right to ask Me such questions. "He replays back angrily.
"Yeah, that's true. "I reply.
"I know we don't like each other but please leave me alone. "He asks pleadingly.
"Okay, but stay with her, "I reply. He nods at me.
With that, I left the hospital. I must wait for up to tomorrow's news. Police must have known about the killer. They are not naive.
Adventure. I always want it. let's wait and watch what tomorrow holds for us. And I hope it's for better.' Be responsible for your own deeds. ' That's what my dad always told me. And I know its true. Let alone win the world.
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