Chapter 2: Important Talk, Impossible Thoughts

                                    

                                          
"Noelle Jones, if you do not get your lazy ass up, I will drag you to school myself!" I hear Hunter call from the kitchen. I internally roll my eyes and get up. I throw the blankets off me and walk over to my closet. I decide to just go with a casual look. I don't want to give off the "if you piss me off, I will fucking kill you" vibe so I grab my navy blue dress and my light pink cardigan and place them on my bed. I run over to my bathroom and turn the shower on. Once the tempurature is perfect, I take off my clothes and step into the shower. I grab my mint scented shampoo and wash my hair. I rinse out the suds and then use my mint scented conditioner. I put the conditioner in and then rinse that out. Once my hair was done, I used my mint scented body wash. What can I say? I like the smell of mint. I scrub my body clean and then wash it all off. I then turn off the shower and step out. I grab a towel and wrap it around me. I walk into my room and slip on my undergarments. I then walk over to my makeup stand, plug in my blow dryer and being drying my hair.
                          
Once my hair is dry, I walk over to my bed and put on my dress. I walk over to my closet again and grab my navy blue All-Star converse. I slip them on and tie them up. I walk back over to my makeup stand and look for my red bow. Once I find it, I place it on my stand and brush my hair. I wear my hair in my natural blonde curls and place the red bow in my hair. I look in the mirror as I put on my peace sign necklace. I get up and look in my full body mirror and I smile. I look good. I grab my cardigan and put it on while walking out of my room. I skip into the kitchen and see Hunter making breakfast. Faith isn't anywhere to be seen.
                          
"Hey. Where's Faith?" I ask, sitting on the counter. "She went out for a bit." Hunter seems different this morning. "Hunter are you okay?" I ask. He looks over at me and I see in his eyes to not say anything else. "Someone came this morning. He is in the living room." Hunter whispers so only I could hear. I jump off the counter and sniff the air. Human. I walk into the living room and there he is sitting on the couch. The guy from yesturday. He looks up and notices me. He stands up and extends his hand. "Hello. I'm Zayn. Me and my mom came by yesturday and welcomed you to the neighborhood." he says, smiling. "I'm Noelle." I say and shake his hand. I look back at Hunter and then back at Zayn. "My mom told me I should come over and offer you a ride to school." he says, while looking at his feet and his hands behind his back. "Sure. That would be great, thanks." I say. I knew that if I would have turned him down, Hunter would make me go anyways. Zayn looks back up and smiles.
                          
"You kids be safe and have fun at school Noelle." Hunter says as he walks up the stairs to his room, leaving just me and Zayn in the living room. "Shall we get going?" I say, looking back at Zayn. "Yeah." is all he said. We walk to the front door and head towards his car. I close the front door behind me and start walking towards a black Range Rover. "I hope you don't mind but my friends are also in the car." he says before opening the back door. I smiled and got in. I sat on the seat and beside a guy with blonde hair and blue eyes who was sitting on a guy with brown hair and brown eyes. "Hello! I'm Niall!" the blonde guy says while smiling. I notice right away that he has a irish accent. "Hello. I'm Noelle." I say, returning his smile. "This is Liam and up there in the passenger seat is Louis. The one driving is Harry, this is his car." Niall tells me. They all say hello and I say hello back.
                          
As Harry pulls out of my driveway, the air in the car gets thick with tension. I'm getting a chill in my body that I don't normally get. Something just doesn't feel right. "So Noelle, tell us about yourself." Louis says from the passenger seat. "Well there isn't really anything interesting about me." I say, giving a small smile after my answer. "Sure there is. Tell us about your family." Liam says, smiling at me. "Well, I live with my brother and sister." I say, glancing at each of them. "What about your parents?" Niall asks. "My parents, they were....killed." I say, biting the inside of my cheek to keep my temper. The last thing I need is to hurt these 5 guys. They haven't done anything for me to have to kill them. They seem....nice. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know." Niall says, all of them becoming a little more sad. "It's fine. Me and my siblings get through it together." I say, giving them a small smile. "Tell us about your brother and sister." Harry speaks from the driver's seat. He was the most quiet during the while ride. "Well my brother's name is Hunter. Him and my sister Faith are twins. I'm the youngest out of the three." I say, biting my lip. 
                          
"Well here we are." Harry says, pulling into a parking lot belonging to my new high school. "Wow." was all I could mutter up to say. "Trust me, it's not as big on the inside as it is on the outside." Zayn says, unbuckling his seat belt and getting out. I get out behind him, closing the door behind me and we all walk towards the school. As soon as we enter, the smell of blood fills my nose. I'm not going to survive today at all. My body tenses and I freeze in my spot. Zayn and Louis see me still standing in the same spot and they come back over to me. "What's wrong Noelle?" Zayn asks. "I-I'm fine." I say, beginning to walk again. As soon as I walk between Harry and Niall, I feel that same chill in my body from before. I shake it off and continue to walk. "You should go to the office to get your schedule." Niall says from beside me. I nod and start walking ahead. I stop and look back at them. "You wouldn't happen to know where the the office is would you?" I say, feeling the heat rise to my cheeks from embarrassment.
                          
"I'll take you." Liam says, smiling like always and walking up beside me. I thank him and we walk towards the office. Once I get my schedule I check out my classes. Me and Liam head back to the guys who were waiting outside the office for us. "What's your classes for today?" Louis asks. "Well my classes are Science, Math, Music, Art and English." I say, looking up at them. "Well you will have Science with me." Liam states. "I have Math with you." Louis replies. "I'm in Music with you." Niall says. "Me and you have Art together." Zayn smiles. "I guess we are in English together." Harry says, looking down at the ground then up at me. "Great! At least I know one person in each of my classes." I say, smiling wide. "And the best part is those are the only 5 classes you have this semester but they are altered each day. Like today you have Science first and tomorrow you might have a different class first." Louis tells me. "Awesome!" I say. The bell rings and me and Liam head to Science.
                          
~Harry's Pov~
                          
Something seems different about Noelle. She doesn't seem...normal. When I get to Social Studies, I sit in the very back and take out my things. My phone buzzes in my pocket and I take it out to see that Niall texted me.
                          
From: Niall
                          
need 2 talk 2 u its important!
                          
I sigh and raise my hand. "Yes Harry?" Mr. Derwin asks. "May I go to the bathroom?" I say. He nods and I get up to go meet Niall. Once I get into the bathroom, I see him pacing back and forth by the mirrors. "Ni, you alright lad?" I ask him. He usually never leaves class. This must be important. "Harry, there's something off about Noelle." he says in a rush. "What do you mean?" I ask, curious as to why he is thinking the same thing I am. "She just doesn't seem normal. She must be hiding something. I can feel it." Niall says, looking right at me now. More and more thoughts were going on in my mind now. "Harry, that's ridiculous!" Niall looks me dead in the eyes. "How do you know what I'm thinking?" I ask, wide eyed. "Harry, you know how. Look, I have to go. But you know that I'm right." and with that, he left the bathroom. I shook my head and walked back to class. I don't want to believe Niall on this one but in a way, I think he's right.