Chapter 6 (K)

When my alarm clock wakes me up at 7:30, I realize I did zero research yesterday. Literally zero. Damn it. I’m still nowhere.

I change and stumble my way downstairs. Everyone’s already out of the house. I’m still partially asleep, I realize, when I start putting butter in my water and I knock a bunch of clean dishes into the dirty and full sink. I sigh, and lean against the doorpost. I start listening to the TV that’s still on probably from when my parents tuned into the news.

“And now more information about the latest virus victim…”

That jolts me awake. I run into the living room, forsaking my breakfast. I can eat it on the way to school.

The TV is tuned into CTV. Not my favourite, especially since the anchor seems like an insipid jerk, but any news right now is good news.

“The name of the latest victim was 27 year old Maria Elroy, who was found besides her computer yesterday afternoon at 2:31…”

I click the record button on the TV. This is important.

“Ms Elroy is an important figure on CTV, acting as one of our wonderful producers. Ms Elroy is now at an undisclosed hospital in the city. Let us give her our wishes to recover as soon as possible…”

Wait a second. Besides her computer? I rush to the computer, and find the official website keeping records of the victims. Of course, it’s a private government website but I’ve been able to hack in and gain full access. It’s pretty stupid that they left the codes in the library where anyone could find them.

As I look over the places where each of the victims were found, I almost hit myself as I look at the most obvious piece of evidence staring at me. Each of the victims was found near their computers, and the computers had the same type of writing left on it. There was always a note written in big, green letters on the screen.

I totally forgot about school then. I finally had a clue. And I think it’s time to pay a visit to Hacker Maury’s room.

I'm on hiatus tomorrow, so Happy New Year's, everyone!

Chapter 5 (N)

I stood there, looking at Angel. After a while, she tilted her head in confusion which was really cute.
"D-did you d-do this?" I stammered. She smiled to herself a bit.
"Do you like it?" she asked with no emotion. I looked at it again. It was really cute, it was exactly like I planned it. How did she know?
"It's fantabulous! But Angel, how did you..?" she put her finger on my mouth, to make me stop talking.
"I have my ways. Now do you want to ask questions or finish the party?" she asked. I wanted to ask questions. But I decided to leave it at that.
"Finish the party," I said quietly. I had so many questions I wanted to ask.
"Good, now what do need for food and beverages?" she asked.
"Just a sec," I said. I went upstairs. I had a list of stuff I needed for the party. I also had a diary. I don't like diaries because if someone took a glance at it they wouldn't be my friend any more. I don't write mean stuff, I just write what I felt at the moment. I took a pen and wrote down 'Angel, Yin, and Yang are keeping secrets from me. I am determined to find out what they are.'
I picked up my list, and went downstairs. Angel was facing the other direction. I walked quietly, and said, "Boo!"
Angel didn't jump, she just stood there. She turned around, she looked prettier than she already was. Her blond hair brushed my face.
"Hi," she said.
"Hi," I said uncertainly. I handed her the list. "Here's the list of stuff we need."
I looked behind her, everything was already there.
"Okay, that's it," I said.
"Huh?" she said innocently.
"I want answers," I said.

"I'm going to Yin's house!" I yelled to my parents.
"Okay," my mother said faintly.
"Bring me back a notebook," said my father. He loved writing, that's the reason I love it too.
I took my bike, and started riding to Yin's house. When I finally got there, I saw Yang going inside. I hid behind Yin's house before he saw me. After I was sure Yang was inside, I called Kai.
"He's inside," I said, feeling like a spy.
"What is he doing?" asked Kai, immediately understanding me.
"I can't see, but do you think I should go inside?" I asked.
"Too risky," said Kai.
"At least I'll know something," I said.
"You just love to risk, don't you?" asked Kai.
"Should I leave you to hear?" I asked.
"Nope, I was never here," she said. I hung up. I locked my bike, and knocked Yin's door. The door opened.
"Hello, hun. Yin's upstairs with her friend," said her mother, who was washing the dishes with the spell I've been trying to learn, and watching t.v.
"Thanks," I said. I went upstairs slowly.
"And that's how you make a cherry pie," said Yin. They must have used the protective spell. But Yin was a horrible actor and cook. She burst out laughing. They already must know that I'm here, so I went inside.
"Hello." They looked at me surprised. Cut it out, I thought.
"Hi!" Yin said cheerfully. It was so fake, Yin was never cheerful.
"Hello Light," said Yang. But Yang was an excellent actor.
"I thought your mother needed you," I said. My voice was calm, and sincere. Yin started pacing.
"I went and did what she wanted and came here," he said looking at the floor. Yang never looked at the floor while talking unless he was extremely upset, or lying to someone he knew very much, like me.
"Why didn't you come to my house?" I asked. He looked me in the eye, then looked at Yin.
"Yin wanted me to come over," he replied. I looked at Yin, she was lost in thought. I glared at Yang. He looked away.
"Okay," I said cheerfully. "You never told me what was so important earlier."
"I don't have to tell you everything, do I?" he shot at me. He looked at me like this whole new person.
"But we're best friend, remember?" I told him, emphasizing the "remember".
"Hey guys, who is excited for the party tomorrow?" said Yin, interrupting us. I felt a little jealous, because I thought Yin wanted Yang not to answer that question.
"I have to go," announced Yang.
"Don't bother, you can stay with your girlfriend. I'm leaving," I declared. Yin and Yang both turned redder than a tomato, which was hilarious. I got up.
"Wait, what do you mean by 'girlfriend'?" asked Yin.
"Oh nothing," I said as I skipped off, humming a cheerful tune. I felt victorious. I got on my bike, and rode home.
Victory, why was I feeling victorious over my friends?

--THE END--

OMG, I am so sorry for not updating my story for so long. Happy New Year. I'm at my uncle's house, and I barely have time. But thanks for sticking with me.
So... any feedback? Comments? Ideas?

Chapter 5 (K)

After an oddly silent dinner, I trudge up back to my room. There’s no point in agonizing over this any longer.

I feel so dense to only realize now that we liked each other. I mean, almost everyone else could figure it out!

I log onto my email and search among my 20 something messages. There. Found it. I look at the date stamp: 20/09/2009 at 16:49. So he probably sent it to me once he got home.

I open the email tentatively, and find a bunch of gibberish written all over it. I smile. It’s one of the codes we created to prevent any curious eyes (like his sister or my brother) from reading our emails. He hasn’t used it in awhile, so this brings back memories.

I quickly decode the message. It says exactly what Evelyn, Catherine and Vera predicted earlier. My hands pause over the keyboard, uncertain as to what to reply. My mind races, trying to find the best way to express how I was feeling. I was going to type something elaborate, but all I decided to write were 4 words:

I like you too.

So that was over and done with. A huge weight seemed to have lifted from my shoulders. But then I remembered that my friends are probably going to humiliate me, tomorrow onwards. And some of them are definitely not going to approve when they find out, especially Lae and Nella. I sigh.

But hey, I’ll get over it hopefully. I flop into bed and think until I fall asleep.

V, no posting any of these chapters on FB! I'm humiliated enough writing these scenes partially from experience, ok?

STOP OR I WILL HAUNT YOU!!!!

On another note, I skipped yesterday!!!!!! Noooooo!!!

On account of writer's block. Darn you, writer's block!!!!

So yeah. Enjoy :) hopefully I'll get something up tomorrow.

Chapter 4 (K)

I don’t know how long I sat there in shock, but eventually I was able to peel myself off of the steps and go inside. I quickly dump my lunch bag in the kitchen and run upstairs. I type the password into the keyboard and the door to my room opens.

I feel instant relief as I enter. My room is my sanctuary. I drop my bag onto the floor and jump onto the beanbag chair. I just let my mind blank out as my body sinks into the chair.

“Kaya, dinner will be at 6:30, ok?” Yells my dad from downstairs. “So do your homework instead of loafing around.”

“Ok!” I shout back, and I move to get my homework from my backpack. I glance at the clock. It’s 4:45. Plenty of time to get everything done plus have some time to research. My body goes into an automatic mode as I quickly go through all my homework. I just want to get to my researching.

Finally, I finish all the homework due tomorrow. I stuff it into my backpack and turn on my tablet. Ok, let’s see. Now where was I?

Right. Hacker Maury.

Now I have a few hacking skills I’ve learned from the web, but whatever tricks I know pale in comparison to what Maury could do. He hacked into the teacher’s website to get the answers to homework and to find info about the upcoming tests. Of course, the teachers never suspected. He’s even been able to hack into the provincial government’s system and change the results of the last provincial vote. The voting had to be redone, but no one was able to trace it to Maury.

But that just asks the question: why was Hacker Maury the first virus victim?

Chapter 4 (N)

I picked up my phone as quickly as possible. I dialed Kai’s number. Beep… Beep…. Come on pick up Kai!
“Hello,” said a small voice.
“Is this Kai?” I asked.
“Kai, someone wants you,” said the small voice.
“Hello,” said Kai.
“Do you remember Yang?” I asked, getting to the subject immediately.
“Yeah, of course,” she said.
“Well, Yin was acting all weird, and she wanted me to go. Then I met Yang, and he said he was going to Yin’s,” I said.
“Hmm, that’s weird. Yang told me he was going to surprise you,” said Kai.
“He told me that too. But he said Yin said it was urgent,” I said. Our doorbell rang. I tried to open the door with a spell; it worked!
“Don’t worry about it. I don’t think it’s that important,” said Kai. I wish it was that simple.
“Hello,” said a familiar voice. I covered the mouth of my phone.
“I’m in my room!” I shouted. I heard the door close and footsteps.
“Hey,” said Yang as he entered my room.
“I got to go,” I said.
“Okay, bye,” she said. I put my purple phone next to me, but I didn’t hang up.
“Hi Yang, so how was Yin?” I asked.
“Do you know her or something?” he asked, he suddenly got defensive.
“Yeah, she’s my friend,” I said. He looked at my room.
“Cool room,” he said, changing the subject.
“Thanks, so what did you do at Yin’s?” I asked. I didn’t want to get nosy, but I was sure he was hiding something.
“Nothing,” he replied.
“I thought you said Yin said it was urgent. What was so urgent?” I asked. His phone rang.
“Just a minute, I need to answer,” he said. He went outside. After a couple of minutes he came back.
“Are you done?” I asked.
“Sorry, that was my mom. I have to go,” he said.
“I can walk you home,” I said.
“Uh, no thanks, I need to hurry,” he said.
“Nah, don’t worry, I’m fast,” I said.
“No, no it’s okay. Bye,” he said.
“Wait, I need your number,” I said.
“I’ll give it to you tomorrow,” he was getting really nervous.
“Okay, bye,” I said. He went downstairs, and went outside, running practically.
“What the heck? He is totally hiding something,” said Kai.
“I know! But what is it?” I asked.
“Well, I have to go. My mom’s calling me,” said Kai.
“See you later,” I said.
“You too,” She hung up.
What is Yang hiding? Should I call Yin?
My phone rang my favourite tune. I picked up.
“Hi,” said Valentine.
“Hi, Valentine, can you detect love between two people?” I asked.
“Yup, why?” she asked. I told her.
“It’s just a theory,” I said.
“How about tomorrow, at the party?” she suggested.
“Yeah, sure,” she said.
“Well, see you tomorrow,” I said.
“Lots of love,” she said. I hung up.
“I will discover what is happening!” I said to myself. I still haven’t finished the gifts, or invited Angel, or do the decorations. I texted Taima, ‘Do you have Angel’s number?’
She replied after a couple of minutes, ‘Yeah.’ She sent me the number.
‘Thanks purple.’ I replied. I called Angel.
“Hello,” she said.
“Hi Angel, it’s me, Light,” I said.
“Hi Light,” she said.
“Where did you disappear to?” I asked.
“I went to the bathroom. I told you but you weren’t listening to me,” she said.
“Aw, I’m so sorry. I just get really caught up in these contests. But I wanted to tell you that you’re invited to my party tomorrow,” I said.
“Okay, thanks. Do you need help with the decorations or anything?” she asked.
“How sweet of you, I do actually. But it’s okay,” I said.
“No, no I want to help,” she said.
“Oh, sure,” I said. Silence, the doorbell rang again. I went and opened the door. It was Angel.
“How did you? When did you?” I stammered.
“May I come in?” she asked.
“Sure,” I said.
“Honey, who came?” asked my mom from the living room.
“My friend from school,” I replied.
“Okay,” my mom replied.
“Where’s the party?” asked Angel.
“In our basement,” She followed me to the basement. It was already decorated, and everything. I looked at Angel, she had a big smile.

Could she have done this?

--THE END--

I didn't introduce any new characters.. I wanted to focus on something else. This line "Can you detect love between two people?", made me gag. I'm sorry, but I cannot stand it!
Back to the story.. So Yang is hiding something... Light's curious. I get curious like that too, but I don't get too nosy. And Angel... there is something weird happening. And don't worry I still have the adventure part planned.

Chapter 3 (K)

“What do you mean it’s just me?” asks the boy in front of me. He had short black hair and glasses on. He’s carrying his clarinet case in one hand, so I can tell he’s just had band.

“I thought I told you not to sneak up on me like that! Usually it’s polite to tell someone that you’re following them.” I try to say it in the most serious way I could muster, but I crack a smile anyways.

“If all people were polite, there’d be no stalkers,” he counters. “But anyways, you seemed to deep in thought. I didn’t want to disturb whatever you were plotting.”

“So you’re saying I’m plotting someone’s demise?” I raise my eyebrow questioningly.

“I never said that. But it’s a possibility,” he smiles at me. He glances at his watch. “Hey, I’ll walk you home. I have some time to spare.”

This is new. He’s never offered to walk me home before in the 4 years we’ve been friends. He had always seemed to be the same guy from when we were in grade 5. Is something bothering him?

“Are you sure Drew? We would be passing your house and your parents would be worried… you’re already late according to their standards…”

He waves it off. “I’ll just tell them band practice ran late.” He starts walking ahead of me, leaving me no time to think about that.

We cut through the park about 5 minutes away from my home. Everything’s so beautiful in the fall with the leaves turning red and orange, like torches on the branches. There’s a silence between us as we listen to the birds and the children in the playground laughing.

“I can’t believe it’s almost the end of September,” he says, breaking the quietness between us. “Our first month of being in grade nine has almost passed.”

“Yeah,” I smile. “We’re in high school now. The awkward phase where we don’t know what to do, where we’re between being an adult and a child, and we have a bunch of hormones controlling us.” I stop and raise my head to look at the bright blue sky. This really is one of the days that you could say that there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

I look at Drew, and find him looking at me intently with a soft smile on his face.

“Drew? Is something wrong?”

He seems startled, and replies, “No. Nothing at all.” He turns away from me.

The rest of the way home was filled with an awkward silence.

We reach my house, and I’m slightly relieved, as I have no idea how to alleviate the obvious discomfort Drew was feeling.
“Thanks for walking me home, Drew.” I turn to walk up the steps when I feel him grab my wrist.

“Drew?”

He pulls me into a tight hug and I gasp in surprise. I tense and then relax. I can feel his heart beating…or is it mine?

Suddenly he lets go of me. He gives me a gentle smile and says, “See you, Kaya.” He disappears out of view, and I can only stand there in shock.

My face feels hot and I somehow find a way to sit on the steps. All I can think of is his smile, and how I could feel his heart beating next to mine...

Why is my heart beating so fast?!

I suck at writing romantic scenes don't I? If you haven't guessed why Kaya feels this way, I'm sorely disappointed. I took snippets from real life situations, although this isn't exactly how it happened...

And don't even ask if D and I are a couple. It should be completely obvious by now, even if Ronnie doesn't comment about it. Seriously.

And please give us some titles!! And ideas!!

Chapter 3 (N)

I went up to my locker to get my orange notebook. I had seven notebooks; the colours were based on the rainbow.
“Wow, you guys have small lockers here,” said Angel.
“Well everyone shrinks their notebooks,” I said.
“Why don’t you do that?” she asked.
“Hi Light,” said a familiar voice. It was Levana. She was wearing a t-shirt that says ‘Black or Lack’.
“Hi Levana, this is…,” I said.
“Angel,” Levana said.
“How did you know?” I asked.
“I used a spell,” she said.
“But you have dark magic,” I said.
“I used dark magic to make a creature that got into your head, took the info and came back,” she said.
“Did it take any other info?” I asked embarrassed.
“No, don’t worry,” she said.
“Students, I am here to announce the contest of the year,” said the announcer.
“Yes, finally! I’ve been waiting all year,” I said.
“The contest information will be distributed Monday by all home room teachers,” the announcer finished.
“Want to do a little time travel?” asked Levana.
“I think they already blocked that spell,” I said.
“Oh right. Anyway hurry up, I want to get home,” she said.
“You’re coming to my party, right?” I asked.
“I totally forgot,” she said.
“Give me your notebook,” I said. She took out a black notebook and a black pen. I wrote down, ‘Do not forget Light’s party tomorrow at five o’clock.’
“I’ll call you tomorrow at four,” I said.
“Okay. I’ll be there,” she said. I was done packing stuff.
“Oh, and Angel, you’re invited too,” I said. She was gone.
“Where did Angel go?” asked Levana.
“I don’t know,” I said.
“Angel,” we both called out. She didn’t come out.
“She probably went,” said Levana.
“Yeah probably,” I said. Levana and I walked home. Levana was always forgetful, but really nice.
“Don’t forget the party,” I called out. She nodded and went inside her house.
I walked past Yin’s house. Then I walked back. I knocked on her door.
“Hi Yin,” I said. Her expression went from happy to sad.
“Oh, it’s you,” she said.
“Who were you waiting for?” I asked. She became jumpy.
“Nobody,” she said. She bit her lower lip.
“Okay, well you can copy the notes you missed now,” I said.
“Oh, no thanks, I’ll copy them before the party tomorrow,” she said.
“But you said…,” I said.
“No well, you should go, bye,” she said. She closed the door as fast as she could.
“Nice to see you too!” I shouted. Why was she acting all jumpy? I turned around and went a couple of steps.
“Hello Light,” said Yang.
“YANG, oh my God, how are you?” I asked. I hugged him.
“I’m good, how about you?” he asked.
“I missed you so much! How come you didn’t tell me you came back?” I asked him. Yang was my best friend when we were kids. He went to Sandsville when we were ten years old.
“I wanted to surprise you,” he said.
“My house is that way,” I said pointing to the opposite direction.
“Don’t you think I’d know where you live?” he asked jokingly.
“Well, anyway I have a party tomorrow at five. Can you please come?” I asked.
“I’ll try,” he said.
“Please, for me?” I pleaded.
“Sure, for my best friend,” he said.
“Hooray! Well anyway I got to go, bye Yang,” I said.
“Bye Light,” he said.

"By the way, where are you going?" I asked.

"To this girl named Yin," he said.

"Before you came to say hi to me?" I asked jealous.

"She said it was really urgent. I promise I was going to your house, but she told me it was urgent," he said.

"Well, I know you'd never lie to me. Bye," I said.

"Bye," he said.

Wait, did he say Yin?

--THE END--

Ladies and gentlemen I introduce Yin, Yang, and Levana.

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