Chapter 2 - part 1 :A Stranger I know

A bright morning that has not posed any challenge for me yet. I just know it's waiting for a time when I least expect it. Administrations in our school is on going. I sit in my class scribbling on my drawing book until I get lost in the fine lines and delve into my thoughts. I can't stop missing them yet they are the once who distance themselves. My old classmates will forever be out of sight but never out of mind. A loud bell alarm rings in the hallway and I snap out of my thought and into a cruel reality that I will never see them. An alarm that meant freedom for many just meant more time to trap my self into work. As I am just about to open my book my friend Lily busts through the door and rushes to where I am sat."Omg I just saw a cute boy passing in the halls" she said barely catching her breath. "Okay relax first then tell me" I said in a soft voice while chuckling. " Okay I am calm, but I saw two friends in the hall way and I must say they have a striking presence, I see them becoming this years heartthrobs." She says while smiling at Me. I tell her I am not interested to meet them. I know very well were this topic is headed to so I try to avoid it, Until she mentions that one of the boys came from a school that I was very well acquainted with. I had promised my self to leave all the memories behind but this new discovery might just be a turning point. Lily tells me that I must know him since we were in the same school together. I, not wanting to explain that we were probably in different branches cause I have never heard of him before, just said yes. But that was the beginning of something more bigger than it seemed. She told me to tell her all about the guy but fan fact is that I barely knew him. Explaining everything to her would just lead to more questions that I was too busy to answer so I ran along with the play. " He is kind, sporty, smart and cool guy" I said with a smile as fake as a Barbie doll's. Lily will always be Lily so she believed me and told me to introduce her to him so that she could get close to his friend who was the real hype in the school. I told her I was busy and that I will introduce her once they had settled in our school but really I just needed time to actually know him cause yeah I completely made up a story about a stranger I barely knew. As the day went by the story of the two friends became even more popular among people. My other friend Briana came to me the following day. She told me that the new guys are just like any other students and people should stop hyping them up. Me clearly knowing Briana was actually shocked because she is the one who was hyping up Lily until she went to their class." I actually thought of the same thing too" I said in a seemingly convincing voice. I asked her why the sudden change of heart. That is when she dropped a bombshell on me. One of the guys was actually her cousin.