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Chapter 2
It was.... it was JOAN WINSTON! OMG. O.o My favorite artist is the neighbor my mother invited. I squealed so hard that my heart nearly burst . Wait. Joan but, that means that M-Mark. I blushed.
" Woah your mother was right. You probably are a big fan of mine. Can you please tone it done on the squeel though?"

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" Sorry but, I just fell in love with your art" Mark looked to see who I was? He went from an confused look to and laughed it off.
" Quiet. That's rude. Sorry my son may be a bit immature." She smiled a killer smile that looked like Marks'.
" No.It's all right. He's probably laughing because...well.. he was my date for today."
" Wow, that is funny. Oh well this will have to be your date with parent supervision then."
She walked into our house and I saw what Mark's mother picked for his outfit. It was a nice vest with a t-shirt and a jacket.
I let him in.

"I love your shirt. It looks ssooooooooooooo nice on you." I said in a sarcastic way.
"uh-huh yeah,right! This vest looks make me look dorky. I know, OK! This makes me look nerdy as hell! So I do not need you to be complementing what I wear."
" No, um... I didn't mean it in a sarcastic way. It's just that ....well...,um...."
"Um...what?" pressing his face close to mine until our eyes met directly staring into each other. He smiles and made me feel relaxed again.

"Well. It's just that the vest looked cute on you. So I just didn't know how to say it to you. " I blushed harder than ever. As red as a tomato I bet.

He goes closer to my face again and silently kisses me on the cheek. I could feel his warm lips on my cheek even though his cheek was cold. It wasn't much but it was enough for me. He must've put up of a lot of thought of when he could kiss me or how he should kiss me. His kiss was gentle and sweet like his smile. He walked into the kitchen to look what we were going to eat. I looked down to seee what I wore. It was my Pj's of all things. I quickly ran up to change into a striped shirt that was low-cut on the sleeves like a t-shirt that had darker and a shade of gray on the stripes. I put on a white vest that had a zipper. I zipped it up half way and put on some jeans. Suddenly I felt someone there. It was so eerie that it sent chills to my body. I looked around my room,but no one was there.

We ate our dinners silently while Mark's mother and my mother blabbed the whole dinner away.It was so sad when they left. Yet I couldn't even kiss him goodnight because his mother was watching. sad So sad. The night passed away and it was morning again. I got out of bed and went for my morning jog. Then another guy ran beside me.

" Hey you jogging too." I asked
" Yep, gotta keep in shape. What's your name?"
" It's Zoey."
" Mine's Tommy, but people mostly call me Tom."

He had a somewhat peachish tan skin with green eyes that glowed, skinny, and had dark brown hair. He wore long cargo pants, a sleeveless tee, with a chain neckleace that was thin, and running shoes.
" Um, Doesn't that sound a bit babyish I mean Tommy of all names."
" So, Do you want to know something secret!!!:>"
" O....K.... -_-' Sure why not?"
" I'm an angel that came down from the heavens to make you happy, but the real reason here is also a test is and that there would be a prophecy which is you ,would be

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consumed by demons which is your enemy. The demons tend to love feasting on people that have a special aura but the humans won't awaken until they turn from around 15-18. Just so happens that you are turning 15 this month on the 22nd. So that's why I'm here to protect you. So you have no worries, besides your special aura disappears after a month.'
" Are you mental or something because FYI ANGELS don't exist you creepo. You're also a creepo that also knows my birthday,I don't even know you!!! What are you.. a stalker?"
" NO! I'm not, but the only way I even came here was because god asked me specifically to be here. No matter how stubborn you'll be, I will be watching you just in case."
" I am so outta' here." I screamed.

I ran back home trying to take my mind off of Tommy. I felt pretty bad after I yelled at him. Although he did give crap about god and angels when they don't even exist! I mean who knows there are a lot of people that believe in different things. Especially in different countries where they believe in buddha or rain gods. Maybe he was one of those people that grew up with that religion. He just grew up like that and didn't know better and maybe I offended him with my nonbeliefs of any gods. I started to have doubts and wanted to apologize to relieve my heart with comfort. So I ran back hoping he was there. As I ran back I didn't see him and felt a little disapointed.

Mark called me when I went home. He wanted to walk to school with me.
"Um, sure, but what if people will look at us like we're something that's wrong?"
" I told you I don't care as long as I have you."

We walked side by side. Until our hands touched together and I blushed. He made the first move and held my hand. His hands felt big and rough. His hands were warm on that cold morning. It was very pleasant. I could feel the wind brush through my hair. I silently looked at Mark and saw that he was beautiful although the correct term would be handsome. He suddenly looked at me smiling his smile that I loved to see.

s**t! s**t! s**t! I was blushing like crazy. Nooooo! This would show how much I like him. I wanted it to be the other way where he would say nice things and blush because it was embarassing to say, Oh well, I guess he's the brave one than. That would have been so cute though.When we walked to school together. Cooper greeted Mark.

" Hey you work fast. I like it, but why h---?
" Chill ,if you think this is going to ruin your reputation then let's make her popular."
" All right, a challenge. My favorite." Cooper smiled a smile that would kill any girl because his smile was like Mark's but it was'nt gentle. It seemed dangerous. Like he was fearless.
" Okay, ummm...was it... Zoey?"
" Ye-ah..uh.."
" So we're going to make you popular just like Mark said. This is going to be much fun. Anyway me and my gang are gonna' go shopping with you." He pointed at me." Meet me here after school near the flagpole. Mark, you can come if you want."

So I went to class as I was in awe with a tinge of shock that Cooper actually talked to ME!!! I now knew why he was the school's hearthrob. He was beautiful like Mark, but the

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correct term would be at least handsome or cute.
Tom(Tommy)? appeared in my mind and I thought he was also beautiful too. He was beautiful in a angelic way that was gentle. WAIT, what was I thinking!? I like Mark right? Yeah, I do. He's everything I ever dreamed of. When I went to my homeroom, the teacher told us about a transfer student that was going to study abroad here.

" So, here's the transfer student. His name is Tommy Lukins. I hope you all will be nice to him." Mr. D said as he pointed to TOM, thee Tom that I saw while running. I had my mouth hanging down in astonishment. He sat one seat behind from my row. I felt his eyes stare into the back of my head. He'll probably talk about all his mumbo jumbo about god and demons again. I giggled at the thought. biggrin

" Something wrong, Ms. Tomson." Mr. D asked me from alow boice to a high kind of question voice
" Um, no sorry for the interruption."
I had to go through the whole day with Tom staring at me. It was horrible!
" Hey Zoey, Please be careful. Your birthday is in 11 days. Just please." He had this voice where he was about to cry. I felt sorry for him even though demons would never exist and eat me.
" Okay' I promise don't worry."
" Oh and I'll need to hang around you just in case."
" Is this some excuse to be my friend?"
" No! Actually...hmm. yeah, sure"
" That's sweet, but that's a bit weird of how you try to be a friend of someone. " I wondered if he really wanted to be my friend that bad.
"Hey Tom, what're you doing with that loser." The jocks laughed at that statement.
" Aww, come on have a little sympathy guys. She ain't that big a loser."
" I'll talk to you later I guess." I felt sad that they called me a loser. I was used to it but it was in front of Tom. It didn't matter. Despair rose over me . I couldn't take it anymore.
" Hey Zoey over here." Cooper said as he saw walking down the lunchroom.
" Hey, man what're you doing! She's a dork."
"Chill, remember our plan guys," the girls stared at him"...and girls."
I came over shaking silently to the huge crowd of popular people
" Hi.'"

" Everyone this is Zoey, I'm sure you know her." said Cooper holding a french fry to his mouth as he munched on it.
Everyone chanted" Hey, Zoe"
It came to a surprise ot me with the loud chant only did I really know how many people there were.

After school came and Cooper's gang went with me to the great mall. The girls there that looked so pretty were excited they got to dress me up. They each introduced themselves, but I already knew their names. Who doesn't? Although I didn't see Mark.
" Where's Mark?"
" He had to fill out some more school applications."
"Oh."

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The girls dress me up in clothes like theirs. I ended up spending $503.59. I had huge bags of clothes. Most of them had zippers. I got new jeans or cut-off jeans and cargo pants. The made me buy converses and other shoes. Also makeup like mascara and undergarments. The guys just stared and looked at me bored shopping. Or they would look and buy some clothes of their own.
" You should wear your new clothes now. It'll help you feel more un left out than you already are."
" Okay." Tiffany the leader of the group grabbed my hand and pulled me into the bathroom stall. They handed me my new clothes as I handed all my old clothes to them. I kept my under garments on the hook though. I wore silky underpants and a lacy bra. I wore my new black converse and ankle socks. I wore cut-off jeans and a t-shirt that was tight against my skin. Not because I was fat but because it was the stretchy fabric kind that had lace decorations near my breast on top. I wore a jacket with a zipper halfway. TIffany helped me with that part. The other girls helped pick which clothing would go with which. I walked to the mirror and they used their makeup on me because they wanted me to have the new feeling with my makeup. Megan helped comb my hair until it was straight with some curls at the end. My hair at the end would always curl when it got long though so it was natural. I walked out with the other girls

Cooper stood with the guys behind them.
" Damn , you look fine. Better than I think you would've at least. Maybe that's why Mark had hope in you to be able to be popular. Too bad. If he hadn't come along and I'd gotten the idea to make you popular. I would've made you mine."
" Thanks, but that could've happened. Could've ,but didn’t" I smiled at him. I saw all the guys stare at me as if I was someone else. It was so weird. Everything changed so fast from being a loser to a jock. Pretend your that loser that gets picked on everyday and suddenly the hottest guy helps you to be popular along with a boyfriend who is so sweet to you. It only took one day for the transformation and you get popular and have all these friends that admire you and want to be your friend. This would be the start of a new life. smile We exited out the mall and everyone was going their own cars.

"Bye, Zoe nice meeting you, it was a pleasure." Tiffany shook my hand and left with her boyfriend.
" Bye Zoe." the other people chanted as they went by me.Oddly they were all smiling too.
Except when they all left I just stood there waiting, but waiting for what. They drove me here, so how was I supposed to get back.
* BeEp. The car honked and saw the windows roll down. He opened the trunk for me with all my bags of clothes. I hopped in the car. It was comphy. :>

" Thanks , um.. coo-cooper." I was stuttering a bit from the nervousness.
" Nah, anything for my buds."

The atmosphere around us seemed heavy with tension and silence that made me

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nervous even more that I sat stiff. He touched my shoulder all of a sudden seeing I was really stiff.

" Hey, relax, what's wrong. Are you that nervous that I'm sitting next to you? Or do you think I'll attack you or something?"
" No, it's just that I....I'm nervous D: ' . ';;; also because it's just weird sitting next to you is all."
" Oh, are you sure you didn't think I would attack you in the car."
There was a silence between us for a while.
" Um, maybe."
" A-ha. I knew it. Whoo! Don't worry I'd never attack you because my cuz, Mark is incredibly strong for his appearance. Although you can see his muscles bulge even without bending. When we were kids we would get into fights by the countryside and every fight he would win. So he's really protective of what's precious to him."
" You know talking like this seems like we're getting to know each other. It feels like we have become best buds. Thanks, and I hope we do become good buds! I don't even feel nervous around you anymore." I smiled at him. I stared at his face while he looked onto mine during a red stoplight.

" You bet. You're a cooler person than I expected, ohpe we're here. Bye"
"Bye. "