Chapter One
Meeting
"Good morning, Bonita Springs High! This is the last call for anyone wanting to be part of the intramural basketball team. If you would like to be on the basketball team, please turn in your permission slip. And as a special notice, many students have reported a man in a black leather jacket walking around the school. This is confirming that he does have permission to be inside the school, so students have no reason to worry. His identity was not given, but he poses no threat and we ask that students to go on with their schedules if confronted. Thank you, and have a great day!"
"Well what's the point in that?" a young man said loudly. His long light brown hair fell into his sparkling green eyes. "He could be selling drugs!" he grinned. "I'd be happy to lighten his load!"
"Shut up, Shane," a girl named Carly said, glaring. She pushed her delicate glasses back onto the bridge of her nose. "But he could be right…what kind of idiots let a man in a black leather jacket into a high school? And they don't even know his name or why he's here."
"I was in the office when he came in!" a voice announced. Anna motioned everyone over, her almond eyes widened with excitement. As the queen of gossip, she always seemed to know what was going on in the school. "He's gorgeous, for one, and really mysterious looking. Sort of gothic; ragged jeans, leather jacket, two really heavy chains—one with some weird logo—and long black hair, about Shane's length. I'm guessing he's in his mid-twenties, maybe younger."
"Sounds like my kind of guy," a voice said. Everyone turned to see Rae Fallen stride into the room, grinning mischievously. She handed the teacher a note and joined the crowd around Anna's desk, "Tall, dark and handsome alert!"
"The ladies at the front desk thought so too!" Anna gushed. "They couldn't take their eyes off him. He didn't say anything at first, just sort of stood of there for a while, smiling. It was sort of like he was used to it. Then Mr. Williams walked in and asked whose family he was."
"That'd be awkward," Shane commented, laughing. "To have the office ladies crushing on your brother."
"Can I finish?" Anna asked impatiently, crossing her arms. Shane threw up his hands in surrender, smiling. Anna scowled before continuing.
"Anyways, he said that he wasn't anyone's family; he said he was looking for someone." She stopped for a dramatic pause. "They asked for his name, and he smiled. 'I go by many names, but you can call me fallen.' I have absolutely no idea what the hell what that meant, but suddenly Mr. Williams looked sort of dazed, like he was hypnotized or something. And he just let him go, right into the school!"
Rae's brow furrowed. "'I go by many names, but you can call me fallen…'" she murmured. But that's my saying. Who the hell have I ever told that to?
"I don't like the sound of him," a boy named Dakota said sourly, frowning.
"Aw, is little Dakota jealous?" Brianna laughed, nudging is stomach with her elbow, since she was too short to properly hit his ribs.
"Am not!" Dakota said quickly, "I don't even know the dude!" He glared down at Brianna.
Rae stood up. "I agree with Dakota…he sounds suspicious. Who's he looking for, and why?"
Okeday, so this wasn't very long...but they'll get longer, I promise! Review, please!