What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle, Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells, Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all? Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of good-byes. The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds, And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
-Wilfred Owen
Ah, school. How I want to kill the person who invented that horrid chore. It's not that much better that it's the first day of semester two, and I will be now known as the girl who got dumped because she wasn't putting out for her boyfriend. I really do hate him, and he didn't even beat around the bush when he told me he was cheating on me, over text. The little pricks gonna get it when I see him.
"Charlie" my best friend, Rhi, called out to me. Slowly, I turned to face her, sucking off her boyfriend's face. 'I used to be like that' I thought. She ran over to me, well, more like skipped, with her boyfriend, Riley, following after her. She pulled me into a bone-crushing hug.
"Royce was a total d-head for doing that to you" Rhi has a thing about swearing, and refuses to even say crap. Whilst I have to swear constantly, just to keep me sane. Her beautiful auburn hair swished everywhere she moved, and her green eyes were the colour of green grass. While Riley was the complete opposite, blonde hair, blue eyes, total genius. It's why I always give him my homework.
"Hey Swan" urgh, the one thing that I absolutely hate about him, is the annoying nickname he gave me. Yes, my name is Charlotte or 'Charlie' Swan, like the father from the Twilight Books. Yes, I have read them because,
Everyone started calling me 'mustache', and Rhi told me it was about these books.
I got hooked on them, and read Every. Single. One.
Once I read them, I noticed all the faults, like vampires sparkling in the sun. Who makes up that shit? Then, I read the books all over again, just to make fun of all the characters.
"Why do you have to torture me so, Riley-kins?" he growled at his new nickname.
"Not much, oh, I finished your trigonometry homework and your English essay on Romeo and Juliet"
"Did you make it sound like I wrote it? 'Cause if Mrs. Bines finds out I got someone else to write it, I'll get expelled" I've already got suspended 5 times, and apparently you only get 6 'chances', so they say.
"Yes, I added 'umm's and 'like's just for you" he patted my head as he walked past me, like a little dog. I forgot Rhi was next to me, until she gasped.
"Royce is here" she whispered like it was a curse. I would have laughed if Royce wasn't making his way over to me.
"Well, well, if it isn't fridget midget" yes, I was small, 5'1 inches to be exact. I only came up to Royce's man-boobs, which was saying something because he's the smallest jock on the field.
"Well, well, if it isn't two-timing man whore. What do I owe your sluttiness?" my voice was sugar sweet, but really, I just wanted to land a blow on his pretty face. He let out a humourless laugh.
"I just wanted to see how you were coping, and let me say, you look great" was he expecting me to be a whale?
"Cheating douche-bags can't say that - it's like shooting a puppy"
"Fridgets can't roam the school like they own – it's just repulsive"
"Spoilt, rich brats the can't graduate until they're twenty – that's just sad" it's true, Royce is twenty and still at high school. It's sad – so, so sad. His nostrils flared as he thought of his next comeback.
"At least my pops is still around" I could practically here the cracking sound my control made as I whipped my fist, straight into his face. All I could see was red, either from anger or blood. I could hear screaming – probably from Rhi – before I was pulled off of the scum. I looked at my captor – Riley – and nodded at him, my way of saying thanks. Rhi grabbed my hand and ran. We ran and ran until we couldn't breathe. We ended up at the library. We power-walked through the aisles of books, until we came across the Twilight section – yes, they did have a full section for Twilight. We collapsed onto the ground, and caught our breaths. When we caught our breathing, we laughed.
"You beat the shizz outta him: twice in the face, three times in the groin and when he went down you just kept kicking him" Rhi exclaimed.
"I don't even remember that! All I saw was red" I giggled. I looked down at my jeans, and noticed the blood droplets on them.
"Oh, man – these were new!"
"Do you think he'll be okay? I mean, you nearly killed him" the panic in her eyes was enough for me to start my giggling fit all over again.
"He'll be fine, just a few stitches" Rhi grinned, and looked behind me.
"Remember when we were hooked on those books?" she nodded in the direction of the Twilight novelas.
"Yeah…sometimes I wish I could have Bella's life: dating a vampire, semi-dating a werewolf, having a demon baby - that's the life" I smiled just thinking about it. "But, if I were Bella, I would do some serious damage. I would swear 24/7, beat that Newton kid, and that Jessica girl, and drool over the wolves' abs. I wish that I had Bella Swan's life, except, I get to change whatever I want" I looked over at Rhi, who looked frozen in thought.
"What are you thinking about Rhi?" I closed my eyes and waited for her answer. I was waiting for at least 20 seconds when I opened my eyes, and actually looked at her: her eyes were fully dilated, and she wasn't breathing. She actually was frozen! I gasped and stood up, only I got pushed back down again. I looked up at a strange looking girl. Black hair and grey eyes, this girl gave me the creeps.
"Your wish is my command" and with that, she disappeared, and I was engulfed with a blinding white light…