Chapter Two

Beep, beep, bee-

I roll out of bed and hit the floor with a THUD, turning off my alarm in the process.

"Great, seven thirty," I mumble, getting up off the floor and going to the bathroom.

I brush my teeth and hair, not caring to put make up on. I mean, you really shouldn't be wearing make up to school, it's stupid. In my opinion at least.

"Time, time, time, time... Eight o'clock," I say.

I slip on my uniform which consists of a yellow blouse and blue skirt and pick up my bag. As I thump down the stairs I hear a gasp. Ha, Elle probably dropped her phone in the toilet again. Good thing it's water proof.

"Morning, dad! Noah's picking me up today, he's dropping me off to the festival music meeting," I inform him, taking a bite out of some toast.

"Alright, just be careful," he replies.

"Don't I always?" I asks smiling

Ding.

I look down at my phone and see a text from Noah.

Hey, I'm outside. See you soon.

"Kay, gotta go. Bye, Dad," I say kissing him on the head then turning to my little brother Brad, "bye, jungle monster! Have a good day at school!"

Walking down the driveway, I see Noah sitting on his motorbike.

"Hey, raptor!" Noah says, hugging me when I get close enough.

"Hi, Noah," I reply.

I'm the only one he allows to call him Noah. When I was first introduced to the Evan's family, I was seven years old. It was only a week later, that I was introduced to Noah and his family. It's funny, because when Noah first laid eyes on me, he developed a big brotherly love for me and wanted to care for me all the time. He calls me 'raptor' sometimes because my name reminds him of the velociraptor in Jurassic World. I hung out with Lee and Elle when Noah was busy but he'd always have time to pull me away from Lee if we were getting too close. I guess he plays by their rules too.

I slip on the extra helmet he brought with him and we drive off.

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"Twenty past eight, perfect. The meeting starts in five. Thanks, Noah. I'll met you back out here in twenty minutes," I say, running off to the gym for the meeting.

As I enter, I see my friend Tyra, who shares a piano class with me. She's the organiser of the music club.

Yes, it's confusing. I am an organiser of the dance club, but I'm also in the music club. Anyway...

Tyra spots me and jogs over.

"Hey, Blue, glad to see you made it," she sprouts.

"Yeah, of course."

"So, straight down to business. We have very few people for singing at the fundraiser and we were wonderin-"

"We?"

"I  was wondering, if you'd like to... join? It'll only be two songs, just two," she explains.

"Uh, look Tyra-"

"Please, Blue. We're desperate... none of us, have a voice like you do."

She looks at me with her signature puppy dog eyes and pouts.

"No, Tyra stop. I can't," I beg, "you're the only one that knows and I want to keep it that way."

"Girl, sometimes I worry. You have a gift that your too scared to share... but just think, if you do share it... you might not be so scared anymore."

I think.

And think.

And think...

Maybe she's right. Maybe I have to loosen the reigns a little.

"Fine," I say, "two songs. Just the two."

She bounces up and down, trying to contain her excitement, "oh my god! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome, you're welcome?" I reply, "so, what's this meeting about anyway?"

"Oh, no one's coming," she starts, confusing me in the process, "I was just trying to get you to do the concert. See you in homeroom!"

She walks off, leaving me in utter shock.

"Damn it, Tyra!" and I stomp off to find Noah.

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I find Noah sitting under a tree talking to a girl.

"Hey, uh- Noah. Can I speak to you for a sec?" I ask.

"Yo, you can wait your turn. Prat," the girl says.

"Ha, funny joke. Noah, this is kinda serious," I plead.

"Yeah, uh. You better leave," Noah agrees.

The girl 'ughs', flips her hair and stomps away.

Noah stands and laughs, "so, what's so serious you needed to tell me?"

"Tyra. She bribed me into singing at the concert," I whisper as I see Lee and Elle pull up.

"Singing concert?" He whisper yells back as Elle gets out of the car.

What in heck is she wearing?! That skirt... way too short, sister.

"Yeah, yea- uh. Noah? NOAH!" I yell, gaining his attention again and forcing him to turn away from a very exposed Elle.

"Wha-what?" He asks, looking at me oddly.

"I have to sing in front of everyone at the fair! What if I make a fool of myself?"

"You won't make a fool of yourself. It's in your blood."

"Are you really quoting Harry Potter at a time like this?"

 "Yes. Now, we better save your sister from humiliation. Go, I'll meet you over there!" Noah says, running over to his bike on the other side of the car park.

I run as fast as my legs can carry me, to Elle. Tuppen walks over to her and slaps her butt, scaring her and making her spin around to face him. I try to go faster but I'm running out of breath. Lee turns around with fury in his eyes.

"What the hell, Tuppen?" he spits out, with venom laced in Tuppen's name.

"It's fine, Lee. I got this," Elle says.

I'm only about fifteen metres away from them, but I'm slowing down drastically. I need to work out more.

"Relax, tiny Flynn," Tuppen mocks, stepping up and looking down at Lee, making him appear more intimidating. He's really not.

"How about I relax your face?!" Lee shouts out, gathering even more attention then I'd have liked.

"Lee, it's fine! I got this!" Elle yells.

Ten metres. Lee throws a punch at Tuppen but Tuppen catches it. Oh, crap.

"Lee!" Elle shouts.

"Gah, I did not think that through."

Five metres.

Tuppen pulls his fist back, ready to punch Lee but step in front of him just in time. Tuppen's knuckles connect with my bottom lip, with enough force that I stumble back into Lee's chest. I stand up properly and wipe the blood off the freshly opened cut on my lip.

"You're gonna regret that," I laugh.

Out of nowhere, knee him where the sun don't shine and punch him in the nose. Then Noah steps in, knocking Tuppen to the ground and punching him repeatedly until his cheek is horribly bruised.

"Noah!" Elle and I scream, but Elle continues.

I don't pay any attention from then on because I spin around and look at Lee.

"Are you okay?!" I ask.

"Me?! You're the one that just got punched!" He responds, grabbing my face and looking at the cut on my lip.

"It's fine..." I trail off, because he brushes his thumb over my lip.

I wrap my hand around his wrist and he starts to lean in, eyes switching between my own eyes and my lips.

"Now, you four in my office!" a voice yells, referring to Tuppen, Noah, Elle and I.

Lee and I break away and Noah gives me a stern look. I shrug in return.

"Me?" Elle asks, worried.

"NOW! Everyone else, homeroom! Now!"

We all start moving inside and I look back at Lee, who's just standing there watching me walk away.

WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!

Noah wraps his arm around me and bends down to whisper in my ear.

"Rule number nine young lady!" he whisper yells, "hey, that was a pretty ballsy move. I tought you well, but I never tought you to get hurt. You okay?"

"I'm fine, it was fun... honestly," I reply.

"That's scary," he trails off.