Angelus Custos

Chapter One

I opened my eyes. Everything was blurry. "That was a weird dream" I said to myself laughing slightly. Then it hit me. "Why didn't the alarm go off?" I picked my phone up and looked at the time. It took a couple of seconds before my eyes would focus on the bright light. "Shit!" It was 9.46! "I'm late for school. Again. I unplugged the charger from my phone and rolled quickly out of bed. Literally. I stood up and grabbed the clothes from yesterday. I ran up the stairs to the bathroom. I closed the door and locked it. I don't even know why, I was all alone. My mom and stepdad was at work. I guess I'm just used to it. I put my hair up in a pony tail and washed my face. I put on some makeup, just a little. Conceal those dark circles, put on that mascara and eyebrows. The most important things. I put the black jeans that I always wear, white low socks and a grey hoodie on. The hoodie belongs to my friend, or it used to. He gave it to me. He's the sweetest. Tyler. Oh shit, that's right. I'm late. I ran and grabbed my backpack. Put it on my back and ran out of the house.

I ran as fast as I could to school. I live pretty far away, but I always have to walk to school so I'm used to the length. When I got to school, the halls were empty. It was 10.04 and second period had just started. Fuck, I thought to myself. What do we have second period on Mondays? I don't remember. Fuck. Maybe we have English. I'll go and see. Fuck, I've never been this late before. I'm almost five minutes late everyday but not a hour late. Never. Fuck, I'm gonna get in so much trouble. Wait, no I won't. I'm just overthinking it. It's no big deal. Breathe Lav, it's OK. I walked to the English classroom. I peeked through the window. Yep, we have English. Shit, we have Mrs. Fischer. She's going to be so mad. She hates when students are late. More than she is supposed to. She will confront me in front of everyone. Shit. Ah, I have to go in there.

I open the door to the classroom. Mrs. Fischer is in the middle of the session when I step inside the classroom. She stops completely and looks over at me. So does everyone else in the classroom. I freeze. "Miss Evans, are you aware of what time it is?" she asks me with an angry voice. "Yes Mrs. Fischer, it's 10.07." I smile. I act like I'm not nervous at all. She looks at me. She is pretty scary actually. The hole class starts laughing silently. She starts to walk towards me. "Do I have to send you to the principal?" "No Mrs. Fischer." "Go take a seat and pay attention, Miss Evans." I go to the back and sit down next to Amanda, my best friend. I'm smiling. That was kind of fun actually. Amanda looks at me laughing. "Do you want to be suspended?" I just smile. "I didn't hear the alarm." "Of course you didn't." We both started laughing. When we saw Mrs. Fischer giving us the "shut up" look, we stopped. I look around the classroom. There is someone new there in the seat next to us. A boy. "Who is that?" I look at Amanda. She looks over at him. "Oh, that's Zeke something, I don't remember his name. It was unusual. He's new."