Don't Let It Catch You

Chapter Two

"So you are Tiffany Haynes" I said. "Yeah it's me but you can call me "Tea"."She replied. Her name sounds nice, classy and she's quite pretty too.

"What's your name diva? Let's be friends" she told me. "Friends?? That would be great! By the way my name is Sarah Grace." We got out of the comfort room together and still people were staring at me.

"Don't mind them Sarah. They haven't seen a diva looking transferee before. Don't worry, the stares will wear off." Tiffany said.

It's nice for Tiffany to calm me down but I felt like I really need to go to the dean to see my schedule.
"Do you know where is the dean's office Tiffany?" I asked. "Duhh!! of course I know diva. Come I'll take you there." Tiffany replied.

As we walked through the corridors, I can't seem to forget about this Judy Jean who they were seemingly afraid of. "So Tiffany, if you don't mind, could you please tell me more about this Judy Jean?" I asked anxiously. "I told you to stay quiet about this!" Tiffany replied looking mad.

"I'm sorry" I replied.

Tiffany rolled her eyes and stopped walking as she pulled me towards a corner. "If you insist diva, then I'll tell you what it is" Tiffany said.

"Judy Jean was killed three years ago when she was a freshman. On the day after her death, the school became haunted. They believed Judy Jean is not in peace and she roams around the university. Don't speak her name out loud. She'll hear it. That's all I know diva and please don't talk about this anymore"

I fell silent for a second as we continued walking in the hallway and noticed two boys walking towards us. They looked pretty handsome.

"Ignore them diva, they're just boys who sleeps with everyone." Tiffany said. These boys were just so good looking— dangerously good looking. As we're getting nearer to them and I can't help myself but to take a little glimpse. "Heads down diva!" Tiffany insisted. But there was just this burning feeling inside of me that wants to look.

When we were parallel to each other, I turned my head towards them and gosh they're just so purely, heavenly, majestically good looking animals as they winked and smiled at me.

I couldn't describe the feeling.

Tiffany couldn't also help herself but to look at them too. "OMG Sarah! Did they just smile at you?? They never smiled at any girl here in Melbane!" Tiffany shockingly said. "No they didn't Tea, I ignored them just like you said." I lied.

"You can't lie to me Sarah, I know you're crushing on them." Tiffany said. "Crush?? Nope." I replied. "You're not good in lying diva, you gotta be better next time." Tiffany replied. I got this feeling that Tiffany and I are gonna be good friends.

We finally reached the dean's office at the farthest side of the hallway. "You're here diva, good luck." Tiffany sarcastically said. "Good luck?" I asked. "Good luck giving the dean your first impression." Tiffany replied. I smiled at her and said "Thank you Tiffany for your help". Tiffany smiled as walked away. I wonder why Tiffany didn't say "you're welcome."

I finally reached the office, I should go inside. Nobody was around except for the secretary sitting on the front desk wearing a pink leathered jacket with lots of jewelries on her neck. "Umm excuse me? I need my schedule." I said. The secretary stared at me from head to toe and again the creepy stare was back. "Name?" Finally she said a word. "Umm I'm Sarah... Sarah Grace." I replied.

"So you're the transferee. It's been a long time since we got one." The secretary said. "How about the freshmen miss? Aren't they transferees too?" I asked. "Our freshmen still comes Melbane Heights which is for high school students, it still belongs to Melbane University." She replied as she looked down on my shoes. "So I'm the only one who came from another school? How strange." I replied as I pretended I didn't know the story about Judy Jean because Tiffany wanted me to shut up.

"I saw you're with Tiffany Haynes a while ago. I know she told you about Judy. Don't believe in such funny stories. There are no ghosts here in Melbane University." The secretary confidently said. "I don't buy those stories about Judy Jean miss, I don't believe in ghosts." I replied.

"Don't be so sure Miss Grace, the stories the students tell us are quite pretty convincing" she said. I don't know what the secretary was trying to tell but this Judy Jean is really intriguing. The secretary then gave me my schedule as I checked it out. Damn! Advanced Physics?!

"You better not be late on your classes, the teachers here are pretty strict about tardiness." She said. "Thank you for the advice, I better get going" I replied politely. "Go ahead and good luck." She said as she continued to stare at my shoes. I wasn't able to know her name since I was focused on my schedule,

And the famous Judy Jean.

I went out of the office and saw Tiffany waiting for me outside on which I thought she went back for her classes. "Hey, what are you doing here?" I asked. "Were you able to talk to the dean?" She asked. "No Tea, the secretary just handed me my schedule" I replied. "Too bad, nobody here have really seen the dean around. Only her secretary could get inside and talk to her" Tiffany said. "That's strange Tea, maybe she's just shy." I jokingly replied. "Haha now that's corny diva. Hey let me see your schedule." Tiffany said. I handed her my schedule and she told me "OMG! We got the same schedule diva." "That's great Tea! We are classmates now!" I said. "Yeah that's cool." She replied.

Suddenly a cold wind was felt on my neck... Again

I suddenly felt dizzy... My hands got cold and I wanted to vomit. "Hey Tea, let's talk some other time. I'm feeling sick right now. I think I should better go home" I said. "OMG diva, I think you should be! You're starting to look pale." Tiffany replied. I instantly called my dad to pick me up. "Hey dad, I wanna go home I'm feeling sick." I said.
Tiffany went with me outside of school waiting for my dad.

We waited for 10 minutes and then I saw our car running fast towards us. "It's ok now Tea, my dad's here. You can go now. Thank you so so much!" I said. "We're cool diva, I gotta go." Tiffany replied. Our car stopped in front of me and I directly got inside. My dad seemed to look worried but I didn't say a word.

I could tell that dad was driving really fast, he wanted me to go rest as fast as possible. After a few minutes, I was home and went to my room and laid down. "What a rough day today. I better rest now." I said to myself.

Later that night in my room, the lights were all off and everything was cold and quiet. I suddenly could hear footsteps from the corridor moving nearer and nearer towards my room as I felt the hair on my neck stood up.

My heart started to beat fast as I was waiting and saw the doorknob turned... And it clicked. I got scared as I tucked in my sheets pretended to be asleep.

Then door slowly opened as I could hear the footsteps slowly approaching to me.

Closer...
And closer...

The atmosphere got colder and colder as the footsteps moved. I could feel the sweat rushing out of my body as I felt someone was standing right beside my bed staring right at me.

And then I opened my eyes...