Underground Angels

Part I: Chapter One | Funny Feeling

Part I ~ Surprise You're not Human

Chapter One

Funny Feeling

 

      You could saythat nothing ever happened in Aytonville and you’d be right, because nothing ever did happen. It was one of those funny little towns that happened to be forgotten and seemed to be in the middle of nowhere, but you could get a train ticket into the city for ten dollars, as everyone who had a life tended to do.

It had pretty tree lined streets named things like Tulip Crescent and Sesame Grove, even though it wasn’t a grove and that’s not how you grew sesame seeds. There was a main street, one post office, a primary school, movie rental and ice cream store, herbal healing and a high school just outside of the town limits, surrounded by fields. Most kids either had cars or took the bus – or if you were an unfortunate person like Noel Lewis, you biked.

It was a past time of Noel’s to narrate everything she saw, and as she biked home from a long day of school, book bag jumping every time she went over a speed bump, that’s exactly what she did.

‘Noel Lewis, a seemingly normal person bikes through the sleepy town of Aytonville, just as the leaves fall. However, this girl is anything but normal. She is a-’

Just as she was bout to burry deep in her favourite superhero fantasy, Noel found herself on the ground, head throbbing. Once again she had hit the curb of the street oddly and tumbled head first onto the neighbour’s lawn.

“Bugger.” She said haughtily, blowing dirty blonde bangs out of her eyes.

Noel was glad she hadn’t worn her glasses today, or they’d definitely be broken – that would be the second pair this month.

“Noel! Noel dear are you alright?” Mrs. Foster, the owner of the lawn Noel now lay sprawled upon, came rushing out of the house “You must be more careful, this is the third time in a week!”

Glancing up at Mrs. Foster, Noel smiled sheepishly “I know, sorry. Wasn’t paying attention.”

Mrs. Foster gave her a kind smile and a shake of her head before turning to speak to the person Noel hadn’t noticed – though she’d been thinking of all day.

“Gabriel, help Noel up while I go find an ice pack.” Mrs. Foster quickly disappeared into the house.

“Sure Aunt Helen.” Said the somewhat stranger as Noel protested, but found a large and callused hand being offered to her.

Looking up, Noel found herself being gazed at very strongly at by a pair of robin egg blue eyes. “I’m fine.” She said, but took the hand anyway. The second she did however, she yanked it away; shivers ran up and down Noel’s spine, and not in a good way.

“You okay?” he asked, but looked almost confused as he studied her.

“Yeah, fine.” Getting up, Noel brushed grass from the seat of her pants and avoided his gaze “Uh, sorry.”