CHAPTER 15

"Heaven?" Ronnie's voice pulls me from my thoughts. Her head is peeking through the door but the rest of her body is not inside my room.

"Hey, I didn't see you there."

"I figured." She says and comes in completely. "I knocked but you didn't answer." She continues.

"I didn't hear you."

"Ummmm they wanted me to check if you needed food."

I shake my head. "I'm not hungry." I tell her.

"I figured that as well." She says awkwardly then attempts to leave but I stop her. I don't know who's more shocked by my action, me or her.

"Are you sure?" She asks, stunned by the fact that I asked her to stay. Why did I do that?

"Yes. Come sit with me." I don't want to be alone and Ronnie is not a bad person so I guess I could use her company.

"Do you want to talk about where you were?" She asks abruptly.

"No." I snap.

"Oh, sorry." She apologises immediately and I find myself regretting the way I spoke to her.

"No I'm the one who should apologize."

She reaches into the pocket of her jeans and takes out her phone and hands it over to me.

"Why are you giving me this?" I ask as I take the phone.

"I know dad took your phone away and I don't really use mine so you can use it until you get yours back." I start at her, wondering how she can possibly give me her cell phone but as I look into her eyes I can see she's dead serious.

I immediately tear my gaze from hers, I don't want to read her mind, I don't want to be like them.

"Wow thank you.

"Oh don't worry about it. I don't really know how to use it most of the time." I'm not surprised because it's one of those iPhones. "But I'm sure you will figure it out and you will also need to talk to your boyfriend." She adds and I blush.

It's such a thoughtful act from someone I'm only nice to a handful of times.

"You sure you won't need it?" I feel the need to ask even though I'm overjoyed by the fact that he just lent me her phone.

"Yes. I prefer reading anyway and if I need to use the internet I can just use one of the computers at the library."

"Library?"

"I work at the local library." She goes on to tell me about her job, which apparently, she started last year.

Wow I'm a terrible sister. I never knew she had a job or that she loves reading so much. But then again I never took the time to know Ronnie, I was always indifferent to her when she's always been kind and sweet.

I suddenly feel ashamed, she doesn't deserve my poor attitude and maybe it's time for me to change.

Ronnie has fallen asleep on my shoulder but I don't mind. I'm not sleepy yet so I'm still playing with Ronnie's phone. It's different from mine but I don't have any difficulty using it.

I notice the Google application app and decide to look up something that's been bugging me for a while now.

My heart is furiously beating as I type the word nonhuman.

Many articles pop up so I just click on the first one. There are so many definitions. Sirens,witches, vampires , demons and yes, Angels are there too.

Apparently the term is used to describe people who are not exactly humans, people with unusual gifts or powers.

The following article says nonhumans are just a myth and that no such thing exists. One says they were real during the eighteenth century but we're destroyed and are now extinct.

I keep on reading and even click on the images. The images are a bit scary and definitely not human. The thought that I could be one of those things is more than scary.

I only stop looking when I receive the notification that the phone is about to shut down due to the battery being low. I switch it off and lie next to Ronnie. I know it will be probably be hours before I sleep but I just close my eyes and try my best to fall asleep.

"Heaven, it's time to wake up." Ronnie softly shakes my body. "It's time for school."

She probably has no idea that I have been awake for a while now but I decide to humor her. "I'm up, I'm up." I groan as I get out of bed.

"Ok, you get ready and I will go to my room then I will meet you downstairs." Is she always like this in the morning? She's probably freaking out because she didn't wake up in her own bed.

I nod. "Ok."

I don't take much time in getting ready considering that I had a late shower last night. And I also don't want to freak out Ronnie by taking too long.

My dad is still upset with me. He barely acknowledges me when I sit down for breakfast. Alice seems to notice because she offers me a sympathetic smile as I sit next to her husband.

I have lost my appetite completely but I don't want to offend Alice so I ear a little of what's in my plate.

Fortunately my dad being mad at me doesn't mean he still won't drop me off at school but it does mean he won't kiss me goodbye.

I get it really and I will get him to come around. I see Ella but my mood drops when I don't see her brother.

"Hey you." She pulls me into a tight hug. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever. So what happened on Friday?"

My eyes widen when she mentions Friday. How could she possibly know about that? "Friday?" I ask, trying to figure out how exactly I will explain what I don't understand myself.

"You skipped school, remember?"

Ohhh. I had forgotten about that, so many things happened that it totally slipped my mind that I didn't go to school on Friday.

"Oh I was just a little sick but I'm ok now."

"Great then, come to think of it Sky did mention something like that but I must have been high out of my mind when we spoke." She says it like it's the most natural thing.

Speaking of which, "Where is your brother?"

"He went inside already. I was waiting for Kev but then I saw you Bestie."

I smile at the term 'Bestie'. I have never had a best friend before so this is quite an achievement. The rest of the walk to class is filled with conversations about Kevin and how Ella believes she's making progress with him.

Honestly I don't see any progress there but I won't tell her that. Instead I ask her about her weekend and she tells me about her attempt to quit smoking which resulted her going through her dad's drawers after she flashed all her cigarettes.

Our first class is English and I'm not particularly enthusiastic about it because I haven't started reading the Shakespeare classic, Romeo and Juliet or is it Julius Caesar? I can't say for sure but I know it's Shakespeare.

Ella and I separate in class when she goes to sit with Kevin. I look around for Sky and my heart almost stops when I see him.

He's sitting in the second role but he isn't alone. Phoebe can't stop looking at him, she's listening attentively to every word he's saying.

Anyone can see she's inlove with him, myself included. I just won't tolerate anyone making moves on my man.