Hidden identities

"Let me go,"

She said, struggling with the man. He was obviously bigger and stronger than she was. She didn't know what to do as she was scared down to her toes.

"I mean no harm," The man spoke.

"Then let me go," she screamed at him.

"You have to listen to me Anna,"

"How do you know my name?" She questioned.

"Annabelle!!!"

She heard her name from afar and noticed it wasn't her captor that called her name.

"Annabelle!"

She blinked her eyes open. It was morning already. Third time this week had she had this same dream and it was just Thursday. She had other dreams similar to this one but this one has been persistent. She didn't believe in anything other than the things I could see. She thought it was as a result of watching too many horror movies at night. Raised by a single Mom, she was pretty entitled to a lot of things. As the only child of her mother, her mother was all she had and vice versa. She sighed as she looked at her mother.

"Good morning mom,"

"Good morning Annabelle. You should get ready for school. I'd leave home very soon and with they way you're slacking, you'd miss the school bus!"

"Ok Mom,"

She rolled out of bed and got ready. She had my bath and sat in front of the mirror. She could have sworn that her eyes turned deep red for a couple of seconds. She blinked.

"I guess excess twilight is really having some effect on me,"

She said to herself. She went down and had breakfast. She had no appetite yet she was very hungry. She couldn't explain what was going on. She sighed. There was nothing she could do. She thought she was crazy. She missed the bus so she pulled out her phone and ordered a ride to school. She wondered why she had to school at Crystals College. It was far from home she didn't want school there. Somethings happened at Crystals that nobody could explain. Not even her. She got to school. For a single mom, her mother made life pretty comfortable. She thought as she was walking down the hall way when she bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry, I didn't see you there" she apologized.

"Pathetic humans!"

That was rude.

"Hey, you don't have to be mean" she spoke out, stopping him right in his tracks.

He turned to face her and he growled. His eyes went blood red. She fell backwards. He eyed her and turned away. She looked around, got up and headed for classes. She was really distracted all through. Not being able to focus was the last thing she wanted right now. She was still struggling with her thoughts when the bell rang. She wasn't one of the popular kids at school so she was pretty much on her own most days. She saw him at lunch again. The dude that was mean to her earlier. She looked away. She felt him staring at her. He was pretty popular and she wasn't. She guessed that was why he had to be mean. Social status. She felt his eyes on her neck and she grabbed her lunch to leave. She stood up and heard her name.

It was a whisper but she heard it loud and clear. She looked around. Everybody was busy with their own thing. It was noisy. She couldn't have possibly heard her name over the noise. She grabbed her bag and prayed the day ended quickly. There was nothing more she wanted than to be back home where she felt extremely safe.

Her phone beeped. Her Mom. She said she was going to be late today. She knew the rules already.

"When you get in, lock the doors and don't open it for anybody,"

Her mother's voice rang in her head. She couldn't even get them out because she had heard it so many times. She was going to be 18 in a few months but her mom didn't think like that. To her, she was still a baby. She sighed. There was nothing she could do but obey. One time she brought a guy home, her mother knew. Even though the guy left hours before the came back, she knew immediately she entered the house. She didn't know how but her mother did.

She got up and headed for the school bus. She took a seat at the back of the bus when someone sat near her. Nobody ever does because she rarely paid attention to anybody. She looked up. It was a guy. He had bright grey eyes like she did. He smiled at her. She turned back to her book. While waiting for the bus to get filled within a specific allocated time, he brought out his phone.

"In case you want to talk, I'm Alexander" he said.

"I'm Annabelle" she said and went back to her book immediately.

She swore she heard him hold his breath then let it out.

"I've been watching you for a while" he said

"Yeah, why?" She asked, still not looking in his direction

"You just interest me"

"You're about to get really disappointed then Alexander" she said, looking at him.

"Call me Alex"

"Whatever"

She said looking back at her book. She could not concentrate. Annoying. She looked at the window.

"When is this bus supposed to move?" He asked.

"2:30"

"It's just 2:06"

"So?" She asked

"Why do you have to sit in here till 2:30 then?"

"Because I want to"

"You aren't friendly I assume?"

"You assumed correct. I'm not" she said

"I don't care"

"You are a literal pain in my ass" she said, hoping he would bug off.

"That's the wrong place to be" he laughed

She smiled. Maybe he wasn't that bad after all. She smiled then turned to the window

"Caught you smiling. You should do that often" he said.

She nodded.

"So where do you stay?" He asked