Surprisingly, the next morning I woke up before my mom could burst my eardrums. She was hella astonished and carefully examined me from my toe to every single strand of my hair. "Are you okay, Maureen? You got up even before I called you?!! Sun must have risen from the west. Hmm, one second, lemme just check.." she bounced towards my window and separated the two large curtains.

"Mom!!!" I yelled. "Oh, the sun is in the east. What could be-" she started mocking me. "Will you ever stop taunting me? I got up early because all through the night I had a light sleep." I tried to explain in a rather annoyed manner. She had always been taunting me. Not just for one time, she had ever spoken to me nicely. I was just fed up with her. But again, she did a lot for us and handled this crazy father and daughter. Couldn't blame her too.

I simply ignored all her taunts and straightaway went into my washroom. I hadn't had enough sleep and even warm drops of water didn't help me much. I slowly walked out of the bathroom, my steps were still faltering. Luckily, I was shown a little mercy by my jeans or maybe they were just oversized. I don't know. Nevermind. I wasn't even in a mood to inspect.

It was early that morning. I decided to have a light breakfast which was brown bread and Nutella. "Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad" I belted as I tied my laces near the front entrance to which both of them responded. I jogged towards my school. The walk was neither that boring nor that interesting. There was a certain kind of feeling inside me that was brewing. It was a completely alien feeling. I had never felt like that before.

I stood in front of the huge gates of my school. It was almost empty. Of course, it had to be. I was almost 50 minutes early. I stepped into the premises. As I walked further, my concentration totally on that weird feeling, I bumped against someone. Trevor!

"What are you doing this early, Mr Montez?" I inquired about shifting my right eyebrow a little bit upwards than its normal position. "Oh I- I just-just...I mean.." he stuttered. "Yeah?Yeah?" I was now crossing my arms. "Well, even I can ask the same to you, Ms Evans," he smirked. I was taken aback. Sure, he could ask that same question but I thought he was stupid. Turns out that he wasn't that stupid.

"Hmm...I-I was just... I mean... Yeah, I came here to work on my biology project. Yeah." I made up random excuses just to escape from the situation. "Biology project??? Did anything happen to Olivia, because she always does your project?" He got closer as he asked the question. "No, nothing happened to her. She is alright. I just wanted to do it myself." I claimed and trekked towards my classroom.

I just wanted to get out of that place. I didn't feel comfortable when he was around. No, not at all. I didn't know where I was heading but sure, I was going to a much better place. I finally reached the library of my school. The librarian was snoring. Phew, which meant I didn't have to explain my early arrival. I tiptoed towards the end corner of the library and sat there silently. I had no idea what to do. I just sat there clueless. My eyes randomly searched for a good book but sadly, there was none.

I was getting up to leave the library when suddenly two boys entered with sneaky faces. I quickly hid under the desk because it was Trevor and his best mate, Harold. They were whispering to each other's ears about something. All I could hear were the two words 'plan' and 'bunk'. And my beautiful big brain assumed that they were going to bunk the classes. This broke a little smile on my face which came more like an evil smirk.

I decided to follow them, catch them red-handed, and put them in detention. As both of them left the library, I followed their trails with my silent steps. First, they got out of the floor, then out of the block, then out of the school from a back gate! I thought they were going to bunk the classes but they were bunking school. The students were already in the class and it was already late. If I had moved to class, then I would be put into detention at once which I couldn't afford. That would have been my third detention in a month and then a whole lot of drama in front of my parents.

So, with a brave heart, I continued following them. After about 10 minutes of leaving school, Harold parted away from Trevor and they both bid goodbyes. From which I concluded, they were going to two different places to bunk. This would be difficult for me to catch both of them, so I decided to follow Trevor. He walked until he reached that mall. The mall Olivia and I went to the evening before that day. He got inside and I was still following him. The Mall was less crowded as it was almost 9 in the morning. To my surprise, he entered that book shop!! "Once Upon A Book"!!!

What was he planning to do there? Why did he go there? Was he going to that door? Did those noises call him too? Was he able to hear them? Or was he just there to pass time?

After all these gazillion questions flooding my mind, I realized that I had lost him. I rushed into the shop to find him. I searched for him in the first rack but he wasn't there. Then the second, then the third, then the fourth but he wasn't there either. At last, it was time to search the final fifth rack. It was bigger than other racks. I looked beside it, over it, and under it but he was nowhere to be seen. I was devastated. Now I could neither go to school nor to home. I turned around to return when suddenly someone grabbed my arm and dragged me inside a very dark place. *CLICK* And locked the door. That person pressed me against the door and leaned on me. It was pitch black and I couldn't see his face. I was sure he was a guy and got the hint of who he was when he spoke.

"Following me, eh?" he whispered with a smirk.

A/N

To be continued!!!!

Hiya Nickons!!! So here is the fourth chapter of this mystery, fantasy journey. I know it doesn't feel like a fantasy story but bear with me. The fun chapters are ahead. These chapters are just the build-ups. But these chapters also have some hints. Here, you have a task, collect all the hints and comment down. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it. If you did like it, please hit that star and feel free to share your comments section's views.

Yours honestly dishonest writah
~NICK~