The Renegade

THEIR STORIES

Zee -

"Zeeeeeeeeee"

I rolled my eyes at the sound of Neziah’s annoying voice. Placing the ice pack on the fridge, I went to the door and opened it.

"What took you so long fallen?"

"I told you to stop calling me that you dumbass"

She plops herself on the sofa and nonchalantly places her feet on the center table. I locked the door and sat beside her.

"Where's chipmunk?"

She shrugs her shoulders and reaches for the remote. "I dunno. She just disappeared without saying a word"

I nodded and grabbed the remote from her.

"Hey I was watching that!"

"Yeah but it's boring!"

"But I chose the channel first!"

"Yeah! And it's my television! Shoo!"

She rolls her eyes and pouts "Party pooper"

She walks over to the kitchen and started rummaging my fridge while I browse the television. After a few minutes, she goes back on the couch with a bowl of popcorn and two bottles of soda. We both squeal in delight when we ended on a channel where Frozen is being played.

We memorized every line from the movie and we were impersonating Anna and Elsa which was way too funny.

We may be fallen angels but that doesn't mean we are pure evil.

"So, what's your plan for this year?" we are now lying on the floor, exhausted from too much singing and acting.

"I don't know yet but I enrolled in a university"

"You what?!" Neziah jolts up, her elbows supporting her weight as she looks at me with wide eyes.

"I said I want to study"

"Again?!"

"What's wrong with that?"

"Aren't you tired of going to school? We've been doing that for a thousand years already!"

"Stop overreacting Nez. And besides it's more exciting than clubbing every single night" she sighs and lies back down.

"Fine, I'll think about joining you on that school" she says and I smirk.

"You don't need to. You're just going to annoy the hell out of me anyway"

"Well that's exactly the reason why I wanted to join you"

I scowl at her and she grins from ear to ear. "I hate you"

"I know. No need to remind me" she winks and I scoff.

But truth be told, if it wasn't for Neziah - I wouldn't survive this damn punishment. She may be annoying but she's the only one I got.

I hate humans -

They're too emotional and problematic.

We stayed silent for a couple of minutes until I decided to change the topic.

"Nez, aren't you tired of waiting?"

"Waiting for what?"

"For your reincarnation"

"Are you bored already?" she asks.

"No I'm not" she tilts her head and I rolled my eyes

"Fine, I'm not actually sure" I confessed.

"Honestly Zee, I stopped thinking about it a few years ago. If I would be given the chance, then that's perfect - but if not then that's it"

"How will we know?"

I ask and she looks at me with unwavering eyes.

"You'll just know" she says.

I nod at her and she smiled.

Neziah actually broke one rule when she fell in love with a human from a hundred years ago. She told the girl what she was - and unfortunately, the girl got scared and left her.

Out of the three rules, she broke 1 and we have no idea if we lost her chance or not.

Beginning that day, Neziah swore she will never fall in love again and so did I.

I don't ever want to break the rules and lose my chance for reincarnation.

NEVER.

Aurora -

I woke up to my alarm ringing loudly on my ear. Reaching for my phone beside the bed, I glanced at the clock and my eyes shoots open -

"I'm late!"

Running towards the bathroom, I grabbed the towel and took a quick shower.

I turned the heater on but it wasn't working. I can use the stove to heat water but I have no time left to do it.

Shit!

I opened the shower and tested the water's temperature using my hand.

Shit it's too cold!

With zero option left, I braced myself and went in the cold shower.

"Oh my gosh!!!!"

I stomped my feet on the ground "It's cold, it's cold, it's coooold!"

I was trembling the whole time but I chose to endure the coldness rather than be late on the school orientation.

It's my last school year and I wanted everything to be perfect.

I decided to wear a simple boyfriend jeans and a white off-shoulder. I'm not actually a fan of heavy makeup and my friend Irene told me I look beautiful with a natural look so I always use powder and lipstick always.

With one last look on the mirror, I gave myself a nod and went on my way.

"You can do this Aurora!"

While waiting for a cab outside the building, I glanced at my balcony and memories from last night flashed by.

"I didn't even get her name"

Sighing heavily, I noticed how far my balcony was from hers.

How did she manage to jump from there?

Is she a superhuman or something?

A blurred image of her eyes glowing in red faintly flashed in my brain and I shivered at the thought.

Was I seeing things last night?

I shake my head and hailed a cab. “Allen University please”

I told the driver and he nodded.

I was too early for the orientation so I decided to eat breakfast at the cafeteria. Back when I was still at the old apartment, it takes me an hour and a half to go here - now it only takes me 15 minutes and I couldn't be happier about it.

"I'll take a banana and some milk please" I told the lady and paid.

"Thank you"

I sat on the farthest corner table - my usual spot because first, I don't have friends except for Irene who is older than me and takes a different course so we rarely see each other.  And second, I hate attention from a certain group of people -

"Look who's early"

I internally rolled my eyes at the voice. Despite of how hard you try to hide, they will always find you.

"How are you Aurora? We missed you during summer break" I didn't answer, I never wanted to answer.

Krystal's cheering slut squad is the bitches in my life. Bullying me has been their favorite hobby and I hate every second of it. She's a head cheerleader and the president of the sports club. She has long dark hair, flawless skin, perfect face and a body of a supermodel. She's beautiful on the outside but definitely rotting on the inside.

"Hi babe"

Bobby, basketball team's captain is Krystal's boyfriend. Just like Krystal, he has a perfect face and a body of a supermodel. I had a crush on him when I first saw him on the school cafeteria but his smug attitude made me think twice.

I ate my banana fast and stood up from the chair when someone tripped me.

"Oops, sorry"

I landed on the floor with my hands slipping and I ended up scratching my own palm. Wincing in pain, I scowled at one of Krystal's minion.

"What are you looking at loser?" she says and I swallowed my anger.

Sometimes I wanted to fight back, yell at them and tell them how mean they are but I never had the courage to do it.

"You forgot your milk" Krystal says and I gasped when she spilled the remaining milk on my clothes.

"See ya later, loser"

People stared at me in silent as Krystal's group walk away. No one dared to intervene every time they bully someone because they're all afraid of them.

Picking myself up, I went to the nearest toilet to clean myself. I tried to wipe my now ruined blouse with a tissue but the stain won't come off and tears began to brim at the corner of my eyes.

I stared at myself in the mirror and took a few deep breaths.

A painting of an angel behind me caught my attention and a tear escaped my eye.

Do angels even exist?

Why is my life this miserable?