SHADOWED HOUSE

Chapter 3(⊙◎)

Edward knew if he come out of the locker room he is going to less feared by the students, he has always wanted to be scared and worshiped like a king , but sadly all of that ended when Victor Talbot defeated him in a fight.

Edward threw a hard punch at one of his team mates locker. “that punk will take a taste of his own medicine” he angrily said.

“hey chill bro, yah just almost destroyed my locker" one of the team mates said angrily but he didn't let Edward noticed how angry he was so as not to be seriously dealt with by angry Edward.

Edward only grunted angrily, Ignoring what he said.

Then the basketball team mates left him alone in the locker room.

........ The bell rings for closing.

“which school bus are you joining ” Miranda said as she helped Claire packed her books into her bag.

Miranda is the only nice girl who Claire has associated herself with, Other girls seem to find Claire a weirdo, Since she behaves sluggishly at things she does in the class, Like few minutes back before the closing hour, She was to give an answer to a question but then she slipped and almost got herself naked in Front of the whole class, someone set a leg for her and then she tripped, the whole class burst into laughter, She felt ashamed though and angry when she found out it was Victor who almost made her to fall. Miranda had promised Claire to purnish Victor, But Claire made her understand that she has already forgiven him even though she was sad with what happened.

"It's twenty minutes late, so I think I will be joining the last school bus '' she replied. Claire deliberately became late because she wants to enter the nice driver school bus that carried her to school this morning.

“But I was thinking, if my mom could take you home, we will both enjoy the ride home” Miranda suggested.

Claire replied her with a smile, “That would be so nice of you and your mom but I'd rather prefer the school bus driver to take me. "

“Why, Because you don't feel safe with us? Don't worry about that” Miranda tries to convince Claire.

“Hm,Not that , Miranda, My parents will ... You know as my first day at this school So it will look so not safe by entering a car ..... That is... ” Claire tries to convince Miranda not to worry about allowing her mom not to take her home.

“It okey I understand” Miranda replied and they both carried thier bags and left the empty class.

“Bye” Miranda yelled across the lane distance between them as her mom pulled over in an SUV, Claire also waved cheerfully at her. At least that is the only person that made her day today and the school bus driver who encouraged her.

Claire heard the school bus honk which diverted her focus away, The school bus driver signaled for her to hop in, more like he has been expecting her.

Gleefully Claire entered the bus and greeted him, Then she went ahead to pick a seat near the bus window, Gladly she saw another different faces of some students and Victor would have taken school bus 4, or any other school bus branch, Because Edinburgh has up to 5 enormous school buses.

She sat down to close her eyes and rested her head on the school bus transparent window and then took a deep breath, But then the imagery of this guy kept coming to her head, why is she thinking about Victor, During break time she was worried he could get beaten up by Edward, Why is her heart feeling so heavy, Then she held her chest and slowly opened her eyes then she saw that she's near her street.

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Victor and his new gangs were making cheerful noises in the school bus, All the students in the bus kept on hailing him through that small fight with Edward he had turn to a celebrity, His head kept on swelling with all those praises he is recieving from his new friends.

“isn't that your house, Victor?'” A lady admiring Victor asked pointing at the large brown gate. Victor has gain more admirers too.

“oh yeah, thanks let me ding the bell" Victor says trying to push the bell.

“okey, bye Victor” they all chorused as he got down from the school bus, He could still hear thier byes until the far distance bus faded thier voices, but then like a flash Victor thought he saw something, and he was right he saw the same bus that just dropped him by his gate but then the other Edinburgh school bus dropped a female which happens to be Claire.

“so she lives near my street too?” Victor had to re think this, “so she was the person this morning that the bus driver went to pick up first”, Victor stared at Claire a long time till she exited into her house, Now Victor knows were she lives, he then smiled to himself, not sure of why he is smiling because he saw Claire or because he just find out were she's living, but that has to stop because he finds it unusual of him to smile because of a girl, Apart from his admirers which he finds it cool to flirt with them.

Mrs Talbot, heard the door sound and she knew that Victor must have been back from school.

“Hey mom” Victor greeted as he dropped his school bag near their staircase.

“Son, How is school” she asked and wanted to know if he already liked his new school.

“I would say superb” He said as he walked over to where his dad, Mr Talbot is reading his news paper.

“welcome son” His dad who was just noticing his entry into the house greeted.

“school was great if that's your next question" Victor replied.

Mr Talbot raised a brow, he had actually guessed correctly, He flipped over some of the news paper pages.

“So that is to say, You made no trouble at school today” a silent filled out the atmosphere.

“Answer that, Victor'' Mrs Talbot who had just joined at the parlour said.

Both his parent are wiccans, so they are not the type of people they can be lied to.

“I only put a bully on his lane, that's all”He

Said merely.

Mr and Mrs Talbot let out a long sigh.

Of course, Their son will actually have an interesting story to tell.