Chapter 2 ~*~ Gretchen

Biting Shadows: "I sat down quietly in the seat next to the boy's. He had his head slumped down, in a tangled silver-y blond mess and his eyes closed. I almost grinned at the fact he was tapping his toe with no music playing. But I didn't. I don't grin at all anymore. Not since the nightmares.


'What are you here for?'


I swivel my head around to see the boy. Now hair pushed out of face to see his--stunningly, wow-ingly even--green eyes. 'Wha-what?'


He smiled a slow... smirk. Like he was mocking me before I had said more than 1 and a half words. Oh wait.


I tried to recollect myself for him. "Uhh, my consular said this would be good for me and my uuh, resume. To hang with another person. How many people are in this anyway?"


He rolled his eyes at me like I was slow. He was starting to annoy me but who was I to say anything? I was nobody to say anything. See Dad? I did learn things from you. "Like 2. Me and you," My eyes must have grown wide and he laughed. "God you should see your face. Naww there are a lot of us. But we get paired up with just one other and do like, trust counseling or whatever. Not like care."


Well. I guess I'll just have to wonder why he's in the program. I however am here for my resume. My college one. Nothing else. No--thing.


"Oh. Yeah." I say remembering that I was in the middle of a 'half' conversation. You know. Him talking and me rambling and mumbling. Maybe I should be going to a speech class for credits. "So are we meeting in a group or.. something like that?"


There was another dark laugh from the light boy beside me. "Suuure. And I bet they're all gonna love a little school girl like you. And your just gonna cuddle with them too I bet. Well, maybe Marissa," He flipped some long hair out of his face and turned to face me. "But of course. She loves squirrels."


I gulped in a little bit and tried to make it unnoticeable. He noticed. "Oh don't worry. I'm probably the worst when it really comes down to, you know," He bent close and turned those green eyes down to my brown ones, "Following up on those threats."