Pen-Pal

Chapter 1

The frigid autumn wind nipped at the back of Opals neck as she ran up the familiar walkway to her house. Her and her father Alibaster had been living their for two years since cancer had taken her mother away. Time was heeling their wounds but the hardships for 17 year old Opal seemed never to end. She gasped a sigh of relief as she shut the old mahogany door and leaned against it taking in the warmth of the house.

"How's my best girl"?

Her father called from the kitchen. Blocking away all the troubles from school she put on a brave face and started for the kitchen.

"Fine papa".

She replied cheerfully hugging him from behind as he stirred the delicious smelling soup that was to be their dinner.

"Dinner soon to be done, it's potato soup, your favorite".

"Now what would make you do a thing like this papa, it's not my birthday or anything special".

"Everyday I have with you is special Opal, now how about washing up for dinner. It'll be reading in half and hour".

With a kiss to Alibaster's cheek she went to the door picked up her backpack and headed upstairs. She reached the safe haven she called her room and collapsed on the bed. Picking up her backpack she pulled out her planner prepared to tackle her homework. In reviewing the assignments she stiffened. She left her calculus book in her locker. Jumping from the bed she grabbed her purse and wallet. Taking the stairs two by two she ran to the house and out the door yelling she'd be back in time for dinner. Having no time to grab her scarf she struggled against the cold every step of the way. Sh started across the street not looking both ways and halfway across her the screeching of breaks followed by some horn honking. After a rushed apology she made it across the street and was silently praying there was some after school activities today. Making her way up the steps she tested the door. Open!

"Yes"! She exclaimed walking in and down the hall to her locker. She walked a bit slower taking in the surroundings of the school. It was so, so different at night. The feeling didn't settle well with her as she picked up the pace and speed walked the rest of the length of the corridor. She reached her locker and started to unlock lock it. But then. She heard footstep. Turning her head her long brown hair covered most of her face and with more of a purpose she opened her locker. Setting her purse down she dug into the bottomless abyss that was her locker and located the book. She heard the steps. For sure their was no doubt. She grabbed the book, shut the locker and took off down the hall then out the door and didn't stop until she was safe and sound on the front steps of her house.

"Hugh".

After several breaths she opened the door and sat on the couch. The beating of her heart still spiked.

"Just in time dear dinners served".

She smiled got up off the couch and went to go sit at the table as her dads phone rang.

"Darlin I have to take this go on ahead and eat".

"Ok papa. "

Her father stepped outside and feeling her appetite diminish she walked slowly up the stairs and into her room.

"Bing"!

Opal looked over to her desktop to see she had just received and email.

"I wonder"?

She muttered thinking on who would be sending her and email. Obviously no one from school she mused.

To: Opal Kendrick

From: PenPal

Sub: Your little purse;)

Hello Opal, or with that hair I think I'll call you Brownie. So brownie if you want this purse back-

Opal hurried to glance around her room. Her purse! She left it at the school. So she was being followed. She gasped and read on.

Brownie your so predictable I know you just looked around for your purse. And now your wondering if you should tell your father. You shouldn't. Don't want to worry him would you. And besides Brownie I'm harmless. You want this purse back. Fine. All I want, is for you to be my pen-pal.

Yours truly,

Your pen-pal

Ps; I love your name Opal Rene Kendrick.

Opal sat their stunned. She has a stalker, well pen-pal. And she wasn't the least bit scared. Because she actually liked the thought of it. Which was the real scary part about.

Pen-pal

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

This is chapter 2, so if you haven't read the first 1 be sure to check it out!

The light streamed through Opal Kendrick's window creating streams of sunshine shining down on her face. "Oh", she sighed to herself.

"I had the craziest dream".

She walked into her bathroom feeling a confidence she hadn't felt in well forever. She looked in the mirror and made the spontaneous decision to curl her hair. Thirty minutes or so later she looked at her reflection and couldn't believe it was her staring back in the mirror. She applied a pink lip stick to her full lips then a bit of clear gloss. Her blemish free skin was always her best quality and she didn't have foundation anyways so she walked into her bedroom and headed to the closet. Her clothes were more comfortable than stylish so she bypassed all her clothes and headed to the box of her mothers old clothes. The clothes and more the scent of them gave Opal a sense of her mother she so often longed for and as she searched around the box she settled on some gray leggings and a navy cardigan she could put with a tank top and her gray Uggs. Her outfit on she looked in the mirror and couldn't make the tears stop. She was the image of her mother. And that both warmed her heart and broke it. Stopping the fountain of tears she packed her books up grabbed her phone and started looking for her purse. It was nowhere to be found. Sending a glance to the clock she had enough time to check her hunch. She sat at her desktop and opened her email. Sure enough the email was real but even more to her suprise there was another one.

To: Brownie

From: Pen-pal

Sub- you

See you at school. Well I will, you don't know who I am. Just call me Pen-pal. I'm expecting a email from you tonight. Send it and we can arrange you picking up your purse. Don't well you can kiss this purse goodbye.

Yours truly,

Pen-pal

So it wasn't a dream. It was true. Opal grabbed her backpack, and ran down the stairs. Breakfast along with a note from her father about how he needed to get to the office early were on the counter. Grabbing some toast she opened the door and started the walk to school.

~Ten minutes later~

Entering the halls filled with people Opal's head automatically went down. Her theory being if you don't look they won't make fun of you. Though a false theory it hurt less not to see yourself being the center of many harsh jokes.

"Opal, right"?

Opal looked up to see a boy she hadn't really noticed before talking to her. He was talking to her!

"Y-yes".

She answered bringing her blue eyes up to his green ones.

"You look different, a good different. See ya around."

"See ya".

She said her voice a whisper. He smiled at her again as he walked by and left her stunned. Needing to get to her locker she walked the hall. The same hall she walked last night. But this time with a new air about her. She held her head up and smiled. And she received smiles to! She got to her locker and opened it. She seen a flutter in the corner of her eye and watched a paper fall from her locker. She bent down and picked it up beginning to read it.

Brownie-

You look good. Is it for me?

-yours truly

-pen-pal

She stuck the not into her bag and continued to class. She walked in seconds before the bell rung. Instinctively she had her head down but she heard her name.

"Opal".

She looked to see Cassidy Fisher, Angelina Carson and Britney Lawson waving her over. They bullied some girl out of their table and invited her to sit down. She did and class went by as usual. Except she was sitting at the popular table.

Opal's first three classes ended and she headed to her locker to grab her lunch. She opened the locker and locker and looked for another note. Disappointed she closed her locker to see Asher Wheatley standing there.

"Opal right?"

"Yeah hello."

"You wanna have lunch,I'll buy".

"Sure".

He grabbed her lunch box in his hand then used his other one to hold hers as they walked to the lunch room.

She barley remembered walking there all she new that she was sitting at the table with Cassidy, Angelina and Britney. Asher handed her the lunch box and went of to buy his own.

"Girl!!!! He is totes in to you". Head nods all around showed that they all agreed. She blushed and looked down. Feeling a tap on her shoulders she smiled up thinking Asher was back but three girls and a boy were behind Opal with very intimating looks on their faces.

"Ewww, leave"!

Cassidy said her noes up in disgust.

Relieved Opal seen Asher set his tray down and stair the strange group down.

"Leave!"

Asher demanded leaving no room for question.

"Make us".

The boy said pushing Asher.

Enraged Asher punched the boy who then came after them.

"Ahhh", Cassidy yelled grabbing Opals arm. She had just enough time to grab her lunch box before they ran out of the cafeteria. The others girls were talking about the fight while Opal stood their shocked. Their was a note on her lunch box.

You are my confidence brownie. I gave it to you. I told you I was harmless but that will change if I see you with this Asher character again.

She only saw the concerned looks of Britney, Cassidy and Angelina as her world blurred and she went down.