Chapter Three

An Early Prediction

By: Gravilove19

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"Good Morning Class, My name is Mrs. Vanilla and I will be your AP Art teacher for the next 8 months. Your first project this year will be a partner project and this project will continue throughout the year. If everyone will look at the packet I have placed on your desks I will explain how this project will work.

Today I will pair each of you up, you will be required to keep a sketch journal. My goal for this project is for each of you to gain a new respect for someone other than yourself and also hopefully make a new friend. At the beginning of each week I will give each group a theme or place to sketch about. These themes will always have to do with your partner. In order for me to keep an accurate grade of this journal. I will be sitting down with each group once a week in order to look through the sketches and see how the project is progressing.

I would also like to stress that this project is mandatory and this assignment this year relies heavily on your participation. Here are some of the don'ts with me. First You will placed with one partner and you will not be able to change once assigned. I will make exceptions for those whose partner either becomes ailing, sick, or passes away.

I will give three tests per semester which will be an analysis of your project.

I am now going to assign everyone a partner and you may ask question after that.

“When I call your name please go and sit with your partner.

“Wren Rose and Eski Duran”

“Adrian Rice and River Ward”

“ Mellisa Rice and John Keir”

“For right now I want each of you to stand up and tell the class who you are and something interesting about yourselves. Now with that said Mellisa why don't you go first.”

“Hi, My name is Mellisa Rice. Adrian and I are twins, and I play soccer..” Mellisa said before going back to her seat.

“Okay, Wren your turn”

“Name's Wren Rose, and I enjoy listening to cliassical music and playing the piano.”

“Hiiiiiiiiii!! My name is Eski Duran and I am a member of the cheerleading squad.”

“My name is Adrian Rice, and I am the captain of all the sports teams.

“My name is John Keir, and I am the captain of the calculus squad.”

River always hated when teachers tried to make nice with all the kids by tryin to find out about their lives.

“Hi my name is River Ward, My mother is dead, My father hates me, and I have no friends nor do I want any.” River said scowling at the other students in the room who were all looking a bit taken back.

“Well now that we have gotten to know a little about each other, I want each of you to get with your partner and discuss how you will be doing your projects.”

Getting up River walked over to where Adrian was sitting with his friends and looked like that was where he would be staying.

“Listn, you don't like me, and I sure as hell don't like you. So you will listen close. Today when school gets out, you will me me at the front gates. You will not leave, and if you do you mine as well kiss all your pretty sport titles goodbye. I refuse to do this on my own much less with you just sitting on the sidelines. Then turning away River quickly went to the teacher and handed her a pass for him to leave.

Glancing towards the clock situated over the school's front gates, Adrian restlessly tapped his converse-clad foot in time with each passing second. He'd been waiting for the other kid for nearly ten minutes. Now, Adrian was not one to wait. If River didn't magically appear in the next minute, Adrian was going to head home, grade be damned or not.

Looking at the clock in the Assistant Principle's office River glared at the man in front of him, who as giving the usual "Here is the rulebook and the dress code." Right. Like he would be worrying about things like that. I was times like this River wondered why his father always seemed to hire incompetent people. Letting his mind wonder, River thought of the boy that would be waiting at the Gates. Finding it somewhat hilarious that the other boy had to wait on someone for the first time in his life.

Adrian gave the clock one last glance before slinging his bag over his shoulder and heading towards his car. River was probably crouched under some dark corner of the parking lot, laughing at him as he waited for him. Probably meant to stand the jock up from the beginning, the little creep. Adrian fished through his pocket for his keys, only to sigh when he realized they weren't there. 'Damnit,' he thought. 'I must have left them in my locker or something. Again.'

Deciding to leave his bag in the back of his truck--it was damned heavy, for only having to take five classes--Adrian began the trek back to the school building. Luckily his parking spot wasn't too far off, being right up close to the journalism entrance (he was good with the teacher, so he could usually get through no problem). Not so luckily, his locker was all the way across the building, in the freshman wing, thanks to the screwy mapping of the school. Just as he passed by the glass wall of the councilors' and principles' offices, a head of messy black hair caught his eye.

Looking up from where his eyes had set on the boring man in front of him. He let his eyes wonder around and otuside the window behind the desk. Catching the eye of the blonde boy walking past the window River tried not to smirkas he realized "blondie does care about his grade." Finally having enough of the man sitting ranting about student's who didn't follow the rules River slowly rose from his seat and placed both his hands on the desk. "Excuse me Mr. Poe. If you are quite done ranting you would have realized I stopped listening to you the moment you opened your mouth. I was informed of all the rules and regulations before I began my term here. Now if you will please excuse me I have a homework assignment to complete." Quickly gathering his things River made his way out of the of the office. Glancing at the clock River swore under his breath as he saw it was 4:15 he was late for his normal dosage of shots. Quickly picking his phone out of his pocket he dialed Danetta's number and spoke quickly of his arrangements for coming home. then taking off River walked towards the Freshman wing where he figured the blonde boy he was seeking would be. He had

swiped the boys keys during art class knowing the boy wouldn't be needing them until River turned up missing. He figured the other boy would be one to skip out on doing his homework.

Adrian was just banging on his locker to open up when he heard the foot steps coming up the hallway. Turning from the locker's beating, Adrian's eyes fell on the boy he had spotted (and decided to ignore) in the ass. principal's office.

"Finished with your little chat," Adrian sneered just as River came up to him. "You should have told me you had plans, it would have saved me a lot of trouble."

"Like you could have gone anywhere" River said smirking as he pulled the boy's keys out of his pocket. "Seems like you were getting a bit ahead of yourself. Lets get something straight while we're at it. Everyone at this school may answer to you, but you will always answer to me. We will do our first assignment tonight. You will come with me to my house. I have affairs to wrap up and after that we will do our sketches. I don't like arrangement anymore than you, and I would prefer to come out unscathed. Seem fair to you. ""Oh fearless leader"

"You little bitch," Adrian hissed as he made a grab for the keys. "Don't you dare touch my stuff stuff again, you could have rabies or something. Augh. And another thing, I'll be the one making the rules, okay? You will not boss me around. No way in hell, got it?" Adrian was slowly turning red in the face, from anger or embarrassment, he couldn't say. Probably the latter, though he would never admit to it. Adrian Rice did not get embarrassed. Period.

"Look Blondie, you don't know anything about me and I for one don't care to know anything about you. I do know one thing. I hate you. You will in no way control me and in case you didn't notice I’ve been dictating the conversation from the start. You have this idea that everything is about you, and well its not. I took your keys because I knew you would bail out on me. Second no one

uses that language around me. I resent being called a female dog, and if anyone is female you would be the player in that game. Now lets leave this god forsaken place and get this over with i'm already developing a headache from all this screaming." River said turning still holding firmly onto the keys. "By the way you won't need these keys for much longer if i have much to do with it." River said smirking back at the other boy.

"My-my keys," Adrian sputtered. "Give them back!" Adrian made one last mad grab for the small shiny object, but only succeeded in catching the hem of River's shirt sleeve, spinning the other boy around on the spot.

Feeling Adrian's hand come in contact with his skin River glared at the boy who's face was now mear centimeters from his face. "You will not touch me ever again. Now we will discuss your keys. I will keep a hold of them until you realize that you are under my control. Further more every time you curse in front of me I will slap you on the cheek. Anyone who is around me must be as modest as I. Especially if my father shows up. If you follow these rules, I shall see that your precious car receives no harm, and if for some reason you are masochistic enough to enjoy being slapped around then more power to you. Its not like I don't like to dominate " Then pushing his head forward a bit River pushed the other boy away from himself. "Let this remind you that you are not always the one in control." Then turning away River once more began walking toward the parking lot.

As they got in the car, River asked Mark to please take them back to the house.

"I guess if we are going to be working together we mine as well get to know each other a little. I know we covered the basics in Art, but more about what we will each be drawing.”

“Fine,” Adrian spat. He was still pissed about having his keys ‘stolen’ from him, and didn’t want to comply with River any more than he had to. But the boy was right, and knowing beyond the basics of each other would make things go faster, which would mean spending less time with the now-dubbed thief.

“I’m Adrian Rice. I am seventeen; eighteen come next January. I live with my father and sister. I play sports. A lot. And, most of all, I hate you, River Ward, with an ever increasing burning passion.” At this point, Adrian was glaring fiercely at River, unblinking. “Is that enough for you?”

"Pft, your one to talk about hating me. You don't even know me. I live in a house that my grandparents owned. I am British, and my father controls my every move. I will soon turn 18 at the end of August. I can't say I hate you, more or less your attitude to everything." River said looking out the window at the passing houses.

"I don't have to know you to hate you." In a burst of childish anger, Adrian kicked the seat in front of him. "It's a raw feeling. Not that you'd know what that's like, you cold son of a bi--" and then he stopped, remembering River's reaction last time he cursed the other out.

“Okay, whatever,” Adrian said, dropping the subject entirely. “So your dad controls you? That’s surprising, seeing how you’re anal about having things your way.”

"Pft, you'd want to be in control once in a while if you were me. I'm only able to eat cer4tain things, and I can't ever wear regular clothes. After my mother died, I think he became scared that I would die to. So he makes sure someone is around constantly and or is making sure I don't get into trouble. And I’d like it very much if you refrained from insulting me and my mother." River said giving Adrian a long glare. "Also, if your going to put so much effort into hating me you must really love me a while lot. " River said.

As the words spilt out of River’s mouth, Adrian’s eyes widened, not prepared for the sudden torrent of what is River’s life. Not knowing what to do with the information (Dead mother? Him dying? What?), Adrian latched onto the last comment.

“Love? Ha! Right, you keep dreaming.” Adrian, to his mounting disgust, felt his checks and ears burn. Again.
"Your right. You wouldn't know what love with your apparent track record. Good luck with life.
“You just moved here. How the hell would you know about any ‘track record’ I have,” Adrian said, slightly insulted, even if it were true.

"Heh, it didn't take long to hear from around the school that your the number one player in the school. I just wish we had never met." River said scoffing as the car pulled into the driveway.

“Okay, so maybe I’ve had a few dates in the past, but that doesn’t mean I’m a…” Adrian’s words slowly dried out at the car continued along the driveway. Looming down the end stood a stark white house, seeming to even over power the large oak trees that stood guard before it. If it weren’t so light outside, the house would have come off as menacing.

It was old, ancient even, but it still looked neatly put together. Well worn, but well cared for as well. Carlisle was an almost suburb-like town, but too old itself to be classified as such. Still, it was rare to see such homes still erect.

“That’s your house? God, how old is it, a hundred?”
"It's one hundred and one. One of the first houses built in this town." River said. "If you will, I want to show you something after I go inside."

Walking up to the front door, River pushed the grand doors open and went straight to whee the kitchen was. Dannetta was standing at the stove fixing what looked like to be dinner.
"Welcome home River, dinner will be ready shortly. If you will go up to the Blue room i'll give you your afternoon shot..."Dannetta stopped when she noticed Adrian was standing with River.

"River who is this?" Dannetta asked getting worried.

"Don't worry Dannetta, this is Adrian Rice, we have a art project to do together. I just came inside because I didn't want to collapse again. " River said.

Then turning to Adrian, River said, "If you will stay here I’ll be right back."

“Blue room,” Adrian questioned, but River had already turned away.

Never missing a chance for new black mail material, Adrian only stay behind of all for ten seconds before silently following after the two. They walked briskly, before finally halting before a white door towards the end of the house. Keeping to himself on the other side of the hall, hidden from vision, Adrian waited until the woman—Dannetta?—pushed open the door for River and following inside after him.
"Please lay down, you have a new medicine this week. " Dannetta said.
""You know how I hate these shots." River said wincing at the pain.
"Why did you bring that boy here? You know your father wouldn't approve."
"Yah he only likes girls right. Pft. Hypocrite. He's just my classmate Dannetta, and I had to do this project. Father can get over his crazy idea that I’m gay."

"You know I only worry about your safety. With what has happened in past moves I have a right to worry for your safety." Dannetta said touching River's forehead and smiling softly.

"You have nothing to worry about. He's just some jock who doesn't care about anything but his looks, and sports. He could care less for me. I'm going back outside now so that we can get our project done."

"Well, that didn’t make any sense,” Adrian thought out loud to himself. Was River sick? That would explain why he always looked so… sickly. Adrian felt a pang of guilt, only for a second, before he quickly squashed it down. If River had problems, they were his and his alone.

When the door clicked opened, Adrian was brought back to reality. He was still supposed to be in the kitchen. Turning heel, he dashed back towards the end of the house, only to realize he couldn’t remember the way. Great.

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