Charmed: Chapter 1

"She's The One"

The wind blew gently as the cold winter night took over the warm breezy afternoon. His eyesight was blurred, so he couldn’t see what was going on. He held on to it, mighty tight as if he could never let it go, but he knew he was bound to.

“Wake up Sam, it’s time for school!” yelled a shrill voice that can only be described as nuisance; it was his sister Clarisse. As he began to get up, he looked at his window, and from far beyond he could see the horizon where the sun slowly made its way up. Another day for school it seems, but he was not in the mood for it, though was he ever in the mood for it? A day like Sunday is usually days when students his age go back to bed and constantly say “Five more minutes”, but he chose to be different, he chose to be on time. His teachers have always admired his perseverance; whenever they see him, he would be in the library reading books or helping out with placing the books back to their rightful places as some students do not have enough sense to return the books back themselves. He was a great help it seems, one who everyone counts on.

As he got up and out of bed, he grabbed his glasses and went straight to the toilet to freshen up. He turned on his phone to play some tracks, one of his favourites were by the American Authors, being “Best Day of My Life”. He liked singing during the times when the water fell on his black hair, so the lyrics usually came to him on top of his head, for he memorized them perfectly, much like with other songs he admires. Music has always been one of his passions, though he has many, music is one where he could express himself in a harmonic way, which is just the way he likes it.

Once he was done taking a shower, he went back to his room and dressed up. He then grabbed his combed, dipped it into the styling green gel he usually uses, and began combing his hair towards the upper right, just the way he likes it. As it is gel, his hair was held up towards the upper right, making him look neat and presentable, the way he wants it. It was not only long ago when he began making himself look well-dressed; he wanted to make a change with his usual scruffy “I don’t care much” persona, but with this change his personality had also met some tweaks and improvements, making him either a better person, or one he thought he was never going to be.

He took small steps towards the kitchen, he wasn’t in the mood to have cereal and fresh milk; pancakes maybe, but not the same old corn flakes and milk. He saw his sister cooking up some sausages, “Thank goodness” he told himself, and surely this was a big change for him. As he ate some of the sausages, he thought to himself “This is gonna be a good day”. He ran down as he said goodbye to his sister, for they both live in the same flat as he is after all a high school student, whilst his sister was a University student, and since she won’t be going to classes for the summer, she got to stay at home, but he had to attend “Summer School” basically a prison for the juvenile delinquents like himself. Well, he’s not really one, but because of some stupid accusation and a fail for Math’s, he had no choice.

As he walked towards the school, he saw his best friends; Alicia and Cedric. He greeted them with a wave, as they too had to attend the student’s prison. Alicia had been his friend for quite some time now, and although people usually tease them with one another, he was still trying to look for a spark between them, so he wasn’t quite sure for his feelings towards her. Alicia can be tomboyish at times, and she usually wore a baggy shirt and liked to wear a cap to hide the fact that she didn’t brush her hair. It was long back when they both lived in US when they first met; it was in a summer camp. He vaguely remembers Alicia getting lost, and when he saw her in a panic due to her sprained ankle, he began to calm her down and carried her back to the campus. From then on, the duo became inseparable until Alicia had to move to Canada due to her father going there for work. During her absence, he then met Cedric, a usually clumsy yet funny guy who he met at fifth grade. Much like little kids, both began to bond over cartoons, especially on that T.V show “Pokémon” and that’s when the duo became close friends. Two years later, Alicia returned and the trio became closer than ever. Now, even at summer school, they’re still inseparable.

“Hey Cedric, guess what? Check me out!” he said as he playfully spun around and walked like a male model. His friends shook their head and just laughed at him. Not looking at where he was going to, he accidentally bumped someone. “Whoa! I’m so sorry!” he apologized to the stranger.

She wore a pink hat, and was looking quite shy. As he looked at her with daze, Alicia immediately noticed this and nudged him. By the time he came to, she was gone. He then whispered to them “I- I think she’s the one. I just know it.” He then looked at her direction and took a long time to stare at her beauty. She was nothing like the girls he had met, she was special. She had blonde straight hair; Alicia does too, but hers weren’t straight and fixed like hers. Her skin was so fair, and she dressed fashionably. He just knew that she was one for him, and he had to know her. He knew something was different about it, he just had to know.