The Necklace That Protects Me novel Chapter 14

"It's hard to explain. I'm sorry... I'm just not comfortable." Amy said as she was standing up with her half eaten food. She dumped her tray and left. Leaving Brie and I sitting in shock. Brain seriously was such a goofball. I don't know how anyone could be scared of him once they knew him. Michael was rough around the edges but also a really great guy when you got to know him.

Brie and I finished our lunch in silence. Once we were done we split up to our separate classes to finish out our last few finals. Once the last exam was done I breathed a sigh of relief. What's done is done, hopefully I did a good job.

As usual, despite them not being at school, we met up with Michael and Brian when the final bell rang and they walked us to our dorms. Brie and Brian were basically inseparable. Brie was totally in love with Brian. She sometimes felt like he was hiding things from her but she fully trusted him anyhow. I knew for sure Michael was hiding things from me, but we weren't a couple so I didn't dwell on it.

The headaches were still happening frequently. I was always with Michael when they happened, not that I would tell him that, besides that's not really saying much considering he's practically always around me. The headaches weren't as painful as they were in the beginning. Now just a dull throb. The bigger pain was the way the necklace heated up. One time it even left a burn mark on my chest. It healed fairly quickly but it still freaked me out.

I had never taken my necklace off for longer than an hour due to the memory. I had it ingrained in my head. Those nightmares were becoming more and more frequent but I still couldn't make out more of what either of them said. It was frustrating. Regardless of the pain I still felt I needed to wear it.

As we arrived at the dorms the boys surprisingly said they had to go. Brian kissed Brie and smiled before walking off. Michael just smiled at me with his hands behind his back before walking away with Brian. Michael never tried to take our friendship further and it was starting to frustrate me.

Brie and I made our way upstairs. She texted Amy that the guys left so she came over too. We watched movies, ate popcorn, and joked around. Enjoying ourselves that finals were over, and completely pretended like the awkward conversation in the cafeteria had never happened. We had two days left of classes before we had two weeks off for Christmas, then we would start new classes. We compared our classes and thankfully had several together.

When it was about time for dinner someone knocked at our door. Amy froze, probably worried it was the guys, Brie laughed at her and got up to answer the door. Surprising to all of us, Loren was on the other side of the door.

"Miss Baker asked me to deliver this to you Smith." She sneered and dropped a envelope on the floor before walking away. I rolled my eyes. Loren had realized that my last name bothered me and had been calling me by it for weeks.

Brie picked up the envelope and handed it to me. It was already opened, Loren must've been feeling nosey. Inside was a round trip train ticket, bus tickets, and a letter.

Miss Baker

Secretary to the headmaster

I set the letter down and put my head in my hands. Now I have to spend the entire break in back home! I didn't even know where I would stay! On top of that, my grades were slipping and the administration had noticed! So now I'm worried about my scholarship! I didn't want to leave this school, I needed to change my priorities so this wouldn't be a problem anymore.

I let the girls read the letter and they expressed their sympathy for me. I didn't have much time to dwell on it. My train would leave tomorrow afternoon so I knew I better get packed. Seriously, this was the last place I wanted to spend Christmas.

Brie and Amy helped me pack, all while wishing I didn't have to go. Both genuinely offered to come with me, but I declined. I didn't know where I would stay let alone if I brought them along.