She stared silently at them, waiting for them to introduce themselves but neither of the two kids talked.
"You know ?" She decided to ask first, and they took the baton from her to introduce themselves.
The girl spoke, "I am Krystal Janice Alexander and this is my brother, Leonard Alexander."
The boy continued, "Krystal is 17 and I’m 16. Our father did a wonderful job, didn’t he?"
He laughed out loud at his own joke, making his sister give him a knock on his head before turning to Shikera who hadn’t even bothered to smile.
"Don’t mind Leo, he never ceases to show how stupid he is. How are you feeling now?"
"I’m okay," Shikera replied, and that was all she said for that day.
No matter how much the siblings chattered beside her, she didn’t contribute or even spare them a glance as she kept looking out into the garden.
When darkness descended, the siblings left for their own ho and Shikera was left alone. She had eaten another al that night and had vomited again so she was scheduled to visit the hospital the next day. The only thing her stomach allowed, being the orange fruit juice which was extracted by Noah himself.
A week later, Shikera opened her eyes to see that she was in a moving car. Sitting up with a start, she turned to the person in the driver’s seat.
"Noah! Where are we going?"
Her brother glanced at her in the rearview mirror and smiled, seeing how her hair was tangled above her head.
"School, Kera. Do you want to turn back?"
"No...why didn’t you wake up?" She asked again.
"You were asleep and I didn’t want to wake you up. Since you were already dressed, I decided to carry you to the car," he answered her.
"Did i attend this school before the... accident?"
"No, this a new school. I’m sure you will make more friends than you did in your previous school. I also graduated from here so you only have to ntion my na once, if anyone ever dares to bully you or if you need to get things without staying in line. Not that they would dare to bully you though," Noah reassured her.
Suddenly rembering the most important thing of all, he parked the car by the roadside and turned to look at Shikera.
"Kera, you also must not forget that you are not allowed to eat just anything you like. When it’s almost lunch ti, just give a call and I’ll be on my way with your lunch, alright?"
She nodded ekly in reply, watching as Noah reached into his pocket and got a black card out.
"Here," he extended it to her, and she collected it while staring strangely at it.
"What is this?"
"It’s the black card assigned to the head of each mber family of the ga families, which proclaims their identity, and also commands respect from other families in the lower class," Noah explained, only to see Shikera frowning.
"What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable or in pain sowhere?" His words ca out in a rush, and his eyes were widened in fear.
Shikera shook her head in reply, wondering why this family, no...her family were always on edge around her. Even the slightest sigh from her was enough to have them hovering around her and asking if she felt pain anywhere in her body.
"Why are you giving this to ?" Shikera asked.
The next day after the Alexander siblings had co to visit her, her father had told her about them and their position in the ga families.
The ga families, a group of seven families who were the powerhouse of the continent, as they dominated the technological, educational, health, petroleum and oil, and military sectors of the country consisted of the Anderson, Almighty Alexander, Royal Alexander, DeLoach, Lincoln, Lucian and Alvrier families. These families were so close that they lived in the sa estate, yet their children were not allowed to visit each others.
Her father told her he allowed Krystal and Leonard visit her because they used to attend the sa school, while he maintained the rule when it concerned the children of the rest.
Now, if this black card was given to only the head of the families, why was her own family handing theirs over to her?
Noah laughed, as he had thought she wanted to ask sothing serious.
"This black card is for the heads of the families, but it is handed over to one of the children. You can’t understand the reason for now so let’s leave it at that. Any other questions?"
"Am I allowed to make friends?"
"Absolutely! The only thing you have to do is to send the person’s information, and I’ll cross check if he or she has an honest motive or not."
"Okay," Shikera whispered, closing her eyes to continue her sleep.
The car started and got back on the road, the tires screeching against the asphalt. In no ti, they arrived at the school and Noah opened the door for her.
NEWDUN ELITES HIGH SCHOOL,
That was the na of the school which had students streaming in and out of every doorway, that they were not able to notice the new arrival.
"Where do I go first?" She asked.
"Straight to tenth grade, departnt of arts. I already settled everything beforehand so you only have to choose your seat..."
Another car drove in just then, and Shikera was surprised when all the students stread out of the building to surround the car. Their elated screams only served to increase Shikera’s curiosity as she turned to her brother.
"Who is that?"
The latter sighed, while shaking his head at the crowd which was ford a few tres away from where he was standing.
"That’s Mignon DeLoach, and she’s in senior year," he inford.
As he talked, soone erged from the midst of the crowd, an headphone placed over her ears while she waved to the students like a celebrity.
"Oooh!"
"Mig just smiled at , didn’t she?!"
"My God! If only she doesn’t have that frown on her face whenever I approach, she would have been my girlfriend now!"
"Dream on, idiot!"
"Her hair, it’s beautiful..." Shikera whispered.
Noah agreed with her while nodding,"Not as beautiful as yours though. Lest i forget, don’t befriend her even if she cos to you. She’s a ga."
He continued,"Leonard too, even though he’s one year above. Don’t go near him in school and behave like you are rivals, alright? Krystal has graduated as the genius that she is so there’s no problem with her."
"Any others...I have to be careful of befriending?"
"Uhm...Ethan DeLoach graduated before so there’s no problem with him...Enoch DeLoach is hoschooled, the Lincolns and Lucians too. I haven’t heard anything about the Alvriers only daughter so I can’t say. You only have to stay away from Mig and Leo, for now."
"I will be on my way then."
Noah watched her walk into the building, the faint smile on his face falling imdiately.
As he walked back to his car, he took out his phone and dialed his father’s number. The call connected at the first ring,
"Dad, does Mignon and Leonard have their families black card?"
"No," the reply ca."Ethan has his family’s, while Krystal has her family’s."
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