Back to Life...for Death?

The Third of November, 2010.

Summer vacation had ended a while ago, and we came back to school. Surprisingly, the months had flown by. But my visions had also come to a halt, and I could never stop thinking about them.

It was just another day at school. I sat there, surrounded by my friends. Everyone was talking, laughing, enjoying themselves. Except for me. I was sleep deprived. Last night, I was plagued with insomnia. Now all I wanted to do was sleep. Math started, but it felt that I wasn't even there. My body was of course, but my mind was elsewhere.

I always sat alone at the back of the classroom, preferring the solitude during a lesson. I looked out the window, but I couldn't see the tree outside or the sky. Everything just clouded over with my memory's replication of the visions I'd had in the holidays.

My homeroom teacher suddenly entered then, and I finally focused on my surroundings. Everyone started whispering to each other, trying to find out what happened, who had been in a fight? Did the principal have a nasty affair in the school and he was getting fired? (Ayane had always had her suspicions).

"Sorry for interrupting the lesson, but I have an announcement,’’ said Mrs. Greengold. "I’d like to introduce to you all to our new student." The whispers grew into full blown conversations. But I tuned out. I put my head in my hand, and stared at the ceiling.
I heard steps, and then a smooth male voice.
"My name is William Night, but call me what you like. I've heard it all before. Anyway, I just moved here from New York."

I didn’t look at him. I was in my own little world, one run by irrational visions.
"Annabelle," someone called my name. I didn’t answer. "Annabelle Sky!"
"Yes?" I answered in a bored tone.
"Please stand up." I did as I was asked to. I didn’t look at Mrs. Greengold. I just continued staring at everything except for anyone's faces.
"William, your new seat is next to Annabelle’s," the teacher said to him, and then to me, "and please, Annabelle, be nice to William and help him if he needs it. Stop daydreaming."
"Yes miss," I mumbled.

I sat down again, and promptly cleared the desk I'd placed all my stuff on. Mrs. Greengold left the class, and the lesson continued. I didn't look at him, but caught a swish of black hair in my peripheral vision. It got me wondering why he moved here in the middle of the school year.
"Hello," he whispered. There was something too familiar in his voice. I glanced at him for a second.
"Hi," I answered quickly.
"Um, have we met?" He asked. I finally took a good look at him.

The first things that I noticed were his deep, but cold blue eyes. When I turned my gaze to another parts of his face, I was stunned. He had soft looking lips, and raven black hair, which reminded me of something. Images flashed in my head. It was the guy from my visions…and the guy from the amusement park? I furrowed my eyebrows. That wasn't possible, was it? I mean, it wasn't like knew what the visions were anyway. I couldn't know for sure.

Three months had passed since my last vision, from the day in the amusement park, and here he was, the boy from both incidents.
"Yeah. I think so. We met at the amusement park on the roller coaster," I answered. He gave a small smile and nodded. I kept staring at him, he ignored me and turned to look at the whiteboard, trying to understand where the lesson was headed. After a while, I did the same.

*

"Lucky, aren’t we?" Asked Ayane, who seemed to appear out of nowhere. "The hottest guy in school sits next to you, and you were talking! Man, I'm jealous," she continued enthusiastically.
"It’s the guy from the amusement park, Ayane..." was all I said to her before walking away.

*

I went to sit under the farthest tree in the school. It's near this lake thing. The school decided we needed some 'scenery' and then, the fake lake was born. It was like my own personal spot, but this time, someone already was there. I was immediately the slightest bit annoyed.
"Can I sit here?" I asked.
"Sure," came the answer. The tone of voice told me who it was – the new William guy.
"Uh, hi again," I said, taking a seat on the grass. He didn’t answer me. I hugged my knees to my chest. "Why are you sitting alone here?" I asked him. He shrugged.
“Just didn’t know where to sit. I like the view,” he said.
“Yeah, this is my favorite place in the school. Even though the lake is fake, it feels nice here,” I said dreamily. Suddenly, I remembered something, oh! I’m sorry, I didn’t introduce myself properly…” I said quickly. I looked around at the grass before continuing. “My name is Annabelle. But you can call me something shorter or whatever. My full name gets a bit annoying.”
“Well, nice to meet you...” he said and hesitated, “Belle?” I nodded and smiled. “I’m William but my middle name’s better to make nicknames out of. William’s a bit of a stuffy name, I mean, so is Edward but you get more out of it,” he rambled and I laughed.
“Well it’s nice to meet you too…Eddy.”

I stretched my legs out and put my hands on the grass, and looked to the horizon. I felt his hand inching towards mine slowly. His strong palm wrapped around mine gently, and his warm touch felt so nice compared to the chill of the impending winter. I felt like resting my head on his shoulder, but I decided against it when I realised that was a bit too intimate. Holding hands was enough, and it wasn’t like I knew him very well.
He caressed my hand with his thumb, and I felt the shivers go up my spine. Then my mind clouded over with the first vision I’d had in months.