The Human Luna novel Chapter 10

"Shh!" This time, it was a masculine voice. It probably was one of the guys that was standing beside my savior....Marcus....earlier this week. I didn't know his name, but oh well. I wasn't looking forward to learning any names unless it was necessary. "Shut it, Claudia! You can't talk about that around here!"

I could practically picture her brown eyes open wide in confusion as she asked, "Why not? It's not like...."

Her voice suddenly trailed off as I felt many eyes on me seconds later. I couldn't help but grow tense under their gaze. Why were they all looking at me? I felt the urge to look back and tell them off, but something in the back of my mind held me at bay. There was something unorthodox about them, everyone in the school really, excluding a few students that seemed normal in my eyes, and I felt as if talking back at them would only put me in a load of trouble that I was far from interested in.

"Oh. You mean her?" she asked quietly, but her voice was still audible to my ears. Sure, go ahead and talk about me as if I'm not even here!

"Who cares about her. She doesn't even know what we're talking about. I don't even know why she even came here to begin with. She doesn't belong with the rest of us."

"Claudia!" The same masculine voice scolded at her. I remembered noticing that their features were pretty much alike and I couldn't help but wonder if they were related in some way. Siblings maybe?

"What?" Her voice was laced with fake innocence and I couldn't help but glare down at my notebook. Something about her just ticked me off and the sudden urge to just give her a piece of my mind was increasing; and that thought literally took me by surprise. I never was a violent person. Call me a hippie but I never believed that violence was ever the answer when a conflict would arise. I preferred talking it out before things got out of hand. But hearing that irritating voice of hers got me on edge and wishing that she never even existed.

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