Sophie Parker's POV
Another year of this boring school life, the only thing that changed was the school itself... I don't know why my parents had to send me to Crestwood High at Ashbourne. The place where i lived earlier had so many different schools and i knew many students from other schools..
This is a completely new place i dont even know anyone here. Also this place is kinda creepy
"Ivy is growing all over, no one even bothers to cuts them."
As my feet grew closer to the iron gate of Crestwood High my heartbeat became faster, this never happened to me before...
Entering the school i saw many students gossiping, laughing.. just like a normal school. Then why do i feel weird?
"Maybe cause it's my first day..yeahh i got itt!"
Lysandra: "Heyy are you new here??"
" Y Yeah i am" Idk why do i have to get nervous always while talking to someone new.. it's too embarrassing.
"Your're in final year high school?"
" Yeah i'm, can you show me the way to the class?" Yeahh i did itt! I wasn't nervous anymore..
"Sure come with me"
After lunch i went towards my locker.. to keep my books in it and strangely it wasn't locked.. But as far as i remember i locked it.
Nevermind ig I've memory loss issue too!!
On opening the locker i saw a letter..
A LETTER!!??
Wow. First day and already a love letter?
Sophie Parker, you're a legend.
But what i saw next wasn't what i expected! It wasn't a love letter, maybe I'm not that pretty.. But a strange letter which wrote..
"The ivy hides what your eyes ignore."
What?? Who thinks playing pranks with a shy newbie is fun? Btw with the amount i talked today with Lysandra idt I'm shy anymore.. I was talking so loudly that my whole section was looking at mee!!
But still what does this means?? Ivy hides what my eyes ignore? Nevermind I put the letter in my bag and thought of thinking about it later..
But to my surprise one of my classmate held a letter too!! I didn't knew his name but now that ig im not shy anymore i will ask him, but later!
I ate lunch at the cafeteria... God i ate so less just 3 burgers with 4 packets of French fries... They made so less food!! But it was so tasty!! Idk how but Lysandra ate just one burger!? Then suddenly i remembered the letter,I thought of asking her abt it but what if she didn't received it?? I should ask that guy who held the letter before..Now!!
"Hey, ig we're classmates may i know your name?"
"Oh i didn't see you at the class!! Also no you may not know my name."
How rude! I just asked his name and he had to show attitude for that too!! I hate these kinda guys!!
" Hey Lysandra!! Can you tell me that guy's name?"
" Ohh he? He's the rudest guy of our class! Btw why do you wanna know his name?"
" No reason just wanna know names of everyone of our class!"
"His name is Ryan Cooper , his aunt is this school's head and he is our class president."
Ohh that's why he's so rudee.. I wanted to ask him about the letter!! What should i do now!?
Ryan Cooper's POV
IDK who gave me the letter and why? And it wasn't a letter which can make someone giddy or something it instead was a creepy letter i thought it could be a love letter.. but alas!
Flashback
"Ryan see you at the cafeteria!"
"Yeah, i'm coming give me a second."
A LETTER in my LOCKER?? Who opened my locker and how? Im gonna kill that stupid!!
"Some legacies are heavier than they appear, and some truths only reveal themselves in pairs. Look closer to the shadow that binds your past… and find the one who dares to laugh in the dark with you."
Now what the heck is thiss? What truths? What pairs? What past?
Flashback over
I cant figure out what to do?
" Ryan did you met the newbie?"
"Yeah i did. Why?"
"She was holding a letter.. you see she's recieving love letters on her first day to school!"
"She received a letter!!?? How was it? Like it's appearance?"
"Why are you so concerned? Are you jealous from the guy who might have given her the letter? Hahaha"
"Gideon don't you dare test my patience!! Just tell me how was the letterr?"
"Yeah im telling why do you get so angry? It was an old kinda letter like idk I've never seen such a paper like that!"
Maybe that newbie might have gotten the same letter too!! I should ask her.
Sophie's POV
"Heyy I'm Ryan Cooper, I'm the class president.. May i know your name?"
Why did he came to me? Im never gonna tell him my name.. Let him find from someone else.. He's too rude..I hate him!!
"No i won't tell you!"
""Fine if you don't wanna tell, it's your choice i was being nice here but you don't seem to co-operate.. I just wanted to ask about the letter you received?"
Ohh wait the letter i forgot about itt! I wanna know about it too but he's too rudee!!
"Fine yes i did received a letter and it was kinda weird!! Though i expected a love letter but nvm!"
" What was written in your letter?" I showed him my letter and he showed me his what does these letters means??
"It says pairs and i don't think anyone else received it maybe we need to act in pairs to find the answer to this riddle!"
"I wish i could change my partner you're too rudee!!"
"What?"
"O ohh nothing, just a slip of tongue!"
I was just dead!
"Fine I'll cooperate."
"Now can i know you're name?What will i call you otherwise? Miss Rude!? Maybe I'll call you that!"
"Ohh noo! I'm Sophie Parker."
"Nvm I'll still call you Miss Rude cause that suits betterr!!"
I glared at him "Keep talking and I'll call you something worse."
His lips twitched. Not a smile. More like his face forgot how to do one.
"Meet me after school," he said.
"What? Why?"
He unfolded his letter again, smoothing the creases carefully.
"Both messages point to the same thing," he said. "Ivy. Secrets. Hidden things."
"So?"
"So," he said, voice lowering, "Crestwood has a lot of ivy."
A cold prickle ran up my arms.
Outside the classroom windows, thick green vines crawled over the stone walls like they owned the place.
I swallowed. "You're not seriously planning to go… explore?"
He raised an eyebrow. "You wanted answers, didn't you?"
I did.
That didn't mean I wanted creepy answers.
"What if this is just a prank?" I said.
"Then we confirm it and move on."
A pause.
"And if it isn't…"
He didn't finish.
Which somehow made it worse.
The bell rang.
Students flooded into the hallway, loud and normal and completely unconcerned about mysterious letters or haunted plant life.
Ryan stepped closer so only I could hear him.
"Back gate. Near the old greenhouse. 4 PM."
"How do you know there's a greenhouse?"
His gaze flicked toward the far end of the campus.
"I grew up here."
Something in his voice made my stomach twist again.
Before I could ask anything else, he walked away.
Just… left.
No dramatic exit. No smirk. Nothing.
And for the first time since I arrived at Crestwood High, the school didn't feel creepy.
It felt like it was waiting.