This Ain't a Love Song (11. The Garden and ST)

This Ain't a Love Song

Chapter eleven: The Garden and ST

What a beautiful garden . . .

    The next day I found out why they called this place a school. They sounded a loud alarm at 8 a.m. and we all got up right away. Elizabeth showed me the girls' washroom, a big room, with wood, water proof, floors, and shower stalls, where I took my toiletry bag and took a shower, along with every other girl in the school.
    After that we had a half hour to get ready. I straightened my hair and threw on some clothes and my dad's necklace. Then we walked out a door, on the opposite end of the hallway than the door we had used yesterday, and down a walkway weaving through a big garden, with a gigantic, old looking tree, and a big ole' pond right beside it, along with any kind of flower you could think of. It was so beautiful, I couldn't stop staring.
    "Amazing, isn't it." Juliet whispered, walking behind me.
    "Yeah it is, what's all this for?" I asked, staring at the huge roots on the tree.
    "Not sure, I mean the tree has always been there, the building was built around it, but one of the kids here, planted the garden, and built the pond. Zeb's been funding it all, just to keep us busy ya know." She answered.
    "Who has enough time to do all this?" I inquired.
    "They call him ST, for silent treatment, cause he doesn't talk, and nobody knows his name. He came here not long after Elizabeth and Angel, he's been working on it ever since." She explained.
    "Wow." I whispered, amazed.
    When we got to the end of the walkway there was another building. Inside it looked like the hallway Logan had led me down, except there was a lot more rooms that looked like classrooms. While all of the other kids found went into their rooms Leah, the woman from the big room outside of Zeb's office, came walking down the hallways towards me.
    "Alana, come with me, we're gonna get you situated with classes." She said, bluntly.
    I followed her to a door with a glass window into a room with a desk and two chairs in front of it, that was diffrent then the office I had seen her earlier.
    "Here fill this out." She chimed, handing me a questionnaire with questions like: "What are some of your hobbies?" and "What kind of grades did you get at your last school?"
    It took me about fifteen minutes to finish and when I finished she just took it from me, glanced at it and preceded to walk out of the room. "Hey, what am I supposed to do?" I asked jumping out of my seat.
    "Oh, um, go play in the garden or something, we'll have your classes tomorrow." She said coldly.
    'Um, oook' I thought and exited the room. 'Guess I'll just go explore that beautiful garden.' I examined, seeing the bright side.
    When I came back into the garden I smiled and breathed in the smell of the thousands and thousands of flowers. I stepped onto one of the little paths that led away from the bigger path and down towards the tree, and pond. Down by the pond there was a small dock leading out a ways. I walked to the end of the dock and gazed down into the beautiful clear water. If I looked down far enough I could see some of the gigantic roots of the tree that had grown into the water. I smiled at the roots, and the dock, and the garden. 'This place is like a little piece of heaven' I thought, feeling content.
    I wandered around a little bit more before returning to the big tree and looking up at it. It was quite climb able. I debated about climbing it, since I used to climb trees when I was little. "Oh why not?" I said to myself as I grabbed a hold of one of the low branches. Once I had hauled myself up onto one of the branches with a good view I sat back and relaxed. Eventually I began to sing to myself, but I must have been singing louder than I had first thought cause next thing I knew I caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye and looked to see a boy standing under the tree staring up at me.
    He had shaggy black hair, and was pale as a lily. His eyes were gray, almost white, and he had on a tan shirt, baggy jeans, and a pair of leather gloves. He just stood there and stared up at me.
    "Um, hello, are you ST?" I yelled down to him.

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My Song:

Hey guys, I like this chapter (sorry it took so long to get out) because ST is one of my favorite character. I had fun writing up his character, it was a blast. Anyways, I wanted you guys to help me get the word out about this storie, cause it's honestly one of my best. Tell your friends guys. Oh and please read my other story <a href  = "http://testriffic.com/story/KissedByHim/61024"> Royal Pain. </a>