Heroes And Cons.

The sequel of Lullaby. I hope everyone enjoys it!

Ever since Nico left, Hero has had a painful heartache. Her emotions are mixed up and swirling inside her oddly. Will he come back in time to save her? thinkaboutthisname 23:41, January 9, 2010 (UTC)

Chapter One.
A week had passed since Nico left me. I couldn't be mad at him. He was too handsome. I could still feel his fingertips tracing patterns on my skin. I could still see the sweet sadness clouding his eyes. It was all a clever trick.

My heart had a familiar ache to it. I had felt before when my early high school crush punched me in the stomach. I had never liked seeing Nico unhappy and never wanted to. Didn't he want the same for me?

We'd never gotten to boyfriend and girlfriend. Just almost lovers. They always brought the worst case of heartache. Why hadn't I seen this before and never tried for him? Right. Because I have ADD.

I was going to celebrate my birthday in two months. Camp was over and Libena and I went home to Julia, Mason, and Andrea. Dad was going to be happy to see us. I think.

Home was nice. The carpet felt softer than normal. Mason, who was only thirteen, was Andrea's child for sure. He had a girlfriend now. Her name was Hanna. She was pretty. Better than me. Of course she was prettier than me. I was terrible.

Julia had decided to come back home. She and Hanna became best friends and she got to stay in Julia's room. Not that I cared. I had Libena to share with. Libena was a good kid.

School went on. I was in grade ten now. I didn't have a favourite subject, I loved them all. I made a new friend, a mortal. Her name was Chloë. She had tanned skin and dark hair. I couldn't tell if it was dyed blue, black, or really dark brown. Her eyes were a sickly shade of green, contrasting highly with her skin and hair.

"Hey, are you all right?" Chloë asked me as I walked to my locker.

"Yeah, why?" I flipped my hair over my shoulder.

"You look sad. And scared?"

"Ohhhh... No reason." I had been seeing stalking me around town. This was normal but there was more than usual.

Chloë gave me a look of disbelief. I gave her a feeble smile. I swapped my books and headed off to Math. It was dividing decimals and fractions again. There was review then a lesson. Then we worked. I had a really hard time. What with dyslexia, I kept getting the denominator and numerator mixed up.

When I finally got home, my dad and Andrea weren't home. Mason and his girlfriend were in his room. If you know what I'm talking about. I drowned them out on my iPod. It blared some old Greenday and old Avril Lavigne. Then any other songs I had. Soon, Libena ran into our room and jumped up onto my bed next to me.

"Hero! I lost a tooth at school today!" Libena squealed. Usually it would be something about monsters but we had to try to act normal for Mason, Hanna, and Andrea.

"Cool!" I told her, feigning surprise. "Do you have any homework?"

"Yeah. More language arts, Math, and history."

"Well, do you want any help with it?"

"Just the history and Math. The L.A is really easy. All I have to do is read a chapter of 'Because Of Winn-Dixie' and write about it."

Libena was on multiplication in Math. She was having some trouble. I taught her how to remember certain ones. She got through it quickly. Her history was about Greece's history. Funny and ironic. I gave her one of my old Greece books and she slowly made it through. After about two hours, she was finished her homework.

Andrea and dad came home. Andrea cooked for us. She made chicken and rice. It was okay. Not my favourite, but it did. I called Chloë after dinner. She asked me for boy advice since I'd told her about Nico. I gave her the best I had but Nico had mostly come onto me. She thanked me and hung up. I did my homework.

So far, I'd gotten less pain and less accidents without Nico. Maybe being without him was for the better.