Introducing Boy Craze: Excerpt from Chapter 1

I know I haven't actually given you much to go on with Beautiful Sun and you've been waiting like years to find out more! Well here's more! Here is an excerpt from Chapter 1 of the book.

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Everyone complained, but Mrs. Burnstine didn’t care.
“Life isn’t gravy, you good for nothings,” she’d yelled. She, of course, saw no problem. When she was their age, she had to walk for nearly an hour to get to school and she couldn’t afford the luxury of a car. Now she made sure she could by making the children walk and stuffing the transportation funds into her pocketbook.
But transportation or not, this morning Saffire was destined to be late. She had stayed up half the night studying. But it wasn’t the major test in her science class that she had studied. Saffire usually didn’t study for tests since they were mostly straight from the homework. Most days after school, instead of studying, she would visit the library to get books and surf the Internet to find out more about the Divine. The Divine was also called the Living God.
Saffire’s grandmother was the first to tell her about Him. She said that the Divine was the very essence of love but He was also a Judge. To a four-year old that had just lost her parents, that is a very confusing thing. Which would explain why Saffire immediately forgot about the Divine; her young mind just couldn’t comprehend it. But when she really started to wonder why her life had ended up this way, she remembered what her grandmother told her and decided to find out more.
The library was a good source for finding things out about Him. But with all the cookbooks, chat rooms, and magazines she found herself too distracted and going home many days having found out nothing at all. But yesterday she had determined not to let this happen because no matter how distracted she became, she truly wanted to know the Divine’s plan for her life so she could follow it.
She finally hit the jackpot with a book called “The Divine’s Purpose for Life”. But by the time she found it, it was already late and the library was closing. Once back in her room, she was forced to listen to the ramblings Laurean and Shayla, with the occasional support of Kaitlin going unseen by the two. But eventually they went to sleep and Saffire was able to focus entirely on the book. She made notes upon notes, writing late into the night.
Falling asleep right on top of the book, Saffire’s mind still raced with theories and theologies. After a short time the ideas in her head came together in a dream and took the form of a person, a person that cared for her. She couldn’t see who it was, but she heard a voice talking to her. It was a mumble at first, then the sound grew, but still she didn’t know what was said. Saffire looked around in the darkness, trying to find the voice.
“Where are you?”
“Right here,” the voice said. Saffire couldn’t tell from where the voice was coming.
“Help me. I don’t want to be alone in the dark.” Saffire said.
“You never were alone. Wake up and you shall see me.” The voice said softly.Saffire felt her eyes open, not by choice. Her heart was beating slightly faster than normal. Then she realized she had been dreaming. She lifted her face from her book noticing the time. As the page, which had been pressed into her cheek, peeled off, there came a knock on her door.
She became scared, her dream still being eerily vivid. Saffire sat still staring at the door in anticipation. The door creaked open slowly, and it was Burnstine.
“Saffire.” “Ye, yes Mrs. Burnstine.” Saffire felt herself now shaking.
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So tell me! What do you think? Interesting? Lame? Wanting more? What type of person do you see Saffire as so far? Probably not very many opinions on that, seeing that she isn't viewed from too many angles yet. But that's ok, I'll be posting about Saffire soon. She's really me y'know O_O ^_^