Through his eyes

5

My pale skin was red as I woke up today. My eyes were also red from all the crying yesterday. I yawned as I rubbed the sleep away from my eyes,

"Theo?" I Heard Will call from the other side of the door
"Hm?" I asked opening the door for him to enter
"Mom isn't home and we have no food" Will said playing with his pyjama.
I knew what this meant. Dad probably lost his job again and I would have to use my own money to pay for the rent, groceries and all that stuff. I sighed

"Okay, get ready and I will get us something on the way to school yeah?"
"Can I have waffles?"
"You can have as many as you want" I said chuckling, causing Will to yell around the house.
I took a quick shower and got ready.

•••

Will ran towards his little friends before he suddenly stopped and turned back around
"Bye Theoooo!" He yelled and waved energetically, I smiled and waved back at him.

•••

"You're late" Mrs Finch said as I walked inside the class
"I know" I mumbled walking over to an empty seat in the back of the class. I knew all eyes were on me so I didn't bothered looking up.
"Detention Mr Hunt" the cranky lady said before moving on with her class

•

"Psst"
"Theo"
I tried to ignore Peter behind me,
He threw a small peace of paper on my table.
I sighed opening it to see what was inside

'U still coming to my party?'
Was written on there
'I never agreed on going in first place'
I wrote and tossed it back to him.
He scoffed and threw it back to me
'It's the perfect opportunity to get laid. And you DEFINITELY need to get laid'
He wrote on it.

This kind of reminded me the last time Peter said something like that, he dragged me to a random persons party and hooked me up with a girl. Basically - I lost my virginity and the girl I slept with later said that Peter owed her 50 bucks more because I was a virgin and she had to take care of me since I ended up having a panic attack.

I shredded the piece of paper into 4 and threw them at him, he laughed and started mocking me.

•••

I rarely ate at school. Their food wasn't good and it made me nauseous, but Imani asked me if I wanted to grab some lunch with her and I said yes - kind of. Well I lost the ability to speak when she came to me so she just dragged me to the cafeteria.

I've noticed her different style of clothes today she must've tried something new - I like it.

"So. How are you?" Imani asked placing her tray down
"Fine" I mumbled
"A-and how are you?" I asked her this time,
she chuckled before answering
"I'm good" she said sitting down, I sat next to her.
Why am I so fucking nervous?!

"Everybody is talking about Peters party, are you going?" She asked looking straight into my eyes. Direct eye contact makes me nervous so I tried to avoid making eye contact with her.
"Uhhh"
"-well I'm going" she said before I could speak,
"Yeah, I uhm I'm going too" I said smiling a little
"Your skin is so smooth. Boy gimme that skincare routine" she said giggling
"Thanks? I guess"
"But seriously what are you using? Face masks? Peelings? some creams?" She asked serous, examining my face - causing me to blush.
"Ice"
"So Ice it is" she said smiling
"Aren't you hungry or something?" She asked taking a bite from the lasagna
"No. I've already eaten" I said, I mean if breakfast counts then yes; I've already eaten.
"That's new" she mumbled

"Taste it"
"What?" I asked her confused
"The lasagna, it's good - really" she said holding the lasagna on her used fork towards me
"No thanks." I declined
"It's really good! I think there's a new cook" she said smiling at me.

Well basically if I'm going to eat the lasagna from her fork I would theoretically have her lips on mine - so why not.
"Ouu lasagna" Peter said grabbing the fork out of Imani's hand and eating the lasagna.
My kiss!

"What's up" he said loudly before sitting down next to Imani who was smiling at him.
"Not much" Imani answered all her attention on Peter,
"You know Imani, I would really like to see you at my party this Friday. You are coming right?" Peter said in a flirtatious tone.
Imani giggled before answering "yes I will be there" she said tugging one of her many braids behind her ear,
I felt like leaving but also didn't wanted to let Imani with Peter alone so I just stayed her and played with the rings on my fingers.

I'm really trying to push that thought away but I think Imani may be attracted to Peter.
I cleared my throat and got up from my chair
"Uhh I have to go now" I said avoiding both their looks on me,
"Oh okay. See you around" Imani said
"Mhm" was all Peter said.