𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧. a true story

⁀➷ 54- HOT GLUE

-𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲-

11 / 9 / 22

"Melody? Melody. Wake up!"

I opened my eyes and sat up. I'd fallen asleep while coloring the poster.

I covered my yawn. "What time is it?"

"12:14," Joshua replied.

"Still half an hour till lunch," I groaned.

"Do you want me to take over the coloring?" Tristan asked.

I nodded. "Yes please- I'm falling asleep over here."

Jen had been sick since yesterday, so I'd spent all my time working on the project and talking with Tristan and Joshua- and I'd found out that the two were actually pretty funny and nice.

I took Tristan's seat and began helping Joshua hot glue the popsicle sticks together to create the bridge.

"Don't we have the whole rest of the week to do this?" I questioned.

"Yeah, but this way we can just finish it and get it over with," Joshua replied. 

I shrugged. "Better than doing math, I guess. I don't get the point of it anyways. Like, it's not like we're ever going to use quadratic functions in-"

I let out a high-pitched yelp as I drew my hand back. I hadn't been focusing on what I was doing and a glob of hot glue the size of an eraser dripped from the stick onto my hand. 

And not just any hot glue. Gorilla hot glue.

"Are you alright?"

I stared at the blob that was beginning to solidify. My hand trembling, I looked up at the boys.

Tristan called our teacher over, who sent me to the nurse's office.

"The n-nurse's office?" I asked. "I-I don't know w-where that is."

"I'll take her," Joshua volunteered.

He got a pass signed and led me out of the classroom by the shoulder.

"You okay? Does it hurt a lot?"

I nodded without looking up at him, not wanting him to see the tears welling in my eyes.

We entered the nurse's office, and I spotted a cranky looking old lady. 

"Yes?"

"I-I... um-" I showed her my hand.

The nurse sighed. "Oh dear. Come here, let's see how bad it is."

Joshua cleared his throat. "I'll be back in the-"

"No, don't leave me. I don't know the way back," I pleaded, finally looking into his amber eyes, my own filled with tears so stupidly over hot glue. 

He probably thought I looked so pathetic and weak, but Joshua's gaze softened as he sat down in a chair by the doorway.

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In only 10 minutes, the chunk of hot glue had been peeled off the back of my hand, as well as five layers of my skin. Admittedly, it did hurt quite a bit.

Joshua and I began walking back to class after I had a bandage wrapped around my hand.

"Sorry, about your hand... I should have been looking where I was gluing," he apologized.

I shook my head. "It was my fault. I wasn't paying attention anyways."

"Took you two a while," Tristan said as we reached the classroom. "Your hand alright?"

I nodded. "It hurts, but I'll be fine."

When the bell finally rang for lunch, I gladly grabbed my lunchbox as we left for the cafeteria.

Since Maddie and Jen were both absent, I was the only girl at our table of four boys.

"...then Max gave the cue and everyone started- hey Melody!" Oliver stopped and waved mid-sentence, noticing me.

I sighed and waved back, shooing at Reese so I could sit in between him and Evan. 

"Whoa, what happened to your hand?" Evan asked.

I groaned, wincing as he traced a finger over the bandage. "Hot glued my hand."

Jake stared at me dumbfoundedly. "You did what?"

"You heard me. It's no biggie, I only got rid of a dozen layers of skin," I replied with an eye roll.

"Damn. You're so clumsy."

"I can testify to that," Reese chuckled.

literally have no idea why im ending the chapter here but i cant htink of anything else to write so see you next chapter ✌

-emmie