To Get By

Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

Its strange how mesmorizing a clock can be. I stared at the second hand moving around quickly, resting my head on my hand, slumped over my desk. I could hear the teacher mumbling in the background but I have a way of blocking out noises and concentrating on something else.

"KATE" I heard someone yell, snapping me out of my daydream. I looked up, to see my friend standing in front of my desk. "KATE the bells gone, come on we gotta catch the bus!" She yells impatiently.

"Sorry Sorry Sorry" I reply, flustered, grabbing my bag and heading out of class with her.

We headed out the school gates and towards our bus.

"So did I tell you my boyfriend invited me over for dinner on the weekend?" My friend, Olivia, asked me excitedly.

"Umm yes you did" I replied, bored. Sometimes I wish I functioned like a regular teenage girl. I wish I cared about the colour of my nails, and the latest popular trends. But im more... alternative, if you will. Im into a different sort of thing such as punk music, and video games, and spending time on the internet. Which means I strongly dislike situations that involve me SOCIALIZING.

Im also sort of depressed, but not in a 'I want to cut myself' kind of way. More of a 'why do I do this to myself' way. I would sometimes cry myself to sleep because I would tell myself that im worthless, and ugly. Anyway, back to the task at hand...

I swiped my bus ticket and got my usual seat with Olivia near the back. I got my headphones and iPod out, and plugged myself into some My Chemical Romance. I noticed someone new was on the bus. He had Long-ish Dark hair, deep hazel eyes, and had tattooed his arm with black pen, just like I did. I nudge Olivia and motion to the new boy sitting in front of us. "Who's he?" I mouth.

Olivia shrugs and looks back to her phone.

Why did I care? He was probably just some popular kid that didnt even know I existed. Although there was something that caught my eye. His iPod. He was listening to music, and me being my weird self, I was trying to see what he was listening to. I saw that he was listening to "Of Mice And Men" One of my favorite bands. Barely anyone listens to them! How had I never seen this boy before? I made a promise to myself to find out more about this guy.