Violet's hazel brown eyes followed Tate into the classroom. She was lucky that Mr. Smith wanted everything in pristine order. He took the first five minutes of class to shuffle around the other students so Violet would be in the correct seat as her last name Harmon follows down the class roll, which was located beside Tate.
She took her seat and pulled out a note book. Although, she didn't write any notes the whole class. Instead she tried not to focus on all the other kids staring at her as if she was a animal on exhibit. She noticed guys in the class constantly turning around to lay eyes on her. Girls would also look but they'd whisper to their friends. Violet noticed the only person not focusing on her was Tate. One more reason she liked him she thought to herself.
"Alright, finish the book by Friday, you guys are good to go" Mr. Smith said.
Everyone began grabbing things off their desk and walking out the door. Violet tried to do the same, but Mr.Smith interrupted "Langdon, and Harmon come here" he said.
Violet rolls her eyes as she walks toward the teacher.
"Well Mr. Langdon it appears your not out of a study partner anymore. So your excuses won't work anymore. Violets your study partner. Your responsible for catching her up in the class, so start meeting as soon as possible. and don't forget your project on Romeo and Juliet that's due in two weeks" Mr. Smith looks at Violet and Tate and they both nod their heads.
As Violet walks down the hallway to algebra Tate runs to her. "Hey so I'm screwed because I haven't done any of the projects in that class, so do you want to meet tonight" he smiles. Violet blushes "yeah I guess" she smiles back. "Cool, thanks" he says. She nods and then watches his blonde curly hair move down the hallway.
After second period there's a fifteen minute break period. Violet can't take all the staring anymore and decides to go outside to get a quick smoke break in. She walks out of the algebra classroom and down the hall when she noticed a door leading outside. She quickly slipped outside hoping nobody saw her. She walks over to the wall sliding her back down until she reaches the ground she takes a cigarette out of her backpack and lights it. She takes a deep breath as she exhales.
"Hey new girl". Violet jumped and quickly put out her cigarette looking over at a lanky guy with brown hair. "Hey" she says starting to stand back up to leave. "You didn't have to put that out you know, I was coming out here to do the same thing" he chuckled pulling out his pack and handing one to Violet. "Thanks" she smiled. "I'm Max" he said lighting the cigarette for her. "Violet". "How'd you get sticking in this shitty ass school" Max said. "My bullshit parents decided to move from Boston" she said. "I guess you have the typical bullshit parents" he smiled. "I guess" Violet laughed. She didn't know what to think of this guy. She wanted some peace and quite, but this was nice to. He was very cute he was wearing a black and gray baseball t-shirt with kaki shorts. "I got dragged out here from New Orleans" he said. "It blows here" Violet added. Max nodded "amen" he said. Before they knew it the bell started to ring. "Shit" Violet said. "It's only the warning bell" Max informed her. "Oh" she blushed. "Hey don't worry about all the staring it will eventually end. Give it a few days" he added. Violet smiled. "It's horrible" she said. "Trust me I know" he said opening the door back for them. "See you around" he waved. "See you" She said and walked to here next class all giddy.
Violet walked through the front door. "Hey honey, how was school" Vivian said warmly. She was standing next to Ben. Violet said nothing she just rushed upstairs passing her parents slamming here bedroom door. She slid her backpack over to the side. She walked over to her black stereo putting in her favorite widowspeak album in. She turned the volume on high and walked to lay on her stomach. She covered her head with a pillow getting lost in the music.
"Last night I thought of you
Years ago, when bodies grew
An empty home
A vacant Hell
I knew you in the harsh realm".
She heard a knock on the door. "Go away" she screamed. She countinued listening
"I thought about how it was
I thought about you because
I always
think about you
I always think about you"
Suddenly the music stops. "I said go away" she said. "Yeah well my grade kinda depends on you so" before Tate could finish Violet shot up cutting him off "oh shit sorry I totally forgot" she said. "It's no problem" he smiled walking to sit on the edge of her bed. "So what book are we even reading" violet said stroking her hand through her brown hair so it would stay behind her ear. "Romeo and Juliet" he laughed and threw a pillow at her. "What" she blushed with the biggest smile on her face. "You didn't pay attention enough to even notice what book were reading" he laughed. "Uh no I zoned out" I laughed. "What a great study partner you'll be" he laughed. "Hey no fair it was my first day" Violet whined. "Even more reAson to listen" Tate exclaimed. "What are we even supposed to do in our study groups" Violet asked. "I have no idea I guess just hang out, and talk about the books and movies and do our projects together" he said. Violet nodded her head "what were your excuses" Violet curiously asked Tate. "Well, when he told the class that we needed to partner up I argued that someone always gets left out in a group of three, and he bought it" he laughed a little. Violet smiled. "Okay so have you read the story before" Tate asks. "No but I know what happens" Violet says lighting a cigarette. "Okay well we have to create an alternative ending and write a script for it and present our idea to the class" Tate says. Violet trails off again. "Hello" Tate waves his hand in front of her face. "Huh" Violet says. Tate laughs "you have some serious attention issues". They both laughed.
After Tate left Violet laid in her bed thinking of him how nice and sweet he was to her. She also thought about Max and how she thought maybe they could become friends. Ben opened her door. "Violet" he said, and she once again ignored him. "You shouldn't be seeing Tate" he says sternly. "Well it's for school" she finally responded. "Then meet at school. I forbid you to see him" he said. "You're such a bullshitter" Violet said. "Vi why does it smell like cigarettes" he asked. She grabbed her bag walking past him. "Where do you think your going" he said. She didn't respond she just walked out the door.
