The Love you Gave Me

Chapter two: Lily

I'm Lilian Webster, but everyone calls me lily. lily has been my name ever since 1st grade when everyone made fun of my name lilian. anyways, my english teacher gave us this assignment to write in our journals and see how our feelings adapt overtime, and i am so thrilled about this assignment. english class is by far my favorite class. i love books, writing, discussion, literally anything. i sit next to Aiden, Landon, and Veronica. aiden is probably going to be valedictorian, landon is gonna be a highschool drop out, and veronica is going to be a trophy wife or prom queen, something artificial for a girl like her. landon always makes fun of me for believing in love and believing love will prevail when nothing else will, but what else am i supposed to believe in if that's not true. i really feel for landon though. my best friend is landons sister so i know pretty well what's going in their family. their dad split and their mom is an aggressive alcoholic who couldnt care less about her children. landon doesn't belong in this class. landon is everything this class is not, but somehow landon excels in ways that i cant. i'm jealous, even though i hate to admit it.

As the bell rings i notice landon in an awful hurry to leave. i follow him and notice him about to skip, so i catch up.
"hey landon?"
his replies show annoyance.
"what the hell do you want?"
"you need to get to class"
i don't know why i said that or felt the need to care for him in anyway, but i did. i wanted to see landon excel for a reason. i needed to give myself a reason for his success and not just the fact he doesn't need to work to be smart. i blocked out his response back to me. i didn't need to hear whatever mean thing came next. i feel like i wear my heart on my sleeve, but only if my heart was covered by a blanket. i hurt easily, but don't show it. i think it's better that way. i guess my purpose is guiding others which i'm perfectly okay with. the warning bell rings and i head to class.

after school gets out i head over to amelia and landons house. amelia and i were supposed to hang out. as i'm about to walk into their street i see landon with tears flowing and a big red hand print on his face. before he can even really get a word out i rush over and just let him collapse into my arms. i would give anything to free amelia and landon from their mother. i really would. landon and i make eye contact for a solid couple minutes, i keep noticing the way he's looking at me. it's different than normal. and then he does the unexpected. he apologizes. landon mcqueen apologizing? i know crazy. i quickly reassure him i don't need an apology nor did i really want one. i was happy to help him and i wanted to help him. i decide that it's more important to stay with landon, so i whip out my phone and text amelia.
*heyy got caught up with something... hang later?*
and then landon and i leave.