sheltered by the pine

The First Step to Understanding

Passion is strong. Passion can lead people to do things outside of their character. Or is it always there? If someone one day does something very out of the ordinary, which of the following would you assume:

They have always been crazy

Something in their life recently caused them to be this way

They've been possessed

Probably a difficult question, although you can probably rule out C. Passion is a difficult concept since it can have so much meaning, but also so little. It's all about perception. Which leads us to the beginning, the reason why we're talking about passion.

The Background

Luna is her name, Luna Kam. Luna Kam, was off putting at first sight. Don't get me wrong- she was beautiful. But something about her features being so abnormal scared me. Her hair was white and silvery, she had obviously dyed it a good amount of times for it to get to that shade since she was a natural brunette. You could see the damage from the bleach. She always kept her hair in two braids, her hair was down to the middle of her back so not too long, just the right amount. She also had freckles. They're perfect, but too perfect. Almost as if she took a pencil one day and drew them on herself, but I know she didn't because I've known this girl since the second grade. She also wore the thickest glasses I've probably ever seen, rectangular frames. Her eyes were so dark and beady too. Perhaps that's what throws me off, the fact she's about the palest person ever top to bottom but she has the darkest eyes. It's a contradiction. Anyhow, Luna doesn't have many friends, and she never has. I am considerably one of her closest friends, but due to the strong social hierarchy at our school and the fact that I have no classes with her, our friendship hasn't exactly remained the same. Of course I wave to her whenever I see her, and occasionally she'll come to my house to tutor me, but we haven't exactly had a chance to grow our friendship. I truly care about Luna, I wish we were closer. On my freetime, I try to gather bits of information about her social and personal life I don't already know. It's not really stalking since I know her though. And, precisely since I care about her so much is the reason why I try to figure these things out. For now, I know she has around 2 friends, only one of which she has for her lunch period and they sit together at the table furthest away from everyone. Her friend, Edith Yamma, is one of the most gorgeous people I've ever laid my eyes on. I could write songs about her, I would go to the moon for her, I would literally be her servant, just to be able to say that at some point she loved me romantically. Her eyes are similar to a jar of honey, her smile has the most button resembling dimples ever, and her hair looks like strawberry-dyed silk(and I can already tell it's soft from pictures). I was considering getting close to Luna again so she could hopefully grant me access to the world of Edith. I know it would be wrong of me, but love is a strong energy. Plus, from what I can tell Edith is an introvert if she's hanging out with Luna. I feel the need to talk about myself now so I can give a little bit more context to everything. Here we go.

Beau Cosmo

I am Beau Cosmo. Straight, black long hair. Long for a boy, at least. Brown eyes. 6'2. 174.3 pounds. 15, but my birthday is next week. Pretty basic swag, striped t-shirts, Carharrt's, baseball caps. Pretty popular. Grades aren't the best. Normal parents, not rich and not poor either. Literally an average ass teenager, nothing special about me, however I'm one of the only people that thinks that, at my school at least. At my school, I'm at the top of our hierarchy, a high school "god" you might say. One of the ones that dates a new girl every week in the movies. I'm guilty of being a douche-bag, but when you're given the lifestyle and meet all the requirements to be one but still be worshiped, why wouldn't you be? Maybe I'm a psycho, but who cares. Not like I've done any seriously bad in my life. Just average teenager stuff like alcohol and crap. If you ask anyone that isn't currently invested with high school shit they'd tell you I'm normal as hell, which is the truth. I'm not gonna say something stupid like "Oh I wish I wasn't popular" because I am grateful that I'm popular, trust me. I just don't get the hype for me. The only difficult part about being a teenager ranking higher than the quiet kids is that coincidentally the only girl I wanna be with is considered the trash of the school. I'm not worried about "losing my status" or something like that, I just mean it's more difficult for me to even obtain her trust and to be able to date her. Today, I'm gonna switch to Luna's lunch break so I have an excuse to sit with Edith. I'm really so smart, hah. Not like Luna's gonna turn down an opportunity to see me anyways. So that's what I'll do, I'll walk up to their table today and start eating lunch with them.

Luna Kam

Stalking? I'm quite honestly paranoid that anyone I meet is stalking me. I mean, one of my closest friends is, so how can I be sure no one else is too? How do I even know this? I can see from the corner of my window a notorious purple beam of light coming from a person right below it. Obviously, this person is no other than Beau Cosmo, he's the only one in our state, if not the world, who still has that old ass camera. But, I can't say in full honesty he's the only one to blame for this. In reality, I've sort of been egging him on. I make sure to create the perfect "hiding spots" for him to comfortably stay in as he takes pictures of me, records me, or whatever he may be doing. I also have been staying out in the park longer than normal ever since I first found out he was stalking me. I'm not completely sure why I do this, but I believe it's because of my chronic craving of attention. Especially male attention. And the fact someone is out there putting in so much effort just to have a picture of me on their phone or whatever oddly comforts me. Speaking of which, Beau texted me around an hour ago asking if he could sit at my lunch table. I'm not exactly sure why, but maybe it has something to do with him stalking me. Whatever, not like I'm gonna turn down his offer. What about Edith though? Edith Yamma is my best friend who sits with me at lunch. I should probably consult with her, but I don't really wanna hear no for an answer, and knowing Edith that's what she'll say. Therefore, I'll just wait it out and see how she reacts tomorrow. I mean, who would be mad if a the hottest guy at your school starts sitting with you one day?