Achievement High

Maybe It's Okay

Lunch flew by in no time, I remained fairly quiet. I tried my hardest to remain quiet, they were charming thought. I couldn't help but join in on the conversation every now and then.

As soon as lunch was over I basically darted to study hall, desperate to get away from the people that I could easily see myself growing close to.

Study hall was quiet and the perfect place to clear my head, well it was until a strapping tall blonde boy walked in late with a shy smile on his face as he greeted the teacher. He scanned the room after earning nothing but a cold glare from the bored teacher. He smiled as we made eye contact and he sat down next to me. "Hey Jane."

"Ryan." I said blankly as I started to continue the essay we had already been assigned. The essay was supposed to be about our goals for the year and honestly I didn't know what to write. I didn't have any goals because I didn't care. So far I was bullshitting everything in the essay, every word I wrote felt so fake and dirty. I felt wrong for lying about something that should be easy to write about. Who knows more about myself than me?

I spend so much time alone that I should have myself figured out, but I couldn't find a single goal. I started to pull at my hair as I nervously starred at the computer, knowing that I was going to fail if I turned this in.

"Are you alright?" His voice was deep, but sweet and soft. It felt safe almost. I loosened my grip on my ebony hair and looked at Ryan with slightly tearful eyes and nodded. He responded with a frown. "What's wrong?"

What could I say? I couldn't say what was really wrong, too wordy, and too boring. Too pointless. He wouldn't care and I knew it. I cleared my throat and weakly smiled. "Just stressed over this essay." I shrugged and turned back to the computer, knowing that his soft sympathetic eyes would only want to make me burst into tears.

He peered over my shoulder at the paper I has written. "I see why." He joked softly. I shot him a glare and he laughed. "I'm kidding, it's fine. I like it actually." He said proudly as she straightened his posture and puffed out his chest. I couldn't help but laugh myself, which earned me an evil glare from the teacher trying to read at their desk.

He offered a faint nervous smile as an apology, and I couldn't help but smile back. My whole "don't get attached" idea had faded from my head, I bad completely forgotten about it, I was too distracted by his wonderful smile, and friendly words. I could already feel myself growing close to the people in this town and I hated it.

"Want to hang out with me and the guys after school?" Ryan offed sweetly.

I hesitated but obliged. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to enjoy my stay in this town while it lasted.