Apathetic Psycometric (book 1) #wattys2016

Chapter 2

I groaned and turned onto my side and opened my eyes to see a pair of blue eyes. I shrieked and covered my face gasping when I noticed my hands were ungloved. He reached for my hand but I quickly pulled mine away. I clasped them together and lay them in my lap looking down at them. "Where are my gloves?" I asked very quietly. He held them out to me. "Where am I?" I asked swiftly putting my gloves on.

"Nurses office. You fainted." He grinned at me.

I buried my face in my gloved hands."Please tell me you are joking." I looked at him hopefully. He just smirked. I groaned and lay back down in the bed turning on my side and away from him. "Great. Just great because, you know, I totally need more crap right now." I shot up and just stared at him. "Please. Please tell me they didn't call my mom." I looked at him wide eyed.

"I'm not sure." He told me.

That's when I lost it. I couldn't deal with anything any more and tears fell. He looked shocked but I didn't care I just cried. For the first time since I decided to not feel, I let everything well up and burst free and I cried. She's definitely going to send me away after this. And that, I couldn't deal with. I put up with Kenzie's bull shit bullying because I knew I'd have my mom at the end of the day. I barely registered the fact that he had come over and put his arms around me. I just kept weeping."Oh god she's going to send me away." I pulled my legs to my chest and wept harder. I can't leave yet. He ran his hand up and down my back comfortingly. "You should leave. You won't want to be here when she gets here." I groaned. I swiped at my face to wipe away whatever makeup may have bled.

He wiped at my cheeks for a moment."There. Now you're perfect." He said and I snorted.

"Get your head checked. Nothing about me is perfect." I sighed and continued wiping under my eyes and at that moment my mom walked in. I gulped and looked at my lap. "Hi mom." For a moment it was silent and I looked up to see my mom's eyes tearing. "I'm sorry mom. I didn't mean to make you worry."

"Sweetie, I'm your mother. It's my job to worry." And she walked over and hugged me as Jordan slipped away.

He shuffled uncomfortably before heading towards the door."Hey Laurel, what time did you want me to come by for our date Saturday?" He asked looking at me.I just sat there confused for a moment. Lucky me I'm so smart. The only thing I could manage was "huh?"

"You know I was serious in the hallway. I would very much like to be your boyfriend." And he smiled his amazing smile and waited for my answer.I couldn't help it. For the first time in a long time I found myself smiling in public.

My heart was racing, soaring even. "I think I'd like that too." I whispered and blushed.

"Great!" He exclaimed and smiled wide. "I'll see you next period. We can figure out what to do for our date Saturday if your mom is alright with that." He smiled at her. I'll admit. I almost forgot that she was in the room and I laughed. I looked at her.

"Is it alright mom? I promise I'm fine. I just skipped breakfast." I smiled sheepishly and she gave her approval with a big grin and then proceeded to ramble on about her 17 year old daughter's first date. "Mom," I laughed," calm down." I smiled at her then turned to Jordan. "I'll see you next period. Lunch right?"

"Yep. See you there beautiful!" And he bolted before I could contradict his statement. My mom left and I made my way to the bathroom to fix my makeup and let down my hair before heading to my Mythology class. I sat next to a quiet blonde girl named Skylar. She had circles under her eyes and sometimes those eyes were so vacant I worried something was going on with her. Maybe one day she would be open to a possible friendship.It seemed to me like life was looking up just a little. How foolish to let myself forget... I'm not normal.