"something happens and i'm head over heels,"
natalia warner never expected to stumble upon the secret basement located in the boiler room underneath her school. she also never expected to come across wally clark, the school's jock and most recent d...
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THE DAY DRAGGED NATALIA THROUGH HELL AND BACK. not that anything specific had happened, but being at split river just felt like a personal hell. she knew she was going through the motions; wanting to leave any chance she got. it didn't help that she was a senior. the girl was one foot out the door. even more importantly, one step closer to leaving her town.
waiting for an acceptance letter from nyu was pure torture. she didn't live too far from the city but she would do anything to get her hands on new york city. it had been her dream to pack everything up and move there ever since her parents had taken her at the ripe age of thirteen. she made it her whole personality: posters of the college plastered on her wall and her bobcat stuffed animal that stayed tucked underneath her sheets. the bobcat wore violet, NYU spread across the chest of the shirt. a snow globe collection from her yearly visits were starting to overcrowd her shelves.
the girl constantly checked her mailbox, hoping it would come. but every time she checked, her parents scolded her for being too impatient. however, natalia wasn't completely off. she was ready to get out of her lonesome house that resided in a lonesome town. natalia also did have a reason to go to nyu other than the fact that it was in the city.
her passion for the arts radiated off of her. music was her best friend, and encouraged her to write all of her thoughts down in a diary. she wrote and wrote until her heart and hand couldn't take it anymore. piecing words together to form some sort of song or poem always satisfied her. granted, she lacked the ability to complete a full song due to her perfectionist characteristics. everything needed to be perfect, she told herself constantly. that's why she found herself tearing pages out of journals and crumbling them up, tossing them to the nearest trash can but always missed.
with her perfect grades and her perfect gpa, along with a killer way with words, natalia felt set in stone to attending nyu. however, the lack of an acceptance letter just made her want to write and rip out the pages over and over.
the bell rang through the halls, signaling lunchtime. also known as, natalia's time to find a quiet space in the school and write in her journal while music blasted in her ears. the blonde entered the halls, "king of pain" by the police blaring in her ears. grabbing her things from her locker, natalia watched as a note fell from the cubby. with her brows furrowed, she glanced around the hallways. they were crowded with people, but they were all heading toward the cafeteria.
bending down, natalia grabbed the note. she pressed the pause button on her walkman. the halls went quiet, making the goosebumps on her back flare up. natalia took the moment to look around once again to make sure no one was around. the thought of someone watching her while she opened up this mysterious note made her want to let out a whimper. but the girl held herself together, grabbing the note.
she unfolded the thin white paper, her breath catching in her throat.
did you enjoy looking at my picture? i think it's a good one but i guess you do also.
