Broken Hearted

Chapter 3

Riley's POV

Dad arranged all of us in tables of 4 and luckily he put Maya, Lucas, Farkle, and I in a group. I don't know what I would do if I wasn't in the same table as them because I need them to get through my dad's history class.

The only thing I don't like is that I sit next to Lucas. Don't get me wrong, I really like him but I tend to make a fool of myself when I'm with him. I'd rather make a fool of myself when I'm with Maya.. which I always do.

"That wasted 10 minutes of class," my dad said picking up a piece of chalk and writing something on the board. "So please pay attention to the rest of the class so we can get through the whole lesson but I doubt it so we will most likely finish the lesson tomorrow. Also, make sure you keep notes on this topic. Anyway, I know this lesson I'll be teaching isn't really part of history but I wanted to talk about it because it's a pretty serious topic and I've been hearing about it often.." my dad said stepping out of the way revealing what he wrote on the board.

It said self harming in big, capital letters. "Self harming. It's a such a misunderstood topic that more people than you think go through.. does anyone have a questions or thoughts?" dad asked.

Several kids raised their hands and said stuff like "Why do people do it?" and "People do it because they want attention."

Dad shook is head and said "You guys clearly don't get it. You don't know what someone might be going through. You might even be friends with someone who harms themselves whether it's cutting or starving themselves."

Just then, Lucas raised his hand. "I think no one has any right to judge someone who hurts themselves. They're going through a hard time and everyone needs a friend to be there for them."

I decided to smile at Lucas.

..The thing I love most about Lucas is that he isn't afraid to speak his mind..

Just when my thoughts cleared, Lucas smiled back at me.

"Good Lucas," dad said opening his brief case and taking a paper out of it. "Since self harming is such a serious subject, you and a partner will research more about the subject and do a presentation this Wednesday. Two days is more than enough time for you and your partner to come up with a presentation." dad said.

The whole class looked pretty excited. Probably because everyone THOUGHT my dad was letting us pick partners. But just then he said "Oh, I forgot to mention that I've already picked the partners and every group has a boy and a girl."

"UGHH" the whole class said as dad taped the piece of paper on the board. He glanced at the clock and said "Check who you're partners with and you may not work on the project at school." and just when he finished talking the bell rang.

Everyone got up to look who they were partnered up with and it took me a while to squirm through to see who I got partnered up. When i finally get to the front is find out that I'm partner up with Lucas.

..Of course it had to be Lucas. Why does my father hate me?..

I walk back to my desk and grab all of my supplies and backpack when Lucas walked up to me.

..Okay Riley do not make a fool of yourself..

"Hia partner." Lucas said with a smile.

"Uh.. hey Lucas." I said shyly.

..Have I always been this shy around Lucas? I have no idea..

"So.. um.. do you want to work on our project today at my house?" I asked as he walked to his backpack put all of his supplies in it.

"I have baseball practice right after school.." Lucas said.

"Oh.." I said looking at the ground.

"You can do some research at home and I'll do some too." Lucas said putting on his backpack. "And I'll ask my parents if I can go to your house tomorrow after school okay?"

"Okay.." I said looking up and giving him a half smile.

Then Lucas smiled back and walked out of the classroom.

I put my backpack on one shoulder and looked for Maya but I couldn't find her in the room. Then I looked over at her desk to find all of her supplies gone.

..My best friend left without me. We've been drifting away from each other lately and I don't know why..

After I snapped myself out of my thoughts, I walked out of the classroom when my father stopped me.

"I've partnered you up with Lucas. Don't make me regret giving him a chance." he said sternly.

"Oh dad, stop being such an over protective parent-" I said when my dad cut me off.

"I am not!" he said like a little kid.

I gave a little laugh and said "I gotta go dad. I'm going to be late for class." Then I left the classroom. I was in the hallway I heard a familiar voice behind me say to me:

"Hey Mrs. Friar.."

I sighed, turned around and said "Hey-"

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Cliffhanger

MUHHAHAHAAHAH

Oh my goodness this chapter had more than 900 words.

Sorry for such a long chapter.

And sorry for not updating yesterday.

I might not update tomorrow because I'm getting braces. Yay for me.

-Lai (short for Laila hah not funny)