Love You Forever

Chapter Two: Out of the Blue

"Hello? Hey, are you okay?" A fuzzy voice entered my mind, but I didn't really register the words. I opened my eyes a sliver and saw bright white light. Was I in heaven? No. Definitely not. I opened my eyes all the way and nearly passed out again when I saw the face of Keon Mitchell peering down at me, a tense expression on his face. In a millisecond, I went through all the information that I knew about Keon. (Which wasn't a lot) I knew he was in my church, just in a different section/ward. He does sports. (I don't know which one. Probably football) He is genuinely nice, and is semi-popular. I also knew I had a crush on him. Maybe I was in heaven... certainly he wouldn't take a second to help me. No way this was real.

I felt his hand grab mine, pulling me into a standing position. Nope, this was definitely real; the dizziness and pain flooded and spots swam before my eyes. "Whoa. I feel really dizzy," I thought. I stuttered my head off trying to thank Keon for saving me from a potential concussion, accompanied with several broken bones Jared would've inflicted upon me. "Are you okay? It looked like Cooper smashed your face in!" He said as a worried frown crumpled his perfect features. "Yeah, I'm fine," I managed to gasp. "Just a little bashed and bloody nose is all. Give me some tissues and I'll be fine."

I said the words without consciously thinking that I was talking to the guy I liked, that had pretty much NEVER paid attention to me. I gave a little gasp as I saw Keon peer right at my face. He looked as if he was ogling at my features. But surely not. What guy, especially Keon Mitchell, would think me pretty? I had no time to figure out. I looked closer up,  but as soon as I did, he gave himself a little shake, like he was just realizing that I was the school nobody. Just like I thought. Of course he wasn't interested in me. NO guy was. He probably didn't even know my name.

He spoke, interrupting my thoughts. "You know, you should probably go to the nurse to get that taken care of." I winced as I probed my nose. Yep. It was probably broken. "All right," I said. "And by the way, thanks for.... you know." He gave himself a little shake again, forcing a smile. "Anytime."

I arrived at the nurse's door without incident, not counting the time where I had to jump behind the statue of the Perry High Coyote Statue (our mascot) to avoid running into Leanne Johnson. I stepped into the tiny white office, knocking on the door frame to inform the nurse of my arrival. 

"Yes?" I heard a tiny voice issue from the office which was hers. Nurse Smith stepped out with a big smile on her face, which soon turned to an expression of disgust and horror. I guess I still had blood all over my face. "Good night nurse!" She exclaimed. "What happened to you this time, Kaitlin?" This had happened so many times that she knew me  by my name, now? Well that was depressing. "Jared Coopers, " I replied dully. Mrs. Smith's eyes rose high. She took out a piece of gauze from a cabinet, as well as an antiseptic alcohol  wipe, as I had cuts on my face. 

"That's one that hasn't bothered you in a few months. But still, you need get this taken care of!" I was taken aback. "Do you think I ask for these things to happen?" I stated in an annoyed tone. "I'm me, and I can't do anything to change that. I don't want to pretend to be something I'm not." The nurse's eyes widened. "I didn't mean it like that. I only meant you should tell somebody about these things." I sighed. I had already tried that. "It won't help. Last time I told, the principal didn't do anything about it and I got beat up even more." 

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Author's Note:
It's true. Last time I told Principal Wilcox, he simple said, "We'll talk to them. All right? It'll be fine." Yeah, talking to them with your heavy eyebrows and beady eyes will scare them into a change of heart. NOT!!!!!!!! But anyways, back to Keon. 

So, yeah. That's what made my life interesting. To me, it looked like Keon was interested in who I was, and stuff like that. Likely, he didn't know I existed before then. Just like everyone else in the school, except the bullies. So in the next few weeks, I can only see what happens. 

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Track signup was the next week. I trudged down to the auditorium with "To Kill a Mockingbird" in hand. I filled out all the necessary information on the many papers, and shoved them into my back pack. I grabbed a health info and shoved that in, too. My mom could fill that in later. I settled into my book and began to read. Suddenly feeling self conscious, I looked around. To my surprise, I saw a guy staring at me from across the room. It wasn't Keon. In fact, I didn't even know the him. (naturally) As soon as I locked my gaze with his, he whipped his head around and pretended to fill in the info card. 

"Well that's weird," I thought. I put down my book and craned my head around to look for any more psychopaths staring at me. "No, no, WAIT!!" my brain screamed at me. There in fact, were more guys staring at me. Just two. One was the guy who had been staring at me before, and the other one was...... Keon Mitchell. I nearly fainted on the spot. I saw the random guy point at me, then say something. A half grin spread on Keon's face. I lowered my eyes so they wouldn't know I was spying on them in turn. Luckily, they didn't notice anything. A second later, the bell rang, and everyone rushed to the door. I was at the very back for the very reason of getting out first. On the way home from the bus, and for the rest of the evening, I thought about Keon's eyes and that smile. Was he making fun of me? Why did he ask some guy to scout me out? I hoped this would make some sense soon.