Crossing paths

Rules

It's yet another day. Another day I'll spend in my new high school. My beloved high school.

I'm not even joking. All the events, that happened yesterday, made me realise this. They proved to me that i liked Crestwood high.

I liked all our subjects. I liked our classroom. I liked the cafeteria. I even liked the little fountain, nestled in the front yard of the school. I actually loved the library. It was my favourite place. I liked the corridors, the benches. And last but not least, I loved our teachers. They were strict and disciplined in class, but also very sincere when it came to your well-being. I liked everything!

Expect for one thing, that probably ruined it all for me. Or was about to. But not this time.

My to-do list for the day was:
• Don't stand out much
• Don't get in trouble
• Don't give a flying shit

The three DON'T-s would probably be my life device  from now on. Though the most important task was to stay away from that "thing" and don't let it have its little funny moments, by messing with my life.

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And just like that I headed to school. I was in my best mood and I only prayed for it to not be ruined too soon. I was so excited all night, I barely got any sleep. I felt so giddy inside, I couldn't stop feeling happy. I guess, I really loved Crestwood high.

Here it was. The best looking scenery I've ever seen in my life. I've never seen once, such a beautiful place. And to think it was just a high school, made it even more magical.

Guess, I came in too early once again. I made a habit out of it. There was my homeroom. Well... I'm a bit way too scared to go in. My legs refused to go in and passed by the room. Strange. It was probably the fear of encountering someone, I didn't want to see ever in my life. How hilarious.

That's right. I headed to the school library. I missed it so, so much. It's not like I didn't visit our local library and Mrs Barn, nearly every day. But the school library was definitely something else.

It didn't feel as cozier as Mrs Barn's library. It was actually quiet the opposite. Crestwood's library was so large. When you enter at first, it felt the same as Mrs Barn's library though. Tables to study on, with cute little chairs, some shelves with mostly school workbooks. There was a shelf for every subject we had in school, though the tables took most of the place. But when you looked up, it was nothing like that.

There was a five-leveled shelf, accompanied by a staircase, for all five levels. It was just like it came straight out of a fairytale. To me, it felt so surreal, as if it was some kind of a portal, that only opened up for me and no one else could see it. My new dream was to be able to read every single book on those bookshelves. It was perfect. I, so much, wanted to go up the stairs and look around the levels of shelves, but I never had the opportunity for it.

Maybe, today was the day. The day I would be able to visit some of the leveled shelves. Or at least, the first level, because I didn't have too much time to spear. As class was about to start soon.

Just like that I opened the big doors of my school's library. I actually found myself struggling. The doors were huge. But more surprising was the fact, that they weren't already opened.

However, I was finally there. The only place I longed to return back to. This was the only thing I missed the dearest. This beautiful library. It just had a special place in my heart.

I loved the feeling, when you look around, it seemed neat and small, but when you looked up, it was as if you were on another planet.

I happily rushed to the staircase. Just the touch of the stair's fence made my heart pound. I was so exited to look through some of the books. I wondered what books exactly would there be.

Oh gosh. Look at all those books. I've never seen so many books in one place. They all had super pretty illustrated covers. Though it was just workbooks again.

"Oh, there's an organic chemistry one." I said out loud.

Right in this moment, a book fell from above the other levels. It fell right next to me. It startled me so much I hurried out the library.

As I exited the library, I breathed heavily as if  I ended running ten laps . That scared me so much. I was holding my hand to my heart, as if it was about to burst. It was probably nothing major, but I really didn't expect anything like that. Why can't I never visit the library peacefully?

I walked down the corridors, until I reached my classroom. I realised, I actually went out the library just in  time. If I stayed any longer, I could have been in big trouble for being late to class. This was probably a good thing, it happened.

Our homeroom was nearly full with most of the students. I took my usual seat. I was finally feeling in the safe. Whenever I tried to reach any level of the library, I always felt as if I did some kind of a crime, something I should not do. But whatever.

As I finally thought I found peace, everything suddenly became chaotic. First of all, my favourite person to hate, came in. Which literally made such a commotion in the classroom. Like everyone started whispering and stealing glances at me. I tried my best to ignore the loud whispers, that were purposefully this loud. How is this still a thing to gossip about? I thought everyone forgot about what happened already? Guess nothing interesting happens in here, so when it did, everyone was on about it. It can't be helped.

When he signed heavily, everyone turned their heads to him and went silent. Literally, all of them. He passed through me and went to his desk. Woah, the guy really thought he was some kind of a ruler, the all-mighty king that everyone had to obey to, and if they didn't he would go around, in a shining armour, chopping their heads off, just because they said something against him. What are we, in the past hundred years? What's with that historical atmosphere? What the hell was that prick on? Who does he think he is?

Well, I will be the one to change this. I will break the matrix by not obeying his delusional orders. I will fight for everyone's freedom-

"Uh... Could please get out of my seat?" Some blonde girl said to me, pointing one manicured finger at me.

"Me?" I asked confused. Was she really talking to me?Like, I've always sat here, it's where the teacher assigned me to be.

"Yuh..." She said. This is so amusing.

"But I've always-" I tried to explain myself, but I was cut short.

"Hey Ash, weren't you sitting in front of me?" Once again the brat meddled in my shit. I can't stand it anymore.

"Ethan?! Oh, well, I mean, I totally forgot, like, why didn't you remind me?" She said going to him.

"Ash, how could you forget?" He said, smiling at her. She giggled back at him, twisting a strain of hair around her finger. What disgusting interactions to look at.

"It's just, I'm seeing this girl for the first time, really. She added.

I rolled my eyes, them ending up in his direction. He was looking my way. That prick, probably thinks he actually did something. This is all so annoying.

No, don't bother, Evelyn. It's not worth it. Just ignore them. They are not worth your time.