Skinny Love

The Boy with Sea Green Eyes

*thump*

I woke up to the sound of a water bottle dropping nearby my bed. I must've knocked it over in my sleep. Of course I was able to be clumsy when I'm awake AND asleep. I continued to think about how clumsy I was and everything was fine until reality hit me in the face... Winter break was officially over and it was time to go back to school.

'Great' I thought to myself.

Somehow I manage to roll out of bed and start my morning routine to make myself look a bit presentable. I cringe when I look in the mirror, but hey, I tried my best. As I stare at my reflection, I see a short girl--about 5 ft-- with pale skin, long black hair that almost reached her waist, and deep brown eyes. Yup, that's me, Krystalline Waters, but my friends call me Krystal. I learned to accept my looks and embrace it since that's all I have for the rest of my life.

I rush to get into my dad's car as he drives me to Rose Middle School, the place I've been attending since kindergarden, to return to my last few months as a 7th grader.

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"Krystal! Ohmygosh I missed you soo much!" My best friend, Arianna, exclaims as she hugs me.

"I missed you too babe," I respond while smiling. Winter break was fun but it mainly consisted of me wrapped in a blanket watching Netflix or scrolling through tumblr in my room. Plus, I really missed seeing my friends every week. It felt great to be back, as weird as that sounds.

"Dude I heard that there's a new boy joining our class," Lily, my other friend, said.

I rolled my eyes, but I honestly felt a bit excited by this news. See, at Rose Middle School we've had the same batch of students since kindergarten. Some people left and maybe a few new students came along the years, but the majority has been together for 8 years. We all are in the same homeroom and attend every class together, the only time we split up is for electives. Everyone is excited when a new kid comes in and I'm sure you would too, I mean who wouldn't want to meet someone new after being stuck with the same old people for years.

"Good luck to him, the girls will probably go crazy for him and scare him off," Christoph said.

"Is someone jealous that he isn't getting the attention from the ladies?" I smirked at Chris, who was like my brother. He stuck his tongue out at me and I shoved his shoulder.

And then right at that moment in perfect timing, as if they were cued, I heard a bunch of girls squealing and turned to see them all crowding a boy. I mean they were literally surrounding him! Give the guy some space before he decides he doesn't want to stay in a school filled with crazed fangirls.

Once the crowd left after a few minutes, I got a clear view of the newbie. He had tan skin, black hair that was swept to the side, and stunning sea green eyes. He was way taller than me and looked like those type of boys that could get any girl they wanted.

'We have the perfect height, actually. I could go on my tiptoes to hug him like in those cute films, and his chin would be able to rest at the top of my head...' I thought. Wait, woah, where the hell did those thoughts even come from? I shook myself from those random thoughts that were a bit creepy and focused back at my current state. My heart skipped a beat when a pair of sea green eyes met mine. We held our gaze and it's like everyone else disappeared as I admired his eyes, which reminded me of calm waves at the beach. I felt hypnotized and I could've sworn my heart was dong some backflips. He smiled at me and I just melted at the sight. I didn't want him to see me blushing so I offered my attempt at a welcoming smile and turned around.

I have no idea what was going on with me today, I'm not usually all lovey dovey like this. It feels weird and so I'll put an end to it right now. This year is about having fun with my friends and no drama or boy crushes. Simple.

After thinking, I looked up to see that I had went to homeroom when I was zoned out. I don't know how I managed to do so without bumping into anyone, but I was just grateful for that. I sat at my assigned seat next to Christoph and started talking like how we used to.

Every student took their seat except the new boy, who was awkwardly standing in the front next to Mrs. Baker, our homeroom teacher. His intimidated eyes examined the whole room and paused once they met mine. I could've sworn that his eyes lit up but maybe I was imagining it. Some of our classmates noticed that I got his attention and started whispering.

My anxiety started filling my mind with stupid thoughts and I immediately felt all my insecurities washing over me. 'Are they judging me? Why did I even raise hope that the new boy could like me? He probably just thinks I'm a freak.' I believed everything that my anxiety was telling me and just stared at the ground as I tried pushing the thoughts aside.

"Class, this is Dylan Brown. I expect all of you guys to be welcoming and make sure our new student feels at home with us. Dylan, you could sit next to Krystal and she'll answer any questions you have. Christoph, please take the empty seat next to Arianna."

'Oh shit I don't think I brushed my hair' I thought.

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