Oblivion \\ L.H

8- Slowly Losing Contact With My Sanity

MARION VAN DE BERG

~~ can you tell I haven't slept very well since the last time we spoke? ~

When i didn't respond , i could see how sad he was. His bright blue eyes suddenly went dim as he left his friends , walking over to me. I really didn't mean to not respond to him. It was out of my control but he clearly did. His friends snickered as they walked away , their messenger bags hanging low on their body.

I never thought that having a uniform for school was a bright idea until I saw some school's dress codes and how a simple blazer and shirt looked on him.

'Hey? You remember me right?' He said scratching his neck. The colour navy never looked so good on someone. I took my eyes slowly from his upper body to his face. The feeling was there again. My mouth was open but nothing coming out of it. After all that happened , this felt quite normal.

I nodded my head. I dont know how to perfectly explain what was happening at that moment. I couldn't talk , physically. It was like I was mute or something. It was buggy me so much that he was misunderstanding me.

'Sorry i bothered you.' He shrugged , walking away from me. My mind was on edge the moment he turned his back to me. I could slowly feel all of the eyes in the courtyard slowly turn their direction towards us and I hated it.

I ran , skirt swaying with my legs and tried to catch up to him. It was like he haf inhuman legs and he walked 1 kilometres per second. I held his arm which wasn't that muscular and I could feel his veins that was carrying feelings and blood through his whole body. I triend to catch my voice and I opened my mouth , no sound coming out. I pointed towards my mouth , hoping he got the message that i couldn't talk. His eyes opened a bit wider and I felt a rush of relief wash over his body.

'Oh. You lost your voice.' He closed his eyes , his smile going back on his face. His friends were still looking at us while sitting on the edge of the water fountain , brunette one probably judging me.

I didn't take my eyes off him as he stood up walking towards us. His other friend later realised what was happening and walked behind him.

'Well , who's this?' He said as I saw a tattoo peak through his arm. He had a really strong stare and had some sort of mystery to him. I shifted around waiting for Luke to introduce me ; If he was going to of course.

'This is... Um.... Mirror girl.' He said smiling. I didn't really know how to react to that- Firstly what did he mean when he said "Mirror girl". It sounded like a nickname that would put on your crush so nobody would know who they were.

'You really chose him to be friends with?' He laughed speaking to me , my impression of him being crushed. His tone immediatly changed and his personlaity took over in a friendlier direction.

'This is Calum and I am.. Luke.' He took his eyes off Calum, looking back at me. I finally heard his name and it was so much more different than what I thought. I thought he was more of Xavier or Damien type of guy. Luke's other friend decided to stay a metres back and not talk to any of us but instead wait patiently.

I got a piece of paper from my bag with a pen , getting prepared to write my name down. It was a bother trying to find a piece of paper even though Im a SAT student and I was sure I looked like a fool.

'Wait.. Mariana right?' He did this dorky laugh , Calum looking weirdly at him. I raised my eyebrow , having no idea where he thought that I was a Mariana type of girl. Mariana's are extremely girly and extrememly pretty ; Well the ones I know at least.