Butterflies

Chapter 9

The repeating buzz of my alarm clock, struggling to guide me through my now daily routine revived me, with a loud groan, a deep breath and strong hatred towards the alarm clock grandma gave me, I turned off the alarm and got up.
"6:45".
I looked at a reflection myself or rather a zombie with large dark circles under my eyes showing how deprived of sleep I was. I sighed and got ready to brush my teeth, preparing my mind for what sort of random nonsense that would likely happen at Sherwood high.

"Jules make sure to have breakfast, okay?" My mom said getting her shoes to put on.

"Yeah, sure."

"I mean it, quit going to that diner for breakfast," she said calming down after moving around frantically to prepare for work.

"I won't, you should get going mom else you'll be late"

"I love you so much, sunshine. Be good at school, alright!" She said with a broad loving smile on her face.
"I love you too," I said watching her zoom out of the garage with her car.
It was "7:30". I still had a couple minutes left before I had to start walking to school. Usually Angelica would come pick me up, but she already called me earlier and said she couldn't make it today. Apparently Barefoot, that's her dog, had a seizure.
A name that really brought out her most obvious features seeing as she was a 63 cm tall Estrela Mountain Dog with a large brown coat, despite her intimidating appearance Bigfoot was a sweet heart who would latch on to you after giving her a treat once or twice.
*Ding*, a notification popped up on my phone I got up the couch to get it from the dining table where I had left it and at first I thought my eyes were playing with me. No, they weren't, I had actually just received a notification from Alex. I checked the notification several times more than necessary, and finally I opened it to see the full message

Alex : Long time no see Jewels.
Me: I didn't know seeing would be something appropriate for us.
Alex: You replied.. quite shocking
Me: Are you texting to mock me?
Alex: Not at all Jewel, see you at school.

Shit, school! More than enough time had passed already and I would miss the bus. I rushed upstairs to get a few girl's essentials before walking out the door and locking it up.
"Hey," I say tapping Angelica's shoulders. "You okay?" I ask with a smile I hoped radiated warmth.

"No, but I'll be fine. Thanks girl."

"Sure," I say and land a peck on her cheeks.
"Now! Please tell me we have geometry together, I cannot stand the sight of Mrs Rachel and her constant screaming and yelling."  I say, agony clear through my tone.

"Sorry babes, table says I've got bio, and we're really not lucky at all this year, we rarely have classes together."

"I know! I'm in such pain!" I say as we start walking towards our classes.

It was 11 in the morning and I had to get away from that monster of an algebra teacher. She gave constant lectures for not getting the answers of her questions correctly rather than using the time to correct the students she prefaced to blow the students self esteem to smithereens. I never liked Mrs Clove, not once since I entered high school. She was a prickly bitch who had no control. I was glad I did well in her subjects though, a sliver lining that kept me sane in that class.
Xavier, a classmate ignited one of her regular lectures so I made up an excuse to go to the restroom-knowing fully well all I'd do was roam around the halls and hide from the principal- suddenly my body collided with another-
"I'm so sorry, I was lost in thought," I said looking up to see the same bright, soft blue eyes looking down at me, his pale skin, and slim lips. Alex. 
I stepped back out of shock and attempted to walk away but he held my wrist.
He parted his lips wanting to talk buh nothing came out. He let my wrist go and walked away. His steps sounding fainter with each distance. I stood there, still, why wasn't I moving? Why wasn't I reacting? Why was I feeling the same butterflies in my stomach similar to when he first held my hands and told me how beautiful I looked that Saturday night. What the hell was wrong with me?!
I walked back to class and Mrs Clove gave me an earful telling me to behave like a diligent student. I ignored the passive-aggressive comments she made towards me and tried to not think about my encounter with Alex, thankfully the lunch bell rang pretty soon and I started picking up my stuff to get out of class and get my hands on some tasty, saucy chicken tender burgers. I was practically salivating anticipating the burst of flavors. This only made me hasten my movements and as I walked out of class I received a text from Angelica.

Angelica: We gotta talk.
Me: Sure.. what's wrong?
Angelica: Meet up at Ally's at 5.

Ally's was a restaurant closer to our school, where we usually hung at when we wanted to briefly meet up.
I stared at Angelica's last message and let out a loud sigh, I wanted that burger so badly.

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