All My Heart

Chapter Five

Our first class was math, which was super dull. I thought I was going to fall asleep and, even though I wanted to fake it, I also didn’t want to get in trouble. And I want to just wake up in the nurse's office and be completely fine. Anyway, now that I think about it, no one would be there to annoy my besties unless I asked Ben to do it for me. But that would seem too desperate to ask someone I have known for only two days. Besides, after the incident, we haven't talked that much. Except for when I asked for help in the hallway. And Quinn can’t stop annoying me about how I look at Ben dreamily. He was just constantly sending paper notes. Then he started to whisper yelling at me and both of us got detention because the teacher caught us exchanging notes.
After spending 20 minutes in detention, we went to PE class. It was even worse. Bonnie kept bumping me out of balance, on purpose, and Quinn kept an eye on me at all times. Near the end, Ben got way too close for comfort and Quinn was right there to shove his way in between him and me.
“Alright now let's do some more exercises,” Coach Jett said.
I could see Quinn out of the corner of my eye making funny faces. While Coach was talking, I wasn’t paying attention in class at that moment. We all started playing volleyball and Bonnie got hit in the face a lot. Ouch! Talk about bad hand-eye coronation. AH!
“Who threw that?!”
I’m not joking, who threw that? Did they throw that because I wasn’t looking?
“Well, you weren't paying attention in class so I threw it.” Hold on, what’s happening?
“Umm… Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Isabella.”
“...I’m your partner for this class.” She said in a Southern accent.
“W-why didn’t anyone tell me this?” I asked.
“Sorry I don’t know the answer to that question, sugar,” She replied.
“Well now that I have your attention let’s try doing an overhead pass.”
“Ok,” I say in a shy tone.
So after that, we had two minutes until our next class. And spent the whole time talking on the way there. The classroom wasn't that far away from the gym so we were lucky to be able to make it on time.
“Good morning students. I’m your teacher for this year's science class, Mrs. Addison,” She greeted herself in a sweet tone. Why do I have the feeling that this is gonna be a boring, uninteresting class? Ugh…why do I have to be right? As I was staring off into the distance…this happened.
“BOO!” Isabella screamed in MY ear.
“AH!” I yelped as I fell off my chair.
“Class is over now. You don’t have to stare off into space any longer, sugar,” She said.
“Yep, got the message,” I said grunting on the floor from the fall.
“Need a hand?” A rather familiar person said.
Oh. It was only Quinn.
“I don’t need your help, thank you very much!” I said in a sarcastic tone.
“Are you sure you don’t need help?” Isabella said as she offered a hand to me. I accepted her help but Quinn looked surprised.
“Wait, you two know each other? How?” He asked.
“This one of your old friends you talked about?” Isabella asks.
“Yep, it sure is,” I replied angrily.
“We met in gy-”
“We don’t have to tell him when or where we met!” I cut her off.
“Well, I don’t see the problem with telling him,” she said in a confused tone. She was wrong because if we tell him that we are friends. He would be sobbing on his knees begging me not to have another best friend. Well, that’s what I thought would happen but she told him anyway.
“Oh…um, well, that’s cool…” He started trailing off at the end of his sentence.
“Dude, why are you acting weird?” I said.
“Huh?... What happened?” Quinn asked.
“Seriously, are you ok?” I asked.
“N-” was the only noise that came out of his mouth before he passed out, falling face flat on the floor.
“SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULANCE!” I scream. We got to the hospital. I was in pain and crying like a child for one reason only…Quinn. An hour passed and they said there was something off in his system. But the downside is that the doctor doesn't know when he will be fully recovered. So I took a deep breath and tried to calm down but I couldn't.

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Everyone was asleep when we heard what sounded like an uwu noise but actually, it was a scream. Everybody ran to the location they heard it from. It was Coach Jett, just lying there staring at the ceiling and… deceased. Then Mr. Patton called the police, and they opened up an investigation.
“We will need to start questioning people,” the chief said.
So from there on, cops were watching our every move. I was scared, I didn't know what to do at that moment so I just ran for my life until I got to my dorm room. I was breathing heavily and couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night. When my alarm went off I got ready for my first class of the morning, algebra! As I was walking down the hallway I bumped into someone.
“AH!” I yelped and as I fell.
“Are you ok?” a man asked.
“N-no,” I replied.
“Do you want me to take you to the nurse?” the man said.
“Umm… no thanks,” I replied again.
Wait, is he new here? All of the original students know to get to their classes early. I saw him look down at his watch and his eyes widened.
“I’m late for the first time in my entire life…” He said in a calm tone.
“Wait what time is it,”
“Oh well it’s 9:10,” He replied.
Oh, You're fine, you're definitely not going to get detention for this at all. I thought to myself, mentally rolling my eyes. I was snapped out of my thoughts when someone put a hand on my shoulder.
“Are you ok?” the man asks.
“Yes, and I forgot to thank you… what’s your name?”
He replied to my question by saying “Oh, yes. My name is….is, umm, Axel.” in a weak but surprised way.
Welp, I'm done. I am not going to class. I am too tired to do anything today. I'm surprised I even have the energy to scream. And now I just want to turn around and run away from this man whom I didn't know.