I turned around to face Westin and pushed him out of my way as I speed walked to 1st period.
"Now, now, now Princess you can't ignore me forever" he called trying to catch up with me but luckily I entered my first period class before he could.
"Ms. Sykes how amazing for you to join us" I put my head down and found my way to the desk
"Now as I was saying we have a new student please do everything in your power to him feel welcome" my eyes trailed up to the boy standing next to Mr. Kennedy "Asa please take a seat next to our punctual Lucy" I looked down at my desk and started doodling
I felt a tap on my shoulder, I ignored it and continued doodling "hi, I'm Asa" I put my pencil down "Lucy" I smiled and dug in my backpack for my A day notebook and laid it out on my desk flipping to the last thing I wrote on Friday for Mr. Kennedy's American Literature class "is that short for anything" I picked my pencil up and started coping the notes on the board "yeah"
I looked from the board to my notebook every few seconds "what is it short for" I coughed and raised my hand "Mr. Kennedy may I go to the restroom" he looked at the clock then at me "you have 5 minutes Lucy" I nodded and stood up "hey Asa is it? Can you finish up my notes for me" he smiled and reached for my notebook and pencil "thanks" then I walked out of the classroom and down the hallway
I saw Westin and went the other way but I was too late "you missed me already princess" I scoffed "obviously your brain is under developed because you are the last person on Earth that I would miss" I started to walk away from Westin I really did have to pee and he only gave me five minutes "Lucy, wait" I spun around
"What Westin would you like me to tell you how it felt, how it feels to know that my boyfriend or my ex boyfriend thank god, was fucking my best friend since I moved here" he hung his head "I'm sorry Lucy" I laughed "I'm sorry Lucy. Really? Ya know what I'm sorry too, I'm sorry for wasting 2 years of my life on you, I'm sorry for not letting my brother beat the living shit out of you, and I'm really really sorry for not being as much of a slut as Caroline" I was screaming now.
"I'm going to go because I'm just wasting more time on you than needed" I stomped off to the bathroom, I looked in the mirror and realized I was crying, why was I crying, I wasn't sad they were tears of anger. I took a deep breath and walked into an empty stall, thank god for waterproof mascara, I did my business and walked to the sink to wash my hands.
On my way back to class I got another surprise conversation "let me make it up to you" I rolled my eyes "why can't you just leave me the hell alone Westin" I screamed and started walking back to class "because I miss you and I want to make it better" I stopped and caused him to run into me "well I miss my bed and you wanna know who else wanted to make it better, George Bush, but we all see where that went" I finished walking to class I was a minute early.
I sat in my seat and Asa gave me back my notebook and pencil "thanks you're a life saver" he kept looking at me "Lucile" I turned to face him "what" "that's what Lucy is short for" I stifled a laugh "uh no not even close" he sighed as I started writing down what Mr. Kennedy had recently put on the board "give me a hint"
I started erasing Asa's handwriting and replacing it with my own "What's another name for Satan" he gasped "Lucifer?" I nodded "yes sir" he just kept staring at me "alright class we only have a few more minutes, I just wanted to thank you all for a wonderful year and I hope you have an amazing life after graduation, I'm going to give you each a composition notebook I want you to write your names on them and up until the day before graduation I want you to fill it with anything, short stories, poems, whatever but in the end I want you to answer one question 'what is the meaning of life'"
Tyler passed them out and I wrote my name on the line "and in 10 years you'll get a surprise in the mail, thank you" then the bell rang, I shoved my notebook, the journal and my pencil into my bag and through it over my shoulder.
"What's your next class" Asa asked when I reached the door "uh Bass" he stopped walking "what" "Bass. like guitar" he smiled "oh, you're like Cliff Burton or Jason Newsted" I laughed "I'm not that good" I looked at me "I'm surprised you know who they are, and I have biology" I shrugged "well uh all the biology room are all right here, Mrs. Blooms, Mr. Langdon and Ms. Sampson, I gotta run see ya Asa" I pointed to each room and waved bye
"Who is that" a voice spoke next to me "it's the new kid Westin, I'm not going to tell you again" I stopped walking and faced him "leave" I took a step closer "me" and another "alone" and another until he backed into Tommy "are you fucking with my sister again Westin" I smiled "can you handle this issue for me Tommy? I have class" he nodded and I walked off to Bass hearing Tommy yelling behind me.
Ah you gotta love baby brothers that are the star football players.
