Trapped With the Memories of You

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Henry’s POV

This was what I wanted, but I still couldn’t forget about her, people always asked me why I was so cold. Well she is why. Every time my mind is free, it wanders back to her. I could never forget the moment I first saw her.

*1 Year Ago*

            When I first walked into that Chemistry class, let’s be honest. I wasn’t happy about it. I was the new kid, and to top it off I was Asian. I really didn’t want to be at that school. My new chemistry teacher, Mr. Hargraves, had this sarcastic tone about him. I had met him earlier that day, but when he introduced me to the class, one girl with long straight black hair, didn’t look up. She was taking notes. When she finally did look up, our eyes connected, and I couldn’t look away. She lowered her head quickly, but I didn’t miss the deep red blush she had on her cheeks. Mr. Hargraves told me I could have a seat anywhere, and it didn’t take me long to figure out where I wanted to sit. I walked to her table and pulled out the chair next to her. When I sat down I saw her tense up a bit, but I went ahead and introduced myself.

“Hey, I’m Henry Lau.” She looked up at me and her hazel brown eyes were set on me. She was looking at me for quite a while, so I had to clear my throat to get her attention. When I did she blushed again. It was cute, her blushing, it made her seem innocent.

“Sorry, I’m Kelsy Lee.” Her name was pretty. It matched her well.

“Oh wow, that’s a pretty name. By the way, your Asian right?” Right after the words left my mouth I wanted to slap myself. Did I really just ask her that? Obviously she was Asian. She didn’t look uncomfortable by my question, which made me feel relieved.

“Yeah. I’m mixed. My dad is Korean, my mom is American.”

“Oh, I’m Chinese, but I grew up in Canada. I’m fluent in Chinese though.” …Why did I tell her that? She didn’t ask. Gah! Why am I losing my cool so quickly? It was just something about her, she was different. Somehow it seemed that the very aura of her was different than other girls. It made me feel so comfortable, but it also made me feel like a really big creep, that I was feeling so close to her already. She was about to answer but then Mr. Hargraves started talking.

“Well, since this first semester has been pretty easy, I’m going to give you “hardworking” students a lab. Partner up while I pass out the direction sheet.” I turned to her; I didn’t have to think about it, it was like she was a magnet who was made just to pull me in.

“Do you want to be partners?” I asked her. I was surprised at how nervous I was for her, answer. She was going to answer, but then someone called my name.

“Hey, it’s Henry right? I’m Kim. Why would you wanna be partners with her, when you could much rather be my partner?” She was a short girl maybe five foot, maybe an inch taller. She had shoulder length blonde, wavy hair, and light blue eyes. She was pretty, but compared to Kelsy, she was a stick in the mud. Was that too offensive?

“Um, well thanks for the offer Kim, but I kind of wanna be with Kelsy... so maybe next time?” Kelsy had the look of pure shock on her face. She must have thought that I would have wanted to be with Kim. What bothered me though was the look that Kim gave Kelsy. It looked like she wanted to kill her, and it was over my dead body that that was ever going to happen. I turned to Kelsy.

“So, what do you say Kelsy? Wanna be my partner?”

“Sure,” she said, “Why not?” I couldn’t help but smile. During the lab she asked me about myself, and like a babbling fool, I couldn’t stop talking. I told her I wanted to be a singer one day. I also told her that my cousin Zhoumi was in a Chinese sub-unit of a Korean group called Super Junior. She said that she didn’t listen to Kpop, and I was actually a little bit shocked. Not for the fact that she was Korean and didn’t listen to Kpop, but for the fact that not one person I had met in this boring town even knew what Kpop was. It was amazing music. I kept trying to find a way to ask her if she wanted to hang out with me over the weekend, but I didn’t know how, and I was running out of time till class ended. I decided to use my newness to the town to my advantage.