Dark Souls

5. Eye Contacts ( Chapter 5 part 2)

       A boy obviously taller than me with dark, long hair and beautiful blue eyes was standing next to me, awaiting a response.
" So am I interrupting something?" a sudden blush came to my cheeks and my heart started to beat faster than the dropping rain. My nature was to be shy in front of others , let alone in front of a boy who seemed like an angel to my eyes.
"Good morning" I replied. I tried to hide my blush by hiding my face with my hair avoiding looking at him, but then I thought that this would be totally rude.
"I m Carlos, Carlos Lakota, for friends just Carl." His hand was ready to accept mine for a first meeting handshake.
"I'm Angelia Harrison. The new one."My tone wasn't as I thought it should be. Probably I was so disgusted that I was the new target here and that was obvious even in my pitch.
"Nice to meet you" I gave him my hand. The difference between our hand-shapes was, well it was, observable. He wasn't fat he was muscular and that made him much bigger than me. I tried to pull my hand from his but it was clear that he hadn't the same intention, so I continued.
" Me and my family moved in the lake house two weeks ago". The words were coming out of my mouth like I was struggling to swallow.
"Nice to meet you Angelia Harrison." His totally beautiful smile made my blush noticeable and I lowered my eyes by softly pulling my hand from his.
" Do you mind if I sit with you today?"
"Yes of course". I pulled my chair so as to make him enough space.

During the lesson I caught myself trying to be normal and not be humiliated, so I had a difficulty in breathing! That happens when I'm anxious. The whole time, he was teasing me in a friendly way and he was talking to me for different subjects. When we had a break we continued talking ,something that made me feel more and more comfortable but still I couldn't look at him, because I was afraid I was going to be tongue-tied.
"I love poetry; it's the way that someone can express themselves. I've wrote some poems by myself."He said. His tone made me look at him but he wasn't looking back. That helped me continue talking and feeling convenient as well.
"Really? That's really great!" My voice came out much easier with a tone of astonishment.
"I may bring you some of them sometime."
"Yes, sure I'd love that" I said and looked away. That moment his mobile rang.
"Hello, yes...no I remember....I'll be there in a minute... don't I said I'm coming ...bye!" his tone suddenly became strict and severe. His eyes weren't calming anymore I could swear that they changed colour by the time he got angry, they became more lambent. At once a memory recalled in my mind. Those guys, the first time I got in this class, their eyes were strange as well.
" What's your next course?" his voice was back to normal into seconds. He knows how to get his feelings together.
"Gym" I replied.
"Well I'll see you there" he answered and left before I get around responding.

Well it was nice while it lasted. Now it was time for me to come up with the reality and go to gym class. I grabbed my bag and headed to my car to take my gym uniform. The class was on the other side of the school I'd never got there, but before that I had some time to relax and think what I could do to avoid this lesson. A head ache, temperature, dizziness, or even a fake hurt in my ankle; everything would be better than a team that I had to cooperate with. All these racing thoughts led me to the other part of the school which was hidden from school's great buildings. I was bowled over to see a huge field full of trees leading to the woods, in the center there was an athletic field for many kinds of sports and a huge room for indoor activities. This place was perfect and I could easily had access to the forest. Enchanted from the view I went to see the rest of the premises. The building huge from the inside out with new gym equipments and light colours seemed new and modern. Having all the luck no one was there, and the silence made each of my moves sound like an echo. I stood in the middle of the firs line on the bleacher. After few minutes the first group of students arrived. I tried not to be the center of attention so I lowered my eyes and put on my mp3 pretending to listening to music.

"Look at her, so pathetic" a voice made my bad mood to come on the surface. I couldn't understand what their problem was. I turned to look at them and my curiosity solved in minutes. It was those guys that hated me since I got into their classroom. The strange eyes as I used to call them in my mind. I had a decent distance from them that permitted me to watch them carefully this time. There were five of them, four boys and one girl. She was absolutely stunning; her dark straight hair was glistering, her pale skin made her look like snow, and her clothes was du jour...and definitely not affordable!
"Hey you, what are you looking at?" one of the boys with auburn hair, intense pale face and skin as well, with big beautiful green eyes was talking to me. It was obvious that they wanted to evoke a scene.
"Don't you have a tongue?"he said with irony. I'd never felt more embarrassed in my whole life but I was unable to answer. I wanted to defend myself but I wasn't capable, I was a coward, the only choice for me was to leave the room, but with my legs trembling it was difficult to move.
"Adriel, is there something bothering you?"For an unknown reason this voice was so familiar to my ears. "Does she seem like a toy to you?"
"Oh come on Carlos. Take a look at her. The new shy little girl that has no friends".Adriel was now making mocking gestures against me.
"She's pathetic Carlos, can't you see?" The beautiful girl interruped them and took Carlos hand and placed it in her waste. She tried to make me feel more uncomfortable by this move, maybe he was her boyfriend. I tried to keep my tears from falling but my wet eyes didn't help. I was welled up already. What was I doing here? Why was I staying? It was humiliated, and I was helpless ,exposed.
"Speak for yourself Adalia, you're desperately searching for attention, you'd wish to be like her, and that's pathetic!" with an abrupt move Carlos pushed her away. His tone were strict again, that was definitely going to end up like a fight and I was in the middle of it.
"What's up boy? Do you wanna play tough?"Another boy taller than the others pale and muscled pushed Carlos shoulders with his hands.

That moment I felt like...like something pierced my body. It was a strong pain, something I'd never felt from embarrassment or sadness.
"Come on defend her!" he said yelling and punching Carlos face. Carlos turned and gave me a strange look, like he was sorry for something, like all this was his fault.

While I was looking at him, the atmosphere started to become suffocating, like there were hundreds of people there and there's was not enough oxygen. On the contrary it was only us. The room now was much darker, like a huge cloud full of heavy rain was covering the place, but how could it be? It was the sunniest day since I was to the lake house. A cold breeze made me fold my hands to my body. The temperature seemed like it was winter.
"Is she worth it?" the boy was now up in arms and pushed Carlos one more time with more much strength that made him fall down. He wasn't trying to defend himself.

I couldn't stand there and watching; besides it was the opposite of my nature, I stood up and run towards him. Suddenly the pain I felt before was now on my whole body. It was like millions of knives were passing through me. I could literally feel my heart beating slower and slower, and I started to feel more and more pain. The pain caught my breath and made me kneel. That moment those children turned their gaze at me. I wasn't sure if it was the pain that was making me have delusions, but their eyes had a mixture of gold and read colors, sparkling like they were in fire. 

Every inch of my body was now suffering. The pain made me feel like I was burning. I could feel the flames twisting around me and I could do nothing. I was trying to catch my breath, but my eyes were starting to blur, I was fading....