You Make Me Want to be Myself

part 3

Not as long as usual.... 

Charles POV

Even thought I felt guilty after thinking it, I couldn’t help but notice how pretty Karly was. Like beautiful. I really only got a chance to look at her when I was showing her around school. 

It seemed like everything about her was attractive, her soft black hair, adorable smile, and bright eyes that were hidden by her large glasses. She was petite in every way and I couldn’t get amusing it was when I had to literally look down at her. 

It was her glasses that I noticed first though. I had the same ones at home... However, I ditched them for contacts upon arriving at Blanet last year. The only time I wore them now was at home by myself. Karly looked amazing in them. 

To be honest, I did feel like a horrible boyfriend for even thinking about another girl like that, but the selfish side of me said that Annabelle deserved it for treating me how she did earlier. However, my rational side reminded me that Annabelle wasn’t exactly to blame. It was the drugs. 

I still cringed inside whenever I thought of my perfect girlfriend doing something like that. Although I had been offered plenty of times, I refused to do drugs, drink, or smoke. That stuff was disgusting. 

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard Karly speak. 

“Huh?” I asked, lost. She gave me an amused smile. I chuckled, “Sorry ‘bout that, I tend to zone out a lot.” 

“Ha, no big deal, I have the same problem.” She waved a hand dismissively at me and we both shared a laugh. Still smiling, she continued, “But anyway, while you were deep in thought, I managed to open my locker.” Karly grinned and gestured to the open locker in front of us. 

“Awesome. Now, my locker’s down the hall,” I pointed to it, “it’s the last blue one closest to that classroom.” She nodded and I went on, “So, if you need anything, don’t hesitate to come and ask.” 

“Okie Dokie.” 

I smiled at her playfulness and looked at her schedule. I had shown her all of her classes, all that remained was lunch. I tilted my head to the direction of the cafeteria and began walking, Karly right beside me. 

I started to explain, “There are two lunch periods, you’re with me in first lunch,” Reaching the cafeteria, I pushed open the heavy door. It was a larger-than-normal dining hall. Along with the abundance of tables and chairs inside, there were quite a few outside on a patio outside. 

I showed Karly to the table that I sat at; by being right smack in the middle of the room, our table tended to be right smack in the center of attention. I patted the table. “This is the table I sit at,” While smiling down at her, I invited Karly to come sit with us. 

She grinned, then frowned. “Are you sure your friends won’t mind?” 

“Trust me, they won’t.” And I knew they wouldn't. Karly had the right clothes, right hair, right attitude. 

“Wow, thanks so much!” 

It’s a shame that you had to be a certain way to be accepted in school. Just thinking about how I was treated in my old town made me shiver. That’s why I changed. 

I smiled at Karly and said, “No problem. So, I basically showed you everything you need to know.” I then feigned an old English accent, “Shall we go to first period?” I immediately admonished myself for saying something so stupid. 

But to my surprise, Karly just giggled and replied, “We shall.” 

Wow. This girl was something different, anyone else would have looked at me funny and ignored my question. 

As we both made our way to Mrs. Richmond’s class, I wondered about where Karly was from. I decided to ask.

After a moment of hesitation, she answered, “I used to live in southern Jersey,  like an hour away.”

“Oh cool. And you moved because...?” 

“My dad got a job.” 

“Thats cool, what is he?”

“Vice president of this toy company.”

“Ah. You know, aside form you, I’m the newest person here.”

She seemed interested, “Really? How long ago did you move here?” 

“Just about two years.” 

“Wow, and you’re already school president and everything? That’s impressive.” 

We reached the large wooden door. “Just takes some hard work,” I whispered while pulling it open. 

“Hello Charles.” Mrs. Richmond smiled at me then Karly, “You much be the new girl. I must say, you’ve started quite a fuss here, more than Charles’s arrival, I believe.” She winked at me then continued talking to Karly, “So once you introduce yourself, you can just take a seat in the open seat to the left of Charles. I’ll get you some papers in a little.” 

I took that as my cue to leave and went over to my desk, nodding at a couple of my friends on the way. I sat in my seat next to Annabelle’s. I tried not to notice that it was empty. I looked up and saw Karly in the front of the class empty-handed. Neither of us had brought books seeing as there were only 10 minutes of class left in first period. 

Karly smiled at the class, “Hi, I’m Karly. I moved from southern Jersey this weekend.” I could already tell that she was going to made a bunch of friends fast. 

Karly was pretty and possessed that rare, always-positive attitude. She continued, “This is my first time in a private school, let alone something like Blanet. So, hopefully, if I need any help, you guys can give me a hand.” Her bright smile lit up the room. 

“I would help her with whatever she wants,” the kid sitting behind me muttered suggestively. 

I turned around in my seat to glare at him, “Dude, you’re sick. Stay away from her.”

He raised his hands in defense, “I didn’t do shit man.” 

I rolled my eyes and turned back around to see Karly sitting the seat next to me. She raised her eyebrows in question. I simple shook my head. She didn't need to know about the creeps in this school yet. 

‘She needs a boyfriend...’ I thought. But a good one, a girl like Karly needed to be exclusive. While Mrs. Richmond spoke about something, I ran through a list of all the single guys I knew that weren’t assholes. I frowned. None of them seemed to fit... I couldn’t think of really anyone I knew that was worthy of Karly, most guys just wanted girls for sex. 

At the moment, I decided that I would find someone for her.

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