THE BOY WITH ENORMOUS DARK EYES

Part 1

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"'Why are you here, Dorothy?" he asks me.

I do not want to answer, but I have to.I have to let him and my parents think that this is going to work.

"Because everybody thinks I'm crazy and that I want to kill myself"sarcasm screams captured in my voice.

"Is it true what people think ?"his voice gives me a headache.

"I would be already dead if it was true."

"Look,Dorothy,your parents say that you suffered a lot after..."

'The incident.'I interrupt my psychologist.

"You have to call the incident on its name."He paused." I think it would be a great start for your therapy"

I shrug."Well,I don't want to.You can't force me to do that."

"If you don't want to say it,I will."

"No." panic invades my world.I can't handle this.

"I'm sorry,Dot,but he is dead.Ethan is dead.And you have to face it if..."

I can't hear him anymore because of my desperate screams.

THEN

It  was the summer before my junior year when I finally discovered how my sister's bedroom looked like. In my childhood,I always thought that she was hiding some magic land in her chamber so I was very disappointed when I opened the door and entered into a typical teenager realm.Her walls were full of posters of k-pop bands and pop stars . She also had pictures of  her in high school with people she didn't hang out with anymore.

Although she left for college,I did not spend so much time in her room.My disappointment was bigger than I could ever imagine.

It was the same summer I discovered my sister's living space when I first met Ethan.Actually, I did not meet him,I only saw him unpacking in front of his house when I passed by.He moved from Iceland,that's all I knew back then. He was quite tall and so slim that he could hide behind a tree and you wouldn't even notice.His white-blond hair and his pale skin contrasted his long black clothes along with his dark enormous eyes.

Undoubtedly,he was the most beautiful boy you could ever meet at Poston Liberty high school.

 When I got to school,after that summer,I found out that in spite of his beauty and his foreign origins,Ethan Dragonberry was not popular.He was not part of any sports team,not part of any clubs and he would never start a discussion with a girl nor a boy.He was called a freak because of his total lack of interest of the society he was living in.I once heard that he had an obsession with historical fiction,something that I like too,but after that week when the rumor was spread,nobody talked about it anymore.

However,I can't imagine what made him join the book club I was in.I don't know what made Ethan talk there and what determined him to come and talk to me.

Despite that the reasons were unknown,I was still happy that I got the chance to be friends with the boy with enormous dark eyes.

The sunrise made its way into my room again,on a beautiful spring morning.Although I wasn't sleeping anymore, the fireball still bothered my sleepy eyes.I got out of my messy bed,I put some clothes on and left for school as usual.I never ever had breakfast before school because I always felt moody having a full stomach in the morning.However,I guess it was because of my bloodlines 'cause my father had felt the same in his senior year.

Walking to school,I saw the spring in every tree and flower on the road.I was not a fan of nature but the way everything changed fascinated me for the first time.It was not like autumn,full of sadness and coloured with dreary shades.Spring had its colors too,but they were full of life and pure hope,exactly what people needed these days.

"Today is going to be a great day,"I told myself.Of course,my voice was low because if anyone from school would hear me I would be bullied all  year.I don't care what people think about me,but I would rather keep myself unpopular than being known as the girl who talks to herself.

After twenty minutes walking alone and staring at the trees, I finally got to school,the home place of true contrasts. On your left,you could see popular girls gossiping about new trends in fashion along with sporty muscular guys who talked about the last baseball game and on your right you could stare at geeks and fangirls.

And in the middle,you could watch Ethan Dragonberry making his way out of class.He was not a sporty guy nor a geek or a fanboy.He was in the middle , exactly where he should be.You could watch him because he was a movie.He was playing all the characters and directing all of the dialogues that he created five minutes before in his mind.And trust me , the movie wasn't boring at all.

There,right in the middle of the hallway,I was fascinated by his existence,  but I never thought that I would do anything to keep his existence untouched.

Thank you so much for reading! Part two will be up soon !