Not What They Think

Chapter 6

Classes continued on, I almost couldn't wait for lunch. Just before I could rush out the door to find Nate, Lucy stopped me. "You ditched me at lunch yesterday, cone eat with me today. Please?" She pleaded, her orange eyes boring into my lilac ones.

It felt like a trance, I couldn't deny her wide eyes. I nodded, following her as she went to a table full of popular girls. "I don't belong here..." I whispered to her, turning away from the glares of the girls. She gripped my arm, pulling me into the seat next to hers.

I looked everywhere but the other girls. "What about you Yoru?" A girl named Annabelle asks from across the table. My eyes shifted to meet her gaze. "Do you have a crush on someone?" She sounded like a girl in grade school.

"Me? Uh, no... not really." My voice was soft and I felt stupid saying it. My thoughts instantly flipped to Nate as I said it. Well... maybe I do, I haven't really thought of it.

"Well there you go!" Anabelle's eyes shifted to someone behind me. I turned around to see Nate's shocked face. "She doesn't like you, you can leave." Her voice was cheerful as his face almost seemed to shatter. He instantly turned away.

I stood up to chase him, but a girls grip on my arm forced me down. "W-" my mouth was covered by Anabelle, causing my shouts to be muffled cries of nothing. Lucy's took off after Nate for me.

"Look girls, she looks like she's crying!" The girl holding me down laughed after announcing to the table. The tears slowly escaped as I pulled free from her grip.

Turning around the corner, I saw Lucy and Nate kissing. I light squeal escaped my lips as I covered my face in embarrassment. Two startled faces turned my way. I ran right out of the school, today started pretty terribly, no surprise it ended even worse.

I ran until I couldn't breath, I had somehow found my way home. The door was locked from when I left this morning, and of course... my key is in my bag... that I left at school... great.

I kicked the door in frustration. I curled up on my porch and let out all the tears. I stayed like that for a while. What felt like hours was probably only a few minutes considering someone out of breath came up to me. I looked up to see the soft blonde curls of someone I definitely did not want to see.

"Yoru, I'm sorry. He came onto me, I would have pushed him away if I had known you liked him. I'm so, so sorry!" She hugged onto me, and as much as I never wanted to see her again, it was comforting to hug her.

"I-I'll... forgive you..." I whispered to her between sobs. She hugged me closer and I softly sobbed into her sweater.