She acts like she never heard it. She acts like she never hears it. The laughs her friends give me and the stares, the snickers and the teasing is worth it. She's worth every punch, every tease, every laugh. She's the girl I'm going to marry. I slowly turn on my heels and head to lunch. She has the same lunch as me. She always comes over to my lonely table and talks to me for five minutes or so. She's perfect. I make my way down the cafeteria, make my way to my lonely table I call it. I sit down and pull out my brown paper bag. The same old lunch, the same old day, the same old life. But that's going to change. I'm going to change. Change. I wrote change on my palm with my black ball point pen. I trace it over again and again until it hurt. I wanted this. I want to change.
I was tapped on the shoulder, I jumped and dropped my pen on the floor. I bent down and saw the shoes on her. Her beautiful white classic high heels. I slowly sit up. Eyeing her up. She's wearing a classy sun dress. It was a pale pink with white lace, no sleeves just exposed skin. Her skin was a light white kind of reminds me of Snow White. Her hair was long and a light brown, it was curled into small loose curls. She's perfect. She sits next to me and smiles at me.
"I'm sorry about before with Casey. You know how she is." She smiled to herself.
"It's fine, I'm used to it." I said hoping to make her feel bad. She looked at her hands then mine. She had a puzzled look.
"Change?" She said popping her head up. I look down at my hand. I forgot for a moment what she meant then it hits me. Change.
"Yeah" I said rubbing my hands together. She looked confused.
"Why change?" She said, slowly puts her elbow on the table and puts her head on her hand.
"You know, it gets boring"
"Your not boring" She said that right away and it took me by surprise that she would say that.
"Well thanks Lucy" I looked at her arm and she had goose bumps. Goose bumps? I don't understand, I gave her goose bumps? Me? Did I say something wrong? Is it cold in here?
"No problem Art. Hey are you still going to walk home with me?" She asked me. We always walk together from school. It was easier then taking the bus from hell. I've been walking home from school since the first bus ride. I remember it. It was bad but moving on.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world" I said with a small smile, she had the goose bumps again? I still don't understand but the smile she gives me, makes me forget the misunderstanding with the goose bumps.
"Well, I'm going to go eat my lunch now. I'll see you later!" She said standing up fast, probably to get away from me.
Later that day I was in English dealing with the teasing but I've come to learn how to ignore them. I'm doing my work minding my own business like always until they said something that made me explode.
"Lucy is a fat swan with no friends. She looks like cow the got ran over!" one of the boys said to me. I can't ignore this. I can't.
"You need to stop! Lucy is perfect and your her friends! called her fat again! I dare you!" I yelled.
"Fat! Lucy Swan is F.A.T" he spelled as if I can't spell. Like that I jumped at Raymond and started punching him.
"DON'T CALL HER THAT!" I yelled. I lost control. I lost myself. I'm not this person. I slowly stop my fist from punching Ray's bloody face. I looked at him. He was shocked and so was everyone else. My teacher miss. Conrad, looked at me then at Ray.
"Ray, go to the nurse" her voice had a 'I don't care' kind of tone to it. Is she going to send me to the principles office? Please don't.
"What are all of you starring at? get back to your seats! We have reading to get to!" she yelled. Everyone listened and sat in their seats starring at me. I raised my hand in the air.
"What Art?" her voice was calm and loving, not like before.
"Can I go to the bathroom?" I said. I have Ray's blood on my hands and I need to get this off. She eyed me up and down as if I was on drugs.
"Go" she said. "Lily start reading" she added. I run out of the class and run to the bathroom.
I don't run in the halls but when I have someone else's blood on me, it's a different story. I wasn't stopped by anyone. I pushed open the bathroom door and walked to the sinks. Washing my hands with warm water, getting looks by some freshmen. Did I mean to attack Ray like that? yes. Do I know it was wrong? Yes. I just hate people who make fun of others. People who make fun of Lucy. How can anyone make fun of her? she has perfect hair, the amazing smile that can melt any guys heart. She's so sweet and loving. What has she done to make you hate her? I feel the anger boil inside me. I felt my fist tighten up. I look up in the mirror, I saw my face which was tensed up and red. I saw a man not a boy. I was in love and love had changed me.
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Hello guys! So here's the first chapter, sorry if its short I was going to add more but I love the end of it. I hope you like this story. Tell me what you think?
~Miranda
