Justice League: The Teenage Years{Book 1: Complete}

Episode Four: Moving on?

Shayera's  pov

   This wasn't  supposed  to  be  so hard, this wasn't  supposed  to  go horribly. However  things don't always  go how they are supposed  to and of course, I had to experience  it.

  I couldn't  just  sit on the  lunch table, my head buried in my arms, feeling  bad for  myself. I had to move  on with  life, it was the sensible  thing to  do and  probably  the  most  sane. I couldn't  take my mind off him, just  couldn't  forget about  him. John Stewart  was stuck on my mind.

   "Yo!" I looked  up  and  smiled, I might have gotten  a way to John's  heart. Hal Jordan  sat across  from  me, looking  as if he had something  to say, though  I couldn't  figure  out what. "Okay." He  said  "I talked to  John and  I'm kinda  surprised  by his response, I thought  I was master of  everything  but..."

  "Get to the  point  please." I  sighed, I didn't  dislike Hal but  I wasn't  in the  mood for  his cockiness.

"Well look, he definitely doesn't hate you but..." He paused, trying to think of the right thing to say. I looked at him, becoming even more worried by the second. "He's afraid that if you and him became friends, then Mauri is going to think John is cheating on her, you know, since you guys used to date and all.."

"Yeah I got that." I sighed, there was nothing more to hear, John had said no. "You can go now...thank you."

Hal nodded and got off the table. He gave me a sympathetic look, before walking back out of the room. I leaned my cheek on my hand, thinking over everything. I wasn't surprised that John had said no, it would be stupid to expect immediate love from him. However, it didn't make it hurt any less.

"I just wish it could go back to how it used to be.." I mumbled as I walked out of the lunchroom. "Before I moved away, when John and I were dating and when he looked at me like..." I glanced at John, sitting with Mauri, giving her all the attention in the world. "When he gave me that look, like I really meant something."

I walked up and down the hallways, feeling like crap. Diana had always told me, not to let a man ruin your life. She was right but was also wrong, love was something important and I couldn't just forget about it. I was a strong girl and this wasn't going to be the death of me, but that didn't mean I was going to lose either.

I was suddenly taken out out of my thoughts, to the sound of music coming from the gym. My first thought was to keep walking and ignore the sound but I eventually gave in and walked into the room.

"Woah.." I said to myself, surprised by the sight in front of me. The whole sophomore year, was gathered in the gym, music blasting and students losing themselves in it. People had left their normal cliques and were interacting with people, you'd never expect them to. I had no idea what had brought my grade to this, but it was something I could get into, something that could distract me from John.

I looked around the whole room, trying to find people I wanted to hang around with. There were a group of kids, dancing and laughing. I smiled at them but turned my gaze to the kids sitting on the bleachers, the group was a mix of student council members, jocks and popular kids. Since I was good friends with most of jocks, I decided to join this group. I walked over to them and sat down besides, who I think was the new student, J'ohn Jones.

"Hi." He smiled at me and gave him a small nod. "I'm J'ohn and you are?" I looked at the hand he was holding out for me and gently shook it. "Shayera Holl, nice to meet you."

"Same to you." He smiled. "I think you're in my Geometry class, Mrs. Smith's class?" I nodded. "I think you sit a row in front of me." I said trying to make conversation but this was a pretty bland conversation. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by a gust of wind and an angry blonde.