the stars of oak harbor

september eighth - 7:36am

someone knocked on my window.

i looked up and saw sienna

smiling,

like she always was.

i rolled down the window.

"you're not going to let me in?"

she said, her smile fading.

"wasn't planning on it,"

i replied flatly.

she sighed.

"i guess someone didn't get

a good night's sleep."

i sipped my coffee.

"guess not."

she tried

pulling the door handle a couple times,

but it wouldn't budge.

she leaned against the hood of the car.

"c'mon,

stop being such a downer.

you're making me all sad."

i knew i should have been more excited.

i knew i shouldn't ruin the day for my best friend.

but each time i blinked,

the night flashed before my eyes,

and i felt the tears.

and boy did they

burn.

sienna approached the window again;

i quickly wiped away my tears. 

"it's the first day of our senior year,

adelaide.

you can either pout about it,

or you can make the most of it."

i slumped in my seat. 

i sat there a while, 

contemplating. 

"let's go."

we walked through the gates

towards the senior circle,

which wasn't even a circle,

it's just a group of tables where all the seniors sit.

i saw levi,

who had his back turned to me,

sitting with matt and tim,

and basically the whole football team.

of course i saw millie over there too,

because wherever the football team went,

millie went.

partly because she's a cheerleader,

and partly because she's boy obsessed.

and while i saw a crowd of people,

a mix of faces,

a blur of stories,

all i focused on was levi.

he was smiling,

but i saw

no happiness

in his eyes. 

// a.n. im gettin pretty good at this updating thing guys!!! but i won't be able to update for a while because i will be in colorado (with no computer!!). ill try to do one more chapter before i leave.  

random question: if you could live in any big city, where would you live? //

also, here is a collage of all the main characters (i picked the pictures that best represent what they look like in my head)