Moment of Reflection

Chapter 13

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I opened my eyes, hearing the repetitive beep of my alarm.

Dismissing it, I placed my phone back down, staring up at the white ceiling.

My fingers brushed across my forehead, first feeling the cotton from under the tape, then reaching the spot that I wouldn't forget.

I didn't know how long Vito had stayed last night, but I knew he was late. When it was time for him to go, he gave me a hug and planted a soft kiss on my forehead. The kiss was just under my hairline and to the right of my part, which was naturally down the center.

From what I could tell, his lips were soft and warm, along with the breath that he released on my skin as well.

My lips on the other hand, were stretched into a toothy grin on my face. I got up, walking into my bathroom to get ready.

After mentally debating on whether to change the dressing all together or to leave it, I decided I would replace it with a large band-aid.

Peeling off the medical tape, the cotton ball wanted to stick to the wound. I managed to pluck off most of it in one shot.

I peeled the wrapper off of the cloth band-aid, stretching it over the gouge in my forehead. Getting that out of the way, I could finish getting ready for my day.

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Class came, actually I should say English came.

I strolled into the room, finding my usual seat and sitting down. Vito was nowhere in sight, probably because he was making copies or something.
The last of the students filed in just as the bell rang.

I heard the all too familiar chuckle along with a few distant words. Clearly he was chatting with some of his fellow colleagues.

He came in, clearly focused on other things, he hadn't seemed to have made, or tried to make, the usual eye contact with me like he normally would have. I tried to shove the thought aside.

We had dinner last night, he came to my house claiming he was worried.

Okay, so what? He was caring for me.
Oh, and the kiss? Friends kiss. Especially since it was on my forehead. He could have been kissing my head better.

Clearly I was over reading into things... like I always did.

He may make comments that could show otherwise. But I highly doubt it's true. Because I am literal trash and deserve to be left in a dumpster. Most people avoid me it seems, or they just talk to me because they feel bad for me... or claiming they feel bad for the death of my father.

Though, Vito seems to be putting on a better act than the rest.

"Okay, so today you guys will continue working on your projects. Just please make sure you're using your time wisely. I'm tired of giving extra days. We seriously need to be getting this done. Presentations start tomorrow and I want them to be done by Friday. Four days is plenty. We need to be moving on to the next unit." He said, I obviously hadn't paid any attention to anything he was saying before, due to my retched thoughts.

I pulled out my chromebook and folder, pulling out the last of my notes along with my book. We had to make a presentation based off of Hamlet. The topics we had to cover were; Decisions and consequences, connections between the text and broader world applications, and we just had to work on citing our information orally and in writing.