I just have to get out.

Part 12

Walking around in Waterstones was quite fun. I was walking around the Teen/ Dark Romance with Sapphira and I sat on the floor and just took note of what she wanted to have on her bookshelf at home. It was something simple and didn’t give too much headache. Now and then I would see a book that I’d really want her to buy me for my birthday and my christmas. It wasn’t just about her and now-a-days it seemed to be like it was all about her and her boyfriend and his friends. It’s like I was sometimes not even in the picture anymore. Unloved and forgotten. Normal times right? Not..

Shaking the thought from my head, I took a chance to look around the shelves that surrounded me. I saw books like Eragon and Eldest  sitting on the shelf. I couldn’t see Brisingr but that must’ve been bought because it was part of a collection. Maybe they didn’t have any in. Oh well, I wasn’t going to worry about what was missing and what was on the shelf. I was more interested on making things better with my best friend. I mentally did a small Yay in my head before concentrating on what I was doing.

“So what sort of books do you want Yvonne? I noticed that we hadn’t done you a list and I’m sure there are plenty out that you want” She turned to me with her arms full of books and it was like looking at her when she was ‘normal’ and before everything happened with me.  And no, I’m not making everything about me now. I’m trying to keep the friends I once had close to me. I know I have Luca, but he’s my perfect boyfriend. I feel like I can’t live without him.  Unlike Sapphira who, I’m sure of this, didn’t come and see me when I was in the ‘hospital’ and didn’t come to see me out because I know she wasn’t there. I never saw her face hiding behind Luca’s back. So in all, I guess that counts her as a sort of coward for not coming to visit or see how I was doing. Jeez, some people eh?

Taking a long time to give a comeback was easy now. Since I’ve been thinking a lot just now, I might as well use that to my advantage. “I don’t know Sappy. There are a few books that I want to get because there are part of my collections. Like House Of Night and The Immortals Series. But then again, I wouldn’t know if they were out yet. So I’ll do my usual thing of collecting books that just one off series,” I rambled, knowing she was paying attention to every word I said. Though it would’ve made a difference if I had  mumbled something because she doesn’t bother to listen to me when I mumble. Even I don’t listen to her when she mumbles.

“Ok, so what if I got you, say this book?” She asked, raising one eyebrow as she asked. I didn’t mind. It looked like it was ‘right up my street’, if you get me. But hey, I would read anything at the moment. Anything to get Luca of my back about just poodling around indoors. I was still staying at his house so far. My parents hadn’t bothered to get back in touch so I couldn’t care less. Oh well. Luca’s mum and dad are more than welcome to sort of adopt me while I go out with their son, who I must emphasize if the hottest guy in school and every girl is jealous of me. Since I have new friends because of Luca, I didn’t tell them I was going to ‘Hospital’ I just mentioned that I was going on holiday for a long time. They sucked that information right up and nodded their heads like good people. They didn’t need to know my business.

I nodded to her selection and got up. “Hey, can get going now? I said to Luca that I’d be back before 5”, I  went to walk out before she called me back. “Yvonne. Come on, wait up for me please!” I didn’t look back because I would’ve stopped and waited. Also, I didn’t want to wait around because I had a bad feeling that people from School were hanging around the shopping centre and it made me uneasy. Everyone had heard about what I had done and they had either been weary of me and stayed out of my way until I was put ‘away’ or there had been half the school against me and made fun of my at every point they could. I used to be popular, the one who everyone was jealous of because of Luca. But now, I’m the odd one out and I can’t get myself back up to the top of the leaderboard. Even though I was still with Luca, he was in College and I most likely, when I go back to school this is, I won’t survive the torment. I’ll have Sappy and Ethan, but knowing my luck they’ll be all up themselves and be someone totally different than to being my friends.

I was right y’know. There were people from my school, walking past Waterstones when I put my foot outside the front door. It made me want to turn right around and hide in the bookshop. But they spotted me and of all people that could be with them, it had to be the worst four. Aaron, Anna, Robert and Karen. Two of them were followers sort of people, They were the most annoying people of all times, especially of what I can remember.