Darkness

Were It All Began

Luce's POV

Sam's reaction to my question had not been what I'd expected. I'd gone through at least twenty different outcomes, one of which had ended with a passionate kiss. I brushed that away quickly. I didn't like Sam. I mean, we'd been best friends since year three. I still vividly remember the moment I had nervously shuffled into my new classroom. The teacher introduced me. After some gentle prompting, I had told the class that I had a dog named Carmen. The only empty seat was next to a shy looking kid who was biting there fingers. And that was were it began. We were quiet at first but then I noticed some sticky notes on the desk of this strange child next to me. I peered at them somewhat discreetly. They were drawings of hair. For some reason my 8 year old mind thought this was so cool. I inquired about the drawings and Sam asked if they could braid my hair so I agreed. We'd been inseparable ever since. The thought of actually LIKE liking the person who knew me so well, too well probably, had never even crossed my mind. Although I did get a pang of jealousy whenever I saw Sam having fun with someone else. But that was just a protective best friend thing. Right? I was confused. I needed a break. A break from life. Today had been exhausting. Three different impromptu quizzes. Two of which I was pretty sure I had failed. I mean how do you even spell? One word is overly complicated and the next is to simple to be true. What even is the English language? MAKE UP YOUR MIND! I was tired. My bed was beckoning me. Sleep was what I needed. A good night's sleep.  

'Good luck with that Luce'

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I wanted to put a little background story In. I was going to do this chapter in Sam's POV but I decided against it because I had to remind myself who the protagonist is. But who knows? There may be another bit in Sam's POV again. Maybe in a CERTAIN  chapter I've been planning😉...