Meant to Be?

Chapter 1

I wake up and the first thing I do is look at my phone and it's still turned on from last night. I turned it off and began to get ready for school. I look into my closet and begin to throw close everywhere trying to determine what outfit I should go with today. I keep checking the time as I try on ten million different combinations of clothes.

"I'm going to look horrible no matter what, why am I even trying," I sigh to myself.

I throw on my last resort outfit, a pair of black leggings and a t-shirt with a North Face and Uggs. To tie off the white girl look I threw my hair up into a messy bun. There is no wonder why no one realizes I am mixed. I look at the clock and this time it's 6:30. I get all of my stuff packed and run out of my house to the bus. When I get to the bus stop I stand there like my usual awkward self, listening to music and waiting for the bus. I look around at all the leaves on the ground. The fall is my favorite season. Even though it is dark I can still see the beautiful vibrant colors of the leaves. When the bus pulls up I rush to get on first so I can save me and Emily, my best friend, a seat in the very back of the bus.

As soon as I get to my seat I plop down and spread my stuff throughout the seat to make it very clear that I'm saving the other half of my seat for someone. I am greeted by the sounds of two ignorant freshies sucking on each others faces. I feel the bus jolt to a stop and I look up with eager eyes waiting for Emily to climb onto the bus. She finally appeared, it was hard to pick her out of everyone getting on from her stop, she is extremely short. She has been my best friend since day one, I have never gotten closer to someone as me and her are. I quickly moved my stuff so she could sit.

"Hey bae! Like H-A-E B-A-E, because your name is Haley and for short you could say hae and bae rhymes with hae," she had cheesy smile on her face waiting for me to laugh or to tell her that it was funny.

"You never fail to amuse me, by the way you are on time for the front row view of a make out session with ultra sound," I laughed and rolled my eyes.

She is the definition of goody two shoes. She corrects herself when she swears and has really lame jokes, but they always make you laugh. I reached in my bag and got gum out for the both of us knowing that she would ask for some sooner or later.

"Thanks bae," she says as she pops it into her mouth and rest her head on my shoulder.

If you didn't know us you would think we are lesbians. A lot of people don't understand the bond we have and how much we have been through together. We have even traveled together. We were always there for each other and we are attached at the hip. When we didn't have dates to a school dance we would take each other. She is the only person I would trust my life with.

"How's Corbin?" She raised her eyebrows up and down when she posed the question.

I just giggled and rolled my eyes, "Oh hush you know what I am going to say!"

"You can't say that anymore, they broke up silly." She looked at me with a confused look and a smile

My eyes widened and I pulled out my phone as quick as possible. All of their photos were deleted of off instagram and she took his name out of her bio. I felt a smile appear on my face. I look up from my phone and began to think if this was my fault. My smile began to disappear as I thought about it more. Emily looked at me with a concerned look but didn't say anything. I look out the window and saw that we were in front of the school. I didn't even notice that we were at school already.

"Let's go girly," Emily groaned as she pulled on my shoulder.

I stayed quiet and slowly made my way off the bus with her. As soon as we got of the bus she gave me a hug. I gave her a half hug, I think she said something to me but I wasn't listening. She walked off and I was alone once a again. I walked into the school slowly and walked around hoping I would bump into Corbin. I have twenty minutes before class, that gives me enough time to find him. As I walk through the hall I bump into Zack, we are kind of friends. It's more like I just tolerate him.

"Hey, why do you look like a lost puppy?" He laughed and hugged me.

I didn't hug him back, I just stood limp and said, "I'm looking for Corbin, kinda."

"Why him?" He rolled his eyes at me.

I scoffed and just walked away from him. 15 minutes went by quickly. I gave up on finding him and just walked to class. He probably doesn't even want to see me right now, I thought to myself. Thankfully there were no signs of Gabby, as it is now my new job to avoid her. I sit down in ridgways class and try to pay attention but I couldn't stop thinking. I saw Corbin pass by the classroom and it abrupted my thoughts. I smiled for a second seeing him but went back to thinking. What the fuck Haley. You have feelings for someone who just got out of a relationship. He is way out of your league. I couldn't stop thinking about this whole situation.

The rest of the day kind of went by in a blur, I didn't even get a chance to talk to Corbin. As soon as I saw my clock change to 1:55 I jumped out of my seat and rushed to the bus as usual. I glanced around the ocean of people once more to find Corbin, but there was no such luck so I just climbed onto the bus. I sat down and was relieved the couple that usually sit in front of me weren't there. The bus closed it's doors and there was still no signs of Emily. I was bummed that I had to endure the boring bus ride alone but at least I had my cellphone. The bus ride felt like it took forever. I was so happy to see my stop. I said my usual goodbyes to the people I actually care for and the bus driver. I hop of the bus and walk as quickly as possible to avoid any conversations with my neighbors.