eclipse [m. gunnarsen]

chapter 1: shyness

luna's pov//
another day only means more loneliness. i wish i could stay home or go anywhere else. i wasn't always alone. i had marcus and martinus of course and well i had my best friend allie but she moved away. i remember the day she told me she was leaving. it was one of the hardest goodbyes. she promised that we would always stay in touch but after a while she stopped returning my calls. i really do miss her. then of course marcus and martinus got famous and kinda just stopped talking to me. except well marcus talked to me yesterday he wanted to hang out with me but he was just being nice. plus i'm too shy around guys especially cute ones that i have liked since i was 10 years old. i walked to school and sat down in my empty english room. i just wrote for a while and then the bell rang and the whole class shuffled in. i watched a ton of happy faces enter the door not having a care in the world. i saw marcus and martinus walk in which made me put my head down to avoid martinus. hopefully they wouldn't notice me. marcus walked over to me.

marcus-"i see you are still writing in that journal. what do you write about anyways?"

luna-"oh just anything that comes to mind."

i let out a weak smile and proceeded to writing. i could feel them looking at me which made me uncomfortable so i just ignored it.

teacher-"ok class. today i am going to announce the winner of the creative story contest we had the other day. after careful consideration miss luna anderson congratulations."

i looked up and actually smiled this time. i was rather pleased with myself.

teacher-"would you like to come up and read some of your story?"

luna-"oh no that's okay. but thank you i feel honored."

martinus-"that's the most i've ever heard you speak in class."

i looked at him and just looked down. i don't get what his problem is.

marcus-"luna why don't you share your story?"

mac was whispering to me. i felt his brown eyes on my blue eyes which he couldn't really see due to my hood.

luna-"i'm just not a big speaker. besides it's not that great anyways."

mac-"well i would have loved to hear it. maybe you can show me after school?"

i really did want to hang out with marcus. i think i might say yes.

luna-"yea sure that sounds-

martinus-"no! she is not coming to our house."

martinus cut me off and he happened to say that really loudly so everyone was looking at us now. my face was turning very pink because i hate to draw attention to myself. then martinus' girlfriend came over. her name was skye and she was really popular.

martinus-"you are not invited."

skye-"aw how cute did little luna think she would get a chance to hang out with the popular kids for once?"

i just looked around and felt a dozen eyes fixated on me. this is not the kind of attention i wanted.

luna-"i-i"

skye-"i-i-she can't even speak right. no wonder she never says anything."

i looked around and saw everyone laughing. i grabbed my journal and my bag and left. the teacher was trying to say something to me but i ignored it. i wish i could say something for myself but i'm just to shy. it's not in my nature to fight back. i went to the bathroom and i will just stay here til class is over. not like anyone would care that i'm gone.

macs pov//
i felt bad for luna. i was just trying to be nice to her. she left the class all pink. she is a very shy girl she always has been so to have attention on her like that wasn't really helpful.

marcus-"martinus i told you to be nice to her! look what you did. you know luna has always been shy."

martinus-"marcus i don't get why you are so fixated on her. i mean she has nothing going for her."

marcus-"martinus don't say that. you hardly even know her!"

martinus-"yea cause you do? stop pretending like you are her new found best friend. besides i was not letting her into our house."

marcus-"bro i don't know what your problem is but i hate the new you. i miss nicer martinus when he was my brother and didn't care about all the popularity and shit."

martinus-"see luna is in your head now. you would have never said that to me before."

marcus-"uh i would have. now excuse me i'm going to find luna."

i left martinus sitting there. he can hang out with his other friends. as for luna i'm not really sure where to look. i checked the halls and by her locker but she wasn't there. she wasn't outside or anywhere near the fields. maybe she went home. i would feel bad. right as i was about to give up i saw a shadow lurking behind me.

marcus-"luna!"

i yelled her name across the hall. she turned and when she saw me i could tell she got a little frightened because she jumped. i walked to catch up to her.

marcus-"sorry i didn't mean to scare you."

luna-"it's ok. besides what are you doing here. shouldn't you be in class?"

marcus-"i could ask you the same thing. i'm sorry for what my brother said. you are invited to our home. i would love to have you there."

luna-"thanks marcus. but i don't know i just don't feel comfortable around-him. i'm a little shy if you haven't noticed.

she bit her lip and was playing with her hoodie. she let out a nervous giggle. it was actually kinda cute. she always wore a hoodie or some sort and i never knew why. maybe she was always cold?

marcus-"come on luna! it will be like old times."

luna-"ok you convinced me. i will come over around five?"

marcus-"sounds great. now let's go back to class. come on i won't let martinus hurt you i promise."

and so we walked back to class and when we entered the room everyone was looking at us but i didn't mind. i would love to be seen with luna. maybe i'm starting to feel something for her. maybe cause i haven't seen her in so long but who knows. she went back to her seat and i sat next to her. she looked at me surprised but was happy. i always wanted to sit next to her but martinus would never let me. luna was always alone which made me sad to see. she has a great personality which more people should get to know. martinus looked back at us and rolled his eyes. if he keeps doing that maybe they will pop right out of his head. its martinus so hopefully he will lighten up but until then he is gonna have to deal because i get the feeling he will be seeing a lot more of luna...