She's Grey

Chapter One

My body was burning from the excursion of movement. My hips danced one way and my waist another as my toes pinned the polish wood floor. I hardly looked in the mirrors. 'My eyes instead followed my out stretched fingers as my arms moved. When I glimpsed myself in the mirrored walls, all I could see was my caramel hair flying. I was a spinning top, a swan-- lost in my body.

My mornings were my time with myself. Breakfast consisted of oatmeal, a glass of almond milk and fruit. I ate this while writing in my journal to get to know myself a little more and to get my day started in the right direction before going to school around so many lost souls. Once my mind was in the right place, I was off to my studio. Following my practice was my shower. Not bothering for a towel, I stepped out onto the white fur carpet of my room and danced around naked.

I danced around my room as I made my bed and picked an outfit for school. I chose a subtle white sun dress and threw on my silver pandora bracelet and high heeled sandals. After spraying my hair with my beach wave conditioner, and dabbing my lips with rosy lip plumper, I was ready to go.

My lips pressed into my little baby, Snow's white furry head as I walked to the entrance of my family's estate. I sat Snow down and she wagged her tail, watching me go.

I let down my Ray Bans over my eyes to shield me from the California sun singing over the town. I followed the light stones of the cobblestone circular driveway to my white porsche and once I was inside, I blasted the radio, Ed Sheeran's new hit single blasting through my car and out the windows, dancing with the wind as I drove. Driving down the palm tree lined road, I took sight of the clear sky. There was only one strange grey line of cotton off in the distance.

"He's way too feminine for me, I mean... He cares more about his appearance than me! Its insane really."

We all laughed.

I was with my friends Diana, Maria, and Luciana, walking through the grass towards one of the school buildings for our first period class that we all shared. These girls were my very best friends. We've been together since elementary and have only grown more closer over the years.

Diana flips her blond hair as she talks. She was the only blond in our group but one was enough. "You guys know I can't keep this up. Mike is cute but Jose knows how to handle me and I really don't want to break Mike's ego. If he finds out about Jose, he will never look at a women again. Im sure of it..."

Diana was still talking but I had stopped listening. My mind was on him-- mi amor ojo marrones. I bet he was asleep right now, sprawled out on his bed in his apartment. I imagined his short golden brown curly hair meshed on top of his head and his long curling eyelashes softly kissing his cheekbones, his jawline protruding through his tan skin.

I longed to see him, I longed to smell his strong masculine scent mixed with laundry detergent. When I was in middle school and him in high school, he would stay with me after school while my parents were at work and I would see him everyday but ever since he went off to college, I hardly saw him. I would be seeing him tonight for the first time since school started over a month ago.

"Lina!" My head shot up, my smile wiped off my face. These girls would surely call me an idiot smiling at the ground like that.

They were asking about him.

A small smile played at my lips. "Yes, his family is coming over for dinner tonight after the game, as well as the Hammell's and Santiago's."

"All the rich families of the county, huh? Will Harry Hammell and the Santiago twins be there?" Maria purred, pursing her ruby red lips.

"Claro! As always! And Harry is way to old for you, so don't even!" I laughed.

Maria winked.

"Well Lina, you must invite us." Luciana said, trying to assert her power over me.

I just laughed and thought about the prospect. They went with me everywhere, why not here as well? "Hm. Okay, you ladies want to go?"

"Yes!"

"Si!"

"Of course!"

"Well that settles it! After the game, we will all get ready at my place." I said, spinning around towards them as I walked backwards.

They were all squealing with delight. I was glad I could make them happy.

We walked into Mr. Peterson's class right after the bell rung and went right to the back two tables awaiting us. We all sat and continued conversing until the teacher began his morning speech.

At lunch we all met at our usual table under the big tree. It had the most shade. My friends gossiped as usual, and I sketched my brown eyed beauty. Painting and drawing were another skill of mine.

I glanced up from my work when Jose and his jockey friends came to our table. All six of them were dumb as a potato but they were good at football. All that hitting was probably killing all of their brain cells. The only one that wasn't as dumb was Jonas. He was actually really smart... smart enough not to hit on me. That is, until last week when he asked me out and I brutally turned him down. He put me on the spot and I felt cornered.

I felt bad but I would never waste my time on meaningless guys when I already knew what I wanted. When Jonas came to our table he didn't make eye contact with me and I assumed he was still hurt so I decided to break the tension and greet him.

"Hi Jonas."

"Oh, hey." He quickly says. Still no eye contact.

The guys started to clown him like they did last week, making me feel worst about the situation. I didn't say anything and he walked away, irritation written all over his body. I got up without thinking and go after him. "Jonas! Hey!" I grabbed his arm and looked up at him once he turned around. "Look, I'm sorry for last week but really, I don't date. It's not my thing." I give a nervous giggle and he stared, then walked away.

Frowning, I went back to my throne. He was really taking it personally. "Why is he so butt hurt?" I asked his friends.

"He's a senior that got rejected by a junior!" Jose laughed and all his friends follow, trying to give me high fives and applause.

I ignored them and stared after Jonas. I didn't mean to hurt him... or his ego.

"Maybe he should have stuck with his own age." Luciana said, shrugging. She secretly liked him and everyone knew it. Now she was begrudging towards me. She felt lessoned with the fact that he picked me over her, just like the cheer team picked me over her. Also she was jealous of my wealth, no matter how much I shared with her.

I mean, she, a senior turned down for a junior. I would be hurt too, but the difference is, I know when something is my time and when it isn't. She did all she could to keep up but she never felt like she was enough and when one doesn't believe in himself, how will others? My dad always said that.

"I mean, he asked Lina, of all people!" Luciana went on saying.

I rolled my eyes. Wow, she wanted to be me so bad.

*Cue the Meghan Trainor song*