"Tomi.. I want to be with you. I really do, but if something happened to you, I can't bear to live myself that I was the one doing that to you," I said in a low voice. Tomi pulled my closer to him and hugged me. "Seline, I will never ever ever regret being with you. Let it be. Earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis, I will still want to be with you." He kissed my forehead. "Fine.. I will try, okay?" I looked up to Tomi's eyes.
I hope I made the right decision. Maybe it was time to let Tomi inside. He will be my first after that incident. Tomi, I hope you are worth it. My heart is always left trampled on. Please take care of it now.
"Seline, you okay, babe?" Tomi asked while stroking my hair. "Ya.." "You have to get to your class, now. Okay? I'll be here when you're done. Promise." I nodded and went to Mathematics class. Urgh Mrs Holmes. As I walked into the class, all eyes were fixed on me. Not again. Are you serious? Then suddenly a voice from the guy at the back yelled, "SO YOU'RE HITTING ON TOMI NOW?!" Another voice was heard. "IT'S SO TYPICAL LIKE HOW YOU ACT SO SAD AND LONELY BUT END UP GETTING ALL THE MR POPULAR!" This time, a girl voice spoke, "YEA, REMEMBER BRADLEY?" That name. My face went red and inside of me was filled with anger. I went to the girl and slapped her on her right cheek. "Talk about Bradley and you'll lose a leg. Don't even judge me when you fools don't even know what I'm going through. Maybe it's time to take a look at your bloody self when you clearly sleep with half of the school. I'm sorry. Where's your baby now? Adoption centre? So much for being a 'mum'" I yelled at her. "ALL OF YOU, STOP!" Mrs Holmes said loudly. That was the first time seeing her being mad. "Seline, what you said was rude but all of you should know what she is going through before you judged. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. So stop this nuisance, and please take a seat, Seline. Anyone spreading about this incident outside the class will have their 2 days detention from me. Do I make myself clear?" The whole class was silent. "DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?" she shouted. "Yes.." the whole class replied.
The whole class was really awkward. No one replied Mrs Holmes each time a question was asked. It was like she was the only one in the class. When the class ended, everyone left without uttering a word. "Seline. May I talk to you?" Mrs Holmes asked. "What?" "Seline, what's happening to you?" What did she even mean? I'm always like this. "I'm fine?" I gave her a weird look. "Why are all the students picking on you. What have you done?" she asked nicely. "Tomi asked me out.. that's all.. I just said yes.." "Oh. No wonder. The students should be more considerate but Seline, never ever questioned people why they gave up their child. You don't know how hard it was for them being in that situation." "I know, I was just mad when they mentioned Bradley, I'm sorry," I apologised. "Don't apologise to me. Apologise to her."
I went out of the class to find Savannah, if it was really her name since I don't really acknowledged her. "SAVANNAH!" She turned and looked at me and instead of walking away she stood still. She stared directly into my eyes. "Don't you ever dare to talk about my bloody baby just like that. She's mine to worry about, not you. Don't you have somewhere to be? Like flirting with other guys? Oh wait, none of them want you around them because the last time that happened, he apparently died." She walked away. "I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M SORRY, JEEZ DRAMA QUEEN." I shot back. This time, she came up to me and said, "You know, I might be the one who gave up my baby for adoption, but at least I don't hide myself in a shell, like you do. Don't you get it, Seline? You don't belong here. Get lost."
I didn't even feel anything. Like those words don't bother me anymore. "SELINE!" Tomi called out to me. I didn't stop walking even I knew he called me. "SELINE! WAIT!" The walk was slowly becoming a jog then into a run. I ran to the janitors closet and hid there. I sat there in total darkness. The darkness was a replica of my soul.
A knock was heard. It creaked opened and Tomi peeped inside and saw me. "Hey, Seline. You okay?" "No." He went inside and made sure no one saw him entering the janitors closet and sat beside me.
"What happened?"
"You. You happened."
"Elaborate?"
"Everyone is making fun of me because Bradley was popular and he died because of me and now everyone said that every boy that gets involved with me will end up being like Brad. They even said that my taste was popular boys because you're with me now." I pulled my knees towards my chest and buried my face in it.
"Ignore them. I don't care whatever they say. I still will stand by you."
He hugged me and I just cried into his arms. Few minutes went by and he just hugged me without letting go. "Seline. Let's get out of here. It's kinda creepy here," he pulled me up and we left the janitors closet with Tomi's arm around me.
