Battlescars (Editing)

Alex

"Hey, Alex!" my best friend, Carlos Medina, yelled across the courtyard, the rest of our group behind him. I nodded and started walking towards him. I bumped right into a short girl and she just mumbled a lousy apology and walked off.

That's the girl from yesterday. Uh, Ophelia. I'm gonna get this girl to like me. I couldn't get her out my head last night.

"Hold on." I grabbed her hand and smirked, turning her around. I was using my charm on her and she seemed like she was giving in.

"I should make it up to you. You wanna hang out with me today? You really should-"

"I don't know any of your friends."

"They're cool! They won't mind."

"Are you sure?" Before u could answer Carlos showed up.

"Aye, bruh! So you comin' to Monica's party on Saturday?"

"I don't know. Maybe. There's Gloria and Mario and everything."

"Your uncle?" Selena suggested.

"Yeah, but I can't just ask him to watch them whenever I wanna party."

"Who's your lady friend?" I felt Ophelia hold onto my shirt and hide her face in my shoulder.

"Go ahead, you can talk," I said nudging her lightly. She shook her head in most adorable way.

"Oh, she cute, bruh. But what's your name?"

When she lifted her head, she sighed and crossed her arms and legs. "A name."

"Well, hello 'A name' I'm Carlos." He held his hand out and she put hers out, then floated it away mumbling,"Jellyfish."

Oh my goodness, she smiled. Er, smirked. Got to get her to actually smile.

"Oh, okay. You funny, too." She cocked her eyebrow. I guess they liked her to be messing with her like that.

"I like you, Ms. No Name. You're not too bad," Karla said.

"You should hang out with us more often," I said, wrapping my arm around her shoulder.

Taking it off not too soon after, she dramatically stumbled away and said,"Ahaha, no. Today was too much." I looked her legs and noticed a bandage. Probably from the shot yesterday. I also saw how nice her legs looked. Thin, but not all toothpicky. Nice.

"Bruh, I see you checkin' her out. I don't blame you. She's hella cute," Carlos said, standing next to me.

"Nah, it ain't like that. I can't be held down by one girl. I'll make everyone jealous."

"A girl like that, I'd let her hold me down a life time. Better cuff her before someone else does."

"I get her sooner or later. I always do."

"Don't get cocky on me, bruh."

"I'm not. I'm bein' straight up."

"Mhmm. Whatever." The first bell rang and everyone went to their class rooms. We all went to our class which was Ms. Wellington. Ophelia sat in the back of the class as usual and Karla, Selena, Carlos, and me sat in our sqaure, thanks to these stupid rows, and Karla suddenly said something weird.

"Let's ask her to sit with us."

"Yeah. Go ahead babe."

"Alex, you ask her," Karla suggested.

"What? Why?"

"You know her better. I actually think you should go sit with her. You like her huh?"

"I don't know, but even if I do, I can't date her seriously. It'll ruin the thing I got going on."

"What you supposed to got 'goin' on'?" Carlos said.

"Man, sit down."

"Just go talk to her. She seems cool." Selena added.

"And I bet she is."

"Then talk to her!"

"Fine."

I got up and walked around to the back, plopping in the desk next to her.

"No. We had a run in yesterday, that's enough until whenever."

"Oh, you are so fake."

"I'm not! I'm just honest. I don't really know you or like you."

"That's right you don't know me."

"The way you act. I don't like."

"That's just how I act at school. Those guys know how it is at home and everything."

"And I'm the fake one? Please. Be happy I played along with you little player act."

"Player?"

"That's what I said. Do you need a Q-tip?"

"You sure are a smart ass."

"Thank you, Captain Obvious."

"That's it. I can't do it." I stood up to go back to Carlos, Selena, and Karla. I can't believe she made me that irritated.

"Took you this long to realize it?"

"I'm trying to be nice."

"Alex sit down,"Ms. Wellington said from the front of the class.

"Yes, sit. You're embarrassing yourself and me."

"Like people don't already talk shit about you." She just cocked her eyebrow, crossing her arms and legs. Still straight faced as always, no emotion. Damn. I walked away a little steamed that she pushed my buttons like that.

"Dude, that was uncalled for. Really?" Carlos furrowed his eyebrows, confused.

"What?" I said, slumping in my seat.

"'It's not like people don't already talk shit about you'. Man, you don't know her issues. She could be wanting to die because of the stuff they say about her. When Karla said go talk to her, she wanted you to bring her over here, not sit over there and tell her off," Selena butted in.

"Whatever."

"Man, youre out of line these days. I don't know what's up with you, but you need to get that shit together." I just rolled my eyes and looked back to Ophelia, who was no longer there.

Oh, shit. What did I just do?

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So? What do you guys think? Character wise, overall. Do you guys think Alex could have been a bit less rude? Tell me what you think.