Remember Me

1. The Old New Girl

I didn't think it would end the way it did. I thought we'd go on to our happily ever after but life isn't a fairy tale. As much as you'd like to have a prince save you, hair that glows when you sing, kisses that beat death and see Atlantas you won't. Things like that only exist in books, kids books where good defeats evil or the bad guy becomes good almost always. But what if the bad guy wins, what if the bad guy becomes more evil than before.........

I've walked through life with one mind set: Murphy's Law and Be Realistic and Good ain't Always Good. Okay, so maybe I have more than one mind set but they all have the same principal which is life ain't easy, the sooner we accept that, the better it'll be. Look, I'm not always negative, usually I am extremely happy but we all have one of those days and this year was one of them.

So, a few weeks ago I came back to my old school, Crescent Hill High. No one remembered me but that's okay, I didn't want them to. As I walked through the familiar corridors I, being nosy, saw a girl with long hair, big brown eyes and a little gap between her teeth sitting in the nursing office. I peered through the window for a while examining her, she looked pale and confused as though she couldn't keep focus because she was tired. The nurse allowed her out and I ran for the bathroom which is where the girl went to. She rinsed her face and when she looked up she saw me in the mirror and turned around with a fright. She said, "What are you doing?" "I'm just leaving." I said with hastiness. I ran towards my class, slamming the door shut just as quickly as I opened it. The entire class turned to me as I awkwardly ran to my seat, "Sorry, Ma'am." I said, my teacher kept silent. She turned to the board when the girl walked in and sat at her desk. I shrank in my seat, hiding my face behind my text book for the rest of the lesson.

After the bell rang I bolted for the door. Running as far from the girl's view as I possibly could, not that it helped since we were in every class together. I couldn't tell if she cared for me or if I was just "that girl she met in the bathroom", all I know is that I'd never forget the first time I saw her.

School was over and I waited for my parents to pick me up and believe it or not the girl who I'd been avoiding the whole day came and sat right next to me. She looked at me, cleared her throat and said, "You've been avoiding me." I looked away trying not to notice but she just tapped me on the shoulder. "I know you're not deaf" she said rather viscously, so I looked at her, her big eyes staring at me, trying to keep my heart as an internal organ. She snapped her finger in front of my face, she was growing impatient and all I did was stare. Finally I said, "Yeah, I have. I tried to avoid you but now we're talking. I'm Kris." I stretched my hand out to shake hers and she shook it awkwardly. She adjusted her position a few times before she introduced herself, "I'm Nea. Not sure how I feel about meeting you" "You'll know sooner or later" I said casually. We sat there in silence till my parents picked me up and took me home. As we drove off I looked out the window and caught her staring at me as we drove away, so I guess she does care a little bit about me.