Naomi's Corner

Not in my House

Naomi could barely pay attention during biology even though it was one of her favorite subjects. Right now all she could think about is the pain that Gina made her feel as well as regret. She regretted wasting so much time and energy into their relationship. She regretted ever trusting her in the first place, and for being there for her whenever she needed her the most. Naomi knew that Gina no longer deserved her, and even with all of the regret and pain she currently felt, she couldn't help but feel as if she had some something wrong. Should she have told Logan to back off on the first day of school when he was clearly flirting with Gina, or when he snapped her saying he was going to try to steal Gina from her? Should she have been trying harder to keep her from starting by texting her more, trying to hang out with her more, and walking her to class more so that she had less time to spend with Logan? All of these thoughts raced through her head as her biology teacher was currently trying to discuss cells or scientific notation or Darwin's theory of evolution or whatever. She had no clue what she would do when she would have to see Gina later in gym class.

The day moved by so slowly that Naomi felt as off she would be kept in this school for the rest of her life. Eventually, she had finally made it to last period. The period that she dreaded the most because Gina was in it. "Don't talk to her, don't look at her, she doesn't deserve you, be cool, be chill," Naomi thought to herself before walking through the gym doors in her blue and white gym uniform paired with bright white nikes. "You can do this" was her last and final thought as she entered the door to find Gina standing right there in front of her. "I cannot do this," Naomi accidentally said out loud. "Naomi hear me out, I know I made a mistake and what I did was wrong but..." Naomi stopped Gina in the middle of her sentence by covering her mouth. "Save it for someone who cares to listen." Naomi said in cold voice. "But Naomi, I may like him but I still love you!! I made a mistake, I know now that Logan is just the homie, and that you're the only one for me," Gina continued. Naomi tried to roll her eyes and walk away, but Gina kept following her anyway. "Why are you ignoring me, don't you still love me?? Fine, maybe Logan was right, you're just a stupid, fat, dike!!" Gina spoke so loud the entire gym froze in its tracks. A few kids had to cover their mouths to keep from laughing. Naomi turned around. She was definitely paying attention to Gina now. All of the pain and regret she had been feeling the entire day turned into complete and utter rage. "What did you just say to me," Naomi said quietly, but in the same cold tone of voice. "You heard me," Gina shouted, not trying to back down or apologize at all. Naomi's rage took over her entire body. She no longer felt as if she had control over her hands, her legs, or her feet. She punched Gina in the nose, and kicked her in her private parts at the same time. Gina fell to the ground. She stood up slowly. Her nose was bleeding. Gina punched Naomi ten times harder than she had punched her, causing Naomi to fall to the ground. Naomi, being stronger than Gina, stood back up ten times faster than she did, grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground. The gym teacher had left the room a few minutes earlier to grab some papers, but happened to come back at this very moment. "Break it up you two, break it up!" She shouted at the two of them, while pulling them off of each other. "You are acting like children," she shouted at them once more. "You don't even know what happened!" Naomi shouted back at her. "I suggest you stop talking to me like that Naomi, I am already taking you to the office!" The gym teacher glared at her. She grabbed both her and Gina's wrists tightly, as she walked them to the office. The teacher explained the situation to the secretary, who then told the two girls, "The principal will see you both in a minute or so," the secretary told the girls. A minute or so felt like an entirety to Naomi while sitting in that office while Gina glared at her. She was acting as if she didn't cheat on her and than want to fight her. It was so annoying that Naomi wanted to throw her to the ground again. But she knew she was already in trouble as is, and couldn't. Naomi eventually saw Gina's mother and her mother walk through the office doors. She knew this wouldn't be good. Neither of them had a word to say to either of them. They just looked upset and disappointed. Naomi didn't blame them. The secretary and gym teacher didn't know the whole story, and most likely have the worst version of it that they possibly could. A few minutes after Naomi's and Gina's mother came, the secretary said "The principal will see you now," in a voice so cheery that it was sickening. Sickening that she most likely wanted Gina and Naomi to get in trouble after the incident on the first day of school when the police officer told had their backs and not hers. It wasn't their fault she was crazy! In all seriousness though, Naomi knew that after explaining the story to her mother she would ignore her for at least two weeks, and that was the last thing she needed at this point in time. She needed somebody to talk to since Gina could no longer be that person, and she didn't have a lot of close friends in her life. But Naomi knew it was her fault, and that she would have to except the consequences. "Please have a seat," the principal said to the four of them. "I understand that you two got into a fight," the principal said, looking at Gina and Naomi. The girls nodded their heads. "I'm going to ask both of you, one at a time to share your side of the story. Naomi, you may go first." "Let me start off by saying that this is really hard for me to talk about, not only because of the ways that Gina hurt me which led to us fighting but because of my mother's own personal beliefs." Naomi began, knowing she would have to tell the entire story from start to finish, beginning to end, in order for it to take since, and in order for her mother to trust her at least a little bit, even if she would be angry at her for a while. "Gina and I have been lying to our mother's for the past year claiming we are really good friends, when really we are girlfriends. I don't just mean girls that are friends, but girls that date just like boys do with girls. We have continued this lie, because my mother did not want me to date a girl, and even though Gina's mother doesn't think there is anything wrong with girls dating other girls, we faced the risk of her telling my mother if we told her, because they are close, and have each other's phone numbers. After being with Gina for so long, I began to trust her more than any girl or boy I've gone to school with. She was everything to me. More than just my girlfriend, my best friend, my true love, my everything. when Logan tried to flirt with her, sure I got jealous, but I still trusted her, and believed her when she said he was just a friend. And although Gina never stood up for me when Logan bullied me by calling me "fat" or a "dike," I just assumed that everything was normal and she didn't want to cause trouble in their friendship or our relationship. Whenever she was on her phone more than usual when were hanging out I just assumed it was because she's popular. When she started to have less and less time to hang out with me I assumed it was because of her crazy cheerleading schedule, all of her new friends, and keeping up her perfect GPA. I assumed all of these things until I saw pictures of her and Logan kissing on the lockers. I couldn't believe it. I felt pain because she's the only girl I've ever dated or loved. I felt regret because I felt like I should've done more to keep Logan from stealing her from me, from her straying away from me. I went to the bathroom, and cried only to overhead some girls talking about the situation. At that time I wasn't prepared to hear other people talking about it, so I ran out and went to my favorite class biology. Even though biology is my favorite class, I couldn't attention because of Gina. All of the pain and regret swirled within me. The rest of the day was exactly like biology. Until I got to gym. Gym is the only class I had with Gina, and I had to prepare myself for what it might be like. I tried to cal m myself down, and everything before walking inside. But once I walked inside the gym doors, all of the pain and regret I originally felt turned to rage. She continued to tell me how much she loved me and how I made a mistake, and when I ignored her she told me that Logan was correct and that I was indeed a fat dike. I lost all control and punched her and kicked her in her vagina. She stood up and punched me ten times harder. I stood back up again grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground. That's when the gym teacher came and saw what I had done and brought us both to the office. " Once Naomi was finished telling her side of the story no one knew what to say. Naomi's mother looked horrified, most likely about the part that her daughter had been dating a girl behind her back for a year now. Gina's mother looked upset still, most likely at the pain that her daughter had caused another person. The principal just looked shocked, although she had to admit that Naomi's side of the story did make since, and seemed to add up. "Ok," the principal said, feeling uncomfortable. "Gina you may now tell your side of the story." " Everything Naomi said was accurate, " Gina said in an ashamed, quiet tone of voice. "Well based off of what Naomi and Gina have told us, both of them as guilty of assult, and will serve a three day suspension. "You four are free to leave now, you may have a good rest of your day," the principal said in the same cheery time of voice she had welcomed them with earlier. Naomi's mother didn't say anything to her until they got in the car. "When we get home I want you to pack your bags and leave," Naomi's mother told her. "I'm sorry," Naomi asked. "You heard me. You know how I feel about gay activities and I don't appreciate you performing them while living in my house." "Mom, I'm sorry, I'll stop," Naomi said while starting to cry. "It's too late now. You've gone behind my back performing these activities for a year now. You need to leave until further notice." Naomi continued to cry for the entire car ride home. Not only did she lose Gina, but she also lost her mother and her perfect permanent record all in one day. The minute Naomi got home she did exactly as her mother told her. She packed all of her stuff, and left, not knowing exactly where to go, but she knew she would have to find somewhere.