The Fall Of Us (Cancelled Series But It's Out There Now)

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I can't believe it. I mean, what are the odds? A girl in my dreams ends up here. She looks just as shocked as I am. Probably more so.

The only two available seats are right next to me on the left and next to a guy who looks like he's checking her out. I'm blushing all over, hoping she chooses mine. Olivia and Emma take notice and laugh at me silently.

She walks up to the seat to the guy until she notices him. He's black, wearing a Nike: Just Do It shirt, sport shorts, and has short black hair. She looks at the guy for a very long time, whispering something to him, then turns her head away after the guy tried to be clever. His eyes follow her butt as she walks towards my seat then looks at me, looking kind of mad that she choose that seat. Great, another enemy I need to worry about.

She walks over and sits down. She looks like she wants to say something, but doesn't have the guts to say it. I try to break the silence.

"Hi, welcome to our school. My name is Rose. What's yours?" I ask.

After a long pause, she finally speaks to me.

"Hey. I'm Mariah," She finally says. "Nice to meet you."

"To you too"

She looks to my left shoulder for awhile before looking away, notices my tattoo. Has she seen this before? I just let it go over my head. I just focus on Mariah.

My blood rushes to my face and my shoulder stiffen. I begin to bite my nails without even noticing. I feel as though my insides are all mush. I don't know why all this is happening but I feel like I love her. She might be the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.

I attempt to flip a pencil all cool like but I immediately scratch myself with the lead part of the pencil. Good one.

I want to talk to her more but when I open my mouth, the bell rings. Time for lunch.

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I meet Nick at one of the tables. We both sit alone but this time we're greeted by the guy who looked at Mariah.

"Hey, so I heard you're friends with the new girl?" He asks.

That's not true at all even though I want it to be.

"Um actually, that's not true." I say.

"Oh I see. So, you listen to music?" He says completely changing the subject.

"Uh, yeah."

I guess he took notice of my Pink Floyd The Wall t-shirt.

"Well you know we have the Battle of the Bands compitition going on. You should totally join."

"Oh, uh. Yeah sure." I say, feeling awkward.

"You know, I won every single year." He says, looking at a glass shelf full of everything thing he won this year, bumping his chest up, feeling pride.

"Wow, that's pretty cool." I say sarcastically.

"It truly is. Well I'll catch you later. Hope I get to see you there."

He walks past us to his group of friends, and I can hear them laughing about something. Probably at us.

As soon as they're out of sight, Mariah comes up and sits down in front of me. Everything feels tingly as she gets closer.

"Hey, did James bug you two?" She asks.

I studder and am unable to find words. Luckily, Nick saves me.

"No, not at all," He says. "I did tell he had something going on though."

"Yeah, he can be a dick sometimes. We actually used to date back in my other school. Guess he found me again."

"Yeah, well doesn't he know that you're through with him?" Nick asks?

"No, he still wants to get into my pants."

I get a grip on my self. Calm down. I think to myself. She's just a person.

"Yeah I'm sorry to hear that." I manage to say.

She looks at me and smiles. I blush instantly. Nick kicks my leg from under the table.

"Yeah, I'll try to save you whenever he tries to get at you though, okay?" She says.

"Of course!" I say quickly.

As soon as she leaves, I feel all hot inside. I wish she'd stay longer. Nick catches all this.

"Hey, you. You got feeling for her huh?" He asks.

"What? Pffft, no. . . Well-"

I'm immediately interrupted by yogurt splashed on my face.

It's Olivia again with Emma too.

"Aww, oops. My bad." She says and laughs with Emma.

She looks at me with such rude eyes. It's disgusting. She looks at Nick and I can tell she's blushing a bit. I can't take it anymore.

"Haven't you done enough?!" I scream.

I punch her in the face and she gets knocked back pretty hard, she almost falls over. I can feel all the rage over the years of her tormenting me filling up inside.

She looks at me with a rude and surprised look on her face. She knows she doesn't want any fights going on since Nick is here. That's the only smart move she's done today.

"Pfft, let's go, Emma." She says with her bitchy tone, still gasping for air. Then she walks away with her friend.

I look around and catch Mariah looking at me, looking shocked and worried. I want to cry. I run out of the cafeteria with my hands in my face. I don't care if people are looking at me, all I care about is Mariah. I don't understand my feelings towards Mariah are but I love her. I wanted to be strong around her.

I run into one of the girls bathrooms. I look like a mess. My short brown curly hair is covered in yogurt, so is my shirt is too. My make-up is completely ruined from crying. I need comfort.
Mariah comes in about five minutes later with napkins. I'm sitting against the wall, crying, looking like a mess. I cover my face so she won't look at me like this. She comes over and sits down next to me. Her big bushy hair rubs against my shoulder and I feel a tingling sensation. Like everything will be alright. She gets the napkins and cleans my face, shirt, then hair. I
immediately blush and I feel weak. I don't want this to stop.

Once she's done, she puts her head against my shoulder. I don't know what this means but I don't care. She hugs me tight and hug her back.

"I'm so sorry you went through that. . ." She whispers.

I start to cry again. I bury my head into her shoulder. I can feel her rubbing my back, and my hair with her hands. I'm still crying but I don't want this to end. It feels so good to let it all out.

She gets her head up and looks into my eyes. Tears run down my cheeks and she wipes them off. I look into her eyes. So peaceful. So blue.

We both get up and get out of the bathroom when I felt better. As soon as we leave the room, the bell rings.

Time to go home.

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We exit the school together, and she says her goodbyes. I don't want to say goodbye but I must. She gives out her hands and let's me hold them. I blush all over thinking about this.

"Ms. Zielger? Ms. Meeks? Come over here!"

Someone interrupts our moment I turn around and see the principal. He's with Olivia, Nick, and Emma. All my blush is gone and is replacing with hate again.

I let go of her hands and I guess she did too because she saw Olivia as well. Mariah and me come towards the principal and he instructs us to enter his office with all of us.

Just when I thought everything was going smoothly.