A Strange Thing Called Love

Chapter One

 Ever since the new boy has arrived I've gotten these strange feelings deep within me. He wouldn't like me though. Just look at me. The reflection in the mirror mocks me. What would somebody want to do with me? I pick up a strand of my boring brown hair. It's not voluminous and bouncy like the pretty girls at my school. I gaze down at my body. Too skinny. No shape. No nothing.Nothing special at all. Before I start to cry I jump in the shower and clean off my body trying to rinse away the uglyness spread upon me. I turn the shower off, step out, and wrap a towel firmly around myself. The fogged mirror hides my hidious reflection. I sigh and throw on some clothes. My mind is utterly distracted by this recurring dream I keep having of the new guy. It's the same everytime. He walks into class late, and sits next to his new friends he made. I get caught staring; his friends laugh at me and call me a freak. He stares at me the whole class, until the bell rings then I run out. He stops me and ask if I'm Alexandria. I nod, but before he tells me his name I wake up. I shake my head out of the trance I was in and head to school. I've been walking to school so long it's like my body automatically knows where to go. I walk in the school doors and grab my books for the first half of my morning. Everyone around me seems unfathomed by my prescense. That's good though. It means that I won't have to become someone's primary target. A quick glance across the classroom and I see that no one has arrived yet. It's only me. I take my assigned seat and start up some of my work. The class started to buzz with chatter. The bell signaling class has started rung in my ears. The door flew open. "Your late. One more time and it's a detention." I looked up and watched my crush glide across the room with ease. He never stared at me ever. Although his friends ocassionally like to joke about it. The way his face is angled drives me crazy. The shade of his eyes are to die for. Don't get me started on his magnificent- "What's the awnser to #7 Alexandria." I blushed. "Uhm. 5(x+2)(x-3)?" "Correct. Moving along." he continued lecturing. Whew! That was a close one. I glance over at him, and find his friends laughing at me. I just want to pound their faces in, but I'm better then that. I adjust myself and sit taller hoping that would catch his eye. Nothing. The bells shrill scream made me jump out my seat. "Don't forget page 52 homework. It's due next class!" My stupid clumsyness made me trip and fall right onto the floor. "Pathetic..." someone murmured. The whole day seemed to go by like it usually does except that incident this morning. Home sweet home at last. I drop my belongings and hear them fall with a loud thud. No one is home as usual. My parents always consume themselves with work. Do they even know I exist anymore? I shrug and decide to take a walk to the park. My ipod distracts a few of my senses, one being sight. Somthing or someone collided right into me. "Urgh..." I groan. I look up and see a guy on top of me. He gives me a look and hops off of me and gets back on his bike. "Watch where the hell your going!" I didn't get a clear look at his face; my vision was mighty blurry. I dusted the dirt off my pants and cancelled my plans for the park. Maybe going outside wasn't the best of plans. By the time I reach my lonely house dusk approached. I took a quick shower and threw on a bra and some matching boy shorts. I lay across my bed and fall into a deep sleep. Everything was dark, but lust was coursing throught my veins. I felt a prescence hovering over me, teasing me sort've. I felt his lips hovering over mine, but everytime I tried to make ours meet they pulled away. I woke up gripping the bed covered in a layer of sweat.