(Still August 17th, 2014)
The rest of the day goes as planned. I continuously end up being next to Liza in most of my classes. The only class I don't have with her is 7th period. She has dance, which must be tiring because right before that, she has PE with me. I never thought someone could make our ugly PE uniforms attractive, but for some reason, when she wore it, I wanted her to wear it forever.
I don't mean to sound like a pervert, but she is pretty flat chested. It's not a bad thing. I actually don't care at all. A pretty girl is a pretty girl, whether she has boobs or not. I am not going to say that I haven't looked at her... because in all honesty, all guys look... It's just a thing.
I have Spanish 3 right now. I sit close to the door, so I can see when people walk around. If I see one of my friends, I ask to "go to the bathroom" and then we roam for about 10 minutes before I come back. Oddly enough, as I am thinking about Liza, I see her walk down the hall. I almost think it's too coincidental, but I decide to see anyway. I ask to go to the restroom and of course, my teacher says that it's ok. I look down the hall, and I see her turn a corner. I run down the hall, trying to catch up, but once again, when I turn the corner, so does she. I finally manage to call out, "Liza!"
She turns around smiles. She walks towards me and without hesitation, gives me a hug. She acts like we have known each other for so long, even though I just met her this morning. I hug her back. She is on her tiptoes, and I have to squat a little, but we make it work. We continue to walk down the hallway as we make conversation.
"What are you doing here stranger?" She laughs.
"Stalking you." I say with a straight face, but then breaking the seriousness to let her know I was joking. I mean, I kind of wasn't. I saw her so I followed her down 3 hallways... but she didn't need to know that.
"So, I was wondering if you wanted to go to a party that I was invited to this weekend." She says.
Immediately, I shiver at the idea of going to another party. "I don't really do parties."
"Come on, it'll be fun." She tries to persuade me.
I don't care if I really like this girl. Parties are a no go for me. "I'm really ok." I tell her.
She looks upset that I said no, but instead of just taking the answer, she asks for my number. Of course I give it to her, and almost immediately after that, she says,"You know, David, you don't have to do that thing where you pretend that you don't want to hang out with me."
"I'm... I'm not pretending anything... It's jus-"
"You totally are!" She says, almost teasing me.
"I wanna hang out with you..." I get out. She stops, and so do her facial expressions.
"I just can't do parties... Maybe we could hang out at a park, or concert, or something else... just no parties." I say.
"Oh... sounds good to me! See you at my house 8pm tonight!" She says, and with that, she walks back into her dance class. I didn't even realize I walked across the entire school. I knew where I was, but I also knew that it would take about 6 minutes to get back to my class. Instead of being gone for almost 15 minutes, I jog across the school. I get back in and I look at the clock... good, I was only gone for 8 minutes.
The last class I have is English 4 Honors, and I sit right behind Liza and next to Matt. Liza and I don't talk at all about what happened earlier. The last bell rings and I practically jolt out of my seat. I head for the bus, and I get pulled back because I feel someone grab a hold of my shoulder and leap onto my back. I turn my head and I see the one and only Liza...um... Liza... wait a sec.
"What's your last name?" I ask.
"Woah, that's a little too much info. I need to really get to know you first, David Dobrik." She says, mockingly.
"Wait, how'd you.."
"All of your notebooks have your first and last name written in sharpie. I am guessing your mom did that handy work..." She laughs.
"oh... yeah." I say. I don't know why, but I suddenly get nervous, realizing that she is still on my back.
"So, am I your escort now?" I joke.
"Totally. I am also kinda thirsty... Do you mind stopping by the water fountain, my noble steed?" She taunts back.
I look at her, and me being the idiot that I am, trips over a curb, making both of us tumble to the ground. I have pretty good reflexes, so I am able to catch her before she hits the pavement. She lands dead on top of me. I swear I am in some sort of a damn movie. She blushes as he long curly hair brushes against my face. I laugh too, but she eventually stands up, offering me a helping hand. I don't let her pull me up. Knowing how tiny she is, I would break her arm before she could lift me. We head on the bus and she sits in the very back.
I see Gabbie walking towards me. She smiles. I have 3 out of 8 classes with her. My first two and my 7th. Gabbie wasn't in her first 3 periods because her mom got in a car accident, but she came half way during fourth. She texted me so I knew she was safe.
"Dude! You made it!" I holler. She just shakes her head and laughs as she heads for the back of the bus. I forgot that Gabbie usually sits with me. I think she will be fine with Liza sitting here for today though. Liza stands up to adjust her back pack. I turn around and I see Liza staring with a dead hard glare. She looks as though she was about to crumble to pieces. I turn back towards the front of the bus to see who she was looking at... To my nightmare, it was Gabbie, who was giving a terrible snarl.
"Why the hell is Liza sitting in my spot?" Gabbie announces, almost trying to make a scene.
"Oh. Am I?" Liza says back, calmly.
"Yeah... that's my fucking seat."
I am literally right in the middle of this, but I have the feeling that if I move, Gabbie will rip Liza's head off.
"My bad." Liza says.
Liza stands up, grabs her bag and walks past Gabbie. I watch Gabbie shove Liza, hard, as she makes her way off the bus. I watch as Liza goes onto the bus right next to us, not even asking where it was going. She sits down and the buses take off. By now, Gabbie is sitting down in her usual spot and I am confused as hell.
"What the fuck was that all about?" I ask Gabbie, not sure what else to say.
"That was the bitch who stole my boyfriend." She says. The bus that Liza is on coincidentally goes on the route that our bus usually goes on. Her bus finally stops at her house, and I see her get off and walk to her front door, looking in her backpack for a house key. While I have the chance, I make a break to hop off the bus too.
"David! Where are you going?" Gabbie shouts.
"Liza's!" I call back. Not gonna lie to my best friend, but it's always good to get both sides of the story.
I hear someone click one of the bus windows open.
"Don't let her fool you!" Gabbie yells, as her voice slowly fades away.
"Why didn't you tell me you were friends with her?" Liza says, not facing me.
"Why didn't you tell me you hated her?" I say back.
"David..." She says. Her voice weak. I am really confused. She turns around and I see two streams on either side of her face. I don't know what to do. "she... she almost killed me..." Liza finally gets out.
"Oh... shit."
AN:OHHH cliffhanger!! Lol. I will post the next part on Friday. I already wrote it, but I will be happy to add things if you guys have suggestions! ILY and hope you love the chapters!
