Red-Blooded

Him

I walked to school the next day, happy as can be. It was really fun to diss Taylor yesterday.
I see my group, Ellie, Rachel, Maria, Amethyst and Cassia.
"Hey guys." I say smiling at them. "Hey Selene." They all reply in unison. We all giggle. "Let's get inside." Says Maria.
We all nod and go down the hallways. Cassia leading.
We all part and go our own ways to our classes. I go to my locker first and as I expected, Christopher is there.
"Oh hey." I say smiling at him but not showing my teeth. He just stares into space, with a blank expression. "Christopher?" I say while waving a hand in front of his face.
I say his name again but this time I scream it in his ear. He snaps out of it and rubs his ear, his expression quickly changes to an angry face.
"What the hell?!" He yells. "Sorry, you were just staring into space..." I say taking a step back. He looks down, his expression now guilty. What is he on his man period?
"I'm just.... Sorry." He says still looking down. "I-it's okay." I say. He just nods in response. And then there's the awkward silence.
I feel super guilty now for yelling in his ear.
I hear the bell signalling that class has started. "I have to go." I say, I then grab my things and run off towards my class. Man, was that awkward.
I open the door to my class and thankfully, the teacher isn't here yet. I have English today, right now.
I see two empty desks at the back and plop down in one of them.
Then a teacher walks in, he's in his mid thirties with long black hair tied into a ponytail. "Sorry I'm late, my name is Mr. Perez and I am your English teacher." He says smiling to the class. Half of the class just responds with a bored sigh or just completely ignores him. "Alright, we'll be starting with an introduction. Everyone, please make a circle of chairs and move all the desks away." He says. We all get up and start moving the desks towards the wall far wall.
Once we're done, we all sit in a circle facing each other. Mr. Perez also grabs a chair and sits down. "Here's what to do: We will go in a circle, starting from me and each person will tell us 3 facts about themselves. If two or more people have the same fact they will raise their hand. Got it?" He explains. "Yes." The class murmurs. "Alright then, I will start," He says, siting back in his chair. "I was a baseball player, I have never tried pasta, I have dissected a rabbit." He finishes the gestures to a girl who sits on his right hand side. "Oh me next?" She asks looking around. Mr. Perez nods. "Start with your name." He says.
"My name is Melody..." She says nervously. I hear someone snicker at her nervousness. "I am from Japan, I play the violin and the piano, and I don't know how to whistle." She finishes. She sighs in relief and I give her a smile.
Three more kids go but the third was interrupted by the door opening.
"Sorry I'm late sir, I was at the nurses office. I want feeling well." A familiar voice says. It's Christopher. I have the sudden urge to turn around and look into his beautiful eyes. WAIT WHAT?! Did I just call his eyes beautiful??!!
"It's okay, bring a seat to the circle." Mr. Perez says, dismissing his tardiness.
He pulls a chair up next to me. Why did he sit next to me?
The guy named David who is sitting beside me continues on with what he was saying.
It's finally my turn now. "My name is Selene," I say pausing. "I have never met my dad, I hate the word ointment for some odd reason..." The class laughs at my second fact. I don't mind, I attempted the joke my self. "Quite," Mr. Perez says calmly. "And I'm claustrophobic." I finish. The teacher nods and then gestures to Christopher to continue. "My name is Christopher. I hate dairy products, I have gotten one of my photographs to the front of a magazine cover, and I have met Usain Bolts in the flesh." He finishes. Usain Bolts?! I'd love to meet him. He's the fastest human on earth.
I see out of the corner of my eye that Christopher is looking at me. His expression says 'are you impressed?'. I just ignore him. For some reason, I have this feeling of familiarity and I'm super drawn to him. I try to ignore it but he closer he gets, the more I'm drawn to him. I also feel weak around him, do I like him?
No I can't. It just can't happen. No way. He's like a masterpiece of perfection. While I'm... Well I'm... I'm nothing, I'm just trash that no one cares about.

~Time skip to lunch~
When I get out of music class, I go to my locker and then the cafeteria. I walk in, buy some lunch and go sit in my group. I hear them whisper and giggle about something as I sit down. Their up to something, I know it. "What are you guys talking about?" I ask curiosly. They all turn to me and smirk. "Oh nothing!" Says Cassia. "We're just planning s surprise for you." She says. They all glare at Cassia. Hehe she told me. "I won't ask what kind of surprise." I say while I eat my food. "Just then a Taylor walks in and sashays to Christopher's table along with her two friends. "Hey Chris." She says flirtatiously. Then she glares at me. "Go away." Christopher replies sternly, not looking up from his food. Taylor let's out an "ugh" noise and goes to another table. A guy with dirty blonde hair and warm brown eyes. He sits at the table with a few guys.
I-it's him. The guy from my nightmare. It's him.
"Hello? Earth to Selene?" I hear Amethyst say, but her voice is very distant, I can barely hear it. Everyone and everything in the room disappears and it's just me and the boy now. He looks at me and I look back, not breaking the gaze.
My heart starts thumping fast and he looks away from me.
"You like him don't you?" Sighs Ellie.
I blush and turn to her. "I don't." I say.

~Time skip~

Jason drives us boys home. "Selene, I saw how you stared at him." Jason breaks the silence. "I... I..." I stutter looking for words but I never find them. "Mhmmmm.... Tell me, I know you don't just stare at boys like that." He says. I sigh. "Fine." I answer. "I'll tell you."
"I say him in my nightmare. Ever since I can remember, I've been having the same nightmare over and over again. I was running through a forest, and I say him there. His back was towards me. There was an explosion and he fell on the ground just as he was about to turn around. The last thing I see is his body sprawled on the ground. I couldn't exactly see his eyes, just his cheeks, lips and nose. But one thing I do know is that his body looked dead." I finish.
"Hmmm..." He hums thoughtfully.

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