Aulita is 17 years old, and soon after leaving Sean Dame, she falls for Diego, a strong, affectionate guy at her high school. Just what she had always wanted. Before long she is being taken to the place of her dreams. By the guy of her dreams. B...
"UGH!" I shout in frustration as I attempt to pull my brush through my knotted hair. I should have never let Desi put cornrows in my hair. Stupid mofo dares. I get most of my hair brushed through and grab my phone and backpack. To school, I go. Blec. I go outside and it is way colder than Mr.Weather man implied. I look at the temperature on my phone. 45°F. I am going to die. This is so not Cali weather. I feel like a human icicle. I go to Spotify and play my Melanie Martinez Crybaby album. I slide my phone into my black Adidas hoodie pocket and begin to walk. I swear whoever decided to build an entire neighborhood on a giant hill enjoyed seeing children suffer. Grr. By the time I get to the bus stop I can see the sun peeking through the woods behind me. I take a picture and send it to Nova. we send each other a picture of the sunset every morning and they are especially pretty at my stop. The middle of nowhere has great views.
Me: Sometimes love the bus stop <3
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N: Ek. u woke me up. I literally just fell asleep on the bus
Me: I guess i'll leave you to ur precious sleep
N: Thx
I slide my phone into my pocket just as the bus pulls up. I sit in seat 6 and put by backpack by my side. I pull out my laptop begin reading Not All Blondes are Dumb. (really good book btw. Go read it.<3) soon enough we arrive at the middle school. We drop of the tiny little middle schoolers and because we are a shuttle bus we get to pick up the bus that picks up none other than Nova Evans. She gets on the bus looking like she was hit by a whiffle ball of tiredness. She plops into my seat and says, "I hate school so much. I think that the kids here are killing more brain cells then the 'teaching' is restoring." almost as if on cue, we laugh at the same time.
"What teaching? You mean that thing where they cram useless info into your brain until your head explodes, then when your head explodes they give you a band-aid and an ice pack. Then while your head is blown up they yell at you for not finishing one question on your homework and suspend you for a week? Is that teaching?" Nova is almost in tears, and she isn't the only one. She nodded and we laugh harder. I noticed that we were at school and I got up.
"Don't forget to hold the whole line up for me darlin' Zoe child," I say. She would always hold the line up when I forgot something. I turn around to grab my water bottle off of the floor. Sure enough, everyone is glaring at Zoe from behind and she has stopped right behind me. Lovely Zoe, how did I corrupt you so? I get off the bus when someone comes up behind me and grabs my arm. I turn around and grab the hand, that seems to be attached to my ex, Sean Dame. He looks like he has been crying and suddenly I feel super guilty.
"Please, just tell me why." He instructs.
"For the 5th time, We never talked. I liked you, but you didn't seem to like me and I wanted small kisses and stuff and we never even hugged that much. I just wanted to feel loved, and you didn't give me that. I'm sorry, but its been two months and you need to get over me." I say at I bolt into the building, where I am lost in a swarm of pathetic freshman attempting to make it to the school cafeteria for breakfast. I don't even eat breakfast anymore. Blech. I find my way into the main gym and find a seat on the bleachers. Nova follows and sits on Jake Johnston's lap. I still can't believe that they have been dating since 7th grade. That's a good 5 years. I look over across the bleachers and see a very familiar face. Diego Smith. He is in every class of mine except gym and Art. He is also Hispanic, like someone you might know. (ME) You guessed it, I'm head over heels for him.
"Aulita! Hey." He says.
I look around me before he gestures for me to come over to him. I am so glad I literally can't blush because my cheeks would be so red. I walk over and sit next to him in the bleachers.
"Hey, I was wondering if maybe you would want to go to the movies after school around 5 tonight." He finishes.
"Sure, I would love to go." I manage to squeak out before the bell rings and I head to the first hour. With Diego.
By the time the first hour is over I feel like my brain is going to pop out of my skull. Grr. I HATE MATH. I head to the 2nd hour and I barely talk. I think, Until lunch. When I get to the cafeteria and sit by Nova when Diego sits next to me. Funny enough that was where Sean sat. I really hope this isn't just a plot to make him jealous. I go up and grab a thing of nachos. They almost taste like Taco Bell. I look around the cafeteria and realize how little amount of kids we have. About 100 total. Yay. Fewer idiots. When I come back to my table Diego has already got his lunch.
"Finally got lunch. It like there is always that one person that lets everyone they know get in front of them." He laughs.
"Go Diego Go!" I laugh.
"You're really funny," He says as he picks at the little hole in his jeans.
"And you are going to rip those jeans. And that would be a true shame." I joke.
"You like these jeans?" He asked
"Yup, minus the little hole you're managing to dig into them," I say.
He laughs a light laugh as I lean back against the wall. Whoever decided to put a cafeteria bench against the wall was a genius. I lay back and before long I am asleep. I wake up to Diego shaking my arm. I open my eyes and realize my head is resting on his shoulder. I look at him as he says, "Time to go. They are releasing."
"Yay," I murmur, still tired. I throw away what was left on my tray and walk to class. When I begin to walk into my class Diego gives me a quick hug and disappears. Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh Ugh. Art. I sit down next to Nova, Desi, and Maddy. I recap today's events, even though Nova was there for some of it. Desi and Maddy laugh a little bit, but they are really happy for me.
???: Hi
ME: Who r u?
???: Diego
ME: Oh, hey.
<3: I realized i have football practice until 5:00
