I sit on the bench, waiting for school to start. It's my first day of a new high school and I'm extremely nervous. I still can't get over these past couple weeks though. Going to Mexico, seeing my family that I haven't seen in years. They where all so kind, I'd love to go back. I've sat here 5 minuets, and 3 people walking by have either given me dirty looks or whisper something into the other persons eat. They seemed older. The bell rings and kids start to walk inside, here we go. Suddenly, there's a tap on my shoulder.
"You lost?" A girl says. I look around.
"Um. Yeah, actually. I don't know where my home room is. It's room A43, but um-"
"It's fine. I got you." She tells me looking at the schedule. "Oh, this is Ruby's class. I'll take you." She tells me.
"Who's Ruby?" I ask her looking around, holding on to the her backpack, trying not to get lost in the crowd. "Is she nice?" She just laughs.
"Well first of all, Ruby, is a boy. Second of all, I think so. Better than the rest of the boys at school. I'm Monse, by the way." She shakes my hand showing me the class. We walk in together, me following her lead. We walk towards the back, to a surprising cute boy. She leans over and whispers something in his ear. He smiles, then nods looking over.
I walk over and take the empty seat next to him. "Hi." I say, slightly awkward. "Hi." He says back, in an awkward tone. "Hi." I say again. Shoot. I already said that. "Sorry. I mean, my names y/n." You introduce yourself. "Cool. Ruben." He says smiling. "I though your name was Ruby?" I ask. "That's just a stupid nickname." He say taking out his notebook. I take out mine too. "You want to come over after school? Maybe I can help you catch up?" He asks, avoiding eye contact. "Sure." I smile.
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I wall home thinking about English class. Not what the teacher was saying, but about the boy I just met. As soon as I get home, I rush to my room and put on makeup, perfume, fix my hair a bit. I try to pick something a little more showy, I guess. Then, search his address on my phone. Only a block away, hmmm.
I know on the door, and he answers almost immediately. He tells me about his friends, Monse, Jamal, and Cesar. They all sound very interesting, but I'm only interested in him. "So what have I missed?" I ask.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, you invited me over to help me catch up, right?"
"Oh! Really? Okay, let me find... let me find some papers-"
"It's fine. I'm really good at English anyways. I'll catch up easily." I say sitting on the couch.
"Ok good, because I had nothing planned." He smiles. We sit next to each other, "wanna watch a show?"
"Sure. What else can we do, right?" I tell him.
"We can talk. If you want. Like, about you, what you like, who you like, what you look for in a guy, are you looking for a boyfriend, do you have a boyfriend, or maybe, you have a girlfriend! I have nothing against gay people, ok. I'm like, 100% ok with that-"
"No. I'm not gay. And yes I do like someone. But that someone, is not my boyfriend." I smile.
"Oh. Who?"
"I don't know if I can tell you." I whisper.
"Oh. That's fine." He says sitting back down.
"Well, I mean. I've only met 2 people today. You and Monse. And well, I told you I'm not gay. So, I guess that kind of limits that to one person, right?"
He looks at me confused.
"It's you. Oh, my goodness. You are clueless!"
"Me? Really! I can't believe it. Why? I'm so awkward!" He laughs at himself.
"So am I." I tell him. He chuckles some more, scooting closer.
"Wanna go out with me?" He asks quietly.
"Of course." I smile back.
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Sorry if it sucks. I'll edit it some more tomorrow. But it's really late rn.
03.20.2018
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