The Short Life of an Avocado

Chapter 3

                     Feeling anger rush through me as I stared into Liam's baggy eyes. How could he bring up the veganism? Liam looked at me waiting for me to throw my punch and I would. I brought my arm up with a fist squeezing it tight. About to hit him I got tackled by a girl with pink hair that smelled of smoke."Ugh! Get off you ninnyhammer, who do you think you are trying to stop me from helping another vegan of mine." Looking for Luna around the room and seeing no one but Liam and Sky.

Sky sat on the floor next to me looking at me with a belligerent look that made me feel threatened. She had bright red pinkish hair with a beanie that covered almost all her head. Her brown eyes that shadowed you in with darkness, she smiled at me and said hurry up we have to find Luna. She stood up and reached her arm out with her hand. "Wait why Lunaa—," "RINGGG....." as the bell interrupted Liam. Sky grabbed my shirt and tugged me to the other side of the school. "We can't just let her go," she shot out. I looked at her in confusion as she tugged me away.

We sat in class as the time was wasted on talking about how Romeo and Juliet's story was true love. True love my ass, I thought. I could feel Liam's eyes bulging at me with frustration that made me want to hit him.

I faced forward acting if as I was doing my work, I hated this class who needed English, I was already smart anyway. "SV do you have anything you want to say, you usually do," My teacher said with a smirk. I felt the class look at me. I smiled, feeling the attention I got was a rush of excitement. "Nope, nothing at all." Everyone was amazed I always had something to say no matter what. "What's up with your disinclination in English, it's fun to be able to understand the real ways of English, and looking at your grades it wouldn't hurt." I smirked and looked down before she could harangue me anymore.

Feeling the tense the rest of the class had to deal with because of me was a nice laugh. Watching the clock go as I tapped my foot. Luna had Japanese for her first period, and English is her second. I don't think she has Ms. Petterson like me, as I thought the time went faster. What rooms are the other English teachers in? I thought until the bell rang, making me mumble to myself.

Right when I do something the bell rings. I got everything on my desk and walked out the door, as Sky grabbed my arm. "She's in 209," she whispered and shifted away from the crowd. I headed my way to room 209. I was walking a good pace until I saw Luna. She walked with Dylan, she laughed and turned the corner. "Great," I yelled while running down the hall. If she hangs out with him were doomed. I ran into random people as I bumped into Austyn. "Well, well look who it is." he looked back to his friends that had wandered to class. "Who are you talking to Austyn?" I said smiling and patted him on the back. "Well would love to deal with your puerile demeanor. The thing is I'm kind of busy." I smiled and walked past him. Turning the corner looking for the number 209.

Passing 205 and looking in the classrooms. I need to hurry I thought and looked faster at the numbers. "206," I yelled and ran to the opposite side of the hall and opened the door. Opening it and seeing Luna in the front row with Dylan next to her. " Excuse me? Tate, is it?" The teacher rambled, I looked away. I looked at Luna she looked at me with fear. "Luna, can we talk?" I said while smiling and showing my teeth. "Sorry Tate, I'm in class we can talk later, okay?"

She said while tilting her head and smiling to make me feel better. "Haha! You're a faker, your acting like your perfect. Well, guess what your not." I looked at her a flipped her off." That's what you get for being aaa--- a cat." I yelled. Everyone laughed at me. For once I felt humiliated. I stormed out the door I felt madness come out of me. I walked the long quiet halls, as someone grabbed my shirt roughly. I turned around accidentally smacking Luna across the face. She looked at me with huge round eyes that glistened with the light. She ran past me as I chased her into the exit door. "Luna! Wait I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." She ran outside and stopped she stared into the deep ocean.

I walked by her while apologizing none stop."Stop, I just really want to think," she said sternly. I looked at her hair it was mostly on her face as I saw tears fall down her cheek. "Luna?" I asked with curiosity. "Am I dead Tate? I don't feel real I don't feel real emotions. I feel sick to my stomach when im arounf people. My life revolved around him sadly it still does. I don't know how to get over it. I feel dead I don't feel like I'm living anymore," she whimpered. "Did your boyfriend break up with you," I asked feeling her sadness ache into the sea. "No! My brothers dead and now I'm alone in this world I have no idea where I am or who I am anymore. I feel like apart of me is gone." She cried as my heart ached I didn't know what to do. "Luna, I know how you feel. My parents passed away when I was six and I was seperated from my sister, I've felt alone ever since, but when you meet new people that changes. Like Rose and I seem like arch nemesis, but we get along so much its like were family.

She looked at me, her eyes were swelled with violence but still had warmness. "I don't have friends I'm not the fearless type like you guys."She sat down on a green bench and looked at the sea, her tears dried up by the wind. I walked towards her as she lived in the moment. "I may not know everything that happened, but I understand some of it. You're scared to live you're fearful of what life has to give you now that you feel alone." I said as I sat next to her and looked towards the sea. The waves were crawling gently to the shore as we watched.

"We should head inside I don't want to miss more class," she said while getting up. "And thank you, for proving to me I'm not the only one." She smiled and walked off. I felt confused, how could she feel like she wasn't living? How could she not understand I was here. As these thoughts entered my head, I felt dazed and walked back inside. It must be the medication, I laughed.