He keeps an eye out for Sherlock the entire day.
He doesn't know exactly why, and later, he'll realize he doesn't know what he'd say when they meet for the second time, either.
He just knows it's important that he finds him.
John almost doesn't find him, but he does, and he wonders why everyone else can't see him, too.
He is in a seat at an empty table, and everyone seems to be purposefully walking around him, without noticing it. Ignoring him by mistake. Like he's invisible.
His skin is a translucent shade of paleness, his hair a shocking contrast as it falls in inky curls on his forehead. Since Sherlock is sitting now, John wont notice it yet until later, much later, that Sherlock is tall. So tall, with a slenderness that makes him seem even taller.
Last night, John didn't get the chance to get a good look at Sherlock out there in the dark, but now, he can see him, in the light, and he isn't invisible. He is breathtaking.
John looks at Sherlock from the front of the canteen, where he has froze while holding his lunch tray. Should he go over there? His presence may not be welcome, after all, just because of their one meeting doesn't mean that their friends.
John drums his fingers on the bottom of his tray.
But, what if Sherlock wants him to talk to him?
John licks his upper lip.
Sherlock looks around. He seems to be waiting for someone. He already has plans.
Right. John leaves it at that. He goes to find a seat somewhere else.
***
People act strange around John, and some of them talk loudly, like he cannot understand what their saying. For gods sake, don't they see he speaks English?
Once, after he first arrived, John asked if anyone knew where he could get some French fries.
Nobody really talks to him much, now.
***
John feels the day go by in slow motion.
He feels like he is waiting for something that will not come.
***
"Stupid American," they say right in front of him, as though he doesn't understand. "Stupid American."
***
John is sitting on his bed. There is an open dictionary in front of him.
Beau-ty
ˈbyo͞odē/
noun
noun: beauty; plural noun: beauties
1.
A combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.
"I was struck by her beauty"
A combination of qualities that pleases the intellect or moral sense.
synonyms: attractiveness, prettiness, good looks, comeliness, allure; More
antonyms: ugliness
Denoting something intended to make a woman more attractive.
modifier noun: beauty
"beauty products"
2.
A beautiful or pleasing thing or person, in particular.
a beautiful woman.
synonyms: beautiful woman, belle, vision, Venus, goddess, beauty queen, picture; More
antonyms: hag
An excellent specimen or example of something.
"the fish was a beauty, around 14 pounds"
The pleasing or attractive features of something.
"the beauties of the Pennsylvania mountains"
"Sherlock Holmes is the most beautiful creature."
***
"So, John, how's school going?" Alison, his new 'mother', asks at dinner.
John's mind flickers to a boy alone at a table in the corner, someone who had gotten so bored he actually followed someone he barely knew home. His mind goes to right after he left that certain someone at his table in the cafeteria, and how when he'd bumped into Mike Stamford with his lunch tray, he'd dumped his on top of John. "Watch where your going, stupid American."
"Alright." John says. "Can't complain."
YOU ARE READING
These are the Questions
Fanfiction"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
