Love Me

Chapter 2

We arrived at the school in a few minutes since my house wasn't far from the school. I could walk if I wanted to but my dad insisted that he dropped me off so that we could have quality father-daughter time.

I turn to thank my dad for dropping me off.

"You sure you don't want me to follow you inside?" my dad said and I laughed and he smiled.

"Of course not, dad. I can go on my own. I'm no longer that little girl anymore" I said to him. When I was in the first grade till like the eight grade, I always begged my dad to take me inside the school because as I said earlier, I had no friends apart from Devin.

"You grew up too fast. You both did" he said referring to my brother and me, wiping away a fake tear. Part of me wondered if it was really fake.

"Dad, I have to go now. I'm gonna be late for school." I said to him and I gave him a kiss on his cheek.

"Okay, sweetie. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call me or your mom" he said as I got out of the car.

"I will. Bye, dad" I said to him suddenly feeling emotional.

"Bye baby" he replied with a smile on his face as he pulled out of the school's car park. I turned to leave and I saw a few people gawking at me and some smirking because they just witnessed me saying goodbye to my dad. I don't care how they looked at me, I'd always be my daddy's girl.

I didn't wait for Devin today at our usual spot which was a little opening just by the doors of the school. I was kinda sad that he questioned Matthew's love for me. I didn't want to think about that so I went into the school. Immediately I walked through the school's big doors, It was like everyone paused to look at me.

As I walked by, I heard people whispering among themselves. I had already gotten used to it. Every day I entered the school, people would start talking about me because I was dating the high and mighty Matthew Sanders. Most girls were envious of me, many jealous, many wondering how he saw anything good in me, many saying how lucky I was to have him as my boyfriend and the rest scowling at me for reasons known only to them.

I paid no attention and I held my head high and walked to my locker. I had chemistry today and I was looking forward to it because it was my favorite subject. I followed the path which would lead to my locker and I got to my locker soon after and I took time to admire it. Here in Jackson High, we were allowed to decorate our lockers how we liked. Kind of like Victorious, the Nickelodeon show.

My locker was decorated with pink, white and black ribbons and lace. I really took my time to decorate it when I got the locker and so every day, I'd admire my work before opening it to take out my books. Today was going so well for me except the fact that I hadn't seen Matthew around. I sighed and opened my locker to get out my chemistry note.

I found it almost immediately because I always kept it on top of all my books. As I was about to take it out, something fell out of the book and unto the floor. I pursed my lips and looked around to see if anyone was watching. No one was so I bent down and I picked the paper from the floor. The handwriting on the paper looked like chicken scratch. It was so poor that I could barely read the words but it was still readable. It said:

"Roses are red and violets are blue, if you have a brain, you'd break up with Matthew."

Okay. That wasn't creepy at all I thought sarcastically as I flipped the paper over to check if there was a name or something that could link it to the person who wrote it. There was nothing else on the paper apart from that. Who wrote this? How did it even get into my locker? I started to think. It wasn't Devin because I knew Devin's handwriting by heart. It wasn't Matthew either because his handwriting was actually poorer than this.   I was so lost in thought because I didn't hear anyone walk up to me.