Memories

Chapter 6-Meeting him

Electricity.

That's all that i felt for a moment. Tingling all over my body, I felt like I missed this moment for a long time. A very long time.

I didn't notice the arms around me until they tightened around my waists. I looked up at the person who caught me.

I was rendered speechless when I locked eyes with the boy in front of me.

It was him. The boy with deep blue eyes- the eyes that have been haunting me since childhood. When I saw his picture in the trophy room, I thought that I was hallucinating and that I was imagining the whole thing. But there he was, right in front of me, his eyes displaying the same emotions that i was feeling- confusion, disbelief and fear.

We stood there staring at each other, too shocked to speak. When my brain finally started functioning, I did what I thought was the most logical thing at the moment.

I ran away.

I've never ran this fast in my entire life. I ran and ran, trying to dispel all the irrational thoughts whizzing through my mind.  When I finally reached my car in the parking lot, it felt as if my lungs were going to burst. Taking huge gasps of air, I leaned against my car,sliding onto the ground and burying my face in my hands.

I sat in the same position for several minutes, until I heard footsteps and a thump beside me. My heart lurched for a second.

What if it's him? I'm not ready to face...whatever just happened right now.

I looked up to see Mia sitting beside me with a crease between her eyebrows. We looked at each other for a long time-until she spoke out. "I'm not gonna ask if you're okay, cause I know better than anyone else that it's the dumbest thing which a person can say at this moment. So I have this." She opened her bag to reveal a packet of Cheetos.

I raised an eyebrow at her.

"Believe me, it's a solution to all problems in life." I laughed and grabbed a few. We sat there for a long time, munching on cheesy goodness, thinking about the huge mess our lives are, at this moment.

That is, until the school security dragged us out of the premises.

"So..." Mia started, breaking the silence in the car. I glanced at her from the driver's seat, amused seeing her struggling to start a conversation. 

"Mia, you can talk to me. I haven't lost my mind. Yet." , I said, looking over at her with a pseudo-serious look on my face.

Mia laughed. "I'm glad you haven't lost your sense of humor...I just wanted you to know that if you need someone to hear you spill your guts out, I'm there for you."

I looked at her and gave her an apologetic smile. "I know I should be explaining what happened right now but believe me, I haven't figured it out myself ."

"It's completely alright . No worries," She gave an understanding nod. 

I let out a rush of breath I was holding. Thank God for understanding and sensible rebels in the world.

"Would you please explain why you look so...pale?" Ellen finally asks , after looking at me confusedly for a long time.
"W-what ? Nothing . Nothing at all, absolutely nothing , Ellen." I look over at her with a toothy smile too big for my face.

Talk about originality.

Ellen scooted over to me , keeping both her arms over the chair I'm sitting. "Okay, that definitely does not sound like 'nothing ' . You do know that if you keep this from me now, it's going to just escalate further and when it's just uncontrollable you're eventually going to come crying to me?"