Warm Bodies

Warm Looks

The drive to the school was a silent one the only sound was the rain hitting the roof of our Nissan SUV. My mom turned on the radio and the annoying electronic music bumps through the speaker. I take out my earbuds and my phone and plug my earbud into my ears. Ed Sheeran goes through the earbuds and I lay my head on the cool window.

when my mom pulls into the schools drop off I am about to climb out when she stops me. I take out one of my earbuds and look at her she gives me the warm look a mother should give her daughter.

"Chloe I love you so much and I hope you have a good day just don't lose it we cant afford to move again," she said with a smile

"ok mom bye," I say and I shut the door wishing I had said I loved her back

I walk across the crosswalk to get to the schools front. I walk around all the people who have blood coursing through there veins and a heartbeat. I open the front office door and walk into the small waiting room. I walk up to the front as I mess with the hem of my shirt. I walk to the little old lady who seats in front.

"Hi Miss how may I help you?" she asked me.

"I'm here to get my class schedule"

"Oh, whats your name sweetheart?"

"Chloe Deles," I say to her and she types on her computer.

"okay welcome to Longwood high," she says as she hands me my schedule

I walk out of the office only to bump into someone and I back up instantly I dropped my schedule and I'm waiting for there harsh words but surprisingly they never come.

"Oh hey I'm sorry." the person says. I look at him he had hazel eyes and brown hair. he was tan and the definition of a cool boy

The boy had on all white vans was wearing a dark blue Adidas sweatshirt that made his hazel eyes pop. He was wearing a light wash pair of jeans that complement his outfit well. He also had on a white hat on that was backward and he had a watch on his wrist.

He bends down and pics up my schedule and hands it to me. He looks at it before he hands it to me and smiles.

he smiles and says"welcome to Long Wood High. I'm Austin"

"Chloe," I say as I start to walk away form the beautiful boy

"wait" He called as he ran up behind me

"Yes?"

"you need help walking to class?"

"no, I think I'm pretty capable of walking to my class," I say

"I mean to your class show you where it is."

"oh if your offering, then yeah," I say and he walks beside me.

He was taller than me by a lot and I feel his warmth radiating off of him. he sends me a warm look and I try to send one back. but this is harder to do when you are dead. I don't know why its so hard to do its just a smile and warm eyes.

I think its hard for me to do because I have cold dead eyes. well, I'm a cold body so what eles do I expect. I instead of trying anymore look down on my schedule and see where my next class is going to be, my class is geometry with a teacher named Mrs. Grahm. I fell a shoulder shove mine and I look up at the beautiful boy named Austin

"So where you from?" he asked as he towered over me.

"don't wanna talk about it,"I say

we walked silently to my geometry class and he dropped me off at her door. he stood in front of me with a wide smile on his face. I smile and it felt weird. I don't really smile often so it was a rear occasion when I do. usually, I would just stand there and look at that person until they left.

"let me hold your phone," he says to me and I look at him weird

"to put my number in case you need me."

"oh here,"I say

I hand him the phone and reluctantly unlocking it. he types in his number and then hands me back my phone. I smile at him once more before I walk into my class and see the typical people. You have your jocks, preppy white girls, hood white girls, preppy white boys and then your black girls who are nice, and sweet and then the black girls who are mean. All of the people intimidated me so I stuck to seating in the back of the class near a girl who looked like she wouldn't talk to me. I put my stuff down when the teacher calls me out.

"Hi, whats your name?"

"um I'm Chloe I'm new here," I say and I look at her

The teacher has blue eyes and black hair with ugly blond highlights. her nose is abnormally long and she has freckles all over her face she is not pretty by any means and she had a fat abdomen. I seat down and draw circles on my page and notice the girl next to me was staring at me. I look over at her and stare back until she brakes the gaze.

I turn my focus on my fat teacher and the lesson and I watch her write on the board until the bell rings. I got out of my seat and pack all my stuff away. The then when I leave I grab my phone and see I had a text from Austin.

"So do you think you will find your next class ok?"

"yeah, I should be able to find it I think." I text him

After that, I find all of my classes easily and the day goes by slowly. I didn't see Austin for the rest of the day and I didn't really make any friends. Cold bodies like me don't need friends. Although I'm pretty sure I'm the only one like me out there but that's ok. well it's not because no one should be like me I should be dead I'm pretty sure I've been wanting to die for a really long time.

at the end of the day, my dad made me ride the bus to be more normal. I climb on the bus and seat in a seat in the very middle of the bus I put my earbuds in and play all-time low and look out the window at the normal people who I wish I could be like. there was a tap on my shoulder and I turn my head and see Austin seating beside me.

"hey emo," he says

"I'm not emo"

"ok goth or punk?"

"neither," I say to him

"well your so shut off I wouldn't know," he says and he looks at me

"I'm going through a big change," I say letting out a deep breath from my cold body.

"yeah moving is a big change."

"yeah moving is."

I look back out the window as the bus starts to move down the street and going from neighborhood to neighborhood. I lay my head against the cold glass when my earbud is plucked out of my ear.

"what you listening to?" Austin asked me

"All Time Low," I say to him

"depressing," he says giving me back my earbud.

"a little but I'm a depressing human," I say looking him in the eyes.

He gives me a warm look before I am engulfed in a large hug that makes me tingle. I hold my arms up to my chest as he hugs me tightly. I want to push him off of me immediately but I don't. the hug was warm against my cold body. when he lets go he pats my head and looks at me smiling

"no need to be a depressed human just don't worry and make life your bitch," he says and I laugh a little at his joke

"well then." I say cut the conversation short.

I looking out the window as we turn down my street and notice him pick up his bag as we roll in front of the street sign. I pick up my bag and I follow him as he walks to the front of the bus and then down to the sidewalk. once we were out of the bus the driver drives away. I start to walk and he follows behind me before he could talk to me again I walk down my driveway and unlock my door. once I am safely inside I look out of the living room window and see him going to the house across the street from mine and going inside all I can think is FUCK.