Watching him dump the contents of his lunch tray, I swooned over him… There is no other way to say it. I think I almost drooled. He was beautiful what can I say? All my other friends thought I was crazy for liking the ‘emo’ kid, well I just felt happy. Just the way he walked was enough to make me blush. I was a hopeless romantic what can I say? As he walked back to his friends I turned, slowly to see all eyes on me. Getting wide eyed for a second I shook it off nonchalantly. They can question me all they want I thought.
“What are you looking at?” I snapped, returning to the uneaten portion of my school lunch. Focusing on my food I successfully ignored the rest of the onlookers until I got up to dump my food. Coming back I smoothed out my AE skirt and scurried back to reclaim my seat. Continuing to get odd stares I fiddled with the hem of my skirt. When the loud bell chimed I was relieved to be out of that awkward situation.
Walking down the crowded halls people seemed to part for me. Giving wolf whistles and cat calls. Confused I quickened my pace and scurried to my next class. Suddenly crashing into a foreign body, I looked up. Gazing into his eyes his gruff voice says, “Watch it, next time I won’t be so nice.” Pulling me up to my feet I turned and replied, “Thank you Sky; your help was very much appreciated.”
“My name is Skylar.” He growled, showing his frustration.
“I know that silly, but I’m going to call you Sky.” I replied giggling at his anger.
“Just go to class.” He ordered.
Following what Sky said I marched over to my Art class. Sighing as I walked in the door. The smell of acrylic paint and clay overwhelmed me. Looking around I saw the only empty seat was alone. Making the slow walk of shame I was excited when Sky came in. He would have to sit next to me. Doing a little dance in my head as he approached his frustration was palpable, so instead of dealing with him I turned to the teacher who was busy explaining todays art class.
“Today we are going to be working in pairs. Look to the person you are sitting with and shake their hand.” My art teacher said. Looking at Sky I held out my hand. As I was waiting he slowly held out his and shook mine. “You are going to be making a portrait of your partner and vice versa. We will be working on this for the next two weeks so you have time to get to know who you are working with. This portrait doesn’t have to be literal it can be abstract. You may begin.” She explained. Starting to sketch what I saw before me I got lost in the drawing. Putting lines there slowly to make a masterpiece. I didn’t even notice the bell ring. Feeling someone shake my shoulder I looked up at Sky. As he saw me notice him he walked out of the class room, leaving me to clean up by myself. When the job is done I go on to the other boring classes. IT’s hard to believe that art is now my favorite classes.
As the end of the day comes, I’m dreading one thing. Cheerleading. This is not one of those things you’d expect me to hate but I do. It’s just a bunch of peppy girls screaming for the gross and illiterate boys on the football team. I honestly don’t see what the draw is but it makes my mom happy so I have to do it. I’d do anything for her. Getting changed in the gym locker room I walk out. Hearing the sluts yelling cheers to pump up the crowd.
Seeing them look at me weirdly I join in halfheartedly. I’m sure they only keep me on the team because my sister was a legend here. Me not so much but her yes. She was perfect blonde hair skinny and blue eyes. I have none of those. I have naturally black hair, and grey eyes. Though I guess I could be considered skinny I am not as skinny as my sister is. Noticing we were on a different cheer, I look around to see if I could catch up though I did catch Sky giggling at me. In response I gave him the finger. Hoping nobody on the cheerleading squad saw I looked around once again… This time they were all looking at me. As my sister starts walking over to me I start sulking, I know what’s going to happen we all do. The best part is I’m ready for it.
“Rain, you’re off the team.” My sister yelled.
Instead of acting like everyone was waiting for, I started smiling.
“Thank you! I fucking hate cheerleading. Now mom has to hear about how you kicked me off of the squad. Get ready.” I yelled. Skipping I headed back to the locker room to get changed out of my uniform for the last time. Smirking as I headed out of the locker room I bumped into Sky.
“You know I said I wouldn’t be nice to you again but for what you did out there, well I’ll make an exception.” He said. Reaching down to pull me up for the second time in one day.
“Thanks, I am forever grateful… How shall I ever repay you?” I inquired in mock seriousness.
“Well for starters you could drive me home.” He stated.
“Oh, a badass like yourself doesn’t have a car?” I teased.
“I do…. Currently it’s in the shop.”
Grabbing onto his arm I pulled him out of the school towards my car. On arriving I got in and buckled my seatbelt. Waiting for him to get in I started the car and put on my City of Evil Cd by Avenged Sevenfold and started rocking out.
“Ah-hem.” He coughed, signaling me that it was safe for me to drive away.
As we were driving I continued to sing the songs until Sky ejected the Cd and replaced it with something he had in his bag. As the first song started I realized it was none other than Creatures by Motionless in White. Catching up to where we were in the song I started mock screaming along…. I don’t scream in public. Or listen to music it’s not something people regularly accept me doing.
“You listen to good music.” Sky stated bluntly causing me to blush and nod quickly.
The rest of the drive was silent other than my singing and Sky giving me directions. Well he was giving me directions to my house. Passing my house he told me to pull in at the next driveway stunned I did what he said and waved goodbye as he got out of the car. Sighing I had to get ready for the long night ahead of me……
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Ha. So, for anyone that will actually read this. I already have 3 more chapters done. Though I'm not going to post them until I get a comment and 4 reads... I have really low expectations. Though I'm sure if I keep going with this I will get greater expectations as I go... So thank you. Cat. <3
