Summer days

Chapter 6: Crazy

William

"So, what is this project about?" Danica asked as she got the stuff we needed.

"Well, we are suppose to present two outputs. We both have to make an abstract of each other depending on what we know about each other..." I read the notes scribbled on the top of my notebook.

"Okay, we could do that." Danica said. She got art supplies laid out on the floor. She was about to sketch something on a piece of paper when she looked up at me. "Wait, what we know about each other? What do I know about you? I only know that we live in the same neighborhood and that your my friends brother..."

"Yeah, you got a point..." I said as I sat down beside her on my bedroom floor. "So maybe we should share a little something about ourselves first."

"Okay then, I'll start." She cleared her throat before she spoke. "Okay something about myself... Well I'm Danica but you could call me Dani for short. I like to write, read books, listen to music, and eat."

"I like reading stories about young, weird girls who have these idiosyncrasies. From their perspective, everything just seems to be way more cool. School, friends, love, just everything. That's why I always wanted to know what it would be like if my life were a book. I bet it would be boring though, I should change my writers..."

I just looked at her in awe. She just explained something not any girl would say. Her words seems so real, like she would really like to be in some fantasy world. It would be cool if I were in a story too, a story with Dani.

"Yeah that's it." She sighed just as she sat back down on my bedroom floor. I had myself looking at her again, I was not just admiring her face but I was just admiring her. She just seems to see the world differently. How could she say that she isn't like one of those girl in her books, she seems to be like one. She caught me looking at her, I just looked away and looked somewhere else. She lowered her head and covered her face with a piece of paper. You scared her again Will...

"Well..." I said as I cleared my throat. "I think I have an idea now for my painting..."

"Okay good." She was smiling from behind the paper. "Now tell me something about yourself..."

Danica

"Okay. My name is William. But you could call me Will. That's what my brother calls me. I like to play video games with my friend Gordon. My friend Gordon is kind of perverted so don't talk to him. I like listening to Coldplay, my favorite TV show's Firefly until they cancelled it for no apparent reason, and I was given my dad's old record collection when I was 13."

I look at him while he talked about himself. "I don't really use the records anymore. Even if I brought them here, I don't touch them..." His voice was kind of shaky.

"Why won't you?"

"Well, it was records that my mom and dad got when they were still... together." He said. I moved closer to him and listened. "Well you see, my parents got a divorce. That affected me and my brother and my sister badly. That was years ago and I don't want to remember them so I keep everything that reminds me of it..." He sounded as if he were ok the verge of crying. I out my hand on his back and tried to comfort him.

"Don't worry Will, the past is in the past. Even if you try to keep these memories away from you, it will not hurt you as it hurt you before..." I said in a calming voice. He didn't cry but he still looked kind of sad... "Okay, I was in your shoes before, I also got hurt by what someone did. But directly to me..."

He turned and looked at me. "Really? What happened?"

"Well, it's kind of pathetic but it's just some dumb boy. He liked me, I liked him, after a while it turned out everything was a lie so yeah, it hurt..."

"Ouch." he commented. I just smiled at him and sighed.

"Everything will be okay Will..."

He turned to me and smiled. It made me melt inside, I felt like blushing and stuff but I tried not to. Great, I could feel my cheeks heat up...

"Thanks Dani, for uh comforting me and all. I don't usually share my feelings to anyone at all most of the time." He said.

"Huh, why is that?"

"It just that it seems like you're easy to talk to... It feels like I can just say anything and not feel any judgement from you..." He said lowering his head down. No one has ever said this to me before, maybe it's because I don't really talk to anyone. But it's just so weird to hear this from someone you just met. But it's a good kind of weird, like that kind of weird when you finish a movie or a book or a TV show and you finished it and you loved it but you feel kind of sad because you have nothing to do anymore... That kind of weird feeling...

He held his head up and ran his finger through his hair. I melted again... "Sorry if I freaked you out, or if I'm talking like a crazy person. I guess life is crazy. I'm crazy I guess..."

I just looked him and smile at him. "I don't think you're crazy. I think I'm crazy actually." I looked down on the floor. I look back up again to say something when William's hand was coming near my face. Oh my God, will he put it on my shoulder? My cheek? What if he pulls me closer and...

"There's a small bug on your hair..." he said as he pick something out of my hair and ticked it off his fingers. After that, we stayed quiet for a while. You could say that it was awkward and silent. Awkward silence, some people would say... I looked at the clock and saw that it was almost 5:30. I quickly got my things and placed them in my bag...

"Well, I best be going." I chuckled as I gathered all my things causing them to fall on the floor. William helped me pick them up. We were both bending down at each other's direction so when we stood up, we bumped our heads.

"OW..." I yelp as I touch my forehead.

"Oh sorry..." William said as he gave me my book and had his hand on his forehead as well. I also couldn't help but notice how close our face were to each other. Great, he could see my pimples and notice how red my cheeks are right now. Instead, he just smiled and looked me in my eyes. I looked in Will's eyes and saw something, I saw the universe. Just like what people say, saying that the secrets of the universe hide in people's eyes. It could see the stars in his eyes, I could see them twinkling and shining. It was beautiful. I think I was looking for too long and quickly back up and grab hold of the doorknob.

"Uh yeah, I gotta go. Bye." I open the door and walked out. I bid Williams mother goodbye and rush out of the house. I was clearly race-walking home when someone called out my name making me turn around. William was standing behind me, but we were feet away from each other.

"By the way Dani, I don't think you're crazy..." He said loud enough for me to hear.

"Really?" I replied. "Then what do you think I am?.."

He smiled at me just before he answered. His eye squinting and smiling along as he smiled. "I think you're, different..."