Patience and Love

Chapter 3: First Day

----------Margarett Point of View-------------------

           

For the rest of the art class I stayed silent. I could hear Dianna talking to the guy to the other side of her, from what I could gather, his name was John. Dianna was a senior, he was too. She was definitely gay. They talked about their classes and teachers I didn't know. She laughed and I felt a smile come to my lips. Her laugh was so...smooth. Like her voice.

I looked over at Anne, she slid a notebook towards me. It was opened. I raised my eyebrow, and opened it. Clearly in her handwriting on the top line was:

Crushing already?

I flushed as I read this. Was I that obvious? I quickly scribbled my reply.

-------Anne's are in italic, Margarett are bold-------

Am I that obvious? And no.. not crushing..just..admiring?

Yeah it is, at least to me. What's her name blushy?

I blushed more reading this.

Dianna, she's apparently in your grade....

So she's probably in my last two classes, they are senior math and history. I'll scope more out about her if you want

I flushed again and looked up as the bell rang. I smiled and shook my head at her standing. I bent and scribbled..

It's just a crush..it'll pass.

----------------------Hours Later------------------

I walked down the hall to the gymnasium. When I walked in there were people standing around but most kids were up against the bleachers talking. While scanning the crowd for Alice my eyes landed on Dianna and my heart skipped three beats. She was still in her clothes from this morning. No one brought a spare change of gym clothes since it was the first day. It was pointless to because we didn't do anything on the first day.

I looked for Alice again and almost glared at her. She was sitting along the bleachers too. To her left was some guy and to her right was an empty seat, next to Dianna.

I bit the inside of my lip and slowly walked to Alice. I sat down facing Alice. She had brown hair and tan skin. She looked more like mom. Gab, Alice and Anne looked more like her. Jack and I resembled our father. Blue eyes, pale skin, dark hair.

I squished myself into Alice so I was barely touching Dianna. Alice thought nothing of it and turned to talk. She started on about her teachers and new friends. She talked about all the cute boys she's met. I nodded and listened all while straining to hear Dianna talk.

Alice abruptly got up and ran across the gym to a girl that had just walking in. Making me lean so she could get up and bump into Dianna. Dianna turned and faced me, a smile forming on her lips.

'Hey new girl' She said turning more so she was fully facing me. I flushed more and looked down. After a few seconds I decided that I couldn't be rude. I looked up at her.

Hi..'I said, biggest mistake of my life. She smiled which lit her eyes up. She had nice teeth. I felt myself flush again so I quickly looked down. I could hear the smile in her voice. I felt like kicking myself.

I never got your name new girl' She said. I bit my lip again. I looked up at Alice, why couldn't I be like her. She could talk to anyone. I envied her. I sat for a few more seconds and stole some of her courage. I turned looking at Dianna. I met her brown eyes.

'I'm Margarett' I said, causing her to smile more. I relaxed a little. That wasn't so bad. For the next hour and a half of gym class I got to know her a little better. She was 18. Had two brothers, an older one named Joel and a younger one, JADE. A mom and dad. No pets.

We talked about my family, what we liked to do when not in school. She introduced me to her friend John. He was funny. She flirted with me. At least I thought so. I enjoyed it. I was 84% sure that she liked me. I wasn't sure what to think of it. People generally didn't like me. I didn't date. Maybe she was just being friendly. I don't know.

I figured lunch was next and I would go ask Anne for advice. She was good with advice. The bell rang and we all stood and walked out. I was behind Dianna, I heard her name being called and a girl ran over, Dianna dropped her lips to the girls and kissed her.

I felt my mouth drop open.

She's got a girlfriend.