P L A Y G R O U N D ❁ lrh

Day 1

(Luna's point of view through most of the book.) WARNING MAY BE TRIGGERING!!!

•Luna•

I am currently sitting in my last class, history, yup a lot of fun *sarcasm*.

  Anyways I sit in the very back right hand corner of the class so I usually don't have to pay attention and worry about being called on. Plus I can look at my crush of 4 years, Luke Hemmings, He's currently a senior and yes every girl swoons over him. Every girl is always trying to flirt with him, but me I just try and avoid him because 1. I know I don't have a chance and 2. I don't want to embarrass myself in front of the most popular guy in school also known as my crush.

  Yup so I pretty much spend my day trying to not be seen by him even though I could be riding a unicycle with a monkey on my back and he still wouldn't glance at me, but I'm just very self conscious. I'm pulled out of my thoughts when I hear the bell ring. I pick up all my stuff slowly and wait for everyone else to get out, I'm not in a hurry. I look and notice Luke is the last one leaving, he glances at me then speed walks out the door.

'Am I really that ugly?' I think to myself 'eh probably'

I shrug my shoulders and get up. I start towards the exit and when I walk out I look for my friends moms car. Yup I have friends and yes I ride a car too and from school, I think I would have a freak attack if I had to ride the bus, but I have to remember only one more year and I can drive.

   I spot my friends moms white mini van and run over to it trying to not look like a fatass running, but that failed. When I got there I hopped in and went to the back.

   We sat for a few minutes and my friends mom asked "So how was school today Luna?" I force a smile and say "Same as always, boring."

   She laughs and then it goes quiet again. Finally my friend, Kat, short for Katherine, gets in and we head off to my house. After that short ride i hop out and run to my front door I unlock it and wave bye to my friend.

   I walk into my room and throw my school stuff onto my bed and grab my phone and earbuds.

I put them in and start to play music. I decide to go to the local playground that I have been going to for the past week. I never went before because there were always people there now, not so much and I like to go there and just get away from my problems.

   I go there everyday after school now. After the short 3 minute walk I see the park, I also see a guy sitting there. I don't think much of it until I get closer and I see that the guy is, Luke Hemmings. I freak out and freeze. I'm about to leave, but he sees me.

   I continue walking away not thinking he would want me to be there anyways. As I walk I hear him shouting "Hey! Wait you!" I think that he might be talking to someone else so I just continue my way back. All of a sudden he jumps in front of me panting like he had been running. 'Guess I didn't hear him because of my music.' I think as i see him straighten out and i back up because he had startled me a bit.

   "Hey * pant* you *pant* go to *pant* my school, right?" He asks finally gaining his breath back. I nod a small yes and then say "Yeah so?" It came out rude and i felt bad.

"Well I'm Luke and I think I have you in some of my classes." He says stretching his arm out to shake my hand, but I just look at it afraid to shake hands because mine were sweaty from the nervousness and I'm pretty sure my face was a tomato. "Okay. Guess your not much of hand shaker." Luke says awkwardly in his Australian accent. I look down and start walking to the swing set hoping he will finally leave me alone.

   My hope is lost when i hear footsteps behind me. I sit on a swing and he sits on the one closest to me. He smiles at me, but then frowns when I get up and move to swing so that there is one swing in between us. He watches me then asks "Why did you move?" "I'm just not comfortable being around you or talking to you." I didn't want to be rude, but I don't want to embarrass myself, so I should just get rid of him by being rude I think to myself.

He sighs and asks "So Luna....." Im shocked he knows my name i look down and mumble "How do you know my name?" I think that he couldn't hear me until he answers "Well I always pay attention to people's names when the teacher does roll." He says awkwardly scratching the back of his neck and looking to his left. 'He's lying' I think in my head because they say that if a person looks to the left it means there lying. I shrug my shoulders and take one of my earbuds out and yes I had them in the whole time. I gently swing to the beat of my music going back and forth slowly, putting my chuck Taylor covered feet into the small pebbles below the swing that cover the playground.

   I stop swinging when I realize "Luke what are you doing at this park don't you live in the rich neighborhood ACROSS from here?" I say Emphasizing across.

  He chuckles awkwardly and says "Yeah, but um I just don't like it over there." He looks to his left again. "Your lying." I say and look up at him for the first time. "How do you know that?" He says smirking and blushing, smirking to hide his embarrassment, but I had already seen. I answer and say "Well it was tested that when people lie they look to their left."

I look at his chest because I hate looking people in the eye. "Well Luna I will tell you why I came to THIS park when I'm comfortable with you." Im confused i wasn't expecting to see him again let alone have another conversation.

    He notices my confusion and says "That means you have to come to the park tomorrow."

   "And if I don't." I reply rudely 'ahh stupid me!' I think to myself. Luke replies by saying "Then you'll never know why I came to this park." I look down and start swinging again and play with a strand of my hair.

    It's a habit I've had since I was little and I do it whenever I'm nervous or bored. "O-okay." I say hesitantly. I glance up through your eyelashes and see him smiling.

   He then stands up and says "Well see you tomorrow." I look up fully now and watch him walk away. He trips over something and turns around blushing and waves. I smile and swing for a few minutes until he is fully out of sight.

I then head home and it's about 4:00 so no one should be home. I walk to my front door and open it.

   When I walk in I close it and make sure to lock it then go into my room lock the door and sit on my bed. "Why did he have to talk to me?" I ask aloud in frustration.

   I get up and look in the full length body mirror I have in my room and start pointing out my flaws, making sure I know I will never have someone as perfect as Luke Hemmings. I go to one of my drawers in my desk and look for a glasses case when I find it, I open it to find exactly what I needed. My blades, I put it to my wrist and apply pressure I only did a few, saying one thing I hated about myself as I did.

   I go into my bathroom and grab a washcloth cleaning the cuts then putting band aids over the cuts and then bracelets to cover the band aids. I went back in my room and just laid down replaying the events that happened today. I eventually fall into a deep sleep.

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So this is my first fanfiction. If you keep reading it gets better promise and excuse the sucky writing.