"My girl"

The day it all started

Yesterday I had a mental breakdown that included me crying for an hour because I missed the bus and my dad refusing to drive me to school.Of course that day had to be my birthday, but it's Tuesday today so you know a new day .

I walk off my bus into the middle entrance of my high school and make my way to the music hallway.This is where all the band and orchestra kids hang out before the bell rings for first period.I make my way to my group of friends as my best friend Rashell screams out

"MICHELLE!!!, how dare you not show up yesterday on your birthday"as she hugs me

I find this hilarious because we had a color guard sectional yesterday at our captains house where I saw her and where we celebrated my birthday with a cake that the captains mom made for me.

Don't tell anyone this but that was my best birthday yet with a lot of my friends, an extra ballon rashell carried around all the day because I didn't show up and a card she made all my friends sign.

Back to today, all my friends hug me and wish me a happy birthday and as the bell rings we all go our separate ways.Rashell and me make our way to first period English and as always nothing much happens.By the end of class the bell rings again and I make my way to second period gym.

I walk into the girls locker room,change for gym and wait for my other best friend, Ericka to show up.

  Once she does she complains to me just like Rashell saying "I'm sure you missed the bus on purpose just so you wouldn't have to come to school"

  I of course deny it.

We walk out as our gym teacher Mr.Lance takes attendance and writes down our partners for the new game we are playing called badminton.I assumed me and Ericka would be partners but another one of our friends from marching band stepped up.

  Frankie said "me and Michelle will be partners" and I just went with it and shot Ericka an apologetic look.

We pick up our badminton rackets and birdies and go off to play with our assigned partners.Sadly Ericka got stuck by herself which made me feel worse.As I'm playing with Frankie against another group I notice this girl, Karina playing with her partner very aggressively.They seem to be a good pair.
I've only spoken to Karina once before
after a show where I was sitting on the sidewalk next to our coach bus with friends.She came up to another color guard girl and asked her what the chemistry homework was.That was when I realized that she hasn't been to my chemistry class in a while when I just assumed she's been absent.

    I asked her "wait aren't you in my chemistry class,what happened?".

She looked down at me from where she was standing and explained that she just switched her schedule around.This upset for some reason,I missed her presence and jokes that she'd make in class.

Back to gym, I was observing her playing very competitively and pointed it out to Frankie.

I told her "Karina and that guy would be a good couple"considering how good they played together.

Frankie just looked at me as if I was dumb and said "girl, Karina is a whole lesbian and has a girlfriend"

I was shocked that Karina was gay but looking back I should've known with how she carried herself and I guess with how tomboyish she was.I took a good look at her, almost studying her and I take notice to how beautiful she actually was and how she had a great athletic body.

After changing out of my gym clothes I walked out of the locker room with Ericka and waited out in the hallway until the bell rang.Karina came up to us unexpectedly and complained about how  late we would come back from our show .She wasn't even looking up at me but rather down at her phone, nevertheless I was very nervous talking to her.

The rest of the school day I was very distracted by her and couldn't get her off my mind. I wasn't really aware of what it was I was feeling or what it would turn into but I just went with it.