IV. Mist
That damn hummingbird was back. At first, it was just a flash of a shadow flitting past my window, but it turned into a small figure sitting on the windowsill gazing in on me. To say the least, I was disturbed.
The weirdest part was its lilac feathers. The shade of purple reminded me of that girl from a week before. After that day, her locker seemed to have been moved and I was back to lonely mornings and early arrivals to empty classrooms. I didn't see her once since the day I got detention and I wasn't complaining.
I didn't dislike her. I didn't even know her name. I just had this deep set ache in the pit of my stomach whenever she came near me. I still couldn't tell if it was good or bad.
"Adriette. Will you please focus?" My current class was being substituted by a not-so-sweet old lady and I was beginning to lose my patience with her constant nagging me about my 'focus'. I already understood every word that has come out of her mouth.
"I am." I snapped, giving her an evil glare. She gave me an odd look before moving on towards other unfocused students. I found that I was most definitely not the only one that couldn't care less what this old hag had to say. Most of the kids had resorted to their cell phones for entertainment. I only found this odd because it was quite unusual for this particular class.
Just when I thought it would never end, the bell rang. Letting out a deep sigh of relief, I booked it out of the room and straight to my locker. One more class, I reminded myself, just one.
"Hey," A sweet voice piped up from behind me, pulling me away from my locker with a big grin. "You wanna walk to class together? They're next door to each other aren't they?" Her smile nearly made me melt to the ground. I never really could figure out what it was about this girl that simply made my heart flutter. I could never find a single imperfection about her.
"Of course," I shut my locker and began walking down the hall by her side. "Um. So why exactly did you randomly decide to walk with me?" I gave her a bright smile, trying to avoid the usual blush that rides up my neck and across my cheeks.
"Oh, you know.. Debbie ditched me today." She laughed - nearly making me collapse from weak knees might I add - and waved hi to someone passing by.
"So I'm just the back up? Offensive!" I laughed a bit too loud, wincing at how obnoxious I sounded. I silently scolded myself for being too happy with her.
Simply shaking her head, muttering a 'bye', and offering me a kind smile, she entered her own classroom leaving me to sigh and gaze at the door longingly. I turned to go into my last class and nearly ran into someone.
"Oh. Its you." I shifted from one foot to the other, bringing my books up to my chest and hugging them tightly. I glanced down at my feet then brought my eyes back up to meet hers.
"Such adoration I find in your eyes. You really like her." She smirked.
"I don't know what you're ta-"
"Girls? Can we actually enter the classroom?" My teacher stood behind the girl currently acting as a door block and motioned us in. She smirked at me once more before turning on her heel and going inside.
Wondering why she was in my class now, I followed her inside. I watched as she received a test booklet and took a seat in the back of the room. Beyond thankful that she hasn't transfered into this class, I turned towards the front of the class and placed my cheek in my palm, waiting for this class to start and finish.
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I swear to god, there wasn't a moment that I didn't feel her devilish eyes on me. It disturbed me to say the least. I knew she was there and I knew she'd glare at me as if I shot her goldfish, but it still made me uncomfortable.
