A New Beginning

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I shrugged and continued to watch TV. I guess I fell asleep because the next thing I heard was my phone alarm. I turned it off, and got changed into skinny jeans, boots, and my sweatshirt.

I left my hair down, and started walking to school. I grabbed my stuff and went into Math to sit at the same desk as yesterday. It was almost time for class to start when Elliot walked in. He kept his head down and sat in his desk. I tried to talk to him, but the bell interrupted me.

It was the same thing as the day before. God, this school is going to get boring if we do the same thing over and over again. Same as yesterday, I finished first, followed by Elliot. I took this time to talk to him.

I touched his shoulder and he winced.

"I'm sorry! Are you ok? What's wrong?" I asked quickly.

"Nothing. I'm fine, you just scared me." He said not looking at me. I still hadn't seen his face.

"You don't seem like someone who gets scared easily." I said while carefully turning his head towards me. He kept his eyes on the floor, but I could see his horrible black eye and cheek.

"What happened Elliot?" I almost demanded.

"Nothing." He said and turned away.

I tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't let me. I would ask him at lunch. I sat in the class before lunch and wondered what could've happened. Obviously his shoulder hurt too.

The bell rang, and I dropped my books off at my locker. I walked into the lunchroom and saw Alex.

"Hey, where's Elliot?" I asked.

"He'll be here. Nice game by the way. I gotta admit you are really good." He said and smiled.

"Thanks." I replied.

Then I saw Elliot sit down next to Alex.

"Dude, what the hell happened?!" Alex asked.

"My question exactly." I muttered under my breath and Alex looked at me.

"Nothing, just drop it ok!" Elliot almost screamed.

I flinched, not because it scared me, but because I was surprised.

"I'm sorr-" he started.

"No, it's fine. I shouldn't be getting in your life like that. If you wanted people to know you would've told them." I interrupted. I turned on my phone and started listening to music, not wanting to hear what they were going to say.

I looked up, which was a mistake, and saw his icy-blue eyes. He had been staring at me the whole time, almost begging me to understand. I quickly pulled my eyes down to my phone.

The rest of the day went by fast. During the last hour, I didn't talk to Elliot or Alex, not because I was mad, but because I knew I would ask Elliot again, and I didn't want him mad.

The teacher said something about a project that we would be getting the next day, but I was staring out the window day dreaming. It was a crappy day outside, and it almost looked like night time. I heard police sirens, and I saw rain. It reminded me of the night my father died.

I hadn't thought about that night in a long time. It brought tears to my eyes, and I swiped them away before anyone could see them, but I was too late.

Elliot saw them, and now he was looking at me with concern on his face. The bell rang before he could ask what was wrong, and I took that as an opportunity to run out of the classroom and to my locker. I was almost out of the building when Elliot pulled me gently aside.