I fumble with my hands trying to find the alarm button. I find it and open my eyes slowly. I look up the ceiling and kind of just sort my thoughts a little. I sit up and stretch my arms wide around me while I yawn.
"JULIA ARE YOU AWAKE?!"
"UGH YES MOM, I AM!" She just always have to destroy a good morning. I put on my unifrom and try to straighten it with my hands. I brush my hair and put on some light makeup. I don't go all in on the whole makeup thing but I think this suits me all well.
I go down the stairs for breakfast.
"Morning mom" I greet her with a hug
"Goodmorning sweetie, coffee?"
"Yes please!" I grab the coffee she's holding and slowly let the hot liquid down my throat.
"Aah nice" I go and get my schoolbags and books. "Don't worry ma, I got the keys."
I hug my mom one last time until I start walkig to school.
The cold air surrounds my body and it smells like fall. I don't really know but fall has that special feeling, a really cozy feeling that you just wanna snuggle up in a warm blanket infront of a fireplace and read. Oh and don't forget the tea.
I get so caught up with the idea that I don't look up until I bump into something. I loose control over my legs and fall straight onto the concrete.
"Ugh.. seriously?" I quickly stand up and check the damage on my clothes. I look up to see what I walked in to and I see a tree.
Did I just walk right into a tree? Oh god I'm the worst. I was so busy complaining on myself I didn't realise I was at school and everyone looked at me, some were even laughing. I could feel my cheeks heat up and the panic came. People called at me with mocking words and names. This is my worst nightmare.
I can't handle situations when I'm in the center of the attention. So much of a goodmorning.
"Goodmorning to all of you too." I yell to all the people on the yard. I smile while opening the school doors when I stop, frozen in time.
In the corridor a few steps away from me she stands. She talks to some people from our class. She looks at me and wave,she wants me to come. I walk up to her and the other people.
"Hey, Julia!" She reaches her hands out to me. She sees I don't react to her move "Oh sorry I'm a hugger."
"Oh that's okay." I reach out to her and we meet in a hug. It only lasted for a few seconds but felt like an eternity. I can feel the heath and her heartbeats against my chest. I can smell her shampoo and I've never enjoyed the smell of cherry blossom like I do right now.
"Lunch today?" She asks me.
"Sure I gotta go grab my stuff. See you in class first." I walk away from her and to my locker. What is wrong with me, I don't usually feel so weird around friends and I barely know her. I walk to the bathroom on the way to my locker. I stand with my hands at the edge off the sink staring on my face. I start with staring at my eyes. They're light blue with some grey and green strikes in them. I move on to the rest of my face, my lips are kinda small but kinda big. Average. That word describes me pretty well, average. My face, average. My hair, average. My body, average. My weight, average. It's kind of boring, being average all the time. I get a notification from my phone and I see the time.
"Oh shit, ten minutes late." I whisper for myself as I walk out the bathroom door. My foots are walking as fast as I can and when I reach my locker I grab my books and pencils . A quick look at the schedule and I realize It's mr. Stingus class and he's very strict about time and school rules. I take a deep breath before I open the classroom door.
"Sorry that I'm late mr. Stingus. It won't happen again"
"Take your seat and stay after school."
"Really, detention?"
"Yes, really."
Mr. Stingus is an old man who has been on this school as long as anyone can remember. He's also the principal.
I sigh and look around me, Nicole is not in this class. Great.
I spend the rest of class drawing in my notebook, I don't really pay attention to what I'm drawing and I just let my pencil guide the way as I'm not listening to mr. Stingus.
"Julia! Who's that?" I snap back to reality as I see mr. Stingus stand over me looking at my notebook.
"Who's who mr. Stingus?"
"That boy." he points down at my drawing. I look down and I see a girl that somehow looks familiar. It's Nicole. I freak out and close the book as fast as I can.
"Its actually a girl."
"Well either way you shouldn't be drawing in class."
Before he says anything else I get saved by the bell. I quickly grab my stuff and leave the room
"See you after school, Julia!"
"Sure thing Stingus" I call back at him without looking.
"It's mr, young lady."
I walk back to my locker and stare at my drawing. I didn't even know I could draw this good. It's her, everything is her.
"Is that me?" I freeze as I feel a breath in my neck. I turn around and there she is.
"Uh yeah, I was going to give it to you." I give it to her and she holds it firmly.
"Thanks, I love it!" She hugs me tightly.
"Should we go?" I hate myself for ruining this hug but I needed to.
"Yeah, Taco Bell?"
"Sure"
