in your dreams

vanilla

I always felt like I was naturally smart, because in 8th grade I didn't even try and I knew all the answers. Because of that I was labeled the geek or nerd.

How I came to play basketball is a long story. My dad was always the type to be masculine. When he was a kid he did three sports all in different seasons. My dad was popular and that's how he met my mom. He understood my gifts of school, but sought out that I should play a sport. Now i'm not bad at basketball i'm average. Definitely not the best on the team that's for sure.

I snap out of my daze in Math class.

"Zach can you solve this quadratic equation for me?" Mr Gilbert asked.

He knew I could solve it.

"I bet he can." Damon lowly mocks in the back of the class. A few people giggle.

I sigh and go to the front of the board. Grab the maker and solve it in 2.3 minutes. All I had to do was solve what was under the square root first and then the rest.

"Thank you! Now stop daydreaming in my class, I expect better." Mr Gilbert calls as I take my seat. As if I care what teachers expect from me I think to myself.

I turn my head to Haley and catch her eyes. I quickly turn my head back to the board and pretend like I never glanced her way. The bell rings, I collect my things and hurry out the class. I curse myself for staring at her. Fuck why did I have to be so obsessed with her.

I sit at the same lunch table I did since freshman year. James comes a few minutes after me. We talk about our upcoming tests, a new video game coming out, and my basketball tryouts. We continue to talk about recent topics in our life. The bell rings and we go to our fourth period.

The rest of the day was a blur. A certain curly headed girl was stuck in my head.

I stay after school to take a test I missed last week in Chem. It was a little hard but I think I aced it. I finished and left.

As I walk outside to start my walk home I hear sniffles, then they break into soft tears. I follow the sound and spot her sitting on the bench in front of the school.

I slightly gasp and she looks up. Haley wipes her tears fast. She gets up and starts to walk to get up. I slowly approach her.

"Hey are you ok?" I speak softly to her. She looks up.

"I'm fine, just an average bad day." She brightly smiles. It seemed fake. Like the type of smile you give your mom when you try her new cooking.

"Listen we may not know each other but are you really ok? I wouldn't leave a girl here alone if she was crying." I continue to press. I start to to think, why would she talk to me. She barely knows me.

I sit down next to her. She smells of honey and vanilla. My new favorite scent. I decided not to say anything.

We sit in a comforting silence for long. Then she starts to speak. "Do you think i'm pretty?" Haley stares at me with her golden brown eyes. I cough.

What type of question is that. Of course I think she's pretty. I've been dreaming of her for three years now.

"I do think your pretty, but can I ask why you asked." I look at her again.

She looks up to the sky and stays quiet for a minute. Debating whether or not to tell me. A complete stranger.

"Well I found out my boyfriend cheated on me." She breathes quietly.

Haley looks down. She look ashamed. I lean back on the bench.

"With who?" I ask. Her eyes looks glossy, and I immediately feel bad for even asking.

"Vanessa." She closes her eyes.

Tiny tears stroll down her rosy cheeks. It hurts to see her cry. It doesn't look right.

"It was a party months ago apparently. They were both intoxicated. But does that matter, should I be mad just because they were drunk. Did Finn ever love me? Knowing he cheated on me and never said anything. He said he loved me two weeks ago. My stupid ass said I loved him too." She retorts.

"The sad thing is I do- did love him." Haley whispers.

We were in silent again. I put my thought together carefully. At first I wanted to talk about how big of a prick Finn is but know that's not what she wants to hear.

"It doesn't make you stupid for caring for him. We are humans. Don't ever curse yourself for loving someone, it's his loss that he did this to you. You have the right to be mad, because Finn could've told you instead of faking that he loved you. You were being true to your self, and honest. That's what anyone would want in a relationship." I say as I look at her. She smiles at me.

My heart beats too loudly in my ear. Just her presence does that to me. And then she had to hit me with her dazzling smile.

She wipes her noise on her sleeve. She stands up. "Thank you so much Zach, I really needed that." Wait Haley just said my name.

"I think it's time for me to go home." She checks her watch and frowns. It was getting a little late.

She says thank you again and we part ways.

As I start to walk home, I miss her vanilla scent already.

A red car pulls up next to me and rolls down the window. Haley smiles. "Want a ride?"

can you guys comment if you want me to continue, cause i really want to know!
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is it just me or is my writing cringy 💀
anyway child um vote :,)