Panda’s P.O.V
Mrs. Jelos never shuts up. She just drones and drones and drones some more. So about halfway through taking notes on the Revolutionary War I zone out. I do this a lot and also doodle, as I don’t realise I’m drawing Elmo. NO, not the red fuzzy Sesame street character, my best friend Emma Evans.
She’s a very peaty girl, she has fiery red hair with black tips that goes down to her shoulders. She has wide chocolate brown eyes, a cute little button nose with a bull ring through the center. She also has a lip ring and belly button ring. Although her name is Emma she prefers to be called Elmo.
My mind floats off to an idea I have for our art room, a crooked heart… I think of our house. Then I get to thinking about when we first to LA. My family and I moved from Arizona because of my dads job, well my parents moved and I was forced to come with. We moved into this giant house that is connected to two other houses, i thought it was strange at first but thats how I met Elmo and her brother Alex. Everything about him is perfect, his ocean blue eyes, brown hair, and snake bites that made his already perfect smile even more perfect. BAM! I snap out of my train of thought and see Elmo. An impatient look covers her face, her books are all stacked on my desk.
“Dude, loud much?” I ask as I gather my things, it looks like I spaced out the rest of the class period.
“I’m sorry that I’m hungry and like to eat food. Besides we have three minutes till we are at the back of the line so hurry your grass.” Elmo says as she grabs my arm, we run to the cafeteria.
“Great now we have to wait for twenty freaking sloths to get their lunch.” She huffs, I look up to see who was at the front of the line. As always Alex and Marco are there, I sigh as I stare at Alex, it’s too bad he has a boyfriend. Then I look a Marco, they look cute together and Marco is good to him and a nice person even though he stole Alex from me. Wow Pandora, really? You never had him to begin with.
By the time we have our food Alex and Marco are finishing up eating.
“Look who finally joined us.” Alex teases once we sit down, Marco laughs. Elmo elbows Alex in the ribs, I glare at them both the start to eat, I never really eat much so I finish quickly. Elmo, Alex and Marco talk and laugh I stay quiet and observe. I’m not antisocial I just get shy around guys, especially ones like. “So Panda, can I still come over tonight?” Elmo asked, I nodded with a slight smile on my face. Alex looked at me I quickly looked down, my hair hid my face so that I was sorta-kinda-mostly-pretty-much-slightly peeking at him through my hair. He looked confused but went back to talking to Marco and Elmo. Thank god he didn't ask anything else.
The rest of the day went semi-painless, once I got home I quickly run to my room. I open my bedroom door, a waft of perfume mixed with hairspray pours out. I walk in to my room, my once dark brown walls now covered almost completely in band posters, my bed with blood red sheets and a “ I'm not a zombie” blanket. there are brown and dark blue curtains over my windows, white carpet, a brown desk topped with a fish tank that houses my two gold fish Ben and Jerry. A big wardrobe stood on one wall next to my beanbag chair and polkadot saucer chair.
I open my wardrobe and walk inside and feel around for a doorknob, I turn it and open the hidden door to the once empty house next door. I walk into the art room, the walls are white except for an out line of a sugar skull on one wall and an outline of a heart on the opposite wall. I set my backpack down and walk over to the heart mural, I stare at it for a couple of seconds then pick up a paint brush and a pallet and pour some black paint on it. I begin tracing the outline, then I hear the door open.
“Hey bootie-full.” Elmo jokes
“Hey studded muffin.” I reply smiling.
We talk and paint until 8 then we start on our homework.
"Ugh homework is so flipping boring!!" Elmo grones after finishing her first problem. I laugh and thank glob it's Friday.
