His Rebellious Nerd

Anonymous

I enter my locker combination and hastily open my locker door. As my searching hand wanders to grab my textbook, a white envelope with loopsided heart on the side floats out of it and lands on the floor.

I furrow my eyebrows in confusion and bend to pick it up, dusting the dirt on it.

In the envelope is an invitation card to the upcoming 'masquerade party' that is held every year by seniors. I had never been invited to one before but heard lots of ballyhoo about it but let's face it, the day I'll ever attend a party is the day it rains hamburgers.

Just before I'm about to toss the invitation to the bin, a folded piece of paper comes tumbling out of it.

I unfold the piece of paper and neaten the creases before reading the looped cursive hand-writting.

" Dear Cupcake ,

I can never forget the day I heard sniffing behind the maple tree. There was a girl in a green baggy hoodie with pigtails, sitting alone under the shade of the tree, practically hiding and trying to read the book she held in her hands fighting the tears that blurred her vision whenever she tried to do so.

She quickly wiped her tears when she saw me then inadvertently smiled at me.

You were tiny and frail but most especially shy.

Look at you now, totally different.

I bet you don't even remember that day. But why would you? After I left for so long...

But trust me cupcake, never did I spend a single day without thinking about you.

~Love, Anonymous

"Can I play with you guys?" I timidly asked the group of kids ringed in a circle playing catch.

They stopped playing and eyed me like I was a piece of junk.

I looked down at my shoes knowing they would say no. They were dirty and how come I didn't notice there was a black icky substance on-

"Yes"

I looked up from my shoes. Wait. Am I hallucinating?

"But. On one condition " Joey held up his index finger.

I knew it! That was too perfect to be real.

"You have to be the 'piggy in the middle' "

Lets be optimistic, at least they let me play with them.

I nodded and timidly walked to the center of the ring.

As the game proceeded, I noticed something was wrong. Every ball they threw 'accidentally' hit me every single time. They would throw it in the right direction then it magically came flying at my face.
The catch rapidly turned into 'Amelia pinata'. 5 points if it hit any random part of me, 10 points for my face and bonus if my face gets disfigured.

A ball shot out of the blue and thwacked on straight on my face, knocking me down with a loud thud.
I groaned and got up, dusting the dust off my clothes.