-Sal Fishers POV-
Larry is being a complete asshole today, he and I rarely fight so I'm not really sure what's up with him.
I'm on my way to Todd's place, I need someone to vent to and I don't really want to be alone right now. I hear music playing so maybe Ash is there. I make my way to the door and just walk in. I've been living in the apartments for 2 years now so Todd and I have become very close. I walk into his room and hear less muffled music, I look towards Todd's bed and see a girl, I assume, with pastel pink hair, with earbuds in sleeping.
"Todd, what the fuck? Neil is going to tweak" I say whisper yelling. He gives me a confused face but then quickly says
"I didn't do anything, calm down. My parents are fostering her for a while.". I pause for a minute and look at her, She's wearing shorts and long socks, and her shirt is slightly lifted so I can see a glimpse of her stomach. I turn away and blush, this is one of those times that I'm happy that I have my prosthetic, I'm happy that Todd can't see me blush. I turn back to look at her and move to the front of the bed but I can only see a bit of her face because her hair is covering the rest. She has a stuffed cow in her arms which is weird, to say the least, considering what kind of music she is listening to. She has earbuds in and I can still hear it perfectly well. It's some kind of metal but I can't tell what.
"Sal are you good?" Todd's voice breaks me out of my daze. I look at the clock, I must have been staring at her for a good ten minutes. My face heats up when I realize what Todd must be thinking about me staring at her.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just dazed out a bit," I say and laugh a little,
"So what's been going on with you?" Todd asks.
"Larry was just being a dick today and we haven't hung in a while so I wanted to stop by," I say. I sit down on the floor next to Todd and look at him.
"How's Neil?" I ask him. He smiles and responds
" He's doing good, he's supposed to be coming over tomorrow.", I quickly turn my head back to Todd's bed and see the girl stirring awake.
"She seems kind of off Sal and she's a foster kid so she's probably had it rough, so if she says something rude don't take it to heart, I don't think she wants to be here," Todd says.
"I don't care what people think, Todd, you know that". The girl sits up somewhat suddenly and adjusts her shirt and pulls up her socks a bit. She's still holding the stuffed animal in her arms, that's cute. She turns off her music and takes her earbuds off. I start to stand and her head shoots in my direction.
Her hair flops out of her face and I finally see her.
When our eyes meet my heart stops, green with a gold ring around the pupils, I will never forget those eyes. She turns her head quickly and tosses the stuffed animal out of her arms and her face turns red.
- Calliope's POV-
I slowly drift awake and sit up, fixing my shirt and socks. I hear someone move and turn my head to the side. My eyes met with piercing blue ones, they seemed so cold yet so beautiful. It's hard to look away but I realize I still have Noodle in my arms and quickly throw him to the side. I can feel my face getting warm from embarrassment but it quickly subsides when I look back over at the person that Todd is with. They have blue pigtails tied up high, and round ear piercings. They are wearing maroon ripped skinny jeans that look similar to my shorts and have on a black hoodie.
Then I look at their face, they are wearing a mask with a blank expression.
"Hey I'm Sal, but my friends call me Sally Face." He speaks up, and my heart drops when I hear HIS deep voice, it's nice.
"I'm Callie," I say in a flat voice. I can't be nice, I don't want him to like me. I don't want to have connections because I'll probably be leaving soon anyway.
"I live in apartment 402 so you'll probably see me around a bit," Sal says and chuckles. " So what were you listening to?" he continues. I stand up and fix my shirt so he can see it
"Sanity's Fall," I say blankly.
"I love Sanity's fall, but not as much as my best friend Larry does" He replies, I didn't think I would ever meet anyone else who listens to them.
I get up to go to the kitchen to get some water but Todd stops me.
"where are you going?" he says.
"to get some water" I respond dully.
"I'll get it, stay here and get to know Sally a bit, ok?" he says in a commanding tone. my nose scrunches at this
"No thanks, I'm going to do what I want, when I want," I say strictly. He looks at me and mouths
"please". I look at Sal and comply. Todd smiles and leaves the room. why did I do that?
"you don't have to stay and talk to me, I understand if you are scared," Sal says as he looks at me.
"I'm not scared of anything, Sal," I say confused.
"Because of my face," he responds in a defeated tone.
"Your face is fine," I say being truthful. He laughs and I lay back on my back and look at the ceiling. Sal lies next to me and looks over at me. Our eyes connect and it's like time stops.
"Sorry it took me so long, my mom wanted to check up on me and see how things were going," Todd says handing me my water, I quickly jump up.
"Yeah, whatever," I say in a rude tone and put my earbuds back in, and get out my book. Sal made me feel weird, for some reason, I wanted to be nice to him.
why did he make me feel like this?
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