The Odd Ever After

Chapter 12: it's time for a new best friend

Once again it was the start of another ruthless school day. I pushed everything that happened yesterday to the back of my mind planing to ignore Nickol and Samuel if it came down to it. With a yawn I walked over to my first period, only to be greated with a piece of white paper on the door.

Algebra 2 (1-5) in the library.

I sighed as I pulled on my backpack straps and headed to the library. There in the middle of the library was my first period teacher, her hair in a knot, and her face contorted in a scowl. I threw my backpack on the table before taking a seat watching the rest of the class tiredly pile in. Once we were all seated our tacher turned to us.

"We have to take an AP style test to see how far you have come and how much further you have to go. Since we're already half way through the year we need to make sure you guys are prepared for the AP test at the end of the year. Waste no time, work out every problem, and do not rush." She said sternly. We nodded moving hesitantly to the computers to do our test. I worked out all my problems and was the first to complete it in 30 minutes.

"I'm done." I said raising my hand. My teacher walked over telling me the grade for the test wouldn't be back till after Christmas break. I nodded and stood stretching with a smile. I was in a place with hundreds,  or thousands of books, time to hunt.

That thought was cut short as I noticed another class in the library, the only thing I could notice was the brown eyes that collided with mine. My heart thumped rapidly from the softness there. If he wouldn't have done what he did yesterday I would have walked over there and joked around, but he did, and with that I put my guard up and walked away.

"Milly! Mill!" Someone whisper-yelled. I looked up and noticed my friend Justin sitting there, sketch pad on his lap.

"Hey J." I said, not really excited to see him. I mean I did like Justin, but he liked me more than he should, which made it a really awkward friendship.

"Hey, I didn't know you were in algebra 2. I thought that was a class for juniors." He said his hazel eyes shining with curiosity.

"It is. I took algebra 1my 8th grade year since they placed me in an advanced program. I took geometry last year and now I'm here. Whatcha drawing?" I asked stepping closer. There across his sketch pad was a beautiful set of eyes and a light guide of the face shape. The eyes seemed to pop off the paper even though they were only black and white,  no denying he had a talent I was envious of.

"Art project." He mumbled before swiftly pulling me on to his lap. I was caught off guard, and my eyes quickly shifted to Samuel's. His eyes weren't soft anymore, they were full of  anger, and part of me wanted to stay put because I hoped it would bother him. But I didn't stay in place. I quickly got up and sat next to Justin on the sofa.

"Sorry." I mumbled feeling embarrassed because it's the truth. I was sorry cause I wish I could push away my feelings for Samuel and move on to someone like Justin, someone who made me feel wanted.

"Haha. Don't worry beautiful, I'm the one who should apologize.  Sorry for passing a boundary there." Justin said smiling before going back to his sketch.

The thing was, if I didn't like Samuel I might have not felt so bad for sitting on Justin's lap. I might have not stayed sitting there,  but I wouldn't have had this guilty feeling. I felt like if I would have stayed there, I would have given Justin hope, hope for affection I couldn't give him while I liked someone else.

And the reason why I wouldn't do that to him, is because false hope sucked. It was a punch to the heart once the truth came out, and yes, I knew this one from experience.

After a few more minutes the bell rung. I got up and hugged Justin bye, accepting his "apology" kiss to the cheek and walked toward the library doors.