Complicated

Chapter 3: Tough

I never really noticed her until very recently, a girl, long brown hair, small body and breasts the size of coconuts. Despite her pretty much perfect body, she seemed extremely shy, perfectly content when not noticed by anyone. The first time I truly noticed her existence was because I had seen her walking with Sauron. I just assumed she was in more than one of his classes and I didn't take their relationship to anything more than that, I was wrong.

The long empty hallways, my sneakers slapping on the tile are the only noises heard. It was the middle of 2nd period and I had asked to go to the washroom, my only true objective was to walk around blindly until class ended.

I swear, you only go to school for lunch where you can see Sauron.

I try to ignore the thoughts, hoping if I do they'll stop bugging me and I wouldn't have to continue another fierce battle. It didn't help. They still run on, annoying, except now just a one sided conversation.

Just as I round another corner I see Sauron, he's starring at the ground and walking in no big rush. I quickly hide behind the corner and stand glued against the wall, panting profusely.

  Why are you hiding? It's normal to pass people in the hallway.

  Yeah but I don't want to see him now, especially after...'that' happened.

  What do you mean, a lot has happened?

  I feel mean but I can't handle him after his confession.

  That was so long ago and you've been talking to him at lunch and stuff. He's probably completely forgotten about it by now.

  You're right, it's no big deal.

I get ready to walk around the corner and just as I do he turns it and bumps right into me, knocking me on my ass. Goodjob. I look up at him worried that he might be mad or something but he just looks down in surprise.

The expression changes to apologetic, "I am so sorry, are you alright," he offers his hand.

Ignoring his jesture, I stand up on my own and dust off, "I'm fine."

He laughs, "Yeah, I shoulda known."

I glower at him, "Shoulda known what?"

"That your tough and don't seem to need me," his smile drops and I can see the true pain and agony in his face.

This really hits me and I take a few steps back. I had never realized how much I was truly hurting him. From the beginning all I had thought about was keeping our friendship but instead I had just been cruel and insensitive. I stare at the ground, trying to find the right words in order to apologize but find nothing. When I look back up he's walking away, I reach out for him but once again stop myself.

After a few minutes pass of just standing there, the bell rings. This forces me to get out of the middle of the hallway and go to my next class. This was English which gave me a chance to do nothing and stare into space while the teacher read aloud.

When the bell leading to lunch went off, I had to resist the urge to run to the caffateria. When I got there, there was Sauron sitting in his usual spot. This was sort of comforting but at the same time, I almost hoped that Sauron hadn't been there. I didn't want to face him again today but it couldn't be helped so I went over and sat in the empty seat beside him. He looks uncomfortable and seems as if he's trying to say something.

"Look, I think we need to talk." I say, jumping straight to the point.

"Actually...we don't, not now."

"Why not? Is it the place, cause we could go outside to talk?

"No, that's not it."

"Then what?" I leen in closer to place more pressure on him.

It wasn't any less the a split second after that my questions were answered. Although I sort of wished they hadn't been...