"Mrs. Bingham, I distracted Emma and she forgot to pull her hair back." I told Mrs. Bingham. "Alright, Mr. Bond, detention for a month, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I'll be seeing you after school today to start your detentions." She told me. "Yes, Mrs. Bingham.""Oh, Emma, next time, I will kick you out of my class." She chastised Emma and returned to the front of the room.When Mrs. Bingham's back was turned Emma whispered to me. "You didn't need to do that. It was all my fault. I'm lucky I didn't lose all of my hair. It's actually a good thing that this happened. I've been meaning to get my hair cut short for such a long time. This was the extra push I needed." She told me in a rush of words. I had a hard time following her. "Well if it counts, I like your hair long." I told Emma. I hoped I hadn't freaked her out. I'd only known her for an hour and a half and I was already giving her creepy complements. "Thanks, I'll take that into consideration." She smiled and returned to her lab report. The bell rang a half an hour later and we packed up. I walked her to her locker. I watched her try to pull her books off the top shelf of her locker. She was up on her tip-toes. I reached up to help her and everything on the top shelf fell to the floor. I quickly stooped to the ground and started to collect her things. "Calm down. I'm perfectly able bodied and capable of picking up my own books." She laughed and took her pink notebook from me. She came a step closer, her hair brushed against my cheek, and she whispered in my ear 'thank you' and hurried off to her next class.
YOU ARE READING
Just Another Day
SaggisticaThis short story is about a girl named Emma who has leukemia and she meets a boy named James.
