Something Poetic

Chapter One

You're amazing and talented and incredible and beautiful. You're inspiring and I swear to all and any gods out there that you're the exact substance that dreams are made of. I wish I could draw, just so I could attempt to capture your essence on paper. Naturally I'd fail because, just like the dreams that you make up, you slip away from our mundane grasp as soon as reality comes crashing back in, corrupting those few moments we were spared from it. You are the type of person who would amaze even greater beings. You captivate all and if
your life had a story to go along with it, it would be titled something poetic.

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Daniella had gotten to her locker at a normal time that morning.

In fact, everything about the day seemed normal. The same people snickered behind her

back as she walked past them, and she ignored them, per usual. The same teachers were

yelling the same things at the same students. The same people walked about the school,

doing their normal morning routines. It hadn't occurred to her that something could possibly

be different. But there was a difference.

Normally there was the group of kids who watched her quietly from the other end of the

hallway. She always spared one glance in their direction, usually aimed at the tallest boy of

the group. Today, she noticed, they were all glaring at one another, sobbing discreetly, or

sobbing not-so-discreetly. She knew their names, even if she would say she didn't.

There was Ella, who hated the fact that the two girls had similar names. She was a pretty

blonde who didn't seek attention yet it always somehow found her. Her dark brown eyes

would be the ones that could muster up glares that would silence anyone. Well, almost

anyone.

Another one was Levi. He was the one exception to Ella's glare, which Daniella found slightly adorable. The two had been dating for as long as anyone could remember. Really. Daniella had gone to elementary school with them and even back then they would hold hands and look shyly at one another. Levi's name was originally Olivia, but he had decided back in sixth grade that he wasn't a girl, no matter what his birth gender was. He had everyone call him Levi from then on. Daniella had to frequently forced herself to remember to use masculine pronouns instead of feminine ones.

Arty and Kyle were twins who were somewhere between polar opposites and the Weasley

twins. They had similar thought processes but decided on different solutions and came up

with different parts of the same plan. The two were fairly athletic, fairly brainy, fairly artistic,

and fairly nerdy. Daniella had always thought they were sort of weird but in a cool way.

Then, there was Gareth. Gareth was the tall, blonde, blue-eyed, tan surfer boy that caught

most people's attention immediately. He was Ella's older brother and really cool. He was

admired by everyone except for Julius, the stereotypical tall, dark and handsome popular boy.

They were polar opposites and both attracted everyone's attention. All those who felt an

attraction to guys felt an attraction to them. Gareth was kind hearted and humble. He would

deny that everyone loved him and thought he was handsome, and would then refer to his