You know what I hate.
Men.
They always think that they are so superior to women. It's like they have forgotten that a woman had to carry their ungrateful asses for nine months and then push their big heads out of their vagina.
But I digress.
Anyway I have to deal with them.
"Mariam, it's time for you to get up. You're going to be late for school". I hear my mom yell.
It's always just been me and her. She had me at a young age. She raised me by herself because my dad was too much of a pussy to man up and take care of his kid. But although my dad put my mom through so much, she has never lost her optimistic personality. This is exactly why I despise men.
"I'm ready". I yell down.
I finish the final touches, putting my long messy curls into a bun. I'm not gonna lie, I'm not the most eye-catching girl to look at but I'm proud of the features I do have. I make my way downstairs already dreading having to go to school. It is the first day of my senior year and I'm not looking forward to it. I'm just thinking about all the shit I'm going to have to do this year and honestly I'm already tired.
"Ugh, I don't want to go to school mom".
"You have to sweetie"
"Why the fu-, I'm sorry I'm trying"
"I'll excuse it, and you have to go so you can learn life skills"
"What life skills, not every one of us is doing the same things in life"
"I-I, go to school"
"Fine"
I grab my keys and head to my car. As I get in my car I start to get the feeling that I'm being watched. I turn to see if I can see anyone, but find there's no one there. I just assume that it's just first day jitters. I drive to school even though I have thirty minutes until school starts. I go to the library to see if I can find any good books to read, but I can not find one when I feel the same feeling I felt earlier. I turn around to be startled by my friends Syree and Carin.
"Oh my freaking god, you scared the shit out of me".
" Sorry". Carin says through laughter.
"Why are you so jumpy Mariam". Syree asks.
" I could've sworn that earlier this morning I was being watched. I don't know if I'm going crazy but I've felt this feeling since I turned 16".
"Really, you still feel like someone is watching you?" Carin looks at me worried.
"Have you told your mom about this?" Syree adds to Carin's question.
"No, I don't want her to worry. You guys know my mom, if she knew that I was worried that someone is stalking me she would go batshit crazy".
"Yeah true". They say in unison.
"Anyway, let's go pick up our schedules and then go to class".
We head out of the library and head towards the office. We are greeted by our principal Mr.Reed, who's kind of a pervert. Actually absolutely IS a pervert. I'm not going to bore you with the details, just know the man is no good. Anyway we grab our schedules and swap them to find that we have 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th period together, while Syree and Carin have the whole day together. We started heading to class when we ran into Donovan, the bane of my existence. I've known him since I was in kindergarten and throughout all the years of knowing him he has always been an absolute jerk to me and I could never understand why.
"Hey you wanna come ride my face after school". He says loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Oh that's right she's too much of a prude to do that". His friend Xion added.
Everyone was watching us laughing. My cheeks started to burn a cherry red, almost like hot burning my cheeks. I push past him and his minions and continue to walk towards class. Donovan is considered our school's bad boy. He gets with a girl and then leaves her. He has no remorse for either, he just does as he pleases. He gets away with everything. Ugh I hate him so much.
"He's such a prick". I roll my eyes.
"Yeah". The girls say.
"But you can't let him bother you". Carin tells me.
"Yeah fuck him, he just insecure and has no one else to take it out on". Syree states.
I agree and we continue to walk towards our first period home room class. We enter the room and we are greeted by our teacher. After about 10 minutes the bell rings. The teacher stands up and says to the class, "Good morning everyone my name is Mr.Thomas and I hope that y'all have had a good day, today we will just be introducing ourselves to each other".
He then passes out one of those basic ass sheets you get on the first day of school and tells us to go around the class and ask people to sign one of the boxes. After about 40 minutes, the bell rings and we are free to go to our next class. Me and the girls head to our next class which is Pre-Calc. We enter the room to be greeted with the most stank attitude. In front of me sat the most feared teacher in the school, Mr.Nokovich. It is a rumor around the school that if you get him you are destined to fail his class because he is the strictest teacher ever.
"Take your seats I don't have all day". He yells.
We go right to our seats and make sure that we are sitting next to each other.
"Now I hope you know that I am not going to be lenient. I have a no bs policy". He states.
With that he handed out the syllabus.
"I want you all to go over this syllabus and take notes. I will quiz you tomorrow on it".
With the rest of the time in class, I worked on writing notes on the syllabus. There were 4 pages of the syllabus with so much info. After a while the bell rang. Me and the girls separated so that we can go to our next classes. I entered the room to see my favorite music teacher ever, Mrs.Amerino. I've been in her every year of high school and she is the reason that the school bump me up a grade. She has been one of my biggest supporters as well as my mom and I honestly wouldn't be where I am without her. I confide in her.
"Hey Mariam, how are you doing today sweetie".
"I could be better".
"That sucks. What's going on".
"I'm just so stressed out, I don't know what's going on".
"Well know that I'm always here if you need me".
"Thanks".
"Okay class, lets get started".
She begins her lesson which goes throughout the whole period. After that the bell rings. I am on my way to my locker when suddenly I am hit with the hardest chest.
"Oh my god I am so sorry my dear". I hear a deep voice say.
I'm about to cuss this guy out when I look up into the most mesmerizing grey eyes I have every seen. I'm so taken aback by him that I don't realize that his hand is outstretched for me to grab. I grab his hand and he lifts me up. He then just continues to stare at me for what seems like forever.
"Uhm..I should go now". I finally speak.
"Yeah". He replies.
I continue on my way to meet with my girls and we go to lunch. In the car we are having a conversation about how the day has been so far. We had decided we're going to a local diner near the school. We settled down at our table and start to look over the menu. I then hear Carin ask "Have you seen the new teacher yet Mariam?"
"Uh no have you?" I asks.
"Yeah he's our English teacher, his name is Mr.Edwards". Carin replies.
"Oh that's the class I have next maybe I'll meet him". I say.
"Yeah he's so cool". Syree beams.
"Cool".
A waitress comes to take our order and then we continue to talk about random things until we are done eating. We head back to school making it just before the bell rings. I go straight to class making it there just to find that the teacher isn't there. Then I hear a familiar voice say, "Sorry I'm late guys I was just finishing up with my lunch".
There standing in front of me is the man that I ran into earlier before I went to lunch.
"Anyway, let's get started everyone. Why don't we all introduce ourselves and tell each other one fun fact about us. I'll go first. My name is Mr.Edwards and I'm 26 years old".
I then listened to everyone before me introduce themselves until it was my turn.
"Hi, I'm Mariam and I skipped a grade so instead of being a junior I'm a senior".
"Very nice". Mr.Edwards smiles.
The rest of the class talked and then we had about 25 minutes left of class. With the rest of the time he let us be on our phones. After class he wanted to talk to me.
"You seem like a very intelligent young woman. Would you like to help me with my classes".
"Uh sure".
With that he let me leave to go to my next class. I spent the rest of the day going to class and getting to know my classmates and teacher. I found that my last period was theater and my teacher was also Mr.Edwards. He did the same he did for his English class. Although I started to notice when I looked up every once in a while, that he would be looking at me and smiling. I tried to just put it off, thinking that he probably isn't looking at me. After class school was over so I went to my locker to put my stuff away and then went. When I got home, I got a message from an unknown number. The text says, " I am so happy that I final got to see you up close babygirl. I can't wait until you're finally in my arms and you can finally be mine forever- A".
