Savior

Beaten

Before I realize it my mom knocks on my door to wake me up. “Honey, remember you have school today. Maybe afterwards you can go visit your father”. I had totally forgotten. The accident, my father in critical condition, the extra pain in my heart. I could practically feel myself wilting away. I want to just sit in my room and stare at the ceiling but that, of course, was not an option for me, so I forced myself to get dressed and greet my mother with an awkward half smile.

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As soon as I get to school I already know what kind of day it’s going to be. As I walk up the steps to my school two of my regular bullies just happens to be standing there. “And where has Miss Freak been?” “Yeah, we missed you yesterday, we didn’t even get to say goodbye.” They were both grinning and blocking my only entrance to the school, so I had no choice to shoot them a look that could kill. Once they both saw my face they stood speechless, knowing something must have happened. The girls stepped aside and let me move through the door with no trouble. I look at the nearest clock and there’s only two minutes for me to get to y first period class, which just so happens to be at the back of my giant high school. I half run to the classroom to see that I got there just in time. “Hurry up and take your seats, we have a new student joining us today”. “Oh boy, someone else to look down on me.” I think to myself. “Isn’t today jus….holy crap he’s hot.” I can’t help but stare, he was one of the most beautiful human beings I’d ever seen. He was tall, a bit slender, with brown hair that was just long enough to be handsome. He was wearing a t-shirt that had the cover of my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers album on it. The teacher was saying something but I was too caught up with this boys striking features. The next thing I knew I heard the teacher say “Elizabeth, you will be Ashton’s guide to his classes and Ashton, you will sit at the empty desk next to Elizabeth.” I can feel my ears get hot and then I know I’m blushing. “Yes, sir.” I reply as Ashton sits down. I sit quietly until Ashton taps my arm. “Hey, so since you’re my guide and all do you want to see my schedule?” I nod my head as he hands me his schedule. As I look down his class list I realize we have all the same classes: English II, Band, Art, Geometry. This day is actually getting better. I hand him his schedule and give him a half smile and tell him we share all the same classes. He smiled and I blushed. No boy has ever smiled at me before. As the teacher droned on about who knows what I couldn’t stop thinking about that boy. I got so lost in my thoughts the class had ended and it took someone bumping into me to realize it. “So you’re off to band too?” Ashton asked. I nodded my head a little and looked at him awkwardly. “You can lead the way when you’re ready.” I spun around and gathered my things and walked pretty quickly out of the classroom. Ashton kept up with me and people were actually paying attention to us. Hopefully today will be okay.