High School Survivor

Chapter 3: Popularity?

Marissa's Thoughts.

My 4th period was the most irritating soul sucking class i have ever been in so I'm just going to skip the whole part were the teacher talked for what seemed like years and spare you the lecture of a long boring lifetime. Trust me when I say it was nothing important just know the bell rang and I was the FIRST one out the door.

It was finally lunch time and I was starving, as I started walking down the almost deserted hallway half way to my locker I was knocked down by what seemed like a bulldozer! That bulldozer actually turned out to be Darwin who crashed into me from running in the hallway.

Owe!

I landed right on top of him, I didn't really realize how close we actually were until I saw our lips touching. I quickly rolled off of him and sat on the floor shocked at what just happened.

My books fell out my bag and still all I could do was sit there in shock very still. Darwin looked surprised but he got up and brushed himself off.

I scrambled to grab the stuff that fell out my bag and Darwin picked up my notebook along with some papers. He handed it to me but as I took it our hands touched for much longer then a few moments. I awkwardly pulled the papers from his grasp trying not to make eye contact.

As I stuffed all the random junk back into its jungle I call a bag Darwin held out his hand for me to grab. I hesitated to touch his hand again but eventually gave in and did. We got up and it was silent, he tried to break it by saying, "Wow haha didn't see you there."

I looked at the ground feeling my body become heated and tense but I managed to say, "Yeah" kinda quietly. It was silent again he looked at me but I didn't look back it was weird.

He looked up at the ceiling then at the floor then back at me trying to find something to say anything but, eventually said, "Well I um, have to go. I'll see you around Marissa."

With that he smiled and walked away I walked in the opposite direction to my locker and dropped of my stuff.

I headed out to the cafeteria where Kate and Liam were waiting for me. Surprisingly Sydney and Ally were waiting for me as well, along with a few other popular people. Kate and Liam looked at me as if I invited these extra people to our table but I didn't. the table was very crowded so Liam and Kate couldn't fit and eventually Kate told me they would just move to an available table across the cafeteria with some other familiar faces, they looked at me with confusion when I didn't leave with them, I didn't feel right leaving Sydney when she asked me to be one of her friends but this wasn't right.

I didn't really like this feeling and neither did my best friends, I had to do something.

"Hey Sydney, I think I'm going to sit with my friends over there its to crowed over here." I said trying to find an excuse to leave, I didn't want to be rude but this wasn't my style.

Sydney looked at me confused and said, "You would rather sit over there with them than over here with me?"

"I just think it would be better if you had more room over here." I said trying to not hurt her feelings, I'm not sure why she made me feel uneasy.

She looked puzzled but said, "Uh ok I guess."

I left but kept replaying what happened with me and Darwin over and over again, It was honestly getting annoying I just want it to stop and go away. After all that's happened in the three years that I've known him you would think a girl would learn not to care and leave it alone.

Before lunch ended I went to the school bathroom, it was dank with a tacky shade of blue to support our mascot the bulldogs. I honestly would choose a unicorn for mascot and paint the stalls different colors but that's just me.

I went into one of the rusty stalls and the first thing that hit my nostrils was the smell of rotten eggs and desperate hormones, I took a deep breath and went in. I wouldn't dare touch the stall door lock it was rusty old and all I could imagine were dirty teen girls not washing their hands after pooping and touching all over the lock. It was disgusting so I just didn't lock the stall, honestly what was the worst that could happen if someone opens my stall by accident they would understand, they have the same parts.

In the middle of my deep train of thought suddenly a boy with a grey Nirvana shirt barged in. He had wavy, short brown hair that was quiffed up, deep grey eyes, and plump pinkish lips. He was so cute I nearly forgot I was on the toilet.

I was completely exposed! Immediately I slammed the door and yelled out "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE THIS IS THE GIRLS BATHROOM!" he didn't say anything, what kind of a guy walks in on a girl in the GIRLS bathroom and says nothing? I heard foot steps get softer and softer so he may have left.

I was timid at first to come out of the stall but eventually I did. When I left the bathroom I began to blush like crazy, so many thoughts were going around in my head I couldn't focus! The bell rang so I looked at my schedule and started walking down the halI.

For some odd reason I couldn't think of where my next class was, you would think after all the years I've been here I would know where my classes would be.

I tapped on a guys shoulder to ask if he knew where to find room 316 but as he turned around I took a good look at the boy that was standing in front of me. I slowly realized it was the guy I saw in the girls bathroom earlier! He looked at me and seemed to know who I was too, immediately he started blushing and looked down.

He seemed to be embarrassed by the situation and not proud that he made it in the girls bathroom without getting caught so it had to have been some accident, this guy was way to adorable.

It was awkward so I forced myself to ask if he knew where room 316 was but he just shook his head and said, "No I'm looking for it myself."

"Oh ok well um I guess we can look for it together, if you want. I mean um." I said sounding like a complete idiot, he was just so cute I couldn't focus.

He started smiling really hard and looked down at his feet to hide it but said, "Sure, My names Jackson by the way." He held his hand out for me to shake so I did and said, "My names Marissa, nice to meet you." I gave him a warm yet uncontrollable smile.

We started walking down the hallway and finally found the room sitting in chairs right next to each other. I sighed a breath of relief and began to listen to the teacher talk about how the class would be, what's expected and the oh so pleasant "I'm not scared to give a student detention on the first day of school." (ect.) I looked in Jackson direction trying to study his face, it was perfect.

He looked at me and I pretended I was never watching him to begin with but I'm not sure if he bought it but he smiled.

I giggled and decided to say something to him, anything really just to talk to him.

"Hey Jackson, why haven't I seen you around here before?" I ask.

"I just moved here, my dad found someone special to him so we just recently moved in with them." He explained.

"Oh really? Well do you..." Before I could finish the teacher yelled over our conversation, "I see we have the two chatter boxers back there, Detention. Both of you!" He said referring to Jackson and I.

Great, this is a good way to start off senior year.