Changing Heart

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Daniel

I felt even more sorry for Lucy now that I knew a bit more. Her father dead when she was so young, her mother being sick, and she being in the middle of her studies.

       And now this on top of all that!

       I really hoped the doctors soon would come, and tell her that she was safe, and that she could go home at once. If not... I didn't think I could just walk home and forget her and not wonder about her fate every moment of the day - I had to stay if that happened.

       I hoped she didn't feel I was too pushy... After all, I didn't know her.

       She was talking on the phone again. I guessed it was her mother she was talking to, judging from her hushed, trying-to-sound-happy voice as she talked about how she had to go on a study trip with some friends. This wasn't the first time she had used this excuse, but her mother seemed to worry all the time.

       I suddenly noticed the silence. As loud as a deafening sound it consumed the whole room.

        Glancing up, I saw that Lucy was sitting with her head tilted down, the phone lying silent on the bed.

       She was crying. Without a sound, shiny tears was streaming down her round cheeks. It wasn't a desperate, sobbing kind of crying - she only looked as sad and miserable as if the whole world was pushing her down.

       Before I knew what I was doing, I was sitting beside her on the bed, carefully lying an arm around her.

       She met my gaze, but through the tears her eyes didn't seem irritated or surprised, only grateful. Her head was resting against my chest, and I pulled her closer into a comforting hug.

       I didn't know how long we sat there, but I felt so comfortable I didn't want to let go of her. Lucy was calmer now, her tears drying on her cheeks.

       We didn't talk, we just silently existed - like a drop of water in the ocean we melted together with or surroundings and floated slowly around. I didn't feel her arms around me or her head at my chest - I only that she was with me, and I was with her, and that I weren't going to let her go.

       Ever.

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Michael

I pulled my hood over my head, so the falling snow would not ruin my hair.

       I usually colored it black once a month at a hair dresser, but lately school had been so busy I had to use that crappy, spray can dye. So that idiotic snow would make the black color stream down my face and make me look like a complete idiot.

       I quickened my steps, hoping I would catch the bus. I was going on a trip with some friends, to a top modern cottage up in the mountains. It was gonna be so fun, especially since I had invited a certain person with the gorgeous name of Isabelle.

       Blue eyes, long blond hair and a slender waist. She always wore the last fashion, always had a funny answer to everything and was with other words just perfect.

       And the best part? After high school she was going to start at Connorway College - and so was I.     

       The last year I had been wondering what to do about Lucy and me. I loved her, yes, but she was starting to shame me sometimes.

       One time she had woken too late, and was wearing some shabby, loose clothes which made the school stare at us the whole day. Another time she fell asleep during a lesson, and everybody was laughing.

       We just... didn't make the perfect couple any longer.

       And when she decided to go for Lakeside College, I knew something had to be done. There was no point in being together if we weren't going on the same school - and there was no way I would go to a looser school like Lakeside!

       So when I met Isabelle - beautiful, popular, and interested in me - how could I not fall for her? Everything just fit together; I would break up with Lucy, go to Connorway, and Isabelle and I would be the perfect couple and be guaranteed the titles of Prom Queen and King.

        Everything would be perfect.

       Stepping on the bus, I ran my fingers through my hair to make sure I looked okay. Isabelle were sitting in the middle of a group of girls, laughing loudly. I walked slowly past her, letting my gaze linger on her eyes a moment longer than necessary.

       Making my way to the back of the bus, I knew she would soon follow.

       "Occupied?", a sweet voice asked some minutes later, pointing to the seat beside me with a pink nail. I smiled slightly, waiting a moment so I would not seem to eager, then answered with my sexiest voice. "Not that I know."

       After ten minutes, I managed to turn our talk to the girlfriend matter. "So... are you interested in someone, or...?" She smiled slyly and whispered, "I think he's taken."

       "What's happening with Lucy lately? I haven't seen her at school for some time," she suddenly asked.

       I wrinkled my eyebrows. Lucy hadn't been at school the last three days. Surely she was at home sobbing and throwing stuff in the walls, after I broke up with her. I honestly hadn't thought her so weak.

       After telling her about the break up with Lucy, I saw that special twinkle in her eyes. She was mine.

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