Collide (student/teacher love story)

                                                                                                      Deticated to Kylie Frish; @1DforeverKylie

Light shone through the transparent white curtians as if to wake me like I was in one of those dumb disney movies. I opened my eyes and everything seemed to blur in motion. I don't know if the whole "blue eyes are more sensitive" counted towards me considering my eyes were this uncanny shade of blue-green but they definitively felt damn sensitive. I rubbed my eyes and started to get up. Shivers crawled up my spine.. Of course, it was starting to get cold. It was September for crying out loud.

I sat there for a while, I guess I was distracted by the thought of just going back to sleep and starting senior year another day. It really was a good idea. I was shocked out of my thoughts and practically fell off my bed when I heard screaming.

 "RUMER LEE HALE, GET YOUR LAZY ASS UP. YOU'RE RUNNING LATE AND IT'S THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL", screached my mother trying to burst my eardrums. I know she was just trying to be helpful but sometimes it just made me wanna lay back in bed even more.

    Sighing, I got my "lazy ass" up and turned on some tunes. Nick Drake singing From the Morning burst through my speakers and it was beautiful with the cold seeping in through the windows but it was making me feel how exhausted I really was. I changed the song to Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas and went to my closet. Staring at my newly filled closet made me remember how I was so sure of myself dressing up and being more... out there but looking at it just made me look for my favorite hoodie. It was bright sky blue and brought out the color in my eyes. I slid on jeans, thinking about how much I was going to miss sweat pants every day. I put on a light amount of makeup and put my messy dark brown hair in a bun. 

 "Here we go....," I mumbled walking out the door to my pickup truck.

      I drove zoning out the world, I didn't even put on any music and soon enough I was at school and parking next to a shining yellow volkswagen. This school couldn't get any more annoying.

    I couldn't exactly bring myself to be completly upset about school starting when I walked in and I was blinded by hugs. I felt myself start to scream but I stopped it in time to hear Samantha whisper she missed me. I rolled my eyes, she was so clingy. We had a summer fling a couple years ago and she never got over it but she was my best friend. Madison and Asher jumped up and down screaming about how great their summer was together. As much as I loved them and missed them too, I could only stand so much of it. I finally had to just momentarly push them away to go get my class schedule. They seemed a little resentful at first, but finally accepted it. I walked over to the teacher handing them out to the other kids. She had bleach blonde hair from overdying it and she was in her mid-thirdies. I hadn't seen her before.

 "Rumer Hale?" I asked loud enough so I won't have to repeat myself.

 "Oh Ms.Hale, here you go," She answered with a yellowing smile.

     Alsher ran up to me snatching the paper from my hands before I could even catch a glipse of my classes. He started smirking with that smile of his. All of a sudden a deep laugh erupted from him.

   "Mr.Lucas? That guy is such a douche. I went to go see him and all he did was flirt with the other students.", he exclaimed.

       I let out a laugh. Alex hated every guy that would might be slightly good enough to swooh me off my feet. I just desperatly wanted him to get over his little crush.  He rolled his eyes. A bell started going off to let us know to get to class. I waved bye to everyone and went to look for my classes.

         When I finally got there I rechecked the room number like 10 times. I knew how embarressed I would be walking into the wrong room. I was so caught up in not embarrsing myself,  I was oblivious to someone walking straight into me. My eyes widened and my feet seemed to be inches away from the ground now. The falling sensation I got filled my entire body with sudden shock. I closed my eyes shut hoping I could get over with this fast and pretend to laugh it off, but arms suddenly wrapped around me catching me in one fluid motion. 

      My eyes fluttered opened to be mesmorized by a sea of blue. I realized it was someone's eyes and they were beautiful. Only the ocean could really describe them. A dark edge sorrounding a light blue. The dark edge was like sand if it was stained blue over time. A vivid image wandered into my thoughts of the ocean pulling on the sand, returning it the way people get returned. Completly different.

       I shook my head and smiled shyly.  

  "Thank you for catching me, I'm sorta clumsy," I murmered.  

   "It's fine, love. It's my job as a teacher to help students",  he answered in a slight british accent.

       His reply made me dizzy.  It didn't seem right that he could be a teacher. My cheeks turned red when I realized anyone could be a teacher. He must of noticed my reaction because he decided to help me up on my feet. He stood back and gazed at me. The strange look on his face confused me and made me start to wonder what he must be thinking of me. I looked down at my feet and when I looked back up he was gone. I decided to just sit down. Class was fixing to start anyways.

      Mr.Lucas sat in his chair moving it side to side waiting for more students. His smile sparkled. It startled me how much different he seemed to be than earlier. His rough edges had softened. Almost as soon as it started, it stopped and he was up introducing himself. 

      "Hello, I'm Mr.Lucas. I'll be teaching your AP English class for the year," he exclaimed. "When I call your name from the roll, I would like you to tell me 3 things about you," he added. 

      Soon enough people were telling 3 things about them. Jennifer, a girl I vaugly remembered started to pull her shirt down as her name was being called. She leaned in and started talking about how she was 18 and went to parties a lot.. As I felt my eyes roll I heard a stifled laugh from Mr.Lucas staring at me feeling the same way. 

       "Maybe you could go to a party with me sometime," she said with a wink.

        That happened for a while before Mr.Lucas called my name. I was about to say something  but the words became caught in my throat. My words seemed to disapear into the air as if they wern't meant to be real yet. He had seemed to stare at me as if he had just won the olympics and I was the shiny medal when he had called out my name but now there was a flash of disapointment. I felt my heart break a little. I was that shiny metal that had a crack on the top, or didn't shine the right way. 

           "Rumer, is everything alright?, he seemed to whisper not wanting to call attention to himself. I gulped. I felt my eyes prickle with tears, he looked so worried and I didn't even really know why I was feeling the way I did. That moment of despair disapeared from my face, forcing me to smile a little even if it didn't quite feel right. 

    "Oh... Yes, I just wasn't paying attention. Ok so 3 Facts about myself, right?", I questioned. Waiting for a moment, I began talking. "Well I like hoodies, favorite color is red, and I watch too much netflix."

              When I finished I heard a laugh come from across the room and I looked over to see Madison. She knew exactly what I was gonna say. Mr.Lucas looked down at his clipboard to call another name. A deep sigh erupted from me. This was gonna be a long year.