Meadow

Seven minutes till the bell , my mind wonders off to my classmates. More exclusively to Ava. I usually sat by myself but yesterday Eva came. She was assigned the seat next to me. But right now, she was asleep. I wanted to approach her yesterday, but was busy. I might just leave a note. She is rearing off to the side of her desk, her spiral notebook exposed. With a quick glance at the teacher, I snatch her notebook and drew something simple in the corner. A tree. and some flowers. Slipping the notebook back to her desk, I hear the bell ring, and make my way to the parking lot. But I forgot my notebook in the class. Shit.

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The next morning, in homeroom, my notebook is there. On my desk. Waiting to be picked up. I was ready to simply put it in my binder, until something caught my eye. A drawing, in the corner of my front page. Drawn in pen, was a meadow. a deer in the center. Looking around the classroom, my eyes spot her. Ava. When she notices me looking at her, she winks. That wink was the beginning of my new life.