Amelia was soā¦ SO damn glad she had finally escaped the mess that was that conversation with JP. Her mind went over his last words, the mention that she might still need tutoring if question 4 was hard - and part of her mind was reeling over the words. Though as she walked away from him and slipped into an empty classroom to get a hold of her damn self, she couldnāt help but reprimand herself for her idiotic actions. God who the hellā¦ why couldnāt she justā¦ not be her? Not act like an idiot. Schoolā¦ that was easy but social lifeā¦ god for Amie, it was like a foreign language. Hell, it was like Spanish. She needed tutoring and even that wasnāt necessarily helping all the way.
āGod Iām so dumbā Amie sighed, taking a seat on an empty desk as she put her head in her hands. Though honestly, Amie simply expected to stay there for the next few minutes until the bell rangā¦ that was until, of course, she heard his voice. Himā¦ being someone she had been avoiding like the plague for the past few monthsā¦ him being one of her former closest friendsā¦ himā¦ being a man she had a crush on for the past few years of her life and only having the courage to do something about it recentlyā¦ thoughā¦ they both knew how that went.
Amelia slowly looked up, almost hoping she was imagining things. Sadly, following along as the day had seemed to be going for her, her luck wasnāt the best. Standing in front of her, her heart stopped for a second as her eyes met Alexās. She couldnāt help her mind going back to the last time she saw him, the way she heard his new song and simplyā¦ couldnāt stop herself from kissing him. Part of her always hopedā¦ he felt the same way. Clearlyā¦ he didnāt.
For the next three months afterā¦ the incidentā¦ Amelia Grace avoided any mention of him. Though perhaps it helped that it was summer and she could physically avoid him. Avoid his music with the simple click to turn it off. Any time Phoebe mentioned anything, Amie simply changed the conversation or avoided talking about it by leaving the room. Apparentlyā¦ that wasnāt going to last because being in the same room simply was a breeding ground for running into one another sooner or laterā¦ and as much as she hoped it was later, apparently, it turned out to be now. Greatā¦ justā¦great.
āAlā¦Alex Iā¦ ignoring? I donātā¦ I wouldnāt sayā¦ āIgnoringā per say. It was moreā¦ I was just preā¦occupied likeā¦ right now I have a class to get to becauseā¦Miss Esposito needs me to turnā¦ in my assignment yeahā¦ I shouldā¦go doā¦ that,ā Amie started. Remember what she thought about social situationsā¦ this was the definition of something she wanted to avoid as long as possible and if she could continue to do so, she would.
Okay so maybe he hadnāt thought this through. He spent months practicing what he would say to her, heck he even asked Phoebe what to say. And what did everyone say? āSpeak from the heartā. Simple enoughā¦ right? Though it seemed like a fairly easy thing to do, Alexās mind went blank in that moment. The last 3 months spent trying to win her back failed in this moment.
Now was his chance, probably his only chance.
āYouāre such a bad liarā Alex chuckled, closing the door behind him. āI need you to just listen to me for 5 minutesā¦ pleaseā He begged, staring at her with a certain look in his eyes, one he often made to get his way. āI know how bad it seemed when I pushed you away that night. And I just really want to apologize. You are the kindest, sweetest, most amazing girl Iāve ever met and I donāt know if I can stand not talking to you for that long ever again. I like you Amie so much, and Iām really stupid for pushing you away like that. But truth be told I was justā¦ surprised. I didnāt think you liked me back. Justā¦ please say somethingā¦ and donāt leaveā¦ againā What if she thought he was trying too hard? Orā¦ no she canāt leave againā¦ could she? Alex knew Amie missed him just as much as he missed her. He hoped that his words had some effect on her, and didnāt just make him seem desperate.
@benitz786 this is adollardollarsign (a$$) your welcome
First love, you never quite forget about it, no matter how long it lasted or if it happened a long time ago. In this case, it was a long time ago. They were around 14 and it was his longest relationship. Six monthsā¦ even if he tried to make it last longer. But what did he know? He was young and nothing ever lasts long or ends well. It was his very first love and very first heartbreak so donāt blame him for being a little bit sad about it. He is emotional after all.
[color="SpringGreenā]āHowās a girl supposed to get into her locker when someoneās blocking the way?ā[/color]
His gaze quickly raised up to the sound of a familiar voice, arms falling down to his sides still holding the schedule. Talking about his first loveā¦ she was standing right in front of him. A goofy smile met his lips realizing he was leaning against Laurelās locker, a girl he hasnāt really talked to much lately. It wasnāt that he was avoiding her, heād never do that, they simply grew up and found different friends. But he always tried to be as friendly as possible with everyone that once meant a lot to him. āIām here to open it for you, canāt you tell?ā He quickly replied rather proudly, that goofy smile still on his face as he turned to her locker. Of course, he was joking about it, what else would he do? But after multiple, failed, attempts to open it, he looked back at her and stepped to the side.
[color="#707151ā]āOr you can try saying āPlease, Z, could you move and let me access my locker, I would really appreciate it.āā[/color] Zek added with a chuckle now turning to put the schedule back in his locker, only remembering which class he had next, before closing it. āHeyā¦ did you have English now? Do you have notes or somethingā¦ I think I missed it again.ā
@Littlefeets - Laurel
JACKIE WILLIAM WHITLOCK
Today Jackie woke up feeling like itās going to be another mundane day at school, which is a weird feeling considering the fact this is no ordinary school, and this was no ordinary day. Today was the third day of him beeing at this hoity toity school since the transfer. He didnāt understand why his mother would just make him change schools like that, nor why she suddenly cares, but there is one thing he cares about ā¦ Today is apparently free day, so he has to wear something stunning, or something crazy ā¦ or something thatās both stunning and not yet seen. I mean As a model he has to pick a good outfit, one that will make everybody think looks like a statement, but not too much. He immediately picked up some black leather pants, and a black shirt over it. Together they looked great on him. āThis is perfect, now for some shoes and those shades over there.ā He said to himself. Now this is an outfit! After doing the rest of the boring preparations to be the best that he could be (or at least the best looking and best smelling) he waltzes out of his enormous house that heās not really fond of and struts down to his car. Now heās ready to be taken anywhere, but firstly, school.
Confused which period it is because he hasnāt yet comfortably settled into this new enviorment, he decides he can skip after seeing some girl reading and thinking, if she can do whatever, so can I. He decided to walk over to her and sit down. He figured he had nothing better to do because his phone is about to die because he forgot to charge it over night and didnāt see a socket for his charger. As he sat next to her for a few seconds, he got the courage to ask her āWhatās it about?ā. It only took him so long because he thought talking was the last thing she wanted to do as she was already reading and would probably hate him coming up and starting a conversation she probably doesnāt want to be a part of. He finally decided not to care about her feelings and talk anyways.
@Ouijaloveletters - Hyuan-Ae
Her uncle staying over, party gone wrong, new puppy (excite)ā¦ Kaya listened to the girl as she listen all sort of new things going on with her life, nodding in return and smiling lightly at the news of the puppy, Kaya sure did love dogs, and who doesnāt love puppies? āooh exciting news Iām hearing out hereā she told the girl and thought for a moment as she returned the question asking what was new in her own life.
āah yes the Kaya lifeā the girl started with a light slow nod ānot much honestly, right now Iām working on an album, hope that goes wellā she told her with somewhat excitement in her tone. Just like her parents, the passion and love for music just ran in the girlās veins, could anyone even blame her?
ātheres other stuff for sure I just canāt think of anything right now, still too morning for meā she chuckled, shrugging lightly as she dismissed a further answer to the question
Xavier listened as Tyler spoke, explaining what he was feeling when he ended things with Xavier. He was well aware of these emotions, having experienced them before himself.
āI know what grief feels like, Tyler.ā He said, letting go of his wrist.
āCan you forgive me?ā
āTyler, I-ā Xavier stopped, unsure if he could answer that question. Even though he know understood why Tyler had done it, he still didnāt know if he could forgive him. āI donāt know if I can. I understand that you were hurting but you shouldnāt have taken that out on me, especially when I had no idea what was going on in your life.ā He told him, crossing his arms.
āI guess you can blame female hormones, huh?ā
āIām sorry, what did you just say?ā He asked, eyebrows raised. His mother had raised him to never let comments like that slide, not matter who they were said about. āYou just finished telling me how sh-tty you felt and now your blaming your sisterās emotions on hormones? Please tell me you can see how f-cked up that is.ā
@Ouijaloveletters - Tyler
Tyler had just realized what heād said about his sister, wanting to shut himself in a locker. Welp. Heād messed up. Big time. āOh, Jesus Christā¦ā He whispered. He put his head in his hands, and sighed. āThis is bad. Iām just going to go.ā He said, quickly walking away. Well, crap. He felt like the sh!ttiest person ever. Blaming greif on hormones? What was he thinking?!
@Caticorn - Xavier
Approachable
Gonna crawl into a hole now.
Hyun-Ae glanced up to see a boy standing in front of her. āI am reading The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fry. It is a Korean fairytare.ā She said, placing the book down to talk to him better. She then realized she said fry instead of fly. āUmā¦Iām sorry. It is my accent.ā
@LunaticLeviTheSecond - Jackie
Quinnās tone suddenly made Athena very aware that they should watch what they say next. They also figured that asking him what was up his a-s would be a really bad idea. āBold of you to assume Iām actually going to class,ā They joked in an attempt to lighten the mood. Well, they said it like a joke. It really wasnāt. They really only went to a few classes a week, and the ones they did attend, they usually showed up late. āThatās cool,ā They responded to him tell him that he would be in Beryl until graduation. Trying to tread lightly, they searched for something else to say to him. āAwesome jacket, by the way.ā They told him, gesturing to his outfit.
@Littlefeets - Quinn
I smiled at the girl. āSome people find that cute. Trust me. It doesnāt bother me though.ā I looked at the book. I thought maybe I could read what she wrote but either I couldnāt find the title or it was written in the korean alphabeth and I couldnāt understand it. āWhat were you trying to say anyways? Fly? What could Hen mean? Let me recap, itās a long title ā¦ The hen ā¦ as in the chicken ā¦ who dreamed she could fly? That sounds boring, itās just a book about a bird that canāt fly dreaming about being able to? Isnāt there nothing more to it?ā
Hyun-Ae shrugged when he said it wasnāt a problem about her accent. She listened to him ask about the book, answering him. āYes, hen rike chicken. Oh no. It is not boring. There is Engrish transration if you want to read it.ā She said. Why was he talking to her? She didnāt mind, butā¦why her?
@LunaticLeviTheSecond - Jackie
Flashback
Amelia had a soft smile on her lips as she roamed her basement - or rather, her dadās music room. Alex often came over to mess around since her father had basically created an entire studio under the house and since Alex was basically his son as he often said, he was free to use it. She navigated towards the couch, bringing her legs to her chest as she hugged them, listening to him casually strum his guitar with no purpose. The two often did this - mess around in this room while justā¦ talking. About everythingā¦ anything. After all, he was one of her closest friends. Honestly, she was never musically inclined in the sense that she could come up with her own songs like Alex, though she could hold a tune. She was fairly good at guitar and piano, thank you, dad. She at least picked that up as surfing was never in her cards.
When Alex told her he was working on a new song, she couldnāt help but grin. āSo are you going to share or just be a butt and leave me in suspense?ā Amie joked, throwing a pillow towards him which he dodged. And then she heard it, his song. Her heart immediately started racingā¦ and she couldnāt help but wonderā¦ if the song talking about the words āI love youā? And if it wasā¦ was heā¦ was it about her? Maybe her mind was playing tricks on her but it almost seemed as if he was singing to her as he sang those first few lyrics soā¦ she couldnātā¦ she reacted without thinking. Standing up, Amie walked up to him, and without saying anything, her lips were on his for a mere second before he pushed her away. Immediately, regret filled her being. What the hell had she justā¦ done? āI- Iām so sorry. Just forget that happened. I thoughtā¦ Iām soā¦ god Iām such an idiotā*
Amelia started backing away, not letting him say anything else before racing upstairs, her father giving her a weird look before starting to ask āAmes are you okaā¦?ā but Amie didnāt let her father finish as she rushed into her room and locked the door before falling to the floor. Great job Amelia, you just ruined a friendship.
End of Flashback
Her heart was racing once again. For the first time in months, they were aloneā¦ in a room again. After months of avoiding himā¦ avoiding the conversation because it hurtā¦ it justā¦ hurt that he didnāt feel the same way she did. So could you blame her for wanting to avoid this situation? It was the last thing she wanted to deal with today of all daysā¦
āYouāre such a bad liarā
Amie looked down, attempting to avoid his gaze. She was a bad liarā¦ she always had been. It wasnāt something she often did, and when she did, it usually turned intoā¦ wellā¦ this mess: Her rambling as she attempted to pull together a concise lie. She took a deep breath as he asked her to give him a moment, her eyes navigating towards the door in an attempt to escape. Yesā¦ Amie was a runner. Running from her problems justā¦ was easier. So when he asked for five minutes, she gave him a look of hesitancy. āI donātā¦ Alex Iā¦ā she started, unsure of what to say, but her anxiety increased as he closed her only escape.
Her heart ached as he mentioned pushing her away that night as he begin apologizing, telling her how she was a ākind,ā āsweet,ā girl - things people usually said about girls they didnāt like. And thatās exactly why she was embarrassedā¦ why she avoided him. Because she ruined their friendship and he didnāt even like her.
" I like you Amie so much,"
What he wasnāt saying was as a friend. She knew it was there, implicit under the statement and part of her wasnāt even listening anymore she justā¦ wanted to leave. God why was she so stupidā¦ she ruined thisā¦
"Justā¦ please say somethingā¦ and donāt leaveā¦ againā
Ohā¦ god what was he sayingā¦ Amie beingā¦ wellā¦ Amie had begun overthinking during most of that. Though she did hear his first partā¦ the part where he started practically saying he liked her as a friendā¦ āItāsā¦ itās my fault Alexā¦ I know I"m an idiotā¦ I know you only like me as a friend I get it I justā¦ Iām sorry I canātā¦ do thisā¦ā Amie muttered giving him a look before walking past him in a rush. She hated thisā¦ hatedā¦ ignoring himā¦ avoiding himā¦ but it just hurtā¦ and she needed a moment to breathe.
āHonestly, that sounds like the best type of summer.ā Tsumuji just smiled, āSo met anyone any special?ā Tsumuji gave a bright smile asking her friend. Tsumuji romantic life have been such a boredom this summer, probably because Tsumuji avoided must girls, boys, and peeps to do her private writing and her dad could be quite overprotective of her either way. Tsumuji shuddered. āHey Niko are you competing for the blue royalty stuff?ā Tsumuji asked excited, if she wasnāt going to win she hoped someone nice and funny wins. āI only had one drink at the party, so I wasnāt hungover or anything, but it still sucked.ā Tsumuji bit ler lip at this, āI had like two drinks at the punch bowl and something happened, it was really strange.ā Tsumuji said, what had happen to the punch? She had seen people drinking it and they were fine. āSo, what are you most excited for this year?ā Tsumuji smiled clapping her hands she said āSeeing my friends in school again, you donāt know how much I missed you and them.ā Tsumuji really loved her friends and her family, well she loved everyone even her āenemiesā though she tried to avoid them, as they were bad for her health. She seriously wondered why people thought being rude and mean was cool, why couldnāt everyone just be friends and have fun? Life would have been so much easier.
@Caticorn - Niko
Mason Mitchell, one of Loganās football teammates, but not one she held any kind of a close relationship with. They were simply classmates who were mainly around each other because of football. Though, thatās not to say that the man was a stranger to her. However, she wouldnāt have expected the phone call she overheard. Of course there wasnāt much to hear, but Logan still looked to the man, crossing her arms as his attention turned to her. She gave a slight nod when he said he was calling his mom about a hole in his uniform. āYeah, right.ā If there was one thing Logan wasnāt, it was trusting, and if he was really calling his mom about sewing a hole, wouldnāt he have just straight out said that on the phone? Call it paranoia and trust issues, call it seeing shady behavior, whatever you want, but Logan certainly wasnāt jumping to believe that weak explanation. āI donāt know what your little problem really is, but Iām sure you couldāve just told your mom when you got home, so how about you cut the bull.ā
When she said itās not boring but didnāt bother to say more about the book, the synopsis maybe, like he had hoped, he decided to stop asking about the book and ask another think that was on his mind. He dug through his backpack, all the while the girl silently sat there. He finally pulled his schedule from his pants after realizing it wasnāt in the backpack he was rummaging thorough at all, and he gave it to her. āIām confused. Am I missing a class? What period is it now?ā I hoped she would know what period it was and tell him, based on his schedule, if he had to be anywhere. Is he late, is he not late? He figured free day meant today people can dress like they want, is it another type of free day? āOh and today is free day right? I heard that, but I didnāt hear much more? What does free day entail?ā
@Ouijaloveletters - Hyun-ae
"Youāre right! They were a huge hit with our parents generation. My parents never played them, but I saw a garage sale when I was riding my bike once. Decided to stop, and I found a couple of the games. Two for five bucks. I figured I might as well buy them. Been obsessed ever since.ā Luna nodded at this, Benjamin leaned over and unzipped his backpack and Luna had to pray in her head that this wasnāt going to be like a scene from āThe smile of a dead girlā her favorite comic book. When he just pulled out a black 3ds , Luna let out a breath she didnāt know she was holding. He handed it to her, āBreath of the Wild. Iām halfway through.ā Luna looked at it, āHow is it?ā
@Ouijaloveletters - Ben
Ben paused when he heard Luna let out a breath she was holding. āAre you-oh. Jesus Christ! Noooo! I was pulling out my 3Ds to show you the game!ā He whisper screamed. Sure, he was mentally ill and edgy, but he wasnāt that mentally ill! Was he? He really didnāt want to find out. Luna asked how it was, and he smiled. āItās really good. You should try it sometime.ā
@Kristi - Luna
Hyun-Ae had to think when he asked about the schedule. āI donāt think soā¦itās before crass.ā She said. Waitā¦free day? Maybe this meant they had nothing else going on besides school? She wasnāt sure. Well, she just told him what she thought. āI think Iām rightā¦I hope. Oh, whatās your name? Iām Hyun-Ae. Iām South Korean.ā
@LunaticLeviTheSecond - Jackie
āAre you-oh. Jesus Christ! Noooo! I was pulling out my 3Ds to show you the game!ā Luna chuckled nervously, she shouldnāt have read/watched those stuff in the night āItās ok, just nothingā She tucked a strand of blonde hair behind. āItās really good. You should try it sometime.ā Luna nodded, "Not really that much into video games but Iāll try. When she was younger, Luna would play video games with her father and mother. She didnāt really like playing video games she preferred to read but seeing the looks of excitement her parents had every time they played video games made her love playing it. She played them to keep her parents happy and in a way seeing her parents happy made her happy.
She remembered when they would play games like minecraft, the legends of Zelda, grand theft auto etc all those video games from their time and she would simply smile. She did love some music and books from their time though, especially from artist like Hozier, Ariana grande and etcā¦
@Ouijaloveletters - Ben