For the first time in my life I only had one thought in my mind. Summer. Today was the last day of school and I finally had good enough grades that would keep me out of summer school. The reason I say that is because I suffer from dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. So school isn't my favorite place to be. Plus there was this one teacher that hated my guts, her name was and she always had it out for me. Not to mention there was this really weird kid that followed me around everywhere. His name was David. He was in three of my classes. In every one of them he sat next to me and tried to talk to me about weird things like my parents, old schools I used to attend and a lot about my personal issues. Even at lunch he tried to sit with me but it's not like I had anyone to sit with. People didn't like him or they ignored him because he had a handicap. It bugged me that people made fun of him just because he couldn't walk right. But that wasn't my reason for trying to stay away, he was just too invading.
I tried tying my thick brown curly hair back in a ponytail before my bus came to a stop. A couple of strands of hair fell in front of my eyes that never seemed to stay just one color. The bus let us out to our last dreaded day of school at Parkway middle school and my last day of having to deal with and David. As I walked to my locker, I couldn't help but notice how empty the halls were since everyone usually skipped the last day of school. A couple of familiar faces here and there, and a couple that I'd never seen before.
However there was one kid I saw that I automatically knew was different. It was almost as if a switch was set off in me and I was on guard. He looked to be around the age of fourteen, my age, shaggy brown hair that needed a cut, deep olive tone skin and eyes that held a sad story within them. But what dragged my eyes to him was the fact that all the shadows leaned into him. Sort of like how a dog follows its master. He saw me looking at him and I immediately averted my eyes and closed my locker.I hurried to my home room because I had a gut feeling this boy was watching me, even though he was no longer in the spot I'd seen him.
I got to my home room and he was leaning against the door frame, staring right at me. Congratulations Maya, you've just earned yourself a new stalker I thought to myself. I gripped the straps of my backpack and tried my best to just march into my class room and not notice him. But he stopped me. "Maya we need to get out of here now." he said in a hushed, yet urgent tone.
"Okay, I know that schools a pain and everything, but its the last day so it won't kill ya." I said and then paused "How do you know my name? I've never met you before" He just stood there sort of taken aback.
"David told me your name," he quickly dismissed "and it's not school I'm talking about."
"Oh, you know David. He follows me a lot. Weird, I haven't seen him yet today. I bet he ditched like everyone else." Even though ditching sounded like something he would never do.
"Well ya see that's the reason I'm here,"he paused"David...he um..."before he could finish the bell rang.
"Sorry you're gonna have to hold that thought, I have to get to class. If I'm late my teacher is gonna kill me." I had no idea how true the last sentence I spoke was. I gave an awkward wave goodbye to him and ran off to 's English room. Despite his oddness and strange knowledge of me I thought he was kind of cute, I've always had a thing for the rugged somewhat depressed guys that had mystery and danger written all over them.
When I got to class there were only two other kids sitting there. Adam and Brenda. walked in and sat behind her desk. Her eyes were dark green and hazel, she had a bulky build and always wore her brown hair in a tight bun. "Good morning class." She said in her strict tone that screamed business. "I know that today is the last day of school but the rules still apply to everyone." She said this and gave me a stone cold glare. I looked down at my shirt, it was a tank top with thin straps. Which of course was against the school dress code. "Maya I expect you to stay after home room so we can talk about your punishment." said glaring at me. This is unbelievable; Brenda was wearing a tube top and didn't get in trouble at all. I just rolled my eyes and waited for the class to be over.