"Notice me" Chapter 1 - The Boy in the Music Room. Daniel Love Story (The Fergies Fanfic) written by TheFergiesDaily. Enjoy lovelies!
"Terra, I'm really sorry to say this, but I can't attend student council meeting today. I got a couple of errands to run," Ryan said to me pleadingly. I just looked at him and sighed in my head. He used the exact same reason to skip last week's meeting too. And what did I find? Him and his friends coming out of a mall. So much for errands. Despite thinking this, I gave him a smile.
"Alright, Ry," I replied to him. His face brightened up.
"Thanks so much, Ter! I promise to make it up to you!" he exclaimed and ran off to his friends. I sighed to myself. Not long after that, Clara came up to me.
"Terra, did you do the math homework?" she asked me. I know where this is going. I nodded to her. "Can I please see it? I was out with my family last night so I didn't have time to do it!" she continued with her hands together, pleading me like crazy.
"But I don't know if my answers are correct or not," I said.
"It doesn't matter! At least your marks are way better than mine!" she pleaded. I gave her a small smile, took my notebook out of my bag and handed her my notebook. She smiled brightly.
"Thank you thank you so much, Terra! You're a lifesaver!" Clara gave me a quick hug before running off to her table to copy off my homework. I sighed, again. Could this be any worse?
"Terra, help me with this please!" Jenny called to me, holding a bunch of notebooks and looks so close to falling over. I nodded and quickly helped her out, heading out of the class when I overheard some girls talking.
"Its really nice having Terra around. She never says no when you ask her for help. Our class is basically spoiled by her," she said. I froze. The other girl slapped her friend.
"Shut up! She'll hear you!" she said shutting her friend up, and ran passed me looking at their feet. I just stood there, lost in thought. With notebooks in my hand.
"Terra? Let's go! The teacher is waiting," Jenny called to me and I came back to reality. I jogged towards her and walked with her to the teacher's staff room.
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My name is Terra Lockheart. 17 years old. Australian. As you can see, I'm basically a doormat to everyone. Everyone depends on me for just about everything. You can say I'm smart, but I don't how it came to this. Sometimes I get too overworked and get sick. Even then no one ever comes and visits me. I have no close friends. Just those who always ask for help. I spend most of my time reading books, going on the internet, or just simply play my violin to help me get things off my mind. But... its not like they're bullying me or anything, so I guess I don't mind...
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A week has passed since then. Same old thing, different day. I came out of the student council room just after the meeting finished. Ryan bailed last minute, saying he has to 'go somewhere with his family.' Yeah right, I thought to myself. He's probably just hanging out with his friends. AGAIN. I was thinking of going straight home, but I remembered that I had to put up posters for the upcoming events that are happening in our school. Since I'm the only one that got that part. Well, Ryan was suppose to be helping. But oh well.
I stuck posters on all the bulletin boards around the school. When I finished, I was really tired. We had PE today, and I still have to do my homework and 'group' project when I get home. I sighed loudly. And that's when I heard the sound of a guitar playing. I stood there confused. It was 5PM and I didn't think anyone would still be at school. It sounded beautiful. I followed the sound of the guitar, and ended up in front of an unused music room. The source of the beautifully played guitar was in here. I peeked inside the room.
A boy was there. A boy with brown hair was playing the guitar. His eyes were closed, his fingers gracefully plucking each note with perfection. My mind went calm and I just stood there listening to the beautiful tune. When suddenly, the boy stopped playing. I opened my eyes and saw that the boy was staring at me. I felt embarrassed and soon my face went red. I felt like a stalker. I was about to take my leave when he said something.
"You know you can come in," he said with a smile on his face. I was arguing with myself whether to come in or not, but then I awkwardly walked inside and sat in a chair across from him. I fiddled with my fingers and was afraid to look up to him, but then I realized he was staring at me like I was a freak. Gosh, I'm so embarrassed. I looked up at him and noticed he was really cute. His brown eyes matching his brown hair.
"Um.. I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to stalk or eavesdrop you," I said awkwardly to him. He chuckled.
"I didn't think you were stalking or anything," he smiled at me making me more nervous than I already am. Truth is, I'm really bad at talking to boys. I've never had a real conversation with anyone (except my parents) let alone boys.
"I just didn't think anyone would still be at school at this time," I said again.
"Same here, what are you still doing here?" He asked me.
"I had student council meeting and I had to put up some posters." He nodded understandingly. "What about you?" I asked him back.
"Just chilling. Waiting for my siblings to finish up club activities," he replied. I nodded,then another awkward silence came in. Here I was, sitting with a guy I don't even know. Desperately searching for something to say, I finally gathered the courage to say something.
"You play really beautifully," I said shyly. He looked up at me and smiled again. His smile makes him 100 times even more attractive than he already is.
"Thanks. Playing like this just makes me calm for some reason," he said staring at his guitar.
"Tell me about it," I mumbled. He gave a small laugh. "I didn't even know there's an unused music room here," I continued.
"I found it a couple of weeks ago and started using it for myself." I nodded at him. "Well, since you know now, you can use it anytime you want," he continued giving a another smile. I felt my face burn and nodded.
"Thanks," I said quickly. He flashed another smile.
"I'm Daniel. Call me Dan." He introduced himself, giving out his hand for me to shake. I nervously shook his hand, and I could swear he could feel my hand shaking.
"Terra," I gave him a smile. Too wide, I guess. He must think I'm a freak.
"Nice to meet you. Which year and class are you in?" He asked me.
"Nice to meet you too. Grade 12B, you?"
"12A." I nodded at him, feeling awkward yet again. Then he picked up his guitar again and started playing it again, another tune this time. I just sat there listening to him. I saw the calm look he had and I could tell that playing guitar was his passion. I smiled just looking at him. A while passed, and I heard someone barge into the room, making me jump a little.
"Yo, Dan!" I heard another guy say. I looked at him and saw a blonde guy, his hair turning brown, at the door screaming Dan's name.
"Hey, Joel. You're done with your band practice?" Dan asked him.
"Yeah, I'm done. Let's go home now," he offered. Dan nodded and stood up, putting his guitar in his case and grabbing his backpack. 'Joel' came up to Dan and put his arm around him.
"I gotta go," he said to me with a sorry look on his face.
"Oh, its okay!" I quickly said. Dan smiled at me again. I saw 'Joel' elbowing Dan on his stomach with strange look on his face. Dan rolled his eyes.
"Terra, this is my brother, Joel. Joel, this is Terra," Dan said introducing us.
"Nice to meet you!" Joel said cheerfully and shook my hand. He looked so full of energy that I smiled.
"Nice to meet you too, Joel," I replied. Joel flashed a smile at me and a giggled a bit.
"Well, I'll see you around, Terra," Dan said to me. I nodded.
"Okay, see you." I waved my hand as Dan waved back to me and giving me one last smile, Joel pulling him out of the room. Soon, I was alone. I looked puzzled and can't believe that just happened to me. I met a cute boy in an unused music room. It took a while for me to absorb what just happened in my head. I shook my head quickly grabbed my backpack and headed home.
What I didn't know was my life changed since I met Daniel.
Ta-daaaa! How do you like my fanfic guys? I'm not a pro so I'm really sorry if this part is boring! I'll promise you it'll get better as the story goes (hopefully). Comments, critics and suggestions are welcomed! And be sure to tell me what you think! If I think no one likes it then no chapter 2 :P
Well, star beautiful lovelies!
Karin xo