OUTTA MY MIND
There she was. Sitting there behind her desk. Her hair fell onto her shoulders so perfectly. She lifted up her pencil and jotted down a few notes. Her eyes darted back up to the board. Those soft, beautiful brown eyes…
"Paige?"
The sound of her name snapped the girl back to reality. The History teacher was standing in front of the board. She had obviously just asked Paige a question. Paige scanned the board nervously, trying to figure out what they had been talking about. Nothing seemed to fit together.
She took a random guess.
"Uh… Slavery?"
The teacher shook her head, irritated.
The girl who Paige had been watching previously raised her hand slowly.
The teacher saw her out of the corner of her eye.
"Yes Emily?"
"That would be the War of 1812." She said softly, glancing quickly over at Paige. Paige felt her face redden. The teacher nodded to Emily and then looked back over at Paige.
"McCullers, pay attention to the lesson from now on,"
Paige looked down and nodded.
The bell rang, which Paige was relieved by. All of the students started to pack up their belongings, and the teacher wiped away the notes she had written on the white board. Paige watched as Emily grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder as she got up out of her seat.
Something inside Paige told her to go over to Emily. She slowly walked over to where Emily was putting her notebooks in her bag.
Emily looked up at Paige.
"Oh hey," she smiled.
Paige felt herself stiffen.
"Hey, Thanks for... for answering for me..." she said softly.
"Hey it's no problem," Emily said grinning.
Paige was at a loss for words. The two girls stood there awkwardly. Paige shifted from one foot to another before saying,
"Uh I guess I'll go now," she said bowing her head. She turned and left quickly.
Emily watched as she scuttled out the door.
Paige had been acting very strangely around her. Paige had hardly spoken to her. They hadn't really talked since the dance when they had agreed to just be friends. This Paige she was seeing now was different. She didn't seem as strong and confident as she was before. Emily shrugged, grabbing her stuff and walked out of the classroom.
What the Hell was that? Paige thought to herself as she walked quickly down the hallway. Emily was still getting over the fact that Maya was dead. Paige knew that Emily just wanted a friend right now. Why couldn't she just accept that? But, Paige knew deep inside that she wanted Emily to be much more than a friend though.