My stomach grumbled as I looked down at my half eaten peanutbutter and jelly sandwich before I pushed it aside. I adjusted my blood red earbuds and let out a loud sigh as my ipod skipped forward to the next song on my playlist. "I caught myself" by paramore. My fingers drummed to the beet on the lunch table as I ignored the conversations going on between several of my friends.
"Dimxan's out of it again…" Lyn, my best friend, pointed out, barely calling any attention to me. She chuckled when I didn't acknowledge her as she went back into her deep conversations with Roxas.
I was in one of those moods today. A mood my friends would describe as "emo". I was being mellow and getting wrapped up in my music. Every once in a while I'd get like that. It's pretty common with me. Especially since today was the first day of the second semester.
Suddenly I felt a cool breeze on my right ear. Someone had pulled my earbud out. I turned to my right to discover that that 'someone' had been none other than Axel; my best friend's brother. Before I could open my mouth to protest, he said something that caught me off guard.
"looks like you have an admirer," He said with a semi-smirk. I tilted my head in confusion.
"Who?" I asked, curiosity consuming what was left of my "emo" mood. Axel gestured to the tree about forty feet away from us. There was a boy I recognized sitting under the shade provided by the tall oak. The boy had curious, icy eyes that gave me a chill as they seemed to pierce through the depths of my soul. Once he realized I was looking, he slowly turned back to the book he had in his hands.
"He's been looking at you for awhile. You really didn't notice?" my cousin, Roxas, asked.
"I guess not…" I said, deep in thought. "who is he?"
"Zexion," Leon said, to our surprise. We were never sure if he was ever listening to our conversations or not. Him, Axel, and cloud were the only seniors at the table.
"how do you know him? He's a bit short to be in our class," Axel questioned.
"His locker is next to mine. The kid has all honors classes." Leon said without looking up from his lunch.
"No wonder he looks so depressed. That's practically child labor!" Lyn said, shocked that he could pull off 5 honor classes and band when she could barely juggle 2 honor classes and choir.
"Apparently not, I have second period with him. He asks for extra homework almost everyday." Riku said emotionlessly.
"So if he's so smart, then maybe he's just glaring at me because I'm a disgrace to the school or something because I get Cs." I joked. There's no way he liked me. Besides, I stare at people all the time. At this point Zexion stood up and shut his book before grabbing his bag and walking to class.
The bell echoed through the halls, signaling that lunch was over and 5th period was about to start. The teenagers all stood up and went their separate ways, all heading to different classes.
-narrated-
Gloom filled Dimxan's heart as she realized what class she had next; Advanced French. Yesterday, being the last day of the first semester, was the final day for French 4, so today she was being promoted to a whole new level of French.
"as if the first semester wasn't hard enough.." she thought to herself. This also meant she had to change classrooms. The class she was about to join had been going on all year, so she'd be one of the only new kids.
The young girl took a deep breath as she entered through the door of her new class and asked an elderly woman where her seat was.
"excusez-moi?" The woman asked.
"Je suis désolé, madame. Je m'appelle Dimxan. Je suis nouveau. Où est ma table?" Dimxan asked.
"ah, Vous pouvez s'asseoir à cette table" The woman gestured to a seat at the far end of the class. Dimxan nodded and gave a quick "merci" before walking to her new table.
She set her bag to the side of her desk before plopping down on the chair and looking around at her new classmates. Most kids were talking to eachother, some making paper planes. All except one, however, who was immersed in a book. Dimxans heart beat quickened as she realized that it was the boy from before, or her "admirer".
Feeling eyes on him, the boy turned to see dimxan's curious eyes. His face went from blank to a look of shock in a matter of seconds and he quickly looked back down at his book, hunching his shoulders over and making his hair cover his face. Dimxan tilted her head and tried not to laugh.
Zexion cursed under his breath as he stared at the page infront of him. His face was a dark crimson. She noticed him. His heart fluttered at the beautiful thought that she might actually be interested in him, but that feeling wore off as quickly as it started. She couldn't have felt that way. She must have just recognized him as that nerd with no friends. He felt her gaze still on him. His heart fell as thoughts of her laughing at him filled his head.
He looked up at her through his long strands of hair sheepishly. She smiled at him and lipped out the word 'hi'. Zexion kept his blank expression and nodded at her shyly. She blushed and looked down at her papers as Zexion did the same. The period went by fast for Zexion. He was good with foreign language. However, Dimxan wasn't use to such difficult grammar. Finally the period ended and all the students rushed to last period.
The next day went by as usual. Same boring classes same boring conversations. Nothing special. Except for French, that is.
Dimxan sat in the same seat as yesterday and tried to avoid eye contact with Zexion, who she knew was looking at her again. Her face grew red as she felt his eyes practically burn a whole in her head.
Suddenly Madame's phone rang, causing her to rush out of the room while speaking French into the phone. With no supervision, the students started to talk and mess around. That's when it all started.
Jared, the most popular guy from school, got out of his seat and sat on a stool infront of a class, rocking back and forth on it. He let out pleasure filled groans and chuckled. The class laughed and whistled.
"OOOOOH zexy!" he groaned as the class laughed. Zexion glared at him and turned bright red. He soon decided it ignore the class and go back to reading his book. Suddenly he felt his seat lean forward and looked back to find Jared rocking Zexion's desk back and forth. Jared moved his hips with the chair and called out "you rock my cock!"
Zexion jumped out of the chair and stumbled backward, tripping and landing on a desk in a sitting position. He turned to see that, to his horror, he was sitting on Dimxan's desk. Her eyes were full of joy and she was failing to hold back her laughter. Zexion's heart sank as he got up and apologized to her.
"Its fine. You didn't mean to," Dimxan replied.
"The new girl's joining now? Looks like we have enough for a threesome." Jared said as the rest of the class continued to encourage him. Zexion turned a darker shade of red and clenched his fists.
Before he could say or do anything, Dimxan gently put her hand on zexion's wrist. He looked at her questioningly.
"don't bother. They aren't worth it." She said before rolling her eyes. He nodded and slowly walked back to his desk before the teacher came back in.
That night dimxan logged onto myspace and looked up this "Zexion" kid. She found a picture of him with thicker eyeliner than usual and black liquid running down his lips. His myspace name was "Despair", which she had clicked, opening his page. The page was decorated with black, razors and incredibly morbid pictures; one of a woman biting down on a razor and another of a man hanging himself. She quickly clicked the "ADD ME" button and left, hoping he would respond to her request soon. His status said he was online, but then again, he could be away from the computer.
Within five minutes Dimxan got a message saying "DeSpAiR has accepted your friend request." Dimxan smiled to herself and pressed "send message". The message read:
To: DeSpAiR
Subject: hey
Message:
Hey. Your in my French class right?
She crossed her fingers and hoped that he wouldn't think she was some weird girl following him. For some reason, he interested her. She soon got a message back with his reply:
ToDimxan33
FromDeSpAiR
Hello. Yes, I sit a few seats away from you, if I'm correct. Was there something you needed?
Dimxan felt a little discoraged by his seemingly hostile response and typed in her reply.
ToDeSpAiR
FromDimxan33
well no… I just got bored and you're the only one online. So whats up?
Zexion's heart filled with joy with every word he read. So far she didn't think of him as an emo kid. She even took the time to talk to him. A light shade of pink found its way on his cheeks as he let a small smile escape.
ToDimxan33
FromDeSpAiR
I'm fine, thank you. How was your day?
ToDeSpAiR
FromDimxan33
It was pretty good. It sucks that I got transferred out of French4. I hate the new class so far. I don't recognize anyone and I don't understand half the things Madame is saying.
This was his chance. He had to take it! Zexion waited a moment to get some nerve and mentally prepare himself.
ToDimxan
FromDeSpAiR
I could help you, if you'd like. During lunch or before/after school I' m free.
ToDeSpAiR
FromDimxan33
I wouldn't make you do that. I know that would be really time consuming and troublesome for you. Just because I'm stupid doesn't mean you should be held back lol
ToDimxan
FromDeSpAiR
You don't seem stupid to me. Besides, I can see how languages can be hard for some people.
I have nothing better to do, Dimxan. I honestly wouldn't mind at all. In fact, I'd be glad that it would get me away from home.
Dimxan smiled to herself when he used her name. It was so informal. She loved it.
ToDeSpAiR
FromDimxan33
Oh alright… hehe thanks so much. When should we meet up?
ToDimxan
FromDeSpAiR
How about tomorrow? That way we don't have to worry about school the next day since it'll be friday. I'll walk you home.
Dimxan blushed at the thought
ToDeSpAiR
FromDimxan33
Sounds great! I have to go. Ttyl!
With that she signed off.