Signing I throw my sketchpad to the ground and lay back on my bed. I'm so bored. Tumblr has nothing good on it right now, Facebook is annoying, all my shows are on hiatus, and I'm tired of reading fanfictions. I look over at my bookshelf and the only thing that jumps out at me is the mp3 player I left there. I grab it and switch it to a song I feel like listening to. My mp3 has a speaker on the back so I don't have to have headphones. I start singing along.
Desperate for changing, starving for the truth
I'm closer to where I started, I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me more
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
The ending of the song comes quickly to me. Even though I have my music, I'm still bored and I don't feel like sitting here and just thinking. It's the first day of my junior year tomorrow and there is no way in hell I'll be getting to sleep anytime soon. Last year at least half of my friends graduated and the other half moved away and are going to different schools.
My cat meows at me, pulling me from my depressing train of thought. I pet him gratefully.
"What do you think will happen tomorrow? Hm?" He purrs response. "Haha," I laugh dryly. "I doubt that Takei." Yes, I named my cat after a gay man cause of a joke I made with my friend and his mom. They took it serious. My friend's cat is named George.
I suddenly hear the front door slam, making Takei jump and run off to hide. Oh goody the dick is home. Maybe I can find my 3DS in all this mess...
"OI!" The angry man yells from down stairs. I can tell he's drunk. "Get your ass down here before I beat your ass!" Rolling my eyes I pause my music and do what I'm told.
When I get to the bottom of the stairs I see the tall red headed man with a bottle in one hand and a woman in the other. I'm not surprised and can guess what's coming next even though it is a school night.
"Get out of my house and don't come back until tomorrow night boy." I remind him of school. "GET OUT." He almost throws me out of the house and I almost trip. "Ass hole..." I curse under my breath at him. He's probably spending the rent money again. I'm surprised I haven't had to get a second job with the way I have to spend most of the money paying off debt.
I sigh again. Where can I stay tonight? I clearly can't go back to the house right now. Not like I want to anyway. Who would want to listen to him get lucky? I shudder at the thought and pull out my phone to check the time. 10:45 PM. God damn it, I need to get some sleep! I make a mental checklist of the places I could possibly go:
1.) On the street in front of the house and climb into my window in the morning to shower, change clothes, grab my bag and mp3, and leave for the bus.
No I can't do that... I would barely get any sleep and knowing Cross (which is the guy I live with) I'll be able to hear them from outside.
2.) Find an abandoned house
Ew. I'd probably get stuck with a needle and get AIDS or get raped. Or both.
3.) Find a friend that lives close by.
The closest friend is someone who lives about two and a half hours away walking. I don't have their number in my phone so I wouldn't be able to warn them and I'd probably freak them out by arriving so late so that's out of the question.
4.) Go back to the house and sleep in the car. In the morning climb into my window to shower, change clothes, grab my bag and mp3, and leave for the bus.
That was my best bet.
I start walking back to the house and notice the one across the street from me. There's a moving van parked up front along with a black van and a silver truck. Huh, didn't even notice the old neighbor moved- or died. She was a really old woman so who knows? The house is about 9 houses down from mine. I must've been walking pretty slowly. I shrug and start back toward my house.
I try the car door to find it unlocked. Happily I climb inside and shut the door behind me as softly as possible. Don't want Cross waking up- or stop whatever he's doing- to find me sleeping in his alcohol stained vehicle. I'm glad it's still warm at night even though it's September in Washington, cause otherwise I would be freezing my ass off.
I check the time on my phone again and it's 11:12. I quickly set my alarms and turn the volume up on high before placing it next to me to fall asleep. I drift off thinking about the new neighbors and can't help but wonder if they have a kid my age group that will be going to school tomorrow.
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I wake up the third time my alarm rings playing "Aerodynamic" by Daft Punk. It is now 5:30 in the morning. I groan, whipping the drool off my face and off the seat. I open the door and tumble out of the car. I rub my eyes in the sunlight peaking over the mountains.
There's a tree right outside my bedroom window with a branch that stretches out to a foot before the ledge. I climb up expertly, avoiding the branches that wouldn't carry my weight and jump into my open window.
As quickly as I can move while still being quiet, I get ready for school. I take a 5 minute shower, which is a record for me, and manage not to wake up Cross. He has the ears of a bat I swear. I throw on a long sleeved, but light, shirt with a pair of black skinny jeans and my gloves. I stare in the mirror at myself for a moment. My white hair stands out against my dark clothing and you can see my red scar going over my left eye. I brush my bangs infront of it a little... My hair is getting pretty long for me, I should cut it soon.
I look at the time on my phone. It's already 6:38! Swearing I throw on my only pair of shoes, my oversized hoodie, grab my back and sling it over my shoulder. I grab my mp3 and wireless headphones and stuff the smaller device in my pocket, running out the door.
I barely make it on time. I say thank you to the driver through my huffing and puffing taking my seat which has a number 3 above it. I moved here when I was in eighth grade. I took this seat that first day of that painful year and every day after it. It's my seat and NO ONE takes it. Just like normal my stop is the second stop so it's mostly empty of people. Speaking of people...
I look around me to see if there are any unfamiliar faces before I realized that I wouldn't recognize most of them anyway. It was a new year after all and that meant freshmen. Disappointed I turn back to facing forward and slouch down. I didn't get to wait at the bus stop this morning to see if anyone would walk out of that house with the moving van in front of it.
Incase you're wondering, I observe people. I know the face of everyone in my neighborhood and what they do everyday- outside their house if I see them. I'm not a stalker. This is why I'm so curious about the new person. Or people. I observe my classmates too. Everyone I've ever met has a face like an open book. I can see their emotion on their face and in their eyes as plain as the scar on my face.
The bus comes to a slow but screeching stop and everyone stands up at once. I'm already in the aisle myself. Debbie, the bus driver, opens the doors and I leave telling her to have a good day.
The campus is loud and busy with teenagers. Screams as friends find each other and the sounds of laughter and happy chatting fill my ears. Ah high school how I missed you so. There was sarcasm in that sentence. I walk quickly to my destination, the library on the third floor. By the way this school is huge. The main building is three floors tall with the library at the top. The bottom floor is mostly the cafeteria and student store. The rest of it is all sit down classes. Looking at this place from the front the pool building (yes it has it's own building it's so big) is to your left and diagonal left is the gyms building. To the right is a place the students call the PAC. Basically its where the drama, band, orchestra, and choir kids go. Behind the gym is a shit ton of portables all standing in a row. It's like that behind the main building too along with a bridge that goes over swamp land and forest to get to the second campus. We call it East Campus. It has a second cafeteria and it only has two floors. It's all math and science classes. There's also three parking lots, a football field, a track, tennis court, and 2 baseball fields. Yeah, it's huge. They give us seven minutes between passing period.
I get up to the library and plop down on a couch in the back. The place is only half full, with little to no freshmen and there is a steady comfortable chatter. I lean back, closing my eyes. I'm still soooo tired. I could fall asleep right here, right now. In fact I might! When does the warning bell ring again? I open one eye to check my phone for the time. I have a good 20 minutes, plus the extra time for the freshmen that didn't go to orientation so they can find their classes. I relax completely. I'm almost asleep when a girl screams my name.
"ALLEN!~" She jumps on me. Good thing she's not that heavy, otherwise I'd have a hard time breathing. She hugs me into her chest. "It's been such a long time!"
"I saw you like a week ago." I push her away and get a good look at her. She has her black hair down today. She normally has it in pigtails and long but she has recently gotten a haircut so it brushes her shoulders. Her purple eyes stare into my gray ones.
"What..?" I ask slightly flustered. Was there something on my face? Suddenly she pats my head.
"You need a haircut." Oh.
"Yeah, I know. I was just thinking that this morning... You know after climbing into my own window again." Lenalee, the cute Chinese girl who is talking to me (duh), cringes and gives my shoulder a squeeze.
"I'm sorry.. Hey if Komui wasn't so protective you could totally stay at my house!" I shudder at the very thought. I love Lenalee, I do. But her brother is scary! He is beyond 'over protective', he's down right insane.
"He does know I'm gay right?"
Yeah I'm gay. Sorry I forgot to mention that. While I'm at it I might as well mention that my hand up to just before the shoulder is completely black, including my nails. I was born with it. I try to cover it up cause it's embarrassing and people like to stare. That's why I wear gloves too.
Lenalee stands up, giving me a perfect view of what she's wearing. Short shorts, a tight shirt, and heels to make her taller. Normally she's 5'4" but now she's only an inch shorter than me. Ugh. I wish puberty would be nicer to me.
"Can I see your schedule?" She asks, picking up her bag. I reach into my pocket and pull out the crumpled piece of paper that is supposed to be my schedule. I unwrap it before handing it to her. Rolling her eyes at me she reads it out loud.
"First period we have English III Honors together, then you have PE, then we have band together, then you have biology.. Did you fail it last year?" I nod and she continues. "Then we have lunch together with Kanda, then we have math together and finally US History."
"Cool beans."
She starts twirling a finger through her hair and I can feel a question coming up. Oh no. I know exactly what she's gonna ask now that she's biting her lip. I don't wanna deal with that guy AGAIN this year too! He's so mean, always having the same look on his girly face. He pisses me off and I have no idea why she likes him.
"Have you seen Kanda yet?" She asks quickly. I roll my eyes. Seriously, why does she even ask me?
"No, Lenalee, I have not seen the only girl you will ever go gay for. Congrats by the way!" She smacks my shoulder.
"It's the first day of school, you haven't even seen him yet, and you're already making fun of him?" I shrug.
"Pretty much... Wait don't you live like right next to him? Why didn't you come to school with him?" She looks down at the floor as if it just hurt her best friend, who is me by the way!
"Komui didn't want me to ride with him and drove me to school instead... By the way, he's the new science teacher."
And that's when the bell rings. She hands me back my schedule and says goodbye, leaving me with a terrified look on my face. I know they were short on teachers but.. I scan the hell list as I walk to my first period. Teacher's name under my science class says: Lee... T-that could be anyone! It's not like Lenalee's last name is Lee or anything and Lee is a pretty common last name so I shou- fuck. Nope. It's him. I'm gonna die.
I take my seat in English to see Lenalee isn't there yet. I have to talk to her about my fourth period. She's probably looking for Kanda. I scan the mostly empty room for unfamiliar faces and come across none but one. It's a guy with long red hair that covers most of his face. His eyes are a deep shade of green- well, eye. His right eye is covered by a leather eye patch. He seems to be completely focused on the book he's reading. I can't tell what book it is from here. He has a pair of green wireless headphones around his neck, like mine. I gotta admit, this is the most interesting guy I have ever seen.. That and he's kinda hot so. I wanna know more about him. Maybe I could.. No.. I'm too shy to approach him. I can watch from afar like normal. Unless of course he talks to me first. I wonder what he's reading? What's his name? What happen to his eye? What does it look like underneath? At some point while all these thoughts were swirling through my mind, redhead noticed me staring at him.
"I know I'm attractive, but really, must you stare so much?" He asks dramatically. I can feel the heat in my cheeks as I avoid eye contact.
"S-sorry..." I can't say anything else. I don't know him so I don't trust him... But I want to know him sooo badly!
"What's your name?" Can he read my mind? I glance back up at him. Wow he is better looking than I thought.
"Allen. You?"
"Lavi!" He hold's out his left hand to shake mine. I don't take it so he drops it. He stares at me for a few moments making me blush a little. Why is everyone staring at me today?!
Suddenly he jumps out of the seat he was in and took the one next to me. He looks giddy and he's bouncing up and down like a rabbit.
"Sooo I'm new here. Wanna be my friend!?" That was fast. And that makes me start questioning him. Do I really wanna be friends with this guy? He seems too hyper. And his smile doesn't quite reach his eyes as if he's faking his emotions. I wonder if he has a dark past- god damn it. Stupid curiosity! I smile back at him.
"Sure, why not?"
End chapter one.