Secrets. Their everywhere. Everyone has one. The thing is, no matter how hard you try, there's always going to be someone who would find out.
I sighed.
Summer came and went, and just like that, it was the first day of classes once again.
I'm Yellow Conner.
I'm a junior now and all the problems that seemed so tiny last year just grew bigger all of the sudden.
What course should I take? Which college to enroll to? Do I have enough money? All of these questions just bit me like a pesky nest of ants as I entered the doors of McBerlow High.
I instantly became conscious of my looks as the other students passed by. I put a stray strand of blond hair behind my ears. I never noticed how I never usually entered the school alone. I always had someone like a friend or my cousin, but my cousin moved to another school in Sinnoh.
I walked into the main hallway in front of me to go to my locker. My honey-yellow eyes looked around, searching for a certain someone I haven't seen all summer.
You'd think I was looking for a friend or something, right? But I'm not. I'm actually looking for a guy named Red Evans. He's also a junior and he's quite popular. I have never talked to him. I don't have any plans to, though. I'm too shy for that. You can probably tell by now that I have a crush on him.
Even though I've never talked to the guy, I happen to know a lot about him. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not a stalker. He used to be close to my best friend. So when she found out I liked him, she poured all the info. Sweet, huh?
I finally arrived in front of my locker on the left side of the hall, but was a little disheartened when I didn't see him. I sighed once more and put some of my books in my dark blue locker.
"Yellow!" A rather excited voice shouted through the hallway. I turned and saw my brown haired best friend Blue Garner. She isn't really my best-est best friend that knows my entire life by heart, but she was the best friend who I mentioned earlier that told me stuff about Red.
Truth be told, she isn't exactly the most trustworthy person alive. Take last year for example, when she 'accidentally' told her now ex-boyfriend, Harry, about the crush of my other best friend, Sapphire, even though Harry is definitely not known to have a closed mouth.
I know she said it was accidental, but I was there when she told him. It slipped her mouth and she was surprised, but you just know the she only acted surprised. She had this posh British, overacting actress accent when she said it that was a dead give away. Even though it was already obvious to the entire school that Sapphire liked him, a promise is a promise, and she broke it. But time passed and everyone forgave and forgot. Blue eventually broke up with Harry (last thing I heard of him was that he moved to U.K. or something) and the rest was just ancient history.
I had a hard time trusting her after that incident, though. She was actually the last person to know about my crush on Red. Seriously, I even told Wally before her. I mean Wally.
"Hey Blue!" I greeted back, squealing as well. We had a short sister hug and everyone in the hall looked at us as if we were crazy.
"Yeah, I missed her, got a problem with that?" Blue suddenly asked the staring students. I giggled before Blue turned to me.
"I missed that!" I said before hugging her again.
"Yeah, I know." she replied proudly as I released her from my hug and we started catching up.
"So how was Sinnoh?" she asked.
It was no secret that I spent my entire summer in Sinnoh with my cousin, aunt and uncle. My mom and dad died years ago when I was around five because of some secret virus or a boating accident involving a moose or something (my aunt and uncle tell me different stories every time I ask) and I've lived with my cousin's family ever since. They became the closest thing to a direct family for me.
We'd always visit Sinnoh in the summer because me and my cousin grew up there. We moved to Kanto after my aunt got in the South Hogends-Rickle University of Botany (which made me wonder if there's another university like that in a different direction). My uncle recently found a fishing job in Sinnoh and my cousin really wanted to stay there, but I really wanted to go back to Kanto because of my friends. My aunt and uncle decided to separate us.
"Oh, you know..." I started. Blue looked at me, expecting more, but I just smiled at her. "You already know." I laughed as Blue punched me lightly.
"Did you meet any cute guys?" Blue asked, apparently with more enthusiasm than her earlier question.
"Yeah," I replied, remembering my friend Jack, "He was really cute."
"Really?" Blue asked rather loudly, "Then what? Did you guys become an item?"
"No," I said, "He turned out to be gay." And I was still thinking of Red. I thought to myself. I met a lot of guys, to tell you the truth. I was trying to get over Red during the summer by meeting other guys. It didn't work. They were all great and everything, but I saw all of them as 'just friends' material.
"Well that sucks." Blue said flatly. I know, right?
"Yellow! Blue!" Someone called to us. Both of us looked up and found Crystal, waving at us from the end of the hallway.
Crystal Rogers was my best friend too. In fact, I'd have to say she's my best-est best friend. I'd tell her everything. From how I felt about Red to how I felt that morning (which both relate to Red now that I think about it). People tend to think that she's this uptight nerdy girl, which she sort if is, but what people don't know is that she can also be fun to hang around with, plus she can give awesome advice.
"Chris!" Blue and I shrieked her nickname in unison. We group hugged and no one looked at us this time. Thank you Blue.
"I heard you shouting from outside the school!" Chris told Blue.
"As if." Blue said, rolling her eyes, "I'm not that loud."
"Really?" Chris asked skeptically, "Yeah, I missed her, got a problem with that?" She mocked.
"Oh shut up!" Blue demanded, Chris and I just laughed.
"So how was Sinnoh?" Chris asked.
"Do you have to ask?" Blue asked Chris. I was going to ask that too. Me and Chris have been talking to each other non-stop on the phone since summer started. I got grounded for a week because of the phone bill, good thing my uncle forgot to actually remove the phone even though he repeatedly told my aunt he did, and thank the creators of Discovery Channel that it was Shark Week. Me and Chris talked a little less after that, though.
"Not really." Chris answered.
Minutes pass and I went towards my first class. It was Chemistry. I entered the classroom and saw a seat plan on the board. The first thing I did was look if Red's name was in the seat plan. I wasn't really hoping he was there. In fact, I was hoping he wasn't. I mean, if I messed up or the teacher announces I got the lowest score in a test, I wouldn't want him to know. Tell anyone, just not him.
I inwardly sighed in relief when I couldn't find his name anywhere. I then looked for my seat, which is the one nearest to the right side wall in the third row. I also saw that Wally would sit in front of me.
Wally Collins wasn't much of a bad guy. He was just a bit OC and asthmatic. I looked at his assigned seat and saw him, already engrossed with his new Superman comic book. Yes, I am friends with a comic geek.
Me and Wally aren't really best friends, but when I was a new student here back in freshmen year, he was the first guy I'd talk to when I'm lost. It started when I got lost in the looking for my science class and he asked if I was lost after going through the hallway for the nth time. I'd ask him about school stuff ever since. But he wasn't the type of guy I'd tell a secret to, (we're not really that close) but I still told him about the Red thing. I don't know why though, I guess it was just to feel less guilty about not telling Blue. I told her around a month after, though.
"Hey Wally." I greeted, sitting behind him, "Reading another comic book?" I asked. I looked at the comic book in his hands and saw a picture of Superman carrying a car and smashing it on a rock with a couple of people screaming around.
"You know it!" He said excitedly, "I thought I'd never get this issue but thank the Lord my uncle bought it when he was a kid! I mean, it costs a million bucks these days, and I have a copy!" He smiled at me wildly, but I just looked at him as if he just escaped an asylum.
"That's nice." I said blankly. Wally rolled his eyes and the teacher finally came in. He was easily around his 20's and had only a handful of hair on his head. He had square glasses and wore a coffee stained lab coat that just screamed 'clean me'.
"Why bother asking if you don't care?" He asked, putting his oh so expensive comic book in his bag.
"Hey, I asked if you're reading comics again, I didn't ask how much it costs." I shrugged.
"Okay students!" The teacher said, rubbing his hands together. "Welcome back to school and-"
"What did I miss?"
We all looked at the door. I suppressed a giggle. It was Sapphire, late and untidy as always.
Sapphire Birch is another one of my best friends. She's well known for being the daughter of renowned scientist Professor Patrick Birch. She spent all summer helping her father in his field research on animal behavior in Hoenn. Apparently she also inherited her father's 'getting your hands dirty' attitude, except that she does it to everything. Eating, talking, walking, joking, probably even breathing.
It's also a well known fact that she and Ruby Merrick like each other even though they fight every time they see each other, although neither of them would ever admit to liking each other.
"You're late." The teacher said sternly.
"I kinda know that, Mister." She said, putting her hands on her waist. Some students giggled at her rudeness.
"Little lady, usually I would send you straight to detention, but seeing as it is the first day of school, I'm letting this one slip." The teacher said, "Now take a seat."
Sapphire looked at the seat plan. I looked at it as well, hoping her seat is near to mine, but it her assigned seat is the one next to Ruby at the other side of the room in the second row.
"Well, go take the seat next to the young man with white hair." The teacher said, starting to get impatient.
"It's a hat!" Ruby stated, but the teacher didn't seem to hear.
Sapphire sighed and dragged herself to the seat next to Ruby. I could already hear them grumbling insults at each other.
"As I was saying," The teacher said, "Welcome back to school and welcome to the wonderful world of Chemistry. I'll be your teacher for this school year, the name's Professor Elm."
I was already leaning on my hand. All I heard from him were babbles about elements and scientists and how great this year would be. I suddenly noticed that the person who was supposed to be seated next to me is missing. I looked at the board and saw his name was 'Gold Harrison'.
Around fifteen minutes into the subject, students were starting to feel sleepy, but then Sapphire and Ruby happened.
"How many times do a hav'ta tell ya?" Sapphire suddenly yelled, "I'm no barbarian! I just do field research!"
"Talk all you want," Ruby yelled back, "Your still dirty and you still smell barbaric!"
"Sorry for not havin' Obsessib-Compulsin' Disord'r!" Sapphire yelled sarcastically as she waved her hands, her accent starting to kick in again, something that only happens when Sapphire is angry, which happens a lot with Ruby around.
"It's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder!" Ruby corrected, putting his hands on his hips.
"You'd know, OC freak!" Sapphire yelled loudly.
"I'm not an OC freak!" Ruby yelled louder.
"They're starting to offend me." Wally whispered to me. I giggled.
Professor Elm eventually stopped them, but I think he was watching too because I'm pretty sure he could've stopped them way earlier. Sapphire and Ruby both got detention.
Hours passed and school was finally over. So far, it seems Red is nowhere in my schedule, but I finally saw him during lunch and in between my sixth and seventh period. In my high school lifetime so far, the only class I ever had with him was Health last year. However, if you asked anyone from that class, they would've said 'Yellow who?' or 'I think she's that blondie who only came at the first week.'.
I keep noticing that this 'Gold' person was supposed to be in most of my classes, though.
After school, I didn't look for Blue or Crystal or Sapphire. I didn't even look for Red (which is saying something). Blue, Crystal and Sapphire knew better than to look for me either. I did what I did every after school since last year. I went straight down the main hallway, which lead to the open grounds that had a fountain right in the middle. I walked straight through the grounds and entered the south hallway. I took another hall to the right and looked around for any onlookers before entering the third door to the right.
I was finally in the Music Room.
It wasn't much of a fancy room. In fact, the only musical instrument in there was an upright piano; the room was too small to keep anything bigger. There were file cases along the walls that kept old song sheets, but I never read them. I prefer to use my own printed song sheets. I think the only exceptional feature of this room is that no one ever comes here. I think it's because all people see is a dusty old room with nothing but a piano. But I like it that way. It feels great to have a place all to myself, dedicated to nothing but music.
I sat on the piano's seat and opened the cover. I took out a song sheet from my bag, which I have been craving to learn. It was a song sheet for the song "Wedding Dress" by Taeyang which had an English version by J Reyez and Tommy C. I like the song because of the sounds of the piano. It's like a sad classical sound that you don't really hear often.
I learned the basics of the piano from my dad before he died. The rest, I learned from my uncle with my cousin. We don't really have a piano in my house, so he taught me in music stores. They'd always kick us out, though, so this room is like heaven to me. I learned the song one note at a time, one hand at a time. I played it slower than it actually should be, just because it sounds better that way.
Around twenty or thirty minutes later, I finally mastered the intro (It was hard to get used to it, okay!). I was about to go to the actual verse, but a noise of something falling stopped me. It sounded like something solid and heavy. I turned and saw no one. I suddenly noticed that I have left the door open.
I decided to finish my piano session for now and packed my things. I walked out the room and closed the door. I looked around in case someone was there, but didn't see anyone. I shrugged it off and started walking home.
Phew! Finally got the first part of this story out of my head.
I came up with the plot after listening to some seminar about colleges and watching chick flicks soon after.
Sorry if I made Yellow or anyone else OOC.
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING.
PS. "Wedding Dress" by Taeyang, (English Version by J Reyez and Tommy C) is a really good song, listen to it sometime!
Note: The name of Yellow's cousin was meant to not be mentioned.