KC's POV
"Uh, Ms. Oh," I mumbled, clutching my stomach. I couldn't remember the last time I felt this sick. "I need a hall pass. Ma'am." I added, looking up at my teacher with pained, innocent eyes.
Ms. Oh sighed. "If you must." I grabbed a pass at the end of the room. I didn't look at anything but the floor as I left. I especially didn't look at Jenna's concerned glance. I especially didn't want her to touch my arm when I passed by her desk, asking me if something was wrong.
My stomach started to feel sicker.
Across the hall, I spotted Clare and her new emo boyfriend heading out the back door, most likely skipping school. Again.
Clare's smile filled her face, making her blue eyes twinkle. I doubt I ever made her as happy as she is right now. I guess I just couldn't make girls stay happy. I couldn't have a girlfriend without screwing the whole relationship. Or our whole lives.
Clare realized I was lost in thought at the other end of the hallway, staring at her. She smiled again and placed a finger over her lips. I grinned back and lifted my hand from my aching belly to "lock my lips". Eli turned and saw me, giving me a brief salute gesture, which I returned as he opened the door for Clare before exiting himself.
Yet I still wasn't alone in the hallway.
Mr. Simpson, who had just appeared from behind the corner, was whispering to a young girl, as to not disrupt any of the classes around them. He was telling her how to get to the Junior High building. I noticed she wasn't wearing a uniform. Instead she was wearing a ratty Fuddruckers t-shirt and hole-covered jeans that loosely ran over her legs. I hadn't realized that the middle school didn't have to follow the dress code.
"You don't have to walk all through the upper school building," Principal Simpson was saying. "This is just the quicker way from my office. I didn't expect you to be here so early." He looked down at the girl trailing behind him.
"Small change of plans," she responded, smiling. Mr. Simpson then noticed me standing in the middle of the hallway, looking pale. I shuttered.
"Ah, Mr. Guthrie," he nodded. "Are you in need of any help?" He almost glared at me
"No, um, I was jus-just going to see the, uh, the nurse…" Something caught my eye. Her eyes. The girl's. They were huge and were looking at me as if she's seen a ghost. But it wasn't that that I noticed. Those eyes. They were MY eyes. But I remembered them. I remembered when they looked up at me with panic or fear. I remember when they had tears flowing out of them as I whispered consoling words and tended to wounds and bruises. "It's alright…It won't happen again…You'll get through this…" I thought I'd never see those eyes outside of my reflection. I gasped when she spoke.
"KC?"
I was quiet for a moment. It felt like I couldn't even breathe. Then I choked out, "Mick?"
Mr. Simpson looked a tad confused and he spoke loudly, making me jump. "Do you know Mary Clark?" he asked.
Looking back down at Mick, I realized she was silently crying. Seeing her tears drip down her face brought back tormenting memories. I lifted my hands up to her face and wiped her tear-stained cheeks, then kissed the top of her head lightly. Principle Simpson raised an eyebrow and as he opened his mouth to interrupt us, I spoke up, my eyes never leaving the ones of the sobbing girl.
"It's okay, Mr. S." I said softly, feeling tears well up in my own eyes.
"I'm her brother."
If the heart is always searching, When you look me in the eyes, How long will I be waiting, When you look me in the eyes, More and more, I start to realize, When you look me in the eyes, Cause when you look me in the eyes. And tell me that you love me.
Can you ever find a home?
I've been looking for that someone,
I'll never make it on my own.
Dreams can't take the place of loving you,
There's gotta be a million reasons why it's true
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
To be with you again
Gonna tell you that I love you,
In the best way that I can.
I can't take a day without you here,
You're the light that makes my darkness disappear.
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
I can reach my tomorrow,
I can hold my head high,
And it's all because you're by my side.
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When I hold you in my arms
I know that it's forever
I just gotta let you know
I never wanna let you go
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes
