11/10/2013: His Dark Locks
I was walking to my secondary school; Suzanne High, my bag over my shoulder and was wearing my new coat. I'm currently in my final year at school, although I only started school 2 days ago... (All will be explained soon, I promise) and as I was walking I heard someone shuffling behind me; quite quickly, as if striding in a hurry. They must have long legs, so that means they're tall; the fastness of their pace shows eargency; so they are late for something, or want to get there early perhaps? They may just be a fast walker; could even be jogging, no, that's not it.
I turned my head slightly, but didn't catch anything; I wasn't obvious with it but the person knew exactly what I was doing. They said "little sister, all on her own, what would father think of this? Have you seen the length of your skirt; shameful. Do you want to be seen as an object, oh yes, of course you do. The coat? Copying me are we, what? Am I an inspiration?"
"Sherlock..." Of course it was him, I thought.
He caught up to me; walking besides me with those long legs and his navy coat finishing just below his knee "I'm not copying you, I simply liked the coat; it fitted so I bought it. Aren't you supposed to be in London instead of following me around?"
"Sister, please, I know perfectly well what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm keeping an eye on you, isn't that what brothers do?"
"You've never cared before"
"Of course I have, I've always stuck up for you when father decides to have a go at you; is that what your skirt is symbolising? Rebellion against fathers constant, how shall I put it; worry, for your statistically medium safety?"
"No, of course not; it's so I don't get picked on, idiot. If my skirt was lower than what it is I'd be classed as a 'geek.' No one would be friends with a geek; I need to make a good first impression"
"Being seen with me won't help you there; I was, as you put it, a 'geek;' so I wouldn't worry about being seen as one, just from your second name, you will be thought of as one"
"Great, that's just what I need.."
"You should be thankful, being my sister will give you many opportunities and just because I'm nothing but point driven; knowing one person from the next, stating what people would be too cowardly to say, this doesn't class me as anything other than realistic."
"And may I ask... did you have many friends by being this way?"
"Of course not; no one wants to hear the truth if it isn't up to what they class as a complement, so no one gave me the time of day"
"Exactly"
"What? Just by being myself didn't cause me from not having any friends; the fact that everyone else was someone else caused me to not have any friends. Conformity is a nasty thing; a cowardly thing, don't do it"
"You didn't do it and that didn't do you any good"
"It gave me the world of good; it got me what I needed, which was good grades and an experience to how people act at your age"
"Hmm." I knew he was right; he was always right and I didn't have anything to say to argue against him. He'd win even if I tried to argue my point.
"Being a 'geek' isn't a shameful thing; geeks are what people want to become when they are older, they just don't know it yet"
"If you say so, anyway where are you going in such a hurry?"
"I was going towards you, to walk you to school on your first day"
"My first day was two days ago"
"I know"
"But you just said..."
"I know what I said, and today is your first day; everyone now knows you as 'the new girl' and now everyone will see where you fit in and judge you through who you talk to, what you do in lessons and even how you greet people. You need to be confident today, sister; you need to have a strong group of friends. Be careful though, girls are bitchy and will ditch you in a flash"
"How would you know that?"
"One thing I'm good at is observing; I see how females, although fragile and innocent, can turn on one another through silly little situations. Being fragile as a female is a disadvantage when it comes to this, so just be careful"
"Right, ok, but may I ask again, what are you doing back from London?"
"I'm on study leave; they advised me to take it earlier since I seem to be aware of what each lecture will consist of so they simply asked me to go back home and study until my final exam"
"So you got kicked out for being an obnoxious dick?"
"You could say that"
We laughed and he smiled down at me; as we got nearer the school Sherlock whispered "hope you have a good day, sister" and left me to finish walking to school on my own.
Well that's a different sort of story - I've never done something like this before and I have so many ideas for what it's going to turn out like so I look forward to writing up more soon! Be sure to tell me what you think x