You're so pretty, when you cry, when you cry. Wasn't ready to hear you say "Goodbye". Now you're tearing me apart, tearing me apart; you're tearing me apart.
Eddie continued on the path to the school grounds staring at nothing but the dirt beneath him as his shuffled footsteps kicked a mixture of it in dusty clouds. He shoved his hands in his pockets and angrily kicked oncoming rocks as he went. He'd give anything to get Patricia off of his mind for at least the school day. That was going to prove to be an awfully hard challenge. One that he just might have to give up on. It wasn't his fault that he couldn't get her out of his mind. She had been everywhere lately. They two of them couldn't be in the same room together for more than five minutes without getting into a fight. Neither of them could help it; it was simply in their nature.
Luckily today he had something to help take his mind off of her for a little bit. KT had agreed to meet up with him for lunch so that they could have a little talk. Now, true it wasn't the best plan in the world, but hey, he was desperate. Normally he wasn't too keen on the whole asking a girl for advice about another girl thing but he certainly wasn't going to talk to any of his guy friends about Patricia. These were his feelings, after all. Eddie didn't like talking about them at all, let alone talk about them to someone. If Patricia found out about it though, she would surely have a fit. Eddie wasn't allowed to talk to KT according to Patricia. Eddie didn't understand that either.
So many things made her angry with him and he had no idea what half of those things were. He only knew of these few; don't interact with KT, don't ask her about her feelings, don't kiss her, don't pretend she doesn't exist, but don't go near her either. Well which was it? Was he supposed to stay away from her or interact and talk to her? As it was he hung out with KT often anyways. The only downside was Patricia using that to start a fight out of nothing that turns into a whole lot of something. There was always something to start a fight about wasn't there?
In a way, the blonde kind of liked arguing and fighting with her. It wasn't the yelling and screaming he liked, but more so just being around her. She still had that bittersweet attitude that made him fall for her in the first place. That's what he liked. No matter how hard he tried, no matter how long it's been, he won't ever be able to forget that about her. Eddie had been so lost in thought that before he was able to look up he had bumped into someone. "Oof!" came a soft voice. Eddie looked up finally, backing away to see Willow. "Oh, hi Eddie! Fancy seeing you here, eh?" The girl giggled and picked up her things that she had dropped in fright.
"Oh, hey, Willow. I'm, I'm sorry I bumped into you. I just have a lot on my mind." A lot indeed, he had. He helped her pick up the rest of her things so that she was all settled again.
"Oh, it's quite alright Eddie. Thank you for helping me with my things." Willow looked the boy up and down for a second. "Are you alright? Your aura is a dark forest green. That's never good... something wrong?" Eddie gave her an odd look as if she were crazy.
"Willow, I'm going to be completely honest with you. I have no idea what that means." The girl wore that look of realization on her face that someone would wear if they had finally understood something.
"Ohh, right!" she exclaimed. "Well, of course I'll tell you. You're aura is a dark forest green, usually symbolizing jealousy, or resentment. Feeling like a victim of the world; blaming self or others; insecurity and low self-esteem; lack of understanding personal responsibility; sensitive to perceived criticism, you know. So tell me, are you feeling any of these?" Eddie shook his head in disbelief. A Colorado could say all of that? An invisible color too, at that.
"Well I can confirm that you read my aura right, Willow. I'm pretty much feeling all of that except for a few things here and there. Come on now, we'll be late for school. I'm surprised we're not late already." Willow happily followed Eddie inside to their first class as the bell rang indicating the start of the day. "Willow," the boy started again. "Tell me more about these aura colors. Can they change around different people?" Willow nodded her head, her ginger curls bobbing to and fro.
"Oh yeah, most definitely. It can change pretty much right away." A slight smile formed on Eddie's face. This was interesting news.
"Do you think you could keep track of Patricia's aura for me?" Willow thought about it for a moment as the two of them turned the corner to Ms. Denby's class.
"I suppose so. Why do you ask?" The girl gasped quietly. "That's why your aura was that color! It was because of Patricia, wasn't it? Squee!" She clapped her hands together and took her seat, gazing up at the blonde boy. "I love love." The way she dragged out the first love lingered in his head.
"It's not exactly love, Willow. It's complicated." He took the seat next to her just before Ms. Denby walked in. The two of them had forgotten that there were others in the room as well. No one heard them thankfully.
"Okay, students. Today we'll be starting a new project. It will be a couples project, and I have assigned partners already. Okay, instead of wasting time the list is on the front wall. Look who your partner is and get together while I pass out instructions. Go now." Eddie sighed and stood up, going to the list to find his partner.
"Oh no..." The sound of Patricia's voice was ever so familiar to the boy. Eddie looked over her shoulder and saw what she was going on about. Ms. Denby had put them as project partners. Willow had been paired up with KT; the perfect match! She could come over Anubis whenever she wanted without Victor telling her to go home. She could get her work done and still track Patricia's aura at the same time. It was brilliant!
"Hey there, partner," Eddie whispered in her ear. His voice had startled the girl. She jumped slightly, turning around to face him. Something about her expression showed that she wasn't exactly thrilled that they were partners. "Look, you don't have to talk to me if you don't want to. You can ignore me throughout the entire project if that will make you happy. I just want to finish it so we don't flunk this class so early in the term. We both know that neither of us can afford that." Patricia crossed her arms and sighed.
"You think you know everything about me, Eddie. News flash, you don't and it's almost one hundred percent sure that you never will. Let's just start this project. No socializing unless it's about history or this class, agreed?" Eddie nodded. Anything for her to just cooperate.
The blonde still didn't quite get it. Why was she so persistent in forgetting everything that happened over the summer? That summer was probably the best time Eddie had experienced in a long time. Did she not feel the same way? Did he upset her somehow? They liked each other. That was pure fact, and now all of a sudden it was like it was just Eddie who fell for her this whole time. Even before they were together it felt like that. He knew that she had a hard time admitting her feelings then, but what was so hard about doing it now?
The two of them took new seats next to each other and looked at the project that was on the table in front of them. Patricia had grabbed the paper in her hands, reading it over. The boy put a hand on her shoulder, looking over her at the paper as well. The redhead kind of gave a side glance when she felt the boy's hand on her shoulder and immediately turned her head the other way as if she was reliving a memory of hers. A not so pleasant one at that, with the expression she had made. Eddie had sensed that it made her uncomfortable and he pulled his hand away. As soon as he did, Patricia brought her head back around and focused once more on the paper.
"We can either do a poster or a presentation," she read. Eddie read it also, looking over her shoulder.
"Oh, so like a power point. Well, which one do you want to do?" he asked, leaving the choice up to her. She merely shrugged.
"The poster I guess. Come on then, let's get to researching." They pulled out their textbooks and started reading, looking for information to use on their topic. The rest of the class was spent that way. No real communication between the two of them; only words or sentences about the project here and there. Maybe it was better that way then. At least she was still there.
At long last it was lunch time. Eddie and KT had met up as planned, and right on time. "Okay, well what's up? What's going on with you and Patricia?" KT asked. If she was going to help Eddie forget about her, or at least get her off of his mind somewhat, she needed background information.
"I have no idea, honestly. We were together last year, sort of... And we were together over the summer. But after that, she just broke it off. I have no idea why. Do you think I did anything wrong? I mean, what reason would she have?" KT shrugged, taking some chips out of her bag and snacking on them.
"Maybe she just lost interest, Eddie. If you want, I can talk to her for you. Maybe try things from a girl's perspective and see what I can find out?" Eddie smiled at the girl in semi disbelief.
"Yeah! Yeah that would be great, KT, thank you. Maybe she'll talk to you more than she will me. Who knows?" KT giggled while Eddie laughed and gave her a hug to thank her. "Thanks again, KT." The rest of lunch they talked about the project and other things here and there that would fill his head with things other than Patricia. They just kept talking and talking and before they knew it the bell had rung.
"Oh hey, that's the bell. Catch ya later, Eddie! I've gotta go do something real quick before class." Eddie waved bye to KT and headed to class himself. Talking to her had actually worked. He wasn't thinking about Patricia that much anymore, and it worked well until he got back to Anubis house.
The second that Eddie stepped into the living room he was pushed a foot back. "Hey!" he shouted. "What the hell was that?" A very unhappy looking Patricia stepped forward, scowling.
"Why don't you tell me what the hell you were doing with KT talking about our project, and why the hell you sent Willow out to stalk me? What are you playing at, huh?" Eddie's mouth was completely open as he was still taken by surprise. "To think I was actually thinking about finally giving you some answers, but now forget it weasel." The redhead spun around to storm off but Eddie grabbed her arm. "Let go of me!"
"Not until you let me explain! I was only talking to KT because she was helping me get over something. Why do you care if I talk to her anyways, Yacker? You dumped me, remember? As for Willow, she's Willow. No one can explain her, really. I was just looking out for you, Patricia." She rolled her eyes.
"And why do you care what happens to me then?"
"Because I care about you! I like you, Patricia; a lot. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"Where have I heard that before?" she mumbled, her anger slowly turning more into sadness. Eddie snickered.
"I can't believe you. What did I do, Patricia? Can you just tell me that? Or even just give me a hint?" She yanked her arm out of Eddie's grasp.
"You know, sometimes it's not what you do, but what you say. Just leave me alone, Eddie." Her blue eyes were watery, just a few seconds shy of water works. She ran upstairs without saying another word to Eddie. The blonde ran both hands through his hair in frustration while trying to think about what he could've possibly said to upset her over the break. He made his way to his own room and slammed the door behind him. Letting out a groan he let himself fall onto his bed face first, buried into the pillows.
"Worst day of my life? No. Close enough? Most definitely. Ugh." Eddie groaned into the pillow once more before rolling over onto his back and staring up at the ceiling. Could the day get any worse? Oh yes; yes it could. That was the problem.
Did I do something stupid? Yeah, girl, if I blew it. Just tell me what I did, let's work through it. There's got to be some way to get you to want me like before.
