Long Live Life
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Our friend Luna is about to start her first day at her new school. I think you guys can tell what happens there.
Chapter 2 – Why?
Luna's POV
The drive to my high school was only twenty minutes as mom pulled over in front of the school. There it is; Lakeville South High School, where I'll be soon labeled as an outsider.
"Okay Luna, you have a good day." Mom said. "Have fun and just be you."
"I will." I said getting my backpack ready.
"Bye Luna, good luck!" Korrina said smiling to me.
"You too." I said giving one in return. "I love you guys, bye." Mom and Korrina said the same thing as I got out of the car with my bag ready behind me. I watch as mom drove off with Korrina as my little sister turned to wave to me before they disappeared. I waved back and sighed as I turn around facing the building. I took a deep breath. Here we go. I thought and with that, I walked inside the building.
I walked down the hallways where I was following the way to the main office. I was able to find it and walked inside to see a woman probably in her late thirties behind the desk as her eyes are on the computer. I went up to her and gave her my name and the lady gave me my schedule, a map of the campus and a slip for the teachers to sign and turn in before the end of the day. I exited the office and looked at my schedule.
Luna Rainbow Snow
Class: Freshmen
Period 1: History
Period 2: P.E.
Period 3: Biology
Lunch
Period 4: English
Period 5: Algebra
I sighed as I read through my schedule and it wasn't because of the classes. According to my parents, I have a beautiful name for a beautiful girl, but I'm anything but beautiful. I'm just a plain girl who is not meant to have friends, or to be loved. That's why everyone at my old school picks on me led by… him.
I shook my head off from my thoughts and started heading to my locker I was assigned to. As I walked down the hallway that is filled with students, heads turn in my direction. Whispering began and that's when I turned a bit red as my head hung down. I should've known. They're probably talking about me and are already putting me down. I walked a bit faster and made it to my locker putting some of my books in and then made it to my class.
History wasn't so bad and that was because I wasn't being introduced in front of the whole class. It was boring though. I mean this is history. Gym was… I guess you could say alright if you count meeting this girl in my class who walked up to me with her friends and wanted to be sure I understand that she's a big deal in this school. Her name's Brittany McKay and I'm already feeling intimidated by her but I do my best not to make a big deal out of it as much as possible. I just pray I don't have any problems with her otherwise I'll be her big target like what happened to me before.
My thoughts on my encounter with Brittany was interrupted when I wasn't paying attention walking to my next class until a locker door opened right at my face causing me to stumble but thankfully didn't fall down.
"Oh god, are you okay? I'm so sorry!" A guy said.
"N-No, don't be. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going until I hit your locker." I said.
"What do you have against my locker?" The guy chuckled.
"Apparently, my forehead." I said rubbing on the place where it hurts. I was able to see who this person was and I am facing a guy with chestnut brown hair in a style of natural waves with short sides wearing a blue and grey long sleeve polo shirt and black jeans.
"Again, I'm so sorry about that." The guy said.
"Its fine, no worries." I said giving him a polite smile. The guy looked at me for a second and had that look of realization.
"Hey, you're Luna Snow, aren't you?"
"Yeah, how did you know?" I said in surprised. I didn't think anyone would know of my arrival.
"Your mother is Maureen Snow, right? I met her over the weekend. She works with my dad at the hospital. She told me you would be coming here. I just had to find a girl with brown and red hair." He said smiling.
"Um yeah, that would be me." I said shyly.
"I'm Damien Grant. Nice to meet you." He said holding out his hand.
"Same here." I said shaking his hand. For some reason, I feel comfortable with this guy. He seems nice.
"What class do you have next?" Damien asked.
"Biology with Roberts." I said.
"So do I. You wanna walk together?" He asked.
"Sure." I said smiling. Okay, so maybe this isn't so bad.
I got to sit next to Damien in Biology and the class there was nice. I can't believe I actually made a friend in school. Damien is such a nice guy and a good person to talk to. By the time class ended, the bell rang signaling for lunch. Damien and I walked together to the cafeteria where everyone is at. We got our lunch and found a table together.
"So how are you liking the school?" Damien asked as we sat down.
"It's okay I guess, minus this Brittany girl." I said unwrapping my turkey sandwich.
"Yeah, excuse the bitch. She thinks she's all that just because her family works at Star 101.5. She gets free access to meet famous artist making her to believe she's famous." Damien said shaking his head before he took a bite of his burger. "She's like this to everyone here."
"I'm pretty sure I became her favorite." I said.
"Brittany doesn't have favorites unless it involves boys." Damien said.
"Trust me, I'm sure that it's possible. It's pretty much like at my old school." I said.
"Let me guess, you're an outsider to everyone and gets picked on." Damien said causing me to almost choke from my sip of water.
"Okay how did you know that?" I asked. Just what else does this guy know about me?
Damien grinned as he said, "I'm pretty much an outsider too. I got picked on when I was young but as freshmen year started, it just died out, not completely."
"I'm sorry." I said. How could someone so kind be an outsider? Who knew there would be someone I can relate to.
"It's cool. It doesn't really bother me much. I just wish I could have at least one friend at this school." Damien said taking another bite of his lunch.
"And you're friends with me." I smiled.
"Yeah, I sure did." Damien smiled.
Damien and I continued talking; just getting to know one another. Like he lost his mother when he was five due to a car accident and it was just him and his dad. See, we pretty much relate. As we continued chatting, my eyes caught the attention coming from outside.
Walking towards the door were a group of students. There are like five boys and five girls walking gracefully as if they were walking in slow motion with the wind blowing through their hairs like in those movies especially how they are dressed. The main thing about them is that they are all beautiful, like very beautiful.
"Hey Damien, who are those people?" I asked pointing to the students outside. Damien turned to where I was pointing and caught on turning back to me.
"It's no surprises that you're curious about the Cullens." He chuckled. "Yeah, they're foster kids to Carlisle and Esme. Carlisle works with our parents. They moved here from Alaska about three years ago I think."
"Are they all related? They look… similar." I said seeing that they all look nothing alike yet they all have pale skin and their appearances look similar.
"Most of them are. I know it looks hard to believe but if you think that's weird, then get this; almost every one of them are dating each other." Damien said causing my eyes to widened. "I'm not kidding. They're like together, together and they even live together. Apparently it seems legal to Carlisle." He turned his head just to see the Cullens coming inside. "Okay, take these first two for example." He said turning back facing me as he leaned closer and I followed his lead as we both looked at the Cullens.
"The beautiful blonde girl is Rosalie Hale and she's a senior. She's dating the big guy Emmett Cullen who is also a senior. I think they make a great couple if you know what I mean." Damien said pointing out to a blonde girl that has an elegant figure like a model who is beautiful, like beautiful beyond normal and a big burly guy with dark curly hair that the way his muscles look are intimidating. And he's right, those two do make a good couple; a big muscle man and an extremely beautiful woman sure fits. I saw the guy Emmett grinned as the girl Rosalie smiled while making their way together sitting down at a table a few feet from where Damien and I are sitting.
"Okay the next two, the tiny girl is Alice, Emmett's younger sister and she's a junior. Be careful with Alice, she's serious about fashion. Good luck trying to avoid her because she always knows where to find you. Trust me, I tried. She's with Jasper, Rosalie's twin brother." Damien said as the girl who looks like a pixie with short black hair walks in with the guy who does look like Rosalie as they held hand in hand. Jasper smiled as he gave Alice a twirl halfway across before they reached the table where Emmett and Rosalie are sitting and sat with them.
"Now coming in is Edward Cullen. He's Emmett's younger brother who is ten months older than Alice and he's in the same class level as her. He's with Bella Swan. She's a family friend's daughter who is studying in France leaving Carlisle and Esme as her guardians and is also a junior." Damien said as a guy with bronze hair who looks like that Greek God walked in with a beautiful girl with brown hair. They both just looked at each other with such love as they both sat down with the others.
"Next up are these two. The guy with the spiky hair is Lucas Stone, Bella's cousin. He's with this black hair girl Krystal Diamond, Esme's niece. Both of them are juniors." Damien said and soon a guy with spiky brown hair who looks like a teen model walked in with a girl with long jet black hair who is like second to mostly beautiful to Rosalie probably pose as a movie star. As they made their way to the table where the others are, Lucas smirked to Krystal causing her to have that look like she blushed before they sat down.
"Here's a twist for ya." Damien said as two more came in. "The guy with ash blonde hair or whatever is Bryce Summers, Carlisle's nephew. He's a senior and he's dating Carlisle's goddaughter Lucina Stewart-Long who is a sophomore." He said as we watch the guy with ash blonde hair who looks like one of those angels from the anime holding hands with a girl with long brunette hair looking like Kylie Jenner in her teens. The thing about Lucina is that her skin is less pale than the others which is odd. I watch as those two joined the others and that's when I saw someone else outside.
"Do you know anything about those two?" I asked pointing at them and Damien looked to see.
"Yeah, those are the Blacks. They're the Cullen's cousins. Would you believe they are in our class?" Damien asked.
No way, is he sure? I looked at the guy who must be about six feet tall. His skin is in a color of russet although it's a bit lighter. His body is toned and muscular but balanced and his hair is black short with a hint of bronze highlights at the tip. The girl looks similar to the boy except her hair is about short passed shoulder length. The boy laughs when he came in as the girl comes in and punches his arm in annoyance.
"The guy is Evan Black and that's his twin sister Sarah Rose Black, the most beautiful girl… with amazing hair… the smell of strawberries… and perfect smile, in our class." Damien said looking a bit dazed as his eyes were on Sarah as she and Evan joined the others at their table. Damien shook his head to snap out of it and turned back to me.
"Carlisle is like a… foster dad/matchmaker. Who knows, maybe he'll adopt me and pair me up with… Sarah." Damien said as I saw his cheeks blushed. Maybe I'll help Damien with his crush to repay him for his kindness to me. I was giggling softly until I saw someone else who looks like the Cullens walking towards the door.
"Hey, what about him?" I asked and next thing that happened is that everything inside of me just froze as the boy walked in and looked up. This boy is extremely beautiful as the Cullens but not as pale similar to Lucina but a bit more, like his skin is between hers and the Cullens. He looks a bit like her except he has the same ash blonde hair as Bryce.
Damien turned and returned to me snapping me out of my trance.
"Oh that's Lucien Summers, Bryce's younger brother. He's in my Algebra class." Damien said like it was nothing as he took a bite out of his lunch. "One step into the room and girls here swoon over him."
I watch as the guy Lucien sighed walking his way over to where everyone is sitting and sat down slouching with hands in his pockets. He just looked down as the rest of the Cullens were talking. I saw Emmett get hit in the head caused by Rosalie as the others laugh at those two. I was able to pull myself together and turned to Damien.
"Um… are they always like this? You know… distant?" I asked.
"Yeah, they pretty much keep to themselves." Damien said. "They don't really associate with others, or even talk to others unless spoken to. Sarah never notices me and she sits next to me in all of my classes minus Biology." He said sighing sadly.
I turned to look at the Cullens again and saw Lucien in the same position he was in. He was sitting next to Bryce who is sitting next to Lucina on his other side. Bryce placed his hand on Lucien's shoulder as he and Lucina both had a look of concern. I wonder what's wrong. I don't know why but I continued staring at Lucien; he's wearing a thin grey hoodie with black long sleeves rolled up to his elbows and dark blue faded skinny jeans, white Converse shoes, his left hand has a digital Calvin Klein watch and his hair is straight and is a bit messy.
I sighed seeing how beautiful he is and the way Damien talks about the Cullens, they must be popular in a way. Obviously they wouldn't like me. No one would like me apart for Damien. No one has. I looked away just the bell rang ending lunch.
"Do you know where Mr. Reed is for English?" I asked him after we dumped our trays.
"Yeah, you take the upper A hall. I'll see you later Luna." Damien said.
"Bye." I said and we went our separate ways to class. I might have gotten a little lost but I made it to my class just as the minute warning bell rang.
"Ah yes, Ms. Snow," Mr. Reed said when I handed him my slip for him to sign. He did and gave it back to me. "You can sit with Mr. Summers over there." Wait what?!
I turned and there he was sitting near the window in the same position he was in at lunch with a notebook and mechanical pencil laid out on his desk. My heart started beating uncontrollably. I might be hyperventilating but I wasn't showing.
I started making my way slowly to my seat hopefully Lucien wouldn't notice. I was wrong when he lifted his head and saw me. His expression was different than at lunch; it changed like he's not depressed anymore and now curious. Oh god no, why? I looked down as I finally made it to my seat and start pulling out my notebook. As it my hair read my mind, it covered my face mostly to prevent Lucien from staring at me.
Class began and I just listen to Mr. Reed's lecture. He's doing all of this like he did nothing wrong. How am I supposed to focus with Lucien next to me? I couldn't even stand sitting this close to him. I saw from the corner of my eye through my hair that Lucien is still looking at me and it started to make me tremble. Why is he looking at me? Oh my gosh, what did I ever do to deserve this?
After what felt like forever, the bell rang ending class and I quickly gathered my things leaving the class before I embarrass myself even more in front of him. Once I was far away from the classroom, I took several deep breaths to calm myself down and made my way to Algebra class.
What is wrong with me? Why am I acting like this? I've never been like this at all. Why does Lucien have so much affect on me? Why should it affect me? Lucien and I are totally different people from different worlds. It's like Damien said, he and the Cullens don't associate with others. Look at him and Sarah. She doesn't sound interested in him. That goes the same for me and Lucien. That's how different we are from each other and the less I see Lucien, the more I will probably realize how ridiculous I'm being having this silly crush. That's what led me to what happened back home in Portland which is why I know what to do after school.
After my final class ended, so has school and I made my way to the main office to turn in my slip all my teachers have signed. I saw the same woman from before, Mrs. Ketchum at her desk talking on the phone. She saw me and told the person on the phone she had to go and hung up as I came up to her.
"Good afternoon Luna, how was your first day? Did you find everything okay?" Mrs. Ketchum asked with a warm smile.
"Hi, my day went well. I do like it here but I do have a problem with my schedule though." I said giving her my slip.
"Oh sure dear, what kind of problem?" Mrs. Ketchum asked.
"Um, I was wondering if I could change the time for my English class." I said.
Mrs. Ketchum raised an eyebrow. "Well what's the matter with that class? Do you have a problem with… Mr. Reed?" She asked.
"What, no I don't have a problem with him it's just… I would really like to have it at a different time if that's possible." I said hoping that's reasonable enough.
"Well I'm sorry dear but most of the other English classes in your grade are all filled, so there's no room. And since you don't have a problem with Mr. Reed, then I can't see why you would want to change it." Mrs. Ketchum said with an apologetic look.
"Can't you just switch my classes, please?" I asked knowing that there was no hope. I was gonna be stuck with this boy for the rest of the year giving me a reason to fail. I guess I might be retaking that class in future.
"I'm sorry dear. Maybe this problem needs to be discussed between you and your teacher." Mrs. Ketchum said. I sighed and thanked her before I left the office. The moment I was out the door, I turned looking up and gasped. Oh no.
There was Lucien standing there staring at me except this time his expression was turn into a frown. I saw through his marine blue eyes that they held an emotion I couldn't quite read. I quickly apologized for almost bumping into him and walked past him and headed to the main door. As soon as I was outside, I took off running towards the bus ignoring the glances from people until I made inside the yellow vehicle. As soon as everyone was in, the bus pulled out of the school parking lot and as it did, I looked out the window to see Lucien coming out of the building looking at my direction with the same facial expression. I turned away and let the bus drive me home, away from Lucien.
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