Bonnibel?
My jaw hangs open, as I continue to look at her. Dang Bonnibel has grown up, I think to myself. She turns back to talk the teacher. Then teacher points out a seat across the table from me. So she walks over slowly, and I can't help but watch her. I feel this warm sensation in my stomach that I have never felt before. It was odd but I kind of liked it. She doesn't look over at me the whole time she walks over. She sits down and takes out all of her stuff for class. Once that is down she looks up towards the board, and gently tucks a piece of her hair behind her ear. Maybe she did not recognize me, I had changed a lot since I saw her last. I turn my attention towards the teacher and try to make sense of what she is teaching, but I'm honestly lost. After a bit, the teacher passes out a worksheet to do. I look at it and I wonder to myself if it in a foreign language. I write my name then continue to stare at it. I can feel eyes looking at me, I look up to see those blue eyes looking at me. She looks as if she is trying to figure something out. I blush and quickly look back down at my paper. I don't know why I was acting so weird but I was. A few minutes later she stands up and turns in the paper. She comes back and sits down and looks at me once again. "Would you like some help?" she asks gently. I shake my head, "No, it's is cool, I need to figure it out on my own." Those were the only words I could come up with, she was making me really nervous. The bell rings and I gather my stuff up as quick as possible and head to my next class.
I think to myself as I walk, Bonnibel can't know who I am. I can't let her get so close again, I don't want her to get hurt. I sigh and look at the ground as I make my way to art. I go to the back of the class and sit down. A few minutes later Bonnibel and Lady come walking in. Lady was Jake's girlfriend. She was originally from North Korea, and she loved rainbows for some reason. For the most part she could only speak Korean, so her and Jake became close because he could speak it as well. When Bonnibel was walking with her it had surprised me a bit, who knew she would know Korean too. They laugh as the sit in a nearby table together. Bonnibel looks over at me and smiles. The weird feeling in my stomach comes back and my face felt hot. I looked away from her down at one of my drawings, I had been working on. It was the old white fence, where I had meet Bonnibel. My bass was leaned against one of the poles in the picture. I started to work on it as class started.
Lunch was next. I found Marshall in the middle of the cafeteria waiting for me, he didn't look happy. I made my way over to him and sat beside him on the table. "Gumball is here." Is the first thing he said to me. "I know, why aren't you happy?" I ask a little surprised. He looks up at me with his crimson red eyes, that were exactly like mine, "Come on Marcy you know that they could get hurt if we let them get close again, I can't go through that again." I nodded my head because I understood what he was going through. We both never know when we might have to leave, we were dangerous and attracted a lot of dangerous people. He looks around the room and sees Gumball, he looked confused. Then Gumball looks right at Marshall and his face lights up. He starts making his way over here. Marshall starts to grab his bag, he was trying to leave. I grab the bag from him and say, "You can't keep doing this to yourself, I know how you feel about him. We won't leave again, I promise that much, we can protect them for anyone that comes here." I look into his eyes and add on, "We will fight for him." I look at his face as it relaxes from the pained expression he was wearing a minute ago. "Marshall!" I hear Gumball say excitedly as he hugs Marshall. "I- what are you doing here?" Marshall asks as he hugs Gumball back. They pull apart and they sit at the table, "My fathers company was moved here so we came here. I never expected to see you again." He then punches Marshall, "That is for not even saying goodbye to me, you butt." They laugh and I can see that Marshall is truly happy. I grab my bag and leave them so they can catch up. I head outside and sit under a big tree. I put my headphones in and close my eyes.
"Marshall! Where is Simon?" I ask Marshall while we hide, under a table, in fear. "I don't know." He replies. I hear footsteps getting closer and closer. I clutch onto Hambo tighter. We were going to die, I thought to myself. Simon lied to us, e said he was always going to be there for us, but he left us. Just like our father. The door opens slowly and I hear the creaks of the floor under boots. I smell smoke and alcohol. "Kids, come out." A man says in a husky voice. The voice sends shivers down my back. The man bends down to look under the table we were hiding under. His red eyes staring at our green ones.
I open my eyes back up as I feel a tap on my shoulder, I look up to see Marshall. I take out my headphones and ask, "What?" He smiles and sits beside me, "You know Bonnibel was in there looking for you. She did not recognize you I guess, this morning. It was probably because you don't look like a boy anymore." He laughs at the last part and I punch his arm while I join in on his laughter. "I don't know if I am ready to face her yet, honestly." I say scratching the back of my neck, I continue when he gives me a confused look, "I just don't know if I am ready to let people get close, you know? I don't want to get hurt like I have before." He gives me an understanding smile and then says, "Well if she is anything like Gumball, then she won't hurt you, trust me on this." He stands up and helps me up. "Ok." I say then grab my backpack and put it on my shoulders. We start to walk back inside.
I get nervous as we approach the table, Bonnibel looks up when she sees me. Her blue eyes looking into my red ones. I try to swallow the lump in my throat, but am unsuccessful. Bonnibel slowly makes her way over to me. "Hey." She says shyly to me. I scratch the back of my neck nervously, "Hey long time no see, Bonnibel." She blushes while I say that then she punches me lightly in the stomach. She laughs and steps into me to hug me. I was a little shocked at first but then hug her back. She smelled like strawberry bubblegum. She whispered to me, "I've missed you." I smile and hug her tighter.
