Sitting at our lunch table laughing at my antics were Abby, Laur, Nikky,
and the rest of our lunchtime gang. Me and Abby are the only original
sailors left after Stacy moved, but the rest of our group were really close
friends and we loved 'em.
Oh, sorry. I should explain the sailors comment. You see, for a long time, there were four of us in a really close group of friends, and we called ourselves the sailors, because we used to watch Sailor Moon every day. We knew it was kind of a stupid show, but I still like it anyway. If they hadn't taken it off-air I'd probably still be watching it. So anyway, we each were from a different planet. I was Mercury, Abby was the Moon, Laur was Jupiter, and Stace was Venus. We had 'Sailor Scout meetings' and lots of fun... but then Stacie moved away. It was horrible, one of the Inner Sailors leaving, and we all threw her a going-away party, just the scouts. Then we became the Inner Council, of three members, a term we made up because we just weren't as Scouty without Sailor V. We got together to discuss our country (we were the government) and just hang out; we even had symbols of office. Until we lost another member, Lauren. I know what your thinking, because I'm psychic. We're still friends, and I DID say she sits with us at lunch, but she's drifted away. I love her just as much as always, but lately she's been rather cold, especially to Abbs. It's been hard for my Abby.
I had worn my hoody from musical that day, so I was doing my hermit bit, acting it out and narrating. "I've lived in a cave all my life, putting together a book of wise hermit wisdoms to share with the world. So I came out, even though I hadn't seen a human in 15 years...." Here I pretended to notice my friends. "AQQUGH! People! Shuuuuuun!" Run away! They cracked up, because of course I'm always funny. ::wink:: I think of original stuff off the top of my head and go with it. Sometimes I embarrassed people, but in the end my friends love it. I'm the comic relief from whatever's bothering them. Whenever they're blue, I'll cheer 'em up. In fact, a lot of my friends doubt that I'm ever sad or have a bad day. I like that, but like I've said before, no one can be happy all the time.
"Wow Lainy girl, you're good at making people laugh, I bet you would rock as a comedian!" Nikky chuckled, wiping her eyes.
Which was, though I hadn't told them, my dream. Might sound stupid to you, I guess, a stand-up comedian, that's a kid's dream, but I don't think so- because it's MY dream. And I can do it.
"Lina?" if you hadn't guessed, that's another of my nicknames, "The moon to planet mercury, could you patch us through to Lina? WAS IT MY FEET THAT DROVE YOU AWAY!!!??"
That was, of course, Abbsies.
"Yes it was your feet, PU! But I'm back anyway." Pause for effect. Wait, what did I NOT do yesterday? "Omigish! I didn't finish my homework!" While I frantically checked the time and scrambled for my assignment, Nikky turned to Jessica and asked, "OmiGISH?"
Phew, all done. Just as the bell rings. I stood up to rush off to my next class, English, and ran right ::bang:: into the chest of some guy who had been walking past. Oh hell, I thought as he fell down, that's the third time today.
I leaned over and offered a hand to help him up. "Sorry about that, unfortunately it seems to happen to people around me quite a lot. Must be my feet."
"That's alright," he said, smiling through intriguing green eyes and flipping his fiery red bangs out of his way, "I think I enjoyed the experience. It's not every day you get knocked over by a five foot firebrand, especially if you're 5'9."
He was referring to my wild, but the same shade of red, hair. I have green eyes, too.
"It's always nice to be unique. I'm Alaina, also known as Lina, Lainy, or anything else that uses at least two letters in my actual name."
He didn't volunteer his name; he just smiled mysteriously. Blunt person that I am, I called him on it. "This is when you give your name. Hey! We look a lot alike, maybe I can use 'twin ESP' to figure it out." I hummed and shut my eyes, singing a song that came to mind. People might hear me, but I didn't care. If they don't like who I am, they can go hang.
And now we've grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell your name.
With my eyes still shut I finished the song, and waited for him to give up and tell me so I could get to class already, sheesh!
I felt the softest caress on my lips as he bent down and kissed me. Ok, who does this guy think he is?! I don't take that kind of crap from anyone! My eyes snapped open and I pushed him away from me.
"Now why'd you go and do that?!" I demanded, wiping my mouth.
"What?" He looked shocked that I refused his advance.
"Arrogant bugger, I have more self- respect for myself than that. You think I'm gonna let a guy whose name I don't even know get away with that? I don't think so! I like you though, so I'll give you another for what I'd intended, which is FRIENDship. Can you respect that or are you going to be jumping me all the time?"
His eyes flashed at me angrily, "Hey, I didn't mean to kiss you, it just happened! You think I'd kiss just any girl I happened to see?! I was just going to bend down and tell you who I am!"
Too abruptly I dropped my indignation and was totally friendly again. "Which is?" I smiled sweetly.
He blinked a couple times and then laughed.
"Ok, you win, Lina, I'm sorry. My name's Ray."
We were so like each other, it was uncanny; making it the perfect friendship from my point of view. After 'the incident', I realized we had three classes together, and we started alternating sitting with his group of friends or mine during lunch. We had so much fun, and me being me, I was totally relaxed around him.
From his point of view, though? I think he couldn't let go of the kiss as easily as I did. He wanted more than friendship, and he knew there was no way I would let anything more happen. He was stuck, and I'm sorry to say that I didn't notice. If I had, I might have been sympathetic, but I'd tell him what I'd learned.
Sometimes you just have to let it go.
Oh, sorry. I should explain the sailors comment. You see, for a long time, there were four of us in a really close group of friends, and we called ourselves the sailors, because we used to watch Sailor Moon every day. We knew it was kind of a stupid show, but I still like it anyway. If they hadn't taken it off-air I'd probably still be watching it. So anyway, we each were from a different planet. I was Mercury, Abby was the Moon, Laur was Jupiter, and Stace was Venus. We had 'Sailor Scout meetings' and lots of fun... but then Stacie moved away. It was horrible, one of the Inner Sailors leaving, and we all threw her a going-away party, just the scouts. Then we became the Inner Council, of three members, a term we made up because we just weren't as Scouty without Sailor V. We got together to discuss our country (we were the government) and just hang out; we even had symbols of office. Until we lost another member, Lauren. I know what your thinking, because I'm psychic. We're still friends, and I DID say she sits with us at lunch, but she's drifted away. I love her just as much as always, but lately she's been rather cold, especially to Abbs. It's been hard for my Abby.
I had worn my hoody from musical that day, so I was doing my hermit bit, acting it out and narrating. "I've lived in a cave all my life, putting together a book of wise hermit wisdoms to share with the world. So I came out, even though I hadn't seen a human in 15 years...." Here I pretended to notice my friends. "AQQUGH! People! Shuuuuuun!" Run away! They cracked up, because of course I'm always funny. ::wink:: I think of original stuff off the top of my head and go with it. Sometimes I embarrassed people, but in the end my friends love it. I'm the comic relief from whatever's bothering them. Whenever they're blue, I'll cheer 'em up. In fact, a lot of my friends doubt that I'm ever sad or have a bad day. I like that, but like I've said before, no one can be happy all the time.
"Wow Lainy girl, you're good at making people laugh, I bet you would rock as a comedian!" Nikky chuckled, wiping her eyes.
Which was, though I hadn't told them, my dream. Might sound stupid to you, I guess, a stand-up comedian, that's a kid's dream, but I don't think so- because it's MY dream. And I can do it.
"Lina?" if you hadn't guessed, that's another of my nicknames, "The moon to planet mercury, could you patch us through to Lina? WAS IT MY FEET THAT DROVE YOU AWAY!!!??"
That was, of course, Abbsies.
"Yes it was your feet, PU! But I'm back anyway." Pause for effect. Wait, what did I NOT do yesterday? "Omigish! I didn't finish my homework!" While I frantically checked the time and scrambled for my assignment, Nikky turned to Jessica and asked, "OmiGISH?"
Phew, all done. Just as the bell rings. I stood up to rush off to my next class, English, and ran right ::bang:: into the chest of some guy who had been walking past. Oh hell, I thought as he fell down, that's the third time today.
I leaned over and offered a hand to help him up. "Sorry about that, unfortunately it seems to happen to people around me quite a lot. Must be my feet."
"That's alright," he said, smiling through intriguing green eyes and flipping his fiery red bangs out of his way, "I think I enjoyed the experience. It's not every day you get knocked over by a five foot firebrand, especially if you're 5'9."
He was referring to my wild, but the same shade of red, hair. I have green eyes, too.
"It's always nice to be unique. I'm Alaina, also known as Lina, Lainy, or anything else that uses at least two letters in my actual name."
He didn't volunteer his name; he just smiled mysteriously. Blunt person that I am, I called him on it. "This is when you give your name. Hey! We look a lot alike, maybe I can use 'twin ESP' to figure it out." I hummed and shut my eyes, singing a song that came to mind. People might hear me, but I didn't care. If they don't like who I am, they can go hang.
And now we've grown up orphans
That never knew their names
We don't belong to no one
That's a shame
But you could hide beside me
Maybe for a while
And I won't tell your name.
With my eyes still shut I finished the song, and waited for him to give up and tell me so I could get to class already, sheesh!
I felt the softest caress on my lips as he bent down and kissed me. Ok, who does this guy think he is?! I don't take that kind of crap from anyone! My eyes snapped open and I pushed him away from me.
"Now why'd you go and do that?!" I demanded, wiping my mouth.
"What?" He looked shocked that I refused his advance.
"Arrogant bugger, I have more self- respect for myself than that. You think I'm gonna let a guy whose name I don't even know get away with that? I don't think so! I like you though, so I'll give you another for what I'd intended, which is FRIENDship. Can you respect that or are you going to be jumping me all the time?"
His eyes flashed at me angrily, "Hey, I didn't mean to kiss you, it just happened! You think I'd kiss just any girl I happened to see?! I was just going to bend down and tell you who I am!"
Too abruptly I dropped my indignation and was totally friendly again. "Which is?" I smiled sweetly.
He blinked a couple times and then laughed.
"Ok, you win, Lina, I'm sorry. My name's Ray."
We were so like each other, it was uncanny; making it the perfect friendship from my point of view. After 'the incident', I realized we had three classes together, and we started alternating sitting with his group of friends or mine during lunch. We had so much fun, and me being me, I was totally relaxed around him.
From his point of view, though? I think he couldn't let go of the kiss as easily as I did. He wanted more than friendship, and he knew there was no way I would let anything more happen. He was stuck, and I'm sorry to say that I didn't notice. If I had, I might have been sympathetic, but I'd tell him what I'd learned.
Sometimes you just have to let it go.