~~~Happening Again ((~~:Flashback... ~~:: End Flashback))
-Never Really There Nor Here-
I sat up. There's school today. I looked at my clock. 5:55. No. I don't want to go. I lied down again and closed my eyes...
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"Naury!"
I spun around. There was Danny, the junior that had been chasing me since I came back. Why would a junior be interested in a freshman?
I don't know. All I know is that he truely annoyed me sometimes, chasing me around.
"Naury... I've been chasing you! Didn't you here me calling you?"
"Oops?" I said. I heard him alright, and I had the biggest urge to slap him really hard across the face.
"Why do you have to be like that?"
"Be like what?"
"I've asked you out like twenty times, Naury! I really want to take you out. I really like you," He said, putting his cupping my chin in his hand.
I turned away.
"Well I don't like you. Now go away and go bother some other girl." I said, and with that I turned heel and ran. He doesn't get it. Don't get me wrong, I like him a LOT, but it feels weird. Ever since I came back from Middle- earth guys have been asking me out when before they just ignored me.
I stopped at my locker. Its takes me forever to open these things. I turned it to zero like five times.
"22... 36... 22..." I said to myself, and then pulled. Thankfully enough, it opened. I took out my black sweater and put it on. From the corner of my eye, I saw Lilly.
"Hey, what's wrong?" She asked. I sighed. "Oh..." She said, getting the point. "Naury, maybe if you go out with him, and get to know him, maybe you might see that he's a nice guy. And you and me both know that he's not the only one obsessed. You're completely head over heels for that guy. Why don't you want to go out with him?"
I sighed again. If I told Lilly, she'll think I'm crazy. But the reason that I didn't want to even look at Danny because something told me that I couldn't find love in this world. I just couldn't. It wasn't right. After seeing the beauty of Middle-earth, how could I be satisfied with this decaying world?
"I don't know. I just want to go out with someone my age," I lied. As much as I hated lying to my best friend, telling her the truth would make her think I'm crazy.
"Look, ever since you came back here in February, you've seriously changed. You don't curse anymore, your sense in style has completely changed, like for example, stripes and plaids do NOT match!" Lilly said.
"I don't care if they match or not, they are clothes after all, are they not?"
"Are they not? What the fuck are you talking about? Are you on something?"
"No, I am not... drugs are a waste of time." I said, beggining to lose my temper as well.
The bell rung. Time to go home. Finally.
"Naury, are you coming over my house or not?" Lilly said, trying to change the subject. I shook my head.
"I got to finish that project for history, I'm failing that class as it is."
"How can you be failing history? That class is the easiest we have!" she said, almost screaming.
"I do not know. The history of this world is complete bullshit."
"You said bullshit! Yay!" Lilly screamed, skipping away. I shook my head. That girl can bring out the worst in me, but she also made me smile.
I looked around. The halls were packed with kids talking, getting books out of their lockers and some trying to get outside.
I didn't see Danny anywhere. Now was my chance to run for it. I grabbed my history book, closed my locker and ran outside. I was stopped by Erick.
"Hi, Erick."
"Hi... Have you seen Lilly?" he asked me.
"Yeah, actually, I just did, at my locker. Tell your friend Danny to leave me the hell alone. I seriously don't want to go out with him," I said.
Erick looked taken aback. "Okay..."
"Lilly went that way," I said, rolling my eyes and pointing towards where she ran off to.
"Thanks, Naury! You're the best!" He said, blowing me a kiss and running off. I can't believe that Lilly had stayed with him that long. Lilly... with a football player. Yuck. Don't get me wrong and all, Erick was a nice guy and all, but football players aren't my type. I don't even think I have a type.
I noticed that it was hot out. I took off my sweater and I received a couple of "Yeah! Take it off baby! Strip for us Naury!". I was seriously not born with enough middle fingers. I just used the ones that I had.
When I walked over to where the buses were, I looked for mine. 7034... it was located on the inside. I walked. 7035... 7456... 7042... no 7034. I had missed my bus.
"Dammit!" I spat. Now I had to walk more than 20 blocks in the killer Miami afternoon sun.
I started to walk. Thoughts of Middle-earth took my mind off the walking. Images of the cold wind of Caradhras spun around in my head. I didn't notice the car pulling up in front of me.
"Hi Naury! Care for a ride home?"
I looked into the 1989 Cadillac. It was Danny. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. As much as I wanted to save myself from walking, I wasn't willing to get in a car with Danny.
Five minutes later. He's STILL following me.
"Danny, go AWAY!" I yelled.
"No! I'll feel too bad if I leave you like this!" He said, his green eyes pleading. I sighed and got in the car. I dropped my books at my feet and put on my seatbelt. He started to drive, his eyes smiling with his victory.
The car ride was pleasant. It was quiet for about two minutes.
"Naury, give me one good reason why you don't want to go out with me," He said, breaking the uncomfortable silence. He turned off the radio that was playing my favorite song, 'Polly' by Nirvana.
"Hey! I was listening to that!"
"I don't care. You have their CD, as if you don't need a reminder." he said with his voice hinting annoyance. Maybe... maybe if I annoyed him enough he would get sick of me!
"Are we there yet?" I asked, remembering the time I started asking Legolas that. I smiled. Danny smiled back, thinking I was smiling at him. Eww...
He turned into an empty parking lot, stopped the car, and turned to look at me.
"Okay. Tell me now." he said.
I hesitated. What if I told him the truth?
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I opened my eyes and shook my head. I looked at the clock. 9 o' clock. I sighed. There went the bus... oh well. School is stupid anyways. I smiled at the memory I just had. I told Danny everything, and he believed me.
Now he was my boyfriend. My boyfriend of like what, four years? I don't know. He graduated from college, and after I graduate from college, he said he'll ask me to marry him.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for the mushy stuff, but he planned this all when I was still 15 years old. I was still a kid!
I got up from my bed. I took a long shower. Then I quickly changed into whatever was in my closet, which was one of those courduroy miniskirts with a plain black tank top. I put my hair up in a messy bun and put on a jacket. I walked over to my dresser and applied some mascara and eyeliner on me. I went for that dark eye look. I put on some chapstick, threw my green Converses on and ran out of my room.
I went downstairs and ate some breakfast. I glanced at the microwave clock. 11:56. I would be in 4th period math right now. I looked through my purse. I took out my cell phone and called Danny.
"Hey Naury!" I heard him say. "Wait.. How come you're not at school?"
"I didn't feel like going." I replied. He sighed.
"Naury... you're never going to graduate if you keep going at this pace."
"Gah, don't start with your lecture again! I get it enough from you, my mom, Lilly, and I wouldn't be surprised if my dog starts to... So, are you at home?"
"Yes, where else would I be?"
"Oh, I don't know, at work?"
"I have the day off."
"Can you come here to give me a ride to school?"
"Um... Sweetie, by the time I get there school's going to be over. How about I take you out?"
I almost sighed outloud. I did not want to see him at the moment. Just when I was over being in Middle-earth, now I wanted to go back. It was such a weird feeling.
"I can't go, Danny. I just remembered that I have to finish a project," I lied.
"Okay. Anything just as long you pass. Bye baby, I love you." he said and clicked. I shuddered. I hated when he called me baby. I felt... I don't know. I propped my elbows on the kitchen table and sighed. I needed to go somewhere and think.
There are no peaceful places in Miami... unless...
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A/N: Cliffy! Mwahaha! Whatcha think of the longest chapter I've ever written? Seriously, I'm so addicted to this story... Review please ^_^
Blackcatn2: Thanks for thinking my work is good, it makes me feel special ^_^ And as for the goth thing, I'm not goth, I'm more emo/punk but it doesn't matter, NO ONE should be called a freak... hope ya keep reviewing this story, thanks for your review ^_^
Selliya: I don't want to land in Middle-earth so soon, and I'm not sure about the whole 'marrying Legolas' thing, lol. Guess you'll just have to wait and see... ^_^ Thanks for you review!
-Never Really There Nor Here-
I sat up. There's school today. I looked at my clock. 5:55. No. I don't want to go. I lied down again and closed my eyes...
~~:
"Naury!"
I spun around. There was Danny, the junior that had been chasing me since I came back. Why would a junior be interested in a freshman?
I don't know. All I know is that he truely annoyed me sometimes, chasing me around.
"Naury... I've been chasing you! Didn't you here me calling you?"
"Oops?" I said. I heard him alright, and I had the biggest urge to slap him really hard across the face.
"Why do you have to be like that?"
"Be like what?"
"I've asked you out like twenty times, Naury! I really want to take you out. I really like you," He said, putting his cupping my chin in his hand.
I turned away.
"Well I don't like you. Now go away and go bother some other girl." I said, and with that I turned heel and ran. He doesn't get it. Don't get me wrong, I like him a LOT, but it feels weird. Ever since I came back from Middle- earth guys have been asking me out when before they just ignored me.
I stopped at my locker. Its takes me forever to open these things. I turned it to zero like five times.
"22... 36... 22..." I said to myself, and then pulled. Thankfully enough, it opened. I took out my black sweater and put it on. From the corner of my eye, I saw Lilly.
"Hey, what's wrong?" She asked. I sighed. "Oh..." She said, getting the point. "Naury, maybe if you go out with him, and get to know him, maybe you might see that he's a nice guy. And you and me both know that he's not the only one obsessed. You're completely head over heels for that guy. Why don't you want to go out with him?"
I sighed again. If I told Lilly, she'll think I'm crazy. But the reason that I didn't want to even look at Danny because something told me that I couldn't find love in this world. I just couldn't. It wasn't right. After seeing the beauty of Middle-earth, how could I be satisfied with this decaying world?
"I don't know. I just want to go out with someone my age," I lied. As much as I hated lying to my best friend, telling her the truth would make her think I'm crazy.
"Look, ever since you came back here in February, you've seriously changed. You don't curse anymore, your sense in style has completely changed, like for example, stripes and plaids do NOT match!" Lilly said.
"I don't care if they match or not, they are clothes after all, are they not?"
"Are they not? What the fuck are you talking about? Are you on something?"
"No, I am not... drugs are a waste of time." I said, beggining to lose my temper as well.
The bell rung. Time to go home. Finally.
"Naury, are you coming over my house or not?" Lilly said, trying to change the subject. I shook my head.
"I got to finish that project for history, I'm failing that class as it is."
"How can you be failing history? That class is the easiest we have!" she said, almost screaming.
"I do not know. The history of this world is complete bullshit."
"You said bullshit! Yay!" Lilly screamed, skipping away. I shook my head. That girl can bring out the worst in me, but she also made me smile.
I looked around. The halls were packed with kids talking, getting books out of their lockers and some trying to get outside.
I didn't see Danny anywhere. Now was my chance to run for it. I grabbed my history book, closed my locker and ran outside. I was stopped by Erick.
"Hi, Erick."
"Hi... Have you seen Lilly?" he asked me.
"Yeah, actually, I just did, at my locker. Tell your friend Danny to leave me the hell alone. I seriously don't want to go out with him," I said.
Erick looked taken aback. "Okay..."
"Lilly went that way," I said, rolling my eyes and pointing towards where she ran off to.
"Thanks, Naury! You're the best!" He said, blowing me a kiss and running off. I can't believe that Lilly had stayed with him that long. Lilly... with a football player. Yuck. Don't get me wrong and all, Erick was a nice guy and all, but football players aren't my type. I don't even think I have a type.
I noticed that it was hot out. I took off my sweater and I received a couple of "Yeah! Take it off baby! Strip for us Naury!". I was seriously not born with enough middle fingers. I just used the ones that I had.
When I walked over to where the buses were, I looked for mine. 7034... it was located on the inside. I walked. 7035... 7456... 7042... no 7034. I had missed my bus.
"Dammit!" I spat. Now I had to walk more than 20 blocks in the killer Miami afternoon sun.
I started to walk. Thoughts of Middle-earth took my mind off the walking. Images of the cold wind of Caradhras spun around in my head. I didn't notice the car pulling up in front of me.
"Hi Naury! Care for a ride home?"
I looked into the 1989 Cadillac. It was Danny. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. As much as I wanted to save myself from walking, I wasn't willing to get in a car with Danny.
Five minutes later. He's STILL following me.
"Danny, go AWAY!" I yelled.
"No! I'll feel too bad if I leave you like this!" He said, his green eyes pleading. I sighed and got in the car. I dropped my books at my feet and put on my seatbelt. He started to drive, his eyes smiling with his victory.
The car ride was pleasant. It was quiet for about two minutes.
"Naury, give me one good reason why you don't want to go out with me," He said, breaking the uncomfortable silence. He turned off the radio that was playing my favorite song, 'Polly' by Nirvana.
"Hey! I was listening to that!"
"I don't care. You have their CD, as if you don't need a reminder." he said with his voice hinting annoyance. Maybe... maybe if I annoyed him enough he would get sick of me!
"Are we there yet?" I asked, remembering the time I started asking Legolas that. I smiled. Danny smiled back, thinking I was smiling at him. Eww...
He turned into an empty parking lot, stopped the car, and turned to look at me.
"Okay. Tell me now." he said.
I hesitated. What if I told him the truth?
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I opened my eyes and shook my head. I looked at the clock. 9 o' clock. I sighed. There went the bus... oh well. School is stupid anyways. I smiled at the memory I just had. I told Danny everything, and he believed me.
Now he was my boyfriend. My boyfriend of like what, four years? I don't know. He graduated from college, and after I graduate from college, he said he'll ask me to marry him.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm all for the mushy stuff, but he planned this all when I was still 15 years old. I was still a kid!
I got up from my bed. I took a long shower. Then I quickly changed into whatever was in my closet, which was one of those courduroy miniskirts with a plain black tank top. I put my hair up in a messy bun and put on a jacket. I walked over to my dresser and applied some mascara and eyeliner on me. I went for that dark eye look. I put on some chapstick, threw my green Converses on and ran out of my room.
I went downstairs and ate some breakfast. I glanced at the microwave clock. 11:56. I would be in 4th period math right now. I looked through my purse. I took out my cell phone and called Danny.
"Hey Naury!" I heard him say. "Wait.. How come you're not at school?"
"I didn't feel like going." I replied. He sighed.
"Naury... you're never going to graduate if you keep going at this pace."
"Gah, don't start with your lecture again! I get it enough from you, my mom, Lilly, and I wouldn't be surprised if my dog starts to... So, are you at home?"
"Yes, where else would I be?"
"Oh, I don't know, at work?"
"I have the day off."
"Can you come here to give me a ride to school?"
"Um... Sweetie, by the time I get there school's going to be over. How about I take you out?"
I almost sighed outloud. I did not want to see him at the moment. Just when I was over being in Middle-earth, now I wanted to go back. It was such a weird feeling.
"I can't go, Danny. I just remembered that I have to finish a project," I lied.
"Okay. Anything just as long you pass. Bye baby, I love you." he said and clicked. I shuddered. I hated when he called me baby. I felt... I don't know. I propped my elbows on the kitchen table and sighed. I needed to go somewhere and think.
There are no peaceful places in Miami... unless...
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A/N: Cliffy! Mwahaha! Whatcha think of the longest chapter I've ever written? Seriously, I'm so addicted to this story... Review please ^_^
Blackcatn2: Thanks for thinking my work is good, it makes me feel special ^_^ And as for the goth thing, I'm not goth, I'm more emo/punk but it doesn't matter, NO ONE should be called a freak... hope ya keep reviewing this story, thanks for your review ^_^
Selliya: I don't want to land in Middle-earth so soon, and I'm not sure about the whole 'marrying Legolas' thing, lol. Guess you'll just have to wait and see... ^_^ Thanks for you review!