The hardest meeting

Before I spoke to Senza again, I studied him. It had only been a year and he had changed so much. He was still lanky, that was one of the thing I liked about him that he was tiny. Another thing was he was taller, now almost a foot taller than me, he did the look well. His hair, which ran in his eyes, was also longer, his face more handsome than cute. He was turning into a man, and I could see that.

After my short and quick examination on him I went on. The teacher lesson and the staring eyes of the boys were gone from my view.

I went through this meeting for hours while I was walking the street, I thought from hugging and kissing him to hitting him and cursing him. A lot have been through her mind, it had been working a train, working out all the pros and cons in seeing him again.

As he open his mouth my hand came up, I had a year of stuff to tell him, not all of them are pretty. "Before you go and give me a lame excuse, let me tell you a few things." I said, watching him as he closed his mouth. "Why didn't you visit? Do anything? I've tried to get in your dream and you blocked me out. You left without saying bye, no reason why. So why did you do it? We missed you, we loved. I loved you and you leave us with nothing by a cold wind of your presents." I went on, feeling the burning tears budding up in my eyes, "Do you know what we been through?" That is when I lost control, my hand, which was in a fist, slam against the table, making everything quiet.

With the uncomfortable silences and the feeling of a thousand eyes on me, I turn. The teacher, through his glasses looked at him. "Miss… Lila, is there a reason why you're abusing my desk?"

To the teacher queer voice I turn toward him, trying to put on a smile. The tears that had picked partners to join them on their journey down my cheek was now gone, and only dry, widen eyes looked at him. "I..The desk.. You see.. It was.. It got me mad." I said sheepishly to him.

"So now the desks talk. Well, the better person tries not to let the desk bother them. Now, if you two are done, I would like to go on." The teacher said, while a few students laughed. They didn't matter though, all that did was Senza.

After a few moments the teacher started again, and I turn to Senza, now waiting for his answer. I had the right to know everything. I did.

"How did you get here?" He asked instead.

It was my turn to be surprise, after so long he asked me this, his first words to me. I looked down for a minute, anger boiling up again. He didn't even say sorry and did it matter? I was here. "How did I get here? It's a long story." I told him, looking up. His face hasn't change; it looked like he was seeing a ghost. I tried to change my attitude, maybe I was being to ruff and being happy would help it.

"Well, it started out yesterday. You know it's been a year and two days.. That's 368 days you haven't come. The elders found a door that leads us to here. I was picked. After I got here, with a hard landing, I went looking for you in the streets. I never saw so many fast things in my life, and I didn't know animals can carry people inside them. It was amazing. But, that's not the point. I went into building and building until I went into this one with a bunch of boxes with people inside. I saw these three girls, and they where dress like I am, talking about school. You've always talked about your school, if you remember that, so I took their outfits and waited all night until the school started!"

With my little story done, I waited for him to say something, anything.

"You can't be here." He muttered. It seemed like he was talking to himself but the words got to me. It was like a knife stabbed in the back.

"Why not?" I asked, looking at him. Why couldn't I be here? Why would he say that?

He leaned toward me, his blue eyes looking at me. "Because you're not real, I made you up. There is no way you can be here. It's like saying Iris can come here. Only I'm supposes to be going to my worlds I made up, not my made up character going to a real world."

I couldn't look at him anymore. I couldn't even trust my own voice, nothing. I couldn't believe he said that. "I.." I stopped myself. Was he trying to hint something to me? Was there something that I missed while I was explaining? I was real, as real as him. I felt, breathed, cry, and love. Was all that fun a year ago gone? Just then, another part came to me. Iris. Who was Iris? He's replacement? I was replaced?

"I'm as real as you." I said, no longer looking at him. "But I see why you stopped. It's Iris. I know nothing about her, and I guess I have my reason for why you didn't visit." I sighed deeply. Just because he found someone better doesn't mean we can't still be friends, right? I turn to smile at him, I rather have a little of him, than none at all. "We're still friends? We can still hang out ri--" The bell took over my voice. I looked up, at the clock. I liked how they had a way to tell time.

Time, there was so little of it, just like fun.

"I.. I have to think about some stuff." He replied to me, collecting his books and bag, and left me sitting there.

So for a moment I sat there, watching him as he went through the pack of kids at the door. What do I do now? I frowned deeply, not bothering to remind myself that it takes more muscles to smile than frown.

I only sat there for a minute until the teacher reminded me to go to my next class. A boy was still in the room, while I took the piece of paper with my stuff on it. I looked at it before walking out.

The boy that was in the classroom came next to him, smiling at me. His brown hair was brushed back, short and messy. He was a big guy, muscular and was wearing a big jacket that had the school name on it. He also had green eyes, which also seem to smile down on me.

"Hey, you need help finding your next class?" He asked.

I looked up at him, smiling back, "Um.. Yeah." I said, trying to keep my return smile up. I really didn't feel like smiling, but it seemed a bit rude not to.

"Ok, the name's Jake. So what do you have next?" He asked, trying to dodge a few people that were in the way, just to keep up with me.

"I know that name!" I said, remembering Senza saying something about him. He was saying how he was making fun of him all the time, and calling him names. The guy didn't strike me as someone that would do that.

"It says.." I looked at it for a minute before deciding just to show him.

He took the paper, and with a slide grin he said, "I'm going there.. You have the same classes as most of the kids in your last.. Beside art." He said, guiding me to my classroom. I guess it was a good thing that I did have classes with most of the kids, maybe Senza would be there, and had thought about a few things. I had always heard the first meeting was the worst. So for now I'll look on the bright side, I got the worst part done. Now all have to do, is teach Senza his lesson, have fun and get him to visitor our land more. How hard can that be? As I was thinking more about it, my new friend turn to me.

"Can I ask you something?"

I nodded lightly, looking up at him telling him in silences to go ahead.

"What's with the ears? They're cute and all.. But.."

"You have to ask Senza. He knows why I'm like this."

With widen eyes, her new friend look like he just watched someone get hit by a train and before he could get in another word they were already in the classroom.