And that was how I met Jack. After that we started hanging out pretty much every day. It was weird too because even though everything was still the same old boring stuff having him meet me at the school and walk me to class made it all so much more bearable. It was like taking off a corset after wearing it for a full day and taking a long deep breath. And the air tasted good. I wanted more of it.
We became friends way faster then I did with Red or Jonathan it was just so easy to talk to him about things I didn't even know I wanted to talk about. Things I never knew anyone would care to hear. You see I always listened to all my teachers, my friends, students asking for help in the library, but nobody ever listened to me. Jack was the first one. And the more I talked the more comfortable I felt around him.
Red had been my best friend but something about Jack was different and it wasn't just his hair. But I did love his hair, I still do, I mean how many people do you meet have bright green hair like that and with piercing green eyes to match. And of course there was his cute little sideways smile he wore everywhere he went. But it wasn't just how attractive he was itt was his personality. He was happy all the time like nothing in the world could ever get him down. He was always so relaxed and never stressed or worried about anything. A complete and utter contrast to me.
I was always thinking about my grades and schoolwork, what needed to be done that day, what needed to be done for the rest of the week but being around Jack and that relaxed air around him made me start to forget about those things. Every time I was around him it was like everything was perfect just for those few minutes. It had to be minutes because I knew if I spent any more time with him then I did in between classes and walking me to my car when school was over I would want to spend more time with him. And if I spent more time with him I was afraid that I would forget to do my homework.
He never asked to hang out any more than that anyways. We were both content like that I guess or for the time being anyways. He was always waiting for me outside of my classroom door to walk me to the next class. It was nice. Eventually I gave him my phone number and I guess that's when my schooling finally started to go down. Because you see once he had my number he called all the time. I mean all the time.
At first it was a little annoying, as perfect as our time was together, because I had things that I needed to get done, you know dumb things that I actually thought were important, but I could never get him to hang up because I didn't want to be rude or make him feel bad so I would just stay on the line. It went on like that for a couple of weeks, staying up later than I was used to to make up for lost study time and I guess at some point I started loosing sleep because one night I passed out and overslept. When I finally did get in to class the next day something happened that had never happened before. I missed a test.
Authors Note:
Happy Halloween!
