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I lay in my bed, happy that today was almost over. After leaving the Nurses Office at school in the morning, I went home, not able to get Troy off my mind... his beautiful eyes and the pain coming from my head. I took the bag of peas off my forehead and sighed. I started closing my eyes when a knock was coming from the front door. I groaned and chucked the bag of peas on the bed, I got up slowly and walked slowly over to the door. I looked through the peep hole and was surprised by who was standing there. I opened the door and smiled.
"Willow. How did you know where I lived?" She smiled at me and slightly giggled.
"Oh, um, I asked the office for your address. I like your apartment." She walked into the apartment and sat on the brown lounge. She confusedly looked around the apartment and then looked at me, still at the door. I shut it softly and walked over to the lounge and sat down next to her. As soon as I sat down she hugged me, I didn't even see it coming. I didn't even have time to hug her back. She smiled at me, a heart warming smile. I found it comforting.
"I'm really happy you're okay. I know you don't want to talk about it.. it was probably really embarrassing... Did you uh just move in or something?" She looked at me confusedly. I looked at her. There was something about her that made me feel like I wasn't alone in this world. Willow looked at me, waiting for my answer.
"Oh, oh, yeah, just moved in this weekend.. which explains the boxes everywhere."
"Where are your parents?" The dreaded question. The question I did not want to answer, ever. I stood up abruptly.
"On Vacation. Did you want a drink or something? I think I have something around here." I nervously laughed. She stood up also. She gave me a soft smile.
"I'm here. When your ready to talk to me I'm here. I'll always be here. Your the first person to talk to me.." She inhaled and exhaled. "I get bullied at school a lot.. everyone thinks I'm weird."
She looked down. This time I reached forward and hugged her and she hugged me back. I held her for a few seconds. I stepped away from her and looked her in the eye.
"I think you're weird.." she looked at me sadly "but I like it." I smiled at her. Then I remembered something..
"Troy talked to you.." I looked at her waiting for her answer.
"Yeah figures right.." she started walking slowly around the living room "he's the captain of the basketball team, hottest guy in school, everybody likes him.. what am I talking about, he is the most popular guy at school! Yet.. he talks to me. He lives next door to me, we've lived next to each other since grade 2... has the kindest heart.." She looked at me and smiled. "Are you feeling okay? That bump is huge!" She used her hands to show how big the bump on my head was. I laughed at her.
"You know what.. I'm actually getting really tired and my head hurts.. I'll see you tomorrow at school?"
"Oh yeah of course ...sure, see you tomorrow." She gave my hand a small squeeze and started heading for the door.
"Thanks Willow. I'll tell you the story one day." She turned around and gave me a knowing look and I gave her a small smile. She opened the door and walked out, closing it. I smiled to myself. My first friend in L.A. I locked the front door and turned all the apartment lights off. I then walked to my room and went to bed. Ready for a new adventure to start tomorrow.
Willow had her right arm hooked around my neck as we walked through the school hall, the next day, to go to the front office. We were laughing and it hurt my head but I don't care.. it was the best time I was having since.. well you know..
"Really? That actually happened?" I couldn't stop laughing.
"Yeah! And all I could do was stand there!" Willow started laughing again. When we got to the office, she took her arm off from around my arm. And stepped out of the doorway.
"I'll wait out here for you, okay?"
"Okay." I smiled and dodged a person as I walked through the office door. I waited until the office lady looked at me and smiled.. wow, she shouldn't smile, it's too big for her own face.
"Hello. May I help you? Oh my, that's quite a bit of a bump you have on your head there sweetheart!" I politely smiled. I felt like saying 'I realise there's a bump on my head, you idiot!' but decided against it. I didn't want to ruin my 'second day'.
"Yeah, I know, I uh... bumped into something. Anyway.. I'm Gabriella Montez and I'm here to pick up my timetable." I fiddled with my hands as I waited for an answer. She stood up and smiled one of those scary smiles.
"I'll just get it for you. One minute sweetheart." And with that she walked away. I leant against the front desk and folded my arms beneath me waiting. True to her word, a minute later she came back with a sheet, and handed it over to me. I smiled nicely and took it.
'There you go, honey. Have a nice day." I didn't care to respond I just walked away and out of the office, shoving the piece of paper in my handbag while walking.
"Sorry it took so-" I looked up as I spoke but stopped. Willow said she would wait here. I searched around looking for Willow. The bell rang. DING! DING! DING! Shit. I had no idea where to go. Thanks a lot Willow. I started walking, I didn't no where. I looked at my timetable. Hmm, free period. Well, at least I didn't have to be somewhere in particular, right? I kept walking around so I could get used to where everything was at the school. After a couple of minutes the school halls looked empty, with one or two people at lockers or walking around.
"Looking for another door to bump into?" The voice said. I turned around out of fright and slipped over my own feet onto the cold ground. I didn't even have a chance to see who it was. I heard a pair of shoes screech on the ground before two hands picked me up to a stance. I looked up to see two blue eyes that I now loved. I smiled nervously.
"Hi." I simply said. Troy tucked a strand of hair out of my face behind my ear. I looked down nervously blushing and looked up again. Troy took his hand off my arm and off from my ear. He coughed nervously and looked at me smiling.
"Glad your okay." He looked around the hall almost expecting someone to jump out and say 'caught you!' He put his hands into his Jean pockets. Did I mention how sexy he was? He was wearing light blue jeans, white sneakers vans and a black V shirt. And I was standing here in front of him with a white lace dress and a green olive over-dress with my mums necklace.
"Looking for someone?" I smiled up at him and he smiled down.
"Uhh.. no. No." He looked around again. Out of no where, I had this confidence rush over me and out of no where my lips were moving.
"I don't remember a lot of yesterday.. so.. I don't know if I said anything weird or embarrassing to you.." I tucked the strand of hair behind my ear again after falling out again. "But I do remember that I owe you." He bit his lip and stranded his hand through his hair.
" So I thought I would take your mind of school and.. uh..do you wanna go to the movies with me sometime?" I quietly said. Stupid brain. Stupid, stupid brain. What the hell are you doing, brain? I looked down, embarrassed. Dumb brain.
"You called me beautiful.." He slightly chuckled. My eyes popped out of my eyes and I stared at him.
"W-What?" I swallowed.
"When you hit your head.. you looked at me and called me beautiful." I looked down at his shoes and shuffled my feet. " I have a girlfriend, sorry." I tugged on my dress and looked up at him and put on a fake smile.
"Oh, right, yeah, of course you do. Uh, I have to go.." I looked down at my feet again. That was the lamest excuse ever... 'I have to go.' What was that? Stupid brain.
"Hey.. I did-"
"Oh, it's fine. Listen, I got to go.. I need to find Willow, so.." I smiled at him, turned around awkwardly and walked away. As I kept walking down the hallway away from my embarrassment I found a set of stair in a secluded corner of the hall. I walked up them dismissing the sign. I saw light at the top of the stairs and rushed up the stairs. As I looked around I saw the view of the city and a person sitting on the schools roof.
"Willow? I've been looking for you everywhere. Where were you? You said you would wait for me!" I yelled as I walked quickly over to her. Willow turned around and I gasped with my hands on my mouth. Her left eye was blue and purple and her lip was slightly busted.
"Willow? What the hell happened? Who did this to you?" I ran over to her and sat on my knees in front of her and placed my hands on her knees. She looked down at me and in her eyes I saw.. nothing. I smiled sadly at her and she inhaled and exhaled.
"When you walked in to the office Troy's friends took me to the back of the school and.. well you see what happened..." She looked at me with tears in her eyes. I cupped her cheek and smiled.
"I think blue suits you.." We both giggled. "There's that smile.." I placed my hands in hers as I sighed and went over what she said. "Did you say Troy's friends?" Willow slowly nodded. "But Troy's your friend? How could he let them do this? Did he have anything to do with this?" I exploded with questions.
"I know Troy's my bo-.. my friend.. he.. he d-doesn't know. And I'd like to keep it that way.. he has so much going on right now. I don't want him to know.." She grabbed my hands and I stood up with her; she let go of my hands. I looked at her sadly.
"You'll tell me straight away if this happens again, right? We're friends. Friends tell each other things." I looked at her in the eyes. Meaning every word. She gave me the biggest and sweetest smile.
"Really? Friends? I w-" I cut her off.
"Of course we're friends. I wouldn't have it any other way." I smiled at her.
"Me either. Of course I would tell you." She looked down the stairs and then back at me. She looked at me for a brief second before hugging me. I heard a faint thank you and I smiled.
"Come on, let's get through the rest of this day, okay?" I took her hand and ran down the stairs with her just as the bell rung.
The school day ended, with no sight of Troy, thank god. I was relieved that I had every single class with Willow, which I was happy with. I now was sitting outside of the school under an oak tree, waiting for Willow to come back from the toilet so we could walk home together. Knowing she might be a while, I sat down and took out my phone and looked at old pictures of my friends back in Denver. I missed Denver, but I wanted a new life; I had to create a new me. I felt a presence next to me, thinking it was Willow. I looked up and smiled but that smile soon faded when I saw those blue eyes. I looked back down at my phone, the memories of how embarrassing this morning was came back to me.
"Hey..do you mind if I sit?" His voice filled my ears.
"Free country." I shouldn't of been so rude but what else was I supposed to say? 'Hey.. I really like you! Sure, sit! Let's make out!' No. I was stupid at times but not that stupid. He sat down next to me and smiled.
"So, about this morning.. I hope you do-" I really didn't want to go through this.
"Listen. It's no big deal.. you have a girlfriend and I didn't know. Full Stop." I smiled. Not because I liked the conversation but because I wanted to end it and for him to go away. I heard him sigh. He was about to say something but the sound of someone running towards us was heard. We both looked up to see Willow running towards us with a big smile.
"Troy!" Willow screamed and jumped down on to him hugging him. They look like good friends. He chuckled and kissed her passionately on the lips. Wait.. rewind. Kissed her on the lips? The guy I had a crush on after a day.. kissed Willow on the lips. Great. Fabulous. HORRIBLE.
"Hey.." He looked into her eyes and kissed her again placing his hand on the side of her cheek. Willow giggled and bit her lip. I hated my life at this very moment. When did I start caring about some guy anyway? I looked down at my phone and tried to ignore the yuck fest next to me. After a minute of looking at photos over and over and over again, Willow turned to me.
"Did you wanna come back to my place with Troy? We could hang out and do the art assignment we have to do together this term." Willow switched positions in Troy's lap and looked at me. I wanted to do anything but that.
"You know.. umm.. I actually have a lot of homework to do. Senior Year.. n-need to study hard." I put my phone back in my bag and stood up. "Maybe.. some other time." I looked down at them and fake smiled. Willows smile faltered.
"Oh okay.. you okay?" She looked at me confused.
"I gotta go." I smiled and walked away to my car. As I sat in the seat of my car, I sighed and mentally screamed. Troy and Willow. Willow and Troy. I turned the car on and reversed onto the main road. This was going to be a long week.