AN~ I don't own DP. Hey guysss what's up? I know I haven't updated in forever. I'm sorry, I've been working on other stuff. But I'm back now.
Chloe's pov
Staring at myself in the full length mirror I feel so self-conscious. Liz had picked my outfit, a mini jean skirt and a bright yellow blouse.
"I can't wear this!" I say tugging the hem of my skirt down practically willing it to grow longer. It denies me any more length. They stopped at mid thigh.
"Oh, but you look so cute in this outfit." Liz frowns. "Plus you look drop dead gorgeous with your bangs curled and the back pulled up into a ponytail. Tori you need to do my hair next." She smiles towards Tori. I look up at my hair. It was really cute, but I still wanted different bottoms.
"I'll take the skinny jeans back." I say, almost practically beg her. She smiles and tosses me the navy blue skinny jeans. I just barely catch them, I walk over to the bathroom and change into the jeans. I walk out and chuck the tiny skirt back at Liz.
"Wow, the skirt was cute but these jeans make ya' hot." Liz teases me. I roll my eyes.
"Thanks you guys." I smile then take a quick glance at the clock. "We start walking." I suggest. Liz jumps off my bed and pulls on Tori's wrist.
"You mean 'let's go so I can show off to Derek and flirt with him.'" Tori asks with a smirk. Liz laughs while my cheeks heat up.
"Whatever." I say slipping my shoes on. We walk down the stairs and out the door. The sun felt nice on my shoulders. The walk to the school was filled with Tori teasing me about liking Derek. I push open the front doors of the school. The first person I see at the end of the hall makes me smile, it was Derek. I stop about half way down the hall when I realize he's talking to someone. I look back at my two friends. They plank either side of me.
"Don't be nervous and remember to breath." Liz says trying to calm my nerves. I nod and we continue to walk.
Tori leans over and whispers, "and try not to choke on your words." I sigh knowing she is trying to be helpful. I nervously look back up and see that Derek was looking at me with a smile that made my heart flutter.
"Hey, Chloe." Derek says once we are close. Now I recognize the guy he was talking to. His name is Simon. He wasn't on the football team, he was the captain of the Basketball team though.
"Hi," I manage to say without choking on it. We stand there in a circle for a minute or two in silence before Liz broke it.
"Doesn't Chloe look super cute in the outfit!" Liz smiles. I look up to see that Derek was staring at me like I was the only person in this hall, maybe even the whole school, or in this entire planet. I could feel myself blushing, so my fingers find the hem of my shirt and grip onto it so they don't shake. "And Tori even did her hair too!"
"C-Chloe, you look-" Derek starts but is cut off.
"Five minutes till game starts," the silky voice wraps around us. The face popping up next to Derek, pompoms wrap around his arms. Derek just keeps looking at me, still in a daze.
"Chloe, you look really cute." He starts again and this time gets to finish. The cheerleader, which at this point I'm pretty sure her name is Mandy, gives me the death glare. Tori starts laughing.
"Ha, you just got ignored!" Tori laughs at Mandy. Mandy glares at her too, but then gives Derek a super sweet smile when she moves around so she was in front of me. I glare at her, Mandy crosses her arms, no doubtingly trying to give Derek an extra cleavage view. She really didn't need to, the cheerleader outfit was basically a v neck tube top, with a mini mini skirt.
"Don't I look hot?" She asks in a fake innocent voice.
"Not really, especially with the duck lip pout." Derek says bluntly. It was silent for a minute and then both Liz and Tori broke out into hysterical laughter. "Let me change what I said before, Chloe you look really hot." I don't know if he said that more to piss off Mandy than actually being truthful. I cross my arms, only for the fact my hands were really shaky. Derek sidesteps Mandy and walks over to me. His staring dips for a minute down to my small cleavage then back to my face. I could feel my cheeks get redder at the thought that he actually wanted to look at my boobs. They were small, just barely a B cup.
"You do look really hot." He smiles. This truly had to be a dream. But like all good dreams, a nightmare is just around the corner. Mandy moves quickly to the side between me and Derek.
"Oh, my, God." She laughs, "you look horrible. Your shirt does no good for you. You lack boobs, you lack a figure. You look like a small child trying to act like a big girl." There is two more girls laughter in with her terrible Nasally laughter. On either side of her were her two back ups, Britney and Brooke, they were identical red head girls with bird like noses.
"Aw, did mommy let you stay up for this?" Britney asks tauntingly.
"She must have asked her mommy if she could look like a big girl." Brooke laughs as she says this. None of these girls knew that I had lost my mom when I young. I bite my bottom lip as I fight the tears.
"Oh, and look at the red paste she tried to use for highlights. What is that the cool-aid version?" Mandy laughs.
"Shut up!" I surprise them when I scream at them. But quickly the three cheerleaders start laughing hysterically. I couldn't stand anymore of this so I spin and start racing down the hall.
"Shut up, you made her cry!" I could hear Derek yelling at the cheerleaders. But I don't stop, I have tears streaming down my cheeks. I keep running even when I'm outside of the school, the sun was setting but I don't care. Instead of running to the empty house I call home I run to my sanctuary, I run down the streets and then find the entrance into the woods. I follow the trail and then take a side cut. I find the small clearing with a huge rock in the center. I stop running and just walk to my rock. It was smooth on top, it stood about three feet up. This spot had been where my mother would take me on sunny days while my father was doing work. The rock was in circled by yellow and pink and purple flowers. I sit up on the rock hugging my knees to my chest.
"They were right," I cry to myself. "I don't belong in these clothes, my body is child like." I cry, I bury my face between my knees as I try to remember the happy times I did have with my mom. I look up when I hear a stick crack, the sun was below the tree lines so there were shadows all around. I squint and see a silhouette where I had come into the clearing. I wipe my eyes but I couldn't tell who the intruder was. I jump of my rock, the intruder takes a step closer and I get ready to bolt.
"Don't," the voice says, I know exactly who it was, Derek.
"W-what do you want?" I try to sound like I hadn't just been crying.
"I apologize for those creeps in skirts." He says walking closer. I climb back onto my rock and let my legs dangle off the side of the rock. He stops when he is next to me.
"I don't care." I lie.
"Please don't let them effect my meaning. You do look beautiful." He says. Now that he was close I could see him, see his green eyes that always seem to be crying out but his face always staying at bay.
"I don't look beautiful, they were right, I look like a little child." I wrap my arms around myself.
"You are beautiful and you don't look like a child. You look like a beautiful young woman that will have a great future." He says moving my hair from my face. His hand was warm against my cheek. My stomach feels like there was a group of butterflies trapped inside.
"Derek," I say softly as my hand finds his still on my cheek. I slowly move it away from my cheek and then hold it on my lap. His hand was much bigger than mine, much stronger than mine. "You're missing your game?"
"Yeah," he says. I run my forefinger along the lines on his hand.
"Why?"
"Because you were upset."
"Why do you care?"
"Because."
"Why?"
"You are the sweetest girl, the smartest girl."
"Well compared to the cheerleaders every girl is smarter." He laughs, I look up and his smile caught me off guard. It made my stomach do flips. I watch his lips then I look up and our eyes connect. My fingers curl around his hand and then he leans down just about to kiss me when someone yells out my name. He moves back and looks over at the entrance of the circle. No one was there, yet.
"Your friends want to know if your safe too." He says then looks down at me.
I know this was a short chapter, and got cut off quickly. I apologize for doing this to you guys. I'll try and update this soon.