The Letter
I walked out of the main building clutching my books to my chest as I walked down the stairs.
"Hi Sapphira!" Mandy called from the bottom as she walked toward the parking lot.
"Hey Mandy. Practice tonight?" I asked skipping to the bottom step.
"You know it." She smiled. I nodded and continued to walk toward the dorm. Ugh I couldn't wait to drop off my things and go for a cigarette. I walked quicker nodding as people greeted me. Finally I walked up the steps and walked inside.
"Miss Jade. You have a letter on your bed." Miss Peabody said as I grabbed my door knob.
"Thank you ma'am." I said bursting into my room and tossing the books to the bed. I glanced at the envelope quickly as I turned right around and shut the door. I paused for a moment before walking back in and picking up the envelope.
"Sapphira Jade c/o Bullworth Academy" That wasn't the shocking part.
"M. McTavish c/o Bullworth High Security Prison." I threw it to the floor like it held some evil power. But I felt curious. Was there an apology? Was he going to threaten me more? I picked it back up and ripped open the envelope. As I unfolded the paper I saw it was slightly crumpled, but attempted to be re flattened.
"Dear Sapphira,
The day that I saw you on that bus, was the day that I met the person I wanted to spend my life with. All I did was dream about you and I being together, no matter what the cost. I just want to let you know, I will be in here for a long time. But when I get out, I want to see if you would like to give you and I a shot. You'll no longer be a Bullworth student, and I will not be a Bullworth prefect." I crumpled it up and laughed.
"Are you kidding me." I said as I walked out into the hall and out of the dorm doors. I took my time getting to the outside gates because so much attention was drawn to me since the Max incident. Thank goodness Seth and Davis set up cameras everywhere in the room and could feed it through to the police. Davis was really smart, no matter how dumb he tried to make himself. I quickly walked out of the gates and walked toward the Vale, taking my cigarettes from my bra and placing one between my lips.
"Don't you know that's bad for you?" Asked a boy from behind. I smiled and dropped my arms.
"Don't you know I have a boyfriend so I would love it if you would stop harassing me." I said smiling and turning around.
"Well then you need to tell him he is the luckiest guy in the world." Davis smiled and walked toward me holding out a lip lighter. I took a puff and looked at him.
"I think he knows, but I'll pass it on to him." He put his hands in his pockets.
"You wanna go for a walk?" He asked. I nodded. Davis and I walked through the whole town and stopped at the lookout point. He held me in his arms as we watched the sun set. "You remember, this is where I asked you to be my girlfriend?" He whispered in my ear. I smiled as the sky turned pink, orange, and purple.
"It was actually over there, but yes." I smiled. He turned me around to face him.
"Hey, I'm doing my best to do this whole romantic thing, cut me some slack." He smiled.
"Okay, I'll try. Sweep me off my feet prince charming." I answered with a whisper. He shook his head.
"Fine. What I was gonna suggest is..."He turned me around again and placed his mouth to my ear. "We go down to the lighthouse, beat up all the preppies, sneak into the lighthouse, and, well, you know." I smiled and grabbed his hand. He knew me all too well.