This chapter is in Sapphire's P.O.V.

Enjoy! :D

~Lion3queen

I sighed. I was crouching in the hallway, searching my bag for my lunch. For some reason I found everything there was to find except for my favourite food, sandwiches with salad and chicken.
Including a pair of socks that looked so dirty they might as well be mutated into a new sort of flesh-eating creature, a few cokes, math homework from about two years ago, a pair of gloves, a flashlight and a pair of -still dirty- sneakers.
Ok, maybe I should clean my bag a little more often like that sissy said.
That reminded me... I had been thinking of telling Ruby I was sorry.
I mean, he only said he didn't know who he would ask to be his date for the prom.
I didn't even understand why that upset me so much, that guy could go with whoever he wanted. I didn't care.
It wasn't like Blue and Yellow said. I didn't like that sissy. I mean, come on. I'm not that much of a weakling.
Falling in love with someone is for weaklings, that was what all famous sporters said.
It would hold me down.
My dream was to travel to places far away, beyond the trees and above all annoying and ignorant persons.
I wanted to do everything to make it come true. It was the most important thing to me.
I had to work hard, and avoid all things that could stop me.
It's like my grandmother said, fairytales don't come true, you have to make them happen.
Nope, love was not for me.

I gathered all of my stuff and shoved it into my backpack. I couldn't believe the way all this killed my lunch break.
I decided I'd go look for Ruby and apologise to him for my, I admitted, childish behaviour.
I figured I'd go see if Ruby was at his locker, because I didn't feel like facing Red, Green or Yellow after what Mrs. Lorelei told us. Of course I was shocked too, I had become quite good friends with Blue in a short period of time, but Wally had told me that Red, Blue and Green had been friends forever.
Childhood friends are always the most precious ones.
As I turned around the corner, my thoughts were disturbed by a boy clothed in red, that was talking to a raven haired girl in front of his locker.
-wait, a girl?
I inched a little closer, so I could hear what they were saying.
''-know we don't know each other that well, but I'd like to ask you...'' The girl started, her cheeks turning into a dark shade of scarlet, ''...If you'd like to go to the dance with me.'' She finished quickly, fixing her eyes on the ground.
She looked like she could throw up every second.
I heard quiet giggling from my right, and noticed a group of girls whispering and looking over to Ruby and the girl every now and then.
Ruby was silent for a while, scratching the back of his head nervously.
...Why was I hoping he'd say no?
''Yeah, why not.'' He answered suddenly.
The girl looked up at him, obviously not knowing what to say. ''-Thank you...'' She mumbled, but then recovered and shouted, ''Thank you!''
She then ran to the girls that had been watching them and said something that made them squeal and coo uncontrollably. I didn't even think about the fact that I had lost the bet.
Why had he agreed? He didn't even know her!
I felt sick. For some reason I wanted to hit that girl.
...No, not just hit. I wanted to kill her.
Why was I so angry? She didn't do anything wrong.
I wasn't jealous, was I?
No, of course I wasn't. Why would I be jealous?
Because some dumb girl gets to go to the prom with Ruby?
When I looked at the raven haired teen again, I noticed that he had seen me.
I turned my back on him and quickly walked away. I heard him calling after me, but was afraid I would do something idiotic like blushing or calling him something weird. I started walking even faster.

After a few minutes I figured that if he had been following me, he had already given up anyway. The bell had rang, and he never came late for class. The hall was deserted, so I wasn't ashamed when I rested my head on a nearby locker.
I didn't care if I came late; I was used to skipping class when I felt like it. I closed my eyes.
''You'll be late, you know.'' I heard a familiar voice say from my left. I flinched and spun around.
Ruby was standing next to me.
''Why do you care?!'' I snapped. I didn't understand why I had shouted like that.
...Maybe I was jealous.
But I couldn't let this guy stand in the way of my dreams. I needed to create a distance between us, so I wouldn't get distracted.
''Because you're my best friend.'' He answered.
His best friend?
...What should I do now? I was his best friend!
''-I...'' I muttered.
But I couldn't only think of myself. I was holding him down, too. I wanted to stop him from getting that girl as a date for the dance! I always laughed at his ability to sew, even though he had a talent!
Yes, I should do this for his own good, I decided.
''I hate you! Stay away from me!'' I shouted, and ran away, into the direction of the girl's toilets.
I had done good, now we couldn't hold down each other anymore.

...But then why did I feel so empty inside?