Things can get pretty boring when you live in the same town since you were born. I mean, you always see the same people, everyone in the area you live in knows who you are and with time you notice that practically nothing new happens. I don´t get bored easily, because there is a part of my brain which never turns off. It is always working there, making new dreams, bringing recent wishes and old fantasies. If I get bored, it´s because something is really, really wrong. Everyone one who is close to me knows that. It´s a fact.
That morning, when I walked to school with my red KEDS and, black shorts which reached my knees and blue top - also regretting not taking my denim jacket - I was not only bored, but also upset.
"Belle!" a familiar voice calls me when I´m opening my locker. There were many small posters of Taylor Swift, Kesha and kittens in the inside of my locket, and it always made me feel a bit better when I see it. As I´m taking my Biology book and putting it in my bag, Jackie´s voice caught my attention. She was smiling lively, as always "Morning!"
"Hey," there´s a slight smile on my lips as my friend leans against the lockers.
"What´s up?" she asked, chewing her gum. Shrugging, my answer was a simply "Nothing," which Jackie seemed to find a bit odd of me to say, but instead of asking she just nodded.
"Do you know where will our Biology class be? I lost the paper where I wrote it," Jackie winks at me and takes a folded green paper from the pocket of her jeans. "Thanks," picking the paper, there´s a movement which I catch by the corner of my eye. Jack and Josh leant against the lockers, both beside Jackie.
"Hey girls," Jack saluted with a smirk. God, that boy was always smirking! It was even worse than Alex, because his smirk would get creepier the longer you look at it. Josh smiled at me and I gave him a sympathetic look. It was a thing between us. When there was not much to say, we just interacted by our own look code.
We talked the three minutes before the classes started, with the four of us walking together in the corridors. If it was the whole group, which meant adding Jen and Alex, then we really would look like some weird gang with an addicted to cupcakes, a guy with a creepy smirk and... I don´t even know how to describe the rest. Let´s just say we weren´t a very normal group of friends, but we were a good group of friends and, for me, it was enough.
When Jackie and I reached our class room, a voice called my name. A heavy frown formed over my eyebrows as Alex walked towards me.
"Belle? You comming?" Jackie pulled the hem of my t-shirt, calling my attetion. I wrinkled my nose, looking from the boy now in front of us to the read head "Sure. Give me just a minute. The teacher is not there yet, so..." she nodded and patted my shoulder before walking in and greeting her other friends in the class.
I folded my arms over my chest and narrowed my eyes at my friend. The same friend who was supposed to pick me this morning, but instead called me only five minutes before the time his car should be waiting for me, telling that I would have to go by my own that morning. Obviously, I could walk to the school with no problem and just pretend I hadn´t been dumped and forgive my friend. And I did. But I never got an explanation and that is what Alexander should have given me in first place.
Alex sighed and slid his hands inside the pockets of his pants. I raised an eyebrow, not sure of how long I would be able to maintain that upset mood. I will be honest, I´m a soft person. I can´t stay upset or mad for long unless I am really pissed off. But it´s not the case, so I was already expecting myself to give in in the moment his eyes met mine, pleading for something. "I´m sorry, Is. Don´t be upset at me, will you?" Alex widened his eyes a little and pouted. Okay, that was it. A giggle escaped my mouth and I rolled my eyes.
"I´m not upset, blondie. Just tell me what happened?" Alex nodded and gave me a half smile. "A friend of mine needed a ride and I couldn´t pick both of you because he lives far from your house," oh, so that was why. I grumbled and shook my head.
"I´m feeling stupid now," he raised an eyebrow, wondering "I mean, I thought it was because you woke up late because you stayed awake until the morning playing video games or doing God knows what," Alex chuckled.
"Tsc, tsc, Izzy. What a horrible idea you have of me! I was just being nice with a friend."
"I know that now and it´s okay. I should come to school by own more often, actually," Alex scowled "What?"
"I like giving you a ride. Give those legs some rest, girl," it was my time to laugh and my mouth opened to reply to his comment, but my Biology teacher, Mrs. Stark, appeared on the corner of the corridor.
"I have to go now. Shouldn´t you be having classes too?" the look on his face gave me the answer needed. Alex never was a fan of school and he would avoid it at any chance he got "Go learn something, blondie."
He winked and hugged me quickly before walking away. "As you wish, lady Fuhrman!" he bowed down and ran through the corridor, passing by my teacher and winking at her.
As already expected, the Biology class was boring. I mean, learning about our body is one thing and it can be kind of interesting, but what the hell do I want to know how plants produce their oxygen for? I´m not going to sow a bunch of plants in my garden. My mom already does that and she doesn´t have to now all those things. It´s ridiculous, really, but well, there is no other option but to shut up and learn.
After the last class in that afternoon, Jackie picks me and we go to a café near her house. Jennifer wanted to come with us to talk and have a nice time together, but her boyfriend was the priority on the top of the list. The café was a small, quiet place with nice food and calm ambient, so we used to go there sometimes. Although we preferred Starbucks and their long glasses of coffee and muffins, small, quiet, café´s like that one weren´t bad too. The people there was nice and the employers already knew us – probably as the girls addicted for coffe.
"There´s going to be a party," she informs after ordering a cappuccino and a sandwich. My order was similar, but with an orange juice in the place of the coffee "It will be in this guy´s house and everyone will be there," she smiled suggestively.
"Hum, okay. Are you going to the party?" but of course she is, it´s not even necessary to ask, but I did anyway.
Jackie pulls a lock of her red hair behind her ear and nods. "I was thinking about it. And Jen will come too. Like I said," she paused when an employee brought our orders. We smiled and he left "everyone´s going. You have to too," a smirk spreads on my lips, because I already knew Jackie would say that. She loves dragging me to parties, even when I´m not feeling like going there.
"Um," I bit my bottom lip and played with the hem of my top "When will that party be, really?"
"Today," I gasp and stared at Jackie wide-eyed. She shrugs and smiles like it´s nothing "Close your mouth, Belle, or a fly will get in."
Scowling, I close my mouth which was wide open din surprise and raise an eyebrow, taking a short sip of my drink. "And how do you pretend to convince my mother to let you take me to the party of a stranger with less than twenty four hours for her to think about it?"
"Oh, dear, don´t worry about that", but the look on her face makes me think I definitely should worry.
I´m sorry it was short. The next chapter will be much longer have so many things, you have no idea of what I have in mind ;) Thank you for the ones who left reviews. Someone asked me why I tagged this in The Hunger Games, but well, I didn´t found any other tag. I´m sorry, but I had to tag it like that.
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