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'The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed'Jean Cocteau
Friday's! We finished early and it was the end of school , 2:15pm. I yawned with my hands in the air. The sun shone a bit , but it was still cold and windy.I breathed out heavily and soon started rubbing my hands. I was waiting for Naruto who was with Paulina back from whatever lesson they had . D.T I think. I had textiles , gah. I hate needlework and cooking. Woodwork is fine by me, it's pretty easy. I felt a tap on my head , I looked back seeing Ellie with a wink and a grin. "See ya on Monday! Pop up on facebook , I'll be so bored!"She giggled. I nodded slowly. Watching her sprint off , I raised a brow. How could she run in the cold. I heard crying then and Zulaikha's laughter. She's in textiles with me but she said she had some unfinished sewing to do. Now I could see why, I saw boys in agony with at least blood pouring down their face and fingers aching. I gave her a look which said what-the-hell-did-you-do kind of thing. Her angry frown turned into a malicious grin. She mouthed she'd text me. I didn't want her too but I don't think I should bother arguing.
"Tanna!"I heard Naruto's annoying voice cry. I looked back to see him dragging Paulina. "We have a mission!"
"W..we do?"
What kind of mission was this? We sat at a nearby bench outside of school hearing Paulina sob. I had my hands in my pocket and slouched slightly. It was weird. Paulina never really cried, not in my account. Not in front of anyone at least. She was someone who'd take her anger out on her own then show people. Maybe it was Naruto she felt comfortable about that? I guess I would. N-Not that I would cry in front of him anyway! "H-He... I-I think he might have a girlfriend!"She cried.
"Right..how do you know?"
"W-Well I heard from his sister and th-then well..-"She started to sob allowed again , I muffled in my coat and scarf. Naruto wrapped a reassuring arm.
"I'm sure he isn't," Naruto cooed. "Well...Actually , I overheard in P.e that he's meeting someone called May tomorrow in front of the library?" Po sobbed even 's pause for a second. Okay this boy were talking about is James.I don't know much about him. No,that's a lie. Paulina talks about him too much! James is a blonde boy with blue eyes , he's kind you could say. I'm not in any lessons with him , he's in the same year with us . I think. I do not notice people at always tell us how he helps her and how kind and calm he is. Okay play.
"Paulina , I bet it's no big deal , you know? James is a boy who is probably wanting to hang out with a frie-" Paulina muffled out my words with her cries of agony.
"Paulina , stop crying please!"Naruto pleaded. I laughed. "I know , we'll stalk him tomorrow , if he's going to meet up with her!"Naruto tried to make the situation better. Paulina looked up and wiped her tears ,wiping them with her finger tips.
"W-Well that sounds good , thanks Naruto."
Naruto dragged me all the way to the library , at 9 Am. Let me explain , Tanha does not wake up until afternoon and definetly does not wake up at 9 on a Saturday! I groaned as he held my wrist, my legs were going to give way any second! I can feel it , I just can okay! "Why so early!"
"So we can spy on James!"
"Then what?" He gave me a little shrug. I sighed.
"It's just fun,"
"It's worse , if Paulina sees them you know , making out she'll be even sad!"
"Well then I'll go all you know,"He shot out some karate moves and grinned.
"You're just digging your own grave ," I murmured. "Don't take me down with it." I hissed. He laughed nervously. I was in my large grey coat which was way to big for me and then my grey track bottoms with a black top . It was so cold in the morning.
"I-I'm sorry for being late!"I heard someone exclaim. It was Paulina. My eyes blinked for a second , pushing my fringe behind my hair to get it out of my face. Once Paulina made it towards us she was breathless.
"Well James should be here soon , so we'll start following!"
"Isn't stalking illegal?"I asked Naruto. He gave off a shrug.
We hid behind a bush for about half an hour , I was cold so I didn't talk much but Paulina told Naruto how amazing James was. I listened in surely, he wasn't as awesome as Sam..W-what? Nothing. "I totally know what you mean! Sakura-chan is the best, she's pretty and well..she's not so strong but In the chunin exams she was amazing!"
"Sakura?"Paulina repeated.
"Yeah Sakura-chan!"Naruto answered.
"As in Sakura , pink hair..green eyes?"
"Yeah!" Damn it . I nudged Naruto hard in the stomach as he groaned in pain.
"He's got brain damage remember , to hung up with the anime he does not know what he's talking about."I harshly muttered.
"O-Oh yeah," Naruto moaned in pain holding his stomach, I smiled contently. She raised her brow and smiled back. Jeez Naruto , I really want to kill you now.
We heard small footsteps , Naruto's prying eyes looked up first , he gave us a nod and then I pulled my head up. Seeing James , soon scooting by him was another person. I was assuming it was a girl, she wore this black hoodie , including some skinny jeans and from first glimpse her hair looked dyed, a purple colour. Wow..emo much? I held tight a giggle.
"Hey , are you doing okay?"He asked with a girl only nodded. "Good , so shall we head over into town?" The girl didn't make any reaction , he grabbed a hold of her wrist softly as they darted onwards.
"THEY ARE ON THE MOVE , THEY ARE ON THE-" Naruto was interuppted by the large punch I gave him on the side .
"You're totally making us look obvious you stupid little idiot!"
"You're so mean!"He whined.
"Because you're so stupid!"I argued. "C'mon Po. Let's get going!"She nodded timidly, obviously frightened by the way we spoke to each other.
The three of us first followed them towards some sort of social youth club for the young. Well duh. I hated these kind of things , merely because they are way too sociable! I lifted up the hood of my jumper and hoped no one saw me . Naruto fit right in though , he just had small pep talks with people he could see who went to our school. I , did not enjoy small talk so I did not do what this troublesome idiot did. James was laughing with a crowd of people with the awkward girl beside him rubbing herleg with one of her feet. We spent a good half an hour , watching from the other side of the center , until we saw him wave back at the group of people and started to walk again. "HE IS ON THE MOVE!"Naruto shouted.
"Thank you captain obvious,"I muttered. Paulina laughed lightly.
The next destination was some cafe , we somehow got in without him seeing us . Paulina was almost redder the red! If that was possible. "M-Maybe we should go guys?"She suggested.
"You dragged me all the way , I don't think our little trail will end now."I mentioned.
"Yeah Paulina! C'mon , let's find a table 'kay?"He suggested. Paulina thought for a while and nodded once again . Naruto shot a grin and I smiled slowly. As we sat down , Paulina and Naruto faced me and at the same time I could see James with the girl. I watched all his body gestures and language. He rubbed the females arm comfortably . I hated to admit it but I had a feeling this was his girlfriend. Although James doesn't seem like he would be the type to go out with a girl with such a dark atmosphere? Her skin was probably the palest thing about her from my angle. James looked a bit like some dog at the moment , with his happy face and reassuring eyes. I could see why Paulina liked him but honestly he isn't my cup of tea. I watched resently , okay . Eating a muffin and then sipping some coffee . How interesting. I groaned in boredom.
Naruto ordered a muffin and Po had some sort of pasta . I was fine with some tea and some toast for now.I waited for the tea to become cold before sipping. I think I'm the one paying since Naruto has no money and Po forgot hers. I jingled through my pockets , I probably had enough for now and if I'm right I could order something. I rubbed my eyes sleepily , Naruto and Paulina had their conversations like you did . I felt awkward but listening in conversations was fine too. "What are they doing now?"Naruto asked.
"Eating and talking,"I replied. We waited for a brief moment...
"Now?"
"Still eating and talking."I mentioned. Another few seconds.
"How 'bout now?"
"STILL EATING YOU LITTLE A-..Jeez,"I hated raising my voice and straining it. Naruto couldn't help but laugh .
"You get annoyed way too easily!"He laughed holding his stomach. I stared at .
So for most of the day we tagged along James , watching him joke with the girl with him. Paulina became more sadder , I was doubting this was a good plan after all. Anyway as I was saying 'following' and totally not stalking the boy Paulina loved , we found him at the leisure center playing tennis and then at choir, singing. They both even entered many shops together and bought all kinds of weird things from the birthday-gift shop. Paulina's eyes wondered silently over at them at every stop we took and Naruto only grew more curious , making it obvious as ever we were following them. My legs were aching.
We were back behind the bush. It was dark now ,but mum probably wouldn't be at home anyway and dad would be resting or ready to get to work. In winter it always got dark early , but it wasn't as bad as December. I breathed in my hands to keep them warm , rubbing them together. James smiled at the girl , he held her hand in a reassuring way and rubbed them lightly. Paulina's face grew red when he had done , she glanced away."Naruto..this was a terrible idea!" We watched the girl walk away and James with his signature smile. He had his hands in his pockets. I stomped on Naruto's face. "Naruto!"I hissed. The blonde haired boy howled in pain and so James looked at our now shaking bush. I cringed lightly.
"Erm ,hello?"He called out slightly startled.
"Go!"Naruto muttered.
"No , why me?"I asked.
"Because, you look creepy , black hair , bags under your eyes , he'll think you've been stalking him it will be fine!"
"No , no it won't! It was your idea!"I argued. Naruto then lifted me up and almost threw me over the bush , I stumbled outwards trying to balance. His eyebrows knitted towards me with curiosity.
"Hello?"
"Erm , hi." There was that awkward silence in the air.
"You're in Paulina's class , right?" Thank you my good sir for breaking that silence. I nodded lightly with a small smile. "You..were following me?"He asked again.
"Er..no..yes..maybe, no! It was all his fault!"I shouted pointing to the bush. James peered over to the bush awkwardly.
"The..bushes fault?"
"...Yes , the bushes fault. Are you stupid or something?"
"E-Erm sorry.."He slowly said scratching his face slowly.
"Ask who that girl is!"I heard Naruto's voice whisper. Didn't he know that James could hear him?
"Who..was that girl?"I questioned.
"That girl? Oh my cousin!"He smiled brightly. My eyes dropped , his cousin? His damn cousin? No , not his girlfriend! Urgh! I almost fell to the ground.
"YOU IDIOT!"I screamed back at Naruto.
"..Y-you're talking to the bush again?" I looked like a right idiot , I put a hand on my head sighing.
"I am not talking to the bush you can clearly see-"I was interrupted as Paulina hooted out of the bush , a large blush spread across her face. I stepped back , she continued to walk and I heard a quick 'sorry and thank you' escape from her lips. I quirked a brow as my hand was soon taken by Naruto pulling me down."I feel sick Narut-"
"Shh , watch!"
I gazed up at them. Paulina's eyes trembled as she watched and laughed nervously. "I-I'm sorry about that,"
"Sorry? About what?"James soon asked.
"About following you."
"Oh , so you're the voices I kept hearing,"He laughed and smiled. Paulina joined with the laughter. She rubbed the back of her neck in a nervous manner. "Oh that's fine , I feel a little better knowing it was you , instead of some stranger!" Was he hit by a rock or something..? How could he be cool with us following him?! "Don't mind me asking, but why were you following me?"He politely questioned. Paulina's face looked up at the taller boy.
"O-Oh , well .. I.. don't know." Nice save (!) "I guess I wanted to know what you do on a winter day!"She smiled.
"Oh , right . Well you could of joined us you know? Maybe next Saturday?"
"A-Ah yeah, sounds nice!"Her voice was a little croaky. I was getting bored.
"So want to walk you home?"
"Yeah okay."She simply replied.
"What about your friends?"
"They've gone anyway." WHAT? I am still here! In the cold! Take me away in a taxi or something you bloody-
Paulina skipped by James side, she looked back at us and winked. Oh the life of a girl.. how complicated. I saw her give us a grin to. I was satisfied with that. It's cheesy but if she's happy you could say I'm happy. I glanced back at Naruto who was in these comedic tears.
"That was beautiful! I need to get tips from James! Maybe I can sweep Sakura-chan off her feet just like he did!"
"But..he didn't sweep her off her feet?"
"Maybe I could earn a kiss or some free ramen!"
"You're supposed to buy the ramen , you're the guy.."I continued muttering by myself, he wasn't listening. Naruto continued to brag about what he could do and how he would learn for the trip home. The lights flickered slowly , the cars passing by slowly. I didn't like staying on my own in the dark but with Naruto I felt more safe. The lamp lights continued to flicker.
"What about you Tanha , do you love someone? Just as beautiful as Sakura-chan?"He asked.
"Hell no, it's all cliche when you think about it,"
"Jeez , you're no fun." Of course I liked somebody , it wasn't big , it wasn't a movie . It was just a small little admiration. He gave me a play punch on the shoulder ,I glared at him. "Well at least I know I won't have to worry about you having a boyfriend!"He grinned. I stared at him for a little while , he turned his attention to the dull stars , the brightness was taken away from the lamp lights and cars whizzing around , not to mention the shops which were still opened. His face looked really cool now , how everything lit up . His smile , his skin and even his eyes . Especially his eyes. I laughed by myself.
"You weirdo."