Logan had made it through the day without seeing Leigh, not that he was trying to but the thought "distance makes the heart grow fonder" was playing over and over in his head. He made it to lunch where he sat and ate nothing except the sun rays as thought photosynthesis was something that he could ingest.
The table he sat at was circular and bolted to the ground with a stainless steel top, with scratches in the top that were people had written most of the curse words that exist. The chairs were connected to the bottom of the table spidered out from the bottom like an octopus holding your seat. All together 6 chairs. Leigh walked up to the table and sat across from him and pulled out her sandwich. It looked like a peanut butter and jelly to Logan but he didn't say anything. Instead, he waited for her to say something. She sat there quiet eating and focusing only on her food, looked up occasionally blankly then back down as if he weren't there. He was confused. He tried to say something smart but there were no words forming that didn't sound stupid. Her sandwich was cut into small triangles and he thought that was cute. She finished her last triangle and she looked at him with a half smile, as if she were surprised.
"You didn't use one pick up line, and I am almost surprised, it's like you are trying to start again in your life and I almost believe it." She said.
"I mean.... uhh what do I say to that?" Logan reluctantly surprised as he was genuinely speechless.
"Nothing will suffice. Are we still on for this afternoon? We can go to the mall or go eat somewhere? Not a date, strictly platonic." She rushed out at the end.
"I don't know anywhere that sells sandwiches in triangles so I guess food is out of the question." Finally something clever occurred to him.
"Ha...ha...ha. Well let's just go to the mall."
"Ok, that's sounds cool." He replied calmly while in his head the happy dance was happening.
"Smoothe, sound uninterested so I want you more? That totally works. Meet me at the gate after school and stop staring at me, it creeps me out for fucks sake."
"Ok! Yes, gate, smoothe, bye!"
Leigh walked away, and as she walked away Logan watched this interesting girl walking without moving her arms and thought that might be the sign of a psychopath.
'But no one is that crazy right?'
He finished his meal of rays from the sun and stood up and walked to his next class. His next class was American Lit. So, naturally, he drifted off the future in his head and how excited he was to get to know Leigh. He's been in the same school with her now for 2 years. Strange girl moved to his town and he knew nothing of her, only that she was the strangest girl he had ever seen and so unlike all the people he had been with prior.
Last bell rang for school and he ran to the gate as if she was going to be there waiting for him and only him.
So 15 minutes of him questioning whether she was going to show up or not, she speed walks with her, what appears to be, 100 pound back pack to the gate. She then looked at him with a face that was indifferent.
"Ok so apparently I have this huge paper due tomorrow that I totally spaced and I know I told you we could hang out but I can't. If my grades slip again I won't see the light of day again." And without another word she was gone. Dejected he just nods his head and walks home. He didn't know why he felt so disappointed, but there it was.
On his way home he didn't think about anything. His brain turned off and he walked and walked. He got home and tried to be normal. His mother was still at work and his sisters were probably out with friends. So he got online. Leigh wasn't on so he watched and waited for her to get on. When his sisters got home they had to use the phone so he logged out and played video games til his eyes hurt then went to bed without his dinner.
He woke up the next morning he found his way to the bathroom and went to take a shower. Before he got into the shower he turned on the water and let it warm up. He got into the shower and reached up to slick his hair back. As he reached up he felt the world go into a tunnel and then darkness.