I was sitting on the couch watching the breaking news for today. It started off with news about the war and the pandemic. Then instantly changed scenes onto a plane crash. That was their plane!!! I thought. I started crying at the sight of it. Did they survive? Nobody survives a plane crash. I was now breathing fast and sobbing on the floor. Then I heard an alarm go off and suddenly woke up. What was that? Why was I so sad? Who's plane was it? I sat up on my bed and tried to think about what just happened. I realized the alarm that went off was just my alarm clock. Then I remembered that it's the first day of my Junior year in high school. I was so excited for this day. But still worried about my dream. It seemed so real. Who was I so worried about? I know there was more of it, but I just couldn't remember the first part.
Anyway, I got up and showered. I put on some jeans, a black crop top, my pair of Ugg boots and put my hair into a half up-half down ponytail.
Let me introduce myself.
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I am Annabelle, but my friends call me Anna. I have long wavy brown hair and beautiful bright green eyes. I am 16 years old. My mom is a nurse practitioner and my dad is the CEO of his weapon company. I have 3 crazy sisters who are Avery, Alice, and Abigail. They all have brown hair and take after my mom gorgeous gray eyes.
My best friend is Naomi. She has beautiful brown hair and deep blue eyes. She is also 16. She has her mom, dad, and her older brother. Her mom and dad own a very popular clothing company.
Let's get back to the story!
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Naomi and I are just so excited for this year. Here's why: 1) Its Junior year 2) We can go to prom this year and 3) We can finally get our drivers license!
Naomi and her brother always picks me up with his super fancy black corvette to take us to school. Let me introduce you to him.... Noah.... the super cute popular guy that all the girls crush on. But he isn't like any popular jock you would expect... he can actually be really sweet at times. He acts tough only because he's a guy. All the girls crush on him, except me and Naomi. Of course only because Naomi is his sister and I seem to be immune to his charm.
Meanwhile, when I hear the honk coming from outside, I immediately grab my bag, head out my bedroom door, and wish my parents "Goodbye" and head to the car.
I say hello to Naomi and her brother and he drives off while Naomi and I gossip.
Naomi: "Did you hear how Ayden's parents enlisted him in the army!?" she said in a shocked voice.
Anna: "Wow! That must be really awful!" I didn't really care for Aiden..... he probably deserved it....but I just imagine how I would feel if that happened to me. Noah usually laughs at our gossip but we have learned to ignore it.
We get to the school and Naomi and I step out of the car. Everyone instantly started staring at us. Naomi and I just start walking up to the entrance.
Noah quickly comes up behind us and whispers "Y'all have changed a lot in the past year, that is why they are staring." Naomi and I looked at each other and winked. We started walking like supermodels. We could hear Noah's laugh behind us but kept walking.
We are still walking like supermodels and finally we enter the school and start laughing. I found my locker and Naomi found hers. She is directly across the hallway from me. As we put our books in our locker and get ready for homeroom, we hear some commotion coming from outside. We look out the doors and see Noah on top of another dude and punching him to death. We run outside and we got control over Noah. But we were too late..... we see the principal walk out of the school with a furious face. He stares at us for a moment and then orders Naomi, me, Noah, and the other dude, Cole, into is office at once. We walk into the school and head for his office.
Anna: "Why were you fighting Cole?" I ask Noah.
Noah: "Don't worry about it" He said angrily.
After he said that I notice he has a few injuries on his face, I see bright red blood dripping down his forehead from what looks like a cut. It looks like he was slashed with a knife. I only know this because my mom taught me how to identify and cure injuries. In the meantime, I have a weird feeling of Deja vu. I don't remember where it's coming from. We one by one walk into the wait room outside of his office. The Principal starts calling us into his office, starting with Cole, then Naomi. While Noah and I were waiting, it was silent.
Anna: "Did he cut you with a knife?"
It took him a few seconds to reply,
Noah: "Yeah." He said, looking a little dizzy and started to hold his head with his hand. I asked him if he is ok and he immediately got frustrated.
Noah: "I said don't worry about it Anna!"
After he said that I got called into the office.
I walked into the principal's office silently and sat down in the chair.
Principal: "Miss Anna, I need you to tell me what happened." he said.
Anna: "Naomi and I where getting ready for home room when we heard some commotion coming from outside. We look outside and saw Noah on top of Cole punching him. We ran towards them and I pulled Noah off of him. When he realized it was me, he stopped and stood up. That's all I saw. But I noticed a few injuries on Noah, it looked like Cole cut him with a knife on his forehead." I said worriedly.
Principal: "Ok, thank you Miss Anna. You may go. Oh and wait for Noah and help him with his injuries, you can handle that right?" He asked.
Anna: "Yes sir." I replied and walked out of the office.
When I walked out I had my head down.
Anna: "Noah, He wants to speak with you"
After he didn't answer I looked up.
Anna: "Noah? Noah!" I ran towards him and saw he was unconscious. I called the Principal and he ran out of his office.
Principal: "What's wrong?" He asked.
Anna: "He is unconscious, we need to get him to the nurse's office! I can take care of him if you help me get him there!"
He immediately ran towards him and put one of Noah's arms around his shoulder. I did the same on the other side of Noah. We quickly got him to the nurse's office and laid him on the exam table.
Anna: "Thank you!" I said and hurriedly started to try to wake Noah up.
He said he would go get the nurse, even though both him and I know she is of no help. That's why he trusts me to help, because he knows I am more experienced than her....only because of my mom.
I made sure he was breathing and started to check and see if his eyes were dilated. I realized he has a mild concussion and is extremely dehydrated.....that's why he passed out. I texted my mom and she immediately got to the office within 5 minutes. She said that he will be ok and he will wake up soon. After my mom left the principal walked in with the nurse. I told him about Noah and he said he will excuse me for the day from school to help him. When he left, the nurse said she will get some snacks. I said ok and looked at the time...it was 9:45 am. I sighed and looked at Noah. When I looked at him I suddenly got goosebumps and started to worry. I have never worried about him like this....I wonder why now? I got up and started to clean his wounds. He had that cut on his forehead, fortunately, it's not deep enough to need stitches. I also noticed his nose was bleeding a bit. I cleaned that and his lip that was also bleeding.
About 10 minutes later the nurse came back... without snacks. She said she wasn't feeling well and I told her she could go home. She eagerly left and I sighed, again. It's only 10 o'clock and school is out at 3:00. I looked at Noah and said, "What an amazing first day!" sarcastically.
About a few hours later, around 12:30, I heard Noah moan and I went over to him. He started to open his eyes. I instantly got more Deja vu.... but still didn't know where came from?
Anna: "Good morning, sunshine!"
He tried to get up and I told him to lay down and rest. He asked me what happened and I explained to him. He put his hand on his head like he is embarrassed. Suddenly Naomi walked in with a few trays of food.
Naomi: "Hey guys! I brought some food.... how are you feeling Noah?" She said.
Noah: "I am fine, Naomi."
She handed me the food trays and asked to talk to me outside. I explained to her what happened and she looked at me with a worried look. I told her he will be fine and that I am supposed to help him until he gets home. She said goodbye to us and headed back to class.
I went to help Noah and gave him small portions of food.
Noah: "Why are you helping me?"
Anna: "Why wouldn't I?"
Noah: "I don't know, I guess I didn't think you cared about me that much."
When he said that it felt like someone just stabbed me in the heart. I just stared at him in shock. After a few moments I replied with,
Anna: "Of course I care, why would I not?" He looked up at me in surprise and just stared.
After I helped him I went and sat down. He looked down at the ground in silence. After what felt like a million years, school was finally out. I grabbed my backpack and Noah's and helped him walk out.
Noah: "Take me out the back door....my guys can't see me like this." He said.
I took him through the back door and straight to his car where Naomi was waiting. I immediately realized that he can't drive with a concussion. When we reached the car I told Naomi to call her mom to pick us up. Noah says...
Noah: "Wait, I can drive you."
Anna: "No, you can't, not with your concussion." He rolls his eyes and doesn't say a word. "You can't drive or play sports with your concussion. You can still go to school and as long as you take care, it should heal within a couple weeks." I said as he looked at me with disbelief.
His mom arrived and took me home. When I got out of the car, she thanked me for taking care of her son and I told her to call me if she needed anything. I invited them in to talk to my parents and they accepted. We were walking up to my door and Naomi and her mom walked in....Noah stopped in the doorway and just stared at me. Naomi called my name and I told her I would be there in a second.
Anna: "What?" I asked. He just shrugs and walks through the door. I am so confused but tried to rub it off. My parents invited them to dinner and as usual, they said yes. Naomi's mom said her husband was working late so it would just be them.
After dinner, Noah asked me to go for a walk. Confused, I said yes. Naomi was too deep in her conversation to notice us leaving.
We walked out the door and walked a few blocks away from my home. Noah came in front of me and said...
Noah: "Do you care for me?" He looked sad when he asked.
Anna: "Of course I care about you, why wouldn't I?" He immediately smiled, grabbed my waist, and pulled me closer to him. I stared in shock.
Noah: "Good" He said with a smirk. I didn't know what to say. Luckily, his mom called him to leave and he dropped me and said, "I have to go." He started walking towards the house and I, still puzzled by his actions and words, walked back as well.