Shelby woke up on her bed with herself covered with papers. She rubbed her eyes as she sat up with papers falling onto the side of her bed.
She grabbed all the loose papers and stacked them together. She wrote a lot yesterday. She was way to into her writing to even remember what time she fell asleep at.
"Shelby" She heard her mom yell from downstairs.
"I'm up" She yelled back and grabbed clothes out of her closet. She ran to the bathroom and quickly freshened up. She got dressed and ran downstairs with her hair dripping wet.
"Bye mom" she said as she ran outside
"Shelby!" Her mom yelled and Shelby turned toward her mom "Your hair's still wet"
"Yea" Shelby said giving her mom a small playful smile.
"You're going to get sick" Her mom said shaking her head.
"I'll be fine" Shelby said getting into her car. The fact was that Shelby did want to get sick. Just so she wouldn't have to go to school.
Shelby sighed as she pulled into the parking lot of her school. Most of the time Shelby parked in the very back but she just decided to park on the side. The side that had the cameras, just in case.
Shelby held her bag over her shoulders, and she entered the school. Trying to be a quiet as possible, despite knowing Veronica's best friend Kiley had super hearing to hear her.
"Hey Shelby" Shelby heard from behind her and turned to see Veronica.
"Hi" She responded back flatly.
"Did you think Kiley wouldn't hear you? With your loud breathing and movement" Veronica asked and chuckled
"You know I have powers" Kiley says "unlike you"
Shelby rolled her eyes and turned around and started walking until Veronica appeared in front of her.
"Move, I have to get to class" Shelby says frustrated
"Then move me with your powers" Veronica smirked
Shelby stepped to the side to met Kiley on the other side.
"Nu uh" Kiley says
"Can you two just stop" Shelby says and turned around to go a different way causing them to follow her.
"That wouldn't be no fun. Would it Kiley?"
"It wouldn't V" They responded to each other.
Shelby moved in between the crowds fast until she was finally by herself and away from them. She reached her class a seconded before the bell. She found her normal seat as the teacher came in and started explaining more of what they were talking about yesterday.
The door opened to see Daron, Veronica's boyfriend, and Azur together. Daron had his lip cut and Azur was smiling confidently.
"What happened to you?" The teacher asked Daron.
"Nothing" he said, and they both come in to find a seat.
"Azur, you're the one who started yesterday right?" The teacher asked
"Yea" He answered
"You can sit next to Shelby. She can help you catch up to our point since she's already ahead of most students. Do mind taking Azur to the library, Shelby, to catch him up for today?"
"Sure, I don't mind" Shelby answered and grabbed her bag. "Come on"
Azur and Shelby walk out of the class towards the library in an awkward silence.
"I'm sorry if I offended you yesterday with my question" Azur said
"No, you didn't offend me. That's what any person asks if they found out I don't have powers. Especially if they know my family"
"I wasn't sure if I offended you or not, but I assumed since you walked out of the class pretty fast" he said and rubbed the back of his neck.
"I was just ready to go home. I'm sorry if I gave you the wrong idea" Shelby answered as they entered the library.
"I thought we had one more class at the end of the day" Azur said
"That's for people to learn to use their powers. I don't have to stay for that class" She answered
"Oh, right" He answered as they sat at a random table. Shelby took at her book and sat it on the table in between them.
Halfway through their time, Azur began to understand faster that Shelby knew it. Azur sat there doing his work as Shelby began to do her own work.
She started singing one of her favorite songs from her favorite Tv shows.
"She sees them walking in a straight line
That's not really her style
And they all got the same heartbeat
But hers is falling behind
Nothing in this world could ever bring them down
Yeah, they're invincible, and she's just in the background
And she speaks
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Like the cool kids
He sees them talking with a big smile
They haven't got a clue
Yeah, they're living the good life
Can't see what he is going through
They're driving fast cars
But they don't know where they're going
In the fast lane, living life without knowing
And he says" Shelby sings
Azur looks up from his work to hear her singing. He smiles. Shelby looks up and catches Azur's eyes. Her faced heated up as she realized he heard her.
"You didn't hear me, did you?" Shelby asked embarrassed biting her lip.
"I certainly did not" He says with a small smile that he was trying to hide.
"You were!" Shelby says "You liar"
"I'm sorry" He chuckled as Shelby threw her eraser cap at him. "You sing really good though"
"Thank you" she says as a strand of her hair falls onto her face.
"I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Like the cool kids
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Like the cool kids
And they said
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Like the cool kids
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to fit in
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Like the cool kids
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Cause all the cool kids, they seem to get it
I wish that I could be like the cool kids
Like the cool kids" Azur sang the last part of her song.
Shelby smiled at him looking straight into his eyes.
It was strange, Shelby thought to herself. She didn't feel so lonely with him. Nor did she feel that different.
The bell rung pulling them out of their thoughts. They stood up and started pulling the things into their bags.
"What class do you have next?" Shelby asks
"Geometry" he says looking down at Shelby who was about foot shorter than him.
"What room?"
"180B" Azur answered
"I'll walk you there. Mine is right next door" Shelby offered
"Sure" Azur smiled as they walked out of the library.