It was a cold morning in fieldstown. As cold as could be around these parts , the temperatures dropped suddenly over the past three years, all thanks to global warming. Luke was riding his bike down the lonely road that led from his farmhouse to fieldstown high when he noticed the empty house on lemon drive had moving trucks parked out front and unloading one of the trucks was a very tall slender beautiful lady, no more than his age he assumed , and as he was about to crash into the near by tree, the voice of an older looking guy he assumed to be her brother for their resemblance shouted " watch were you're going dummy".
All through the ride to school he couldn't get the picture of the lady off his mind . she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. A huge head of silver silky hair flowing down her pale white skin, distinct high cheekbones and full bulbous lips ,with very dark contrasting eyes. she had an air of grace about her too and....
The sound of a car horn jolted him from his day dream. He had arrived at school.
Luke was the most unpopular kid in his grade . The fact that he was shy and generally awkward around people could have been the cause . Personally he believed it was his terrible facial features . Don't get it wrong he wasn't as ugly as he thought he was, but he was no Prince charming neither .He had massive buck teeth, huge eyes that didn't fit and rough farm hands which people always pointed out whenever he shook them. All these put together made him quite timid, his only friend being Sidney, who was unbelievably small for their grade . The pair of them were an attraction for the class bullies .
They were having third period when the headmistress walked in and beside her stood the mystery lady he'd seen on his ride days ago. His heart skipped 10 beats. She had just moved to fieldstown with her family, and was to resume high school here . On her way to her seat she winked at him like she recognised him, but he knew his mind was playing tricks so he ignored it. she sat next to Sid, the lucky bastard .
At the end of the school day Sid had gotten quite a good rapport with the new girl. It was all Luke could do to hide his envy .He'd been spying on them all day as they whispered and giggled with each other. Sid always had a way with words like wished he did.
"who's your friend Sid?" the new girl said coming behind them as they walked towards their parked bikes .
"oh! this is Luke. Luke meet Annabelle. "
she looked at him as if expecting him to say something but he just stared at his feet hoping the ground would swallow him.
"Nice to meet you Luke." she said, and as he summoned courage to look at her he saw Brian Thompson approach. Brian was the chief of his bullies at fieldstown high, and he always left Luke stained and rough after each encounter. He'd started to walk away when Brian shouted," there you go pipsqueak. Run along. we don't want you giving our newest student a bad impression of our lovely school"
Brian was always in the company of Jeff and Thomas stones, unbelievably huge dimwitted twins .
Luke walked briskly away expecting Sid to follow, but Sid seemed to have some new found courage and didn't tell him about it.
"you shouldn't let people find you with the likes of these two" Brian started to Anabelle "they'd ruin your social standing before you even get your feet on the ground. I'm Brian , and these are my buddies Tom and Jeff. say hi boys" . The dimwits grunted some form of greeting . All the while Brian had his arm around Sid ." Run along now little one" he said to Sid . " the grownups are talking"
" You're right Brian" replied Anna, " the grownups were having a perfectly good conversation before you and your lot butt in"
There was a general gasp by all around them. The world seemed to pause for a minute as the awaited Brian's response. He'd hit people for less and got away with it , as his parents were principal investors on the school board. Brian shoved Sid to the ground and came full face to face with Anna, trying to stare her down. she didn't budge . Then he spoke " I bet you'd come around, baby " he smacked her cheek with his index finger , and stormed off into his convertible blasting music and screaming with his gang as they rode off into the distance.
Luke hurried to help his friend up. with Anna's help they dusted him as much the could and spent the rest of the walk in silence . when they got to their bikes Anna gave Sid a warm hug as if to pacify him for standing by her side, and not much of a glance at Luke . He could feel the judgement. He'd abandoned his best friend to stand up to the bullies alone . It was until they were halfway home before Sid spoke up " so what do u think of Anna huh"
" I think she's cool." Luke replied.
" you have no idea " Sid said . " you'd think someone as beautiful as she would be a condescending snub, but she was so interested in my stories and said she'd love to hang with us this weekend. we r giving her the tour of fieldstown "
"sounds like a plan" Luke tried to sound disinterested.
"The real plan is to make her my girlfriend by the end of the school year. Hope you're ready to be the perfect wingman" Sid said.
Luke choked trying to hold his laughter.
" unlike you Luke, girls actually find me adorable. I doubt she can resist my charms."
" we'd see about that " Luke replied. They had gotten to the intersection where Sid branched off to his own house , and said their goodbyes.
When Luke got home he couldn't stop thinking about Anna. He kept wishing he wasn't this ugly and weak. and poor. He had to help his parents on their ranch everyday and so having a social life outside school was impossible. He remembered the last time he had a crush like this, Marie Newman, and shivers ran down his spine. This was going to be different he was sure .
It was a bright Saturday afternoon, much warmer than it'd been of late . The trio of Sid, Anna And Luke were walking down the perfectly ploughed fields of millennium park. The stream flowed slowly giving a soothing ambience, birds chirping around and sounds of various rustling leaves from the nearby trees made it a perfect place for a picnic. they got to a spot beneath a canopy of trees and set up their picnic gear. Sid had brought homemade sandwiches, Luke brought apples and milk. Anna had a canteen with her from which whe frequently sipped.
"you're not eating anything" Sid said to her
"No." she replied. " I never eat in public"
They talked and joked all day and towards evening they packed up their picnic and were about heading home when Anna announced she couldn't walk with them because she had to run some errands. "who goes on errands this late " Luke thought to himself. Sid didn't seem to notice anything was wrong as he was carried away smiling from ear to ear.
Later that evening , Luke had seen Sid off to his house and as he approached Anna's which was on his way home he noticed she had red stains on her blouse. She caught him staring from her lawn and quickly walked into the house. It was strange, very strange, but by far not the strangest thing he'd seen that day.
Sid and Anna had been dating for a few days now. The little Minsk had managed to pull it off. well he was funny, good looking and rich .These didn't stop him from being bullied by the stones twins, for his size of course . He made a good team with Anna though, because for some reason she always seemed able to defuse bullies . she had a way of staring them down and they just changed their minds about hitting Sid or her for that matter . Luke wished he had such abilities.
They were having lunch in the cafeteria and as usual Anna would have nothing. she wasn't a shy girl, probably just strict upbringing made her so conscious about eating in public.
"what's your favourite meal" Sid asked her. "if u actually eat that is" they all chuckled.
"I like meat. Any kind " she said smiling. "even human" she joked . Sid burst out laughing, stretching his arm to her mouth saying"eat me! eat me!"
Anna's face squeezed a little, like a bright light had shone in her eyes, suspecting Luke had noticed this she rubbed her eyes saying a bug must have flown in.
" perhaps Sid sent some of his pie down your eyes throwing his arm around like that ." Luke explained. she smiled and replied, "perhaps".
Just then Brian walked over to their table and with a single gesture wiped their plates to the floor. Next he pulled Sid by the hair and took his seat.
"What's a pretty girl like you doing with the likes of him I wonder" he said " you could do much better than this lot "
"And by that you mean yourself yea?" Anna retorted.
Brian smiled as if to agree. He leaned to within an inch of her face and whispered "Doubt you've tasted a real man before. You have no idea what you're missing" He gestured towards his groin.
Anna stood up, backed up and said " I'm confident I've had better " she grabbed Sid by the hand and started walking away
"I WILL BE SEEING YOU AROUND" Brian shouted towards them, turned to Luke and went, "what are you staring at weirdo". Luke took to his heels and caught up to Sid and Anna in no time.
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It was just one year ago, Luke had met the love of his life. she wasn't exactly pretty but she was everything to him. she enjoyed spending time with him, laughed at all his jokes ,always made fun of Sid and made him feel feel a little better for his horrible looks. Marie Newman was the girl he hoped to raise kids with on a little farm he was definitely going to own.
They were in his room after a tough game of chess at which she'd bested him.Luke started to gather the pieces on the board when she held his hand, stoking it softly she leaned in towards his face. He was confused and stuck . couldn't lean back in . she let out a little chuckle and with her other hand pulled him in for the kiss.
It was the strangest and best feeling he'd ever experienced. Her lips were warm and full and wet. she guided his head from side to side as she gently slid her tongue into his mouth. it was all happening so fast and before long she was on him, taking off her buttons, and her shirt and her under vest. The sight of her firm round breasts was too much for Luke to handle so he looked away. she took his hands and placed them beneath her breasts, they were warm and soft. He felt a very strong and sweet feeling in his groin and and explosion of what he thought was urine from his penis, with so much force his body shook. she reached down his pants and let out a little shriek. Her hand was sticky and she seemed upset with him. He didn't know what he did wrong, but he was determined to make it right. She had given him the best feeling of his life, and she was going to be his wife.