I woke up in the morning and started getting ready for school. Some mornings it's not something I liked to do.
I put on my school uniform and looked at myself in the mirror. The Mountain Springs Academy blazer was a dullish green color, with the schools emblem embroidered on it, a white shirt, black tie, black skirt, while I wore black pantyhose and black flats.
I wasn't the type to socialize with family very much. I only ever talked to mom and Gabriella once in a while. Gabriella and I were kind of close, she was in middle school so her uniform was a different color from mine, hers was a deep red color like wine red but every other thing was the same. I went downstairs, had breakfast and went to school. I usually drop off Gabriella at her side of the school so I did just that and drove to my side.
Mountain Springs Academy was a private school, rich kids in my state went there. The school was big, it had different areas for sports and all sorts of after school activities, dozens of classrooms and halls, labs and staffroom, a general teachers lounge, a library and a large cafeteria. The parking lot of the school was quite big also.
Just as every morning I got to school my friends, Rylee and Adelynn were waiting for me.
~Ad. Hailey
~me. What's up
~R. You look different
~me. In what aspect?
~R. Like, you look tired and yet more cuter
~me. Well I don't know what to do about it
~Ad. Let's go in
~me. Alright
As my friends and I walked through the halls I couldn't help but feel some weird feeling go through me. It went through my body like a fire was trying to be lit, it felt so weird and unfamiliar.
~Ad. I heard we have new transfer students in our class
~R. Yeah
~me. Really, I didn't hear
~Ad. They are two of them
~me. That's nice, till we get to see them then
The feeling went through my body again and it felt a lot more stronger that time. I know I usually feel some kinds of emotions when I'm around people but this felt new, yet it didn't. It felt like I was being wrapped by a familiar yet unfamiliar warmth that sent chills down my spine.
We got to our lockers and I opened mine and arranged my things in it then suddenly the halls went quiet I looked at my friends and they had their mouths wide open so I turned to see what everyone was looking at and my eyes met with a pair of cold blue eyes. The guy hung his blazer over one shoulder, he had silver blonde hair that fell on his shoulders, high cheek bones, a wonderfully structured face and jawline, and his lips were light pink. A girl walked beside him, she had silky shiny black hair that fell above her elbows in astonishing waves and what looked like pink eyes, a bright pink and her lips were carnation pink. The two walked hand in hand and when the guy saw me he stopped then the girls stopped too and looked at me then she pulled him away, I didn't stop looking at them until they were out of sight then I turned back to my locker. I felt series of emotions going through my body, these two, what were they? No human has ever given out such powerful emotions before and it made me feel weak.
~R. Hailey are you okay?
~Ad. I think Hailey's falling for someone
~me. What of course not, I could never fall for anyone that I don't even know
~Ad. It's love at first sight
~me. I don't believe in that, come on let's get to class
~Ad. Whatever you say then
I took out my note from my locker and we went to class. I was in the middle row of the class while Rylee was to my left and Adelynn was to my right, we talked for a while then the two new students walked in and the class went dead silent. I watched them walked to the back of the class and the guy sat beside Cecilia. She was my sister and we don't talk at all, she goes to school on her own and she only drops off Gabriella once in a while. Anger boiled inside me when I saw him sit beside her and then the girl sat beside him so he was between the two of them I had no problem with the girl sitting beside him but Cecilia, I hated it, he then whisper something into her ear and she smiled so I just turned away from them and put my head down on my desk.
~Ad. Is someone jealous?
~me. Why would I be jealous? And jealous of what?
~R. Jealous of Cecilia
~me. I can never be jealous of Cecilia
~R. Okay then
Our teacher entered the class and the lectures started. Couple hours later the bell for lunch rang and Rylee, Adelynn and I went to the cafeteria. We carried trays and went to join the line then I started feeling that weird emotion again. It was getting stronger and stronger but I didn't want to look around cause the last thing I wanted was for my eyes to meet with his so I focused on getting my food, paying and going to get a table, it got a lot more stronger and I began to feel weak I had to use all the strength I had left in my body to walk up to our table after getting my food then I fell on the chair and rested my head on the table.
~R. Are you okay?
~me. Uhh yeah yeah I'm fine, I'm just feeling a bit tired
~Ad. Tired? Did you sleep at night?
~me. Yes I did
~R. Then why are you feeling tired?
I faked a yawn and then they giggled.
~Ad. Where you up all night using your phone again?
~me. Fine yes
"I know it's a lie but what am I supposed to tell them, I can't tell them I feel all the emotions a person can feel that would be stupid and they would never believe me" I thought.
I watched the three of them pass by our table and sit at the one right next to ours. The guy said something and it made Cecilia laugh. But the girl she barely ever said anything to Cecilia, from what I've seen so far she usually only ever talked to the guy and used her phone, then she looked at me all of a sudden and our eyes locked, she narrowed her gaze at me then nudged at the guys arm and he started staring at me too, I shifted my gaze between the two then Cecilia saw them looking at me and touched the guys hand to draw back his attention and they both looked away from me. Something about these two felt off, today is their first day and of all people they saw to hang out with it's Cecilia. I ate my food still feeling a bit weak and tired but then I still tried to put something into my mouth. Sometime after they left with Cecilia out of the cafeteria and I couldn't help but stare at his back.
~me. Just asking, but what are their names?
~Ad. Emory and Aitana
~me. Emory
I repeated and looked at him as he walked out of the cafeteria. As he walked out I began to feel a bit more energetic.
~R. So you actually do like him?
~me. No
~R. But then you only repeated his name
~me. Cause it's the first time I've heard such a name, the names unique
~R. Yeah unique
She said grinning. The bell rung again and we went back to class, when we stepped into the class Emory was sitting with Cecilia again and he was talking and smiling with her but Aitana was on her phone not listening to them just as always, Cecilia then left the class and Aitana turned to Emory and started laughing.
"She only talked to Emory when Cecilia wasn't around, why? Was Aitana jealous of Cecilia and Emory? And was Emory already dating Cecilia? What was going on between these three? Why were they just so complicated?*
I took my seat between my friends and the teacher walked in, shortly after Cecilia walked in and sat beside Emory again.
I got home feeling exhausted, it felt like all the energy I had was drained out of me, I was still feeling those series of emotions that were unknown to me. I got up to my room and fell on the bed then shut my eyes. I laid in bed for what felt like hours then stood up and walked up to my dresser and looked at myself in the mirror. My chocolate brown hair was messy so I picked up a brush and started to brush my long soft hair. I packed my hair up in a messy bun and took out my contact lenses and looked at myself in the mirror again. I always wondered why my eyes were the color they were, purple. It was always unusual to me cause no one else had such eye color then I remembered Aitana, her eyes were pink and she never seemed bothered about them and when I locked eyes with her in the cafeteria earlier today it felt like she could see right through me. I went downstairs after changing and mom was in the kitchen.
~mom. Hailey darling
~me. Evening mom
~mom. How are you?
~me. I'm fine
I sat on a barstool at the kitchen island and mom placed a place of grilled chicken in front of me.
~me. Is this dinner?
~mom. Yes, you don't like it
~me. I just thought it would be too much to eat before bed
~mom. Just eat and enjoy it, you'll love it I promise
~me. Okay
I cut a small piece of chicken and put it into my mouth, chewed and swallowed.
~me. It's not bad actually
~mom. Told you
Mom said not looking back at me. She turned to me and looked at my hair.
~mom. Your roots are coming out, we're gonna have to go to for a dye again
~me. Alright
~dad. Sweetie why does she always have to dye her hair? Her natural hair color is black and beautiful
~mom. She looks better with brown hair, it compliments her eyes
Mom looked into my eyes and her facial expression changed.
~mom. Where are your contacts?
~me. I took them off
~mom. Why would you do that?
~me. I can't wear them all the time mom, I have to take them off at some point of the day
~mom. Yes and that's when you want to go to bed, not when you want to come down for dinner
~me. Okay
Mom always complained whenever I wasn't wearing my contacts. My eye sight isn't the best but I know I can see perfectly and read perfectly so I have to wear brown medicated contact lenses to help me see some specific things well, my parents didn't want me wearing glasses cause they said it could easily fall and break.
I lay down tucked in bed thousand of thoughts going through my head, thousands of emotions going through me. "Who are they? Emory and Aitana, why do they make me feel the way I do? Why do I feel this weird feeling go though me whenever I see Emory around Cecilia? Are Emory and Aitana dating?...no that's stupid, they would never date they don't even look like they have interest in each other, the thought of the two of them being a thing is stupid and unreasonable and for some reason I don't know why I think so. I don't even know these two, I've never even had a one on one conversation with any of them but yet I'm thinking about them so much..... Emory.... why does he make me feel unfamiliar emotions? Why can't I help but stare at him whenever he's around? Why can't I help but get angry whenever I see him close to Cecilia? I don't know, and I'm not sure if I'll ever know".