Bella
"Oh my God,why is he staring at me?" I was screaming inside my head. For the first time in forever,I was worried that someone was actually staring at me.
The new kid. He was sitting directly opposite me with a few other guys I know,I hate actually. Lydia, who was sitting with me, kept saying something and I was finding it hard to keep up. My mind was definitely somewhere else.
A lot of things started running through my head, "is he checking me out?", "are those good for nothing guys telling him something funny about me?", "should i smile and wave?". I was rapidly getting drained by my own thoughts.
Having a little war going on inside my head,I almost missed it when I noticed I was being pointed out by one of the guys sitting next to Adam. And then came the chuckling.
I could hear them loudly, they were all laughing at something and although Adam didn't seem to join in their laughter, I was very sure it was related to me. Just like that,reality came back to me.
I got so sad and angry that I didn't even know when tears started rolling down my cheek. I immediately stood up and ran straight to my only comfort zone in the whole of valerian High school,the restroom.
Lydia read the whole scenario quickly and immediately understood what was going on. She ran after me. But before she could get to me, I was already inside the toilet.
I locked myself in and started crying. "Bella, stop doing this to yourself,you know you are far better than this",I could hear Lydia's voice from the other side of the door.
"Go away Lydia, i don't need you right now",i shouted at her and immediately a feeling of guilt and regret hit me.i should not have said that to her knowing she was just trying to look out for me.
Realizing my mistake,I rushed outside to go and apologize to her but I couldn't find her,she had left. But to my surprise,I found Adam instead.standing directly in front of the toilet i was in all this while.
he stood like he was waiting for me,or someone else rathar.i was so shocked that i almost ran back inside the toilet."ummm…what are you doing here?" I asked him.
He didn't answer,he just kept staring at me like I'm some kind of an experiment or alien that he was trying to figure out.
I could not bring myself to walk away,I tried but my body was not responding? Then I said again "in case you missed it,'Ladies only' was boldly written on the door outside.you should not be in here".Still he didn't say anything.
Now I was beginning to feel embarrassed. I was starting to feel my legs again so I decided to walk out and leave him alone. Already taking two steps forward,I felt a hand on mine.
Adam was holding me back. I was fighting the urge between breaking my hand free or letting him hold me forever.
I hadn't even come to a conclusion before Adam dragged me back inside the toilet and locked the door.
My feet started trembling. I could not speak. Different emotions kept moving around freely in my body. I didn't know what to do so I just decided to let the situation play out by itself.
Still holding my hands,he brought his face closer to mine. Surprisingly, I wanted him to kiss me so badly that I already closed my eyes,waiting for his lips to touch mine,but they just never came.
Instead,he whispered in my eyes and said "you are too beautiful to be seen crying". That was the first time I was hearing Adam's voice real close.
He had an euphonious voice. I immediately started wondering maybe he could be a singer. Well if he was,i would definitely be his biggest fan. I didn't know what to say back to him.
I was still lost in his voice. Then he let go of my hand and it felt like a part of me just disappeared. I wanted the moment to last a little bit longer but it didn't.He unlocked the door and walked out.
Leaving me all alone in the toilet. I almost ran after him but i stopped my self after realizing i wouldn't know what to say to him if i caught up to him.so i decided not to.
I couldn't stop thinking about what just happened."wow" i said to myself."i need to tell lydia all about this,oh Lydia! Shit" remembering that i had offended my best friend a few minutes ago.
I ran out of the toilet to go and look for her. I had a lot to tell her but firstly,I needed to apologize. I checked the wristwatch on my left hand. It read 1:05.
We should be having our library period now.Lydia loves reading,she never misses library period so finding her should not be hard anymore.
But first i need to get her something,a little bribe and i knew exactly the perfect gift she would almost never resist.
i went straight to the school's canteen and bought two snickers chocolate bar.i was going to hand her both snickers chocolate bars and if she forgives me,she will share by giving me one.
This is how our friendship has always been.While i was at the canteen,i met chloe,the school's princess,and her two minion friends,sarah and lucy.
Chloe is by a long mile,the most beautiful girl in valerian high school.she would be described as the perfect girl if they was anything as such.
Openly,she's loved by everyone,including the teachers and the school principal.but secretly,students didn't really love her,instead they all found her very intimidating because of her mean,unpleasant,superior,prideful and arrogant behavior.
Her boyfriend,James,popularly known in the school as 'unlucky james' because of his role of having to put up with Chloe the most.
James and I used to be friends back in middle school.He was actually my first crush.We stopped being friends when he started hanging out with Chloe and her crew.
Chloe had never liked me.she was always making fun of me.she was the main reason the whole school never liked me.
Anything Chloe openly criticized was termed as an enemy of the school by the students.She had that much influence.But the one and only person who was never intimidated by Chloe is Lydia.
Lydia has always defended me.she has always been there for me even when nobody else stood by me.she is literally the only person in the entire school that really knows me,in and out.that's why she has been my best and only friend for as long as i can remember.