OMG! I looked in the mirror my forehead was redder than before, maybe even a little bit purple, it was like a bruise. I tried everything to cover it up, I added makeup, no matter how much I added, it was still visible. There's no way I could let anyone see me like this. Without thinking I started cutting my hair. I closed my eyes as I finished cutting and then got enough courage to look in the mirror. My bangs actually didn't turn out bad, it actually looked good, now I could cover up my bruise.
I met up with James and he asked about the sudden new bangs, I just said I felt like getting a new look. Stella liked my new cut and so did the others, I was glad everyone didn't think it looked bad. At break, I skipped lunch and went to the empty art classroom to complete my homework I didn't get to finish last night. Nobody really went in this room so I didn't expect anyone to be here. Just as I slid the door open I saw someone with red hair, tied back. He didn't even notice me entering, "Hello?" He looked up and it was Leon, who else would have red hair like him.. He was painting, "Oh Hey Celina." "What are you painting?" Before I could get close enough to take a peek he stopped me and said it was a secret.
It made me even more curious, but I didn't want to invade his privacy. So I just sat at a table across from where he was painting and started doing my work. From time to time I took a little look at him, he seemed so concentrated on this painting, he almost looked unreal, with his hair tied back and strands at front poking out. I was getting too distracted, I needed to concentrate.
I managed to finish up my work and Leon was still painting, it was a few minutes till the bell, I should probably tell him.
I slowly walked up to him, and told him that the bell was going to go soon. He just looked at me, I felt awkward because he didn't respond, he then took his earbuds out of his ear. "Sorry, what did you say?" He had earbuds on..
"There's a few minutes until the bell." "Oh thanks for letting me know. Let me pack this up first and we could walk to class together." "Okay." Leon packs his stuff up and we walk to English class together.
Mr William called up the students one at a time to bring
him the homework, I proudly brought him the homework when I got called up. I tried really hard completing it. When Leon got called up he didn't have his homework, "Leon, where's yesterday's homework?" Mr William asked Leon. "Sorry, it's actually a complicated story." "Explain." "Well you see, I got my homework out of my bag and left it on my desk to do after and my cat jumped onto my desk and ate it." "Pardon me? What did you just say? Your cat ate your homework?" "Yes."
Right then and there, I was seconds away from bursting out laughing. I could hear other students giggling and Mr William just sighed as he signalled Leon to go back to his seat. Leon just smiled and apologised again, he walked back and James looked at him, "Really? Your cat ate your homework." "It's just the truth." "Are you ever serious?" James then turned to me, "Want to get ice cream after the little trip?" I totally forgot about the place James and I were supposed to go to after school, I was so busy with completing my homework that it slipped my mind. "Oh yeah, sure."
Just as English class ended, Mr William called Leon and me to stay back. James turned around and looked at me. I told him to go first and I'll catch up, but he said he was going to wait outside the classroom. "Leon, you didn't think you'd get away with not completing your homework, right?" "Mr William since this has nothing to do with me, I'll get going." "Celina, I told you to stay back because I was wondering if you could help Leon with his work. He's really fallen behind." "But Mr William, I'm busy right now." "You'll get an extra mark for your upcoming project." Extra marks? That I couldn't decline, I got low marks on most of my projects, so it would be nice to get higher marks this time. But how am I going to tell James, he's waiting outside the classroom for me right now. I went out of the class and told James about Mr William's offer. "Oh, I could stay back and help you." James insisted. I mean there was no harm to him staying and helping, right?
I agreed and we stayed back, we started helping Leon with his homework but he seem to know how do it. James and I just gave each other looks, until he spoke up. "Hey, why you didn't say anything if you didn't need help?" "I did need help. Until you came along." "We'll be leaving then." James grab my arm and walked toward the classroom door, I turned back and looked at Leon, he just looked at me and back at his work.
When we got to the school entrance, James walked to the bike parking area and pulled out a bike, which looked brand new. "Where did you get this bike from?" "I bought it." "I thought you didn't bike." "I don't, but I bought it to take you to the special place." Now I was even more curious of what the special place was. I hopped onto the bike at the back and hugging him from behind as we rode to the destination.
When we got there, I just saw a normal looking park. "This is it?" "Yup." "Oh." I was happy but it wasn't what I expected. "Your not happy?" "No I am, this is a nice park." "This isn't the main part, follow me." I was confused, he held my hands and led me to a hedge. Now I was more confused, until he reached out his hand and opened a secret door? We went in and I saw lots of blossoming trees around with pretty hanging lights along the pathway. We followed the pathway and it led us to a pretty fountain with a table set in front.
The table had a rose pot in the middle with candles next to it and plates set on both sides of the table. "Do you like it?" "Like it? I love it." James pulled me towards the table and pulled the chair out and I sat down, looking around admiring the surroundings. "How did you find a place like this?" "That's a secret." Then he rang a bell that was set near his plate and a waiter came with two plates of steak. "Isn't this expensive?" "Hm, not really." "The price doesn't matter, it's all about the taste." He cuts a piece of steak and puts it towards me with the steak on the fork, I take it with my mouth. And the steak was….delicious, I could feel it just melting in my mouth. I never ate anything that tasted this rich. "Is it good?" "It's delicious!" He chuckled and started eating. I was so focused on the food I didn't even realise the waiter was coming back.
This time he had dessert, he placed a bowl of ice cream between me and James. "Enjoy your dessert." James thanked the waiter and gave me a spoon to try. The ice cream almost looked too beautiful to scoop from, I hesitated for only a second and then scooped the ice cream and tried it. Best dessert I ever tried…