Chapter 1 ~ Without You
I didn’t think it would be so hard. I thought it would be just like any other year. My last year of school. Everything I would have hoped for. Vanished, into thin air.
Walking into school I didn’t really think much of it.
‘My last year. My last-first day of school. It’ll be a breeze’ I kept prepping myself up. Then there was the dark side of me saying ‘It won’t be the same without her’.
That’s right.
She’s gone.
My best friend. The person I would be inseparable from.
How will I survive without the one person I could be myself to?
‘So are you excited for your first class?’ I look at my right to see one of my, well, acquaintances. I internally do an eye roll but smile even though I feel like my body is about to collapse from exhaustion.
‘I’m as ready as I’ll ever be’ I say speed walking my way into school.
Suddenly I come at something with a hard thud.
I crash to the floor and hear a groan from the object I hit.
Wait. Not something, it’s someone.
‘I am so sorry, I’m really not in the right mind set right now’ I say looking at the stranger. As soon as I see him something me and I get all fuzzy and warm inside.
It’s his eyes.
He has the most beautiful, ocean blue eyes I have ever seen. His skin was an olive colour and his hair was black, short but wavy. He smiled at me, got up onto his feet and held out a hand for me.
‘Don’t mention it’ my god. Is that a Spanish accent? I think grabbing his hand and getting up, ignoring that tingling feeling from our hands touching. He seemed to have noticed it to so I quickly pulled back.
‘I’m actually lost. I just transferred here. What’s your name?’
‘Sammie-Elizabeth Hodges’ I say a little embarrassed
He smiles and it makes my heart melt ‘I love it. It sounds unique, beautiful and sweet’
I laugh and hide my blush in my hands. In that time the bell rings.
‘Well, Miss Hodge. I have to get up to the principal’s office which is the only way I know how to go’ he chuckles ‘I’ll see you later yeah?’ Before I could answer he was walking away.
I stand there confused. Was that a dream? Was he just being nice to me? What is happening to me?
In a split second I start running towards my first class, already late for my first class.
