I Never Knew, But It Has Always Been
You
Chapter Two (part one)
Friday mornings
are always uneventful. Get up, get dressed, drag your feet to
school, and simply be present for all your classes; well at least
physically. This Friday was different, Ella awoke with a jump. She
was dreaming that dream again. The dream where her and Fletch
actually started dating, and kissed. Ella felt awkward about that.
She didn’t like the idea of kissing her best friend. Ella
just wants it to be the same, she is stubborn like that. She holds
in her feelings if the outcome doesn’t seem right. This is
what she decided; she would try and hush those feelings she had for
Fletch. Besides, she doesn’t even know if they are in fact
those feelings. You know those feelings you get when you really
look at someone and you think, ‘wow, they are the best part
of me. I never want to lose them.’ Those feelings, and then
you start to like them because they are the best thing about you in
your eyes. This is exactly what Ella is feeling, not a stupid
little crush but a genuine liking of Fletcher, and not as her best
friend, but more.
Ella decided to just try and push aside the dream, just like her
feelings, and go along with her day. She decided today was going to
be a good day. Why? Well first off, today was movie day in her
classes. This means that she gets to sit in homeroom for the day
and watch movies. Their school does this every year to get the year
going. That means no homework over the weekend and no school work
today. Secondly, her friends were coming over tonight for a
back-to-school party. Third, while the movie is going Ella plans to
work on her song she started writing lyrics for and she knows this
song will be good. Lastly, Ella is just happy. She is happy with
her life right now, happy with school and her classes, happy with
her music and happy with herself.
As Ella was picking out her outfit for the day she heard footsteps
on their grand staircase. “Mom, is that you?” Ella
questioned.
As Heather appeared in Ella’s doorway she said, “Hi
honey. I just wanted to make sure you were up. I am going into work
early today; I shouldn’t be home until around seven. Are you
guys okay for food and stuff until then?” Heather explained.
She had this extra twinkle in her eye. Ella knew something was up,
but she didn’t want to get into a heart-to-heart conversation
with her mom right now.
“Yeah, of course. We were going to go to the diner across the
street from the park after school. Then they are playing
‘Meeting You Again’ at the park and then we will be
back here probably around the same time you will be here. Can we
just order pizza when we get back here?” Ella elaborated on
what she and her friends were doing after school today.
“Oh alright. Well that’s fine. Just keep it down in the
basement, everything is down there. But, I should get ready and
such. I will see you tonight. Have fun at school and with your
friends. Tell the girls I said hi.” Heather said as she
kissed Ella on the forehead and then proceeded to walk out of her
room. It was more like a waddle, the pregnant walk. Ella laughed
and continued getting ready for school.
Ella slipped on a one-shoulder multi-colored dress, and some
designed black transparent tights, with a pair of her comfy brown
leather buckled boots. It was supposed to be the last hot day of
summer. She put her hair up into a messy-but-cute knot on the back
of her head with a few curls flying out. She applied her soft
make-up consisting of a little bit of some light eyeliner with a
bit of mascara and gold eye-shadow for her dark amber eyes.
Sometimes she throws in a little light pink blush like today.
Finally, when she is satisfied with her appearance Ella grabs her
music portfolio and her purse and parades out the door. It is a
beautiful sunny day in her little town in Maine. It is a little
breezy, but other than that, the weather is simply magnificent. As
Ella walks to school she thinks about her song she had been working
on for a couple weeks now. It is a soft melody, sort of like a
lullaby. It is sweet and it flows. She still can’t really
think of the right words for it. All Ella has so far for lyrics
is:
And as we lay here under the stars
We both are looking but never seeing
That we are many worlds apart
Neither of us really believing.
Trying to make something of the separation
Always turning in the wrong directions
And somehow, in some way, the desperation,
The desperation keeps us running
I Never Knew, But It Has Always Been You Chapter Two (part one)
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