Destructive: Chapter Five
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I wiped away my tears quickly, but I knew my
makeup was probably smudged. So, I kept my hood up and quietly
crept into the classroom while the teacher took attendance.
“Late on the first day, are we Miss. Evans?” the
teacher sniffed. “Umm, sorry Mrs. Jan,” I apologized as
I hurried over to an empty seat in the back. She looked at me, her
eyes stern, “Don’t let it happen again,” she
said. I sighed, and unpacked my books while the teacher
continued to call out names. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed
someone watching me. I turned my head, and saw a boy named Vincent
who I recognized from Taylor’s football team. He had deep
brown eyes, almost black, so I couldn’t see his pupil. His
hair was buzzed short, and it looked blonde from what I could see
under his baseball cap. I was about to say something to him, when I
noticed that he wasn’t staring at me. I followed his gaze to
the left of me, and noticed he was staring at Francesca. His eyes
looked soft, and he was slumped in his seat. I could tell just from
the way he was gazing at her that he loved her. It was weird to
watch him though, because something about him seemed really
familiar. It was almost… eerie. Uncomfortable, I looked
away, but I still could still see his face ingrained clearly in my
mind.
I spent most of the morning avoiding Francesca… But
unfortunately, wherever Francesca was, so was Taylor. The fact that
I couldn’t get him alone was exasperating, since we’d
barely ever spent a day apart. Luckily, we both had fifth lunch,
and Francesca had sixth. As I walked into the crowded cafeteria, I
noticed Taylor sitting at a table alone. He looked up from his cell
phone suddenly, and spotted me. I smiled, waved, and skipped out to
him happily. Taylor smiled back, stood up, opened his arms up wide,
and hugged me tight. “Jane, where have you been all
day?” He asked puzzled, his lips on my hair. I breathed in
deep, and hugged him tighter, ignoring his question.
“Avoiding you!” I joked, trying to cover up my
disappointment… because, indirectly, I was avoiding
him by avoiding Francesca. But nevertheless, he laughed along with
me, and sat down. There were two trays of food in front of him, and
he pushed the other over to me as he took my backpack and set it
down between us on the bench. We ate, laughed together, and enjoyed
each other’s company… And suddenly I realized it. The
look I’d seen in Vincent’s eyes when he looked at
Francesca was the same way I looked at
Taylor.
The moment I realized this, I knew it would be a rough year.
Having to deal with Francesca was bad enough, not to mention the
fact that Taylor probably thinks of me as his sister. There’s
no way he could possibly feel this way about me too. “Jay?
Hello, earth to Jane.” he called, interrupting my thoughts. I
blinked, trying to come back to reality. Taylor looked worried. He
was patting me on the hand, and holding my other one. “Oh,
I’m sorry, Taylor!” I apologized, “I just spaced
out…” He was still staring at me, but he let go of my
hands and put his arm around me. “Classic Jane,” He
said, laughing. “Listen, honey... I kind of have to talk to
you about something important stuff. How ‘bout you meet me at
our spot tonight? Say, seven o’ clock?” Taylor stood
up, started gathering up his books, slung his backpack over his
shoulder, and held out his hand to me. “Sure, that would be
fun,” I said, smiling, and happily took his
hand.
Destructive: Chapter Five ♥ I wiped away my tears quickly,
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