The Light Behind Your Eyes

Lana and I both had history together next lesson and we were together for english as well, I began to relax and loosen up a bit which was a relief. After that I had maths on my own then lunch time. Lana met me outside the cafeteria and told me we were gona sit with her other friends Ava, Aaron and Ellie. She told me not to worry and reassured me that they were all genuinely nice people. We approached the table and immediately I felt fine. It got a little awkward when they would ask me about where I used to go to school, I told them I was homeschooled which technically isn't a lie, I just simply didn't correct them when they assumed this was my first time at a real school. They spent lunch explaining to me the ins and outs of the school and of course the hierarchy. They pointed out the rich popular kids, the jocks, the nerds,the performing arts kids, the goths, the pot heads and then of course the 2 reckless 'badboys' - Bob and Frank.

That's when I seen him for the first time, I'll be honest, I didn't think much of him at the time because I had only seen him from afar briefly as I looked at him, our eyes met so I quickly averted my gaze. I remember just seeing his messy black hair, he was wearing black ripped jeans and a black top with a leather jacket and he had a stupid smirk on his face that made my cheeks burn because he knew he'd caught me looking. For the rest of lunch I could feel his eyes on me, it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and gave me goosebumps that refused to go away.

I noticed there was only 15 minutes left of lunch so I made up an excuse to the group about forgetting something in my car when really all I wanted was my lunch time cig and I didn't want my new found friends to judge me for smoking. I took a deep breath, 'fake it till you make it Iz' i thought as I began to walk across the cafeteria, I held my head high and kept my eyes locked on the doors, that Frank kid was still watching me, as soon as the doors closed behind me I ran to my car and sparked up a fag. I began to relax again now getting my nicotine fix and started to think about my new found friends. They were all amazing people, as cheesy as it sounds I could tell in that moment that we were gona be great friends even though we must look like the strangest group, Hell I wouldn't have put Lana the 'indie cindy', Ava the metal head with blue hair, Ellie the tree hugger and Aaron a fabulously flamboyant queen together as a group of inseparable best friends. But I guess its their differences that keep them together.

The bell rang signalling end of lunch so I quickly shuffled back into school and to my next class, chemistry without any of my new friends - great. I chose the back corner table again and unpacked my bag hoping that i'd have a nice lab partner but when the final bell signalling the beginning of class rang it was clear that everyone else had buddied up and it was just me and a lonely empoty seat beside me, that is until half way into class when the door swung open and in waltzed badboy Frank.
"You're late Mr Iero"
"Better late than never, sir" he retorted with a smirk
"Take a seat at the back and don't let it happen again!"
Frank turned on his heels and started towards me. 'OhGodOhGodOhGod' I thought, 'Where do I look? What do I do?' so I buried my head in my notepad pretending to look busy and hide my beetroot coloured face.

Franks POV - at lunchtime
"What happened to you on saturday man? You just disappeared!" Bob said while demolishing his lunch. He was never one to beat around the bush, I guess that's one of the reasons he's my best friend.
"Uh, I was just so drunk, I can't really remember..." I began when he interrupted me
"Bull.Shit." He said with a condescending look
"Fine, Jess text me so I met up with her, we did our thing, then I went home."
"Dude, you broke up with her 2 months ago because she's crazy! Why are you STILL sleeping with her?! It just makes her more of a psycho!" Bob made some really good points, but I knew it all already. To be honest I had no feelings towards Jess now, does that make me an awful person? In all fairness, she doesn't have any real feelings for me either, she just thinks she does cause she's lonely. She cheated on me a lot and we were always breaking up and getting back together just to end up fighting all the time. She's a massive pot head, I used to smoke that shit too, guess that's how we met but then it really started to fuck with her, made her crazy. Then she started on the harder shit like meth and coke, wouldnt be surprised if she's on heroin now. Anyway I can't be dealing with that shit.Since the last official break up she has asked to get back and said that's it now she's not sleeping with any other guys. Then I politely say that I'm done with her, then we screw telling ourselves that that's the last time.
"Bob, I was drunk and horny, you're lucky she text me when she did or else I probably would've made a pass at you!" I was trying to lighten the mood just to get him off my case, but it wasn't working.
"Look, I know it's wrong but I was drunk and Gee was with Lyn-z, you were chatting up every other girl there and mikey and ray were having the most boring beer pong tournament. But I swear that's the last time, now drop it!" I really did mean it this time. I'd be damned if I ever slip back into her mits, I always just feel like shit after and sometimes during. She's just not worth it.
"From here on in, I'm just gona beat the shit outta you every single time fuck her"
"Deal!" we shook on it, then I saw her.

I saw her from across the cafeteria, laughing with some other people in our year, the only one I know by name is Aaron cause he's in my art class. He's so openly gay and doesn't give a fuck who knows it. I respect that. Anyway, this girl, I'd never seen her before, but as soon as my eyes locked on her I physically couldn't look away. I don't know what it was cause if I try to describe her she just sounds average, but to me she was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I must have been staring at her just smiling at her beauty for a good 5 minutes when our eyes met, It took me a moment to realise I was still staring at her when she looked away. She probably didn't even notice me and if she did, well, she must think I'm an absolute creep.

My heart sank when I saw her leave, 'where the hell could she be going?' I was so intrigued by her! I wanted to follow her but I had to stop myself because that really would make me a creep.
"Dude!? You've been zoned out for like 10 minutes! Hurry your ass up we need to get a smoke before lunch is out!" Bob said while he was clicking his fingers at me. God I hated when he dd that. So we went for out for a fag and of course we had to smoke hastily so we wouldnt be late but it didn't make a difference. I was already gona be late so I just made my way to class thinking of that mysterious girl. I eventually made it to chemistry and glided on in, Mr McKay was harmless so I knew I wouldn't be in trouble.
"You're late Mr Iero"
"Better late than never, sir" I replied while smirking at my own quick remark
"Take a seat at the back and don't let it happen again!"
As I walked to the back I saw her again, she was engrossed in her notepad but I could tell it was her. I thanked my lucky stars that the only spare seat was next to her.

Notes

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