“Alright, alright, I know today’s your big day, but you don’t have to look so smug about it all the time.” My best friend Sammy mocked me for smiling the whole morning. But I didn’t mind, I enjoyed her company. I always walked with her to class everyday I went to school. Even though she could be a little bit nosy sometimes, but hey—what are best friends for other than to annoy each other? Besides, she was right. I can’t possibly keep on smiling like this the whole day, even though I really am excited.
Tonight’s the night I’ve been waiting for. Mom & dad are going to be out for their anniversary dinner. Jesse’s going to be sleeping her friend’s house. I’ll be left alone & have the house all for myself. But the thing is, I won’t be alone. I already told Chris to park his car two houses down from my house & I’d give him a call just as the coast is clear. We’re finally going to be able to spend some quality boyfriend-girlfriend time together, just the two of us.
“Hey Amber,” Chris called behind me must when I reached my locker. As usual, when I looked at his face, my heart beats faster. I don’t really know whether it’s because of his stunning great-looking blonde hair, or his bright blue eyes, or his amazingly breath-taking bad-boy styling smile he always had on his face.
As usual, as soon as he could put his arms around me he gave a war kiss. The whole school knows we’re a couple, even though it’s just been three weeks. & even in that short time, I never thought I could fall for this amazing guy hard enough to give up my virginity for him. But here we are.
“We’re still on for tonight, right?” he asked me, still smiling. I could see that he was excited about this too.
“Yeah, of course we are. Hey Vick,” I gave a slight nod to Chris’ best friend Vick & he smiled a little bit at me. I’m not sure of his real name, he just introduced himself as Vick the first time Chris introduced us. It wasn’t hard to realize that Vick was a really the quiet type of guy. But he has his own kind of attraction going on with his sloped-cut black hair fair smooth skin, & in those rare occasions when he actually smiles, it was beautiful. But even though he doesn’t really talk much, he was a pretty cool guy to me. Other than the fact he was the closest friend Chris had.
“What are you guys up to for today?” I asked Chris, looking into his eyes that I loved so much.
“We were just heading over to see the coach, actually. There’s some things that we needed to talk to him about. After that, I’m all yours, baby.” I love the way he calls me that.
“Still trying to get on the team, Vick?” I teased him & he just shrugged his shoulders in reply.
“Come on man, let’s get going.” Chris said to Vick as he turned Vick’s shoulders to he direction of the boys’ locker room & he turned to look back at me. “I’ll see you after school, ‘kay?” he said with his bad-boy smile & I immediately nodded.
As they walked away, I watched them from behind & I heard Sammy sigh but ignored her. I already expected that kind of reaction from girls when Chris even comes near to them. He’s the popular boy in school that every girls wants a piece of. But what I didn’t expect was Vick looking back at me for a moment, just a moment, with a sad look in his eyes. & then it was gone, like it never happened. Weird.
I’m starting to worry. The morning after that night, Chris was already gone from the house. He didn’t say a word; he didn’t even wake me up. He just left. It’s been two days, & I haven’t a trace of him. He didn’t even show up at school. I was beginning to think something had happened to him. Of course I tried calling him on his cell but he didn’t pick up. At last I’ve made the decision that if he didn’t show up in school today, I’d go over to his house to see if he was okay.
I arrived to school earlier than usual today. Sammy called me earlier to say that she was going to catch a ride with her brother so she can’t walk with me to school. I checked my watch & found out that I still had about half an hour before class started. So I thought I’d head out to the school yard & continue reading my novel that I always brought around with me. But just when I reached the doors, I saw Sammy talking to one of her friends. I was just about to push open the double doors when I heard her say Chris’ name.
“I swear, it was the best weekend of my life. Chris’ parents’ cabin was amazing. The air was always chilly there, but having Chris there snuggling me every night before we went to sleep, it was the best feeling. He’s an absolute angel, the sweetest guy you’ll ever know. No wonder that Amber’s so crazy about him,”
Even though my body wasn’t moving from behind the door that separated me from Sammy, my heart was beating so hard that I was scared that Sammy might hear it.
“What happened between him & Amber anyway?” Sammy’s friend asked her.
“I’m not really sure. Chris just said that the night he went to her house, he just couldn’t go through sleeping with her. He said that he explained to her about what he really felt about her. He said he actually had feelings for me. I was really touched when he told me that, & then he just invited me up to the cabin & I couldn’t possibly say no. So I just—”
Sammy’s words were caught in the air when she saw me slowly pushing the door open to reveal that I had been hiding behind the door. Sammy froze. I looked at her friend, she just looked at Sammy & said “I’ll—I’ll catch up with you later, kay’?” then she left in a hurry.
Sammy didn’t take her surprised eyes off me. I stood still in front of her in silence. My heart was still pounding fast & it took every bit of my will to refrain myself from pushing her off the stairs behind her. “Why’d you do it?” My voice was shaky.
“Do what?”
“You betrayed me.”
“& how did I do that?”
“You stole him from me.”
“He already broke up with you so he’s not really yours anymore.”
“He didn’t break up with me.”
“You’re lying.”
“Why would I lie to you?”
“Because you’re jealous that he wants me now instead of you.”
Those words slashed a deep wound in my heart. But just before I was about to get angrier at her, I saw Chris at the bottom of the stairs from the corner of my eye. He saw the look on my face & he froze. He was alone. His eyes turned from me to Sammy & then back again.
I started walking down the stairs towards him. When I stopped in front of him, I had absolutely nothing to say. I had so many things that I wanted to say to him, but nothing came out, but my tears.
“Amber,” he started. But before he could say anything else, a fist came in contact with his face; causing him to fall on his side.
“You asshole!” It was Vick who punched him. He stood in front of Chris’ lying body on the ground & he kicked Chris’ face. “I told you not to do it! It wasn’t enough that you hurt her, you had to betray her too!” another kick went to Chris’ stomach & he groaned.
Other people were starting to gather around the scene forming somewhat of a circle around us but I didn’t move—I didn’t know what to do.
“I helped you train so you’d be better at football & you repay me by keeping your mouth shut. But you know what, I just don’t give a fuck anymore!” two more kicks went to Chris’ stomach & another to his face. After that last kick, he stopped moving so much.
“You’re despicable,” With a spit to Chris’ face, Vick turned around & started walking away. He gave a quick glance at me but quickly looked away. Chris’ other friends were starting to help him up and I just watched Vick walk away. So I followed him.
“Vick!” I called after him as I ran, but he didn’t look back. “Hey Vick!” I called again, he just kept walking. “Vick,” I said in a softer tone when I was walking in a fast pace beside him, trying to keep up. “Why’d you do that?” He ignored me. “Was it because of me?” Silence. As we kept on walking, I tried to look in his green eyes, but he focused them to the direction he was heading. When I slowed my pace & eventually stopped. “I have a right to know, don’t I?” I said half to him, half to myself.
& soon, he slowed his pace too. He then stopped and slowly looked back at me. He had that look again, that sad look he had when he looked at me the last time I saw him two days ago, before—
Vick started walking towards me. When he reached about two steps from me, he stopped. “I’m sorry. I should have warned you earlier about what he was planning to do,”
“You knew about it?” I felt like my anger was starting to build up again.
“Everyone on the football team knew it—he couldn’t stop bragging about it for days. I tried to talk him out of it, tried to stop him—but,” he stopped himself from saying anything else.
My anger faded. At least he tried to stop him. & he did try to claim redemption by kicking Chris’ ass in front of most of the students in school. “Let me walk you home,” Vick said. I nodded.
We talked the whole journey home. Vick told me that Chris did all those things to me to show off to the other guys what a hotshot he was. I wasn’t the only girl who became his prey. There were 3 other girls before me, but Vick said Chris was careful not to get involved with girls that I might have a chance to know. The flaw in his plan was that he got involved with Sammy my own best friend. If he didn’t chose Sammy, I’m sure I’d still be as ignorant as ever.
Vick said he beat up Chris earlier today because he was tired of seeing Chris hurt innocent girls who never did anything wrong, he wanted to stop Chris from making girls his entertainment. Vick wanted to make sure that after today, everyone would know the kind of jerk Chris really was & wouldn’t fall into his trap anymore.
By the time we reached the front porch of my house, I already felt relieved from all of the commotion of today. I’m sure I can explain to my mom why I’m missing a day of school today. I never usually skip school, so I’m sure mom would understand if I wanted a day’s break from all the madness that happened today.
“Thank you so much for what you did today. I really appreciated it.” I said to Vick who only nodded. But then another question crossed my mind that I forgot to mention on the journey. “What was it about Chris having his mouth shut if you helped him train for football?”
Vick smiled a little in a guilty kind of way. “I’ve told you a lot already today. That’s been a change since you know what a quiet person I really am, right?”
“Yeah, I know that. But—,”
“Maybe one day I’ll tell you about that too, okay? But just not today. I’ll save it for another time.” & with that, he gave a small wave to me, & turned around.
I watched him walk away & started feeling lonely again.
The next day, I went to school half-heartedly. I wasn’t sure if I was ready to face those people again. But when I thought about Vick, I realized that I still have a friend. As I walked to school, I had my head down the whole time, until I reached the stairs. I looked up & saw that everything was back to normal. It was like nothing happened yesterday.
As I walked to my locker, I noticed that some kids actually turn their heads to look at me. It’s not like I was totally invisible before, I did date the most popular guy in school—but now there were more kids staring compared to before. I guess things weren’t completely back to normal as I hoped.
I was just picking out the books I needed for my class when Vick came knocking on my metal locker door. “Hey you. How you holding up?”
I smiled from his friendly greeting, but it still felt a bit weird since we never really talked directly to each other like this when I was still with that Chris. “Okay, I guess. Other than the fact that it’s a bit uncomfortable being in the spotlight after what happened yesterday.
Vick shrugged. “Well, being in the spotlight has its perks sometimes.”
“Yeah, there goes the statement from the most less-talkative boy in school.” I mocked & Vick laughed.
“Things are about to change around here, you know.” Vick said in a slow tone. Those words made me stop & think about what he really meant. When I turned to look at him, he just smiled. “Wanna lunch with me later?”
The question sort of just came out of the blue but I just nodded and said “Sure.”
Vick gave a quick nod in reply & said “I’ll see you at lunch then.” & he left, heading for the front door.
The whole time in class, I couldn’t put much concentration on what the teacher was saying. I had a lot on my mind, & some of them of course were about Vick. He turned out to be a very different person than I thought. I guess there was a lot more to him than he usually lets out.
When it was finally time for lunch, I hurried to the cafeteria. The first thing I did was scan the place for a sign of Vick but I didn’t see him anywhere. I thought of calling him up to ask where was, but then I remembered that I didn’t have his cell number. How was it that two different people who barely ever talked to each other could end up having lunch together? So instead of standing at the front door like an idiot, I headed to get myself some food first.
Just when I was about to reach the mashes potatoes section, I felt a tap on my shoulder that made me look behind me. Sure enough, there was Vick. “Sit with me, okay? My table’s over there at the corner.” I looked to where he pointed & I saw there was a completely empty round table at the corner. The funny thing is, I never noticed that table before. Before I could give a reply, he already walked away.
When I reached the table with my tray of food, I noticed that Vick wasn’t eating. “You’re not hungry?”
Vick shook his head. “I already ate earlier.”
“When? Lunch time just started right?”
“Amber, I’m a senior here. I could guess that I have plenty of tricks up my sleeve.”
I left it at that & took a seat right in front of him. So we talked. He got to know me, I got to know him. It turns out that one of the cooks working at the cafeteria was Vick’s aunt. Vick was living with her ever since his parents died when he was 10 years old. After that, he learned to become very independent with himself.
Then I told him about my family & what’s been going on with my life recently. Surprisingly, he was a very good listener for a guy. I started to feel like I could talk about almost anything with him. He was very open & understanding & it made me feel at ease to be around him.
When the bell rang to mark the end of lunch hour, I groaned & finished my drink. “What class do you have next?”
“History.” I said in a very annoyed way. History was by far the most boring subject ever, after math of course.
“Come on, don’t be so down. The years that you spend at school would turn out to be some of the best years of your life, even though that might be a little bit hard for you to believe right now.”
“Yeah, no kidding. Can’t I just come to school, skip the learning & just hang out here all day?”
“Sure, just graduate first & come back as the principle.”
I laughed as I stood up. “Thanks for a great talk. It was quite a change from the old Vick I used to know.”
I saw Vick’s smile fade a little but he just said, “Yeah, well, there’s a lot more to this Vick that you don’t know yet.”
“Well then, I look forward to unraveling the mysteries behind the man.” I said with a wide smile & Vick chuckled.
“Yeah, sure. Good luck with that.”
Somehow, I felt a bit unwilling to leave him there sitting alone at the table. With a heavy heart, I said “See ya later, ‘kay?”
Vick nodded. So I turned away & headed to class, where I’d be by myself again.
After class, I thought of meeting up with Vick again & maybe we could walk home together. But then I remembered again that I still didn’t have his cell phone number. I have got to remember to ask it from him next time. So I ended up walking home alone.
The next day, I was a bit overexcited to go to school compared to usual. I did my best make up, dressed in my favorite clothes, wore my best perfume & headed out of the house. I kept looking around the whole journey to school, hoping I’d bump into Vick—but luck wasn’t on my side today.
Before the first bell rang, I spent my time leaning my back against my locker, hoping I’d see Vick through the crowd. But not only that luck was not on my side, I guess it just went south. The people I did saw was Chris, his face still has some bruise traces of blue and purple especially at his cheek area. He saw me but quickly turned away, pretending he didn’t even see me. Usually he was always surrounded by his friends, but today he was alone. & he wasn’t hearing his football jacket like he used to. I guess he got himself kicked out of the team.
The other person I saw today was Sammy. She was walking next to a guy I didn’t know & he had his arm around her shoulders. When she saw me looking at her, she just stared at me & I returned her stare. It wasn’t a mean stare or anything, just a stare. When she turned away, I blinked a few times to remind myself why I’m no longer friends with her. After that, I just headed to class early.
During lunch time, I wasn’t actually hungry, but I still went to the cafeteria to find Vick. Maybe he’d be sitting at his usual table & I might be asking for his number today. But again, luck stuck me down. He was still nowhere to be seen. Unless he was invisible, I guess he didn’t come to school today.
He didn’t show up for school the day after that either.
And the day after that.
And the day after that.
And even the day after that.
After a week or so, I was beginning to give up on seeing him. In my mind, I created many situations on why he’s been missing. Maybe he had some unavoidable issues to attend to & he had to miss school to take care of it. Maybe he had to go out of town for some family emergency or something. Or maybe he just didn’t want to see me anymore so he started avoiding me in school.
At lunch, as usual, I went to the cafeteria to buy food. When I was still with Chris, I usually ate at his table that he always shared with his football friends. After Chris & I were over, I started sitting over at Vick table at the far corner. But now when Vick has disappeared from my life, I started taking a habit of eating on the toilet by myself. After I was done taking the food, I headed straight to the toilet, went to the farthest cubicle, ,locked at door, sat down on the toilet seat, & began eating quietly.
I admit, this is one of the places in school that can only increase the loneliness feeling in one self—but I didn’t really have any other choice. After Chris & I were over, I noticed that I started becoming somewhat like an outcast in the school, a misfit. But hey, this is the high school life, right?
During my last class for the day; Math class, I paid the least attention because it was my least favorite subject in the world and my mind was filled with other possibilities of why Vick has disappeared. The teacher, Mr. Leford, has the most boring voice you can ever imagine. As he teaches, the toe of his voice never changes.
But suddenly, it did. “Yes?” he asked in an extra loud tone. I had my eyes focused outside the window so I didn’t even bother to look to guess that maybe Mr. Leford had spotted a couple of students who weren’t paying attention, besides myself.
“Yeah, I got this note from Mrs. Pine saying that I’m supposed to serve my detention hours in your class for the rest of the month.” That voice was strangely familiar & I stopped breathing. I looked over to the front of the class & there was Vick, holding a folded piece of yellow colored paper while leaning against the door frame.
“Mrs. Pine wanted you to serve detention hours in my class?” Mr. Leford’s tone of voice changed again, saying the sentence in a surprised tone.
“Yeah, she sure did. Would you like to read the note, Mr. Leford?” Vick said without taking his eyes from the teacher.
“No, no, that’s not necessary. I trust Mrs. Pine’s judgment. & besides, I don’t need written proof to believe that you’ve been getting yourself in trouble again. Just come in & take a seat.” Vick nodded and stepped inside the classroom.
He seemed to walk straight to me and he gave me a quick wink, before he stopped to the seat to my right which belonged to Matthew Davis. I heard the chair being pushed back and the sound of shuffling feet. I then realized that Vick had deliberately stole Matt’s seat just so he could sit right next to me. I just stared at him as he sat down with an expressionless face. I looked behind me and saw that Matt took an empty seat at the far corner of the classroom. He looked like he didn’t mind the fact that his seat was stolen from him by a senior.
Just then, Mr. Leford started talking again & I turned my head back to the front of the class. It didn’t take 2 minutes when Vick placed a folded piece of paper on my table while Mr. Leford had his back to us. I didn’t even look at him while I opened the note.
Sorry I’ve been gone for so long. Did you miss me?
I was sure that he meant it as a light joke, but I didn’t know how to react to those words. I didn’t know what I really felt. I was still angry that he left me alone for almost a week, I was glad that he came back. I was confused as to why he was here I my class at this moment, & I don’t know what to do now tat he’s right next to me.
I turned the note over and wrote at the back of the paper: I wanna see the note that Mrs. Pine wrote to Mr. Leford about your detention. I managed to pas the note without Mr. Leford noticing. I watched Vick read what I wrote and he smiled. He shifted his position & he reached into his jeans pocket and took out the same yellow paper that he held before and placed it on my table. I unfolded the paper and found that it was just an empty piece of paper without even a scratch of writing.
After school, Vick offered to walk me home, & of course I didn’t refuse. “Weren’t you scared if Mr. Leford actually had wanted to read the note?” I asked Vick as we walked down the school main stairs.
“Nope. Everybody knows that Mr. Leford has a thing for Mrs. Pine. He’d never question anything that came out from her. Besides, Mr. Leford hates reading. He lets his 25 year old son do his homework markings at home.” Vick answered with a smile.
“Wow. Have you known Mr. Leford a long time?”
“Well, he used to be the school’s football coach, did you know that? I was really close with him then. See, when I was still a freshman, I’ve always wanted to join te football team. Mr. Leford said I was a good player, other than the fact I can’t stop myself from getting into trouble so much. He’d always vouch for me to the principle & he even wrote a recommendation letter to let me play for the school team. But even until now, I never got the approval.”
“Huh. Even after all that, you still wasn’t accepted? I wonder why.” It seems weird that the school principle was so against the thought of Vick on the team. It can’t be because he was alays getting himself into trouble, right? It wasn’t that big of a deal.
“Beats me.” Vick said under his breath.
I looked at him & saw that his face was actually sad. It made me think, I wonder if I could do anything to cheer him up a bit. Then I thought of something. “Hey, let’s hang out at your house today.”
Vick’s head turned to llok at me, his eyes widen a bit. “What? Why?”
“Well, because I never knew about your family. You never talk about them. Bring me to meet them.”
“Have it ever occurred to you that maybe the reason I don’t talk about my family is because I don’t have one?”
I froze. “Wow, I never knew that. You must be almost as lonely as I am.” Vick shrugged. “Then who do you live with?”
“Myself.”
“Well then, let’s just go hang out with ‘yourself’ at your house then.”
I walked ahead of him a little bit to show my excitement, but trying to hide the fact that I don’t even know where his house was in the first place. But when I heard a small chuckle from behind me, I looked back & saw Vick smiling. I guess he agrees.
It turns out that his house wasn’t that far away from school. It was a single terrace without any fences, just a front porch. It was pretty simple & I couldn’t help wondering how he would manage to pay the rent for this place. When I got inside, I was a bit surprised to see how organized everything was. He had a few bookshelves lined up against the walls, a small TV, a few posters of famous rock bands put up, a couple of plump-looking couches, a dining table and three chairs around it, a small kitchen, a toilet near it and a bed in the living room. That was about it. Sure, it was small, but it looked cozy enough.
Vick dumped his backpack next to the bed and sat on it, turning his attention to me. “What do you think? Not so bad, right?”
I gave a slow nod. “What do you do all day when you’re not in school?”
Vick was smiling when he reached under the bed & pulled out a wooden acoustic guitar. “This.” He positioned the guitar on his lap & reached over to the strings in a playing position. “Any requests?” he asked as I sat on one of the couch facing the bed.
“Surprise me.” I said with a smile, amused that a guy like him could even play guitar. He looked more like a drum person to me.
Vick nodded & paused for a moment, looking down at the guitar strings. Soon, he started playing the guitar. By the sound of it, it had a slow rhythm. I recognized the song immediately since it was one of my favorites.
“I won’t talk, I won’t breathe, I won’t move ‘till you finally see, that you belong to me. You might think, I don’t look, but deep inside the corner of my mind, I’m attached to you. I’m weak, it’s true ‘coz I’m afraid to know the answer. Do you want me too? ‘Coz my heart keeps falling faster. I’ve waited all my life, to cross this line, to the only thing that’s true. So I will not hide, it’s time to try, anything to be with you. All my life I’ve waited—“
By this time, I stood up, walked over to him, & kissed his lips. He froze at first. But after that, he placed his guitar aside without breaking the kiss. I placed my hand behind his head & brushed his hair, kissing him deeper. He returned the kiss as he pulled my neck closer. It was one of the best kisses I’ve ever had. He was a really good kisser so I figured he had a lot of practice, but I didn’t mind at all. All I knew was that I was kissing the most perfect guy I could ever find right now.
After a while, I started pushing him so he’d be lying on the bed & I’d be on top of him. But after he felt me pushing him, he stopped the kiss & pulled away. I looked into his eyes, & he sighed. He turned his face away from mine & he stood up. I sat on the bed, starting to feel embarrassed for throwing myself to him like that.
Vick started pacing a bit, but then he finally turned to look at me. “I’m sorry. I just can’t do this to you. You already got hurt less than two weeks ago. I can’t risk hurting you.”
I didn’t meet his eyes but I knew he was looking straight at me. “I feel hurt already.” My voice came out as a whisper & Vick sighed. “I’m not asking you to sleep with me or anything. I just like you so much. I really just want to start a relationship with you. That’s all. I’m sorry if I’m rushing you or something.”
“Ok, ok. Now you just got it all wrong. It’s not about that, ok? It’s just that—there’s something about me that you don’t know. Something that I’ve been hiding from you.”
“What is it? You already have a girlfriend or something?” I looked up to his eyes now, trying to catch if he was lying or not.
“No. It’s not that. The truth is, I really like you too. I have liked you for quite a while, actually.”
“So what is it?” I didn’t mean to push him like that, but I really wanted a reasonable answer from him.
Vick sighed again & I figured that what he had on his mind might be more serious than I thought. I was starting to regret even wanting to know. Vick was staring straight into my eyes by now. His expression showed as if he was going to regret saying what he was about to say.
The next three words that came out from his mouth shocked me to the bone.
“I’m a girl.”
Suddenly, everything around me was quiet. I couldn’t even hear the sound of my own breath.
“That’s why I couldn’t get into the school team from freshman year until now. They won’t accept a girl on the team. But I could still play with them during training, but that was it.”
My heart was still beating, I could feel it. But why did I feel like there’s something inside me that had died?
“Even though I liked you, I didn’t dare to approach you because I didn’t want you to find out about this & I didn’t want you to hate me or treat me differently or think badly of me.”
I noticed I was still breathing too. I could feel my chest moving as I inhaled and exhaled, but I was still unable to move.
“I was missing for the past week because I was scared that as you got to know me, you’d start t figure out the truth. But I didn’t plan for you to actually like me back. I’m sorry.”
It was totally quiet again now. I forced my face to look at Vick’s. He—or she was still staring at me. She had a sad expression on her face.
“My name is Victoria Cliff. I’m a 17 year old girl—& I’m in love with you.”
I was still not moving. I was just staring at her—the girl in front of me who impersonated a guy. I felt cheated, yes. I felt betrayed, yes. I started feeling alone again—but why didn’t I feel any hatred?
The next thing I knew, I grabbed my schoolbag & headed out the door without even looking back.
The next day I skipped school. & the next day. & even the next day. & the day after that. I just didn’t felt like doing anything else other than just sitting in my room, curling up in my bed.
What was my problem? Why do I keep falling for the wrong people? Just when my heart was healing, I ended up falling for a girl! Who I didn’t even know was a girl. So does it still counts as wrong? If I don’t treat Vick like a girl, it’d be a normal relationship, right?
Oh come on! What am I thinking?! I can’t seriously be considering this! Can I? But why can’t I? I mean, I can’t be the only person in the world who feels like this, right? I’ve been stuck with the same thing all my life. Why can’t I change for something new?
But I bet I hurt her feelings the other day by running off like that without a word. I’m not even sure if she’d ever want to see my face again. How would I feel if someone did that to me? I know it was wrong for me for react like that, after all that she’s done for me. She was nothing but nice to me. I should have kept an open mind. But it was just too much of a shock for me to take. But the shock’s over now—& I’ve made up my mind.
It was 5 days after the incident at Vick’s house. I didn’t know whether I should start looking for her at school or must go straight up to her house. But since I’ve already skipped school for almost a week, I figured, what the heck, I’ll just head to her house.
As I walked, I imaged what her reaction would be if I showed up. She might even slam the door right at my face. I didn’t care. I wanted to make everything up to her. It was worth a try, right? What have I got to lose?
When I knocked on the door, my heart was pounding so loudly, it almost hurt my chest. But I forced myself to calm down & tried my best to keep a straight face. I only did three knocks, I didn’t want to sound so urgent or anything.
At first, there was only silence as I stood there. I was starting to wonder whether I should knock again or just turn around to leave. But then the door slowly creaked open.
Vick’s eyes widen a bit when she saw me standing there. I saw her eyes move to glance behind me, as if expecting someone else was with me. But then she turned her attention back to me. “What are you doing here?”
I gulped. I had so many things to say to her, but in the end, when I was face to face with her, I froze. I opened my mouth, but no sound came out of it. I just stared into her green eyes, & she stared into mine. We stood there motionless for a while.
Vick slowly raised her hand & placed her palm on my right cheek. The moment her skin touched mine, I felt so much warmth on my face. Without thinking anymore, I leaned forward towards her to meet her lips.
Vick didn’t do anything at first, but then her arms went around my waist, hugging me. I pressed my lips harder onto hers so that she’d be pushed back inside the house without breaking the kiss. & I slammed the door shut with my leg.
Things were really looking up for me & Vick. She finally got to be a part of the football team. But instead of being one of the players, she became the coach for the school’s first ever female football team. She really enjoyed her job & the players all respect her even though she used to be a student just like them.
As for me, I was one of the popular girls in school for dating the female coach. The players became some of my closest friends since I spend a lot of time with them whenever there was a practice session.
I ended up moving in with Vick at her house. We started a whole new kind of life together. & I have to say, I couldn’t be any happier than I am now.
