9 YEARS LATER
(HOLLY P.O.V)
The damn alarm clock was broken.That was why I was late
for school. I woke up half an hour later from when I was suppose to,
and only had about 5 minutes to dress, brush my teeth, and grab all
my things. Then I had about another 5 minutes to run to school, which
usually was a 10-minute walk. I made it to homeroom while the late
bell was ringing.I'm sorry," I breathed heavily as I entered the classroom. The teacher, Mrs. Brook,
glared at me. I just ignored her and made my way to my seat. As I sat
down a boy entered the room.He was tall and was
dressed in dark blue jeans and a black shirt. He carried a binder in
one hand, and a backpack was handing from one of his shoulders. His
semi-short hair was dark, a bit of a contrast to his semi-light green
eyes. He was hot, that was for sure. And though he may seem like a
nice looking boy, there was something dark about him, yet something
familiar.The girls behind me
began to whisper to one another. "He is so
hot!" One girl squeaked." Oh I hope he sits
next to me!" Another girl said.I rolled my eyes."Class! I would like
to introduce to you a new student…" Mrs. Brook turned to the boy
and asked, "What's your name?"The boy said, "
William Langley". Mrs. Brook turned her
gaze back to the class, her eyes searching for a seat. She pointed to
the empty seat behind me. "There will be your seat."That girl got her
wish.I ignored him as he sat
down behind me. Slowly as Mrs. Brook began to lecture, my thoughts
drifted back to nine years ago. The name William began to make me
think of Willie, and I suddenly had the urge to find out where he
was. It had been nine years already and we never made any contact
with one another.Class ended later on
and until lunch, I was finally able to talk to my best friend
Victoria Golden. I met her a couple months after Willie left, and she
was the only one who I could really tell things to, other than Willie
of course.I found Victoria
sitting at our regular seat in the cafeteria. She was eating her
usual meal, a baloney sandwich, an apple, a soda, and a two-pack
cupcake. When I sat down I took out my burrito and two bags of chips,
one for Victoria and me.So is the new kid in
any of your classes?" I asked as I handed Victoria her bag of
chips. She gave me one of the cupcakes and said, " Nope. But he's
a hot topic. A lot of the girls are talking about him. I really want
to see this guy, he sounds amazingly cute."I shrugged and ate the
chips. " He's all right," I said, still chewing. "I guess you
would like him, but he's not my type."Victoria rolled her
eyes at me. " No guy is your type. Other than that little guy
friend of yours from long ago." She sighed. " God! When are you
going to get rid of that childish crush? I mean you were eight years
old when you liked him! Why hold on to a crush that you had during
the age when you didn't even know what love was?"I didn't look at her.
She was doing it again, giving me a lecture about getting rid of my
crush on Willie. I shook my head. " It's complicated Vic. I know
it was a long time ago, and yeah it's stupid of me to still like a
little guy from long ago who can now be an ass. But, I don't know.
I guess I just fell in love with him, and I just can't let it go.
Until you finally meet someone who you feel like it's someone who
knows you so well, and until you can feel what it's really like to
like someone, than you'll understand what I mean."We were both silent for
a minute or two. Finally Victoria broke the silence as she placed an
arm around me and said, " Look I'm sorry Holly. I know this guy
meant a lot to you, and I should try to understand. Forget I said
anything okay?""
I'm sorry too. I guess I should try not to be so touchy," I said and smiled. " Hey
look, there's that guy!" I pointed behind her. " His name is
William Langley, by the way.Victoria turned around
and her eyes landed on William. I watch as her jaw dropped and I
laughed for her eyes literally popped out of their sockets." That's him!"
Victoria cried out as she pointed to William, who sat down at a table
far from us. " He looks like a god!"I laughed. " You're
over exaggerating. I know he's hot and all, but I don't think you
can classify him as a god."ictoria turned to look
at me than back at him. " If you can't call that guy a god, than
your eyes need to be checked. My god girl, next time give a better
description of a guy!"I rolled my eyes. "
Sorry. I'll remember next type to write down all the details, from
the hair color to clothes and shoes, about the next hot guy that
comes around."You better,"
Victoria muttered, her attention now completely on William.I've decided to leave
Vic alone to observe him. I turned back to eating my food, my
thoughts once again drifting to Willie. I never told Vic his name. I
don't know why. Maybe it's because he means so much to me that I
want him to be my secret, to be mine and no one else's. Even if
that meant hiding his name. But just thinking that I knew I was
getting obsessive.He's gone and
out of your life,I thought to myself. Just forget about
him, Willie will never come back. Accept that.'But deep down I knew
that I couldn't.
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