Met you at the tree •bl•

|•°~Chapter 1~°•|

Okay for starters BIG THANKS to someone who helped me write this because im not that good at writing romance. Anyway! Onto the story!

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I ran.

As far away as I could, really just anywhere but that household. I ran and ran until my legs gave up on me, and I collapsed near a tree. Hugging my legs and sitting against the tree. I cried, i cried until i couldn't. I didn't care if anyone heard me, but just. Why must mother and father be so scary sometimes? I really wish they weren't always so scary.

I hadn't realised someone was near until I heard someone talking to me.

"Are you okay?" A weird boy asked.

"G-go away," I said, my voice cracking from all the crying. I expected him to leave me alone, but. He just hugged me, it felt nice, I felt safe?

"Just let it out," he said, and surprisingly, I did exactly that.

And as the days went by, we had been meeting up at that tree every since. Until he just disappeared, I thought he was busy so I just kept going there. Every single day. He never showed up. And I just kept going back to the tree, until I turned 11.
That's when I realised, he really isn't coming back is he? But no matter, I still like the tree. I gave up with him coming back, but the tree really is like home, and it is a place where I can just take a break from reality.

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|•°~present day°•|

What time is it?

I look around, realising i feel asleep by the tree. I get up and check the time on my phone, 10:25. I'm gonna be late, but as if it that matters. I get good grades either way, besides I already know all the stuff they teach.

I sigh as I start to walk to class, I mean, I still need a perfect attendance and I'm not always late. I just don't want to get detention.

As I start to walk to class I feel something or someone bump into me.

"Ow" I mumble as I turn my head around to see which wannabe sucker has intruded on my little bubble called 'Personal space'

"Hey Noah~ so umm since we're friends can you do my homework for me?" Rebe said, and wait, when where we even friends?

An echo of 'can you also do mine' or 'mine too'.

"Sorry y'all but I'm but I'm kinda busy," I simply said as I got a bunch of groans in reply.

They start to walk ahead of me,

"Tch, what a bunch of dumbasses," I mumble to myself as I start to head to class, I may be late but i am not skipping like those idiots.

Sadly for me, those people are what I call 'friends' and they are annoying as hell sometimes, I can tell their just using me for my good grades and looks. Afterall, I can do my own homework instead of asking other people to do it.

Speaking of people that reminds me, i have to meet up with my girlfriend after school. I wonder what she wanted to talk about? Oh well, I have a math's class to attend.

As I walk to class, I still wonder what Astrid wanted to talk about.

The first thing I heard when I entered the class was,

"Noah, your late, again." Mr. Miller said, as he looks at my direction with the same emotionless face as per usual.

"Sorry sir," I stated, mentally rolling my eyes. I still don't want to get detention.

Truth be told, I dozed off half the lesson, because something in the back of my head kept on saying that something bad will happen with my girlfriend. Guess I better be prepared for the worst.

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I take my final notes just before the bell rings, signaling that its break time. I got a text from Astrid asking if we could meet up during break instead of after school, I said sure because why not.

I packed up my things and went to the cafeteria to get something to eat before I meet up with Astrid.

As I walked behind the school, remembering how Astrid said to meet her there. Which was weird because she didn't like the back of the school because 'its scary'. Plus I'm not a huge fan of the place. So why would she choose it?

"Hey Astrid!" I said once I spotted her. "What was it that you wanted to talk about?"

"Oh....um.. Hello Noah," she said, she looked down. That's odd, she's usually a happy person. I wonder what's up.

"Hey Astrid, are you okay?"

"Okay Noah I'm just gonna give it to you straight," she said with a seriousness I never heard before. She's never this serious. "We're over, through. Its just that you cause too many problems for me. So sorry Noah but"

"Wha-"

"Goodbye Noah," she said, as she turned around and started to leave the scene.

So that's what she wanted to talk about,

"I guess I messed up again," I mumbled to myself as a I feel myself start to tear up, I head to the tree to calm my nerves. Looks like am skipping school again..

I really should stop causing so many problems, but I suppose just my nature. I wipe my tears even though they haven't fallen yet. It really seems like no one accepts me. Looks like I was made to just, not fit in.

I look up and see that, I'm already at the tree. Well that was faster than normal, but I suppose that's normal when your lost in thought. I take a seat by the tree, back against the trunk, as a few tears fell from my eyes, I try to wipe them away but they just keep coming back. I can feel myself dose of. I do feel kinda tried....

~~~~|•Moments later•|~~~~

"Hey, wake up. You'll catch a cold out here."

"Ugghh...huh?" I groan a bit as i open my eyes to see a unfamiliar face too close for my liking. And I mean very close.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!" I said out of panic and confusion, because no one. And i mean no one, ever found this place.

I watch as this stranger covers his ears and backs away,

"I don't know, I just found this place-" he said as he started to remove his hands from his ears saying, "hey are you crying?"

As soon as he said that I wiped my tears away not realising I was crying until he said that.

"Oh..umm..no I'm not," I said, voice slightly cracking. That was the most obvious lie I ever did, why did i even do it? I question myself as I wipe my tears away as fast as I can.

To my surprise he smiles a bit and says,

"Ah okay, but if your not crying then why aren't you smiling?" He said calmly as he looks at me.

I look away, I don't really smile often and why should I smile in a moment like this?

"Oh well, i have to go now!" He said as he started to back away, looking ready to run to someone. "You can have my ice lolly if you like,"

"What's that?" Must be a popular thing by the way he looks surprised that I didn't know what it is. I mean, I don't go out much often and I don't know a lot of things.

He gave me his ice on a stick and yelled,

"NEXT TIME WE MEET I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT!!"

Tell me all about it? Next time? How does he know we will meet again?

As i watch him walk away I start to lick the ice thingy, surprisingly it the ice stick was actually kinda good.