Collision

Part three: class

We had walked away from the parking lot and we heading into the school building, as we walked down the hallway I started to space out, my hands were beginning to sweat, I felt as though I was being set on fire, my body was overheating, my breathing increased, I could feel my heart pounding on my chest. I was having a panick attack, why was I having a panick attack, why now? I started to go lightheaded, my vision became dotty, I looked up to find my friends but everyone turned, their faces distorted as they all said, "HAHAHA, STUPID  IRIS, WHO WOULD LOVE YOU! WE DONT WANT YOU, HAHAHA!" They just kept laughing and cackling. I could feel my thoughts drifting but my knees went weak and everything went dark, like the all the light in the world had vanished.

The next thing I knew, I was in the nurses office, Circe and Dorian loomed over my face and they hugged me at once, when they saw I was awake. The nurse asked if she could talk to me for a minute and my friends left. She asked, " are you still on your medication?" I swallowed," yes" I replied, my throat was dry, of course I had lied, I hate my meds, just the thought of it makes me feel I'll, makes me feel sick. But, she believed me and asked me if I wanted to go home, I replied "NO!" Almost too quickly, if I went home, mom would smother me with hugs and kisses and she'd try and take care of me, I don't like that, it makes me feel like I'm weak and unable to do anything.

She let me leave to go to my lesson, Circe and Dorian waited outside the nurses office to take me, " I only fainted, I'm fine, I can walk, I can talk.im not a baby !" They replied in unison " we know". This didn't stop them though, they walked me to Mr.Fitz's English class. They said their goodbyes to me at the door and I walked in. "And where have you been, Ms.Henderson? " I stared at him blankly as I opened my mouth to speak but Tommy h answered for me, " Didn't you hear, Mr.Fitz? The freak passed out! In the middle of the hallway!" He, carol and the rest of the class burst into hysterics as I stood there, quietly.        " Alright, settle down now. C'mon in and just take a seat" he said, I rushed in with my head down and walked to my seat, "oh and before I forget, ive changed the seating plan" the class groaned. " Okay, Tommy, you'll be sitting next to Tina, carol next to Angela..."
He droned on for a while about the new arrangement and then I was snapped out of my trance when the seat next to me was in the process of being occupied. I looked up to reveal the one and only, Steve Harrington. I scoffed as he sat down, his friends laughed at him all because he had to sit next to the weirdo. He shook his head at them and turned to me, " hey buttercup" my neck snapped, to greet him, "say that again" I knew exactly what he said, but why the hell did he say that..
What if he's just being nice?
What if he's doing it for the laughs?
I stared at him with confusion.

Steve's pov

Mr.Fitz had assigned me to the seat next to iris. Tommy h and carol cackled towards me as I shook my head at them. I pulled out my chair and iris scoffed and I spoke to he, being the nice gentleman I am, "hey buttercup" he neck snapped towards me, "say that again" she said but she looked like she was confused, in deep thought. I spoke, " I said,' hey buttercup'" but she still looked confused, I told her " wow, I'm just trying to be kind, jeez" I think this offended her as she turned away from me and started to doodle on her notebook.

Iris
What an asshole, I thought, he's a total dick. Where did he get this attitude from?- actually it doesn't matter, it's from Tommy h. I turned away from him and started to doodle on my notebook and I could feel his stares burning holes into me, " yes?" I asked and he stuttered," wha- no, nothing, what?! I laughed at his stupidity but I regretted It instantly. What the hell, iris, pull yourself together! Why did I just laugh at him, whyyy?!
Steve giggled at me, almost as if he could hear my thoughts.

The bell was about to ring so that the lesson could end and Steve turned to me," hey, so, erm, do you maybe, want to, maybe, like hang out some time?" I turned extremely slowly, was he really asking me to hang out? He looked straight into eyes and as much as I hate to admit it, it gave me butterflies and made me giddy. "Yeah, sure, when were you thinking?" I asked trying to contain my excitement. " How about tonight, my place?" He asked and I nodded, we smiled at eachother and the bell went, making me jump. Of course Steve laughed at me for this, I turned bright red with embarrassment, "hey, hey, don't go red, it was cute" he said. I'm sorry, WhAt?!!!! Did he just say I was CUTE!!! I think I'm going to have a heart attack, and with that he walked away. Jesus h. Christ.

A few more lessons skipped over, all I could think about was Steve, god what is wrong with me. I've missed him too much..

The bell for lunch went and I entered the cafeteria, I walked towards the table where my friends were seated and they saw the huge smile on my face, tuned to eachother and back to me. I sat down next to the., I exploded, I told them all about Me.Fitz's class with Steve. They looked at me with big eyes, their jaws on the floor. I stared at them nervously, they knew about Steve, they knew about our history as best friends, I obviously told them, they knew how much I missed him.
They started to squeal and hug me as I laughed in excitement, and just then Steve and his group entered the hall and sat at their table. I don't notice this until, Circe pointed it out, I turned towards the group and smiled as I saw Steve, and he turned to look at me. He looked right at me and waved towards me, I have him a smile and he ushered all three of us over. Almost immediately we all shook our heads and Tommy h and carol were losing it, they hated us, they don't want us to sit with them. Steve did this really bad, but really cute attempt of a puppy dog face and begged us to come over. I giggled at h and we eventually walked over to him and sat there. I could feel holes burning into my back, nearly the cafeteria was staring at us, I hated this attention, I wanted it to stop, I felt judged. Steve noticed and stared some of them down, causing them to turn away. He gave me a small smile and he ate. My friends didn't really mind the attention, they also started to eat, so did carol and Tommy h. I sat there staring at the table, zoned out. " Hey, henderson, have you got food?" Steve said to me, looking concerned.My friends turned to me, they knew I didn't and they knew why, I froze, I didn't know what to say, I didn't want to lie to steve but I didn't want him to know the truth..

I think he sensed something was up so he tried his best to rip the other half of his sandwich up for us to share. He passed a half to me,"it's bacon, lettuce and cheese, mom made it" he said with a small but comforting smile. My friends looked at me worried, in all truth I was worried, I don't want to eat, I couldn't. I could see that Steve was worried so I took a small bite to make him happy, he smiled at stuck his thumb up at me and he mouthed, "good girl", he didn't me mean it as I thought he meant it but he gave me major butterflies and Dorian noticed and nearly choked on his food and he hysterically laughed at me. Steve eventually clicked onto what Dorian was laughing at and he also went read and I looked at him through the corner of my eye and he looked at me and we burst out laughing, which resulted in Steve falling of his chair, this made us all laugh even more. It also resulted in the cafeteria supervisor coming over and telling us to calm down and stop making fools of our self, this just made us all laugh and I couldn't help myself from wheezing, ending with a small snort. They all looked at me and we broke into fits again.

Once the school day ended, Circe
Drove me home and her and Dorian hugged me goodbye as I entered my home. Steve. I'm hanging out with him tonight.. this only made my excitement worse. my mother watched me with a smile, " good day Hun?" I giggled as I explained everything with me and Steve, she knew i loved him and missed him so this made her extremely cheery. " Well you best go put on some good clothes, oh and some sexy underwear!" She jokes, of course, I mean I would totally do it with Steve, definitely but I would not tell my mother, that's just crossing a line.
"Oh, be quiet sweetheart, dusty is in his room, he didnt go to school, he's not feeling too good." Mom stated, but of course I still ran up the stairs, I burst into Dustin's room and jumped on his bed where he was laying, "ow you fat shit, you're crushing me!" I jumped up and we both started to laugh, "good day??" He said with a small grin, he'd been listening in on my conversation with mom, handy he? I told him all about it and he slapped excitedly.
I walked to my room, got dressed into my grey sweatpants and my crimson sweatshirt, I wiped off my makeup and pulled my hair into a messy bun. I did this because I always remembered this thing Steve said to me," why do girls wear makeup? It's so unnatural, like yeah people may be insecure but everyone beautiful in their own way, right?" And I feel comfortable enough to not wear makeup around him.
I can't wait....