#WritingwithGrace

Crush

Where do I start with Crush? He has dark brown curly hair and eyes as blue as the ocean. Every time I look at him I like there's always butterflies fluttering inside. I turn from you Robot diary and suddenly his voice gets quieter as if this was all happening inside my head.

Stay calm, I say to myself, as I begin to speak, "Hey Crush" I say. Good start Lace good start.

"Hi" he says back, pushing his curls out of his face. "Ho-" As he tries to finish his sentence Marm joins in saying "Last night I was talking to Banana and we were talking about how you used to be the dumbest kid around. You didn't even have a ton of friends."

"Well that was sure news" I said to myself.

"How are you?" He finally says. "Harry wasn't being very nice about that banana was he? Banana be quiet. I may not know Lace very well but she seems very nice to me. In fact, I think this week will be the perfect time to get to know each other, don't you think so Lace? It could be a great time for you, Banana and Marm to work out your feelings as well as I would get a chance to get to talk to you for more than five seconds in the hallway."

Oh my gosh. He wants to get to know me? What ever will I do Robot Diary? What if I embarrass myself in front of him? A million different scenarios flash through my head at this time.

"Sure"I tell Crush,"I'll do that if Marm and Banana will."

At the far corner of the room, sitting all alone I hear Banana chime in "I will too!"

"I don't want to talk to you anymore Lace." Marm says "For standing on her side, you too Banana."

And in all of two seconds, I've lost a dear friend of mine. Suddenly I feel two arms surrounding me giving me a hug. "No", I tell myself. "This isn't all in my head and these voices are real."

"Thanks Crush" I said "That really does make me feel better. And thank you to Banana too."

And suddenly, the Shi-Tzu storm stopped and Marm walks over to me requesting a hug. "I'm sorry Lace. I didn't mean to be that cruel to you. My attitude has really been affected by the storm today. I don't know why I feel so moody today either. I'm starting to think that my mood is affected by the storm more than I thought!"

I hug her and Banana walks over to join the group hug. Everything feels right until I suddenly feel something slimy around my neck.

"Banana!" I scream "What's happening?"

Mr. Kevin looks over at me and says, "Lace it's the Snake storm! How the heck did it get inside? This never happened before. Boys and girls I think we're dealing with a new freak week. One that we've never seen before" 

He looks outside the window and then looks back at us. I can tell that he's scared for all of us as there are suddenly snakes slithering around the room. 

"Run to the basement! And FAST!" We run like the wind with the supplies and ration it to each of us while on the run.

Halfway there, I can no longer feel the ground. I look up and into Crush's gorgeous blue eyes. He's carrying me, my bag, and my rations as we head towards the basement. 

When we're finally at the basement, Mr.Kevin locks the doors are there are no longer snakes following us. 

Crush sets me down in a corner and puts his arm around me. Banana is giving me the "I think he likes you" look. 

Harry, on the other hand, didn't make it. Right when Mr.Kevin locked the door, he was locked out too. I can now safely continue to describe Crush to you now Robot Diary. 

The fact that he even has his arm around me right now is making me feel like Banana is right. He looks at me as if nothing crazy is going on and it's just us two in this room. "So what's your last name?" I ask him. 

"Matthews" he replies "and yours?" 

"Reynolds" I reply just a little too enthusiastically. 

He walks away and tells me that he's going to talk to Banana. 

While he's gone I will now continue where I left off earlier in the day. Crush Matthews is also a senior. I've gathered this from the fact that Banana has been his childhood friend. He's handsome and I can tell he always wants to hang out with me but at the wrong times. I've once had to accidentally had to cut his sentence short in the hallway because I was going to be late to Biology and I loved that class too much to be late. Today I've learned that he's a total sweetheart. Any other guy would have thought to just run for his own life and not think of anyone else but Crush is too sweet and selfless for that.