Typical

Chapter 1 - Mocha Hair

3 cups deep into coffee in the last 30 minutes. Shaking hands and cigarette smoke is all I'm hanging on to at the moment. Wait..I completely forgot to introduce myself. Kai..Kai Lane, nice to meet you. Uhm..where should I start? The time I got drunk just to forget her name? No.. maybe the failed suicide attempt?  Maybe not.. How about the first time I ever saw her. The love of my life. The only thing that kept me going for months. It was my last year of high school, the worst 4 years of my life. I spent my days hidden behind a phone screen or just sleeping the hours away until it was time to leave. I was in the middle of psychology, listening to the teacher ramble about multiple parts of the brain and how they affect us.  I was sitting in my desk, my head resting in my hand as the door slowly opened and a girl with mocha brown hair stepped through. She was slurring multiple "sorrys" as she struggled to hold her books. "Nice of you to join us Mrs.Parker" the teacher said with an annoyed expression on her face. "Take a seat and have a notebook ready, we we're just about to start taking notes." Various groans and sounds of aggravation came from my fellow students mouths as they proceeded to pull out notebooks and pencils. Mocha haired girl started making her way towards the back where I was seated, and I slumped down in my desk, hoping she didn't sit by me because fuck, I was definitely going to spend the whole year watching her instead of the teacher. I layed my head down and let out a sigh as she continued to walk towards the back. "Psst..is this seat taken?" I hear her ask, tapping me on the shoulder. "Uhm.. n-no, it's not." I say, mentally slapping myself for stuttering. She smiled a little and sat down beside me, taking her notebook out and then digging through her bag. Just as i layed my head back down, another tap. "Sorry, any chance you have a pen? Must have lost mine." She says with a nervous smile. I nod at the mocha haired girl and hand a pen over. "Thanks!" She says, taking the pen from me. I think I see a ghost of a blush on her cheeks, but I'm probably just imagining things. I must have dozed off, because next thing I know the bells ringing and kids are getting up, ready to leave their last class. I grab my things and quickly walk out of the door and down the hallways, bumping into random people and hearing kids talk about their plans for the weekend. I make it to the parking lot and head to my car, a few people standing around smoking cigarettes and laughing a little too loud. Just as i start to unlock my car, a tap on my shoulder, the mocha haired girl.  "You forgot your pen.." she says, holding her hand out to give it back. "I tried to give it back after class but you left pretty quick." She says quickly, taking a deep breath. I take the pen from her and smirk, finding it quite cute that she tried to get everything out at once. "Thanks, I'm Kai by the way." I say, holding my hand out. "Nice to meet you Kai, I'm Leah." She says, shaking my hand. Don't think I'm cliche, but I swear I felt a spark as soon as she touched me. "See you tomorrow Kai." She says with a wide, perfectly white smile. "See you tomorrow Leah." I say, smirking as she walks away towards her car, her mocha hair blowing in the wind. I've got to have her.