i'm fine - mike wheeler🖤

one🖤

may 21, 1985
2:28 p.m.

there i am, sitting in bio staring at the clock and waiting for the bell to ring.
hitting my pencil against my empty notebook.

"mackenzie? mackenzie? mackenzie?
MACKENZIE?!?" my teacher calls me out
i shake my head and blink my eyes like i just woke up, but i didn't. he was sitting there right across the room, by his group. "the party" is what they call it.
"sorry!" i say as the bell rings.
see you monday class! my teacher yells over everyone trying to get out of the classroom.
"mike! mackenzie! can i see you two for a second?" my teacher asked us
i walked over to her desk frightened, but i don't know why.

she hands me my test and then she hands mike his test.
"mike as you can see you got an A+." my teacher told mike
"yeah then why am i here?" mike exclaimed
"because your gonna tutor mackenzie." my teacher said proudly
i smirked but i didn't say anything.

i walk out of that classroom to see the party stare me down. i knew lucas never liked me ever since in kindergarten when i broke his crayon and told the teacher he broke mine.

"mackenzie?" jane asked
"jane right?" i said acting like i didn't know
"yes! so i was wondering if you wanted to come to mike's house tonight?" she asked me
"to do what?" i questioned her
"i don't know, we might play some games." jane said
sure i'll come i guess. i walked away slowly.

i have also learned that jane doesn't like me.
i step out of school so excited to just go home and get out of here. i obviously wasn't the smartest kid in school. i set down my backpack to get my bike. i turn around to see troy running around with it.

"what do you want harrington?" i said annoyed
"meet me at the lake in two hours." he said
"can i have my backpack?" i asked
but he ran away with it.

4:30 p.m.
i'm sitting there throwing rocks, waiting for my book bag. but out of the bloom an angel appears.
"mackenzie? what are you doing here?" mike asked
"what are you doing here?" i asked
"troy sent me here" we said at the same time
"backpack?" mike questioned me
"yep" i said just waiting for my book bag.

"well well well, you both decided to show up." troy said
"yeah i want my book bag!" mike yelled
"well mike here's your and mackenzie here's yours."
troy said
"why is it empty?" i questioned him

mike opens his book bag to only papers. but they are not just papers, they are drawings. of him.
i open mine to see stick figures of me.
"did you draw these?" mike and i say at the same time
troy walks away.
"goodbye love geeks"
mike scratch's his head embarrassed.
both of our faces get really red as we sit on the rock.
"hey, it's a good stick figure." i say
mike smiles "thank you. yours are obviously so amazing"

"i gotta get home" he says
he hugs me
"thank you for this kenz, your amazing."
i smile and he starts to walk away
"mike?" i questioned him
"yes?" he answered
"jane invited me to your house tonight" i said
"oh, ok then do you just wanna walk home with me?"
mike said

i hoped off the rock, and i started to walk with him. we talked the whole way home. the way he was so cute but quirky at the same time was adorable. as he walked his bike because he felt bad because i didn't bring mine. the warm but windy friday afternoon.

"why don't you ever hang out with us?" mike asked me
"um, well lucas and i aren't the best of friends" i said
he looked confused
"it's a crayon kindergarten confusing story" i said probably confusing him even more.