Taming The Introvert

Chapter 4

Occasionally .
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(Pia's POV)
~1 week later ~
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Me and Leah have gotten so much closer since my first day, I still sit with Lily and all her friends during lunch, but not as often . Lily's started acting differently recently , she's still bubbly, but when I'm with Leah she tends to scowl or make faces. I'll have to talk with her and ask what's up sometime.

I stepped out of my house wearing leggings and an oversized sweatshirt, with my hair straightened, the brisk air brushing across my face. I woke up quite early this morning, so I decided to go ahead and get ready and go walk to school. It's only a mile away, not too bad. I pulled my phone and earbuds out of my pocket and began scrolling through iTunes. I put the right earbud in and began listing to "Silver Spoon", and put my phone back in my pocket.
I find walking to school is always nice, at this time mostly since it's so early and you have a lot of time. You get to admire your surroundings more. The ringing of people's porch chimes are always pretty to listen to. I do have to walk by a couple of dark alleys, they're never too bad though.

20 minutes past. I've turned my music off by now, gotta be aware of my surroundings now that I've walked into town . I adjusted the beanie on my head then slid my hands into my pockets. Lots of the shops have began opening by now, the bookstore, the café. I haven't been able to check them out yet, I'll have to do that soon.

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I stepped into my first period right as the bell rang, and sat where I usually do, beside Lily.
"Good Morning, Pia~! How are you?" She had her hair up in a ponytail today.
"Morning, Lily. I'm good, you?" I began pulling all the things out I needed for geometry.
"I'm doing great, thank you !" Her voice cracked a bit as Leah walked in. Her emerald green eyes glanced over at me for a split second as she sat down at the end of the middle row.
Class came and went quickly. Once the bell rang, everyone got up and rushed out of the classroom, creating an issue at the door for a moment before the teacher got involved and ended up making everyone exit one behind the other. I walked out and began my way towards my next class, Physics.

   I gasped as I was pulled into a janitors closet and slammed against the wall, my vision a bit blurred since it all happened so quickly.
     "Who.." I moved hair out of my face and squinted my eyes a bit.
   "Lily, what the hell are you doing?!" I whisper yelled as she put a finger to her lips.
   "I want to talk to you!" She loosened her grip on my shoulders
   "Well you could've "talked" to me in class!"
   "No! Right now, here, alone."  I could tell she tried to emphasize the "alone" .
   "Well then what do you want! I'm gonna be late to class." I reached for the door handle, in which she grabbed my hand and pulled it back.
   "What's up with you and Leah?"
   "What?! I told you before, she looked lonely so I befriended her!"
   "No that's not it, it's the way she looks at you,"
   "What do you mean, Lily! It's not like she's a lover or anything,is THAT what your so worried about!?"  I was starting to get frustrated at this point.
   "Yes!"  I'd only meant that statement as a joke, I didn't think she'd take it seriously ,
   "What?"
   "I love you, Pia "  her eyes threatened to spill tears.
   "Lily, I..I'm sorry" I held her hand in mine. "I just can't..your a... a um, girl". She smiled and laughed lightly.
   "It's fine~".  I smiled and hugged her.
  "Hey I know you've had a crush on Jax for awhile why don't you confess to him"
  "Ehhhh, he's always surrounded by people ,_,". She's opened the door by now and I began to walk out.
"See you later, Pia." She walked out of the closet and made her way to class.
sHe jUsT aCteD liKe tHiS sHit hApPen eVEry dAy! I stood there for awhile making a weird face, then I began walking to physics. Honestly! I've told her I'm straight. Was she just playing me? Well now that I think about it she probably was. Lil' fugger.

~~~~~~time skip to gym muahah~~~~~~

I ran to first base after hitting the softball flying in my direction. We were outside on the baseball field for gym today. And obviously, we were doing softball. Leah had gotten hit in the head with a ball and was sitting on the bench holding an ice pack to her temple. I feel as if she'd tried to get hit on purpose again.
She attempted to clap with one hand (hitting her knee) when I'd hit the ball. I smiled and waited for the next player to hit it so I could run to second. Time went by. One person had gotten a home run which made everyone go crazy, screaming and yelling. It kinda hurt my ears, and I could tell it had hurt Leah's too.

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Me and Leah were the last ones in the girls locker room. Chatting and taking our time changing, when she said something,
"Pia, I'll tell you what. I'll open up, and talk to more people, including all of your friends, if you answer one simple question for me."
"Well, alrighty- - WAIT! The deal: you open up first, and if you do it as your supposed to, then you can ask me." I held my hand out for her to shake. She hesitated for a moment, then smiled and grabbed my hand.

"Deal."

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A/N

Hello~ How are you?

This chapter was a little.. It was okay in my opinion. I don't know how you might feel, but I hope you liked it.
This chapter was a bit different since I just came up with things as I went, where as I usually think of the story beforehand.
The janitor closet scene wasn't really expected, I originally intended it to be Leah who pulled her in there, but I wanted to add something that nobody would really expect. Though I don't think I turned out all too sad-ish as I wanted it to be Lol. It's hard for me to put sad things.

Welp~ thats pretty much it.
I hope you have a lovely day or night 🌞🌙
I purple you 💜
-Zee_Nautilus

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