Life: Veronica Stiles

Chapter 1: School and Crushes

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Veronica's POV.

Its currently History class.

"Veronica please come to the front and write down your answer" Mr. Giovanni says.

I freezed for a second.

I never liked the idea of answering questions. Doesn't matter through oral or by writing infront of everyone in class. I tend to forget everything I learned in a matter of second as soon as my name gets called. Even though I studied, I just didn't liked the idea of answering questions. I don't know why.

"What's wrong Veronica? Give it a try. Its not that hard" Mr. Giovanni smiles.

I think the reason why i'm like this is because 1) I hate getting laughed at for giving out the wrong answer
2) I might have period stains on my shirt and anyone could see as i stand up.

There's no third reason. I can't think of one.

I walked slowly to the whiteboard and picked up the whiteboard marker as I wrote down god knows what. I couldn't even think.

I could feel eyes staring at me from behind. I gulped and hurriedly put down the marker and went to take a seat at my place. I don't understand why do I always act like this around people. I don't want to know why.

"Excellent Veronica. Thank you for your answer" Mr. Giovanni sends me an 'ok' sign with his fingers and smiles at me. Stop smiling at me.

Everyone wrote down the answer before the bell could ring so that they could hurry and go to the cafeteria to grab some food.

Im not a loner. I have friends. I feel comfortable around them and I'm not like myself when I'm around them. I feel safe and I feel brave enough to show the inner me to them without feeling shy or awkward.

Though they might not know me that well, I still appreciate them being friends with me. I realised I'm sometimes rude to them but I get too shy to apologise and they end up hating me for awhile. I don't mind. People hate me for being a shy person. They say i'm arrogant.

The bell rings and everyone walks out to their own lockers. I kept my books and walk straight to the cafeteria. I got some food and decided to sit at a place where there's not much people. I waited for my friends to come.

As soon as I was about to take a bite of my food, I spot Ariella running up towards me like a buffalo and screaming my name when she sees me. She always does this.

I smile at her but deep down I didn't liked how she embarrassed me. I do not like being embarrassed in-front of people. I wasn't mad though because there's nothing I could do to change that.

She looks at me weirdly and says "Why are you smiling? You haven't seen me for like an hour. Don't get too excited" She wiggles her eyebrows.

I rolled my eyes and smacked her forehead lightly. She laughs.

"So how was History" Ariella says as she steals my food. Girl...no.

"Since when were you interested about classes?"

"I don't know. Just thought of asking. Got anything to tell me? Your crush maybe?" She smirks.

Whomst.

"I don't know what you're talking about" I shift my seat as I feel my butt getting numb after sitting for quite long.

Ariella sends me a look that says 'sure you dont'. She slides out her phone from her pocket and shows my text messages of her and her 'crush'.

I read the messages.

Ivan
Hey uh you'll be with Veronica tomorrow right?

Ariella
Yea , why?

Ivan
About that...I would appreciate it if you could help me do something. I'll do one thing, anything you ask me to do. Only if it works.

Ariella
Okay.

I frown.

"So... did you guys meet up?" I ask.

"I think he likes you"

"What?" I frown again.

"Trust me, i'm kinda mad but not at you. Its not your fault. But we talked today and he said he wanted me to help him try to talk to you since you hardly ever talk to anyone. So the conclusion is, he likes you!" She smiles. Fake. I know she's faking that smile. I know she's hurt. I'm not allowing this to happen.

"Stop it Ella. I know you don't like the idea of helping him talk to me. You don't have to do it. I'm not gonna date anyone okay?" I try reassuring her.

Im not that bad at giving consultation but I try my best and most people deserve to have their problems heard. I may not let people listen to my problems but I try my best to make others happy.

"No really, please, i'm okay with it. I'll find a new crush. Don't worry about me" She sighs.

She has been crushing on him ever since we we're little kids. I'm not letting him disappoint her. Although I could say i'm close to Ivan, I barely ever talk to him these days. He's been acting weird around me. Well i guess i know why now....I think.

I hug her and pat her back. I hear her sob. Love...hurts.

Seeing her cry hurts me more.