Forgetting Terra Matthews

Chapter 1

Hi there! 

Just so you know this story is NEARLY FINISHED!

This is just the first 10 chapters, but that's not even half of what I have written. 

Once someone comments on the 10th Chapter I will add more I promise!

Please enjoy xx

-Jess

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"Kieran, why don't you tell me about the first time you met Terra Matthews?" Dr. Wenzl looked at me with patient eyes as I stared at the grey carpet in her office.

I took a moment to forget everything that had happened this past year and just remember the beginning days of my Junior year when I started to notice Terra. When I was first delighted with her presence. Everything in my life was so simple then.

I remember feeling pain when I'd watch her. Seeing her hurt would just torment me as if every bit of distress that she felt would radiate off of her and I'd endure it too. I remember wondering if she could feel my eyes lingering on her as she stared into a world of nothing. Though I say a world of nothing, I mean much more. I can't see what is going on in that head but I want to be enlightened by the mystery that lies behind those suffering blue eyes. That world of nothing is an illusion, it tries to convince you that there is nothing haunting her soul, but you're easily fooled because there is something.

In a classroom full of people there is a girl, not an innocent one, but a girl. She lays her head on her desk, staring into that deceiving world of nothing and her mind is taken from reality. She goes places that no one knows so they do not bother to disrupt her. Her chest slowly rises and then falls, being the only thing that makes her look alive, but once again you are being fooled, this girl is dead. Every human being I see has an emotion resting upon their eyes, but this one is different, and I want to know more.

When I say that this girl is dead I do not mean physically; whatever bits that are left of her decaying soul slowly disintegrate and destroy her inner being. People like her slowly fade from reality without even noticing it themselves, and they never bother with pleading for help because there is no way to help someone who is already gone.

"Kieran would you please pay attention, maybe you wouldn't be failing this class if you would actually listen." Mr. Rogers said aloud, I rolled my eyes before lounging back into my chair.

"I actually have a D minus sir." I replied with a cocky grin. He sighed.

"You act as if that is something to be proud of." He mumbled but we all could hear him. He's such a dick.

The class laughed a little and I began packing up my things, as if on cue the bell rang loudly. Everyone jumped up from their desks and hurried from the classroom. I watched as she slowly collected her things and departed from her seat weakly.

Terra is her name. I've only ever heard Mr. Rogers say it once and it stuck in my brain ever since. It's a beautiful name.

I began walking away from my desk and when I walked past her isle she turned around quickly from her spot in the first row and bumped into me. Talk about one of those stupid cliche moments; too bad it wasn't like that. She looked like she was about to collapse as her eyes wavered back and forth. I grabbed her arm to steady her even though I knew she was fine.

"Sorry." I said but she ignored me and didn't even give me as much as a glance before brushing my arm with her shoulder and exiting the room. I followed behind her while she weaved her way through the crowded hallways. This probably seems like I'm some stalker but I just want to see where she goes. This is weird.