I looked down at my phone and thought about Thomas. I thought about what everyone was saying, they all thought he was a nobody, they all thought so low of him. And honestly, I thought he would never fight, but he proved everyone wrong today!
Sooner than I knew I was blushing at the thought of Thomas, remembering the memories of us.
I remember when I fell on top of him on the ice, I remember when he picked me up to place the last box on our box fort, when he told me I was beautiful and that I didn't need to cover my face.
I just feel like without him I'll never be the same. I just feel like.. I need him.
I just suddenly can't give up on him, he's all I need. Friend, or something more, I just need him.
But why do I get so nervous when I look into his eyes? My heart starts beating faster, and everytime I just get this rushed flow of energy running through me.
I love how he sees me getting flustered over little things and helps me catch my breath.
But the way he makes me feel is more than anything than I ever felt before.
He's everything I want, but I don't deserve it all, I'm not worth it all. He's someone anyone would wish to find and keep as theirs.
He's someone who's worth the wait, after all these years of our heart breaks.
Butterflies come to life when I'm next to him, and it's just been a day, but I already know that I won't be able to move on from this.
I like Thomas..
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I gazed at the blood all over my hands, some splattered on my clothes and face. I still can't believe I did that.. It just wasn't me, and it wasn't the way I wanted to handle it.
"Thomas?..!" The history teacher shouted at me as he unwrapped his arms from my waist.
"Y-Yes sir?"
"What gotten' into you?! This isn't like you!!" He said as he freaked our over the looks of Mason. The teacher himself looked like he was about to pass out. Maybe he has a weakness for blood.
"Well-"
"Principal's office!"
"But!-"
"No buts! Head to the office!"
I sighed and turned around to the stair case as I began my walk to the office.
I do feel bad and all, but he deserved it! So much.. He told me to kill myself, that's so wrong of him. No one should ever be told to go die.
Even the teacher didn't even know the full story, he just assumed I beat him.
But that was what it looked like.
I entered the office and was immediately greeted by Mrs. Locke and weird stares of many.
"Oh my god! Thomas?" She ran up to me and checked if I was ok, "I'm fine Mrs. Locke." I said nodding and smiling at her as if everything was fine.
"No! No, clearly you're not!-"
"Can you just lead me to the principal? I promise we'll talk later."
"Ok, uh right this way."
I gulped as I approached the room I never thought I'd be in for a reason like this. I started to sweat a little bit, I knocked on her door and she shouted to enter the room.
"Hi..!"
I said as I walked up to her to greet her. I held my hand out to shake, then pulled it back in as I realized they were still covered in dry blood.
"Oh my.." she said as she looked me up and down, "let's get you cleaned up."
She grabbed a few sanitary wipe and handed them to me. I cleansed myself as she told me to take a seat in front of her, "Ok we can't discuss anything without Mason himself, but I can contact your mom or dad to come over here, which do you prefer?"
"Dad! P-Please?"
I answered knowing my dad would be a bit more cool with it than my mom would.
She dialed my dad's phone, but there was no answer, "seems like your dad isn't available. I'm gonna have to call your mother."
My heart nearly stopped, now she's definitely gonna be questioning me about what's going on.
"Thomas? Is that fine with you?"
As much as I wanted to say no I agreed to the call, once she dialed my mom, I could hear her talking to her on the phone. It sounded like I had a lot of things ready for me.
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My mom rushed into the office, "Thomas? What happened?" She said cupping my face, "nothing too serious..-"
"What do you mean?! She told me you got into a fight! Is that true?"
She said looking into my eyes, "yes.. but I promise, I have a good reason why I caused it-"
"You caused it..?" She let go of me and darted me an unbelievable look.
"Mom.. I uh, j-just wait!"
"No! This is unbelievable, when is Mason getting here? Right? That's the name of the kid?"
"Yes. Um, he should be arriving less then 10 minutes, I was speaking to the nurse right now, and she's currently icing his body." The principal said as she took off her glasses for a moment.
Then a couple walked into the room, "Hi, um. This is the principal's office right?"
"Yes, how may I help you?"
"Oh, we're here for Mason."
"Ah yes, have a seat." The seated themselves next to me, his mother and my mom shook hands and then sat back down, the room remained silent. I slumped back into my chair, I was slowly starting to regret my actions.
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Mason walked into the room, he looked like a zombie. He had a huge purple/pink spot surrounding his eye, he had a piece of tissue in his nose most likely keeping the blood from running down his face. I cringed as I watched him sit next to his parents, I just can't believe that I did that to him, however, I felt a little piece of me proud of myself.
Mason's parents had no reaction to his face, I felt bad, my mom saw a tiny spot of blood around my lip and was concerned. Maybe they were used to it?
"Alright.. So let's just get started off by asking, what caused the fight?" The principal asked, as if all the energy she had was drained from her body.
"May I speak?.." I quietly asked.
"Yes."
"So um, Mason was shouting inappropriate slurs at me, this was going on for multiple minutes straight. I kept telling him to leave alone, but he wouldn't listen. Then his last words just ticked me off so much that I let out my built-up rage from throughout the years."
"Wow I'm in tears, what a sob story." Mason said rolling his eyes, he father elbowed his arm and continued paying attention.
"Would you mind sharing some of the slurs that made you so angry for this to happen?" She said avoiding eye contact.
"Well, I don't want to share all of them, but he told me to go kill myself, and I just.. Couldn't hold it in anymore. He's bullied me all these years, but it never has gone that far."
"Mason? Do you have anything to add on?"
"No, but I just want you to know I meant what I said." He spoke, as he chuckled. His parents were clenching their teeth, I glanced at them and could tell that they wanted to say many things that wouldn't have been allowed.
"Well then, since Mason was shouting inappropriate slurs at Thomas, he will be suspended for 3 days. And as for Thomas.." she said glancing at me, then back down at some scattered papers on her desk. "A week."
"What?!" I immediately stood up, "that's so unfair!"
"Thomas, I'm sorry, you should've contacted a supervisor, teacher, or even a hall guard-"
"I have before! And you know what happens? Nothing, they just make one apologize to another, does that sound like it's solving any problems?"
"Well then you should've contacted me."
"And what would've you done? The same thing right?" She looked up at me and was at a loss for words.
"Listen, I'm not you're enemy Thomas!-"
"I know you're not, but if this school actually cared for students like me, they would really do something about bullies. And you know, I'm fine with being suspended for a week, but just remember that this is all so messed up."
I walked out the room, I heard my mom's faded voice calling my name. I could feel my eyes tearing up. My vision was getting blurry from the tears, I entered the car and I could feel my tears running down my cheeks.
"Thomas! I was calling you..!" She glanced at me and sighed. She sat next to me, "hey.. can we finally talk? This isn't you.. What happened yesterday?"
"Me and Rae aren't friends anymore.."
"What? What do you mean? You guys are the best of friends!"
"That's what I thought too.. But, it's sort of a long story."
"I'm here to listen."
I explained everything to my mom. I had no hope for myself, and I began to worry if I would change. Raechel and I were the epitome of best friends, I just.. still didn't understand why it all unraveled like that.
I told her about Raechel and Chase, then when I took her to the park and how she was texting him again. I explained to her that it just wasn't right of her to do that.
"I agree. It's not right of her to do that, she respects you so much. So why would she?"
"I don't know.."
"I mean, she wouldn't do that. So what if she wasn't even trying to hit on him. I mean, it's obvious you guys like each other. She wouldn't just abandon you like that, have you tried talking to her?"
"She didn't even come to school mom.. She has to be mad at me, it's just.. Complicated right now."
"Honey, thank you for talking to me, but trust me. Talk to her."
"Ok.."
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Thomas and his mother drove to the nearest ice cream shop. They treated themselves and Thomas's mom was ultimately just trying to cheer him up. She couldn't adore her child more than she already did.
As for Rae, she remained dazed and confused. Was she in love? Was this one of the highschool sweetheart movies she's always seen on TV? She lied in bed not knowing what to do. There was just something about Thomas, and her feelings that just happened to leave her in the state of dazed and confused.
She then concluded that she would talk to him at school on the Tuesday. But little did she know, she wouldn't be able to see, or talk to Thomas until the next week.
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