Bouncing back

Day 1

I woke up, tears had dried on my face and pillow. Anthony just broke up with me for another, hotter, skinnier, funnier girl that he probably was screwing behind my back. It was inevitable, he was moving after winter break and of course, had to tell me the news hours before school started up all over again.

I rubbed my eyes, glancing at the barley risen sun outside of my window knowing I had to leave soon to catch the bus if I wanted to go to school. My legs moved as my head stayed still, he broke up with me on our story. He posted a photo on Snapchat on a private story where we would have inside jokes with us and a close friend or two and he just said that he wanted to end our relationship forever.

I felt tears start to swell up as my stomach curled into a knot, not wanting to remember it. I put on a hoodie and black sweats. The hoodie smelled like him but it was my only one I had.

I skipped breakfast after getting ready, not having any appetite. I drank some water instead, the cool liquid hit the back of my dry throat, god I missed water. I checked the time and ran out the door, shit I'm gonna miss the bus. Anthony used to come over and walk with me to the bus stop, he always remembered.

The cold wind hit my face like ice, my backpack hit my back so hard I swear it almost broke. I had to wave it down just to get on. I tapped my phone to scan my ticket and sat in the back, thankfully no one was on it to see me embarrass myself. I got my airpods from my bag out and connected them to my phone, I started to scroll through social media, and eventfully ended up on Snapchat.

When I looked through my chats, no one had sent anything, not even Anthony. My eyes started to tear up once again, no one even bothered to ask me if I was okay or anything. Then, I saw it, he completely blocked me on Snapchat. I had to keep it in though, school was only thirty minutes and some change away so I cannot start crying when kids from school will start coming on this bus and might try to talk to me.

I went on Spotify to distract myself, or at least occupy my mind until I get to school. I skipped plenty of songs in so many different playlists before landing on I want you by Mitski. It was so relatable, gave me so many different scenarios in my head to base them off it.

That was until this boy walked onto the bus, only six other people were on it besides us, none of them from school, just going to work or they were homeless and sleeping. So when this fit, pretty and clueless boy walked over to me all I could do was stare. Was this a dream? The day after I get broken up with a dream boy comes over to me to talk to me ?

It's like those books I read online when I was in middle school about y/n and her Harry Potter boyfriend. So when he talked to me all I could do was pinch myself as my brain tried to tell me to take out my airpods and actually listen to what he was saying.

At the end of what seemed to be so long of staring at his perfect lips and even more perfect hair I could finally take out my airpods and say, "God, I'm so sorry I didn't hear a word you said. I'm just so tired I forgot to take out my airpods and yeah. Mind restating what you said? And y'know you can sit down? You don't have to stand in front of me?"

His face flushed red as he sat down, "Sorry I've never taken public transit ever before, I have no clue what I'm doing. Is this the right bus to get to Aspen highschool? These streets look all the same with the snow and it's so dark out, god Arizona had none of this. Sorry if I'm talking so much I'm nervous, I'm Link by the way." He put a hand out for me to shake which I did.

"Arizona? That's a long way from Maine. What made you want to come out here?" I cocked my head in curiosity. "Needed a new change of scenery y'know. My dad got a job and yeah. So what's your name?" He smiled gently, in a way Anthony never did, he spoke so calm and not too loud. Just so different than Anthony and his attitude about everything.

"I'm y/n. You asked if this is the way to Aspen? It is, just a few more stops and then some walking and we'll get there. You a sophomore? Freshman?" I went on my phone to compare schedules in case he was in the same grade as me. "Yeah, freshman. You too?"  I nodded, "Need help with getting to class? I know the way around like the back of my hand." "Really? God, yes please. Do you have Ms. Gonzalez for Ap math she's my first period?"

Soon, him and I begun to talk as more and more. Some other kids came on the bus, no one I knew. As we traded phones to exchange numbers he looked at my notifications, "Mitski? Nice music taste. Y'know I actually went to her concert."

"Oh really haha that's cool." I said so awkwardly, I never ever let Anthony or his friends or some of my friends listen to my music, it's weird. He even likes Mitski, I barely know who she is. But he doesn't care or know.

"Oh shit this is our stop!" I said as I gave him his phone back and walked off of the bus, speed walking up the icy hill that led to the school trying desperately to get away from him and his sweetness and his looks so I can be alone to process everything that's happened.

"Y/N! Your bag!" I looked behind me to see him holding my backpack. Maybe I should stay and talk with him though.

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Been a while sense I've written a regular story hope this is good lols