Elliot POV
I left the house before Matt was up, and drove to school. If anyone was whispering behind my back I didn’t hear it. I guess mostly because I was still hung up on last night.
I walked to the usually meeting spot and waited I hung my head and looked down at my feet.
“Elliot!” Louise called from a few feet away. I looked up and saw her. She looked happy as always and part of me wanted to smile back, just because her smile was so contaigious, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I nodded my head very slightly and looked back down at the ground.
“Hey” I replied sullenly
“You alright? You seem kind of down?” Louise murmured as she rested her hand on my shoulder
I shook my head, but didn’t say a word. I couldn’t talk about last night yet. I couldn’t express how much I’d wanted to be with Matt and how he’d made me feel when he stopped and questioned me like he did.
“Matt issues?” She questioned, shifting her shoulder bag to her other shoulder
“Yeah” I muttered “when isn’t it Matt issues”
“You guys should just get on with it. It’s clear you both love each other” She said exasperatedly
“He sees me as some sort of tainted broken girl Lou, it’s not worth trying to change that.”
“He said that?”
“Pretty much. Lets not talk about it alright. Where’s Ryan, Jake and Mel?” I replied, changing the subject
I looked up and around the campus for the others, Less kids looked at me as they walked past now, which was nice. The whispering had been rampant all last week, but by Friday it had calmed down a little. I hoped today would even better
“Jake and Mel went away with Mel’s parents for the weekend, they’ll be back tomorrow. Ryan’s running late. Should we head in?”
Reluctantly I nodded, if only it was the end of june already, I could say I’d graduated and never walk in to this stupid building again.
I clearly wasn’t in the best mood for learning, I felt my anger rise progressively through the day and I knew I needed to vent. So instead of heading to the cafeteria I headed to the school Gym.
“Elliot Andrews…. Didn’t think I’d see you in here” An unfamiliar but somehow familiar voice teased from behind me. I turned and my eyes widened. It was Julian Cross otherwise known as Frank furter.
“Julian!” I exclaimed excitedly, I walked over and gave him a hug.
When I stepped back he had a sad look on his face, like he’d remembered what had happened to me, and why the play was canceled. I frowned and then said
“Please don’t look at me like that. I’m not broken” I whispered, the anger returning
“I know, I’m sorry. So why are you here?” he asked
“I could ask you the same thing” I retorted dumping my bag on a chair
“I work here. Having a full fledged gym for the students requires an adult to run it” he replied walking to the desk. He walked around and tapped something in to the computer
“Oh, that’s great. I’m glad that this school still employs at least one worthwile person. I need to work out some anger”
“Alright, we’ll start with the punching bags okay?”
Julian and I headed to the punching bags and I let go on that stupid bag of synthetic material.
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Forever Yours, Elliot
RomanceElliot Andrews lives at home with her parents, who are always working and she is a senior in a high school she can't stand. The only saving grace are the fact she is trapped here for another year with her best friends Ryan and Louise. That is until...
