Blaze Davis is the girl in the shadows. The one no one notices but if given a chance, could light up your world with a personality as unique as the scars adorning her body like damaged armour. She has secrets no one knows and hidden beneath that mas...
"Am I even worth saving or am I just as worthless as the way the world has made me feel?"
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❃ B l a z e ❃
I started walking to my class. I looked around me to see if Aiden was nearby. The coast was clear and I went to my first class, English.
As I opened the door, a familiar pair or green eyes stared back at me. I looked at the floor as I looked for a seat in the back. I didn't like drawing much attention to myself. To my dismay, all the back seats were taken and the only seat left was next to Rafael. Just my luck. What was it with him appearing everywhere I went like a genie? Or maybe it was just a coincidence. Stop flattering yourself. I internally rolled my eyes at my irrational thinking.
I made my way over to sit beside him. I had a feeling that things were about to get awkward. The way he had stared at me today in the hallway and when he returned my keys had me wondering if he knew something. But I wasn't going to indulge in saying even a single word to him. This was going to be one long class.
Throughout the entire class, I felt an intense stare on me and I did my best I could to ignore it. After some time, my fear kicked in and my hands started shaking. My anxiety rocketed and I grew skittish. What did he know about me? Why was he staring?
I felt the onset of a panic attack and my mind started to blur. My panic attacks came out of nowhere at times, leading me to always be on edge. I forgot where I was and my attention wavered.
My thoughts were muddled and I tried to calm myself down by taking some deep breaths. It wasn't working and I tried to anchor myself to the current situation. This wasn't the place to be having a panic attack. I was broken out of my daze by an annoying voice.
"Miss Davis, I understand you may have better things to do than study Shakespeare but pay attention in class if you wish to go on to Senior year" Mrs Lively, my Literature teacher spoke up. Her name was quite the irony, given her personality. I started to speak up, hoping no one noticed my shaky voice, but I was cut off.
"It's my fault, I distracted her" a low voice spoke up from beside me. God No. It was Rafael's voice. His voice was deep with a hint of a rough edge to it. He barely even knew me, why was he speaking up on my behalf ? Mrs Lively glared at both me and Rafael and continued on with her lecture. He's just messing around with you. I heard murmurs erupting from the entire class and internally groaned at being associated with Rafael.
Aiden was sure to get a whiff of Rafael's heroic act as one of his friends, Alec, was in the same class. I felt the same intense glare throughout the class but I pretended to ignore it. I wanted him to understand that even though his stand for me was appreciated, I had no interest in being around him, as rude as I looked or sounded.
As soon as the bell rang, I jumped up from my seat to get away from Rafael. If Aiden found out that I was talking to him, he would hurt me more than he had initially planned. That was certainly not something I was anticipating.
