Chapter 7

Ruby’s pov


BEEP BEEP BEEP.
Thats it! The alarm clock is going in my 


'What Would I Ban' book.
I woke up getting drool all over my pillow. 'Thats a great way to start my day,' I mumbled to myself. 

I got up and had a shower. When I was done, I remembered today there was going to be a party. I really need to go shopping. I have lots of dresses but theres always something wrong about them. But I can just not go. I'll ask Cam in school.


I wore a purple plain dress and shorts underneath.
I don't always wear clothes like this but it was scorching hot outside and I had no other clothes that were unstained and had no food stains on it. 


I left my hair opened today because I'm having a good hair day.
People have bad hair days and other people have good hair days. Nothing special. I quickly put some eyeliner on and took my bag with my sports clothes in. We have Gym first even though no one wants to start a day with running. 


'Hey mum.
' I said while getting an orange that I will eat in school.


'Darling, your eating a proper english breakfast today.
' She said while giving me toast and bacon. 


'But mum-' 


'No buts, I'm going to look after you today and thats it.
' She said while cutting my toast up. Was I like 9 or something? Im 16.


I quickly ate my breakfast and hurried outside before mum could tell me to eat the sides of the toast.
 


'Hey.
' I looked around to see Rick. 


'Er...
Hey.' I said looking confused. What was he doing her infront of my house? More weirder question, is how did he know where I live?


'Well, I was walking to school and saw you...
' He said. Wait, hold on a minute, he walked to school?


'My ferrari broke down and I saw the weather was great so-'


'So why not walk to school together.
' I said finishing his sentence. He smiled. 


I looked at what he was wearing.
He didn't have a hat on as usual, he actually looked really nice and cool. He had a white shirt on that showed off his muscles. He had baggy trousers. Nearly the same from when I first saw him but these wear grey. He didn't have a bag with him. We started walking. Then It struck me, where is his brothers?


'Rick, where are the others?
' I said to him.


'Oh, they wanted to wait for another car.
' I smiled. That sounds like Conor.


'So, I wanted to talk to you about something.
' He looked like he didn't want to. 


He kept on fiddling with his phone.
Wait, was he nervous? Wow, these guys get weirder and weirder every day.


'Sure, whats up?
' I said looking at him. 


He wasn't looking at me like he didn't want to see my reaction to his question.
Please please please don't tell me, he's going to ask me out. If he does, I will faint and when I wake up, I'll pretend to lose my memory and move houses and live alone all my life with cats called Boris and Molly.


'Well, I know this wierd, but I want to know...
Can I borrow your notes for English because-' I stopped walking.


'Wait, you got all worked up just because you wanted my notes?
' I said looking surprised. 


I thought he was going to tell me something important.
I never thought he'll just ask me if I have stupid notes for some stupid test. He stopped too.


'Yeah.
' He said feeling happy with himself. But I knew he was hiding something.


We kept on walking.
Cam was waiting outside the school. She saw me and smiled but then she saw Rick and her smile faded. I looked at her, trying to tell that everythings fine. I understood why she was worried. If I saw her with Rick, I would freak out and maybe punch Rick on the nose for just looking at her. 


But Rick's different.
If he wanted to try anything, he would have tried before. Theres nothing to worry about. Rick said bye while going to his group of friends. 


'Why was he with you?
' Cam said suspiciously.


I laughed.
She looked really funny when she was trying to work something out. Thats why I can't keep a straight face when we be doing equations in Maths. 


'Nothing.
' She looked at me for a while. Then smiled.


'Guess what?
' She said while we walked to the entrance of the school


'What?
' I said. 


'Theres a new guy in school.
'


'Really?
' I said. Theres always new people coming to school but they never caught Cam's eyes. Wonder who this guy is.


'Yeah, He is hot!
' She screeched.


I felt dizzy again.
I was walking to Chemistry. Late. But first, I had to go to the bathroom. Its nothing serious, I thought to myself. I more like convinced myself. I was having my medicines so what was happening? Cam was already in lesson. I told her to go without me. 


I didn't want her to see me like this.
Pain. It hurt. I coughed and looked at myself in the mirror. Pale. I looked paler than any other day. Whats happening? I quickly put some make up on and put a hat aboove my head to cover my eyes. They were red and swollen. I looked at myself. I can't do it. I can't act like theres nothing wrong. Theres only one thing I can do. I ran. I ran as fast as I can. Ignoring the pain that was digging in my chest.


I stopped.
It hurt. I was near the school entrance. I sat down on the floor. Near the gate. Was I dying? Was I getting a heart attack? What was it? Whatever it was, it was bad. I closed my eyes.


'Hey, I didn't know you skived?
' I looked back to see Conor. Before he could see my face, I quickly put my head down.


'Conor, I just left something home.
' I said before running.


'Stop!
' He shouted. 


I don't want him to see me like this.
I look a mess. But I stopped. I knew if I kept on running, he would try to catch me. 
I turned to him but put my head down.


'Ruby..
' I closed my eyes. Trying to stop my tears from falling. Its hurting. I want to go. Please Please Please...


He came so closed to me.
'Look at me.' He whispered.


'No.
' I said. He couldn't make me. 'Please.' He whispered.


I quickly turned away to run but he grabbed my arm.
My tears were falling down now. Eventhough he wasn't grabbing my arm hard, It still hurt. Everything hurt.


I couldn't do it.
I want to rest. Nothing else. I was dizzy and I just wanted the easiest way out of this.


I sat down.
His hand went off me and he sat next to me. We were sitting on the side of the pavement.


He didn't look at me even though my face was easy to see.
He just looked straight to the tree at the far end. 


'You know, we haven't had the best start, have we?
' He said still looking.


'Yeah.
' The pain didn't hurt much. For some reason, I felt okay with him. But I still felt dizzy.


'How come?


'Well its kind of obvious.
' I said smiling when I remember the first time we met. 


He looked at me.
He came closer. Then he wiped my tears away that were on my cheek. His touch made me feel more dizzy, but a different kind. I know it sounds wierd, but for some reason, It made sense right now.


'Look at you.
' He whispered. 


I must look like a freak next to him.
My hair must be a mess, my makeup must be smudged by the tears and eyes swollen. But all I cared about right now, is him. His eyes were filled with concern, his sad smile, his touch and him. 


I quickly looked away, noticing that we have been staring at eachother for ages.


He sighed and looked at his watch.
 


'I'll take you home.
' He said while getting up.


I felt dizzy again.
And my chest was digging into me and hurting more than I thought it would. 


By: Shiza Fatima 

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