Preface:
I sit at my desk, fingers typing fast.
Why I'm typing, I don't know, I really have no idea what to talk about on my blog for the day. School has no drama these days.
Everybody seems to be entranced with their laptops in front of them. I hear some girls giggle on the other side of the room. I glanced up, a couple seconds pass, and I see they are looking at me.
I'm still typing and they're still looking.
An urge fills me to go and talk to them and figure out what they were talking about, but I don't think I would be accepted. Something tells me they're not as nice as they look. They look pretty cute, though. Girls confuse me.
They giggle again.
The teacher stands up. The ring on her left hand glistens for a moment.
I try to picture her on her wedding day, in a flowing gown, but nothing comes. My mind can't even process her in anything else than a tightly collared shirt with slacks pulled up too high. It's impossible to believe she even had a social life.
I still wish to know what the girls were talking about. For all I know, they could be complimenting my hair, my eyes, my outfit. But then again, giggling and looking isn't the best combination.
As our teacher stood up she started to talk, but that was a while ago. I don't think any of us are listening, so she reaches for her whistle on her lanyard. It's one of those emergency whistles people take when they go camping. It hurts my ears, but I still don't look up.
Everything falls silent except for me, iPod in my ears, typing away at my laptop. The middle of the day feels more like four in the morning to me, and I'm tired and arrogant.
I notice how awkward the room feels and quickly pull out my earphones. I look expectantly at the teacher.
She starts to talk, something about staying off of bad websites, a topic I've heard way too many times from my father to even bother to pay attention. I'm on a school's database, with it's own high-quality firewalls and all of that. I'm not scared, not of stuff like that. I'm scared of death. I know, I'm a deep man. The thought of failing one last time... not being able to fix it... To be deeper, not dying itself, but the thought of not finishing things I had started. I guess I'm OCD.
My thoughts are flourishing with ideas when she finishes talking. I think I have an inspiration now, after thinking about the girls, and my fears. I'm typing again. My blog starts to look more bright, more complex. I start out with a title--after doing a little research--that looks pretty normal to me, but it will have to do. Then the teacher stands up again, though this time she didn't have to blow her whistle. She dismisses us, and we all hurry to get out of class. I lag behind though, to wait for one of the girls that was giggling at me earlier.
"Hey Angel," I say. Her actual name was Angelina, but everyone called her Angel because she was so pretty. Blond hair, no blemishes of any kind on her face.
She seemed shocked I was actually talking to her. Out of all the guys in school, I was shy and quiet. "Oh, hey." Her purse swung and hit someone behind us. I suppressed a snort, barely. We walked in silence until we came up to my locker. She stopped, expecting me to leave her and collect my belongings.
"Don't leave--" I start, grabbing her arm when she attempts to walk off. "I... wanted to ask you... something." Wow, I'm a loser when it comes to girls.
