Young Writers Society

Chapter 1

Colin Whitford

It was the first day of my junior year and the sun shone brightly as I walked to the bus stop. I spotted my best friend, Bryce with his girlfriend, Sophie waiting for me. I carefully walked towards them.

“Colin, over here,” I heard Bryce shouted

“I’ll be there in a sec,” I replied

I finally reached them and greeted them politely.

Bryce is just standing there. His hands are interlocked with Sophie’s hands. He’s using his usual black jumper and his blonde hair was a mess. Sophie on the other hand is always neat. Her dirty blonde hair is always combed. Well, I guess, opposites attract, like magnets.

By the way, Bryce is my best friend. We’ve been friends for so long that I didn’t even count how many years. He was always the one who succeeded in everything and I have always been the one who tried to make it seem as if I was as smart and as perfect as he is.

Sophie, the girl beside him, is his girlfriend. They have been dating for about 2 years now. I don’t think I can describe her in any way, she’s just different from the rest.

“So, any plans for today? You two?” I asked teasingly

“No, not today. We are going to have a boys night out today, at the usual place, with the rest of the group right?” he asked

“Definitely,”

The bus finally arrived and we hopped in.

By the way, my name is Colin and I am the school’s basketball co-captain. I have an older sister who’s name is Beth and I hate my ex-girlfriend, Catharine, who apparently cheated on me with that bastard, Mark. As you know it, Mark is my nemesis. He’s the school’s basketball team’s captain. He’s an obnoxious, selfish, back- stabbing, bastard.

I think that’s it for now…

While in the way to school, I caught Bryce and Sophie flirting with each other. They were kissing and it was as if they were eating each other’s mouths. It made want to puke so; I turned my head the other way around to see the road that’s just outside the window.

~~~

It was really bright today. The sun’s shining brightly and it looks like that today isn’t going to be raining. I brought my raincoat just in case it rains though. I’m a person who’s always prepared for everything maybe because I have OCD.

OCD stands for, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, it’s a disorder in which I do things that are weird if I’m nervous and anxious. For me, I usually suck my thumb when I get nervous. It’s just something that I do.

As soon as the bus stops, I walked out of the bus and into school.

School was crowded. And when I say crowded, I really did mean it like the crowdedness in a market. A lot of People greeted me as I walked in. I went through a lot of people and finally, I reach my locker. My locker was number 510. It was blue in color and just the size of a regular locker. I opened the lock and opened the locker door. I scanned through my books and finally found the right book for my first class.

The first class is English. One of the most boring class ever. Not only the lesson is boring but the teacher back in sophomore year made it worse. He was blabbering about all these stuff we should write and summarize. I think he was basically talking nonsense.

Getting back to where I was.

I saw Bryce talking to Stacy. I tried to run away as soon as I saw Stacy. I hate that girl. She’s also in the cheerleading squad. She’s such a bitch.

All she wants is the attention from people and she doesn’t even care about people who care about her. I did care for her but that was before she did what she had done to me. She broke my heart into a million pieces. She basically ruined me. I was frustrated but then, I moved on. I promised myself not to fall for girls like her. Those bitches that those girls are. I vowed myself to not date girls like them. They’re just a not worth breaking your heart for. I want to fall for girls who are worth it.

I know I’m rambling so, just read along.

We were in class. The teacher was talking something about Romeo and Juliet but I ignored him. My mind was somewhere else. I was daydreaming about something but I’m not sure what it is. Then, I heard the bell ring and class is finally over, we all went out of class.

It was then that I noticed that Mark’s gang was picking on a girl. She has golden brown hair and she was wearing a chambray shirt, a pair of skinny jeans and black converse sneakers. I couldn’t see clearly what they were doing to her but I sighed and rushed to them. It was things like these that makes me hate Mark more. He always bullies all the nerd and geeks and also the new kids. Somehow, there should be someone who stops his bullying.

“Mark, stop picking her, why don’t you stop being an asshole and fight someone your own size,” I said

“Oh, look at that, the Baker boy is here, as always, to save the day and get more people on his side to over rule me. What a shame, Baker!” he chuckled, “Now you’ve got to pay the price.”

He used all his strength to push me down and I ended up hitting my head on the locker doors. My vision is getting blurry but I managed to stand up and I saw Mark and his friends walking down the hallway bullying more students.

I squatted and helped that girl pick up her books. She was also squatting and doing the same.

When we finally stood up, she looked down at her feet. I was doing the same. Then, we looked up altogether and our eyes locked. Her eyes were the mixture of grey and green. She’s got one of the most beautiful eyes I’ve ever seen. My mind was lost in the deepness of her eyes. It was as if I’m in a trance or something. I felt myself heat up and at that exact moment, I knew I was turning red. I felt her blushing really hard too.

“Are you okay?” I asked stuttering

“I’m fine,” She said

“By the way, my name’s,” I said.

What’s my name? How could I suddenly forget my name?

“I’m Colin,” I finally said but my voice was almost like I’ve lost my breath.

I was going to hit my own head. How could I forget my name? I’m such an idiot.

“I’m Emily,” She said still looking at her shoes.

Emily, nice name. It was only a thought. Not that I like her or anything.

What if I do? Can you just fucking shut up, Colin? Stop blushing. I can’t stop blushing. What am I gonna do?

“Thank you,” She said, “Sorry, I almost forgot to thank you,”

“That’s okay,”

From that distance, I could smell her nice smell and it smelt of something nice that couldn’t be described. Then it clicked, she smelt like vanilla.

“Well, see you later,” she said as she walked away. She left her smell still fresh there, beside me.

What is this strange feeling? Everything that this girl does makes my heart pound even faster. I need to see those amazing eyes once more. I don’t care, I just have to. I have to see Emily again or I’ll kill myself. Can you just shut up, Colin? Why am I talking to myself? This is really creepy. I think I’ll just walk along.

That girl left me thinking. She left me with my heart pounding. I’ll meet this girl again. I’m sure of it and either