Not Invisible - Chapter I

I walked into the math classroom and sat down in my usual seat, which is directly in front of Mr. Jay’s desk. I pulled out a piece of paper and started drawing on it, thinking that Mr. Jay wouldn't be back for 10-20 minutes because he was on his break.A freshman came into the room, most likely looking for Mr. Jay. He looked over at where I was sitting and saw my stuff, but he probably thought someone just left their stuff in the room. After a minute or so, the person left, probably because he must have realized that Mr. Jay wasn’t in the room.

“The hardships of being invisible,” I sighed before looking down at my paper again.

“Don’t be so upset about being different,” Mr. Jay told me as he was entering the room, a cup of coffee in each hand. “Three spoons of sugar and creamer, just the way you like it,” he proudly exclaimed, setting my cup on the desk right next to me. I had to stifle a laugh at the fact that he was proud about a cup of coffee.

“This is coming from a person who isn't invisible,” I chuckled. “You seem mighty happy about that cup of coffee,” I continued as I put my drawing paper in my binder and pulled out my assignment form the night before. I set it down on Mr. Jay’s desk and grabbed my cup of coffee, taking a sip of it.

“Why do you always play that card?” he asked me, a frown on his face. Mr. Jay and I were close, since he was only 8 years older than me. “I’m happy about the coffee because you get mad whenever I don’t make it right,” he admitted, taking a sip of his coffee before he grabbed my assignment and started checking it.

“It’s the one card that only I can use, and it always works!” I giggled, already starting on that night’s assignment, since it wasn't that hard to understand.

“I thought you would say that, Anna. You’re using that to your advantage,” he confronted me, handing back my paper. “You only made a few minor mistakes, but that’s it. You will be able to do great things, Anna. Don’t let the fact that you’re invisible stop you from doing stuff to your best potential. The sky isn’t the limit in your case. You could go to the moon for goodness sakes, darling,” he randomly said, smiling at what he had just said.

“Whoa, Mr. Jay,” I laughed. “You should be a motivational speaker. That was wonderful.” Mr. Jay smiled and put his hand on my head.

“You know just what to say, it seems,” he randomly murmured, looking at the assignment I was working on. “You’re a month ahead of the other students. You’ll most likely be in the junior book before the end of the semester. I don’t know why I really try to teach you the stuff. You already know it!” he admitted, ruffling my hair.

“I’m glad you still try to teach me, Collin,” I mumbled, using his first name. “You’re my only friend for goodness sakes. Speaking of which, are we still going to go see that movie next week?” I asked with a smile on my face. “Wait, did you just say I’ll be in the junior book before the end of the semester? That’s awesome!” Collin giggled at my delayed reaction, taking his hand off of my head.

“Of course we’re still going to see that movie, Anna! You shouldn’t have to ask that!” he childishly whined. I cracked up laughing at his reaction and had to cover my mouth to stop laughing before I started to cry.

“Oh, I should get going! My mom is most likely waiting for me at home. She obviously knows I’m hanging out with you, but still, she worries. Bye, Collin!” I exclaimed, picking up my stuff and handing him the assignment I had already finished.

“Bye, Anna,” he whispered, a dumbfounded look on his face, most likely because of how fast I finished the assignment.

“Oh, wipe that look off of your face, Collin! It was an easy assignment,” I chuckled as I was placing my cup in his sink. I waved at Mr. Jay as I was leaving the room, sticking my stuff in my bag and walking out back door that barely anyone used.

Once I got home, I set my stuff down in my room and went back outside.

“Oh look, someone is moving in across the street,” I said to myself, walking over to the bench that was near the house that the people were moving into and sitting down on it. I noticed a boy who looked to be around my age, and wondered what it would be like to have a friend my age. The boy walked over to the bench I was on and sat down next to me.

“Hello! I’m Chase. I’m going to be living in that house,” the boy exclaimed, pointing to his house.

My jaw dropped and I could only manage to say one thing, “How in the world?!” The boy laughed at my shocked reaction.

My life just took an interesting turn, I thought to myself, completely dumbfounded at the fact that this boy could see me.

After a few moments I finally said something else, “How in the world can you see me?”