~Candy~
I wandered to gym, dazed by what was going on. He looked so much like Snow, it was crazy. And he wanted to meet with me for lunch?! He had just got here, why me????? Ugh, and now gym...dreaded gym...and worse yet, it was volleyball week. The girls teacher, Mrs. Butler, took attendance and as usual had to hurry up some of the girls that chatted quicker than they changed. We all went out and joined the guys. I spotted that stunning pigmentless hair again and turned my back from it. No no no no this was bad, I was going to make a complete fool of myself in front of the person who wanted to have lunch with me on the roof of the school like in some kind of ROMANTIC COMEDY.
“Alright! You, you, you, aaaaand...not you, you! Are the captains!” Mr. Wright started us off and I patiently waited for the end when I would find out what team was cursed with my presence today. I saw Sky get picked and I felt his eyes on me, but I kept my own gaze to the shiny gym floor. I was last picked as usual and I ended up on Sky’s team. How sad. The whole team either groaned or tried to be polite but their face showed their true emotion. Except Sky, who bopped over to me and smiled beautifully.
“This’ll be a fun game yeah?” He asked. I smiled sadly.
“H-Have fun. Keep the ball away from my clumsy hands.” I laughed a little.
“I’m sure you’re not that bad, it’ll be alright.” He said and went back to take the position of server that no one ever wanted. The whistle was blown and we volleyed for first serve. We lost and the other team got the right. The server looked right at me and served the ball so that it came straight for me. It was no secret I was pretty much the worst of the worst. I panicked and punched at the ball and it went flying across the gymnasium onto the other court of the other teams that were playing.
“S-Sorry...” I apologized.
“You’ll get it next time.” Sky said with a slight smile. I felt my face get super hot again and I quickly looked away. This time the team served towards Sky, who elegantly hit it back over with ease. The ball hit the other team’s court and everyones mouth dropped. Sky didn’t seem to notice as he picked the ball up and went into serving position. He tossed the ball into the air and jumped up, smacking it perfectly so that it spun and slammed right into the floor in the middle of the opposing court. I couldn’t help but stare along with everyone else. Oh, his shirt was a bit too short for him as well, what a great body… I paused my thinking long enough to notice Sky look over at me and wave a little. I blinked and laughed a little and quickly and awkwardly waved back. The game went pretty good, I avoided the ball as much as humanly possible and was getting more excited and nervous for lunch, which was going to be in a couple more periods. What did the new boy want with me? And why did he look so much like my Snow?
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I grabbed my lunch from my locker and paused there, wondering if I really should go meet him. I mean, it was a little sketchy, but maybe since he was in front of me during his first class, he wanted to make friends with the first person he saw, and that happened to be me? But there were plenty of other kids right? Maybe it was because I wasn’t intimidating in the slightest. I had never been asked by a boy to eat with him before, much less the school roof! Did he know what sometimes went on up there?! That just made me panic a bit more. But I shook my head and headed to the stairwell. No, this was just a place to meet, he probably had a question about class. Yes, yeah that had to be it. Slowly, I climbed the stairs, occasionally stopping, I thought of turning back, but I pushed on. Something in the back of my mind told me that I wouldn’t want to not go. I slowly opened up the door to the roof, quietly. I peeked out and saw Sky sitting with his back to me overlooking the woods. He seemed to be, talking? To who? Himself?? I inched closer.
“What if she won’t believe me? I mean, what could be more freaky? ......H-Hey now, that’s not fair......Why you little......” What the heck was he saying? He sounded totally insane!
“Um…” I said quietly. He jumped and turned quickly.
“Candice! Oh, Hi! I uh...” He said.
“I think, I’ll come back another time?” I backed up toward the door again. I knew he was too good to be true.
