It's Harder Breathing Next to You
i met a boy who never looked so alone
I stared up at the ceiling noticing that some light was coming through the window, “today’s the day Tony, the day you start your first day in hell.”
I let a sigh escape as I flung my long legs over the side of the bed. I stood and let my legs get used to my weight again then started my new morning routine. I walked into the bathroom and flipped the light on. Disgust ran through me as I analyzed my complexion in the mirror. I washed my face, brushed my teeth and finally ran a comb through my hair. I walked to my closet and pulled out a Key Street T-shirt and slid some jeans on. I put my shoes on, grabbed my backpack and went downstairs into the kitchen.
“Good morning” said my mum not looking away from whatever she was cooking “are you excited baby?”
“Uh. Yeah mum. What’s for breakfast?” I asked realizing my hunger.
“Pancakes.” She turned and placed a plate with two golden brown pancakes in front of me.
“Thanks.” I ate quickly wanting so bad to leave the house, not because I was excited to start at a new school, but because I didn’t want her to check my wr- well that’s not important right now.
I finished up and hurried out the door. I put my headphones in and walked to this new school that I would be trapped at for the next year. It was only a few blocks away from my house so I got there quickly, I was still late. After picking up my schedule I looked at the first class, Chemistry, I hate math and anything that involved even the simplest amount of math so I already knew I would hate this class.
I walked in and looked directly at the floor and only the floor in front of me, I looked up a bit to make out which person was the teacher and looked back down letting my hair cover my face. I felt all eyes on me as I slowly walked towards the teacher and handed him my schedule.
“Tony is it?” he asked
-obviously you stupid fuck, isn’t that what it says on my schedule?-
“Yes sir” I responded
“Well can you look up mister Tony so I can see your face?”
I hesitated but did as he asked. I lifted my head and looked him In the eyes brushing my hair from my face.
“Well that’s better. You shouldn’t hide your face if you want a chance with any of these beautiful ladies mister…” He looked at the paper in his hands, “Perry.”
LADIES? No thanks.
I stood there awkwardly. “Where do I sit?” I asked.
“Ah, of course, let’s see… why don’t you take a seat next to Michael? Michael will you raise your hand?”
I looked at the students and saw a boy raise his hand, “its Mike, Mr. Crawford. MIKE”
I walked slowly to the empty chair next to Micha…uh, Mike. As soon as I sat down he turned to me,
“sweet hair cut man, I’m Mike. I like Harry Potter and if you don’t I have to hate you.”
I looked at him noticing the seriousness in his face, “Harry Potter is great”
He gave me a fist bump and that’s when our eyes met. I stared into his brown eyes and if I wasn’t mistaken he stared into mine as well. I started to notice the details in his face, he had an amazing smile and his lips were to die for, and well, that piercing right in the middle of that bottom lip is not really helping the matter of me wanting to bite his lips.
He was gorgeous and I couldn’t snap out of it until I felt something touch my leg. I looked down and to my surprise I saw a hand. I followed the hand up to the arm and finally to the shoulders where Mikes head sat.
He smiled, “I know you felt the sparks just now, and I felt them too.”
I smiled softly and said, “I-I felt something, I don’t know what but it was definitely something.”
“You’re blushing” He smiled.
The bell rang and we both looked at each other shocked at how fast the class had passed.
“What class do you have next?”
I looked at my schedule, “Online Learning Lab?”
“SWEET ME TOO!” he said excitedly. “You can sit next to me again, we don’t ever do anything in there anyways, we just surf the internet even though we should be doing online work.”
“Oh, cool at least I’ll know someone in there” I smiled awkwardly.
He took my hand, “come on I’ll take you.”
His hand was warm and this is when I realized how tall he was, I mean I was tall too so there wasn’t really much a difference but he was still tall. He dragged me into a classroom where there were only 9 other kids. He motioned me to a seat next to a seat where he dumped his backpack and walked towards a stack of laptops. When he came back he handed me one. “Here, I’ll show you how thing work, the teacher only comes in to make sure we aren’t dead then he leaves so, do whatever you want.”
The rest of the day went by smoothly; it was an early release so when school was out I hurried home and went straight to my room. I lay on my bed and smiled up at my ceiling. The only thing I could think about was what Mike had said, “I know you felt sparks just now, and I felt them too.”
I let a sigh escape as I flung my long legs over the side of the bed. I stood and let my legs get used to my weight again then started my new morning routine. I walked into the bathroom and flipped the light on. Disgust ran through me as I analyzed my complexion in the mirror. I washed my face, brushed my teeth and finally ran a comb through my hair. I walked to my closet and pulled out a Key Street T-shirt and slid some jeans on. I put my shoes on, grabbed my backpack and went downstairs into the kitchen.
“Good morning” said my mum not looking away from whatever she was cooking “are you excited baby?”
“Uh. Yeah mum. What’s for breakfast?” I asked realizing my hunger.
“Pancakes.” She turned and placed a plate with two golden brown pancakes in front of me.
“Thanks.” I ate quickly wanting so bad to leave the house, not because I was excited to start at a new school, but because I didn’t want her to check my wr- well that’s not important right now.
I finished up and hurried out the door. I put my headphones in and walked to this new school that I would be trapped at for the next year. It was only a few blocks away from my house so I got there quickly, I was still late. After picking up my schedule I looked at the first class, Chemistry, I hate math and anything that involved even the simplest amount of math so I already knew I would hate this class.
I walked in and looked directly at the floor and only the floor in front of me, I looked up a bit to make out which person was the teacher and looked back down letting my hair cover my face. I felt all eyes on me as I slowly walked towards the teacher and handed him my schedule.
“Tony is it?” he asked
-obviously you stupid fuck, isn’t that what it says on my schedule?-
“Yes sir” I responded
“Well can you look up mister Tony so I can see your face?”
I hesitated but did as he asked. I lifted my head and looked him In the eyes brushing my hair from my face.
“Well that’s better. You shouldn’t hide your face if you want a chance with any of these beautiful ladies mister…” He looked at the paper in his hands, “Perry.”
LADIES? No thanks.
I stood there awkwardly. “Where do I sit?” I asked.
“Ah, of course, let’s see… why don’t you take a seat next to Michael? Michael will you raise your hand?”
I looked at the students and saw a boy raise his hand, “its Mike, Mr. Crawford. MIKE”
I walked slowly to the empty chair next to Micha…uh, Mike. As soon as I sat down he turned to me,
“sweet hair cut man, I’m Mike. I like Harry Potter and if you don’t I have to hate you.”
I looked at him noticing the seriousness in his face, “Harry Potter is great”
He gave me a fist bump and that’s when our eyes met. I stared into his brown eyes and if I wasn’t mistaken he stared into mine as well. I started to notice the details in his face, he had an amazing smile and his lips were to die for, and well, that piercing right in the middle of that bottom lip is not really helping the matter of me wanting to bite his lips.
He was gorgeous and I couldn’t snap out of it until I felt something touch my leg. I looked down and to my surprise I saw a hand. I followed the hand up to the arm and finally to the shoulders where Mikes head sat.
He smiled, “I know you felt the sparks just now, and I felt them too.”
I smiled softly and said, “I-I felt something, I don’t know what but it was definitely something.”
“You’re blushing” He smiled.
The bell rang and we both looked at each other shocked at how fast the class had passed.
“What class do you have next?”
I looked at my schedule, “Online Learning Lab?”
“SWEET ME TOO!” he said excitedly. “You can sit next to me again, we don’t ever do anything in there anyways, we just surf the internet even though we should be doing online work.”
“Oh, cool at least I’ll know someone in there” I smiled awkwardly.
He took my hand, “come on I’ll take you.”
His hand was warm and this is when I realized how tall he was, I mean I was tall too so there wasn’t really much a difference but he was still tall. He dragged me into a classroom where there were only 9 other kids. He motioned me to a seat next to a seat where he dumped his backpack and walked towards a stack of laptops. When he came back he handed me one. “Here, I’ll show you how thing work, the teacher only comes in to make sure we aren’t dead then he leaves so, do whatever you want.”
The rest of the day went by smoothly; it was an early release so when school was out I hurried home and went straight to my room. I lay on my bed and smiled up at my ceiling. The only thing I could think about was what Mike had said, “I know you felt sparks just now, and I felt them too.”
11/8/13