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I woke up and had to stop myself from throwing my alarm clock. I just got to sleep a few hours ago.
I wasn't even doing anything. I just tossed and turned thinking about Elizabeth.
Elizabeth...
She is all that I can think about anymore. I get out of bed and get dressed, go downstairs and grab my keys.
When I get to school I go straight to my locker, seeing my friends there.
"You look like shit." Zac says.
"Thanks asshat."
"Just saying."
Josh finally butts in asking,"Why do you look like hell though?"
"I just couldn't sleep."
I walked away after that and walked away knowing that they would follow. We decided skipped first period and hang out behind the school. The bell for second period rang and we made our way to class.
I walked in and couldn't help but look for Elizabeth. She had her head down so I sat down next to her. We had the whole class to work on our project. She lifted her head a little and handed me a note.
'I finished the packet'
"Oh okay. Can I get in to copy from for mine?"
She hands me the packet and puts her head back down, but not before i noticed the slight bruise on her cheek. It looked like she tried to cover it with makeup. I wanted to ask about it but the bell rang and she was out of her seat.
The rest of the day was boring and by the end of the day I was just going to go home and go to bed. The last bell rang and I walked out of the classroom saying bye to my friends and got into my car.
When I got home I went straight to bed and fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
I woke up again around 3 AM and decided that I wasn't going back to sleep anytime soon. I got out of bed and put on short and running shoes and went for a fun.
I was nearing about a mile from school and saw someone walking around the neighborhood. When I got closer I realized that it was Elizabeth.
"Hi."
She jumped when she heard my voice and turned to me. I saw that she was crying.
"Hey, are you okay?"
she just nodded.
"Why don't you talk?"
She pulled out a note pad and pen and wrote a note.
'What I have to say doesn't matter. Why do you care anyways?'
"I was just wondering."
I kept pace with her and finally asked,"What's with the bruise on your cheek?"
I could see her visibly stiffen. She finally wrote 'Its nothing'
Okay then.
"Well I'm going home, the sun is starting to rise. See you at school."
She waved and walked up a driveway. I turned and ran all the way back to my house.
When I got back into my room, my little sister was there.
"Where the hell were you?"
"Hey! Language!"
"Oh please. Like that matters. Now where were you?"
"Geez mom. I couldn't sleep so I went for a run."
"You could have at least left a note." She said with a little sadness in her voice.
"Look, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking. It was early and I couldn't sleep."
"Its okay."
"Well we both need to get ready for school so get out."
"You just cant be nice for more than 5 minutes can you?"
"If I was then what kind of big bad boy brother would I be?" I tell her while chuckling.
"Whatever. Bye loser, see you at school."
I got ready for school and made sure that Luna was gone and left.
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