“chemical reactions? awesome! so like exploding stuff?” Ethan asks excitedly, mrs.joletski smiles warmly, “yes but we aren’t gonna be exploding stuff” she says laughing. “what if instead of exploding stuff we eat bacon?” Ethan asks, everyone laughs slightly at his remark, “thats a good idea ahem anyway, we will be learning about chemical reactions..”. the teacher says, “we need to define a chemical reaction first” she says, ugh all this science talk is getting me confused, “well isn’t burping a chemical reaction?”. Ethan asks while laughing, i roll my eyes at his remark “you’re so immature” i coldly say, Ethan turns to me and gives me a smile “why thank you Olivia” he says happily my face blushes a little. “y-you’re such a dork” i say while attempting to cover my embarrassment, “and when Olivia is near Ethan her face gets red, perfect example of a chemical reaction!”. Jane says while smirking at me, everyone starts laughing and pointing, “well i think Olivia is c-cute when she blushes!” Ethan says while blushing himself. my face turns redder then before, my heart is speeding, my heartbeat is rapidly increasing, the teacher is looking in complete shock, “and lastly Jane you shouldn’t talk trash when you have a visible reseeding hairline”. my eyes wided with shock from his words, janes face turns red with embarrassment, “w-well i-” then suddenly shes cut off at the sound of everyone laughing at her. “Ethan you took it a bit far” i say to him, “well she shouldn’t be messing with you”, he says smiling at me “d-do you even know what you’re saying?”. i ask him awkwardly, “w-well im not lying” he says shyly, “you a-are cute” he mumbles quietly, i hear him mumble it, even though hes immature his shyness is adorably cute. then suddenly the door slams loudly, me and Ethan turn in sync towards the door, Jane ran out with tears spilling from her eyes, “okay now i feel a little bad”. Ethan says awkwardly, “AUGH! ETHAN GET OVER HERE!” a loud voice yells, i look over and see mr.scott standing in the doorway with a angry scowl across his face, Ethan gets up and obeys. just like that he is gone, “man hes really protective over Olivia” someone says, “lets not mess with her anymore” someone else adds on, all the kids ended up agreeing to that kid. to the one who said no messing with me anymore, “um.. lets do the uh.. lesson now”, the teacher says awkwardly and she goes on with the lesson. maybe involving myself with that immature guy was good, but man i hate that humor of his!, its aggravating i follow along with the lesson, i cant stop thinking about that though. why would he do that for me?, and why would Jane publicly embarrass me like that?, we jot down stuff onto paper about chemical reactions, its basically just the reaction when you mix chemicals together. the teacher then checks her watch, “okay the bells just about to ring pack your stuff and have a great day!”, she says happily i get my stuff quickly. we then head back to homeroom put our stuff in our lockers and go to lunch, im waiting in line waiting to get my food, thats when i see Jane sitting at a table shes staring me down. she gives me the “death stare”, she dose this thing with her hands that says “hey you better come over here or ill seriously get mad”, i feel threaten but i obey. i walk nervously to her table and sit down, “you say you hate him yet you stay with him”, she says rolling her eyes at me, “s-stop making it sound like me and him are together!”. i say awkwardly to her, “then stop being all lovey dovey with him!” she yells at me, “or could it be your just a jealous girl that’ll do anything to get what she wants” i say “your so toxic!”. i say, “thats probably why you put on those sparkly skin lotion to cover up your fakeness” i say, im usually not rude its heavily immature, but its not rude if its the truth. she looks at me with so much anger, “your one to talk i only accepted to be your friend to make me seem good!” she screams at me loudly, now everyone’s staring at us “just ditch Ethan hes trash”. she says, even though i hate him this infuriates me, “just shut up you fake wannabe!” i scream at her one final time, thats when she has had enough. she clenches her fist tightly and socks me right in the face, causing me to stumble into a kid, and that causes his milk to spill over my back, my eyebrows curl and i bare my teeth. i run as fast i can, i raise my fist up to attempt smacking her in that rude mouth of hers, but she extends out her leg causing me to trip into the table, the table smacks against the jaw. “augh!” i yell gripping my chin, i get up “im not letting you talk bad about Ethan!” i yell loudly at Jane, now theirs kids chanting the word “fight! fight! fight!” at me and Jane. i run to her quickly, she throws her fist towards me, so i dodge quickly then sock her in the face, i hit her so hard she falls on the floor, as shes on the floor i grab milk and pour it over her. “ive had enough of this, NEVER BULLY ME OR TALK TRASH ABOUT ETHAN AGAIN!!” i scream into her face, shes shaking from the cold milk tears swell in her eyes. “sorry, but thats what you get when you mess with me or talk bad about Ethan”, i say apologetically, as i reach up to my chin blood is slowly dripping down, i look over at the door and see Ethan standing there, my face turns red “h-how long have you been there?!” i yell from awkwardness. his face is red but hes smiling, “ive been here the whole time” he says, “why didn’t you help?” i ask him, “i thought it was cute you were defending me” he says. he then walks over to me, “your chin!” he says, “yeah bleeding i know”, “Olivia you need to be more careful, dont fight for me okay?” he asks me politely i nod. he gets out a napkin and holds it up to my chin, “and sorry for being so obnoxious i know you hate that”, he says ashamed of himself, “no i should be sorry” i say shyly, “im the one whos treat you so bad” i say, he smiles at me, “you’re seriously.. cute” he says looking away. “hehe so are yourself” i say blushing, i then realizes what i said and look at him, hes blushing so hard “y-y-y-y” hes so embarrassed he cant even speak, “thanks” he mumbles shyly. now that i think of it, the lunch ladies had to take care of something, thats why they were not there, “its closer to the end of the day” Ethan says, “yea-OW!” i yell. i drop down to the floor from so much pain, “Olivia?! whats wrong?” he asks me curiously, “my chin hurts so bad and my head hurts” i say near tears, “let me help” he says. he extends his hand to me so i grab it, he walks me to the office, “Olivia im sorry” he says, “about what?” i ask he looks sad, “about making you hate me, you were so cute when i teased you but i over did it”. he says awkwardly, my face turns redder and my heart pounds, i then let go of his hand and tug his shirt, “hmm?” he asks me, “just s-shut up and hug me”. i say awkwardly, his face turns redder but he smiles, “a-alright” he says, he wraps his arms around me and hugs me, it makes my heart feel like its gonna explode. he then lets go, he continues walking me to the office, we then arrive there, “do you want me to stay with you?”, he asks me curiously “no its alright but dont be late to class dork”. i say bonking him lightly on the head, he smiles “alright, you cute potato” he says, “oh because im short?” i ask, he smiles “yeah but that just makes you cuter” he says. he then leaves and heads to class, “mrs.olivia what can i do for you?” the secretary asks me, “my head feels like its splitting and my chin hurts” i say, “how come?” she asks “because i hit my head hard at lunch”. i say, “alright ill call your parents just hold tight” she says, today was such a dramatic day, Jane is my enemy i roasted the heck out of her, but. out of everything, Ethan is actually a bit sweet, such a obnoxious dork but that makes him cute, but i cant see myself loving someone so immature, or maybe.. this is love at NOT first sight?.
love at NOT first sight chapter 1
“love at first sight isn’t true! its just infatuation!” everyone has told me the same old thing, i dont believe that, they’re just trying to stop me stop me from finding a love, the thing ive been longing for all of these years!, every time i confess to the boy i love he rejects me, “im sorry but i dont feel that towards you”. they always respond, either im going after the wrong guys or their making the wrong girl fall in love, “love” everyone’s heard it, everyone’s felt it, but what exactly is it? is it a meaning of life? or a chemical reaction?, or is it a poison getting ready to strike?. ive put deep thought into that question, nothing wrong with that i suppose, a few months ago my dad got a new job, meaning i had to move to a smallish town, kind of a deadbeat town, as in lonely but its fun so i guess i dont mind, the boys are cute and ive fell for some. but somethings still missing, it isn’t friends i have plenty, nor is it fun things maybe.., maybe im missing a deeper purpose, maybe im meant for something but.. what is it?, cold-stone lake, the smallish lonely town i live in, the schools are pretty nice and decently sized. i haven’t been bullied, however i have felt like the odd one out, i know why that is too, its because im so fascinated by romance, or as my parents say “infatuated” with it, that mystical thing i love romance, its out there but when will my time shine?, the day when a boy will love me?. im standing by my locker, waiting for the bright red bell to ring loudly, that dusty old timely looking bell, im standing awkwardly waiting for it to signal me to class, quietly fidgeting nervously as i feel peoples eyes on me, why’re they staring at me?. sweat starts beading up on my forehead, i look around nervously as my breathing speeds up, then that bell rings loudly and everyone starts running, walking, pushing people out of the way, a guy gets shoved into me from the crowd which results in my stuff getting spilled across the glossy floor. i groan loudly, seriously? why’d this have to happen?, this seriously blows! i scramble quickly to grab my stuff, my eyebrows curl from that recent incident, after all the stuff ends up in my hands again the tardy bell rings!, great.. just when i thought it couldn’t get worse. i dash quickly to my classroom door, i knock awkwardly on the door and wait, thats when the teacher mr.brent opens the door, “ah! did those zombie squirrels get you?”, mr.brent asks with a chuckle in his voice the whole class bursts into laughter. my face turns a tomato red, sweat starts beading on my forehead, my hands are getting clammy from the unwanted attention, “hehe anyway enough with the jokes, why were you late?” mr.brent asks me, his voice is now serious, “i got pushed to the floor and my stuff fell on the ground”, i say awkwardly. everyone’s eyes are pointed onto me, suddenly a guy stands up, “sorry! i didn’t mean to push him into you”, some random guy towards the back of the class says, “that idiot needed to get a tutoring lesson on attitude adjustment so i gave it to him”. the guy says with a smirk, “yeah? well i think you need one to!” i yell at him, his eyes wided slightly “why’re you so rude? geese! i said i was sorry”, he says with rage in his voice “just hit her!”. someone yells loudly, “no i dont hurt girls” he says with a polite tone, “and if anyone’s wondering im Ethan holster, 13 i got held back so that explains why im a old man” Ethan says jokingly, everyone bursts out into laughter then Ethan looks at me “what about you?”. he asks me curiously, “Olivia” i say quietly, he gives me a small smile “well dont give me any attitude adjustments alright?” he asks me, “as long as you aren’t a jerk!” i yell back at him, he then stares at me, “alright” he says with a smirk then he sits back down “ahem! lets uh.. continue on shall we?”. mr.brent says awkwardly, i sit down still enraged from that annoying guy, “psst Olivia” my friend Jane whispers to me, “what?” i ask her curiously, “Ethan could totally be your type” she says nudging me slightly “heck no! a jerk like him? no way!”. i tell Jane fastly, “how about Ethan? care to answer the math equation 8 x 7?”, mr.brent asks curiously Ethan nods, his arms are flapping loudly “its! this!” he shouts, he then says the answer and the teacher agrees, if that annoying jerk is here it’ll be a long day!. im sitting in my seat slouching, my arm is resting on the table, im leaning onto my arm wishing that this boring lesson will be over with, i look across the room and see him. Ethan staring at me, i give him a weird glance and look away, it seems as if Jane has noticed because after i look away from him she nudges my arm, “what Jane?”. i ask her curiously, this is one of the worst times she could chat with me, we’re learning this confusing math, quite frankly ive been failing this class because of that fact Jane smiles. “well i caught you and Ethan staring into each others eyes”, she says giving me a cheeky smile, oh great.. now she thinks some chemistry is going on between me and him. so i give her one of my “your joking” looks, “come on! you know you like him!” Jane says a bit to loud, mr.brent whips around and stares us down like a hawk, “Olivia is there.. something you need to share?”. he asks with a stern look on his face, “uh no its just..” now im stuttering and acting like some type of awkward turtle, “just what? is mr.ethan still on your mind?”. mr.brent asks coldly, i shake my head vigorously, “oh really? it seemed like Jane had something to say otherwise” mr.brent says, he isn’t helping this situation at all!. “they were staring each other, she must love him why else would she?”, Jane says confidently you know what, forget what i said JANE isn’t making this better!. everyone’s starts laughing and pointing at me, “olivias got a crush” they all chant together, tears start forming, this is so much embarrassment, out of everything on this earth. i cannot stand public humiliation, suddenly theirs a loud slam, i look over and see Ethan with his hands slammed on the desk, “ALL OF YOU STOP BULLYING HER!!”. he yells at the top of his lungs, “she has not done anything wrong! so, why’re you acting like such trashy people? or perhaps.. is that how everyone acts in this trash hole?”. Ethan says with a tone of booming domination, he isn’t taking anything from anybody, i can sense that he then gets up from his seat, “if you bully her again.. then prepare to eat a knuckle sandwich”. he says while holding his fist up for everybody to see, he then starts walking over to me and hands me a tissue, “you okay?” he asks me kindly. “no.. those people were so rude, it doesn’t help that im anxious here on my first day of school”. i say nearer to tears, “i get it and honestly i thought it was rude for them to treat you that way” he says, then at the worse timing the bell rings, so we get our stuff and head to science. once we are in it returns, the side of Ethan that makes me hate him, hes rude but nice not only that hes so immature, Jane is sitting by me awkwardly, “Jane this is your fault”. i mumble under my breath, “hey! dont blame me” she says back at me “you brought that convo up in class and it ended up making me cry” i say angerly at her, i raise my hand up. “hey mrs.joletski may i sit somewhere else?” i ask, she looks at me with a smile, “of course Olivia feel free to do so, i want you to be comfortable on your first day of school”. she says smiling at me, i gather my stuff quickly and head to a new seat, the only seat available. was by Ethan, i have a like hate relationship with me, not that like though only as well.., in a way thats less then friends but less then enemy’s, and especially NOT in a relationship. “hey Olivia is Jane still mad at you?”, he asks me curiously i nod, “and i assume you’re still mad at her” he says with a smirk, “of course dummy what do you think?”. i say at him rudely, he just smiles at me “sorry if we got off on the wrong foot” he says apologetically, “i-its just” he stutters his hands are shaking, “are you cold or something?”. i ask him, why is he shaking so bad? “i o-only tease you cause your reactions are”, once again he stutters “t-their cute” he mumbles awkwardly under his breath. my eyes wided, my face probably looks as if someone murdered a tomato, “d-did you just?-“, then at the worse timing the teacher comes in, “okay everyone we’re gonna be learning chemical reactions!” she says, love and chemical reactions, its the same thing as if this day couldn’t get weirder!.
