Kallie winced at the volume. Well, that about destroyed her case. She waited for a reply or even the little ‘I’m typing’ bubble to appear, but the three dots never showed. She tapped her fingers nervously on her case, deciding if she wanted to show her face in class again or wait until the end of the period to go back and grab all her stuff. Everyone has bad days. You're not special. Other people suck it up all the time.
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Ezra tapped his leg with his index finger and finally pulled his phone back out, texting a quick reply.
Just meet me at lunch, okay?
Ezra ❤️😘🥰😍
Just meet me at lunch, okay?
Kallie exhaled slowly and hit ok to send back. She put her phone away in her pocket and tried to calm her inner storm. Clear skies, Kallie, clear skies.
Kallie <3
ok
Ezra put his phone away again and stood up, taking a deep breath.
He wiped his slightly sweaty palms on his pants and exited the stall, slowly making his way back to class.
Though Ezra went back to class, Kallie decided not to. She knew she’d get in trouble. She knew what her teacher would say, what her friends would say, what her parents would say.
And for one spectacular moment… Kallie Terrace didn’t give a damn.
Ezra walked down the hallway as slowly as possible.
He touched the tips of his fingers gently against the wall.
Kallie waited until there were two minutes left from the end of the period before she went back to class. She sat down for all of ten seconds before the bell rang, and she carried her backpack through the halls to the cafeteria.
(Speeding up the day lol)
(time skip to lunch)
Ezra trudged towards the cafeteria. He scanned the crowd for Kallie, and walked around looking for her name, occasionally glancing down at his phone.
Kallie was standing just outside the cafeteria doors. She took a deep breath and walked in, trying to ignore the stares and whispers as the rain outside lashed at the windows.
Ezra spotted Kallie and everything seemed to stop, as if in slow motion. The chatter which was usually deafening was barely audibly over the sound of his beating heart.
She seemed to walk in slow motion.
He walked to meet her and took her by the elbow gently.
"Come on," he said softly. "Let's get away from the stares."
He led her out of the cafeteria and into the hallway, finally stopping in an empty locker bay, students weren't supposed to be out of the cafeteria during lunch, because the school was large it had two lunch periods, not all students would fit into one.
"So," he said, rubbing the back of his neck. "I just wanted to let you know, like in case you're wondering, I'm not going to see anyone else, if you're worried, I'm just taking some time to like…figure myself out, if that makes sense?"
Kallie jerked in surprise as Ezra took her elbow, and lightning flashed in the sky. She had been so zoned out that she hadn't even noticed him walking right toward her.
She cursed herself for being so stupid, but she quickly followed him, wanting to get away from the obvious stares and gossipy whispers.
"Oh," she said softly. "Oh, okay. Yes, that makes sense. I… I-I guess I should do that too, then…"
"Kallie…" Ezra said softly. "I know you think this is permanent, but I swear it's not, I just need some time to figure things out, not relationship things but other things."
He quickly let go of her elbow. "As soon as I figure it out, I'll be right here for you."
"Right, yeah. I get it," Kallie replied, thinking over his words slowly. "Okay… I'll figure some stuff out too."
Why can't you be right here for me now? she wanted to cry out, but she didn't. Self-control.
Ezra nodded and gave her a sad smile.
"Okay, yeah…right." he said and hurried away.
Kallie nodded and watched him go. Emotions built up inside her, and a heavy sheet of rain pounded the windows of the school.
She covered her face to hide her tears, but she panicked when she heard footsteps coming up the hall. The girl bolted quickly for the nearest women’s bathroom and locked herself in a stall, again.
(Could be a friend, enemy, or teacher, but ngl I’m not sure which lol)
( I hate to ask, but what do you mean exactly?)
Ezra made his way down the hall, back to the cafeteria and sat at the table with his friends, they all noticed Kallie was missing but said nothing, just kept talking loudly and making jokes, teying to cheer Ezra up, at first he managed fake smiles, but they slowly turned into real onces as he entered the conversation about whether applesauce was a drink.
(The footsteps. Sorry, I should've clarified lol. If you want to be the person, go for it. But I'm not sure who it should be… 😅 Do you have any ideas?)
Kallie covered her face with her hands and pressed her lips tightly together to keep in any cries. She couldn't bear it if she was walked in on in tears. But still, the footsteps came closer and stopped right outside the door.
(uhm I'll be the person)
"Are you alright?" A soft voice said, it was low. "Might I help you up?"
A new boy, someone who had gotten lost on his way to lunch. He was tall and lanky, with wide shoulders, fluffy blonde lightly curled hair and freckles splattered across his nose. He was wearing jeans cuffed at the end and a oversized zip up jacket over a black tan top, the jacket hung off one shoulder.
Kallie looked up at a boy’s voice echoed in her ears. She slowly unlocked the stall she was in and approached the door. The rain was still slanting against the windows outside as she studied him.
“Okay,” she whispered. “Who are you?”
"Liam." He said, smiling to himself, as he was waiting outside the girls bathroom. "I just moved here, my dad got a job with one of the law firms."
"Boyfriend problems?" He asked, his voice echoing slightly through the empty bathroom.
Kallie glanced in the mirror and wiped at her face. Still, her cheeks were an embarrassingly blotchy red, and her eyes were red-rimmed. There wasn't much she could do to fix herself without turning on a sink faucet, and she didn't want to do that.
Slowly, she opened the door and looked up at the new boy shyly. "Uh, yeah… We just broke up. Temporarily. I think."
Liam studied her face for a moment, long enough to notice there was an eyelash lodged in her eye.
"You've got an eyelash in your eye." He told her, he dug a bottle of water out of the side pocket of his backpack and handed it to her. "Drink water, after crying you loose water and it can make you feel dazed and dizzy if you cry to hard or for to long."
Kallie's eyes widened, and she quickly rubbed at her eye to get rid of the stray eyelash. "Is it gone?" she asked, looking up at him again.
She flushed embarrassedly as she reached for the water, and the temperature around her began to heat up. Her fingers were warm as they brushed his when she took the bottle. "Thank you," she murmured, stepping completely out of the bathroom and letting the door close behind her.
(is it cool that I brought Liam into it, I just wanted Kallie to have a caring guy friend that isn't romantically interested in her—)
(Yeah, no he's perfect! I'm thinking she's going to be lowkey attracted to him at first, but then she'll realize that she only wants him to be a friend and Ezra is her person)