The New Kid

I loved the way his tender lips felt when pressed against mine. It felt as though there was no one else around. I knew he loved me and he knew that I loved him. The way that we connected when we first saw each other was outstanding. When I first saw him I was only 14 years old.

Chapter 1

January 5th 2008, 5:15 AM.

Dear diary,

Today is that day that I Korana E. Bells turns 14 years old. My life couldn’t be any better. Well yes it could be, it could be a million times better. Uggg I had to wake up to my little brother screaming and crying in the next room over. God and I thought having a baby brother would be fun. NOT!!! He keeps us all up crying all night long. And when someone comes in to take care of him, he acts like nothing is wrong at all and shuts up. God he is so annoying (that is because he is only 5 years old.) And today, my very own birthday he couldn’t take a break and let me have at least ONE nice birthday. I know I know he is only 5 years old he doesn’t know better, but really can’t he keep his little mouth shut just for today? I cursed the day he was born. Before he was born our lived were perfect it was just me my mom and my dad. And well my older sister Eliza. She’s 16 and her and I get together great. Not once has she fought with me.  And not once have I fought with her. Well I’ve got to get going because it’s time to get ready for school. 

Sincerely,

Korana Elizabeth Bells.

“Okay class who knows what this is?” That’s what my history teacher Mrs. Moran said as she pointed to a piece of paper on the wall. I of course raised my hand (me being valedictorian in the school). 

“Yes, Korana.” Mrs. Moran called. 

“I believe that, that is a page from the diary of Anne frank.” I replied knowingly. 

“Yes it is very good job Korana.” Just then there was a knock at the door and principal Danyal came in and behind him was a nervous kid. 

“I’ve never seen him around here before” I thought to myself as I watched him. “Thank you very much principal Danyal it will be a great pleasure having him in our class.” And with that the principal had left. 

“What’s your name darling?” Mrs.Maran asked the new kid softly and kindly. 

“Uh… Alexandre” the new kid said shyly. 

“Well class this is Alexandre. Think about how scary your first day here was we need to treat him with kindness and respect.”  The teacher said and then turned to Alexandre. 

“Dear you can sit next to Korana she will be in charge of helping you around the school. Is that alright Korana?” 

“Yes Mrs. Moran” Then Alexandre sat down next to me and looked up at me it was then that I heard the imaginary twinkling of tiny bells go off in my head I could have sworn he did too by the way he was looking at me. It was then that I knew we had something magical together. Just then the teacher started talking and we looked up. I few minutes later the bell rang for class to end and I got my stuff and tapped the kid on his shoulder. 

“So what class do you have next?” I asked. 

“I have culinary arts.” He replied shyly. 

“Oh okay that’s my next class just follow me.” We walked to class and Alexandre stopped at the door. 

“What’s wrong?” I asked 

“oh uhh nothing I was just thinking.” He replied quickly. 

“Okay.” I said with a smile 

“and don’t worry. You’ll have fun Mrs. Frentlan is an amazing teacher. Really fun.” We walked into class and I introduced him to the teacher who introduced him to the class after giving him a big hug. And again he got the desk next to mine.

 After class he caught up to me and asked if I still had my school schedule with all my classes on it. When I asked why he said that he wanted to know if he had any more classes with me. So I got it out and handed it to him when I saw his reaction I asked him what was wrong. 

“Nothing” he replied 

“we just have all the same classes.” I looked at him with an odd/confused look and then he showed our papers and yes indeed we had all the same classes together. “Well that’s really cool” I said. 

“Now you won’t have to worry about not knowing anyone in class.” We both laughed at that and we headed off to our next class. After school he found me at my bus stop and asked me for my cell phone number. I told him sure and gave it to him and told him to text me anytime. After that we stayed and talked until my bus came to take me home. And as my bus peeled out of the parking lot to take me home I felt my phone vibrating against my leg and when I checked it I found out that it was from Alexandre 

“hi. How are you doing?” I quickly replied and then went back to reading my book that I was working on for a while. I was about 57 more pages into the book when my phone vibrated again this time I jumped and screamed when all the kids on the bus stared at me I slunk deep down into my seat and I checked my phone. 

“Okay cool anyways ummm I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me. As soon as I saw you I just immediately fell in love with you but I was afraid to ask you out because I wasn’t sure if you felt the same way.” I was shocked this was the first guy to ask me out ever and I knew that I loved him too when I first saw him in our class I knew that there was some kind of connection between us. I replied back saying yes and that I felt the same way. I quickly put away my book and waited for his reply. After that we texted the entire bus ride home and all through the night. I was ecstatic my very first boyfriend. By the next morning I woke up to my alarm clock again yelling at me to get up I slapped my alarm clock until it shut off and I rolled over and went back to sleep. But then my phone went off and when I went to shut it off I noticed it was a text…. From Alexandre I quickly checked the text “good morning sleeping beauty time to wake up. <3” I replied back and got up to get ready for school. We again texted until I got to school and when I arrived I noticed that he was waiting for me with his hands behind his back leaning against the wall of the school. 

“Hello my love” he greeted me when I got off the bus and met him over by where he was waiting. 

“Hello” I giggled and started blushing like crazy. Well Alexandre started laughing at me for blushing and then he looked at me. 

“I got this for you.” He said that and when he pulled out his hands he held out a beautiful rose. I looked at him in awe as he handed me the flower. 

“It’s beautiful I love it.” I told him as I tried to carefully put the flower in my bag. Just then the bell rang signaling us all to get to class and we held hands and walked to class together.

We were so happy and all of my friends loved him. I couldn't believe he was actually mine. We were sitting in class writing back and forth to each other. We always do this because we are the smartest kids in our class and the teacher doesn't care. We just sat there and passed the notes back and forth writing to each other. I looked up at him and he looked down at me. We both realized it and we knew that we were both thinking it. We are made for each other and well I don’t know what I would do without him. That night while we were texting I turned on my radio to listen to my country songs. I am majorly in love with country. And a song came on called whiskey lullaby. I started really thinking about life and what it’s like to die and what’s life is like after death. Then I started thinking about my family. My mom’s a drunk and a drug addict. My dad’s just a drunk. I have a sister, and one brother who has a lung disease and a lot of other problems. And I started to cry thinking that there is nothing I can do to help them because well I’m 14 and what am I to do about it even I have diseases. And I’m dying, I’ve been in the hospital I don’t know how many times and well my boyfriend doesn’t even know about this stuff and I don’t want him to know because I’m scared what will he think of me? Would he think I’m some kind of weird thing and not want to be around me anymore? Or will he stay the same? I don’t know and I don’t want to find out. I’ll just wait. Just then my phones vibrating awakened me from my thinking. When I looked at the text it had said…. “I love you and I just don’t know how to put it in words. Please don’t ever leave me.” I replied and told him that I would never leave him. And at the end of the message I put a sad crying face. He quickly replied asking me what was wrong. Well I couldn’t lie to him and well I had to tell him about it there was no hiding it. So I told him everything about my parents and grandparents my brother and me. I told him everything. And I told him that I didn’t want to tell him because I was afraid. At the end I put a sad crying face again and also a scared face. He replied asking why I was scared. I told him my fear of him leaving me and he told me that I never have to worry about that he will be by my side now and forever. Just then he sent another text telling me to meet him in the library early in the morning tomorrow. I asked him why and he just told me he had a surprise. 

I yawned and looked at the clock. It was already past 3 o’clock and I had to wake up in 2 hours. I told him that I had to go it was getting late. He then replied saying okay goodnight and I told him goodnight closed my phone turned over and went back to sleep. And what felt like just a few minutes later my alarm went off I turned over turned off my alarm and through off the blankets. I sat up rubbed my eyes and looked at the clock. Oh god 5 o’clock already. I groggily got up got dressed and was out and waiting for the bus to pull up. 

“God has it gotten cold out.” I thought out loud to myself and I folded my arms trying to stay warm. Just then the bus lumbered up my road and pulled to a stop I ran across the road and climbed onto the bus. When I sat down in my seat next to my best friend Layla. My phone buzzed. I looked at it and quickly checked the text. “Morning sweetie.” I replied back saying that I’ve been up for more than an hour. And he replied back saying sorry he was late texting he over slept and was on his way to school now. I said okay and that I would see him at school. In the library like he said. Finally the bus pulled up to the school and I practically ran to the library. And when I got there I was so out of breath I could barely stand. But I made it to just about a few steps away from Alexandre when I was gasping for air and I was so terrified because my vision went blurry and then black and then I just collapsed. Next thing I knew I was opening my eyes flat on my back with Alexandre looking down at me with worry in his eyes. 

“Are you okay???” he asked me still worrying about me. 

“Yeah I’m fine just dizzy that’s all.” I replied back also worrying about myself. When I stood up he quickly moved to help me up, we got up and walked a little bit until we reached the end of the library turned and went to the end of the library. I looked at him with confusion and he looked back at me. He started to lean into me and I closed my eyes as his lips pressed against mine. He kissed me! He actually kissed me! I loved him and he loved me. After he stopped we just looked at each other for a long time. 

The bell rang and we rushed to class. We got into class and sat down and started on today’s assignment that was written up on the board. After we finished we started writing notes back and forth to each other like we always did. In the note we just talked about how much we loved each other, and he said how happy he was to have me. I am so happy to have him also he is the best thing that has ever happened to me ever since I got diagnosed with cancer. Ahh!! I forgot to tell him about that. I got the note back and read what it said. When I read it my heart fell to the floor. “I hope we can be together forever” is what it said. I put my head down and started to cry. He asked me what was wrong and I wrote to him that I have cancer and what he wrote just reminded me that I won’t be living long. And his face turned cold and distant. He turned away from me tears gathering in his eyes. That only made me cry more. I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him if he hated me. He said he could never hate me and that he is just upset that I have cancer. And I hated it also but I just couldn't do anything about it. I was scared for my life and I had no idea what I was going to do. I started to cry again.

“Sh sh sh sh shhhh… it’s okay” Alexandre comforted. 

“I just don’t know what to do” I looked around and noticed that everyone was looking at me. I whipped my head around so fast I was terrified. Everyone was looking at me and whispering to each other and some were laughing. I ran out of the classroom crying. And Alexandre came running after me. Finally he caught up to me and grabbed my shoulders. 

“Hey. It’ll be okay. Don’t worry about it. I still love you no matter what happens I will always love you.” I looked up at him and he looked down at me. He leaned in and kissed me. Right there. He kissed me right there in the hallway in front of everyone. It was then that I realized that I didn't care what anyone else thought because there was only one person who truly cared about me. And that person was my Alexandre. His hands slid down and he rested his hands on my lower back. I put my arms around his neck and we just stood there in the middle of the hallway melted together. Everyone looked at us in awe. And when we pulled away from each other I rested my head against his chest. 

“I love you so much.” He whispered in my ear and then kissed my head softly. 

“So are you ready to go back into class?” Alexandre asked me sweetly. 

“I'm a little nervous because of what happened but I can do it.” I replied back.

"Don't worry anyone says anything and they will have me to deal with." He smiles. And to that we held hands and together walked back to class. I sat down without looking at anyone. And they respected me and did not look at me either. 

After about 15 minutes the bell rang signaling the end of 1st hour. Everyone started heading out of class and of course as normal me and Alexandre stayed after putting away our things before we headed into our next class. We arrived to class late and gave the teacher the note. We went and sat down in our seats and started the assignment. We finished the assignment just as the bell rang and we put our stuff away and headed for the next class. School went by relatively quickly. And as we were waiting for the buses to roll up to the bus stop. We were sitting there cuddling and kissing the time away. Just then the buses came rolling around the curb and one by one pulled to a stop he got up and then lifted me up and we got our stuff. As I started heading for the bus stop I noticed he was following me. I turned around and told him 

“I don’t want you to miss your bus.” He replied back with a smile. 

“This is my bus.” Oh my god. I thought inside my head as he came running up to me 

“now we got to run our bus is waiting.” We together ran to the bus got on and found and empty spot to sit together in. we held hands and talked together the entire bus ride. And as the bus lumbered up to my bus stop he got up and started heading for the door. We both held hands and walked together down the street. When we reached my house he kissed me 

“I’ll call you later.” He said with a smile and gave me one more kiss then he disappeared. I ran into the house up the stairs and flopped down onto my bed. I was the happiest person alive. And just as I was in my dream land I heard a buzzing noise and then I knew that that was my phone. I immediately shot up and checked my phone. “I miss you.” Was showing on the screen. It was from Alexandre. I smiled and quickly texted back and then the texting war went on we just went back and forth texting each other all through the night. I was so incredibly happy I couldn’t help but show it. Tears started rolling down my cheeks. I told him I was crying and he asked me why. I told him that I loved him and didn’t know what I would do if I lost him. He told me not to worry because he would be there for me no matter what. “Our love is stronger than anything or anyone” he texted me. “Together we make history” I replied back. He made me so happy and I couldn’t help but tell him that. And when he replied back telling me that he loved me more than anything I started crying again. What would I do without him? I had no clue. But I knew I did not want to find out.