The Silent Sorrow (GXG)

6. Don't throw me away, Dandy

I smile as I see Dandy coming down the hallway at school. She does not notice me, but after a while when she does. Her whole face softness. She has done that since we were on the camping.

Dandy was still holding onto me when I woke up. I swear I have never been warmer and more comfortable, then waking up with her. She was awake before me and she looked at me just the way she is doing now as she comes in front of me, staring down at the blond and shorter girl.

She is just standing there watching me, waiting for me to say something. I am not going to let it end that fast, but then she sees someone behind me. Which makes her eyes hardened, and not long after she watched me for a short moment before she turns and walks away. I see her step down to her locker and I turn.

"Dammit." I mumble to myself as Andrea comes almost sprinting towards me with fury.

"Hi... ouch!" I yell as she grabs my arm and drags me the same way she came from. She let go of my arm after some distance from Dandy.

"What is wrong with you?" She asks angrily as I rub my arm after her hard pulling. Then I look down at myself.

"Is my shirt backwards?" I wonder by her question. Andrea rolls her eyes very upset.

"I'm talking about Dandy. You two have been around each other since we came back from the stupid trip..."

"I like Dandy," I interrupt.

"I don't care what you or the others say, because I like her." I say annoyed and then just walk past her on my way to Dandy. She is still standing by her locker and is looking at me as I stand next to her.

"I'm sorry." I apologize, but she shakes her head. She does not like when I say I am sorry. It's like I am not allowed to. Dandy's eyes leave me and she looks around tensely. Then she watches me, just the way she did in the tent when I was freezing, worried. It makes me so confused that even I start looking around. There are people staring at us, with scared and some with hateful eyes. I meet Dandy's hazel eyes, who is still worried.

"You don't care if they look at you, do you?" I wonder, and she shakes her head very lightly. I close my eyes as I sigh.

"You care about what they might think of me when I am around you?" I ask, and she nods carefully. She doesn't have to worry about what they are thinking. It's cute though that she cares, but I only like her. The others do not matter.

"Dandy," I start, and she softness. I like when she does that.

"You don't have to worry, because I don't care as well," She clenches her teeth uncomfortable.

"I like to be around you. What they think is their problem." I tell her, because it is true. Those people can't even compete with Dandy, because she can literally shut up. Not like I want her to be so quiet, but she does not seem like a person that would judge anyone, even though she is the one being judged. Dandy is just looking at me; there is no nodding or shaking of her head.

"Don't throw me away, Dandy. Just because you are scared..." Her eyes narrow as she clenches her teeth with anger. I sigh annoyed by myself.

"Sorry," I say, and she shakes her head.

"You don't have to worry." I smile this time, as a promise. Dandy's tension fades slowly as her shoulders sink back down to normal, and her face softly. Just the way I like it.

"I see you later." I tell her after I watch the clock on my phone. She just looks at me as I start walking in my direction, but she pulls me by the arm. I turn back to her confused. She watches me lightly, then her eyes look down the hall and then back to me fast. I roll my eyes.

"Of course you can follow me." I smile. Dandy always wants to go with me, since we came back to school. It's a nice gesture of her. Even though she does not speak to me. I feel kind of less lonely around here. Just being near her is enough to make me smile bright.

Her appearance is very gentle, the way she moves, her face expression, but most of all her eyes that are now very soft as she watches me. It's not as uncomfortable as it was at the start. I just needed some time to figure her out, which I am still learning to do.

We have just known each other for two weeks, but I hope we can get to the point where we are friends. I don't know what she likes to do except staring at me. What she does when she is not at school. I would like to know what makes her happy. Since she always seems to down and sad.

We stop in front of my classroom where everyone is finding a seat, talking very loud to each other. Dandy is waiting for me to say something. She is probably the most patient person in this world. She could have stood there in front of me for hours, just to look at me.

"I see you later." I smile for a little while, to the girl with the fascinating eyes. Then I step into my classroom. I look back at Dandy, and her gaze is still on me. I roll my eyes as I sit down, smiling at her.

After a little while, she moves lightly around to go to her own class. Dandy is like a guardian. Watching over me just to make sure, I am fine. I don't know why she does it. It all started when I came here. I mean, she must have. Since she was the only one noticing and willing to help me to find my classes. I don't know, but it seems like she thinks I am funny and interesting. Dandy just look at me as if nothing else matters.

There is a brunette staring at me, condescending. She is not the only one that has done that. So, it is nothing new, but then she leans over to me.

"I would have been scared if I was you," She says, but I just roll my eyes.

"I mean it. She did something horrible last year. She didn't come back after a half a year. I'm pretty sure she was in a prison or something." She says as she watches me with wide, scared eyes.

I am not so sure how to answer that without her freaking out. So, I just take a deep breath, ignoring her words, but it is not that easy. She is the third one that is telling me something. I don't think she is faking those six months Dandy was gone, because that would not make sense, but prison, come on!

It might have been another reason, just anything. I am getting tired of all of them telling me words that do not make sense like at all. They should just stop saying those things to me because they do not scare, but it worries me.