Proposal

Chapter 1, School Day

I have been at this school for three years. This is my fourth year here. I have stayed out of trouble and kept my head down, so no one knows me. I have been able to stay in the shadows. Until this year, I have been getting notes daily in my locker. I don't know who they are from or why they are putting them in my locker. I really don't like that they know what I do and that they know how my life is.

See, my parents are not good parents and they are never home, so I am alone a lot. The principal and the security guard here know my secrets at home. So they gave me a key to the back door of the school. They know that I will behave here. They will let me come here when I need a break from my family; like when they are being mean to me or yelling at me, I come here and do some boxing with a punching bag.

Yes, I know how to punch and defend myself and how to fight. I do boxing in a place named Box Boxing. The owner knows me very well. He knows my life as well. That is why I am there. I don't have that many friends. I only have one best friend and she does not know anything about me. She does know about my life and that my parents are not good.

But back to the notes in my locker. I have been keeping my eyes open, but I still have not seen anyone yet. I am starting to get mad because of it. The first note I got in my locker was. “I know what you are doing”. I was not sure what they meant until I got the second note that said, “Who knew a little shy girl as you could punch like that”. Right there sent me off the walls. Because that means they have been in school when I have been in school. And they should not be here when I am. That also means they somehow know how to get in.

I have left notes for them. But they haven't answered any of mine. They just keep on saying things and trying to get me to talk. I just want to know who it is. I don't like it when I am in the spotlight. That means you get in trouble and I don't need that for me. I am already getting yelled at, at home. I don't need it to get worse.

My name is Gemma and I have a secret admirer who is watching my every move.