Chapter 7
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I took off my Skull Candy headphones when I felt an arm around my shoulders.
"Hi, Lyrika." Randy said sitting down next to me on the stairs.
I nodded at him.
"This is Demitri." He said pointing at a boy leaning on the wall next to him with his hands in his pockets.
"Hi, I'm Lyrika." I said weaving at Demitri.
"Hey." Demitri said weaving back.
Demitri was a typical surfer boy with a tall frame and lightly tanned skin. His long, curly, and healthy golden locks fell over his eyes and he flipped them back after each sentence. He had a dimple on one cheek which was visible even when he swallowed. He wore yellow Vans with cargo pants which he sagged with and a yellow shirt with a picture of Tupac on it. I was starting to think that Demitri was attractive. He had full lips and beautiful eyes which where...purple?
"Why are you staring at me like that?" Demitri asked me.
"Oh,nothing...I just love your eyes they're...purple." I said.
"Ew, you're drooling." Randy pointed out.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yeah." Randy said. "It's like all over your chin."
"Oh shit." I said wiping off the slim with the back of my hands.
"I've seen a lot of girls with hazel eyes but yours are the prettiest I've seen thus far. I can literally see my reflection in them and plus they blend in with your complexion." Demitri said.
"Well, thank you." I said flattered. "But you're the first person I've seen with purple eyes."
Demitri giggled and for some strange reason I found it...sexy.
"I like your hair." Demitri said.
"Really?" I asked flipping my hair.
"Yeah." Demitri said. "Is it real?"
"Of course, why'd you ask?" I asked.
"It's just so long and silky and beautiful. Like...wow Lyrika...that's sexy." Demitri said.
I blushed fiercely.
"You're sexy." I said.
"Oh!..." Demitri said throwing his head back. "That was so straight forward."
"Sorry..." I said looking away.
"I can't lie though...you're sexy too." Demitri said licking his lips.
Just when I was about to flirt back Randy cleared his throat to stage his presence. I had totally forgotten that Randy was there.
"Let's go man." Randy said to Demitri.
"Why?" Demitri asked.
"Let's just go." Randy said.
"Do you have a number I can call you at?" Demitri asked.
"Yeah," I said "652-315-"
"No!" Randy said interrupting me. "Nobody is giving anybody their phone number. Demitri, let's go man."
Randy started walking down the stairs and grabbed Demitri's shirt so that Demitri followed him.
I quickly ripped out a piece of paper from my binder and wrote:
Lyrika
652-315-2987
Call me
I crumbled the paper into a perfect ball and aimed it at Demitri. It hit him on the back of his neck and he looked back at me with a puzzled look. I winked a him and he understood. He grabbed the paper from the floor and stuffed it in his pocket before Randy turned around. Demitri and I stared into each other's eyes until he disappeared to the next floor. I didn't understand how I just met Demitri and I already had feelings for him. It was something about that boy that makes you want more of him. It wasn't just his looks that amazed me, it was something else. I didn't know what that something was but I was willing to find out.
I took my iPhone out of my back pocket and dialed Richard's phone number and held it to my ear. Whitten a few seconds he answered the phone.
"Hello?" Richard said.
"Daddy..." I whined.
"What's up, baby?" He asked.
"Can you come pick me up?" I asked.
"Why?" Richard asked.
"Because..." I said, "I don't want to be at school anymore."
"Baby, I'm very busy right now." He said.
"Please baby..." I whined.
"I'm not at home right now, Lyrika, I'm at work." Richard said.
"It doesn't matter." I said.
"Okay baby. I'll come pick you up if you don't have a problem staying at work with me." He said.
"Okay." I said.
"Bye." Richard said.
"Bye." I said hanging up the phone.
I was having a bad day at school and anywhere else was better than being in class at that moment which is why I skipped second period. I took my belongings and walked down the stairs. When I reached the first floor I ducked past the busy main office then tip toed carefully by the sleeping security guard sitting by the door and hurried out of the school. I ran across the street and sat on the bus stop as I waited for Richard to come pick me up. I put my Skull Candy headphones back on again and searched for the song "Space Bound" by Eminem on my iPhone.
"I'm a space bound rocket ship and your heart's the moon...and I'm aiming right at you..." I started to sing along but stopped when I could of sworn I felt someone breathing heavily on my neck.
I smiled to myself as I thought about who it could be. The only person that was on my mind was Demitri.
"Stop it Demitri." I giggled.
I turned around and standing behind the bench smiling from ear to ear was a blonde girl with sea green eyes and pink braces. How disappointing.
"I love that song! I was trying to listen to it with you." The girl giggled a very long and annoying giggle.
"What the f**k are you?- I mean...Who the f**k are you?" I asked the nerdy girl.
"My name is Zoey!" She exclaimed.
Zoey was wearing a green Polo shirt with a flooded jumper and black knee socks with a pair of orange flats.
"Ew..." I thought aloud.
She wore two high pig tails and her cheeks were covered in freckles.
"Why are you not in school?" Zoey asked me.
When she spoke you could tell she had spit in her braces that she was trying to keep from flying out. I scoffed at her.
"Aren't you Lyrika Pickford?" Zoey asked.
"Yeah, why?" I asked.
"I like totally adore you!" Zoey said throwing her arms around me.
"Move!" I said trying to wiggle out of her tight grip.
Just then, Richard pulled up in front of the bus stop in his red Chrysler. He honked and beckoned for me to get in the car. I pushed Zoey away and ran to the car. I got in the car and made sure I locked the door. Zoey ran after me and before I could tell Richard to lock all the doors she hopped in the back seat.
"Who the hell is this?" Richard asked me.
I shrugged.
"Hi, I'm Zoey. Lyrika is my best friend!" Zoey said to Richard.
"I don't know who the f**k she is." I whispered to Richard.
"Lyrika and I are going to be besties forever!" She said clapping uncontrollably.
"Okay. Can you get out of my car now?" Richard said to Zoey.
"But I want to go with Lyrika." Zoey said.
"Listen here, I need to get back to work and you're wasting my time!" Richard said hitting the wheel.
"Yae! I'd love to go to work with Lyrika and her dad." Zoey squeaked.
"Where do you live, so I can drop you home." Richard said to Zoey when he stopped at a red light.
"I used to live on a farm in Mississippi with 113 pigs." Zoey said.
"Okay, but where do you live now?" Richard asked.
"There names were Florhuns, Bailey,Pam pam, Tu Choo, Ana, Kathy, Fannie, Dove, Lala, Fedy, LeBron-" Zoey said counting in her head.
"I don't care!" Richard yelled interrupting Zoey.
"I lost count." Zoey said.
"Good!" Richard exclaimed.
"But that's okay!" Zoey said. "I can start over."
Richard turned the radio up to the maximum volume and for the first time something finally out tuned Zoey's voice.
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