Much Like Falling

Lucas Point Of View

California

    I was stoked. Today is the first day of school and I've got a girlfriend who happens to be bitchin'. I guess she also looks kind of similar to what Callie used to look like. That was just bonus. Its been taking me longer than forever to get over Callie moving away like my parents said I would. They said to hope that she was okay and move along. But I was in love with her. I knew it even though the last time I'd seen her I was eight I knew it. And when we kissed it confirmed it. I missed her a lot and haven't gone day without thinking about her. And keeping her locked away in that special place in my heart. But I'd finally began to realize that she wasn't coming back so I did my best do move along. I tucked away every song I wrote about her in my attic so it would be easier. But I've never forgotten about her.
    But Alyssa was awesome, even though sometimes I felt like I was convincing my self instead of confirming it. She was a little boring, but we were in high school we were supposed to be Edgar Allen Poes or Da Vincis.
I climbed in my car and drove the all to familiar path to school. Alyssa was leaning against Andrew's car waiting for me I was pretty sure the way her face lit up when she saw me. I stepped out of my car and she came running over to me. We'd only been going out for a week but I guess she was really into me.
I saw a really beaten up VW bug pull into the parking lot. With a really small driver. Wearing bright blue sunglasses and a huge smile across her face. I hadn't realized I was smiling with her until Alyssa had pointed it out. Weird, I thought.
    The girl stepped out of the car and she was really small. With wispy bright orange hair and bangs sweeping across her face. The hair kind of shocked me. It was kinda like the color I remember Callie's hair being. It shook the box that I had locked my memories of Callie in.
I watched as she walked by our group with that same smile on her face and her face bobbing up and down to some music that was playing from her iPod I assumed from the trademark white earbuds. I was entranced and I didn't even know it. I was once again shaken out of it by Alyssa.

"Not falling for someone already Lucas, right?" she giggled and grabbed my hand and led us to the library to get our schedules.

Spanish 3
Honors Chemistry
World Literature
Lunch
Music Composition
Preparation Calculus
World History

    Wow I really am an over achiever. More like a nerd. I gave Alyssa a kiss before heading to my Spanish class. I had that class with Andrew so this was bound to be fun. About fifteen minutes into class while Senorita Alvarez was giving her "New Year, New Beginnings" speech a quiet knock on the door interrupted her lecture. She opened the door and the girl from before came in. She walked in timidly and apologize perfusely to the teacher. When I saw her my Callie Box shook again.
The girl was blushing and still apologizing.

"No, no its okay. I understand. You've never been here. Makes sense. What was you name?" Senorita asked as the class was getting restless. I, on the other hand was for some reason extremely interested in what was going on between this girl and the teacher.
"Oh, I'm sorry. My name is Callie Hanson." She said and stuck her hand out. My jaw dropped and the Callie Box I had closed for so long had exploded.

"Hello, Callie. Why don't you go sit in that chair?" she pointed to the empty seat infront on me. Callie followed her finger and slowly made her was over to me. Everytime I heard Callie's name my heart beat too fast. Callie sat down infront of me and I just openly stared. Remembering everything. Her bright green eyes, her vibrant hair, her splatter of freckles across the the bridge of her nose and cheeks. Her cute pouty lips.
She was looking right back at me a bit warily. I realized I probably looked ridiculous staring at her with my mouth open and eyes boring into her. She smiled at me apprehensively then looked down and blushed. I smiled right back elated. I wondered if she recognized me.

"Okay class. Introduce yourselves and say something that might not bore me!" she looked around the class. "Any volunteers? Really? I won't give you homework tonight if someone is brave enough to go."

"How about the new girl?" Andrew shouted from beside me.

"That'd be great. How about you go after since you love volunteering other people so much?" she smiled at him and sat on a stool by her desk.

"Is that okay with you, Callie?" she asked yawning.

"Uh. S-sure?" she slowly stood up and flushed bright red.

"Wait, Callie, Callie? The Callie that used to live here?" Andrew questioned.

"Yeah Callie that used to live here. And you are...?" she smiled at him warmly. Senorita Alvarez cut Andrew off before he got a chance to reply.

"How about a real introduction and then we can chit chat after class?" she asked pointedly.

"Oh, um." Callie cleared her throat. " I'm Callie Hanson I'm a junior and I just moved back here from New York. I guess something cool about me is that I have a hundred year old camera my dad gave to me when I turned 12..." she looked down and bit her lip. It was all really cute.
After Andrew a few more people went and the she called on me. I got really nervous. What if she finds out its me and doesn't like me, or thinks I'm ugly? S**t. I get up slowly and stretch to take up some time. Senorita looks kind of pissed so I went for it.

" Hi, my name's Lucas Brighton. I'm a senior. Umm... I broke my arm twice this summer. One at a skate festival and the other being really stupid and trying to do a back flip off my porch and failing miserably." I laughed quietly and looked to the teacher for confirmation that I could sit down. She rolled her eyes and waved me to sit.
   I looked at Callie and her eyes looked like they might pop out of her head. She smiled when she noticed me staring and then looked down grabbed a pencil and started drawing on her desk.
My head was flipping out. My heart was screaming. I've just seen my old best friend and my first love in the first time in nine years. I was elated and scared. Giddy and confused. Happy and mad. Fulfilled and a bit broken. I couldn't stop staring she was so pretty. And I was completely wrong. Alyssa didn't compete with Callie. I don't even remember what i thought was similar about them.
   It all brought me back to that last day I was with her and I was kissing her. She leaned into to me and grabbed my hand then pulled away. She looked into my eyes and started crying. I didn't want to have my last memory of her crying. So I hugged her and promised everything would be okay and we'd always have each other no matter what.
   After class was sover Callie, looked me over, much the same way i did. Before I knew Callie's small body flew across the room and straight into my arms. She buried her face into my chest. My heart was beating fast and I was still in complete shock. Just as I had pushed Callie back into my life; she came back full force.

"I missed you so much Lucas you don't even know." She said into my shirt.

"Callie, I missed you a lot." I could feel my heart beating fast in my chest. I smelled her hair. Same as always, pomegranites.
We sat there for what felt like a year until the bell rang.

" Oh s**t, Lucas I don't wanna make you late for class. Go on. We can talk after school though right?" she pulled away from me. I missed the warmth already.

"You know it. After school, okay?" I speed walked to my class happy as s**t. And that scared the s**t out of me...

Author's Note

That was Lucas' point of view. Tell me if your confused, I'll try to clear it up for you. If things seem to be really out there and make no sense then its just because the story hasn't fully developed yet.

Reviews

[Makaela Hedaire]

This is really sweet so far.