The afternoon was free for him, so he decided to walk a bit to know the school and stop getting lost. There was a building different than the rest. There were murals, paintings and some things that seemed to be sculptures. He went in, there was the sound of music coming from the top floor. On the second floor he saw a shadow, he stopped to see, there was Nichole trying to lift a window pane.
When he got closer she was half-way in already.
“Are you fond of breaking the rules?” the girl didn’t say a thing only went in as if she hadn’t heard a thing. For some reason Josh went inside too, he closed the window after him. “So, why are you breaking in a classroom?” he asked.
“why are you breaking in a classroom?” she echoed him while taking some paint brushes from a tall wooden cabinet.
“I got lost” he said and smirked
“right, right, that´s getting old”
“does it hurt?” he asked looking at the bandages on her right hand. The corner of her mouth moved up a little, maybe it was a smile “right, that´s silly”
“There are some guitars in the cabinet” She took some paint with the tip of one of the brushes.
“I ...is it OK to take them? shouldn't we ask a teacher for it?”
“why are you so worried about that?” she said nonchalantly
“don't want to get kicked out of here too” he said taking out an acoustic guitar
“oh, so no one else wants you?... I think it´s cool that you are trying to change...”
“yeah...well... no one else wants Aaron Arlington to be precise and...I feel I should support my brother...”
“even if it means to be exiled from your family?” Josh wondered why her voice was so lacking of emotion while her eyes, though fixed on the paint she was painting, were so filled with it.
“not that I have one, you know... Aaron is my family, being exiled of my family would mean to be apart from him”
“wow” she said “I like that song” she added. Josh had started to play the guitar a while ago.
“so, we wont get into trouble right?” he said after a while. For some reason it felt good to be there with her in that empty room
“as long as they don´t find out you were here it´ll be fine” she said teasingly
“they´ll find out, don't you think they wont see that you have painted something?”
“yeah but they wont notice you playing the guitar unless you brake it” her monotone voice came back.
“you don't mind getting into trouble?”
“not really -she laughed when she saw his face- stop freaking out it´s not like they´d kick me out of here”
“but I have heard this is a very strict place, one thing and you´re out, isn´t that right?” She laughed
“you´re funny”
“is that funny? aren't you jut too carefree?” he was really concern. She laughed again
“come here, take a look at this” she said motioning for him to see the painting she was doing
“wow” he didn't know what else to say, it was a good painting but the theme wasn't what he had expected. She had painted a face, a head and from it a plant came out. It was scary. “what does it mean?”
“Ideas. Now if you really don't want anybody to see you here you should put that in it´s place -she pointed the guitar in his hand- and get out” he hurried to put the instrument away while she put the brushes in their place.
Josh and Nic left the building while he asked questions about the school.
“ah, by the way where´s this address?” Josh handed her a piece of paper.
They walked for a bit and then they finally got to the boy´s dorm, it was a big building with a fancy lobby and no one in the stand. Josh´s room was on the second floor at the end of the hall. They walked into the room, it had two beds at the end, a big window and two desks.
“this is nice” he said
“it is”
“Do you think I have a nice room-mate?”
“it seems you don't have one, this place seems too empty for someone else to live here”
Her phone rang, she answered it but didn't say a thing, just listened, her eyes made it seem like it was bad news she was getting since they became like ice. She hanged up at the same time they heard a man knocking on the door announcing he was the dorm´s leader.
“Gotta go” she said and walked the opposite direction of the door towards the window and very fluidly she jumped out of it. Josh ran towards the window but she was nowhere to be seen.
“enjoying the view?” the man asked. He seemed to be the kind of man that can be nice when you obey but can be very bad when you disobey.
“ah, yeah” Josh said still with wide eyes.
The man gave him a map of the school and other instructions. He also told him the rules of the place. No girls in the rooms was one of them.
I like the feel Josh gives off, if that makes sense to you. He feels like a kid who's open to new experiences but at the same time he's a loner so he does his own things.,
ReplyDeleteIm liking this so far.
I loved Josh from the beginning I see. He seems the type that has a lot going on in his head but he'd never say it aloud. sigh. I want to know what makes him tick!
ReplyDeleteNic has never changed. She is always too cool for school. I love how she just jumps out of windows. She is a cat basically