Connected

His hand shook as he walked down the hall way. Gripping his enemy, his friend. Screams filled the air as a bead of sweat trickled down his neck. He wasn't ready but he couldn't chicken out now or it would all be a waste. 1

The door opened right in front of him! His heart was beating so fast it could almost explode. Smoke rose from the cafeteria door as people ran towards him, not even noticing as if he where invisible. He recognised them all. The people who made his life a living hell. He raised his hand and before he realized shots broke the silence.2

Selena Dillacore woke up with a start. What the hell kind of dream was that? she thought shaking it was almost like she was someone else. She quickly hopped out of bed and jumped in to the shower hoping to forget the nightmare that haunted her dreams.3

She finished getting ready almost like a robot not thinking about a thing. When she was done though she realized she woke up early and still had a lot of time before school. Running down the stairs she saw her 17 year old twin brother sitting in front of the computer screen like it was a shrine.4

She sighed "Kevin what are you doing up so early." He jumped obviously caught by surprise by his sisters sudden appearance.
"You know I can say the same about you." He looked at her right in the eye, he could always tell what mood she was in by making eye contact.  "Nightmares again." he said looking through her green eyes past the wall over her emotions to find the real her. She really hated it when he did that.5

"No!" She tried to lie even tough there was a 99 percent chance it wouln't work, but that 1 percent did account for something and you can't blame a girl for trying. He rolled his eyes and she sighed luck wasn't on her side this time.6

"What was it about?" He asked turning back to his comfort zone that damn computer. It got her furious! Why would he ask if he couldn't look at her, obviously he didn't care about the answer.
Kevin didn't fit in at school and it wasn't really a mystery why. He had his potentials he was smart and if you got past his dorky exterior and glasses he was actually kind of cute. Kevin's problem was he didn't try to fit in. He would shy away from any social interactions and his shyness made him an easy target for bullying.
"Like you care." She mumbled storming in to the kitchen to poor a bowl of cereal. She made a bowl of Rice Krispies that always made her feel better and sat down. She was just about to put the spoon in her mouth when there was a knock at the door.7

"You get it!" She yelled to her brother who was closer to the door anyway, and besides the only thing she wanted to do right no was enjoy her nice yummy bowl of.. Another loud knock pulled her out of her fantasy and she got up out of her seat with a groan. "You lazy bum." She muttered as she walked past her brother to the door.8

"I owe you one." He said emotionless as he zoned half dead in to the computer screen.9

"Sure, sure." She groaned and opened the door to find herself face to face with Heath Robinson. Heath was Kevin's one and only best friend. They became inseparable the moment he moved to there neighborhood from Boston. He was very popular when he first moved there. He was the kid from the big city who's life was like an adventure to all the small town kids who's biggest adventure back then was walking down the upstate New York streets alone. Of course though once his allure went away so did his popularity.10

Heath was a tall lanky kid with wild fiery hair that never stayed in place not even for two seconds. His eyes where like the black eyes of her old teddy bear that she still kept to this day warm and comforting. When she made eye contact had to control herself not to blush.11

She did not understand why she always reacted like that to him. She was one of the most popular girls at school and he was a complete dork, plus she had one of the hottest boy friends on the face of the earth.12

"Oh it's you." She said pretending to be annoyed and turned around to finish her uneaten bowl of cereal. He reached out and grabbed her arm and she tried to ignore the bolt of electricity she felt when his skin touched hers. 13

"Yes it's me, does it really effect you that much?" he asked humor in his eyes.14

"Yes it does and stop touching me."Se said disgustedly, She noticed the hurt expression on his face and she couldn't help but feel her heart sink at his face. Trying to forget her feelings she ran in to the kitchen plopped down and shoved spoon fills of cereal down her throat.15

"Why does your sis always have to be like that?" she heard him ask her brother.16

"Don't know, but check out what I made." He answered and her head filled with images of them both staring blankly in to the computer screen. She rapidly started washing the bowl and other dishes in the sink even though they had a dishwasher, it made her feel better to take out every thing on the dishes.17

Those lazy bums all they do is sit around that screen she thought angrily to her self her brother always seemed to get the easy way out. He just didn't have to deal with all the stuff she had to. He wasn't popular he didn't have to deal with the big weight on her shoulders every day to do every thing right. He didn't have a hard to please boy friend who was sought after by almost every girl at school. He didn't have friends that would turn on him when given the littlest chance, he just had Heath.18

"Shit!" she cried as a stab of pain flooded her finger. She looked down at the knife that she dropped when she accidentally stabbed herself with it she should have been paying more attention. A bubble of scarlet flowed out as she just stared at her cut doing nothing. Images popped in her head about walls smeared with that same color and screams piercing through her brain.19

A hand touched hers and she flinched being pulled out of whatever daze she was in. "It's not that bad but you should clean it off or it could get infected. Don't worry I'll stop the bleeding, it will be practice since I do want to be a Doctor." Selena looked at Heath startled where did he come from, and since when did he want to be a doctor. "Your not afraid of blood are you because you look really pale." He asked his teddy bear eyes looking over at her concerned.20

She pushed the images out and shook her head. "NO I'm not afraid of blood."She answered back defensively. She looked away from him refusing to make eye contact she didn't mean to yell at him like that. 21

"I wasn't making fun of you." he stated calmly and continued cleaning her cut. He was acting strange he usually wore his heart on his sleeve she never saw him this distant before. She looked at him deeply for the first time, able to get away with it because he was so intent on his work. 22

She never noticed before how really awkward he look. He was extremely skinny because he broke 6 foot to fast for his body to keep up. He could defiantly be handsome if he filled out a bit she thought. Then she noticed something in his pocket that she never noticed before.23

"You wear glasses?" She asked confused how long has that been he never wore them around her. His face turned a deep shade of red as he continued to avoid looking at her.24

"I don't like wearing them but I wear them in school." He mumble finally looking up. "I'm all done. He said again with that same distance that was starting to scare her.25

"I guess I never noticed." She stated trying to keep him talking. He looked down again and sighed.26

"I've had them since 6th grade obviously there are a lot of things you don't notice." The sound of his voice broke her heart he sound so depressed. She just couldn't see him like that. So she picked her brain for something she could say to make him feel better.27

"You'd be surprised about how much I notice" She said leaning in closer to him. 28

"Really what is it you notice?" He didn't budge but he sounded nervous. She guessed it was because he was afraid of what she would say. What she could never guess was the way his heart skipped a beat when she leaned close to him. Her lips so close that if he leaned in closer he could kiss her.29

She was about to open her mouth to tell him all the little things she ever noticed about him when a knock at the door interrupted her. "I have to get that, or, you know he'll never get it." She said awkwardly making her want to slap herself in the face. How can I act like this towards him she thought yelling at her self in her head as she made her way to the door.30

"Is that a new blush or are you embarrassed about something?" A familiar charming voice asked as she opened the door. She should have known it would be her boyfriend Vinny. 31

He was dressed in a sports jersey, the usaual. He had almost every type of jersey you could imagen but todays choice was a yankees jersey with a number 25 on the back. Selena wasn't a sports fan so she had no idea who the number was linked to. His jersey was also acompined by his bleached disniger jeans. Thoses where his favorite jeans so he must be in a good mood about something.32

"So why are you blushing?" he asked pulling her out of her thoughts his mocha brown eyes studing her face. She tilted he head down letting her blond hair fall in her face so he couldn't read her expression.33

"I wasn't blushing." She lied but quickly went to change the subject that always worked on him. "Wat are you so happy about?" She asked. His tanned face quickly lit up when she asked so she invited him to sit on the couch first. 34

"The yankees won!" he shouted and her mood quickly fell she could not understand his obsession with sports. When he saw that she wasn't excited his face turned dissapointed. "Lena baby don't you understand the importance of this win!" He yelled shaking his head in anger. She shook her head no hoping he would get this over with fast all this talk about baseball was giving her a headace.35

"It's the playoffs Lena we just beat the Red soxs if we win one more game we go to the world series." He said excidedly and she nodded her head in fake understanding.36

"Your forgetting the Red Soxs have one more game and they will win." Heath chimed in sounding annoyed.37

Vinny looked at Heath like he was a pieace of trash. "Hey loser no one cares about your opion. I don't care if you are a Red soxs fan in fact if you where a Yankees fan I still wouldn't give a shit! So why don't you keep your mouth shut and go back to doing your nerdy things over there." He said his voice calm and cold.38