Her name was Stella. She used to go to my school. Lived on the same block as me. Rode the same bus as me but yet she would walk to school on the darker days and in the rain alone even when I asked her if I could keep her company. She was an odd girl. Ask anyone in this town. She never really liked talking to people only to herself and also her cat that always seemed to follow her around even at school. She wouldn’t wear the usual clothes girls wore. Instead she wore cloaks and more of the old fashion dresses and skirts. Its like she lived in the era of knights and royals. No one tried to get to know her or talked to her even when it came to partner work. But Stella never seemed to care. Everyday she came to school with a smile on her face. Her smile was beautiful in every way…she was beautiful. I fell for her the day I saw her. But because we where in high school we all had our places. As for me I was the quarterback and Stella was labelled as the freak of school. I have to say the day I ran into Stella my whole life changed and I think her’s did too.
Today was an ordinary school day. I rode the bus, joked around with my friends, kissed my girlfriend, sat through my classes, and went to football practice. I chose to walk home that day instead of taking the bus. That choice changed my life. Walking passed the park I noticed a girl sitting on the bench. I have never seen her before. I knew she was new in town because our town is small and when I say small I mean it. Anyways, she was sitting there talking to someone or should I say to something. I think she felt me staring because she quickly jumped up and turned around. Those eyes were so beautiful and yet looked so deadly. I can’t explain why I got this weird feeling inside me. I cant quite figure it out. Before I could approach her she turned and ran into the woods leaving me there dumbfounded. I felt so stupid just standing there as I watched her run away from me. Why didn’t I ran after her? Why are her eyes etched into my mind?All night I couldn’t stop thinking of her. I even dreamed of her being in my arms and being mine…forever.
Standing at the bus stop Leo saw Stella walking towards him, than look at him before turning down the block. For some unknown reason he ran after her and grabbed her arm not roughly but gently. She turned around and looked at him. Not with anger but with a little bit of worry.
“What?” Stella asked. Leo opened his mouth but nothing came out. She looked at him with irritation because she knew as well as he did that he didn’t have the right to grab her.
“I…my…um…my names Leo.” Lost in those beautiful green eyes makes Leo shy.
Than she laughed and started walking off. That laugh was like a spell to him.
“Wait!.” He called. Running up to catch her. She just glanced at him than kept walking faster.
“I saw you yesterday and I wanted to welcome you to our little town.
“Why?”
Leo didn’t understand why she asked him that because anyone would have accepted him quickly but yet this girl didn’t..
“Because you are new and I’m sure you would like to have a friend.”
“Look Leo, just because you are the quarterback of the football team and every girl falls for that smile of yours and all the guys want to be you doesn’t mean I’m going to fall head over heels for you. Matter-of-fact, I feel the complete opposite for you.” Her mind spoken, she turns around and struts off. Hoping that he doesn’t follow.
Leo just stares at her once again he is feeling stumped and angry. This girl. He doesn’t know her name, where she came from,or who she could possibly think she is. But one thing is for sure Leo is unhappy about how she acts towards him.
Leo is a good looking 18 year old. He has golden brown hair that sits over his left eye. Beautiful green eyes that all the girls fall for. Stands at 5’8″ tall. Popular with everyone. He’s has the perfect quarterback build to him. Him and everyone else knows he is liked by all and every girl does want him. So why does this girl push him to want to get her attention. Its not like he needs her attention.
As she walks off into the distance he yells at her. “Fine whatever bitch! I didn’t want to be your friend!” He turns around and walks back to the bus stop than realized he missed it.
“Good morning class I would like you all to meet our new student Stella France. Stella can you please tell us three things about yourself . Than you may take your seat over there next to Leo.” Mrs. Grand Smiles and points to the last seat by the window.
“Three things about me..? Well I don’t like making friends. I do not like talking to people, I’m antisocial.” She directly stares into Leo’s eyes with the be afraid look of me look. “Also I have Midnight with me at all times.” As she tells her class this she pulls out a pitch black kitten with one bright yellow eye and the other eye bright blue. Midnight meows before she is placed back into the matching black handbag hanging over Stella’s shoulder. “If anyone of you tries to touch her or worse try to hurt her well lets just say nothing good will come out of it.” A wicked smirk crosses her face as she stares and her new classmates. After a short pause she walks to her desk and sits down.
“Well…uh..thank you Stella for sharing with us, but I don’t think your cat…I mean Midnight should be in school.” Mrs. Grand states as she watches Stella petting her cat.
“I already talked to Principle Davis. He says its fine as long as she is not a distraction.” She says with a serious tone. She than turns and looks directly into Leo’s eyes and once again gives him a don’t talk to me look. Leo gulps and looks away.
“Why does she have to sit next to me? It’s only the first day and I’m already having a bad day! She’s a total bitch! Yet every time I see her or even hear her name I get that same strange feeling.” Leo thinks to himself.
Leo didn’t notice Stella staring at him with an uneasy look in her eyes.”There is no way it’s him. He’s the quarterback, only a selfish human. If that’s so though than why was he trying to be nice to me this morning? What is he trying to achieve from me? Whatever, it doesn’t matter. I don’t care about him or any other human in this school. I’ll be gone before the first semester is over…Unless it is him…” With that last thought stuck in her mind she distracted herself by listening to her teacher.
By lunch time everyone knew about Stella and her Kitten Midnight. Stella became the talk of the school and already named the biggest freak along with other mean names. As soon as she stepped into the cafeteria all eyes went to her and she swore you could hear a pin drop. “Wow these humans are so typical. They all look alike. Following in each others footsteps wanting to be like one another. Why of all places did i have to be sent to a school of humans? Man this sucks.” She finds an empty table far away from the crowed and sits. She watches the humans interact and mingle with one another as she is talking to Midnight. Midnight looks at her with those big eyes and meows as if she understands her.
” Now, now don’t be giving me that look. I am positive we will not be hear that long. I mean seriously Midnight you know as much as I do we will not find him here. I mean of all places a human school. I think not.” Midnight gives her another meow before looking over Stella’s shoulder.
Leo is watching Stella from his table. Seeing her talking to her cat. “Come on who does she think she is to be able to have that thing in school? I mean look at her she is clearly a nobody.” Ashley snickers to her friends and Leo.
Ashley is Leo’s girlfriend. They have been dating since Jr year. Her dad is the mayor of the small city so that automatically made her the most popular in school.
Leo looked away from Stella to look at Ashley with anger. “Shut up Ashley. Why do you have to be so rude? you haven’t even given her a chance. Its her first day and no thanks to you she is already labeled the biggest freak in school.”
“Excuse me?” Since when do you speak to me like that?” She looks at him with anger in her eyes. Everyone at the table stopped talking to hear the fight that’s about to break out.
“Forget it Ashley, You wouldn’t know what nice is if it smacked you square in the face.” With that Leo picked up his things and walked away. Ashley was left flabbergasted.
Leo walked to the garbage bin, dumped his tray than walked right up to Stella not caring that everyone was watching him.
Stella’s back was turned so only Midnight saw him walking right up to her. “Hey Stella can we talk?” He slowly sat down next to her as he asked. He than felt a shiver go through his entire body as he sat so close to her.
“Leo there is nothing to talk about. I don’t know what impression I have been giving you to talk to me but I can assure you it is far from us being friends.” Irritation and anger was bubbling up inside her. She doesn’t understand why he keeps trying to talk to her.
“Stella I don’t know what I have done to piss you off or make you hate but please let me start over.” He than reached out his hand with a smile on his face. “Hello my name is Leo Alexander and I would like to welcome you to our little crappy Town of Nova Woods, and this prison we call Nova high school. Also would like to be your very first friend here.” Before he knew it Stella started laughing. She by his surprise took his hand.
“Hello Leo Alexander my name is Stella France and this is Midnight France. I want to thank you for your kindness and hospitality but as I told you before i have no interest in you and nor will I want to be your friend or anybody else’s for that matter.” With that said she stood up grabbed her bag and walked away. Midnight close at her heal. Leo was once again left alone by her.
“Twice in the same day she walked away from me.” Leo told his friend Tony.
Ashley closed her locker and saw that Leo was with Tony walking towards her. “Its about time you apologize to me Leo dear.” She says as she gives him a quick peck in the cheek.
“Sorry? Why should I? Your the one who was being rude and talking crap about Stella.” Ashley took a step back from him with disgust in her eyes. “What now your on a first name basis with that freak? Leo what has gotten into you? You have been acting like this since yesterday.”
Leo looked at Ashley. Its like he was seeing a whole new person. She was nothing like she was Jr. year. She changed a lot. From her clothing to her attitude. He didn’t recognize the girl he once fell in love with. This new Ashley only wanted attention from not only him but all the guys this year. “Its like senior year changes everyone and I’m now just realizing this. This first semester just started and everything is falling apart on me. Maybe its time i break up with her….” But before he could finish that thought Ashley broke through bringing him back to reality.
“Honestly Leo its like you aren’t even here sometimes. Come on baby we will be late for class. I’ll forgive you this one time even if you don’t apologize.” With that she took his arm in hers and they walked off to class together.
The school bell rang dismissing the last class. Leo walked with his friends and Ashley to there bus but before he stepped onto it he saw Stella walking away from the buses towards the park. He heard Ashley in the distance yelling for him to turn around and get back on the bus…But he was already gone, walking to her, following her. “Stella?”
Stella stops in her tracks and slowly turns around hoping it was the wind that whispered her name. Showing complete surprise across her face. “What is wrong with you Leo? Why cant you just leave me alone?”
“Because I just can’t, I don”t know why but…” He looks down at his feet as he leaves the words hanging in the air. n
“No this can not be happening! It cant be! He cant be the one! The other half….my…my soulmate.” Stella basically screams inside herself. She looks at him. Into his eyes and just stares. Finally she turns around and walks away. “Come.” is all she says.
Leo watches as she once again for the third time walks away. He hears her say that one word and his feet move to catch up to her.
The next day Leo is standing at the bus stop waiting for Stella. He finally sees her and a smile crosses his face. She looks at him but does not show the same feelings. She looks like hell. Her long brown curly hair is messy and what looks like an attempt to pin it up. Her eyes have bags underneath them and even her clothes look dirty. He runs up to her and they silently walk to school.
“Leo we cant be friends. Yesterday was not suppose to happen. We shouldn’t have hung out, we shouldn’t even be talking. I let you in and I wasn’t suppose to.” She looks up at him her tears are visible to Leo. With that said they walk into class.
“I don’t understand. Nothing bad happened between us. We just hung out why is that bad? Why cant we be friends? What did I do ? I don’t understand? She said something strange yesterday…something about her family. About having to find the next heir. But what does that mean..?”
Leo is staring at where Stella usually sat at lunch but she wasn’t there. She was in first period but he hasn’t seen her since. Ashley sees Leo at there usual spot.
“Leo!”
Leo turns his head to see Ashley walking up to him and she doesn’t look happy.
“Why are you talking and hanging out with that freak?” She exclaims.
“She isn’t a freak Ash she is just different.”
“Which Makes her a freak Leo.” She puts her hands n her hips and gives him a disgusted look. “You care for her don’t you? That’s why you keep talking to her and standing up for her.”
“What? Why do you automatically assume that?”
“Fine,whatever, Leo she can have you, we are through!” She is about to turn around.
Leo looks at her and throws his hands up in the air irritated with her. At this time the entire cafeteria is watching them wondering what will happen. “Seriously Ash I don’t even know her that well. She just transferred here yesterday and now your accusing me of liking her because I’m talking to her?”
“Oh! That’s not what I heard. I know you didn’t wake up late yesterday morning. You ran after instead of ignoring her and taking the bus. She is the reason you missed it. You lied to me. Than yesterday you didn’t take the the bus home because you had to go after her again.”
“I lied to you because I knew you would do this.”
“Do What?”
“This what you are doing right now! You accuse people of something and you don’t even know the whole story…Actually Ashley breaking up sounds like the best idea you ever had. Now you can date Tony in public and not behind the bleachers in secret. Wow it feels great to get that off my chest.” Leo turns and walks right out of the cafeteria. Ashley was left standing there with everyone staring at her.
After school Leo waited to see if he could see Stella, but it seems she left school early. He rode the bus home and wondered what had happened.
Leo is sitting on his bed doing homework when he hears a knocking on his front door. Leo walks downstairs hoping its not Ashley. He opens the front door and theirs Stella soaking wet from the rain and her face is puffy from what looks like she was crying.
“Stella? Um..what are you doing here? Is everything ok?” Leo asks her as he steps aside so she can come inside.
“Leo I need to talk to you in private, are your parents home?”
“No they wont be home till next week. Lets go to my room i can get you some dry clothes.” He leads Stella up the stairs. She looks at all the photos of him and his family. They all look very happy. she is starting to rethink her decision.
She sits on his shivering from her wet clothes. “Look Leo this isn’t easy for me to say but I need to tell you now or I’ll never get to see you again.”
Leo was rummaging through his dresser and stops at the words that were spoken. He slowly turns to her and as he looks into her eyes he can see the sadness and something else he can’t quiet understand. “OK…?”
“Please sit down.” it wasn’t a question as she gestures towards his bed. Leo closes his dresser hands her a pair of dry clothes and sits on his bed. She quickly runs into the bathroom and changes out of her wet clothes than comes back and sits down besides him.
“Leo I know we don’t know each other and I know I have been mean to you but it was for your own good. I finally understood why you couldn’t stay away from me. I know you have been trying to figure out why you couldn’t just let me be. That feeling you have that you cant explain. I will explain it all but you have to listen to the end. Promise me you will try to understand and hear me out.”
“I don’t understand Stella but i Promise I’ll try to .” As he is waiting for her to speak he looks at her. He is actually looking at her. The way her jaw moves as she speaks. Her wet curly brown hair that’s clinging to her face and before he can stop himself he brushes it out of her face
“Soulmates.” Stella whispers. Than before they both knew it Leo was kissing her. When they pulled away both inhaling air just staring at each other.
“What are you?” Leo abruptly asks.
“I’m…well…I’m a witch and you are my soulmate. But i didn’t want you to be mine.” She quickly says.
“What? Why not?”
“Because you have a life here. You have a beautiful girlfriend, loving parents and a future..” She doesn’t look at him when she says all this but Leo heard the sadness in her voice to understand what she was saying.
“She does want me just doesn’t want to ruin my life.” “ I love you.” Looking her in the eyes he takes her hands and holds them close to his heart.
“Leo you don’t know hat you are saying. I’m a witch and I was supposed to have another supernatural soul mate. This is wrong. None of this makes sense, you and me aren’t suppose to love each other…unless..you are a warlock..?” All the sadness and anger she felt left her instantly as she said those words. Leo looking even more confused stands up and starts pacing the room mumbling to himself. “Leo do you still want to be with me if so will you come with me back to my home town and leave this place?”
Leo looks at her and took in a long breath. “Yes.” Is all he says.
“Than we must leave. Leo you must understand you may never be able to come back.” She tells him this hoping he truly understands this sacrifice he has to make.
Fantasy
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Man this was a while ride. I laughed, I cried, my jaw dropped in surprise. You should add the scene when Leo and Stella hang out though. It seemed like one of the most important scenes of the story and you skipped over it.
*a wild ride