SHE TURNED ME

There I laid, gasping for the very air we all take for granted, my heart pounded faster than the speed of sound, sending nearly all of the blood within me to that spot. My neck. Was there an afterlife? If there was, I'd like to transcend now. I just hope it's as serene as they claim it to be. Sorry. Scratch that. Let's rewind to the beginning. I wasn't always gasping for air in a near death experience. What went wrong? *** 1 Day Prior It felt like every other day in Hancock High. The rays from the sun blasted their way into the classroom, through the windowpane, where I curled in comfort. I could hear the buzzing of a bee just outside, striving to get in but its efforts were futile since the windows were shut close. The aroma of fresh, moist sunflowers surged through my nostrils like teargas as I began to...drool. "Alex! " "Alexander! " Mrs. Ruffalo yelled. I awakened to the blaring laughter of my classmates. They all had their eyes on me like I was

"I knew the principal summoning our terrorizer to his office was a good sign. " Joe said stealing a glance at the piece of paper. Unconsciously, my face beamed with a magnificent smile. Maybe school wasn't that horrible after all. I'd never gone out with any girl and the first time I do, it's with Salene? I crinkled the piece of paper neatly and tucked it into my back pocket. Strolling down the hallway today felt so good, so liberating. Was this all I've been missing out of? Was I becoming important now? A smirk showed on my face as I thought about Salene and me, being tagged the cutest couple of the year. Fuck yeah! That'd probably ejaculate me from the last rung of the social ladder. "Hey, " Joe called my attention shrinking his pulped eyes. "Hearing from Darius? " Why did he have to bring up such a topic at such a moment? My heartbeat drummed rapidly, not of excitement this time. It was something else. "Why bring him up now? " Victor asked in my stead. "Jus