4Chapter Two: Not the girl I thought you were
Warren pushed his books back into his locker, he had just gotten out of Physics and Air Flight class, today was theory, and Warren had no interest in it what so ever he had listened to his i-pod the entire time, "Hey Warren" said Layla walking up to Warren holding a contain filled with Salad, she was holding Will's hand, Ethan and Zach were standing with them "Hey guys" said Warren, "Were going to the cafeteria to eat lunch you coming?" asked Will, "Yeah" said Warren closing his locker and heading down the hall with Will, Layla, Zach and Ethan, they got the lunch special, which was spaghetti, Layla had her salad, everyone then grabbed a pudding and a drink and headed to there table, Magenta was already sitting there, "Guys I think there's something wrong with Maj" said Layla as they headed to the table, "What do you mean?" asked Ethan, Warren looked at Layla as he carried his tray to his table with mild interest, "Because she was really quite during class" said Zach, "And this morning I could swear I saw her brush a tear away on the bus" said Layla, "Well why don't we just ask her?" asked Will, "You don't just ask some one what's wrong Will" said Layla and they approached the table, "Why not?" asked Zach, "Because its insensitive! Now shhh!" said Layla as they came into ear shot of the table, Magenta was wearing her purple jumper from last night, except her hair was up in a messy bun, and she was wearing her normal purple cuffs and rings, she had a bowl of spaghetti and a juice sitting on the blue lunch tray but she wasn't eating it, she had a book sitting on the table and she was holding a pencil, that was moving away on the paper, "Hey Maj" said Layla brightly as she sat down, Magenta nodded not looking up from her paper, "how was hero support?" asked Ethan, "Yeah great! Were learning about catch phrases, and how to compliment your hero" said Zach, "Yeah we were just learning about how to escape from handcuffs and stuff" said Will, "It was cool all I had to do was melt!" said Ethan brightly "How was your class Warren?" asked Layla "Yeah, boring" said Warren "Hey Magenta how are things?" asked Zach, Magenta shrugged, Warren studied Magenta and saw a necklace he hadn't seen her wear before, but he was sure he had seen it some where, "What's with you Magenta? You've been quite all day" said Layla, "Nothing, why would anything be wrong?" asked Magenta looking up, Warren titled his head trying to think, where had he seen that necklace? "Come on Maj we know some things up" said Will "Its none of your business!" snapped Magenta, everyone jumped back, Magenta looked down then looked at her food, she folded her book and pushed the tray away, "You know what? I'm not even hungry" said Magenta as she stood up and walked away, Warren watched the necklace bounce on her chest, his eyes squinted as he tried to snap a mental picture of it, Warren stared back at his tray as Magenta walked out of the cafeteria, he looked up, that had been the necklace Ms. Chen and showed him in the box, but what was Magenta doing with it? That was suppose to go to Ms. Chen Granddaughter, Warren shot up as he came to a realization, "Warren where are you going?" asked Will, "I'll see you later" said Warren grabbing his bag, he walked out of the cafeteria, Magenta was Ms. Chen's granddaughter, thought Warren as he walked through the corridor to the front steps, that means Magenta's Mum, thought Warren as he pushed open the doors to the front steps, died today, he finished in his head, he saw Magenta sitting on the ground her back against the wall she was hunched in the fetal position, Warren ran over Magenta, "Maj" said Warren sitting in front of her, Magenta looked up, Her eyes were red and puffy from crying, her purple mascara was running down her cheeks, she looked at Warren silently, her eyes not leavening his "you know don't you?" asked Magenta, "Yeah" said Warren quietly, "Don't tell the others" said Magenta quietly looking away from Warren for the first time, Warren shook his head he felt nothing but sympathy for Magenta right then, he saw Magenta's shoulders move up and down and he realized she was crying, Warren had never seen Magenta cry, she had always been this strong individual character, he never thought he'd ever see her cry, and now that he had all he wanted to do was to comfort her and make her feel better.
Warren slid along the ground he draped his arm around Magenta's shoulder, and pulled her close, her face consorted with tears and she put her hand up to her face, Warren put his other arm around Magenta's front and pulled her closer so her face was buried in his chest, Warren didn't worry about going to class once the bell went, that wasn't where he needed to be, right now he needed to be with Magenta, and that was where he would stay.
Magenta cried and cried, her Grandmother had given her the necklace last night, a necklace that had belonged to her mother, she hadn't thought about her mother in years, but some how getting the necklace made her realize just how long her mother had been gone.
Magenta didn't care about the rain, she couldn't feel it, she had been just six when her mother died, and nine years later the wound of loosing her still felt raw, sometimes when she was littler she could be home sitting on the couch half expecting to see her mother walk through the door, but as she got older she simply forgot about it.
Magenta exhaled she was glad that Warren was with her, she needed some comfort, and she felt safe with him.
Warren rubbed Magenta's shoulders, he hoped she didn't feel cold, he himself was warm, he was never cold, he liked having Magenta in his arms, being so close to her made him feel warm in his stomach and his head feel fuzzy, he could hear Magenta's breath slow, "you ok now?" asked Warren concerned, Magenta nodded, Warren took his arms away from around Magenta's shoulders and immediately regretted it, the fuzzy feeling in his head left and he the warm feeling in his stomach was gone, Warren stood up, he then spun around and extend his hand to Magenta, she flung her hand into his, Warren felt the bolt of electricity shoot through his arm, searing through him until it reached his stomach.
Magenta grasped her fingers around Warren's hand, she felt as if guinea pigs were crawling across her skin, she felt a prickling on her neck that felt as if something light and fluffy was brushing against it. Warren then pulled his arm back and pulled her up, her feet sliding towards him on the ground slightly, Magenta was yanked off the ground and pulled up right, the ground gave way from under her and before Magenta knew it she was standing face to face with Warren.
Warren stared into Magenta's eyes, it hadn't occurred to him that when he pulled Magenta up that she would end up this close to him, there faces were a mere ten centimeters away.
Warren stared at Magenta, her purple hair shone in the sun, she was so beautiful, her skin looked flawless, her eyes were big brown pools, and her lips were a pink that looked really soft.
Magenta stared into Warrens eyes, he had been so kind to her, she wanted nothing more that to kiss him, she was losing herself in the moment, then all of a sudden she yanked her hands away from his as if they were scalding hot, Warren looked down at his hand confused, it was fine, he looked at Magenta who was staring at the ground uncomfortable, Magenta was looking any where but at Warren's face, he has a girlfriend Magenta said to herself, "W-we should go" said Magenta thrusting her thumb in the direction of the school, "Yeah" said Warren hesitatingly, Magenta sucked in her lip quickly then continued into the Sky High building, Warren sighed, regretful that there time together hadn't lasted longer, Warren walked Magenta to her next class, she didn't need books for her practical gadgetry lesson for hero support with Mr. Boy, and Warren would get his later, "Thanks for well…everything" Said Magenta stopping outside her classroom door, "Its ok" said Warren standing by the door, Magenta turned around to go into her class but stopped and turned back to Warren, vexed as to why he was still there, "You can go, I promise not to have a nervous break down" said Magenta smiling, Warren smiled back, Magenta then looked down and turned the door knob, pushed the door and headed into her class, Warren stared at the door for a moment then headed down the hallway.
His feelings towards Magenta confused him, ever since talking to her last night he had felt weird, then sitting out there on the steps made him even more confused, 'maybe I'm was just being a good friend' thought Warren as he stopped by his locker, opening his locker and taking out his books Warren realized that he didn't want to be Magenta's friend anymore, he wanted to be more, perhaps a boyfriend?
Shutting his locker Warren sighed the leaned against it,that was it, he liked Magenta, lost in his thoughts Warren looked down at the marble floor, he didn't notice a pretty blond walking down the hallway towards him, "Warren! What are you doing here? Why aren't you in Mad Science?" asked Ashley stopping in front of Warren and placing her hands on her hips, "I was just helping out a friend" said Warren dully, "Oh! Why?" asked Ashley, "Because she was upset!" growled Warren getting annoyed, why had he ever gone out with Ashley? She was so self centered and dumb, "Well Medulla is really pissed!" said Ashley, Warren rolled his eyes then continued down the hallway towards his class.
Magenta slung her bag over her shoulder, she felt better, after she had succeeded in placing Mr. Boy in a full body bind with ropes that knocked him out of his chair, and seeing Zach's attack back-fire and wrap him in roped instead of Mr. Boy, she had felt so much better, but non of that compared to having Warren hug her for half the afternoon, that was half of the reason she was on such a high.
Walking out of the Sky High building Magenta saw Warren sitting on one of the white brick walls around the garden, he had a book in his hand and was reading, Magenta smiled, he looked really cute with his head down like that, she smiled to herself, she fingered her locket and sighed, her bus was here.
"Come on Maj!" called Layla, Warren looked up, he saw Magenta run down the steps, her bag bouncing on her back, she certainly looked a lot happier, he titled his head as he watched the locket bounce off her chest, she talked to Layla for a moment before heading over to the bus, she turned around staring straight at Warren, he straightened up so as to look at Magenta more clearly, she bit down on one side of her cheek as she smiled at him, she then waved and jumped on the bus, Warren grinned as he saw the bus take off, the thought of him making Magenta feel better filled him with a good feeling that he didn't know how to describe.