Mending Her Heart

Third Person POV:

Madeline was sitting on the bench close to the entrance of the school, staring at the other kids with a deep longing gaze. As it was the first day of the school, all kids were accompanied by their parents. They were begging to their parents not to leave them with strangers, some kids were clutching their fathers leg and some were holding their mothers hand with a terrified look on their faces.

Among so many girls and boys, one particular boy with pretty brown hair and hints of blonde streaks caught her attention. His cheeks were chubby with the hint of rosy tint making him look cute. Her inner voice told her to go to him and say hello but remained there and grasped the base of the bench tightly watching him.

The boy wasn’t crying like other kids nor was he begging his parents not to leave him. He was smiling with the mischievous twinkle in his blue eyes; his stance was clearly promising them to create the rout.

The boy’s parents kneeled down; his mom kissed his temple and his dad whispered something into the boy’s ear. He nodded his head enthusiastically and threw his arms around their necks making knocking their heads. They all laughed rubbing their heads.

A small smile came to her face and the memories of a few months ago hit her. It was her first day of school and her parents were there with her, bidding her goodbye. She didn’t know it was the last time, she would be seeing her parents. She didn’t know that next month she would move to new city and start a new school. She had no idea that she would be living with her Aunt Emma.

She smiled bitterly, thinking about her aunt who just dropped her outside the school and told her to follow the other kids by pushing her roughly towards the entrance.

Eventually, all the kids started to make their way inside the school and she realized she had to follow them.

The thought of other kids hurting her like her cousin Delia did make her shudder in fear.

Putting brave face on, she got up from the bench and made her way inside and followed other kids to the class.

All the kids were looking at the playing section with ecstatic faces. Play station didn’t make her face lit up like it did to other kids.

She took the empty seat at the back. Her eyes fell on the boy that she saw outside earlier. He was sitting a few rows ahead of her with the girl dressed in a pink jacket. He said something to the girl and she smiled shyly.

Madeline didn’t know what she was feeling, but it was a foul feeling. She stared at the girl.

The Pink-Jacket girl was beautiful and had blue eyes like a boy but a bit darker than him. And her hair was white blonde tied back in ponytail.

The teacher asked everyone to introduce themselves.

Madeline didn’t hear what other kids were saying but when the boy with the blue eyes started talking; unintentionally her focus went to him.

“My name is Brandon Edward. I’m five. I love ice cream and playing football.”

Madeline fell in love with his introduction, his cute smile, and his chubby cheeks. She also loved playing football. Her dad and she used to play every weekend when he was alive.

A girly voice pulled her out of the memories of her father. She looked up to find the Pink-Jacket girl talking.

“My name is Laura Gonzalez. My favorite color is pink and I like to dance.”

Madeline snorted at her uninteresting introduction but all the boys in the class looked at Laura with a smile, including Brandon.

Finally, it was her turn to introduce herself. She was pretty sure no one was interested to know about her because she was the least interesting girl.

“I’m Madeline Hamilton,” she stated.

She didn’t catch other kids attention, everyone ignored her making her feel extremely uncomfortable and awkward, even the teacher was busy looking at some papers on the table. The uneasiness was making it impossible for her to continue her introduction.

She glanced around to seek some kind of attention from other kids when her eyes landed on Brandon. He was looking at her with the same beautiful smile on his face like he was waiting for her to continue her introduction so he can get to know her better.

A small smile appeared on her own lips; she felt confident and began to speak. Her eyes were focused on the boy and his eyes were watching her.

“I’ll be turning five in two months. I love reading stories and my favorite food is pizza. I love playing football.”

Brandon smile widened at her introduction making her feel giddy.

Finally, her little speech ended and the teacher started giving books to them.

She took the book from the teacher and wrote her name on it. She knew how to write and read because her mother taught her a lot of things at a very young age. She was grateful for that time that she got to spend with her mom.

After two hours, the teacher finally allowed them to have some lunch. All the kids hurriedly dug in their bags and pulled out lunch boxes full of appetizing food. She just looked around awkwardly because she had nothing to eat, no lunch box to pull out from a bag.

She glanced at Brandon who was offering Laura to share his lunch with him. The girl glared at him and pushed his box away.

Madeline narrowed her eyes at the girl’s actions.

Suddenly, Brandon leaned towards her and kissed her on the lips. Madeline gasped at his action as well as the teacher. Laura started crying in her shrill voice making her cringe while other kids looked at Laura with a frown.

Brandon’s face turned sad at Laura’s response like he wasn’t expecting the girl to cry. He looked baffled like he didn’t understand what was wrong with her and why was she crying like a dying dinosaur.

That day Madeline’s small heart broke because the first boy that she set her eyes on just kissed another girl in front of her. She sadly thought there was no way that her broken heart can be mended again.

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