It was John�s voice, this made Marlena smile.
�Oh no it�s ok I think I got it.� Marlena replied.
John insisted on helping Marlena open the locker, they fought over the lock for a minute. She liked John helping her but she wanted to try to open it herself. Suddenly John yanked it really hard and it opened, right smack onto Marlena�s face. She fell to the ground.
�Oh Marlena I�m sorry. Marlena? Hello?� John said while shaking Marlena who was passed out on the floor. Marlena was unconscious and John was beginning to become worried. He didn�t want to leave her there and get her an ice patch so he gently picked her up and brought and started walking towards the office until he heard Marlena moan. �Marlena, can you hear me?� John asked her, looking down sweetly at her face. �Ughhh, what happened?� Marlena asked in pain. �I sort of�knocked you out trying to get your locker open but its ok, I�m going to take you to the office and get you some ice.� John replied sympathetically.
John led on with carrying Marlena to the office. He opened the door with his back and lied her down on the bed when the nurse came up from behind. �Oh my, what happened here?� asked the nurse. �We had a little accident and Marlena here got knocked out with her locker door.� John replied.
The nurse gave a giggle but John did not in anyway find this funny.
�I�m okay, really, I�m fine.� Marlena said. �Here just lay down I�ll go get you an ice patch.� The nurse told Marlena.
Marlena moaned and lay back down on the bed.
�You toke a pretty nasty hit there.� John said. �Yes, but I�ll be fine, I just need to put some ice on it.� Marlena replied.
The nurse came back and gave John the pack of ice to hold on Marlena�s head. While he was holding it there he was lightly caressing her cheek.
�Does that feel good; I�ll stop if you want?� John asked. �No, don�t stop, it feels good.� Marlena replied.
John was happy. Marlena couldn�t help but gaze into his eyes as he gazed into hers. They just stared at each other for a few minutes while John was still caressing Marlena�s cheek.
�You know, I�m sorry about last night.� John said sincerely. �Why should you be, you didn�t do anything wrong.� Marlena replied. �I know but I should have stopped Cindy from saying those things. Sometimes I wonder why I even go out with her; I mean anyone who�s mean to you must not have a heart.� John said. �How do you know that, you barely even know me?� Marlena asked. �I can see it in your eyes. You have beautiful eyes you know, they�re like the ocean.� John told her. �Well that�s the nicest thing anyone has ever told me you know.� Marlena replied to him.
John moved the ice patch off Marlena�s head.
�Well, I think you should be pretty good now, and once again I am extremely sorry about this.� John told her. �It�s ok, it was an accident. I guess I�ll see you later.� Marlena told John. �Yes, an accident but I hope you feel better, and I�ll see you later Marlena.� John said giving Marlena another one of his cute winks.
Marlena walked out of the door with a huge grin on her face. She was in heaven! John was such a sweet guy and he cared about her, she could see it in his eyes. She wondered if they would become good friends someday. She wanted him to dump Cindy and be with her but she couldn�t do that, she wasn�t that kind of person to make someone be without the person they are currently with. She walked to her next classes. Maybe it was because of her head but the classes seemed to breeze by. It was lunch time once again and Marlena did not feel hungry and had no desire to sit in a cafeteria with no one to talk to so she once again roamed the school. She wonders if John would be in the gym like he was the day before and went to go check there. She went to go open the door to the gymnasium until she heard a voice behind her. �Miss Evans, wandering the school without a hall pass are we?� The principal said sternly. �I was just��Marlena tried to say but she was stopped short. �There are no excuses; I will be seeing you after school for a detention.� The principal said. �Okay.� Marlena sighed.
The principal then turned around and walked away. Marlena couldn�t believe it, a detention! She hated this, she hated this stupid school. She began to cry, for real this time, she couldn�t hold it back anymore. She ran in the gym and into the locker room. She sat on a bench and huddled herself up in a ball and began to cry. It was about the detention, she could care less about that, and it was about how everything went from perfect to the worse days of her life in a matter of a month. �Ah, Marlena, I�m sorry to interrupt but your err kind of � in the boys locker room.� She heard from behind.
She didn�t even need to look up to know it was John. She could tell his voice perfectly by now.
�Oh John, I�m, I�m sorry I didn�t realize where I was going.� Marlena replied. �It�s ok Marlena but what�s wrong?� John asked while rubbing his hand across her shoulder. �It�s this life John. Everything is wrong with it, I have no one, I have no friends, I have no loving family, and I have absolutely nothing.� Marlena told him, still sobbing. �That�s not true Marlena, I�m here.� John told her. �Why are you so nice to me?� Marlena asked him. �Well, I�I care about you Marlena, when I look into your eyes I feel something special, I don�t know what it is but its there.� When he told her this she looked up into his eyes.
She stopped right there, her crying stopped and all she could do was gaze into his eyes. John toke her chin with her hands and brought it closer to him. �John I��Marlena tried to say but she was stopped but John.
John closed his eyes and gave her a short but passionate kiss. He let go of her. He opened his eyes and Marlena was in shock. She didn�t know what to say. �I knew that would make you stop crying.� John told Marlena as he smirked.
He got off the bench and slowly walked away from Marlena who was just sitting there, staring at the wall. She couldn�t believe it; she was so touched by him. She hasn�t even known this guy for 48 hours and she feels like she has already fallen in love with him. She grabbed her backpack back up and wiped away the rest of her tears and headed off to class. She was so lifted after that kiss but did it mean what she thought it meant. She was trying to analyze it thoroughly. Maybe he was just doing it to make her feel better but he has a girlfriend, so why would he even kiss her to begin in the first place she thought to herself. This was making her too stressed out. She thought about that kiss all day until it was time for her detention. She walked into the detention room to find John and Cindy both in there, along with a few other students. �Oh, well look if it isn�t miss perfect.� Cindy ranted at Marlena. �And what may I ask did you do to get yourself in here.� �Hey, Cindy, why don�t you mind your own business and leave her alone for once.� John said standing up for Marlena. �John its okay, I tend to ignore everything she says anyway.� She told him as she sat down.
She spent most of the study staring out the window but every time the principal left she could hear John and Cindy murmuring in the background. This agitated her very much but she ignored it till the end of detention.