David

  “Hey David.”

  “What’s up David?”

  “How’s it going David?”

  “Hi David”

  “Hey David, where are you going?”

  “David, whutz up?”

  “Hey David”

Don’t stop, stopping takes too long. David had found this out a long time ago. He made sure to smile wave and say hi back to those that talked to him. He even said hi to those that were too shy to say hi to him in the first place. Make sure to call everyone by name. Not calling them by name might mean he didn't like them. If they thought he didn't like them then- something might happen. He didn't want that.

Being swarmed by admirers was an everyday occurrence for him, and had been for as long as he could remember. Someone might think 'wow, everyone likes him, it must be great'. But being in the spotlight 24/7 got a little tiring.

  

“David, are you hungry!? I made you lunch!” A pretty little freshman with brown wavy hair and bright blue eyes jumped breathlessly into his path. She thrust a brown paper lunch bag at him, arms outstretched.

Sidestep twist and turn, keep walking.

“Thanks Sarah, I appreciate it. But I already promised to have lunch with someone else.” If he accepted every lunch box or bag girls made him he wouldn't be able to eat all of them if he had a week. Sarah looked crestfallen. David was willing to bet that she had made the lunch personally. He sighed internally, but kept a smile on his face.

“Sarah do you know Sam? He's that redhead in your English class.” David said in his best helping voice. He waited for her little nod before going on. “Well I don’t think he has ever had a homemade lunch before. I’m sure he would love to eat yours.” Can’t let food go to waste. "Besides, that I think you guys look cute together.” Sarah blushed and nodded a little.

“Sorry Sarah, I gotta go to student council. See you around.” He had taken care of that without even breaking stride. It was time to take a shortcut if he wanted to be the first one to the council meeting. Taking his next left then right he entered the Lynn Secondary School library.

He saw Emily Weird in the far corner of the library putting books away. Normally he would have stopped and talked to her but not today. It was nice that Emily didn't treat him like everyone else did. It made him feel almost normal. Probably the smartest girl in school, she looked and didn't look the part. David guessed she was what people referred to as a sexy librarian. She was tall and slim with long dark hair in a ponytail and black rimmed glasses.

David headed over to the other end of the library to the back door of the student council room. The janitor was nice enough to give him a key when he asked for one. So now this was like his own private entrance. Using his key he slipped into the pitch black room and closed the door behind him.

“Nice to see you could escape your fans.” came a cool voice out of the darkness.