Imogen first met Jonathan in 5th grade.
Unlike the rest of her classmates, she didn't find him creepy.
She thought he was pretty.
Sitting down at her desk, 10 year old Imogen Garcia hears everyone whispering about the new boy. "Have you seen the new kid?" Natalie asks her friends, "yeah he's got pink eyes...gross" Henry replies, "What if he's a witch or something?" Penelope adds in. Imogen glares at them and feels a bit irritated. 'Why is it such a big deal? They're just eyes' she thought to herself. "Have you seen the new kid Imogen?" Penelope asks her suddenly. She smiles warmly at her and shakes her head "I haven't, but I don't think he's a bad person". Just then her teacher walks into the room, "Settle down kids, I've got an announcement to make" he says walking towards the front of the class.
Once everyone is sat down the teacher speaks again. "As you've heard, we will be having a new student in our class. He had a condition that made his eyes turn pink but that shouldn't stop you from being nice to him, understood?" everyone nods their heads. The teacher smiles "good , you can come in now" he says turning to the door. Everyone including Imogen, stare intensely at the door waiting for the new student to walk in.
The door finally opens and in comes a boy with dark black hair, white skin, and Pink eyes. He hurries into the center and glares at the whole class. It's almost as if he's done this many times before. "Everyone, meet Jonathan Williams" the teacher says smiling brightly "would you like to say something to the class?" he asks Jonathan. "I hope...we can all be friends...or whatever." Jonathan mumbled quietly. The teacher asks Jonathan to sit down wherever he would like. Imogen immediately hears everyone praying that Jonathan doesn't sit with them.
'I sure hope he sits with me!' she thought to herself excited. Jonathan makes his way towards the back of the classroom and sits on the desk next to the window and next to Imogen. She smiles brightly "Hey!" she says, he turns to her confused. "I'm Imogen, It's nice to meet you!" she says, he glares at her and turns his attention to the window.
It's lunchtime now, Imogen had just finished her sandwich, she was sitting with three of her friends. "That Jonathan from our class gives me goosebumps.." Natalie says, "I know right?" Jenny responds, "I believe he's some sort of witch don't you?" Penelope repeats. Imogen finally heard enough "don't you think you're over exaggerating? Just because he's got different colored eyes doesn't mean he's evil! Or what, am I evil just 'cause I've got brown eyes!?" she pouts. The girls stare at each other and begin to feel bad, "no...I guess you're right Imogen" they all say. After a few minutes, the teacher rings a small bell, indicating that lunch is now over.
The girls hurry up and head inside, talking about when their next dancing lesson will be. Imogen looks around to see if she can find Jonathan. She finds him standing up against the wall near one of the entrances. A shadow covers his entire body because of the tree beside him. Imogen smiles and walks over to him "hey! It's time to go back inside" she says. Jonathan glares at her again "I know that, I'm not stupid." he says aggressively. 'Looking at him closer, he's kind of cute...' Imogen thought to herself. "Th-then why are you still here?" she asks shyly. He pushes past her and runs inside "none of your business!" he yells.
Imogen stands in the same spot for a moment, '..like a cat.'
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