Santana's folly
Melina came back to attend the same country school . She was two years older than the rest of her classmates and she started the year with a little more experience as bill Farley older brother of Corey Farley started to take interest in Melina. They dated for three months before they both resolved it as a mutual seperated reasons .Even though we were nice to each other I still wasn't comfortable with kissing boys at my school as I know I had a kiss at a party on the forth of July but it was different than school boys as all they wanted was to say they kissed a girl or felt up a girl or even went to second base with a girl. I honestly wasn't intrested in any boys my age as I found them to be immature and one sided. With everything that had happened in my life how honest could I be with them without being made fun of or even be taken seriously. This was a small country school and as I was older by two years in sixth grade this put me at age thirteen in sixth grade.During this time we had teaching assistants who were basically teachers in training. I had the most wonderful reading teacher as she was always willing to make art a focal point of a book. We read where the red fern grows, a take of two cities, Mrs. Frisby and the rats of nihm. She always made it fun and innovating to read as we all read as a class and discussed the book which made it so much more enjoyable. Around this time my popularity was at a standstill as Santana told or teaching assistants a man of red hair and slender firm that I was eighteen years old and for some dumbfounded way he actually believed I was dumb enough to be eighteen and in sixth grade. Why Santana did it was not clear but it was supposed to be a bit of fun that turned out to be one of the most terrifying things I experienced . Santana didn't know my past of dealing with being messed with and when Mr. Adder started to pay special attention to me . It started with giving me extra opportunities to make extra points in school reading projects which I brushed it off as him being nice to me until he refused to talk to other girls in the grade. He would ask me how was my day was as he would watch me in the hallway and when I would come to class early he would make complements about my hair or how I wore my shirts or even how pretty I had looked today. How I read well and how I looked nice. This is also brushed off as he made it clear as he moved when the class came in and Santana did not make it any better by making fun of how he moved around me.This was not the reputation I was trying to get myself as I actually never gave him any hope I was interested. In fact I never approached him or made any reason to be alone with him . In fact I knew being alone with him at all would be a very bad idea. I knew from personal experience this could go bad really fast and I didn't need anyone else to pay attention to me more then they were already. It went from meeting before classes to meeting in class changes to him full blown looking over my shoulder as I worked in the computer lab I had to sign up for to do my book reports for litature classes. He would always reserve the desk next to mine as he would pet my hand during class when no one was paying attention.But that was the thing someone was always paying attention. When I would roam the pep ralleys with my boyfriend at the time he would glare at me like I had did something wrong as he would lecture me about the intentions of my current boyfriend which would make me and them fight as he treated them bad because of me. This went on the majority of my sixth grade year as I felt trapped and cornered as I knew how bad this could get. I understood I was pretty and had a body of a woman not just an underdeveloped girl. But this man was not understanding I wasn't interested and I didn't know how to make him stop paying attention to me and it was becoming more frequent. One evening when I was at cheerleading after school for a basketball game as me and bill fought for the last time and we broke up and as I turned around to see Mr. Adder was at my school event with no other reason but to be there for me. He asked me to come talk to him outside for a moment and I knew what would happen he didn't want to just talk to me as he held my arm harder then it needed to be. I made the excuse my squad was looking for me and I'll meet him out there after the game. But the truth was I was never really intending to meet him outside after the game as I surrounded myself with the squad to protect me. I had to stop this man from to persuing me.If I didn't stop it then I didn't know when it would stop. So at the end of the game I stuck close to a crowd and went home as I watched him looking for me as I came into school Monday morning and went straight to the principal's office and explained what had been going on. I knew the chances of them not believing me because I was an abused system kid might be an issue . But I had to take that chance . So I spoke true and with conviction. They placed Mr .Adder under investigation from my allegations against him. The principal told me to act normal as they were watching him and as the teachers watched him and told him to stay away from me he began to become aggressive towards wanting to talk to me and I stayed away from him and always in a group of friends and a month later he was released from the program as he couldn't stay away from me . This was the one time I truly felt that the school helped me and I had a few choice words with Santana about her bad choices of placing me in harms way. Santana and I stop talking as she didn't think her harmless joke caused mr. Addens persuing me relentlessly until the point of obsession . I had come to realize how silly girls could be in their logic and how stupid and naive they are in a while. This episode in my life was a borderline terrifying for me as I was thankful that I knew what could happen from past experiences and my past knowing things other kids didn't know saved me from a really bad situation. I was greatful I saw all the red flags and knew how to avoid it. Also knew how to stop it. I knew if I let it continue it would have gotten worse the more I refused him.
After the incident with Mr. Adder things went back to normal. Bill and I stopped talking to each other and Santana's cousin George became on strong like of Melina. George attended special classes and was allowed one class with Melina which was history and spelling. The classes were so small I'm this country school that the fifth and sixth grade classes often rotated between four classes.
George was on a spectrum and he was in love with Melina but Melina didn't want to be with him as she considered him a friend since his cousin Santana was her former friend as she was still scorned for the way her little girlish joke blew up our of proportion. Santana was looking for a reason to put Melina on a bad side since her joke and her cousin George was a perfect weapon.
George liked Melina and no matter how nice she was to him he didn't understand Melina didn't want him filling her around and telling people she was his girlfriend. The truth is she wasn't his girlfriend she was being kind to him as she knew he liked her one way and Melina only wanted to be friends. Melina had more to worry about now Christina was dating her ex boyfriend Bill and she was running in her face how much more better suited she was then his last girlfriend meaning Melina.
Bill and Melina ended things on a mutual note the first time they were school yard boyfriend and girlfriend and the second time they broke up over his misconception of Melina's relationship with the student teacher mr. Adder when Santana blew that out of control making Melina looking like a teacher pet and a lose girl over no fault of her own.
Now Christina was making her and bills perfect relationship public as she thought her last blow to invited her to her birthday party where she also invited the brothers . Around this time Jim was in seventh grade and he decided he wanted to give Melina another chance . But when Melina let George down in a meaner way then necessary because he didn't catch the drift she didn't like him like that .
Santana once again spread a rumor I dated African American guys in a country town you either dated one color or the other and there was no middle grounds in a divided town. When Jim decided he wanted Melina back then heard she and George were together before him. He simple told Melina he couldn't date her because she crossed the road to the other side.
This puzzles Melina as she wasn't exactly Caucasian herself and she had ran skin and brown eyes looking like the blood she bore. She only had one part cacasian in her and the rest was other blood. Melina grew up being told the same thing from her father that she wasn't suppose to date outside her range and now this boy was refusing to be with her over a rumor that was started again by Santana.
Melina was stuck in the middle as now the word was out the school looked at her differently. Then she had guys like George all trying to talk to her now. Christina in ited Melina to her birthday party for one reason only. To run in her face her relationship with Bill when in fact she wanted the younger brother Korey. Melina knew this as she had always made such a big deal when Korey got a new girlfriend. And her being with Bill have her an excuse to be near Korey.
Christina kissed and dropped all over Bill as she pretended like she was happy and decided to play a game called kiss and blow. Kiss and blow was a circle of one boy and one girl alternating as they used a credit card to pass between lips around the group. Imagine all the lips of everyone touching that one card.
Korey was beside me as well as Bill as Christina did this on purpose as she was the first to start the game. There was twelve of us playing and when she dropped the card between her and bill to steal a kiss I knew it was to try to hurt me as she looked right at me.
Such childish tactics was beneath her as she was being cruel as I decided my own form of cruelty to her as I simply dropped the card on my turn and kissed Korey deep and long as I saw her face twist and she got up and left the game circle before we finished our kiss. I knew I had one that battle as Christina stayed inside complaining she wish she would have never invited me to her birthday party to Melissa her once again beat friend.
This version of sub warfare between preteen girls were petty and viciously played. I knew what I was doing to her as I kissed the true object of her heart which was never Bill. I knew this as did everyone else and I felt a small battle was won between us .
Not only did everyone know she had a massive crush on Korey the younger of the two brothers but now bill her current boyfriend also knew as he watched her complaining how Melina ruined her birthday party with kissing Korey not Bill but Korey.
It was then the thought clicked in his head his motive to be Christina's boyfriend. Bill tried to apologize to Melina of all the trouble he caused her as it was him he wanted her at the party to make Christina see Melina was no longer in his thoughts. A plan for redemption and loyalty backfired over one kiss with the other brother.
Melina apologize to Korey in making him part of her scenes to correct Christina as he was just as confused what happened in the game we were all playing. Korey looked at Melina like she was a different girl then he first met as he didn't know she would be able to kiss like that. Melina made an example out of both brothers as the both looked at Melina differently as Melina had to teach Christina that Petriness had two sides and unless you were willing to go all the way it was a moot point.
Bill and Christina broke up that day and she swore it was because he still had feelings for Melina . It was only partially true as he also saw through Christina's deceptive ways more clearly now. Melina knew how to make people stop bullying her and she wasn't afraid to take the risk to prove she wasn't ruled by her heart. That would be the last time she tried Melina as Christina wasn't going to return to that school the following year for seventh grade.