I begin to unfold it, when I notice that the nurse is leaning closer and closer. I suppose the curiosity was getting to her. I look up at her, and she looks down to me. She realizes what she is doing and says “Oops, I’m sorry.”

I respond ” It’s ok.” She walks away and I unfold the letter.

Hello, Magenta L.

I figured out your name when I had to look for your id. Sorry I didn’t help you when you fell, you rolled out of nowhere, I wasn’t even sure how you managed to fall.

*Stops reading the letter, blushes and thinks ‘Oh damn, I must have given the impression of being a total klutz’ face-palms herself. Continues to read.

I am really infatuated by you and I have an odd request, I would like to get to know you…However I can’t directly. So I spoke to the nurse and she agreed to be our little bird so that we may talk to each other via notes.

Hope to hear from you soon, Jorge B.

PS. (Yes I finally found out your name, since I had to get your id from your backpack to give to the nurse)

I fold the paper back and just sit there in shock. No boy had ever given me a note that said he liked me. No boy had ever really payed attention to me. And now, all of this was happening to me. Love. Well the possibility of love. He was cute and it’s true that I felt my heart yearn to leap for him. But I don’t know him. It’s my first day I know nothing of the clicks or of where I belong. I haven’t even met all of my teachers yet.

Then I stop, catching myself. Wait so, I’m thinking of staying here? after everything that happened? Just for that boy?

I look up at the clock and realize the time. It’s 30 minutes before the end of the last class of the day. I turn myself to get off the bed, look around for my things, spot them and get out of bed. I stand and wobble, balance myself out, and begin to walk as normally as possible. I make it through the hall and I don’t see the nurse. I continue to walk and hear a “Woah, what are you doing?”

I turn to my side and see the nurse. I reply, “I’m going back to class since I’m awake now. I can still make the last 30 minutes”. Checking the clock on the wall.

She walks towards me and says “Look I know you had a long day, the bruises I examined show it. And if that boy had anything to do with them then I advise you to stay away from him”, she says to me worriedly.

“No! No, it’s not like that at all. Today is my first day of school and I met him this morning. He has been helping me out all day today” I reply.

She says “Well, that would explain why I couldn’t find you in our system. We actually had about 10 students who all started today, its the damnedest thing actually.”

I look at her, a bit surprisingly since she cursed, and a bit confused as to why she would tell me this information. Then she continues “So, you might as well just stay here and rest. There really is no point of you going back to class with that leg and then have to come back this way to go home.”

I ask her, “Is that really ok? Shouldn’t you be more strict and send me anyway?” She replies with “Meh, anyways follow me”.

She leads me to her office and takes a seat, and offers me a seat as well. I sit down and look around. I see many certificates, pictures, and posters. Then I look at her and she is already looking at me. Her eyes make me nervous.

I ask her ” So, Nurse…. I’m sorry I didn’t quite get your name. Do I just call you nurse?”

Whatever deep thought she was in she snaps out of it and looks at me, smiles and says “Nurse Sherry, My full name is Sherrin, but my friends call me Sherry. Like cherry, but with a sh sound rather than a ch sound”.

I look at her with a face that looks like I’m saying seriously and say “Ok, so nurse Sherry. Ummmm, what do you do for fun outside of working here?”

“Huh, no one’s ever asked me that before…. hmmm let me think” she says. At first I wait with anticipation and then after a minute or two I sit back and wait.

Then she yells “I got it!” I prop up. “When I’m not here I like to learn as much as I can about old legends.”

“Oh really? That sounds really interesting. What’s the most interesting legend you have come across?” I ask.

“Oh there are so many, but I would narrow it down to two legends.”

“Why two?” I ask.

“Because they both deal with you Magenta” she replies.