"class..
introducing, summer woods." Mrs Jennings introduced me to the class
"you may sit beside Mr A6sh wood there" she added pointing to the empty seat beside a handsome guy.
oh boy, i thought. i was so insecure in front of guys.
i usually transferred school, so i don;t sit beside guys. I'm always invisible.
"hi there, I'm Joshua, call me josh. I'm the school's quarterback." he said while making a gesture to shake my hand.
so, i took his hand and shook it. as i let go of his hands, i saw a girl staring at me frustrated.
"that must be your girlfriend" i murmured a little too loudly.
"nope. i don't like cheerleaders."he whispered back.
i stared at him for a second, but then he noticed so i quickly paid attention to Mrs Jennings in front of the class. after a whole hour of history, class was dismissed. i gathered my notes and put it in my bag and walked out of the class. it was lunch already, as i came in late for school. thanks to my dad who forgot all the documents and i had to wait for the registration so long.
well, i forgot to tell, my mom and dad are divorced. none of them wanted custody of me.. so i keep changing schools if they felt like changing turns to take care of me. that was each semester i changed school.
so i walked to the corridor, as Joshua was already walking beside me.
"so, what's your locker number?" he asked
"23. do you know where is it?" i asked, not looking at him.
"sure, let me walk you there." he replied, taking my books from my hand and bringing it for me.
"you know you should stay away from me, and you know you shouldn't give me that much attention. i don't want to get in trouble with queen bee OK." i said casually
"well. i don't really care bout queen bee,and if she wanted to do something to you, I'll help you." he said, smiling to me.
"girls can get creative you know"i said darkly
"well, so can i. and here's your locker summer."
so i rearranged my locker and put in the books Joshua handed to me. i closed the locker and he was still beside me waiting.
"shouldn't you be at the jock table eating and rummaging around with some schoolkid?"i asked smiling for the first time.
"well, that's quite a smile. but, no, i don't sit with the rest of the guys. i prefer to walk down the corridor with you today, and probably tomorrow, and the day after that."
i look at him, frowning. yet, i ignored him for the sake of staying safe. so i walked to the cafeteria with him still walking with me. i totally ignored him and walked to que. he was still with me and took a tray for his food. i looked around and everyone was staring at us as we were the last to take the food.
i ignored the stares and paid for the food and walked to an empty table. Joshua came and sat with me as well.
"everybody is staring" i said feeling uncomfortable
"that's because i don't talk or even sit with a girl before"
"what??" i shriek a little too loudly.
abruptly, Joshua hands was on my mouth to keep me for calling more attention.
"chill, okay?"Joshua said to me.
i nodded and he let go of his hands. before i was about to say anything further,
a beautiful Blondie girl came sitting in front of me joining our table.
"hi there. summer right? I'm Deena. the cheer captain. well, we have a spot empty in cheerleading. would you care to come for try outs this afternoon?" she ask grinning. she turned to look at her friends and they all giggled.
"well, not to be rude Deena,I'm not really cheerleaders material. I'm more to martial arts. karate" i answered, holding my smile.
"oh really? what belt are you now? I'm yellow you see." Deena answered full of arrogance.
"I'm black belt, with red overlapping it."
"wait, you defeated three of you teachers?" Joshua asked.
"how'd you know?" i said, turning to Joshua.
"what's black belt with red overlapping it? you're lying." Deena said.
"Deena. she's actually better than Mr Isaac. I'm only brown belt. how'd you managed to get red overlapping?"
"long story, and recess time is over. i better get to class. later." i went to my locker leaving Joshua and Deena together. how i wanted to laugh at that instant.
i went to French class next. well, living with my step dad, I'm already good at french. but, i don't need anyone to know about that now. i sat quietly and paid attention to Mrs Fritz teaching. suddenly, someone threw a paper plane to me. i turned to see who threw the letter, but Mrs Fritz caught the paper plane.
"first day in school, and you have a love plane letter for you?" she said.
i didn't know what to say, so i just kept quiet. french class wasn't that hard because Mrs Fritz didn't ask anyone to spell or write anything at the board. i get the feeling that no one ever pays attention for french class.
after class, Mrs Fritz called me to stay. i was freaking out because i was scared that i would get a detention or something like that.
"Miss Woods, here's your plane letter. i wish that there would be no more of such actions towards you after this. it would be a distraction in class. now, you may leave."
"Merci. il ne se reproduira pas. Je suis désolé, Mrs Fritz"
she looked at my face with amusement, and nodded. so i went out of class.
i was walking in the hallway, and looked for my locker. i was mumbling to myself about the rocket mail i got and who would it be from, suddenly Joshua was already by my side.
"lost again?"
"nope. not really."i answered
"then why are you at the south corner of the locker hallway when you locker is at east?"he smirked saying it to me
"fine, show me the way."i said smiling back.
and so, we walked across the hallway together. i was feeling so awkward at that moment. i never did walk with any guy in my old school. i wasn't in attention there. and when we reached my locker, Joshua was brought away by his jocks. i was a bit relieved that i can get some time to breathe. i opened the jet letter and read it in my locker
"i want to know you Summer - Eric -"
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*BAMMMM
someone just got thrown into the locker next to me. i was shocked. i quickly crumpled the love letter and kept all my other books. i locked my locker quickly and made a fast move to go away from the scene. halfway to class then only i remembered that i left my physics book in my locker. running along the corridor, i went to my locker. in front of my locker, i was already gasping for air due to running. i was about to open my locker when i heard someone called out my name. i turned to see who it was. WAIT, I AM NEW HERE. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHO IS THIS PERSON LOOKING AT ME? accidentally, i let out a laugh of my thought.
"what's funny? why are you laughing? " asked the guy, not far away from me.
"nothing, just a silly thought " i replied, trying to be polite.
"well, sorry for being rude, let me introduce myself. i'm eric" he held out his hand
"summer "i took his hand and shook it.
he looked into my eyes and kept gazing through. it sent chills through my spine. who is this guy? who caused me trouble in french class. and now here? in the empty corridor when everybody else are already in class. why am i staring at him? questions kept filling my head.
"summer, i think you should get what you needed from your locker, you'll be late " Eric said. i snapped out of my question filled head.
"sure sure. nice knowing you by the way"i said, letting go of his shake.
