Wolf Deity's Mate

New Girl In School

"Enjoy your first day in school," my dad waved his hand as he bid goodbye as soon as I got out of the car. I smiled at him and nodded then waited for him to leave bago ko hinarap ang higanteng gate ng eskwelahan.

Looking at this grand school, I don't feel excited at all. I miss my old school, maliit lang na school yun compared to this but it felt home because my friends were there. Akalain mo, I was supposed to graduate na ng senior high there when suddenly, my parents decided to move because my dad got offered to be relocated here in exchange for a higher position, plus his boss added that part of his compensation will be my scholarship to this fancy school. My father thought it was a good opportunity for me to be exposed in a different society which I find excruciatingly unnecessary. I felt like I don't need this actually, I don't belong here. Ang gusto ko lang naman ay mabuhay lang ng simple. But I had no choice, I felt obligated to obey my parents kasi I don't want them to be disappointed. After all, they took me in and fended me all my life even if we weren't biologically related.

Pagkapasok ko palang sa loob, I was in awe. It was a large open space with trees outlining the fencing of the school and in the middle was grand U-shaped building. It was a modern structure, not of the typical old school designs. It was full glass and looked like a mall rather than a school actually. There were other buildings rin sa paligid. From the shape, I thought one was the gymnasium, the library, and the rest were I don't know na. Natatanaw ko rin sa kanan ko ang isang malawak na athletic bowl. This school is 10x bigger than my old school. Just a thought though, this school unnecessarily big considering na parang nasa sulok to ng probinsya where the population is relatively low. But looking around, marami nga namang estudyante. Baka nga dito pinapadala ng mga elites yung mga anak nila.

"Class, today you have a new classmate," the teacher guided me sa harap as soon as I arrived sa assigned classroom ko. The room full of around 30 students suddenly turned quiet and I can feel their attention on me. And as I looked around, para akong nasa isang ball ng celebrities, they were all beautiful people gathered in one room. Napaisip tuloy ako kung totoo ba 'to or nanaginip lang ako. I was lost in my thoughts when the teacher tapped my shoulder and instructed me to introduce myself.

"Hi everyone, I'm Katerina Grace Emmanuel. Kat for short. Thank you." I briefly introduced myself and smiled timidly. They were all staring at me na parang minsan lang sila makakita ng bagong mukha.

"You may sit at the empty chair on the 4th row Ms. Emmanuel," the teacher said. Nagtungo na rin ako sa upuan ko and it was really weird kasi sinundan nila ako lahat ng tingin. Nagsitaasan tuloy ang mga balahibo ko. Why do I see this confused reaction sa mga mukha nila?

And as I sat down on my chair, the girl sitting beside me suddenly leaned in and sniffed me na kinabigla ko. "Why can't I smell you?" she said which was so so weird to me.

"Excuse me?" I asked kasi baka mali lang rinig ko.

"Oh sorry," tila bigla naman itong natauhan sa inasta at biglang napaatras at umayos ng upo. "Hi, I'm Bea," she smiled saka nilahad ang kamay niya sa akin.

"Kat," sagot ko naman saka inabot yung kamay niya.

"So you're new here, where'd you come from?" she asked.

"Sa El Angeles, southern part of the country," I calmly said though observing pa rin yung mga mata niya na tila iniinspect ang buong katawan ko.

"Ang layo, how come you transferred here?" tanong niya ulit.

"Parents," I shortly answered and looked around. Muli akong kinilabutan kasi nasa akin pa rin yung tingin ng mga new classmantes ko. "Do I look weird?" hindi ko napigilang tanungin si Bea. "Why do I get that feeling that everybody is confused while looking at me?"