Fun Times at Marion High

Chapter One

"Do I have to go?" I whined to my dad, following him into the kitchen to make myself some breakfast burritos.

"I'm afraid so Natty, I told your principal you would be at school today," my dad said, taking a sip of his coffee.

I sighed and mumbled, unhappy about going to school. I was mainly unhappy because I'm new and most of the time the new kid doesn't have fun on the first day. I don't want to be a loner my first day at this high school.

I rolled up the tortilla to finish my breakfast burrito and sat at the marble island in our kitchen. I took a bite into my burrito and smiled, satisfied with my delicious creation. I quickly finished eating and walked upstairs to my bedroom. I searched my closet to look for an appropriate outfit to wear. I put on my clothes and walked into my bathroom to fix my hair, brush my teeth and do my makeup. Once I was happy with my look, I grabbed my bookbag and walked downstairs.

"Bye papa," I said, kissing my father's cheek.

"Bye Natty," he said, throwing my keys to me. I caught them and walked out of my house. I hopped into my car, starting the engine. I backed out of my driveway and followed my GPS to my new school, North Marion High School....

•~~

I entered the school parking lot, almost getting hit by a guy in a truck. He had short brown hair and surprisingly had a full on beard, making him look older. I cursed as he almost hit my baby and I quickly parked to prevent an accident. I grabbed my bookbag and got out of my car, locking it. I walked towards the entrance and heard a couple of whistles from some jocks, I just rolled my eyes.

Not my type....

Breaking me out my thoughts was the same brown haired guy that almost hit me. I looked up at him and he smiled at me, guilt in his eyes.

"I'm so sorry for almost hitting you, this idiot here," he said, pointing to a guy beside him, "Neil, was bothering me and I wasn't paying attention."

I chuckled, "It's fine...." I trailed off, not knowing his name.

"Jeremy," he said.

"-Jeremy." I said, finishing my sentence.

"What's your name pretty lady?" Neil asked, Jeremy flicking him in the back of the head, causing me to laugh.

"I'm Nathaniel but most people call me Natty or Nate," I said. Just then I heard the bell ring.

"I'll catch you later Nate," Jeremy said, running to catch up with an already gone Neil. I smiled and waved goodbye and walked to the office. I walked to the front desk and a lady in her mid-30's with wavy black hair, wearing a white button down and a black pencil skirt appeared in front of me. I smiled at her, she returning the favor.

"Hi, I'm a transfer student..." I started.

"Oh! You must be Nathaniel Mendez," she said, expectantly. I nodded in response.

"Here is your schedule," she said, pulling it out of a manilla folder and showing it to me. I looked at it to see what I had:

Pre-Calculus (Honors)

Government

English IV (Honors)

Chorus II

I nodded, satisfied with my schedule. The lady, Ms. Valencia, told me everything I needed to know about the school and sent me off to my first class.

I walked out of the office and down the hallway, looking for the room number of my Pre-Cal class. I finally found it and knocked on the door. The teacher yelled 'It's open' and I walked in. I heard multiple whispers about me but couldn't make them out.

"Ah, Ms. Mendez, welcome to Calculus. I'm Mrs. Turner," she announced. She had short light brown hair that was a bit puffy and she was really tall. I smiled and nodded.

"Introduce yourself," a girl said, popping her gum. Some of the students agreed and occasionally shouted 'yeah'.

"Hi, I'm Nathaniel Mendez," I said.

"Nathaniel is boy name," the same girl said.

"Actually, it's a unisex name, meaning 'gift of God'. It's just more common for males than females to be named Nathaniel," I said, smiling.

"Where ya from Nathaniel?" a boy asked, noticing my accent I suppose.

"I'm from Barcelona, Spain," I said.

"Are you illegal?" someone shouted.

I sighed, "No. I'm a U.S. Citizen."

"That's enough," Mrs. Turner said. She showed me my seat and I went to my desk quietly, sitting down. She handed me a book and began teaching shortly after. I took notes and wrote down the homework that was given, she giving us the opportunity to finish it in class.

I started on my homework and by the time I was finished the bell rang. I packed up my bag and left the classroom. I walked to my locker and put my Pre-Cal book in and went to my next class.

•~~

I walked into my third period class and spotted Jeremy and Neil with another guy. Jeremy saw me and waved me over. I walked over and said hi, sitting next to him.

"Hey, Josh, this is Nathaniel. Nathaniel, this is Josh," he introduced and we exchanged hello's.

The teacher made me introduce myself and gave me a book and we began the lesson. She gave us a reading assignment on The Metamorphosis , then it was lunch time. Me, Jeremy, Neil and Josh walked into the cafeteria and got in line to get our food. Once we paid, I followed the guys to sit at their table since they invited me over. I sat down and was met by two more guys. One has long brown hair swiped to the side and he looked very tall. He wore a Slipknot tank top with a plaid shirt and ripped skinny jeans with Vans. I admired his taste in music and dress.

"Nate, this is Austin Carlile. Austin, Nate," Neil said. We said hi and complimented each other on our music taste. Then they introduced me to Alex Woodward. We had random conversations about music and whatnot. Lunch finally ended and we all quickly exchanged numbers and went to our last class, that I actually had with Jeremy.

After school, I packed my bag up and headed out to the school parking lot. I walked to my impala and got in, driving home. My dad wasn't home yet so I just did whatever homework I had and fixed myself some food for dinner.

Once I finished my dinner, I went to my room and changed into my bed clothes. I texted Jeremy about meeting up tomorrow after school to go to a local music store. I got bored soon after and decided to watch a movie. I put on A Nightmare on Elm Street and watched it- horror movies were my favorite.

After the movie, I decided it was a good time to sleep so I turned off my stereo and got into bed, putting my earphones in and falling asleep to the voice of Steven Tyler....