Perspectives

Claire's Backstory

~6 years ago~

Claire's pov:

As my eyes start to open, a stream of sunlight burns them. Angrily, I slide the plane window shut and try to fall back asleep in my father's arms. The sound of an incoherent voice blasts through the speaker, making me jump with fear. My father slowly wakes up from his deep sleep to listen to the man speak. "Everybody put your seatbelts on, we are about to land." the pilot announced. Both me and my father put our seatbelts on and patiently waited for landing. Once we landed, we got our bags and immediately got food. We were both extremely jet-lagged and starving. Once we devoured our wonderful meals, we headed straight for our new home in a small town called Astoria, Oregon. I ran up to my new room and crashed on my bed, it had been a long, tiring day and tomorrow was the biggest day of my life!

~the next day~

I packed my bags and ran down stairs, I was ecstatic! My father drove me to school and walked me to my classroom. I hugged him goodbye and I was headed to my first day of fourth grade. It will be a lot different than back home but I was still positive. "Class! Please take a seat, we have a new student joining us all the way from France!" my new teacher said to the class. Everyone in the class turned to look at me but I wasn't intimidated, they all stared me down. The teacher, Mrs. Randon, gestured for me to stand, "Would you like to share some things with the class about yourself?" I stood proud and spoke with all my might. "My name is Claire Toussaint, i'm nine years old and I hope to make lots of new friends here!" I looked around with a huge grin on my face. Suddenly, a kid in the back of the class began to laugh. I looked at him annoyed, "How are you supposed to make friends with a last name like that!" he said with a taunting smile. After he did that, I knew he was my worst enemy.