There's something about Jenni

Chapter 2

We arrived at the school gates, thankfully on time. And mum took me to the school reception, where we met the head, Mr Hughes. "Hello! You must be Vivian!" He says, surprisingly cheerful for his stern looks. "Erm, I like to get called Viv if that's okay" I said, scared as to upset him. I say bye to my mum, and Mr Hughes takes me to my classroom. "Good luck" he whispers as I enter the room.

But when I saw the teacher she looked so kind! The knot in my stomach suddenly untied. "Hi, I'm Vivian, your new student" I say, more natural now. "Yes of course! I'm Miss Owen, your form tutor!" She tells me. Her long blonde hair and flowery dress flowing as she walked. "You can sit over there", she points to an empty space, "Next to Jenni!" The small girl, with brunette curls at her waist, briefly raised her hand as if to say "I'm Jenni". I shyly walked over to her and she smiled at me, her deep, hazel eyes taking me in. I took my seat and put my bag on the floor. "Hi, I'm Jenni Turner, I do hope we can be friends" she says in a soft, kind voice. "You might want to stay away from Olivia" She whispers to me, pointing to a pretty, blond girl with manipulative blue eyes. "She's the class bully". She must have seen my worried expression, "Don't worry, Vivian. I'll look after you!" Oh dear, ANOTHER person called me Vivian. Should I tell her to call me Viv? "You can call me Viv, by the way". I said, trying to copy her soft, friendly voice. Miss Owen took registration, each person replying. Though of course some of the boys replied in silly ways. "Typical" Jenni said when I mentioned this to her. We had English next, in that classroom, thank goodness. Our teacher was called Mr Roberts, he was very nearly as kind as Miss Owen! He seemed to have appreciated my poem I wrote in his class! It was about my nerves and worries that morning. The day had went so well from there! I had science, with Mr Watson, he's very strict. He shouted at me because I didn't have an exercise book. Well what did he expect!? I was new! I also had PSHE with Miss Owen! Of course she was very kind when I made my input. I don't think Miss Owen likes Olivia too much. But to be honest, who in the right mind DOES like Olivia!? She was quite rude to be and Jenni. I realised that not many people like Jenni because they thought she was weird. She didn't have that many friends because of that. There's something about Jenni, but I don't know what it is. Maybe her beautiful smile, or her soft, friendly eyes. I'll never know. But there's one thing I do know. I like her. A lot.