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Chp.2- A day at Boston High School!

A typical Monday morning that every teenager hated was no different to me, you could say it was worse. I had a packed schedule , starting from 6am in the morning to 9 pm at night. Just like any other day , my dad drove me to school. As I got down from the car , everyone stared at me as if i were a terrible piece of canvas that you didn't want to look at, it was obvious because of the clothes i wore, i wasn't even allowed to wear what i liked. I wore a pair of jeans and a plain white shirt with a beige colored backpack. Pretty plain , huh? Well i'm used to it.

I met my only two friends - Taytum Smith and Madison Sherly , who happened to stop by my locker. Taytum was someone who you could look upto and take advice from, she didn't tolerate any nuisance and was one of the top students at school followed by Madison and myself. Madison was more of an introvert who obsereved things before she took any action and welcomed drama into her life as if it were waiting for her!

As we walked our way through the corridor , "Heather Winston" a girl who thought she owned the school and that the world revolved around her, stopped us mid-way and as usual told us how worthless and a piece of junk we were. We walked away as if we didn't care and she was definitely not yelling from behind and calling us names as we walked our way to our English class.

I sat besides Taytam and Madison , we had a new kid in class today , our teacher introduced him to us , his name was Holmes Jones and oh boy- he was the center of attention of the entire class. He wore long sleeves and was indifferent than others , more like a quiet but smart ass kid . Well as bad as my luck is , i was appointed to give him a tour of the school . For a fact i wasn't allowed to hang out with guys and as you can tell , i was pretty straightforward about things and i had no time to waste figuring out what the hell was going on in other's lives .

Later in the school cafe , Holmes walked towards me and questioned me in a polite manner , if i was the girl who was supposed to give him a tour. I coldly said - "yes" as if i wasn't interested in talking to him. That seemed rude but it wasn't my fault that i was 'busy' with my own chaos. Sometimes i used to get mad at things and later release my anger on someone else , but i was definitely trying not to do it today.*

As we walked around , he seemed to be quiet and patient , i was blessed because atleast he didn't babble around like the other rookies would. He told me that the library was his favorite place and that he loved skateboarding. I never asked him that but i'll listen to people's stories anyways because it's better to share things then keeping it inside, unlike me. A side of him felt like he was broken too, and he had his own problems as well , he was just trying to fit in the new environment that felt like he wasn't used to. He had a smile on his face and everyone around him was happy , i don't know how he managed to put up that smile and blend in so well. I should be asking that question to myself as well , *not kidding*.

I had to walk home today as my driver was ill , It was surprising that i had a driver to drop me even though my house was a ten minute walk from school. On my way , i took a stop at the local city church as it had a beautiful garden. I spent a few minutes reading a book under my favorite tree in the garden. As i was walking out , i heard someone crying by the graveyard . Well pity my soul ! even though i wasn't allowed to visit the cemetery , i went in anyway. <The church had a local cemetery attached too it>. I saw Holmes , sitting near a really old marble grave and sobbing silently. I approached him and asked him calmly-"hey holmes, everything ok? you can tell me if anything's troubling you." Holmes looked upto me as if there was something in me worth looking at. With tears in his eyes he said- "Everything's fine , nothing to worry about . i'm just going through some hard times as I've lost my brother who was very dear to me  . Loosing him was something i'd never have imagined but he told me that he had my back , and for once i wanted to believe that it was true , now my shadow's still behind me but where on earth is he when i need him the most?"

His words pierced my skin as they came out of his mouth , to comfort him i said-" Holmes, i know i'm no one to tell you to not cry , it is your right to feel the emotions and the pain , but he is at a better place now , and he'll look upon you and ensure there is peace. he wouldn't like to see you sad if he were here, cheer up now." I gave him a hand to get up and it felt like i comforted him a bit and for once he felt relieved because he never shared things with anyone. He smiled and said-"thanks for today , i'll go my way now."

What i saw today , was something i've only seen in movies. Well , i remembered what Holmes told me later that day, "even though you might have a thousand reasons to cry about you should think of the ten thousand you can be happy about." This is something i'll try to live by . Everyone's trying their best to survive , all we have to do is be respectful and polite to make one's day better as yelling at them will only make their day worse because you never know what someone is going through.

This was just a simple day at Boston high but what i experienced today was more related to emotions than chaos. We got a few group projects to work on and plenty of assignments on the way. I had my week planned out , it was hectic as hell as i had many events and classes to keep up with including sleepovers! Tuesday was a holiday as it was the 4th of July , therefore i had a sleepover at my place with no one other than Taytam and Madison. You might think that my household wasn't that strict after all but the case was opposite, parent logic-"you can't go to other's house for sleepovers but they can come over." it sounds wierd but it's ok i'm fine.

Now i had a sleepover to plan on the agenda!