Average Me

Ch.10: New start

*3 months later*

*beep!beep!beep*

I hear my alarm ringing.

Grrr. My eyes quickly open and I reach out my hand towards the snooze button.

Finally.. I casually take a look at the clock..

Crud! 7:15!

Well isn't this nice.. I am going to be late on the first day of school.. Middle school. The start of getting serious. Well.. hopefully..

I quickly jump off my bed and head to the bathroom to shower.
After 5 minutes, I am ready to get changed into my uniform. It was a navy blue shirt which khaki skorts. I didn't really like wearing skorts,  but it was all they had in stock . So I guess I have to deal with it.

*15 minutes later*
I grab my schoolbag making sure I have all my stuff ready.

"Bye Mom! Bye dad!" I say grabbing an apple and walking out the door.

"Bye sweety," they say as I head out the door.

As I am walking, I spot my neighbor, Alyssa, Jayla, Ervin, Erwin, and Leana. We were near the same age. Except, Jayla was the oldest. She was a year older. Erwin and I were the same age. Alyssa was a year younger, while Ervin and Leana were a year younger than her. Kind of confusinf right. Age inception. Hehe.

"Hey Nat, ready to go?" Alyssa says chuckling.

"Yea, let's do this," I nod.

I look at the time and see we still have about 3 minutes till the bus arrives.

We got to the bus stop in less than 2 minutes. It is just near our house.

While waiting for the bus, we decide to go to the store. The store was near as well. This is what I liked most about my stop. There were supplies nearby us.

I bought water and chips for snacking later on. Alyssa bought a lemon tea drink and chips as well. After buying, we noticed the bus was already there.

We ran straight for the bus going into the line.

"Line!Line!Come on guys," the bus driver shouts as we all try to form one line.

The line was sure crammed up though. Perks of riding the bus. Especially in the bus, the seats are pretty small.

Luckily, I got a comfortable seat next to Alyssa.

The bus engine starts and Alyssa and I take out our phones together with earphones listening to our music. This reminded me of Nikki and how we would always listen to music on the bus. I wasn't really close with Alyssa like how close I was with Nikki. I still miss her, and I still think of her. I always will.

I have my favorite song playing, Home by Philip Phillips. I love his name , but of course, his songs as well. They give a special meaning.

I start yawning and start to drift away. I might as well. School is like half an hour away.

I close my eyes and feel the vibe to the sound of the music.

Hold on to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this way, it's stringing us alone
Just know you're not alone
I'm gonna make this place your home

I hum to the rhythm.

*28 minutes later*

"Nat,Nat, wake up. wake up. " I feel someone pulling me and grabbing my shoulders.

My eyes flutter open.

"Time already?" I ask fixing myself.

She nods. "Yea come on let's go."

I stretch my arms and get up from my seat walking out the door with Alyssa following me from behind.

"Alright, good luck," I say waving bye.

"Good luck too," she nods as she smiles returning a wave.

I take my class schedule from my bag and take a look at where my class is.

I walk ahead to the class following the map on the schedule. As usual, I bumped into someone with their stuff falling.

"Oh sorry," I say helping get the stuff.

I stand up to give it and stare at the familiar face and smile. She returns the favor.

"Natalie!"
"Emms!". I say pulling her in for a hug. She hugs back.

I was so focused on vacation I did not really have time to spend with Ems.

"Wow! You're here! Wait is Jenny here as well?" I ask releasing from the hug with joy.

"I guess you'll find out, gotta go" she says walking away smirking.

Ok then?

"Bye?" I say softly heading to my class.

I step towards the door. This must be it . Class: 6-C. I knock on the door and turn the knob slowly. As it opens, I see students already sitting in their seats.

"Sorry I am late," I say closing the door giving my tardy slip.

She smiles and nods receiving the slip.

"You must be... Hillary!" I shake my head. "No , I mean Nat.. Natalie!" She says nodding her head.

"I am Ms.Aftertea."

I smile and glance at my classmates. In the middle I see an empty seat.

"Class , this is Natalie,. Natalie please take the seat over there next to.." She glances at the students scanning for a seat. "Mia. Please raise your hand Mia."

She raises her hand and I take my seat next to her.

"Ok so back to our discussion class.." Ms.Aftertea says continuing her discussion.

I suddenly feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn to the direction in which I was poked and it was Mia.

"Hi I'm Mia," she says smiling at me.

She is so nice .

I giggle. "Hello, I am Natalie, as you can already tell?"

She giggles. "Nice to meet you, we are gonna be great friends" she says smiling as she returns back to face the teacher.

She is so lively and happy.

I nod and smile listening to the teacher. She was talking about how our first day of school can be rough and how we can get through this schoolyear together with each other's cooperation.

Well this first day is going well. I wonder what this schoolyear can bring me. I need more hope. I guess I will just have to be patient. This is a new fresh start.