Average Me

Ch.11: Friends? Friends.

My eyes flutter open and I stare at the clock. It is only 5am.

"Better early than late," I say to myself getting up.

I decide I get ready early. I do not want to be late for the bus. Especially since my brothers Alex and Max will follow me to the bus stop.

Yup .This is what I get for being the oldest.
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I look at the clock and see that it is already 7.

"Boys!Are you ready?" I ask as I see my brothers coming out of their rooms.

They both nod all ready with their bags.

Alex was in 4th grade, while Max was in 2nd. I have another brother, Joseph , but he is college right now.

Alright that's enough sibling-sharing.

We ate breakfast and decided to head out.

"Bye Mom ! Bye Dad!" I shout opening the door.

"Bye children!Have a good day at school!" They say as I shut the door.

'Have a good day at school'.

Those 6 words rang in my ear.

"Will I really?" I wondered aloud.

"Hey, Nat," Alyssa said snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Oh , Hey," I smile back as we start walking to the bus stop.

As we arrive the younger levels' bus was there.

"Bye boys," I say as they run for the bus.

They didn't even bother to say bye back. Well fine then. Be like that.

We then sit and wait for the bus.
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"Alright, one line kids!"

I sigh. "There goes the bus driver again," I say quietly.

Alyssa giggles.

We head in the bus. I was hoping Alyssa would sit with me but she sat with I guess, a new friend.

I sat down in an empty seat and layed my bag next to me. Luckily, I had the seat to myself . There were a lot of empty seats.

I plug in my earphones and listen to music as the bus starts moving. I face the window holding my bag.
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"Alright! Guys one line," the bus driver shouts again .

I open my eyes and see more students coming in.

Everyone sat in other seats.

I guess no one is sitting with me I say in mind while putting my earphones in.

I suddenly feel a tap on my shoulder.

"Excuse me, can I sit with you?" It was a girl.

I nod scooting in making sure she had space.

I took off my earphones and turned my phone off. I just stared through the window. I did not want to be rude.

"It's ok, you can wear them," I look at her confused, " your earphones, you can use them, I use them as well," she says putting in one earphone.

I nod. "Sorry, I did not want to feel rude," I said to her smiling.

She nods. "I understand, hey, I'm Kaya."

I smile. "Nice to meet you, I'm Nat."

It was silent again in our seat after a while.

"Hey, I haven't seen you in school," I say breaking the silence.

"Oh yeah, I had an appointment," she says pointing to her eye glasses.

"Oh yes, I noticed the glasses,"

She giggles. "So , what class are you in?"

" I am in 6-C. You."

"Shucks. I'm in 6-D," she says frowning.

"We are only next to each other," I say smiling.

"I know , but I don't even know anyone in my class," she chuckles.

"It's alright, I am sure you will find someone as well, " I say in reply.

She smiles. I am glad I found a new friend. Wait are we friends? What if she just wanted to talk to me to kill time. No, she is not like that. Instead of fighting myself, I decided to ask her.

"Hey, Kaya, a-are we friends?" I ask with hesitation.

She nods. "Duh! Of course!" She hugs me and I hug her back.

I decide to take a picture with her. Wow! A new wonderful friend! We finally took our first picture together.
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The bus ride was about 30 minutes long as usual. Our school is pretty far from where we live.

The bus door opens and everyone starts running out.

"I do not want to go through a crowd like that," Kays says with a sigh.

I groan. "Yup."

We decide to wait until everything is calm.

We are finally out of the bus.

It is only 7:20 and class doesn't start till 8:00.

"Hey Kaya, wanna meet some friends?" I ask hoping she isn't too nervous.

She nods. "Sure," she says smiling.

She was sure confident. I smiled at how cool she was.

We search for Emma and Mia.

I suddenly see an arm with lots of bracelets sticking out and purple-blue nailpolish. Totally Emma. She loves wearing bracelets and wearing nailpolish. She was edgy, and cool.

I tapped her shoulder. "Yo Ems," I say hiding Kaya behind me.

She tried to glance at who was behind . Kaya then pops up.

"Kaya. Emma. Emma. Kaya." I say introducing them. They both got along fast.

We sat down on a bench and started chatting.

I suddenly feel hands covering my eyes.
"Hello?" I ask with concern. Who was it?

The hands release and I turn around.

"Jen!!" I shout jumping up to her with a hug.

"Hey! How are you! Who is this?" She asks smiling.

"I'm great. Oh, This is Kaya. Kaya meet Jenny."
I say introducing them as they both shake hands.

They became great friends as well. A few minutes later Mia came along and they introduced themselves to each other. Everyone got along well.

The bell suddenly rang and we went our seperate ways to class.

After everything that has happened , I am glad to have some more friends.Of course, I haven't forgotten Ivory and Nikki. I still missed them. But sometimes, we need to know where our place. It's a part of life.
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After school, the group and I decided to group chat on Netbook. Best social media site ever! This generation! Before going to bed, I emailed Ivory and Nikki.
Hey Ivory,
How've you been? I really miss you. I made some new friends and they are really great. Of course Jenny and Emma are still here and they miss you as well. You would love Mia and Kaya. They are really great friends. I am sure you have cool friends there too. COME BACK!!!
Hopin' you'll reply back ;),
Natalie ♡

Hey Nik,
Watsup! How are you! Time is flying by fast right? I made new friends. They are cool. But I still miss you and Ivory. Just remember I will always be here. No matter what. Our group will still exist. I wish you could be here right now. Well, gotta go to bed now, come home soon!
Reply back please :),
Nat. ♡
As soon as I was done with the emails and group chatting, I called it a night. I put away my laptop and set aside my phone on the table.

I shut my eyes and tucked myself in the covers.

"Goodnight, Friends," I smiled.