Love Runs Deep (Seth Clearwater x Reader)

First Day

The next day, Bella drove the red truck up to the school, and she pulled into the parking lot. I felt every eye stare at us, especially when we both stepped out of the truck.

"Nice ride," one of the students near us said.

"Thanks," Bella said, but I was trying to enter the school building as fast as possible. I walked down the main hallway, trying not to stare at the people staring at me. However, I saw one girl, average height, olive skin, angular features, and large brown eyes, with a cobalt blue hijab, baggy cobalt blue jeans, and a matching oversized cobalt blue jacket over a loose white t-shirt.

"Hey, what's your name?" The girl asked cheerfully.

"Y/n Swan," I said, a little confused by her immediate kindness. "What about you?"

"Tala, Tala Mondal," she said. Tala was standing really close to me. "I'm here to save you from the shark tank. Trust me, I don't want to make you uncomfortable, but it's March you're the first new girl since me."

"You're new too?" I asked, my eyes lit up, thank goodness there was someone who I could relate to.

"No, my family moved here when I was in third grade." She said plainly with a pleasant expression.

"Oh," I commented, disappointed that I was still the only new girl in seven years. Then the school bell rang.

"It's time for class, but please sit with my friends at lunch." Tala said as she slowly began to walk away from me. I looked at my schedule Spanish, English, Algebra II, Lunch, American History, PE (I chose Aerobics). I alternate between PE and Fine Arts every day, and at the end of the day I had Biology.

Obviously school was boring, I mean Spanish was cool, Ms. Martinez was fun and made her class easy to learn. My English teacher Mr. Erikson was fine I guess, we're reading Twelfth Night. I noticed Tala was in my class, and her passionately reading aloud for Viola was easily the highlight. Algebra II was just awful, no further comment.

Then, the lunch bell rang, finally. At first I saw the cafeteria line, which is where I went. Then Bella got in line behind me.

"Having a good day?" I asked, turning around to see her awkwardly holding her lunch tray. The line was slowly moving and we shuffled forward.

"I guess," Bella said with a shrug, she began to stutter. "I-I-I mean I have biology next, and I met some friends. You?"

"I have History next and Bio at the end of the day. Um, a girl named Tala invited me to eat lunch with her and her friends." I said as I took a plate with a hamburger and some salad.

"Great, that's great." Bella said, when we broke away from the lunch line. Bella was walking towards a table with two boys and two girls. Then, I saw Tala, cobalt blue stands out in the sea of muted neutrals. She smiled widely, and vigorously gestured for me to come near the table, then the two other girls at her table looked at me. One of the girls had deep skin, a round face with long, black, box braids, the other was plus sized, with long, straight blond hair.

"I'm auditioning for the musical this year, obviously." Tala said, then she saw me sit down. "Girls, this is Y/n Swan." Tala said leaning towards me with her wise smile. "This is Maria," she said pointing to the girl with box braids who gave me a nod, "and this is Siobhan." Tala pointed to the blond girl who smiled.

Then I saw a small group of teenagers, about five of them, upperclassmen, walking into the cafeteria. First there was a blond girl with a large, dark haired boy, they were holding hands. After them, another couple, this time a cheerful girl with short, dark hair, and a boy with blond hair who had this nervous, frantic look on his face. They were all oddly pale.