It was 4:30 AM and I had to be up in 2 hours. I laid in my bed and just stared at the ceiling. I rolled over and looked at the books on my bookshelf. I tossed, I turned. I even sat up for a minute or so, but, I just couldn't seem to go back to sleep. Something was gonna change today I just knew it.
Hi, I'm Daniel Anderson. I'm 15 and I go to Water Brook High School. It is currently 5:45 AM and I have to be up very soon. I shoved my head under my pillow and some how fell asleep. Not even what felt like 30 minutes later my brother came barging into my room. "Daniel! Get your lazy ass up! Schools today." Like I didn't know that or something. He grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me up. "C'mon lazy get up," he shook me a bit before I opened my eyes and stared through him like he was a ghost of some sort. "I'm up Charles." I muttered and pulled my blanket off me and stood up. "About damn time" he said, and walked out of my room not closing the door. I sighed, grabbed my clothes and went headed to the bathroom. I got a quick shower threw on my clothes and ran down stairs. "Mornin Danny" my dad muttered while reading the paper. I waved and groaned and shoved bread in the toaster and waited. While my toast popped up my dad got up, got his stuff and left without a word. My mom was probably still asleep at the time but I didn't care. Charles rushed down the stairs as fast as he could in his red jumper and black pants. "First day huh?" I asked as he buttoned up his shirt and took one of the toast that I just buttered. "Yeah" he mumbled while chewing. And punched me in the arm, almost making me choke on my toast, picked up his bag, "see ya later Danny" and walked out. I slid my back pack over my shoulders, grabbed my headphones, slipped on my converse and walked out. I guess im walking today.
I got to the bus stop and waited, and waited, and finally the bus came barreling down the road, it slowly opened it's doors and I climbed on. Well, when I took the first couple steps I didnt realize my show was untied and tripped Infront of every one on the bus, humiliated, I ran to the back of the bus and sat down. I pulled my backpack off and set it down, put my head phones on and tried to relax. Soon the bus took an unexpected turn and I slipped up and hit my head on the window. No one seen except for Vickie but she was asleep so I didn't really care. I looked up to see a new face I've never seen before get on the bus. He started walking towards the back and sat down next to me. He didn't say a word he didn't even look at me. I tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey, what's your name?" I asked. "Uhm I'm James" he said slightly looking up at me. "Nice to meet you James, I'm Daniel! But my friends call me Danni" I put my hand out for him to shake. He fully looked up at me took my hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you.." he mumbled a bit. "So your the new kid?" I asked carefully not trying to scare him away, "mhmm!" He muttered, "do you wanna be friends" I asked he nodded and gave me a quick smile, and I returned the smile. The bus stopped at the school and we all filed off the bus and and James waited for me to tie my shoe, then we walked in together. "I uh I have math first" he said while walking to his locker. "So do I!" I said. I took him to room 315, Miss Kendricks room. The most boring teacher ever. We sat down at the back of the class and waited for class to start.
Now it's 9:10 AM and class is gonna end in about 4 minutes. James nervously tapped his pencil on the desk. "You alright?" I asked kind of grabbing his shoulder. "Mhm. Do you know when lunch is?" He turned to look at me. "Uhh 11:12. Why?" I responded and put my hand back down on my desk. "Oh uh I forgot.. I didn't eat this morning" he laughed nervously. "I was kinda rushed. But it's alright I'm not that hungry" I looked at him "Are you sure?" I asked, he nodded and smiled and the bell rang. We went to our next class. Mr. Beaus class. The English teacher. He was alot more fun then Miss Kendrick. But he'd rant about his best friend who was the history teacher alot. Which was nerve wracking but whatever. It was almost the end of the day now. And it was our last class. As soon as I walked in. Clara Mellville had approached me. One of the popular juniors. But she's only popular cause she does chior.and she's a cheerleader. And Im sorta popular because I play soccer. Or football or rugby or whatever you wanna call it. She Imeditately walked up to James. I stood behind him looking Clara up and down. She tilted her head "Relax Hun I just wanna know what his name Is!" She flashed a cheeky smile which made me wanna throw up. "So,, whats your name new guy?" She bent down Infront of him leaning on his desk. I grabbed the back of his chair. "I'm. I'm James." He said. "Well hello James" she flashed another smile. But he just looked down and continued writing the notes. She leaned up and looked at me. "Party tonight at 8. Bring your friend" then she walked away. The bell rang for dismissal and James waited while I packed up. We walked downt the hall together. "Clara invited me to some dumb party. Wanna go with me so I'm not alone?" I looked at him a bit nervously. I didn't know why I was nervous. I I just was. He smiled, "Sure!" He said. I cracked a joke while we waited "Of course you'd wanna go with me cause I'm so cool" he cracked a smile and giggled a bit. "Well my rides here. Uh see you at 8?"
He sounded a bit confused. "Yep! I'll pick you up. We can walk" and I said and winked. "See ya later" he said smiling and waving while getting into his brother's car. I smiled and waved back and began walking down the road.
Checking to make sure my shoe laces were tied this time.
