New York Nightmare

Chapter 5

Lunch. This is the hardest time for me because I found out Liz doesn't have lunch this period. Where am I going to sit? I already dropped my books once today and it was really embarrassing, everyone's going to think I'm a weirdo. I held my books, tightly, and walked into the lunch room. It was very blustering. I wanted to try and fit in with the cool girls so when I walked over to their table, I asked "may I sit here?" They just stared at me in disgust. Maybe this was a bad choice. One of them spoke, "sorry, these seats are taken. You need to sit somewhere else sweetie. Sorry" and then she made a fake frown. "Are you serio—" then I stopped myself. I didn't want to get a bad reputation. So I found an empty table all the way in the back and put my books down there. I sighed.

I grabbed my money and went on the lunch line. I got spaghetti and meatballs with bread and walked to my table slowly. I sat down alone and put my fork into the plate and just picked on the food. It seemed gross and undercooked, besides, I wasn't in the mood to eat. I was lonely and kept thinking about the figure from yesterday. I slowly took out my headphones from my pencil case and plugged it into my phone. I listened to "All my Love" by Ariana, my favorite. But, Principal Walters came by and caught me. "Young lady, you're not supposed to use electronics during school time!" Uh oh, they must be strict here. "Oh umm! I- I'm sorry I'm new I didn't know sir!" "Put it away please or I take it." "O-Okay." Well that was lame and awkward. A few teens just stared at me. I decided to throw out my lunch and go to the bathroom.

When I went in the bathroom, I saw the cool girls putting on their makeup. I tried walking past them fast but it was too late. One of them grabbed my dress and pulled me towards them. "Listen new girl, you better back off and not get close to any of us, understand?" I got sweaty. Why was I not aloud to go close to them? "LEAVE ME ALONE!" I screamed. Then they all laughed at me. I pushed the girl away and ran to a stall. "Aww! She's scared! Haha!" I'm just a new student, what's so bad about that? Do I look bad? Do I smell? They left the bathroom and I was alone again, crying. Crying so hard about my life. Why was I alive? I felt like dying.

When I got out of the stall, I wiped my tears, looking in the mirror. "Good job Giselle, you messed up your mascara" I thought to myself. I went back to the table and right when I got back, the bell rang. A bunch of kids pushed me as they were leaving and I got my books and went to my next class quickly so I wasn't late again.

The school day is over. I grabbed my backpack from my locker and ran out to the bus to meet Liz. She asked me about my day and I told her everything that happened. She told me to ignore the cool girls and to just be myself. She also told me that they're just stuck up and want to make others feel down. She made me feel a lot better. A while later, the bus dropped us off. I said bye to Liz and she gave me her phone number. Success! I made a friend.

I ran into the building and went into the elevator. 1st floor... 2nd floor... 3rd floor... 4th floor. I'm here. I got out my keys to open the door. When I got inside, I screamed "HEY DAD!" No answer. "Dad?" I shrugged and went to the fridge to get a snack and there was a note that said "Hey Gigi, I went to an important business meeting and your mom is at work. Rachel told me she was going to the mall. Please watch the house, you're responsible. Call me if anything, love you." Awesome, I get the whole penthouse to myself. I ran to my room and did my homework so it was out of the way. Then I watched a movie in the theater.

As I watched the movie, I was eating popcorn. But then out of nowhere, the screen and lights flicked off. I was scared and confused, not knowing what to do. Then when the lights turned on, I saw white fog in front of the screen, it looked like a ghost. I gasped and began to cry. I was really scared. "Don't panic... don't panic..." I thought to myself. Then I felt a gust of wind rush past me. I ran out of the theater and went running to front door. When I opened the door to escape, Rachel was standing there, looking confused.