Scarlett's Lost Daughter

Chapter 17

Novah's POV

"Novah, it's time for bed baby." Scarlett says to me as she enters the living room. It has been a week since the day I told her I would go to public school and tomorrow will make my first day. So of course Scarlett is staying on top of things tryna get me a routine of going to bed early. I mean, usually any teenager would argue over an early bed time but I know how I can be in the mornings. "Already? Uh, okay." I say. To say I was nervous about tomorrow was an understatement. I mean, it's a new school and a whole lot of new faces. Which isn't anything new to me since I've moved around a lot growing up but it's in freaking New York. Who knows how things will be. Plus I also have a family now. A rich famous family at that. But nobody has to know that. Not that I want to hide my family away, but I want friends for me, not for who my family is.

I had already gotten ready for bed and laid down when Scarlett came in. She sits on my bed next to me and starts playing with my hair. It's like she knows I'm anxious about tomorrow. "You'll be okay baby." Yep. Knew it. I don't know how she can read me so easily. No one had before. Must be mothers instincts or something. "I know. I just can't help but be nervous." She smiled sympathetically. "I know baby. And that's completely okay. But if it does get to be too much for you, you let me know and I can come get you." I smile in appreciation. "Thanks mom." She scrunches up her nose and rubs it against mine which causes me to scrunch my nose. She laughs once she pulls away still seeing my face scrunched up. "Goodnight baby. I'll see you in the morning" she kisses my forehead and tucks the covers around me more and leaves. I sigh. Tomorrow should be fun.

It was finally the next day and Scarlett and I were had just pulled up to the school. "Okay baby. Let's go." She starts to get out of the car but noticed I haven't made a move. She looks over to me and sees that I'm just staring blankly at the school. "Sweetheart?" Nothing. "Novah." Still nothing. "Baby, can you look at mama?" She reaches over and grabs my hand which catches my attention and makes me look at her. "It's okay. Everything is alright. Just take some deep breaths baby." I do as she told me to do. And I force myself to relax. I've done this before, there is literally no difference. Just go in and get it over with. "That's a good girl. Good job honey." She smiles at me and pushes some hair that had fallen in front of my face behind my ear. "Now, come on before we are late."

We entered the school and headed to the office. There was a lady at the desk that looked up at us when we entered. "Hi, how can help you?" She asked sweetly. Scarlett smiled and introduced us and continued to tell the lady everything she needed to know. "Ok, we'll here is your schedule. If you need anything at all just let me know." The lady said. I smiled in thanks and Scarlett and I left the office. "Okay baby. This is where we part." Scarlett said softly. "You have a wonderful day baby. Okay? You've got this." She kisses my forehead . "You'll be back... right?" I ask worriedly. Her eyebrows furrow a little and a small pout shows up on her face. "Of course I will baby." She pulls me into a hug and kisses my head multiple times. "I will be back at 3 o'clock. Okay. If it gets to be to much you let me know though and I will come and get you. I mean it."  She pulls away and puts her hand on my cheeks and slightly leans down to get to my eye level. "I love you." I smile and blush a little. "I love you too." She grins and kisses my forehead. "Have a good day baby." She gently pushes me towards the busy hallways filled with many students trying to get to their classes.

A few minutes of me went by of me aimlessly wandering around trying to find my first class. Which happened to be history. Great. All the other students had already gotten out of the halls and the bell had already rang. Signaling that I was late. I have a feeling this is gonna be a long day.

I finally found my class, once I entered all eyes were on me. And here comes my social anxiety. The teacher, who I soon found out was Mrs. Walters, came up to me. "Novah Johansson right?" I nod "y-yeah. That's me. Sorry I'm late, I was having trouble finding my way." She just smiled. "It's alright. It happens. Especially on the first day." She soon turns towards the class. No, no, no, no, no. Please don't do what I think you're about to do. "Class, this is Novah Johansson. She will be joining our class so please be kind and welcome her." She smiles and turns back towards me. "I have a seat in the back right corner for you. She just go ahead and take a seat." I nod and make my way to my seat.

I can see that a lot of people keep looking over at me. I don't know if it's in a judgy way or not but my brain is automatically leading me to judgy so that's what I'm going with. I just kept my head down through the rest of class while also listening to the teacher. I was looking over my schedule. My next class was a 30 minute seminar. Then I had biology, then Art, English, and algebra. Well, at least I had art. That should give me something to look forward too. I look up as the bell rings. Well, that went by quicker than I thought. I look at the clock and realize an hour has went by. Have I really been stuck in my own head for that long? Wow. Okay. I grabbed my stuff and started walking to my next class when I tripped over my own shoe and fell. A few students around me were laughing which caused me to blush in embarrassment. Great. Just great.