It was my first day in school. I remember exactly how it went and when I tell you it was so horrible and petrifying, trust me, I am not exaggerating, IT WAS! I remember my mum opening the car door at 8:30am for me to get ready to leave to enter those school doors that looked twice my height. It was my first day in year 8, palms all sweaty and my heart running a whole marathon. we had just moved to from the U.S to Lisbon, Portugal. I didn't quite know Portuguese really well but I was still a bit fluent in it. I mean I was confident in speaking the language, even though I would have to be corrected a few times then and there, but it was alright, it didn't really matter anyways. I remember the smell of the air, it smelled fresh and way better than in America. I quickly jumped out of the car, said bye to my mum who was probably waiting for me to leave the car for at least 5 minutes because she was too busy reassuring me that today will be a great day. I didn't really take on with her words but I didn't tell her that or else it would waste another 5 minutes that I should be using to get to class, because who wants to be late on their first day?? WELL CERTAINLY NOT ME. As I entered the school building, I noticed that some random kids were shooting me some really weird looks and side eyes. I mean I didn't mind that because I didn't know who they were, but it was also uncomfortable at the same time. but that didn't matter to me at that time, what really matter was that I got to class on time. BRING BRING BRING!! the bell rang. "THE BELL" I yelled at the top of my lungs, sprinting towards my lesson. Not looking where I was going, I bumped into someone who was the same height as me. "oh..no I'm so sorry I can help with that" I said apologetically as I tried to help him up. "oh no don't worry about it." said the unknown boy. once I helped him up, we locked eyes with eachother. I was just focusing on his eyes that were a really dark brownish type and his hair that looked so silky that if you ran a finger through it, no knots would form. "err..sorry. are u new here?" he asked me, breaking the awkward silence between us two. "oh..er yes I am actually, my name's y/n y/l/n" NO NO NO. WHY WOULD HE WANNA KNOW YOUR NAME! HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU. WHY DID I JUST SAY THAT, IF HE WANTED TO KNOW YOUR NAME, HE WOULD OF ASKED Y/N UGHH!!! "oh.. I'm João. João Felix, nice to meet u!" says João, holding out his hands in a way that indicates that he wants to shake hands. "have you made any friends yet y/n?" João asks. "no not yet, but I don't think I will when everyone was literally just shooting me looks in the hallway" I let out a laugh. "oh well I think it's cos your new. they do this with everyone new, don't overthink it" he says reassuring me just the way my mum reassures me. I don't know what it is but I think that we might just get along just fine. "oh well I have to go now, I'm really late for my class. it was nice to meet you João, catch ya later!!" I say. "BYE Y/N AND WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING SO THEN YOU DON'T BUMP INTO SOMEONE ELSE!!" João shouts across the hallway.
