kook year- kiara

II

2 years ago
I grab my kanken and quickly leave for school. Where am I going to eat lunch today? Alone in the toilets or in an empty classroom?

I grab a banana on the way out and follow my dad to our white suv. i open the passenger door and slam it shut. He sighs and gets in to my left. The engine starts up and we begin.

The waves look perfect today I think as we head along the coast, the dark, glistening blue of the waves perfectly blends into the sky and its just beautiful. How i wish i could go back to the life of the pogues.

Its not going to happen though. Not until ive proved I can get my grades back up. I chew on my banana and leave the skin on the side. Im already fed up of the smugness of the kooks and i haven't even breathed the same air as them.

"bye" i say to my dad and open the car door, pulling my backpack strap to my shoulder and closing it shut.

i walk in fed up. math class first ugh.

i walk there quickly and sit down just praying for this day to go faster. i actually don't mind maths too much as I'm alright at it, its chem that i can't stand. I do all the work quickly just to prove the smug kooks wrong.

My parents along with others have some complex where they think I will never do well in life if i just hang out with pogues but thats just not true. I don't particularly care about school but i am going to try just to prove everyone wrong and get back to my normal life by this time next year. Im 15 at the moment so I'm on track to a sweet sixteenth year!

The bell rings and one by one i make it through the draining lessons of the day that eventually build up to a long anticipated lunch break. As predicted i sit in the toilets just clearing my head whilst I think of new bracelet combos to make.

I don't think its good for me feeling this alone but my friends- real friends- are forbidden to hang out with. I end up with my head in my hands before the bell rings again and I begin to make a journey to the last 2 lessons of the day. I can do this.

And it was as i was walking down that corridor that I ended up meeting my future bestfriend. Of course I didn't know it at the time and looking back im not sure if i would change anything but then in that moment it definitely brought up my mood for the rest of the day.

Anyways, as i walked along the corridor a paper plane was thrown, whirling through the air until inevitably it of course hit me on the head.

"ow" i said to no one in particular as the sharp paper had just collided with me head on. Although i didnt think much of this until 5 seconds later when i assume the culprit came running up to me shouting sorry.

No other than Sarah Cameron, now obviously i knew her as everybody did. Kook princess. But i didn't really know her. So when she came up to me apologising i of course had my opinions on her already made up but something faltered in them when she immediately asked if i was ok and more.

"i am SO sorry." she said panicked, "that was my stupid brother rafe, who shouldn't even be here anymore, if he didn't get held back a year" she laughed nervously.

"its ok dont worry" i said and smiled at her.

"oh ok." she said and walked alongside me. "what do you have"

"english" i said bluntly, why was she making conversation with me??

"oh same!!!" she squeaked and i smiled briefly.

A moments silence came over us as we walked together until she looked at me and carried on talking.

"sooo aren't you new here?"

"yep."

"ohh, like i don't mean this in a bad way at all but do you like have any friends here because i know your friends are um.. differently situated?" she said awkwardly referring to the fact they were all poor as fuck.

"yea um no i don't really know anybody yet."

"oh my god you should've just said something earlier to me, you've surely seen me around before?"

"yea um maybe?" i say and scratch the back of my neck.

"welll.. you're always welcome to sit with me." she grinned, "better yet come over mine tonight."

My eyes widened, seriously?

"I mean if you're not busy.. but i think we would be great friends and besides I'm doing nothing apart from homework so it would be like a little study group!"

"I mean yea i should be free." I say smiling, oh my god! My first kook friend- not that i was looking for any but this should be nice.

"Ok good yes! Meet me at the terrace at 2 and we can walk to mine." She said hastily as we walked into our destination- english class- finally. "Wait shit, no its fine ignore that Rafe will give us a lift home its fine."

Well thats a relief because i didn't really fancy walking in this temperature anyways with a backpack. Far too hot.

"Ok great sounds good." I said and smiled a genuine smile at her. How exciting was this!!

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