Forever

Chapter 4

Clarke's POV

I woke up early so that I could do my hair and choose something nice to wear for my first day of school. It took me half and hour to find something nice to wear so I didn't have enough time to do my makeup and curl my hair. I had to choose one or the other and seeing as I had somehow grown a massive red spot overnight, I decided to do my makeup.

I finished my makeup by putting on a bit of lipgloss, I then brushed my hair and went downstairs to ask my mum for a lift to school. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, my mum was waiting by the door with her car keys in her hand.

I went out and sat in the front seat. My mum turned her head towards me then back at the road. "Thelonius wants you in his office first thing this morning to give you your timetable. He will then let you go to your first lesson. Are you excited? I'm sure you are. Bet you're a bit nervous too. Aren't you sweetheart?" This was my mums way of showing that she was nervous. She never stopped talking when she was scared or nervous, I could only imagine what would happen if she was in a room with a murderer, she would start a full on conversation with them.

There weren't many times that I had wished that I learnt to drive but now was one of those times. What would people say? The new girl getting dropped off at school by her mum? That would probably end up in the school newspaper. What was worse, was the fact that she tried to kiss me on the cheek. I managed to stop it by opening the car door and climbing out.
"Bye mum, Jasper has offered me a lift home so don't worry about collecting me, have a nice day." I said as I slammed the car door.
I looked around the parking lot for Jasper and Monty but my eyes locked on a girl of my height and build running at me at full speed. Her long brown hair trailing behind her.
"Octavia!" I called to the girl.
"Clarke! It is you" she said, out of breath.

She flung her arms around me and pulled me close to her. I put my arms around her and we hugged for about a minute until I saw Monty and Jasper running at us too. They both joined in our hug. After a few minutes we all pulled away and Monty and Octavia grabbed my hands. They started dragging us over to their group.
"This is Raven" said Monty, pointing to a girl with dark hair and olive skin.
"And this is..." I heard Jasper dSay before I caught sight of him. Of Bellamy.

Bellamy was Octavia's older brother. Before we moved away, I was always round their house, playing games with Octavia in the garden. Bellamy would always tease me.
"No need to stare, Princess" he said cutting me off. That was it, he would always call me "Princess" I have no idea where it came from, but he has always called me it.
"I wasn't staring at you, Blake, I was wondering how I had come to be so lucky as to see you again!" I replied sharply
"You are enjoying this aren't you, Princess?"
"No" I replied as I was dragged off by Jasper and Monty who had insisted that we go to Principal Jaha's office early.

"So, Clarkie, do you fancy Bellamy Blake, King of Arcadia High?" Jasper asked.
"Two things. One, no I do not and two, king of the school?" I asked
"Everyone knows it Clarke. Bellamy is king of the school. He decides who is popular but he is definitely the most popular person here. Every girl just wishes that they could be called Bellamy Blake's girlfriend!" Monty answered.
"Talking of girlfriends, you and him seemed pretty close." Jasper analysed.
"Me and Bellamy? No, quite the opposite of that really." I replied and with that, the principal's door opened and out came Mr. Jaha.
"Thank you for showing Clarke to my office, Green and Jordan" Mr Jaha said.
I guess this is what it was like at this school, all the teachers calling you by your last name. I wasn't used to this, I liked to be referred to as Clarke, not Griffin.

I entered the office and Mr. Jaha offered me a seat. I sat down and he started.
"Good morning Clarke" he said
"Good morning, sir" I replied
"Please, call me Thelonius. You are a family friend." He said. This made me feel a lot less nervous.

"So Clarke, how are you feeling, being back in Arcadia?" He asked
"It's weird. It's like I remember it but I also don't at the same time."
"A lot has changed here since you left for Pheonix, Clarke." He said "anyway, enough of the small talk, I bet you can't wait to find out about your timetable and who is in your lessons. You have art first today, and seeing as it is one of your talented areas, I'm sure it will be a nice start to school here."
"Thank you Mr. Jaha. I mean Thelonius. Where am I going?" I stuttered
"I will walk you to the art room, Clarke." He offered
"That would be lovely, thank you"

We left the office and he shut the door.
"So, how is your mother getting on? Are you all settled in the new house? You know, me and Wells don't live too far from your new house so if you ever want to come and visit, that is no problem." He asked me
"She is fine, she is taking a few days off work to get settled in the new house. thank you for the offer, it will be nice to see Wells again."
We walked the rest of the way in silence, then we arrived at the art room.
"Are you okay from here, Clarke?" He asked
I nodded my head and put my hand on the handle.