I first met him on the open house of my new school. you see I switched schools to get away from my old school ,bad friends bad grades, and start fresh. I walked in met my teachers got my school supplies when he caught my eye. He was standing there in his tanned skin and pink hair. He was talking to some of his friends as I walked by he said "Hey I've never seen you around here before are you new ?". "Yes I am" I said looking at the black and white speckled floor as I spoke (it was a bad habit from my other school) "Well then welcome to Lakes United" he said "my name is Jermey whats yours?" "My name is Tracey" I said but instead of extending a hand for a hand shake he hugged me. He was the first boy to hug me ever in my life. It felt so warm , so comforting , so right. I was caught by surprised when he hugged me and almost toppled over into a locker. When he broke the warm embrace his friends called him over "See you later darlin" he said as he winked and walked away.
That night I couldn't stop thinking about him. His hair , how his intoxicating scent of musty peppermint effected me when he hugged me. Oh how I couldn't wait to go to school and see him again maybe he could help me get through my first day there and maybe just maybe want to be my friend.... or maybe more than friend. No. Stop. You can't be doing that Tracey , I told myself remembering all the times I got emotional with people before and how I was beat and broken till my heart was in pieces. you let people in and they just hurt you it happened at St. Elm it will happen here. It always does..I climbed into my soft cozy bed, plugged in my headphones into my ipod and fell asleep listening to Fall Out Boy.
Finally a week after open house it was the first day of school I woke up to the sounds of static on my radio. I rolled out of bed put on a pair of skinny jeans and a T-shirt with Snoopy and Wood stalk on it slapped on some mascara and black eyeliner great first impression outfit I thought to myself. After eating breakfast I grabbed my ipod and backpack and started headed to the bus stop.
When I walked into the school it felt completely different from St. Elm no one was staring at me calling me a freak, nothing. I walked to my locker put in my things and when I turned around Jermey was right there! "Hey darlin" he said as he leaned up against my locker his deep brown eyes staring into mine "Hi" I said "Is your locker over here?" "Nope" he said "its down there" he said as he pointed down the hallway. "well then what are you doing over here?" I said "One of the teachers asked me to show you around so you won't get lost" he smiled "so lets get going before the bell rings and you have to go to class" . He showed me the Gym , Library, office ,what classes are where ect. When the tour ended and we had to go to class he said "well good luck if you need anything let me know okay?" "ok thanks" I said and off he went. The rest of the day was a blur I kept thinking about him showing me around I almost blushed at the though but I caught myself and told myself he would never fall for a small ugly girl like me so I should just stop thinking impossible things but I just .. couldn't
