Just Getting Started On A Big Night

Kendall

I hope you enjoy! 

 Carlos 

"Carlos! Wake up!" yelled my Mami from the kitchen downstairs, "If you don't hurry up, you're going to be late for your first day!

"Yep, that's right. My first day of senior year at a new high school. Lucky me. My Papi got a new job here, so we moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles and ended up here. I'm about to start school at this place called Palmwoods High School. 

"Coming Mami!" I called back to her. I ran across the hallway to the bathroom, brushed, then hopped in the shower. I ran out in a towel back to my room and got dressed in a pair of dark, casual jeans and a semi-fitting green tee, along with my black hoodie and my -! Where's my lucky helmet?! I ran around my room searching until I found it sitting underneath my huge pile of dirty clothes. 

I grabbed my bookbag and rushed down the stairs, running over a checklist in my head: bag, check; clothes, check (you'd be surprised how often I've forgotten about these); lucky helmet, check; car keys, I snatched them up from the key rack by the front door, check; coffee, ch - 

I didn't have my coffee! I need my coffee to get through the day, or else, I'll get really tired and cranky and want to sit in a corner and get depressed until I have some. 

"Forgetting something?" I heard Mami's voice behind me. She held out a cup for me filled with the steaming liquid; black with two sugars. As soon as I took the cup, Papi came trudging down the stairs. He shuffled closer to me, his head down and his eyes closed. He grabbed my shoulders, swirled me around, then shoved me out of the door. As soon as I was out, he locked the door and I heard something slam against it. 

What a great way to help me start the day, Papi. Thank you for being so kind to me and my needs. 

I basically skipped to my car, a grey Nissan Altima; my stomach was fluttering.What are these called? Butterflies? Hold on! I'm Carlos Garcia! I should never get 'butterflies'! Is it just me, or all of the excitement and anxiousness of joining a new school? I guess I'll find out soon enough... 

I got behind the wheel and placed my bag on the passenger side as I slid into my seat belt. I pulled out of the driveway and started my journey to this "new world" of sorts. 

I got close to the school and saw two guys on the side of the road. It looked like one was yelling at the other. The one who was yelling suddenly stomped away and the one getting yelled at flinched, then sunk to the ground. I got closer and pulled over. 

I called out to him, "Hey, are you alright?" 

"Y-yeah, I'm fine." he answered, sniffling while he said so. He looked up at me. I saw he had blonde hair and green eyes. But those same eyes were threatening to spill over with tears. 

"Where were you going? Maybe I can take you?" I asked, suddenly wanting to help this stranger. 

"I was going to Palmwoods High. It's right down the road, I can walk." he said. 

"No, I'm on my way there too, I'm a new student from Minnesota. I just moved here less than a month ago." I told him. 

"Well, I mean, if you're already going..." he trailed off. I picked up on the hint he was trying to throw at me and I let him in on the passenger side. I moved my bag to the back and started driving again once the stranger got in.

The chapters may be short but I promise I will update often. Tell me what you think! Thanks!