New Girl

Chapter 1

Tomorrow is the first day at my new school, I am very nervous, what if I don't fit in? What if I don't make any friends? Those are all things running through my head as I am going through my dresser finding clothes to wear tomorrow. I settle with a pair of boot-cut jeans and a short-sleeved shirt. I make my way into the hallway and start walking toward the stairs. The house is so empty and quiet, on a normal day I am left by myself for most of the day. Ever since my mother passed away and we moved to this new town my father spends his time working at the auto body shop in the morning and in the evening he ends up at one of the local bars or pubs. When I get to the kitchen I open the door to the fridge. Of course it is empty it always is, I decide to check the cupboard for anything to eat. Nothing..... I decided I could wait until school tomorrow it wouldn't be the first time I went without food. I grab a pen and paper from a random drawer and write a message for my father to read before he works. The message read- Good morning Dad I hope you have a good day at work we need groceries again...

I hope that he doesn't get upset with me, I don't want to have him read it tonight otherwise I will never hear the end of it how I am not grateful for what he does for me and I can't deal with that right now. I make my way back to my room and get dressed for bed, when I get closer to my room I hear the door downstairs open. I peek back around the corner and see my dad stumble through the door and immediately go to the living room couch passing out instantly. Now that he is home I don't have to worry if he made It home or not. I grab him a cup of water from the kitchen and set it on the coffee table before him. There is a blanket on the back of the couch and I use it to cover him up. I kiss his forehead and tell him goodnight. I walked back to my room and plopped on my bed this is what makes me miss my mom, she would always take care of us and make sure we had everything we needed. It was hard on me and my dad, it all happened quickly. She was driving through a green light and the next thing I knew we were spinning in circles. I scream for my mom but I can't hear her response over the screeching of tires. I came back to reality and wiped away the stray tear that had fallen from my eye. Finally, I  get dressed into pajamas and get laid down for bed. My mind still has not stopped running, it is so hard not to think about what will happen tomorrow. At some point, I don't realize it but my eyes drift closed and right before I sleep I remember that I didn't set an alarm for the morning...

                                                                  Next Day

I wake up to someone saying my name and aggressively shaking me awake. I slowly open my eyes and my dad is standing in front of me not impressed. I let out a string of curse words and apologize.

"I will be down in a minute I am sorry for oversleeping Dad"

"Hurry up you are already 10 minutes late for school" my dad replied angrily. I hate irritating him he always gets overly upset over so many little things. After I am dressed I run down the stairs practically tripping over my feet. I glance over and see my dad tapping his foot and looking down at his watch. I walk past him, run to the truck, and hop in making sure I buckle my seatbelt. Being in a vehicle still makes me nervous sometimes after the accident it has been hard to get back into being in a vehicle but now I have no choice. My dad walks over to the door and glares at me through the driver's side window I look down and that is how I stay the whole ride to the school. When I get out of the truck my dad doesn't say a word to me so I slam the door and run into the school. When I step inside I take a minute to look around the place, I notice that the walls are old white tiles that are chipping and the floor is an odd red brick-looking tile. I turn my head to the left and see an office I walk in and see a younger woman sitting at the desk that reads Secretary. "Hi m name is Jordan Fontaine and I am new here"

"Hi sweetie you are about 20 minutes late but do you have your class schedule?"  

"I don't I never got that in the mail.." there was a moment of silence then I heard the printer start up. The secretary walks over and grabs the paper. 

"Here is your schedule hun I can take you to your first class if you want" Looking up from my schedule I nod yes and we begin our walk. The school is so quiet you can hear the teachers talking in the hallway. The secretary stops abruptly and I almost run into her.

"This is your first class just walk in and let them know you are new and it will be okay."

"Thank you for helping me find my class"

"you are welcome sweetie if you need anything just let me know" I nod in response and hesitate in front of the door. Before I can open the door it flies open and hits me and I fall backwards. 

"What are you doing weirdo?" A tall boy says I take a moment to look at him he has brown eyes the color of mud and tan sun-kissed skin with brown fluffy short hair. "You like what you see or something?"

"Sorry" I can't help but say under my breath without any warning he steps over me and walks away. I slowly stand up and open the door again walking into the classroom slowly. All eyes instantly look towards me, I awkwardly stand there and look around the room for the teacher. I spot the teacher at her desk and she hasn't looked up from her computer so I decided to walk up to her desk still feeling everyone's eyes burning holes into me. "Hello my name is Jordan I am a new student here" 

"Oh, well you are 20 minutes late so just find a seat and grab the papers from the table at the front of the room and work on those they are due tomorrow" The teacher sounds annoyed so I walk to the table and grab the papers. I look around for an open spot and see one next to a girl and another next to a guy. I picked the one next to the girl, she had red hair and bright blue eyes almost as bright as the sky. As I slide into my seat she looks up and smiles at me.  I smile back slightly and start looking through the work I have no idea what class I am even in. As if the girl next to me could tell I was confused she said...

"You don't know where you are do you?"

"I have no idea" I reply laughing. She laughs with me.

"you are in English 12 for seniors, My name is Macy James by the way" Macy holds her hand out and I take it replying 

"I am Jordan Fontaine" Macy shakes my hand and then we both go back to doing our work. I look up at the clock and wonder what time this class will end and just when I do a bell rings. I jump in my seat Macy looks over and asks

"Do you need help getting to your next class?"

"Yes that would be helpful" We both smile at each other and walk together to my next class which just happens to be Macy's next class too. When Macy goes to find us seats I walk to the teacher's desk to let him know I am new 

"Hi my name is Jordan I am new here"

"Oh yes that's right well you're lucky today is only the second week of the first semester so you haven't missed anything we will just be handing out math homework today you should already know most of it" I look at him and nod my head not wanting to say much. I speed walk back to the seat with Macy and just as I think the class couldn't get worse the Tallboy from earlier busts through the door. He looks around and when he catches my eyes looking at him he smirks and says 

"Can't you find something better to do than stare at me, Jesus I didn't think that I was that good-looking " Of course this had to happen today I already had so much going on, and now this.