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A crowd of students walking around the whole school. Some of them are pre-teens, most are teenagers. Looking around, she feels nervous. She doesn't even know how to approach it. This is her first day in secondary school. In Year 7 now.

Mary didn't have a lot of friends in Primary, only a couple but already wishing the small number of friends she made in Primary were with her during this time. She is 11 years old and about to begin her time in a new school. A school completely unfamiliar for her.

"You okay sweetie?" Looking behind her. Her mother. The cute smile and her soothing voice are the one thing Mary remembers from her, hearing her mother and seeing her smile are the best things she loves about her.

"I want to go home." In a childlike voice. Feeling scared in going there. It's just her mother dropping her off to school. Her mother knows that Mary wasn't able to make a lot of friends in her previous school. Maybe this new school in Birmingham is a chance for her to shine.

"Sweetie, I get you. In fact, I too was scared when I went to a new school."

"You were?" Feeling unsure about that.
"Yes sweetie. In fact, I would hide in the bathrooms all day to avoid people." Mary laughs over it.

"So it's normal sweetie. But you may meet someone new. Someone you might become close friends with."

"I don't know mom." Her mother looks at her. Not feeling concerned at all, understanding the feeling she's having.

"Don't worry sweetie. Once the day is done, I'll pick you up, you can tell me all about your day." Before making a funny face in front of her, causing Mary to laugh over it. Finding it incredibly funny.

"Now go. You don't want to be late for your class." Mary smiles before running to the school happily.

But the run doesn't last long, she stops herself, turning her head back to her mom who looks at her, keeping her smile. The cutest smile a mother ever has. She'll miss her.

Before returning to her run back to the school area. Looking around, seeing a lot of people, including ones in their own friend groups. Talking to each other. Some of them even saying that there's this boy a girl likes and all. A Year 10 student. Pretty funny to hear.

Her classroom isn't that big but still easy for the 11 year old Mary to get lost. Unsure where the room is, looking around where her first lesson will be. Her first day isn't filled with homeworks and lessons, mostly fun activities based on the subject they're doing, to get the mood and the feeling going, to let other students know each other really well.

Room B23, where is that room as she looks around. The rooms she has found mostly have A's. A teacher in the hallways, observing the students. Other students have their strict faces, looking ready to do everything they can to bring students to their first lessons, failure in doing so, comes with consequences a student doesn't want to hear. Usually detention.

"Umm excuse me." She calls to the teacher. She looks at Amy. Happily walking towards her. The teacher has brunette hair, really tall, probably 5ft 11, wearing high heels. She looks really strict, as well as looking kind at the same time.

"Yes, how can I help?" Seeing how she approached the other students, some of them in a happy, kind manner. Others in a strict tone, like she knows a lot about them and what she can expect from them.

"I'm... looking for B23. Do you know where that is?" Looking at the timetable Mary had since she got accepted to the school and went to an orientation on July.

"Oh yes, I see you are a new student." Looking at the tall teacher in shyness.

"Don't worry, usually a first day in school tends to end really well. My name is Ms Tilda, the head of Year 9 students. I'll give you explanations on the rooms. The rooms that begin with A are usually located on the ground floor, the ones that begin with B are on the first floor and lastly, the ones that begin with C are on the second floor, the final floor of the school." Good enough information to hear. But the school, despite it's small size, still hard to know where the room could be in.