The New Girl

1

*Beep Beep Beep*

"Ugh." I groan and put my alarm clock off. It's currently 6:30 AM. Today's my first day of school. 10th grade yay! New country, new school, new everything.

I jump out of bed to get ready. First day so I want to look quite good.

'Brook, are you coming?' My mom screams from downstairs.

'Yes!' I scream back. My name is Brooklyn but my nickname is Brook. I'm an only child. Also, my mom raised me alone. My dad died when I was like 4 years old. I used to live in America before I moved here. Mom wanted to go back because she was born here and all my family lives here. The reason she went to America was because of my dad. She was studying in America and fell in love.

Finland. It's beautiful here but really different. Luckily we moved here in summer vacation so I could get used to everything. Though I miss America like a lot.

I put on high waisted jeans and a crop top. Over that I put my flannel. This is basically my go to outfit. Then I do some make up and my hair in a half updo. I grab my school bag and head down the stairs.

'Morning!' I kiss my mom's cheek and sit down to eat breakfast.

'Morning! Nervous?' Mom asks while reading the newspaper. She can actually read Finnish. Although she lived in America for a long time, she still knows Finnish. And because mom is Finnish, I know it too. Not so good, but good enough to make a conversation. (This story is all english tho.)

I finish my juice and then stand up to put on shoes.

'Bye mom! I have to go now.' I hug my mom.

'Bye, good luck today honey! Make sure to make friends!'

'Yeah!' I say while running to the front door. I laugh to myself. Mom always wants me to make friends. I had some friends in America, but not that much. I had two close friends: Jessica and Justin. But that's it. I miss them. A lot.

I run to the bus station just to make sure I'm in time. The bus isn't there yet. I sit down on a bench and wait for the bus. It doesn't take long because after 3 minutes the bus arrives and I can step in to go to school.

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I step out of the bus and walk towards the school gates. While I'm walking over the schoolyard, some people stare at me. It's okay, I'm the new girl. I walk into school and towards the lockers. I look for my locker what takes some time. Luckily I went to school early so I have much time left to do everything. I put the books that I don't need into my locker and then look at my phone what my first lessons are. Biology, maths, science. Nice! Okay I really like those subjects. I know it sounds weird because who likes school but I do. I'm kind of a nerd. At my old school I always had the best grades of my class. But I don't think I'll have that now because this is Finland. Everything's in Finnish. Which is a bit harder for me, although I know Finnish. But I'm used to English.

The first school bell rings which means I have to go look for the classroom. I walk through a hallway looking at the doors.

'Can I help you?' A voice behind me suddenly says.

'Omg!' I say loudly and turn around.

'Oh did I scare you?' A tall boy with brown eyes and dark blonde hair looks at me with a big smile. He's cute, I won't lie.

'Yeah, sort of.' I say shyly.

'Which class do you have?' He asks. 'Oh and I'm Isac by the way.' He sticks his hand out. I shake it.

'Brooklyn.' I say. 'And I have biology.'

'Beautiful name!' He says. Why does he say that? He stares into my eyes. Omg his eyes are beautiful. No Brooklyn no! 'I have biology too so we must be in the same class. Come!' Isac starts walking and I follow him. 'Here it is.' He opens a classroom door and walks in. I walk in too and take a seat in the back. Isac sits down next to another boy. They do a handshake thingy so I guess they're friends. The teacher starts talking so I listen.