Once we were at school, I went straight to the office and saw a secretary talking to a boy who looked about my age. I walked over to the desk and the secretary introduced me to the boy.
"Bella. I like you to meet Ryan Veens. Ryan, this is Bella and she'll be showing you around," Miss Magice said.
"Come on Ryan. I'll show you around," I said. We walked out the office and down the hallway. "So, where are you from?," I asked trying to make conversation.
"Washington D.C.," Ryan replied.
"Cool. Me and my mom went there last summer. We didn't see much though. Just a couple of monuments. But you'll love it here in Pennsylvania. So what's your class schedule?", I asked. He handed me the paper and couldn't believe what I saw. He had 5 out of 9 classes with me.
"Oh cool. We have five classes together. If you include lunch," I joked. We both laughed at my silly joke and walked to the cafeteria. "Okay. This is the cafeteria. I sit all the way in the middle table. You can sit there if you want to. Not many people sit there. Just me, my friend Ashlin and my boyfriend Austin".
We walked into the hallway where the lockers were. I showed him his locker and where his classes were. As soon as we finished the tour, we headed to our first class.
When lunch came, I got a salad and a water and went to my table.
"So, how was the tour?", Ashlin asked me.
"Well, he has five classes with me and he's super cute. I even invited him to have lunch with us," I replied. I opened the bowl and put french dressing on the salad. I looked around the cafeteria for Ryan but I saw Austin instead which was fine. He was on his way to our table until his jock friends called him over to their table. I looked at the lunch line again and saw Ryan paying for his food.
"Bella. Snap out of it. You're with Austin," Ashlin said.
"I know I know. But come on. Ryan is mesmerizing. He came all the way from Washington D.C. If you got to know him, you would also agree he's awesome", I said taking a bite of my salad. Ryan walked over to our table and sat across from me.
"So, Ryan. Do you like Crestwood High so far,?" Ashlin asked.
"Yeah, it's pretty cool I guess. What's your name?," he asked.
"Oh its uh. Um," she stuttered.
"This is Ashlin," I finished for her.
"Nice to meet you Ashlin". Ryan reached into his bag with his books in it and pulled out a water bottle. It wasn't the kind that was see through. He took a long sip and put the bottle on the table. I continued eating my salad when I noticed his lips were dark red. Ashlin didn't notice because she was to busy tapping her fingers away on her phone.
"Um Ryan. You have something on your lips," I said. He picked up a napkin off the table and wiped off the red stuff from his lips. The bell rang and lunch ended. I went and dumped my tray and walked to my next class with Ryan next to me.
