Drew
I woke up on September 12th tired and groggy, I supposed I should've felt exited, happy even. I was getting another chance. a new town, new house, new school a whole new life. I had been enrolled in a swanky private school because of my mum's raise in income, I had protested at first but my mum always got her way .I should've been fucking overjoyed but I just felt the same as ever.
mum had wanted an early start that morning to make a good impression at her new job and I hadn't wanted to get in her way, it wouldn't have been fair, so I opted to sleep in. It wasn't like I was in a rush, classes didn't start till 10 and I wasn't going to bother making an effort to get ready. It was 8:30 when I pulled myself out from underneath the warmth of my covers and dragged my feet to my wardrobe grabbing the brand new uniform of St Marshall's college and shrugging it on, I examined myself in the mirror smoothing down the navy uniform skirt, adjusting the blue and grey uniform tie and swiping some excess mascara from under my eye. After I had made myself presentable I stumbled downstairs grabbing an apple before rushing out the door after noticing the time. Pulling on my oversized blazer (mum said I had "room to grow into it" when I complained) as I speed walked to the bus stop new shoes clacking against the pavement I felt a familiar feeling in my stomach as the nerves settled in. I wondered if I would fit in I had never had issues with bullying before, most of the time I tried to fly under the radar, unfortunately that didn't leave much room for making friends. I wondered if it would be different at this new school, if I should branch out and make an effort to talk to people or if I should blend in as usual. Knowing me it would probably be the latter.
Once I'd gotten on the bus and found a seat near the front where there wasn't many other people, teenagers often gravitated towards the back, I opened my phone and connected my headphones, I needed to block out my thoughts completely and as the slow beat of arctic monkeys filled my ears I began to calm down focusing on the lyrics and melody instead of my negative thoughts.
Before I knew it the bus was pulling to a final stop and swarms of kids wearing the same navy uniform as me pushed and shoved in large hoards to get off, what they were in such a hurry for I didn't know, we'd all get off eventually . Once I'd managed to slip past the masses I could finally take in my surroundings. St. Marshall college was impressive, it had old red brickwork and large courtyard but at the end of the day it was just the same as any other school and the kids inside were all bound to be the same as my last.
I exhaled a breath I didn't know I was holding in and followed the rest of the students inside. Walking through the massive wooden doors I felt someone bump harshly against my shoulder and leaped forward on instinct knocking directly into someone else.
"Oh, shit sorry" I cursed wincing at my sloppy language before trying to steady myself and the person in front of me. "It's alright, no harm done" a quiet voice replied. Once I had gotten my bearings I looked ahead at the girl in front of me, she was nice looking with short wavy hair and a round face. "I'm Sophie" she smiled falling into step with me "what's your name? I don't think I've seen you before are you a year 11?" After a moment of silence I realised she had asked me a question. I prepared myself for a conversation with this seemingly chatty girl and thought over the friendliest response.
"I'm Drew, I just moved here that's probably why you don't recognise me but yeah I'm in year 11" I replied hoping I didn't come off as blunt "oh cool, I'll show you around then" she linked her arm with mine as we walked "we've got morning assembly first, the headmistress likes to make a big speech on the first day back, all rubbish of course it's the same every year" I nodded along to what she was saying as she rambled on. "What's your first lesson?" She asked turning to look at me, I pulled out my timetable from my blazer pocket "English lit with Mr Thompson" she shook her head sighing slightly "damn I've got maths first, oh well we can meet up at lunch right?" I nodded diligently not wanting to protest "well we should probably get to assembly before it starts otherwise all the seats will be filled" she tugged my arm and we walked in unison through yet another archway this time to a large hall decorated in flags and filled with seats overlooking a circular stage.
Sophie dragged me to a seat near the front and started letting me in on all the gossip she thought I needed to know, I drowned out the sound of her voice and scanned the seats around me as more people filled in anxiously fiddling with the hem of my skirt. "Oh I'd better shut up now it's starting" Sophie hummed cutting off my thoughts as I turned my attention to the stage. The face of the school's headmistress stepped onto the platform as silence settled over the hall. I sat quietly trying to stop my leg from shaking as the assembly began. Once the assembly was over me and Sophie parted ways and I navigated through the halls towards my first lesson of the day, English. Sophie had told me that the teacher Mr Sutton was strict but wouldn't give you trouble if you stayed quiet and did the work which I hoped was the case, even if not I resolved to keep my head down. Upon entering the classroom I chose a seat in the third row by a window, not wanting to draw too much attention from sitting in the front or back where teachers often picked on, I had began daydreaming watching the falling leaves on a tree outside when I felt someone plop down into the seat next to me, It was a girl with tan skin dusted with freckles and reddish brown hair tied up in a messy ponytail and when she turned to face me properly I noticed the dimples that accented her smile and the cute gap in her otherwise straight teeth, I had always been jealous of girls with naturally perfect teeth as I'd had braces since I was 13. "Hey I'm Eva" she extended a hand to me and I shook it lamely "Drew", "you're new aren't you?" She asked smiling "yeah, I just moved here" she nodded excitedly and began to speak again but the classroom door swung open and a tall skinny man in a tired looking suit walked in smiling at the class. I realised this was Mr Thompson, he began to introduce himself and I turned my attention back out the window to the tree in the courtyard watching as the last couple of brown leaves swayed in the breeze before falling gracefully. The end of lesson bell sounded snapping me back to reality as people shuffled around to get their things and leave. Eva who by this point was already waiting at the door signalled for me to follow her. "What lesson have you got know?" I asked when I reached her, hopefully it would be the same as mine I didn't want to go through the introduction process again and my social battery was running precariously low, "biology, what about you?" Yes I silently celebrated "uh, the same as you" "yay! we can be partners then" she squealed seemingly just as excited as me about the similarities in our schedule, "but we'd best get a move on the science block is on the other half of the building" she grabbed my hand and guided me through the throng of people "at break I can help you find your locker if you want?" She rushed as we passed several classrooms, I just nodded in response. Luckily when lunchtime rolled around I discovered that Eva and Sophie were already good friends. We sat on the benches in the courtyard and chatted about trivial things but I found myself warming up to them and greatly enjoying their conversation. By the time the end of day bell had rung most of my anxiety had dissipated and I got on the home bus feeling much calmer than the morning. Opening the door to my house I called out to see if mum was home and after I got no response I ran straight up to my room to take an afternoon nap, I was exhausted from school and desperately needed to crawl back into my cozy cave of blankets on my bed. As I enveloped myself in the familiar warmth of my duvet I was satisfied with my first day it had been a major success, I had made two whole friends and I was really starting to like my new school. I drifted off contentedly into a deep sleep.
AN: this is my first ever time writing a fanfic and I've been planning this for a while so I hope you guys like it <3
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