The Accident That Changed Everything

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

A few days later...

Emma POV

Well... Today was the day.

The first day of school!

I was so nervous. Rydel and I had gone school shopping yesterday. We got some binders, notebooks, folders, pens, pencils... And a whole bunch of other stuff Rydel insisted we get. We also got a few new clothing items. Rydel only got a bracelet because by the time we finished getting school supplies, she was pretty much out of money. But I told her I'd share the clothes I got. She seemed to love my clothes. Even when I first came here in the beginning of the summer, she was always pulling things out of the closet, trying them on, and asking to borrow them. Of course I said yes.

Right now it was 6:11. Our bus came at 6:45. I was a little jealous of Ryland. He was in 8th grade, so his bus came later, and he could sleep more!

I threw on some clothes, got ready, and then went downstairs to grab breakfast. Ross was down there already, eating cereal.

"Hey Emma. Ready for your first day?" Ross asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be."

"Not excited?"

"Nope!"

"Me neither."

"We have some classes together though. I'm excited for that."

"Yeah we have first period together, and lunch I think..."

Rocky and Rydel came down the stairs together, talking about some teacher they both had. It was 6:38 now. Where's Riker? He's going to miss the bus if he doesn't hurry up!

All of a sudden, Riker came running down the stairs. His shoes were untied, and on the last step, he tripped, and went flying to the ground with a very loud crash. I ran over to him.

"Riker, are you ok!?"

"Ugh... My knee and my wrist really hurt! When I fell, my wrist bent backwards all weird."

"Did you break it!?"

"No. It just hurts."

"Guys, come on. We have to go or we'll miss the bus!" Rocky said, grabbing his stuff.

"Come on. Let's go," I said, helping Riker stand.

We grabbed our backpacks, and went outside. We got on the bus, and Riker pulled me into a seat right next to him. Our bus ride was about 20 minutes. Riker and I talked about school and how I'm going to be fine. But I was still nervous! When I got off the bus, Ross was waiting for me.

"Since we have gym together first period, we can walk together!" Ross said.

"Ok."

I followed Ross to the gym. For about 20 minutes, our gym teacher talked about the year and what we'll be doing. For the rest of the period, he let us talk with each other.

"So what grades are you guys in?" I asked Ross.

"I'm in 9th, Rocky's in 10th, Rydel's in 11th with you, and Riker's in 12th."

"Ok."

"What class do you have next?"

"Physics with Riker."

"Oh. Cool."

"I have no idea where the class is though. I remember Riker showing me down some hallway. But now I don't really remember..."