Welcome Distraction

1. The start of the end

                 

Alyssa POV's:
Finally the day I've been waiting for has arrived, only 180 days more to be done with this. I was never someone who liked school maybe because I never know what is to be popular or someone with many friends. I was never the kind of girl who was interested in being noticed; I was just focus on having good grades and continue with the legacy of my family, since I has memory my grandfather had talked to me about Stanford it is like the university of my dreams I guess that my attendance was never in doubt, no one asked me about that but well I think is my dream too.
I've been working so hard all my life, I have the best GPA so that will give me an important scholarship, I am part of the volleyball team of my school and that will help to maybe earn a sport scholarship, and finally I been doing social works to help my curriculum for my solicitude.
I am totally focus on university, I don't have anything else in mind and let's be honest I don't have anything else to worry; I have zero time for stupid school problems. I am ready to start my senior year and I am also ready for it to finish I can't wait for it!
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While I was getting ready to leave for school this time I was hoping to see my parents eating breakfast or something but I just found a note in the fridge :

Sorry honey, we have so much work today and we are sad that we are not present in your last first day of school. I hope we could share dinner together. Have a nice day we love you.

Well I am not surprised it happened. My parents are always busy, they work really hard in order to pay for college; we are not the family with more money but we are doing fine and I am working hard for scholarships or financial aid something has to work.
I would lie if I say I am not nervous, because I don't know what will happen this year I am just hoping everything will be like the other years when no one knew my name and problems are not around me.
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The first thing I have to do is going to the tutor center to pick up the new schedule; I am a tutor because the main reason is you get paid for it and it also looks good in your solicitude for the university.

But I guess that this time my year would bring a surprise because when I read the people I would be tutoring I recognize all the names, well how I couldn't... they were all football players! And don't misunderstand me but I hate them! They all think they are above all of us just cause they are popular and I don't want to be in the middle of that I will do anything to change this!. So I decided to go to the principal's office and talk about this problem.

"Mr. Harris, I think there has been a mistake here, I can't tutor these students" I try to said in a really calm tone, even though I could hit someone right now!

He looks at me. "There is not a mistake, you will be the tutor of some of the players of the soccer team, they need a lot of help and you are our best tutor. Beside any student will like to be near the players, they are one of the reasons our school is really acknowledge, you know we have one of the best teams!"

"Believe me I know that" I say and I can't help to roll my eyes.

He just drinks a sip of his coffee. "I am glad you understand and if you don't have any other doubts you may leave to your class"

I decide to leave because I guess there isn't a choice here I will have to do my job and act like nothing is happening. I mean this doesn't mean I will have to go to parties or soccer games, I don't have to be their friend, it is the las thing I want. Ugh stupid soccer! while I was on my way to my locker to keep some books; I collided with someone and all my books fell, immediately the person who hit me stand up to help me, and I saw him.

"I am really sorry.. am ... you are... am sorry" he said

"I am Alyssa, you know we been four years in the same class, we shared math, chemistry and history" I said a little bit angry, I mean he at least should know my name we been classmates for years.

"Sorry, I am not good with names or faces, and like we never talk at all, I really don't know you" he said while he was picking my books

"It is okay, I don't expect Michael Collins to know my name or to be my friend he is to popular for that right?" I said a little bit too angry

"Wow, girl you have a problem with me or something? I just said I was sorry, didn't I?" he told me giving me my books back.

"Oh I am sorry I hurt your feelings, I guess you are not used to people not being nice to you, it must be hard" I said while I walked away to the lockers not even giving him a chance to say something.

But reality hit me, Michael was a soccer player so maybe I was supposed to be his tutor, so I saw the program and indeed I was. Great I just yell to the boy I was supposed to work with.