The New Girl

Meeting with the A-hole. Again

Knowing that I'm going to a whole new school, I was totally nervous. You never know what people thought of you, how they looked at you, and the judging eyes will be just too many. To top it all off, we were resuming after everyone had already resumed and we were juniors. There's no way in hell that no one will notice us.

Well, I thought I was nervous. Until, you would not believe who was a nervous wreck. You will never guess.

Jemi. Yes. Jemimah Starr. Yes. Her. The outgoing, confident girl who never cared whatsoever what people thought of her and sometimes ate like a baby, with the crumbs of food around her lips and she wouldn't even know it.

Jemi and I carpooled, mostly because we lived near each other and wanted to talk before the beginning of the day. So she picked me up, and I started noticing little signs. She was acting, well, weird.

So I took the liberty to ask, "Jemi? Are you nervous?"

"Whaaaaa...? Psh. No! Is that even possible. The mighty Awesomeness, Jemi Starr. Nervous?" She rolled her eyes. "That's bull."

"Oh my... Oh my... Oh my God! You are! This is a miracle? Her ego's traveled! No arrogance no cockiness!!! No confidence radiating off you!? Jemimah Starr is actually nervous?!??!!"

"Who said?" She was more defensive now. "Okay. Fine. Maybe I'm a teeny weeny bit nervous, but who wouldn't? I don't want my name to be tainted on the first day! I mean seriously!"

"Oh don't be ridiculous. You're name cannot be tainted on your first day here." I paused. This is Jemi were talking about. "Okay I won't give you my word."

"See? And you know that as much as I don't care about other people's opinions, their opinion when they just meet me does matter. It views how my name would be. And even though I don't care what people think, I don't want to be labelled the b*tch of the school. Like seriously? What if I loose you to some b*tch?! Wait that's not possible. That'll never happen. But what if EVERY SINGLE ONE hates me here!!!!???? Like seriously?!!!! What if this is my last day in life?!?!?? What if I have a heart attack and die?!?????! I mean what if-"

"Okay now you're just talking sh*t. Pull Over." Jemi's has this habit of gesticulating with her hands whenever she's talking, so I feared for my life because she was driving. No thank you, I love my life.

"What?"

"I said pull over."

She pulled over. "Who are you and what have you done with my confident and arrogant Jemi Starr?"

She rolled her eyes "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? What. Do I mean?" I emphasized each word.

"Okay maybe I'm a little bit different today..."

"A little bit? What? Where is the awesomeness in you today? Since when do you care what people think about you? What happened to 'Do I look like I care about them?' Jemi or 'Please say something sensible and worth my time' Jemi? You know what? Were both nervous today so even if we don't make much friends, were together alright? BFF's forever."

"Aww." She hugged me. "I knew it. I just knew it. I knew one days you'll just have to admit my Awesomeness. I just knew one day you will. I knew it I knew it I knew it!" She said the last sentence really fast. "Don't worry. Your like half as awesome as I am and that is A LOT."

"Huh? Who said you were awesome? I just said that because I didn't want you yo crash the car with me in it while filling your head up with that stuff." She doesn't need much more of an ego build.