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Chapter 1 : The new girl

Chapter 1

Riker POV

I walked into my first period class, which was gym. There was some girl and a lady talking to my gym teacher. Every gym class, we started warming up with a light jog around the gym, so I started jogging with everyone else. I kept watching the lady and girl though.

The lady left, but the girl stayed. Our teacher called us over, and had us sit in our assigned seats on the floor.

"This is Kayla. She just moved here, and is the newest addition to the class."

My teacher told Kayla where to sit. Our seats were alphabetical, so half the class had to be adjusted.

Since it was Kayla's first day, she didn't bring gym clothes, so she didn't participate. We were doing Frisbee today.

After gym was over, I ran to the locker rooms to change. The bell rang, and I went to my next class, which was physics. We were getting assigned a big project today, and I was dreading it because I sucked at physics. My average was somewhere in the 70's.

Kayla was apparently in this class too. My teacher had her sit at my lab table because I didn't have a lab partner.

He announced the project. It was all about chucking a ball out a window, and we had to do 8 million calculations to figure out where the ball would land. We were supposed to do this whole report, and then film ourselves doing it. He gave us a week and a half to do the whole thing.

I already knew I was screwed. I didn't even understand the last unit, and this unit was sort of built on the last unit, so I'd have no idea what to do. I just couldn't understand physics.

Luckily, my teacher said we'd get partners. And I was partners with Kayla. He gave us the rest of class to discuss the project amongst ourselves.

"Hi, I'm Riker," I said, sticking out my hand.

Kayla shook it, and nodded. She pulled something out of her backpack, and handed it to me. It was her student ID.

"Kayla. Yeah," I said, handing her ID back.

I was kind of confused. Why wasn't she speaking?

"Um... So since we have to film and do the project at someone's house, do you want my address?" I asked.

Kayla nodded.

I wrote it down, and gave it to her. She mouthed the word 'thanks.'

"Um... Could I have your number so we can text about the project?"

Kayla nodded, and wrote down her number.

When class was over, I went to math next. Again, another subject I absolutely suck at. Kayla turned out to be in this class too. She got assigned the seat next to me in the back of the class.

Later...

Riker POV

Every single class of mine had Kayla in it. And she hadn't said a word all day. At lunch, she sat at a table all alone in the back. I felt bad for her, but I was too busy getting homework help from my friend to do anything.

Once I was home, I ran upstairs to mine and Rocky's room. I took out my phone, added Kayla as a contact, and started typing a text.

"When do you want to work on the project?" I texted.

I got a response almost immediately.

"Whenever."

"How about today?"