Gifted

Chapter Nine Cecelia

After all the presentations, I walk over to finally ask Emily if she wants to eat with us for dinner. I notice that she is sitting with the girl I saw earlier. I am hoping that she is not hanging out with Emily, because I won't be inviting her to eat dinner with us, since I don't know her, and she doesn't look very friendly. So I decide to ignore her, and hope that Emily will forgive me. When I reach them I say:
" Hey Emily, what's up?"
"Not much." She replies.
"So I was wondering if you wanted to eat dinner with us tonight."
She looks at the girl next to her and then says:
"Um, sure..."
"Yay! That's great! I'm really exited for you to meet my new friends. See you then!"
"You too..." She says hesitantly.
I wave and walk back over to Julia.
"So?"
Julia asks.
"She'll eat with us." I say.
"Cool!" She replies.
"I can't wait to meet her!"
"You'll really like her!"I say.
Just then the loudspeaker comes on again and says:
"Dinner is starting now. Please make your way back to the mess hall. Thank you!"
We all walk towards the mess hall, only getting lost a few times. When we finally arrive, the mess hall is already packed. We find Taj, Zayne, and Aaron sitting at a table with some of their friends, and we join them. Our table is called up to get food, and I grab a big dinner of a slice of pepperoni pizza, some beef, a Sprite and a slice of pie. Then, I see Emily grabbing some chicken and rice and I walk over to her.
" We're sitting over here."
I say.
"Okay,"
She replies. We grab our stuff and head back to our table. We are the first ones back, so I start on my food. So does Emily. After a few minutes, everyone else joins us. I introduce Emily to everyone. Julia seems to like her, and so does everybody else, but Hazel seems kind of annoyed by her.
"Who's this?"
She asks.
"This is Emily, my friend from back home."
"Cool..."
Is all Hazel replies. After a few awkward minutes, Aaron breaks the silence by saying:
"So how do you like it here?"
"It's ok,"She replies. "I'm just a little confused and I get lost sometimes."
We laugh, and she laughs with us. After that, there is more friendly conversation. Everyone seems to like Emily. We all talk about the school, the rooms, the separation between the guys and girls, the presentations, the meals, etc.. When the loudspeaker announces that we must all return to our dorms or go the common room I am stuffed. We all say bye to Emily and we walk to our dorms. We decide to meet up with Zayne, and Aaron who want to play truth or dare. Taj is jet- lagged, so he goes to bed. We all play a bit of truth or dare, and then Aaron and Zane go off to bed around 9:30 and we all head into our rooms a half an hour later. I say good night to everyone and then head into my room. I write a quick entry in my journal describing the day's events. I brush my teeth, comb my hair, and remove my makeup. Then, I put in my pj's and climb into bed. All of a sudden, the loudspeaker comes on, and says:
"All students please go back to your dorms. Your supervisors will come by to see that you are in bed at 10:30. If you are not, you will be sent to the principal's office. Thank you!"
The loudspeaker shuts off, and I am glad that I decided to go to bed now. The bed is soft and warm, and soon, I have drifted off to dreamland.

I wake up to the sound of Mrs. Kimmel saying:
" Get up you lazy bums! It's time for breakfast!"
I am jolted out of my peaceful sleep by this rude message. I quickly undress, take a shower, and then grab my new, clean uniform out if my drawer, and get dressed. Then I grab my boots, some socks, and lace them up. I grab a piece of paper and write:
Blow dryer
On the paper. I put it in the white mailbox thing over my bed and a blow dryer immediately appears in my hands. I grab it and blow dry my hair into a new style that Hazel showed me. I put my makeup  on in a "cute" way, and then I take a look at myself in the mirror. My hair is clipped back on the right side of my head and is hanging down onto my shoulder on the left. I have naturally colored checks, but cat eye eyeliner, and a bit of mascara. Satisfied, I order a white bag, put my exercise uniform inside in case I'll need it, order a few Teen Vogue magazines, and head outside. I meet up with Julia, who has also grabbed her sports uniform, and some magazines as well. We head out to the mess hall together, and grab some food when we arrive. I guess we are allowed to get food at anytime, because they're not calling up tables. So I grab a bowl of fruit loops and some orange juice and we both sit down at our regular table. A few minutes later, I see Emily and her friend walk into the mess hall. I walk over to her and ask:
" Hey, you wanna eat breakfast with us?"
"Sure.."
She replies. Then she walks over with her friend and grabs some food. I see her friend lean in to talk to her, and after a second, Emily nods. She and her friend seem like they walk over to our table, but then they swerve away at the last second and go a few tables away.
"Well that was rude,"
I say under my breath.
"What?"
Asks Julia.
" She said she would eat with us, but she's not."
"That's really rude,"
Agrees Julia.
"Oh well, I guess she likes her other friend better. Whatevs."
We eat in a comfortable silence, and after about 10 minutes, Rachel and Hazel, accompanied by Taj walk in. They grab their breakfasts and sit down with us.
"Nice updo."
He says, referring to my hair.
"Thanks"
I reply. When we are done with breakfast, we all head back to our separate dorms. Rachel comes over to my place and we hang out for a half an hour before Mrs. Kimmel comes on the loudspeaker again and says:
"Alright kids, go to your first class! If you're not in there in ten, detention!"
We run to our first class, which is creatures class. I wonder how the day will go...