Life With Zalfie (discontinued)

Chapter 18

Maya's Pov

"Maya!" My dad greets as I walk downstairs.

"Dad!" I reply happily.

"Wanna film a video with me after school?"

"Yes I do." I smile.

"Awesome, cheers love." He smiles, pulling me into a quick, tight hug.

I sit down at the table next to Nala, who is sitting on one of the chairs. "How did that project go?" Dad asks, sitting next to me. "The youtube video one."

I giggle. "I got the highest mark I could have gotten."

He chuckles. "Oh, okay. That's great to hear."

I fix myself a bowl of cereal and sit down to eat it.

"You better hurry, you've only got half an hour to eat and get all makeup-upped." He laughs.

I throw my cereal remains in the bin and rush upstairs, getting an outfit ready and do my hair and makeup. After I'm done everything, I drive to school after a quick bye to my parents.

"Hey Maya." Sam greets me with a peck on the cheek.

"Hey boyfriend." I giggle.

"Ready for maths?" He asks with a groan.

I scrunch up my nose. "Ew."

He laughs and puts his arm around me and leads me to class.

"What are we learning in this class?" Jeana asks.

Jack and I laugh. "Jeana, we've been taking maths for years now. We've been solving for x over the past two months." I giggle.

She shrugs. "I may be a famous youtuber but I ain't good at school."

Sam walks in the room. "There's a whole crowd outside of the classroom."

"Why?" We all say together.

"I think there's a new student."

I gasp. "Yay! Let's go say hi."

Mr. Bates walks out of the room. "Kids! Get in here and stop making our new guest nervous."

Everyone piles back into the classroom and the teacher walks in with a new girl next to him. I almost choke on my tongue.

The dark, curled hair, the plumbed cheek bones, the crystal blue eyes. All the memories come pouring in from the orphanage. From my first friend.

Skylar.

She smiles confidently in front of the class. She looks so different but I can still manage to recognize every inch of her. I can hear the whispers from behind me. Every voice, just like my first day here. Except, the whispers seem to be somewhat different.

"Who is that?" Jack asks, his jaw dropped slightly and his eyebrow raised.

Jeana smacks his arm. "That is someone that is not me, so eyes off buddy."

He shakes his head. "Sorry."

"No but seriously, who is she?" Sam asks, glancing over to me.

It's like I can't even hear the people close to me. My eyes still can't focus on what is in front of me.

"...Maya?" Jeana asks.

"Are you okay? You look like you're going to be sick." Sam says.

"I... I know her."

"Is she like a youtuber or something?" Jack asks. "Or a friend?"

"This is Skyler." Mr. Bates smiles, glancing from Skyler to the class.