Ella

Chapter 2

“Welcome to 12th Grade Science! My name is Mr.Jones and it’s great to see all of you! Since it’s the first day we’re going to go around the class and say our name and something that you like or something interesting about us. Let’s start over here.” Mr.Jones said motioning towards the left side of the classroom.

A boy with military style hair and bad acne was the first to go.

”My name is Derek and I like girls.” A bunch of his friends started cheering and high-fiving him.

You can stop.

We went around the classroom and it was finally my turn.

“My name is Ella,and I like …One Direction.”I said.

Every guy in the class groaned and I blushed.

Soon enough everyone had said something about them, so Mr.Jones gave us the rest of class, which was only ten minutes, to socialize and “make new friends”.

Me being socially awkward sat there on my phone. A girl with long brown hair and bright brown eyes came up and sat next to me.

“Hi,” she said,  “my name is Kaylin! What’s your name?”

“Didn’t we just learn everyone's name?” I asked her, even though I already knew the answer.

“Oh yeah. Your name was um… Emma?” She questioned.

“Close, it’s Ella” I corrected her.

“Right, Ella! Well Hi! How are you?” She asked.

“Great,”I said.

Kaylin started giving life story even though I didn’t ask her for it.S he took the the rest of first period and even walked me to my second period class since she was also in there. The teacher, Ms.Mores, gave us the entire class to talk so Kaylin just kept on going with her little life story.

I learned that she was born here in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and she’s lived here her whole life. She has a twin brother named Kailex and a younger sister named Kayla. She’s a gymnast and cheerleader and she does volunteer work.

We actually had a lot in common.

By the end of third period Kaylin was done.

“And thats it!” she said just as the bell rang. “What class do you have next?” she asked me.

I glanced down at my schedule and said, “Math.”

“OMG! Math its my next class too!” She exclaimed.

She showed me the way there and talked the whole time.

Good thing she’s talkative because I have nothing to say so it would just be an awkward silence.

We walked into the classroom and took our seats. I told her a few things about me until the bell rang.

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“Okay so, Channing Tatum or Liam Hemsworth?” I asked Kaylin. We were sitting in the school courtyard, eating our lunches outside.

“Um...why does it have to be between those two, they’re both so gorgeous! I would probably have to got with Liam.” She smiled before asking me, “Harry Styles  or Robert Pattinson?”

“Robert Pattinson!”I replied.

“Really? What about Harry?” She asked while we were walking back to the school.

“You know, you can’t always have both!” I said.

Over the past couple of weeks Kaylin and I had become best friends. We spent all of our time together and were really close now. I’m really glad that we moved to Tuscaloosa. It’s so nice down here, the people, the weather, everything.

The only thing that I’m not happy about here is that I haven’t really talked to my friends back home. The first day I came here, they called and said that they missed me and they hoped I would be happy here. Now that I am, they won’t even talk to me!

I pulled up into my driveway and parked next to my mom’s car. I walked up to the door and walked in.

“Mom?” I called out. “Jackson?” I called my brothers name. No sign of them.

I checked the downstairs area and then went upstairs. I didn’t see anyone, so I assumed no one was there.

I walked down stairs into the kitchen.Since I had nothing else to I decided to start dinner.

I took a pot from the cabinet and filled it with water, and then turned on the stove. Sitting the pot down on the stove, I took out four boxes of spaghetti noodles. I split them in half and stuck them in the water.

Taking a big bowl,I dumped a couple of jars of sauce into it, and added onions and peppers.Then I mixed it up and set it aside.

After cooking the meatballs I made a big salad, I sat down and took a break.

My parents and brother came home a hour later.

“Something smells good” My dad commented as she walked into the kitchen.

“I made dinner.” I said as I took the bread out of the oven.

“Any special reason?” She asked.

“Nope.Just wanted to cook something.” I mixed the spaghetti up and put in a bowl. I’d already set the table so I sat just sat down the spaghetti, salad, and bread, then called everyone in to eat.

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After dinner I went up to my room and finished my homework.

Diet Mountain Dew

Baby New York City,

Never was there ever a girl so pretty

Do you think we’ll be in love forever?

Do you think we’ll be in love?

I picked up my phone off my bed and looked at the screen. Surprisingly, it was Emily, my best friend from California.

“Hello?” I answered.

“ELLA! How are you?”

“Great! How are you?”

“AMAZING! How it’s going at your new school?”

“Great! I made a couple of new friends and my school is awesome!

“How do you like Alabama?”

“Oh, it’s really amazing down here! I love it! It’s so nice just like the people and everything, everything is just going great!

“That’s good!”

“How’s everything back in California?”

“It’s great!Everyone misses you!”

“Aww! I miss everyone too! Tell them I said Hello!”

“I will! Hey, Ella, I’ll have to call you back later.”

“Okay,is everything alright?” I asked

“Yeah, but I have to go. I forgot I have dance class tonight!”

“Oh. Okay then. I’ll talk to you tomorrow?”

“Yeah! Love you.”

“Love you too!” I said before hanging up.

I hung up the phone and tossed it back on my bed.

I went to sleep with a smile on my face. I’d talked to my best friend in the whole world, and I was feeling great.