Dan's PoV
new year. new school. new people. I took a deep breath checking my appearance in the mirror, I wasn't a fan of dressing all nice for the first day. it doesn't change the fact that school is still hell and sadly it doesn't really make people like you more. I wore my usual black skinny jeans and a galaxy print shirt, I ran my hand through my short brown hair which I previously straightened and made my way downstairs.
"good morning sweetie" my mother greeted me. "good morning mum"' I replied with a smile and bent down to give her a kiss on the cheek . I said my goodbyes to my parents and headed out the door to my car parked in the drive way, it wasn't anything big just a 2016 corvette..ok so it was a little big. both my parents are lawyers so I guess you could say we did have money, but I wasn't the type of person to rub it in. i proceeded to drive to the death trap we call school. the closer I got to the school the more nervous I got, I was never good at making friends. I'm not "hot" as you could say, I'm kinda a nerd and I'm not that interesting to be perfectly honest.
I finally made into the building and picked up my schedule, I had pre cal first which sucked because i suck at maths especially this early in the morning. I walked down the hall trying to find my class passing crazy high school students comparing schedules. "hey you look lost, are you new?" i turn around to find a boy with the brightest smile I have ever seen. he was probably around my age and in my grade, he had curly brown hair that looked so soft to touch. his smile was starting to fade and replaced with a look of worry, then I realised I haven't answered him and i probably looked like a full of stalker. "oh god I'm sorry" I said with a slight chuckle staying to make
things less awkward, his smile returned again "oh ok I was starting to think you didn't talk" he said with a laugh. "I'm Dan, and yea I'm new" he nodded "I'm PJ but u can calm me peej" he stared and my intently i was confused for a sec and was starting to feel nervous "yea you are cute I think we are gonna be good friends" he said with a smile all I could so was laugh, was it that easy? did I really just make a friend? "we'll let me see your schedule the bells about to ring" I handed him the piece of paper and his face lit up. "we have first period together!" I smiled it was nice having a friend in a class becaus then I wouldn't feel so lost. "we also have a art, last period" i nodded and we made our way to pre cal. maybe this wouldn't be so bad?
the rest of the classes went along pretty well I met a guy named Chris who is in my history class, he is also friends with PJ which was good I guess. we where all walking to lunch, PJ found a table that was centred towards the middle of the lunch room. I sat down across from PJ while Chris made sure to sit right next to him as close as possible. I laughed under my breath, I'm pretty sure they had a thing. "hey guys! oh is that fresh meat?" I heard a chirpy voice about behind me I turn around to find a young girl with blonde hair and pink dyed tips, she was very pretty to say the least and looked very nice but also like she could easily get away with murder. I smiled up at her "hi I'm Dan" I said with a slight wave "aww ur so cute I'm Louise" she sat down on one of the seats next to me and gave me a quick hug. "so where is cat?" Louise asked, everyone shrugged. "who?" I have them a confused look and they all laughed. "cat she's definitely..something" Chris said. I shrugged it off and went back to looking around at everyone. there was the girls that only cared about their hair and makeup, the jocks, the band nerds, the drug addicts, but my eyes stopped at a lonely boy the the corner. I felt bad for him. I mean that was me at my last school. "excuse me" I said getting up and walking towards the boy. the closer I got the more I noticed, he had pitch black hair and ghostly white skin. he had his nose in a sketch book like he was drawing something. I sat down next to him and cleared my throat. he looked up at me with the most shocked look, I don't know why nor do I care. all I could focus on was his eyes, they were the most piercing blue I have ever seen. I stared at him in awe, they went so well with his dark hair and pale skin. he looked down at his shoes and started playing with his thumbs, I realised I had been staring too long and let out a light laugh. "sorry, I'm Dan by the way" he just kept looking down like his shoes were the most fascinating thing in the world. "hey" I nudged his shoulder. "I won't bite" I said with a smile. he still didn't day anything, I looked over to his book and saw the best drawing of me I have ever seen. he got every single detail right, the way my fringe has a slight gap, my dimple, the way I was smiling. "whoa did you draw that, that's amazing!" I saw his cheeks turn a slight shade of pink, and he immediately closed the book. he looked so embarrassed. I let out a soft giggle, i looked up and saw he got a perfect view of where I was sitting and then I also saw peej and Chris looking at me like I was a mad man. "well my friends are waiting I'll see you around" I said with a smile I saw him slightly nod as I turned around and walked back to my table. I sat down again next to Louise, PJ was about to say something but was interrupted by who I'm guessing is cat. "aloha bitches" she sat down next to me and ran her hand through my hair. "ooh so you're the hot new guy, well the rumours are true" was all she said and my cheeks turned pink. she laughed and put her hand down. "cat don't scare him away" peej said helplessly. Chris laughed and Louise just rolled her eyes. "welp that's the group" Louise said with a sigh. I chucked and got lost in thought while they where making conversation. all I could think about what the nameless boy with bright blue eyes.
lunch ended and I was off to history, how fun. I sat down in the back corner not really wanting pay attention, the same pitch black hair caught my eye I smiled to myself and pocked his shoulder. he looked up at me and sighed. "ya know you never told me your name" I said quietly. "p-Phil" he said barley audible. "huh so you do talk" I said with a giggle. "w-why..why are you taking to me?" he said. I gave him a confused look "why wouldn't I talk to you?" he shrugged "nobody does" he said trailing off and going back to drawing in his sketch book. my heart Immediately shattered at that. "can I ask you something?" I said wanting to change the subject he shrugged and I took that as a yes. "why were you drawing me, not that I mind because you have amazing talent but just out of curiosity" he cheeks flushed again "s-sorry if you think I'm a stalker I'm not i-i just...im sorry" crap I made him feel bad way to go Daniel. "nono I don't care it's fine really" I have him a reassuring smile
class dragged and once the bell rang I sprinted out of my seat to my most dreaded class. gym. I made into the large room and found everyone sitting against the wall on their phones and a sign that said "as long as you're quiet you can do whatever you want" i laughed and shook my head. wow ok this ain't gonna be that bad. I looked around to see if I found any familiar faces, my eyes landed on jet back hair. I smiled and made my way towards Phil. oh my god I'm like a crazy teenage girl. I sit down next to him to find him drawing once again. "damn this is boring" I said looking at him for a response, he just shrugged I rolled my eyes and grabbed his arm "what are you doing??" he said shocked. I smirked "let's go on an adventure" I pulled him through the school doors and sat down by the lake close to the school yard. "there, way better than a sweaty gym" I say laughing. Phil just stood there staring at me weirdly as I proceeded to lay down on my back to stare at the sky. I looked up and patted the ground next to me, gesturing him to sit down. he took the invitation and sat cross legged next to me. "what's you're favourite colour?" i asked after a long silence. he covered his mouth while he laughed. "blue or green" he said. I nodded, staring off at the sky. "you?" he asked softly. "black I guess" I said shrugging, he gave me an unamused face. "what?" I said laughing, he shook his head smiling. it was quiet but not an awkward silence, it was nice. "we should get going the bell is about to ring" he said standing up. "wait!" I shouted grabbing his hand, he flinched a bit and gave me a confused look. "can we be friends?.." he stared at me for a while, looking like he was having a mental battle between himself and after s while he slightly nodded and gave me a very small smile. it was little, but it was there.
