Learning To Live Again

Chapter 2

After standing still for a few minutes I finally started to walk into the school. Springcreek Collegiate Institute. I followed the signs for the office and ended up in front of a double door with office printed on it. As I opened the door I walked into a small office and saw an older lady sitting at a desk.

“Excuse me, I’m new here and my foster mom told me to come here to get my papers,” I said quietly.

“You must be Malia Keahi. Susan Kent called about you. Here is your schedule, your locker number and a lock. I’m Miss. Williams,” she said. “I love you name dear, it’s very nice, where is it from?” she asked.

“It’s Hawaiian,” I told her shyly. Not used to people complementing my name, but rather complaining because some people had trouble pronouncing it. “Well it was nice talking with you,” I said as I walked out to find my first class.

“Have a nice day dear,” I heard her yell as I walked away.

Walking through the hallways I noticed more people have arrived and some glanced at me questionably not knowing who I was. Since I didn’t have many things with me I decided to skip finding my locker and go straight to class, math. It took me a while to find it even with how small the school was, but when I did, the nervous feeling came back. I took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

There were only a few people already at their desks and the teacher. Two were by the window and one was sitting in the back. I glanced around the room as I walked up to the teacher and saw that the desks were arranged in pairs. When I walked up to the teacher he introduced himself as Mr. Davidson, and my homeroom teacher. He gave me a textbook, and the class package, and told me to sit in the third row from the back by the wall.

I sat down and glanced at the clock. Two minutes till the bell rings, starting the first class of the day. Mr. Davidson left to get something from the office as a group of boys and girls walked in. One of the girls, with short black hair came and sat next to me and took out her things. The rest of the group sat around us with the seat behind me left empty. The bell ringed, and the rest of the class filed in and took their seats but the one behind me still remained empty.

As Mr. Davidson came back in he started the class. He assigned us three sheets of quadratic formula equations to complete by tomorrow and gave us the whole class to start.

“Hey,” I heard from beside me. I turned and saw the girl with the short black hair. “I’m Emily. Your new here right. It’s strange I didn’t hear about a new family moving to town,” she said.

“Oh it’s just me, I’m staying with the Kents while I’m in school,” I told her.

“That’s cool. Before I forget, these are my friends,” she said as she started to introduce me the group she came in with. “The girl with the blond hair is Michelle, the guy with a scowl on his face is Jason, and the guy with the black hair is Damion. Our other friend, his name is Wallace, but we all call him Wally, is running late today,” she said.

I looked at the people she introduced to me. Michelle had long blond hair and blue eyes with a nice complexion, nicer than mine. Jason had short brown hair with brown eyes that almost looked black. The guy she said was Damion had short black hair and hazel eyes like my own. He also gave off an air of power that set me on edge. I could tell that by the looks on their faces that they weren’t happy that Emily was talking to me. As I turned back around to face my desk I told Emily that it was nice to meet her but I wanted to get a start on my work. However Emily kept trying to talk to me even though I ignored her. I didn’t want to make any friends since I wasn’t going to be here long.

“Give it a rest Emily, she doesn’t want to be your friend so stop wasting your time,” I heard a males voice say, so I assumed it was either Jason or Damion. Just then the door opened and in walked to most gorgeous guy I had ever seen. He had Short sandy blond hair and light blue eyes.

Mr. Davidson greeted him, told him what the work was and ordered him to take his seat. When he started to walk towards me I realised that the only free seat was behind me. As he was walking down the aisle our eyes connected and I saw him freeze and his eyes widen. He had only stopped for a mille-second before he resumed walking. However instead of going to the seat behind me he went to Emily’s side. I could hear what he was saying but when she got up and moved to the seat behind me and he sat down beside me my heart to beat faster.

“Hi, names Wallace but you can call me Wally,” he said in a voice that could be illegal.

“Malia,” I replied back.

“So where are you from,” he asked.

“If you don’t mind, I really want to get this work done,” I told him.

“Hey Wally, give it a rest, she wouldn’t even talk to Emily earlier,” some said.

Wally turned around so quick I thought he was going to get whiplash. He stared hard at Jason and the group like they were having a mental conversation. After a few minutes the group got a shocked look on their face as Wally turned back around to face me. Just as he was about to say something the bell rang signaling the end of the class. I quickly gathered my stuff up and booked it from the classroom before anyone could say anything.