The Exchange Student {A Narry Fanfiction}

1. First Day In school

Nialls POV

My first day in school was scary as hell. I put on my school uniform that consists of grey pants, white socks, black uncomfortable shoes, white shirt, blue and white tie, a light blue jersey and a navy blue blazer. I could barely eat any breakfast because of the nervousness, and I usually eat a lot for breakfast. I packed my lunch for school, a peanut butter and syrup sandwich. And then I was off to school, Nico Malan University, with my host sister Maryke.

"Are you nervous, Horan?" Maryke said and smirked while we walked to school. We had gotten to know each other very well these 7 days before school started. We had a lot in common and she was hilarious! She also had a few hot guy friends, which pleased me a lot.

"Well, uhm, yeah, I guess. I could barely eat breakfast", I said and laughed awkwardly. Truth to be told I was so nervous I wanted to puke. My hands were so sweaty and I played with my bracelet, which I always did when I was nervous.

"Aw come on, Niall. Just hang out with me, I will help you. I'm going to introduce you to my friends so that whenever I'm not around you can ask them for help", Maryke said and smiled to say that I'll be fine. I believed her, and I just hoped that her friends would welcome me with open arms. I'm quite shy around new people, and it would help if they dragged me with them instead of me hanging after them like a lost puppy.

"Thanks Maryke", I said and smiled at her and just as she smiled at me we came around the corner of the street and I could see the school. The school itself wasn't really pretty. It was dusty old and it looked dirty. People sat on the ground, because they didn't have any tables or benches to sit on like we have in Ireland. We were walking closer and closer to the school and I found myself to slightly prepare myself in my head. "Just calm down, Niall. It will be fine. You have Maryke with you. It's fine".

Before we walked through the gate I took a deep breath and slowly puffed the air out. People say that taking deep breaths helps to calm you. It didn't.

Maryke saw that I was freaking out a bit, so she grabbed my arm and dragged me through the gate and into the school ground. I looked around. Woah, it was a big school. There were people everywhere and I kind of just melted in a bit. It calmed me down a little bit. People were standing in groups in small circles. It was as if they said: "No one is welcome here, this is private, go away".

Before I could even react a girl came running to Maryke and jumped on her, hugging her.

"Maryke I missed you sosososo much you have no idea!" The girl was smiling so big and they were having a chat about the girl's trip to Hawaii or something and I just stood there and watched them and felt awkward. I scratched my neck and looked around a bit. The girl finally noticed me and looked at me interested.

"Hi, I'm Hannah, Maryke's bestest friend", Hannas said and stretched out her hand. "And you must be the exchange student from Ireland, nice to meet you!" I took her hand and shaked it firmly.

"Hi Hannah! Yeah, I'm the Irish exchange student, Niall. Nice to meet you too", I said and smiled at her.

"Come on, Niall! Let's introduce you to the others!" Maryke said excitedly and grabbed my arm and ran to a group of people.

"Hi everyone! This is Niall, he's the exchange student from Ireland who I told you about!" Maryke held me infront of her and everyone was looking at me.

"Hi Niall, I'm Cameron", a guy with sand blonde hair and brown eyes said.

"And I'm Anzel", a short girl with long brown hair said.

"I'm Tami", a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes said.

"And I'm Cara", a pretty girl with brown hair said.

"Tristen", the hottest guy in the world said with a nod. He was freaking hot! He looked like a surfer boy with his golden blonde hair and deep blue eyes. I kind of just stared a while on him until I came back to reality.

"Hi guys", I said with a small wave and looked at Tristen who smiled at me. Well, this first day of school is starting good.

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The school day went by fast. Maryke and I went to the office and got my schedule. I've got Mathematics, Music, Psychology, English, Afrikaans and Business Studies. Maryke had the same classes as me, except Music.

We didn't really do anything because it was the first day. The teachers introduced themselves and said what we were going to work with this first term and then they would introduce me and I would say "Hi, I'm Niall and I'm and exchange student from Ireland". And then I would sit down with red cheeks and people would stare at me.

Tristen and I had a few classes together, such as Music, Africaans and Maths. In Music we sit next to each other because he is the only one I know in that class. We chatted a bit about his surfing and that he plays guitar before the bell rang. He seemed nice, very cool and down to earth. I had a feeling that I might get a small crush on this guy.

In the end of the day everyone went to the hall and we stood in our home classes. The principal looked like Hitler and I couldn't take him seriously when he was talking about being proud of the school and blah blah blah. When I thought he had finished and I was ready to go home he continued.

"Also, we have a new student, an exchange student from Ireland in fact, who's going to stay with us for a year. Where are you, Niall? Please step forward." He said and looked right at me. I felt the blood rush up in my face and I couldn't get my feet to move. Maryke pushed me and I stumbled forward and everyone was staring at me.

"There you are. This is Niall from Ireland. Please help him if he gets lost and talk to him to get to know things about Ireland. Okay, that was the last. The first school day is over, so feel free to go home." The principal said and stepped down from the stage they had in front.

People started going in different directions and Maryke grabbed my arm and took me outside. I was still red like a tomato in my face.

"So, how was the first day of school?" Maryke asked while we walked home.

"It was fine", I said and thought about Tristen. "It was good".

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Authors Note

Okay so this is the first chapter! Hope you enjoyed it. It's going to be quite lame now in the beginning since I just want to build up a little bit and make it seem realistic. Niall isn't going to jump into the boys the first day in South Africa haha.

niallicetea xx