"Rae come downstairs, breakfast is ready" I hear my mom calling from the kitchen.
"I'm coming" I yell down. We just recently moved to L.A. from a small town in Massachusetts. My mom had a better job opportunity here, so we moved across the country, away from all of my friends. Now, I have to make more friends, in a brand new state, brand new city, and worst of all a brand new school.
I finish getting dressed and go downstairs to the kitchen, where my mom is waiting for me. She watches as I get some eggs and bacon. I sit down at the table and look back at her.
"Are you nervous?" she asks right as I put a bite of food in my mouth. I give her a 'seriously' look and finish chewing.
"Well, obviously" I say and take another bite of eggs.
"I don't need your attitude young lady" she says as she crosses her arms.
"It wasn't my choice to leave all of my friends and move across the country" I say rolling my eyes.
"You know that I have a better job now Rae" my mom says sighing.
"I know that, I just wish I didn't have to leave my friends" I say looking down and picking at my food.
"I know, I do too," she says with a look of sympathy. She looks at the clock then back at me, "finish up or you'll be late for school"
"Can I just not go to school?" I whine putting my plate in the sink. My mom just laughs as I grab my stuff.
"Can you get your brother? He's in the living room," my mom asks and I nod heading to the other room.
"Hey Jett, we're leaving" I say walking over and picking him up.
"Ok," he laughs as I spin him around. I smile and carry him out to the car. I buckle him into his booster, then jump into the front seat. Mom starts the car and we head of to my new school.
I take deep breaths in an attempt to calm myself down as we pull up to the school. I take one more deep breath, then open the door and get out.
"Good luck" my mom says giving me a thumbs up.
"Good wuck!!" Jett repeats, smiling and waving goodbye to me. I smile at both of them as I close the door. I turn around and look up at the school. I push all my nerves back and walk into my school to try and find the office.
As I walk in I know that I'm going to have a hard time finding my way around. It's HUGE!! I gulp and look around to find any signs pointing toward where the office was. I didn't see any, so I walked over to an empty corner to think of my next move. I watch some of the other students go to their classrooms. I decide to follow some into one of the classrooms. When I get in there are a lot of students socializing. I look around for a teacher, and find one sitting at the desk at the front. I walk over to her and clear my throat to get her attention.
"Oh, hello! You must be a new student," she says looking up at me.
"Uh, yes. I was wondering where the office is. I, uh, can't find it" I say blushing and fiddling with my hands.
"Well, let me get one of the students to help you, then maybe you can make some friends" she says smiling kindly at me.
"Ah, yes... friends" I mumble.
"Sojoon, could you come up here" she yells averting her gaze from me to the noisy classroom. I watch as a boy walks up to the front. He looks at me then back to the teacher,
"Yes, Ms. Owens" Sojoon says. 'So her name is Ms. Owens. I'll keep that in mind' I think to myself.
"Could you show- OH! I'm sorry I didn't catch your name" Ms. Owens says and they both look expectantly at me.
