Differences

Chapter 2

Serena's POV

That new kid - Lily - followed me up to the Music rooms, blubbering on about why she was called Lily-Rose, and how people call her Lily, blah blah blah.

God, why wouldn't she just shut up and keep her head down?

I walked into the Music room, and she followed me in. I kept ignoring her, just pulling my drumsticks out of my bag and twirling one around in my fingers as i turned the electric drums on.

I just sat on the stool as Lilia, or whoever she was, stood awkwardly leaning against the wall, watching me twirl the sticks around.

And then, I took out my phone, put earphones in, and blared Back In Black by ACDC into my ears. I could see Lisa's lips moving, but soon enough I was just attacking the drums to the rhythm I heard in my head, and I completely forgot that she was there.

There was an alarm on my phone to tell me when to go to form, and, after twenty-five minutes, it went off, interrupting Paradise City  by Guns N' Roses. I pulled my earphones out and unplugged the drums whilst Lucy said some stuff about how I was good at it.

Whatever.

I let her follow me up to the form room, but when I got there, like always, everyone averted their eyes. But, as soon as they saw the New Girl behind me, they clamoured around her, desperately begging her to be their friend.

I just sat in the corner that I always sat in, blaring Muse from my phone, which I had taken out again, even though we weren't supposed to take our phones out during school time.

'Alright, everyone, in your places.' Said our form tutor, Mr Rays. I reluctantly pulled the music out of my ears when I saw him walk through the door. 'Ah, you must be Lily. Well, we only have one seat left, next to Serena at the back.'

Crap.

Just because the teachers told us where to sit, and everyone found a way of getting out of sitting next to me, it meant that Liv would have to sit with me in every lesson.

We had to see how many different types of alcohol we could name, and write about the effect it has on our bodies, addiction, all that.

Why would I care?

Lola was trying to talk to me and ask what I knew, but I just sat there, looking around the classroom, as I always did. Mr Rays was past telling me to do the work - he knew that I wouldn't do it, and he knew that I would just tell everyone about his secret love for girly chic flicks and the affairs he's been having.

God, I honestly didn't know how nobody else knew about it.

The form session was half an hour long, and then, at nine o'clock, we all went off to our first lesson of the day - English.

And I would have to sit next to... Ah, screw it. I'm calling her Newbie.

And I would have to sit next to Newbie.