Our story -Lai Guan Lin

new girl

  ' Mum can you hurry up? I don't want to be late ! '

         She looked up from the half unpacked box on the kitchen table. 'Hmm? '

          I was anxious. The last thing i wanted was to be late for my first day at an entirely new school. Mum was being annoying again. She thinks its okay to be late, i get really mad sometimes because of her. And finally, she stood up and said ' let's go. '

         In the car, i became even more nervous, but at the same time there was this excitement in me. What would the school be like? Will the teachers be nice? Are the students nice? Will i fit in?Thousands of questions ran through my head. The only thing i could do was to just hope for the best.

          And soon enough, we reached the school. I kissed my mum goodbye and walked towards the school door, hoping things would go fine.

           The school was big, so big that i got lost. I walked around for quite a long time and still couldn't find my class, and I didn't have the courage to ask other students that were walking by.

         ' Hey, you look lost. Do you need help?' asked a really pretty girl.

           'Y..yes, I'm new here and I can't seem to find my class- 4A' i stammered.

          ' What a coincidence, that's my class! I'll bring you there! ' she smiled at me. I was so grateful that I had someone to help me.

            ' Nice to meet you, i'm Rosé. I moved here from Australia last year because of my dad's job. ' She introduced herself to me.

           ' Nice to meet you, Rosé. I'm Ji Eun, i moved here from Taiwan last weekend, and i'm half korean and half chinese. Thank you so much for helping me just now. I don't know what would've happened if i didn't meet you just now. I was so lost.' I introduced myself to her and thanked her.

           When we were walking to class, Rosé told me that we were already late but it would be okay, since i'm a new student and new students usually get lost because of the huge school compound. And finally, we reached our class-4A.

            As we walked into the class, i could feel pairs of eyes on me and murmurs surrounding me. I guess it's because i was the new girl. I was very nervous.

            ' You're late- oh you're the new girl, right? ' A middle aged woman standing at the teachers table asked me. Rosé walked to her seat, leaving me alone.

             ' Y..yes ' i replied her, stammering again. Wow, way to make a great first impression. Right before coming here, because i was so nervous, i searched up ways to survive the first day at a new school. The biggest tip of all was to show that you're confident. And i guess i just ruined my chance of showing it. Great.

            'Nice to meet you. I'm your homeroom teacher, you can call me Teacher Kim. You should introduce yourself to the class, then.' She said to me, smiling. She didn't seem too bad, i guess.

            ' Hi everyone. I'm Song Ji Eun. My chinese name is Song Si En and I moved here from Taiwan. I hope we can get along well.' I introduced myself to the class that were looking at me curiously.

            ' Well, i guess you can sit right over there, that empty place there.' Teacher Kim said to me, pointing to a seat at the back of the class.

             And so i walked to my assigned seat. It was the second last row and my deskmate was a guy. I didn't really pay attention to him at that time and just sat down. I took out my stationery and books and placed them on the table.

           ' Hey, new girl. I'm from Taiwan too. ' the guy sitting beside me whispered.

            ' Hey. My dad is from Taiwan and my mum is from Korea. So i'm just half chinese. By the way, my name is Ji Eun. ' I turned my head to look at him, and got a little shock in return.

             He was handsome, really handsome, like idol handsome. If i was the kind of girl that would just fall for any guy that was handsome, i would've probably fell for him right at that moment. I've seen that happen before, to other girls. But I prefer guys with a good heart, instead of just a good looking face.  So it didn't really affect me.

            ' I guess its your first time seeing someone so handsome, right? ' He said, grinning.

            ' Excuse me, but no. I've seen guys that are hotter than you ' I replied him, and he seemed a little shocked. Maybe i was the first person who didn't fall for him, and talked back to him instead.

            I started to realize that there were many eyes fixated on us when we talked and i realized that most of them were girls. Hmm, of course. With those looks, Guan Lin must be a popular guy.

            And the lesson went on, with me and Guan Lin occasionally talking, just to borrow a eraser and stuff. And soon it was lunch time, i walked over to Rosé's table.

           ' Hey, Rosé. Would you mind if i join you for lunch? You're the only person i know for now.' I asked Rosé, nervously.

           ' Sure! I'll introduce you to my friends.' Rosé replied and we walked to the cafeteria together.

            The cafeteria sure was big. It was even bigger than the hall at my old school. It was really pretty and modern too. There were already some students sitting down, enjoying their lunch and chit-chatting with their friends. Rosé led the way to get our food and once we got it, we found a table and sat down.

            ' Hey Rosé, who's this new friend here?' A blonde haired girl and two other girls sat down on our table.

          ' Oh hey guys. This is Ji Eun! She's a new student from my class.' Explained Rosé.

          We exchanged greetings and i got to know that the blonde haired one was Lisa, and the one with brown hair was called Jennie, and the purple haired one was called Jisoo. They've been best friends with Rosé for a really long time. But unfortunately they were put into different classes this year. But they still had lunch together everyday.

            We talked and didn't feel awkward at all, like there was this great chemistry between us. And they were all really nice girls. Suddenly, i felt that the whole cafeteria's attention was turned to the cafeteria entrance, including Rosé and her friends. And so i also turned to look as i wanted to know what the commotion was all about.

           And guess what i caught sight of.