I wake up to my Alarm ringing . I groan and swipe on the 'end alarm' button. I take off my covers, grab my phone, and walk to the bathroom, wishing that it was still summer. But no. Instead, today is my first day as a sophomore in High school. I call my best friend, Lexi. It rings about four or five times and then goes straight to voicemail. That's weird, I think. Maybe she's still asleep. I brush my teeth and go back to my room. I go through my dresser looking for something to wear. I pull out a pair of ripped light skinny jeans and a black crop top hoodie. I put on a pair of Jordan's and go back to the bathroom to straighten my now dark read hair. I had dyed my hair last night. I wanted a whole new look. No crazy hair, no more hoodies and jeans. And definitely no more Fatty Chanel. Speaking of Fatty Chanel.... I look at myself in the full body mirror. I'm actually...skinny. I look pretty for once. I smile a little in the mirror. I turn back to the regular mirror and apply some mascara, and put in blue contacts. I line up my eye brows and go back to my room and grab my back pack. I walk downstairs and grab a banana and peel it while walking out the door. I eat my banana on the way to school. Since its not that far from my house, I walk. When I get there, I notice. I notice how everybody is starring at me. And whispers. Lots of them. "Who is that," whispers a girl to her friend. "Uh...I think that's....Chanel....? Chanel Batisteli!" I rush into the school going to my assigned locker. The same one as last year. I walk up and see Kevin. My crush since the second grade. "Hey, Chanel," Kevin says. "Its been forever! How have you been?" He pulls me into a hug. I blush. Did I forget to mention that he's my best guy friend. Well...my only guy friend actually. Being fat really affected me so I didn't really very many friends. Especially guy friends. I hug him back and say, "I've been good. How about you?" He looks me up and down. "What...?" He smiles. "You look different," he says. I nodd my head. Suddenly Lexi walks up and hugs Kevin. Not even looking at me. "Hey," Kevin says. "Hey," Lexi smiles. Kevin glances at me. Then so does Lexi. I smile at Lexi. "Hey, Lexi! I missed you!" She looks me up and down. "Hey, uh, babe? Did you tell her the good news?" I look at Kevin. "Babe...," I ask. Kevin rubs the back of his neck and looks down. "Yeah...uh....me and Lexi are dating now," he says. I look down. Disappointed. "Hey, uh, Ill be right back," he says. He walks down the hall and goes into the boys restroom. Lexi looks at me with the eyes of the devil. "Look, Chanel. I know you've have a 'crush' on Kevin since the seconds grade and all...," she starts off, putting quotes around the word 'crush'. "...But he's mine! So stay away from him before we both have problems. You and him...CANT be friends anymore. And also, remember Matt? His step brother?" She giggles. "He's back from boot camp." She winks at me. "Have fun," and smirks and walks off. Matt's back???? This cant be happening! I thought that this year was gonna be different. A good different. But already I lost my best friend, I'm not aloud to talk to Kevin, And Matt's back! Ugh, I think. Great start for my sophomore year, I think sarcastically. I sigh and walk off to my first class: Calculus.
