extrovert

pine hills highschool

mila and i talked about my life in atlanta pre-leavenworth for the rest of the walk until we reached pine hills highschool . it was a pretty overwhelming building , two floors of oak with tons of windows and a huge fountain in front . i stood in place for a moment .

"wow ."

"yyeeeppp . that's phhs for ya . big and beautiful and old as fuck ," she said before walked up to one of the many clumps of friend groups . she looked back at me and squinted . "gale what are you doing ? stop being a slow ass and get over here ." i came out of my daze and hastily walked over to mila's friend group . there were six other people besides me and mila . a dirty-blond haired dude threw his arms in the air and welcomed us .

"MMMIIILLLAAAAA !!!! and thiiisss guyyyy !" he exclaimed and whispered to mila saying , "who's this guy ?"

mila rolled her eyes and grabbed my arm saying , "aHem . guys , this is gaelin . he's new here and also my best friend ." i questioned her for a minute before she elbowed me in the ribs . "don't call him gay unless you really wanna annoy him ."

"hullo . you guys can call me gale ." among mila's friend group there was the hipster , the presumed athlete , the hypebeast , the sweet one , the popular one , the younger one , and the northerner . the athlete , a tall blonde guy , stepped in front and shook my hand firmly , greeting me with a warm smile .

"adonis baylor . pleased to meet you ." he wore a white white long sleeve shirt with black jeans , white nikes and a gray string bag . no homo , but he was pretty damn hot . he winked at me before letting my hand go and i just smiled . 

the girl next to him had wavy light brown hair with blonde highlights and she didn't shake my hand , she closed it into and fist and pounded it . "hey! im corey , and welcome to a living hell ! you can find me anywhere by finding wherever deepthroat's playing ." i looked at her with my mouth agape . "iM juSt kiDdInGg ," she said , laughing at my expression. i was immediately relieved . she wore nike shorts , an oversized hoodie and a couple vintage bracelets . 

next up , there was a short girl , a little bit taller than mila . she had straight dark hair and wore a cropped gray fila hoodie , leggings and white converse . "uhmhi . im avalon . pleased to meet your acquaintance ," she said , unable to shake my hand because she was on her phone . before i could unextend my hand , the dirty blonde kid from before took it and started shaking it violently .

"hi! im avery . i think we should be friends !" he said , just a little bit too giddily for me . i took my hand back and tried to smile as pleasantly as i could . he wore a short sleeve gray shirt , khaki shorts and nikes . he was alright .

the next person i met waved at me and said , "hey! im sadie moore . nice to meet you ." she smiled from ear to ear , happy to have me as their friend group's newest addition . she wore a white magcon sweatshirt and adidas pants with nike shoes .

and last but not least , a very friendly brown haired girl smiled and shook my hand softly . "hi i'm liane . i think i saw your name on the algebra 2 class list . i'll be in it with you ." she wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up a little bit and skinny jeans . 

just before the moment got awkward , the first bell rang and we headed to class . i walked with adonis to mrs . hansen's class for first period : biology . we sat down at a lab table together and waited for the teacher to come back im from the hallway . 

when she got back , she started talking about the human body's reproductive organs so adonis and i just tuned her out and talked .

"where'd you live before leavenworth ?" he asked , making and paper finger football . 

"atlanta , georgia . it was cold there , but not anywhere near how cold it is here ," i said , leaning back in my chair and looking at mrs . hansen every so often to make it seem like i was listening .

adonis flicked the finger football at some kid across the room . the finger football hit him straight in the eye . adonis crossed his arms , keeping in a chuckle . "i get what you're saying . i used to live in cali and it was pretty hot there . probably because of me , but y'know ," he murmured , trying to not get caught by the kid he had hit . i chuckled and put my arms behind my head .

"mrs . hansen . someone hit me with a piece of paper ," we heard from the kid .  adonis spoke up .

"uhh yeah i saw hiiimm do it ." he pointed to a kid behind our lab table who was fast asleep .

"yeah he was folding his syllabus earlier ," i said , helping adonis out . mrs . hansen looked furious and stormed over to the napper's desk .

"mr . lewis ," she said . he didn't wake up . "MISTER LEWIS ," she shouted this time and he lifted his head up abruptly . she leaned down to his level and said , "i will see you on saturday . at detention ." with that , the bell rang and adonis and i exited the classroom . 

"that ," he said , "was teamwork ," and gave me a punch on the shoulder . "you're gonna have a lot of fun here . i'll admit you're a little bit rusty around the edges but you've got the legendary adonis baylor to help you out ."