Betting on myself

Everyone on the floor!

Finally my favorite time of the day.

Lunch.

School would be so much better if we had lunch few times a day, right?

Right.

I entered cafeteria and started looking for Penelope, it was sure crowded here. I hope the food is tasty. After a few minutes, I saw my acquaintance sitting with one girl. She had smoothed tanned honey skin and long jet black curly hair. Penelope waved at me as I sat next to them.

- Hey - She greeted me smiling.

- Hi - I said opening my tropical juice.

- This is Sophie, Sophie meet Adalyn, she is new here.

- Yea, I heard about her - She says coldly - You're the girl who stood up to Charles right?

- Yeah - I say giggling, I wonder why does everyone care about gossips so much. Reader if I become focused on gossips or popularity please hit me hard.

Like really hard.

*cough* cough* let's get back to the story.

- So... - Lope said without hiding excitement - Tell us about yourself, where did you move from? why did you move? Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend? What are your hobbies?

- It's kinda unfair asking a stranger to talk about herself when I don't know anything about you. - I said

- You're right... - Lope answered - What do you want to know about us? - She asked biting down her sandwich.

- Surnames for the start would be nice.

- I'm Penelope Adams and she's Dowd. - Penelope said

- I'm Quinn.

- Why did you move here? - Sophie asked me.

- Because of my parent's job.

- Don't you miss your old school? - Lope asked me concerned

- Not really, we moved around a lot and this is my 15th school so...

- 15th?! - They cried at the same time that made me drop my fork.

- Guys chill, I almost had a heart attack because of you.

- 15 different schools are a lot - Sophie said drinking her apple juice.

- You're telling me. - I said rolling my eyes and putting another bite of mac and cheese in my mouth.

- Are you going to join any clubs or sports? - Blondie asked me.

- Depends. Does this school have karate club? - Both nodded at me. - Then yes.

- I'm a cheerleader. - Lope says proudly

- Then why aren't you sitting with them and the footballers? - I asked. What? In movies and all 14 schools I have been to, never have I ever seen a cheerleader who didn't sit at the "popular" table.

- All of the cheerleaders are stuck up and fake. I prefer spending time with my bestie. - She said hugging Sophie. Well more like choking her, but whatever.

- If you don't like other cheerleaders that much, why did you join the cheer squad?

- Because I love cheerleading.

- Fair enough.

We continued with the small talk through out the whole lunch. Both Sophie and Lope look like nice girls, I wonder how long will this "friendship" thing last.

We were in the middle of discussion about who was the most handsome guy at school (Yolo don't judge me reader, you probably do that a lot too.) when the bell cut us off.

- What lesson do you have now? - Sophie asked me as she collected her belongings.

- Science, you?

- We both have PE wish us luck - Lope said with over dramatic voice

- Good luck - I say giggling

- Do you need any help with finding lab?

- Nah, I'm good thanks Sophie.

All three of us changed numbers and I promised them to hang out someday after school. Mom should be proud of me, I didn't even try and I already have 2 acquaintances.

I entered science lab after fighting my way through halls and of course I had to be late. I knocked on the door.

- Come on in - The teacher opened door for me and smiled.

- Hi, I'm sorry, I'm late - I say making apologetic look

- It's okay, I will let it slide since you're new, but don't let it happen again. - Said my teacher as I nodded. - Go sit next to Mr. Moore in back.

I did just as my teacher said, I sat next to who seemed like Mr. Moore and we exchanged "Hey-s" and both focused on the lesson.

In a few minutes we started carrying out experiments.

- I will get us new tube and you put hydroxide carbonate in it, okay? - I asked Harry aka Mr. Moore.

- Sure - He nodded. I went to the teacher's desk got a new tube and when I turned around I saw Harry pouring a lot of hydroxide carbonate in tube with other chemicals. Oh shoot, you can't add that much hydroxide carbonate to other things that tube will blow up.

- Everyone on the floor! - I yelled while pushing Harry as far away as I could from the tube and by the time we hit floor guess what happened? The tube exploded with a big boom. Both Harry and I hit floor pretty hard, but he did a good job of a body shield.
I was feeling a bit dizzy, but after a second or two I noticed how awkward our position was. I was on top of Harry and our faces where just a few tiny little inches apart. I just noticed how beautiful Harry's blue eyes were, they also matched his dark spiked hair and little dimples, adorable.My face's color instantly changed  from normal ivory to light red-pinkish. I stood up a bit too fast and held my hand to him.
- Are you alright? - I ask concerned
- Yes, thanks. You saved me there. - He says with a charming smile while taking my hand and getting up
- Is everyone okay? What did just happen? - Our teacher yelled out with a mix of concern and fear.
- I'm sorry, I put too much chemicals together and that's why my tube blew up, but Adalyn did save me through so I'm fine. - He says once again blinding me with whiteness of his teeth.
I haven't watched any vampire movies in a while...
I smiled back at him and our teacher let out a deep breath.
- Anyone else? If anything tell me right away and I will send you to the nurse. - The whole class stayed quite, the teacher took silence as an agreement that everyone was fine and called a janitor to clean up the mess we created, which wasn't that much, but as an office drama queen I gotta extravasate a ton.
The rest of the class went smoothly, in a few minutes bell rang and I was free to go home, of course after signing up to the karate club or whatever they call it here.
I walked to the other side of school in search of gym and after good fifteen minutes I succeeded.
The rest will be kinda boring to you.
I changed, I proved myself with my fighting skills and got to know other members of the "family".
Next thing I know I'm laying on my bed and looking up to the ceiling.
I slowly start to drift off with the last thought on my mind.
This is gonna be fun.
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