Fall or fly

One

A new school, a new life
The words repeat through my head. This should just be another day at school, I don't know why I'm so nervous. The bus pulls up out the front of my new high school and the kids all get off one by one. Of course I am the first off, I only ever sit up the front of the bus. As I jump off the bus my feet hit the hard concrete, making a crisp clicking sound. I feel the warm air blowing through my short brown hair. I see the new year seven kids getting off the bus, this calms me because I know that I am not the only new student this year. I walk into the playground and all I can hear is noise. The girls are chatting about their latest crushes and Justin Bieber's new album. The boys talk about sports and which girls they find the most attractive. I see a few familiar faces from primary school but I'm sure they don't remember who the hell I am. I hear the bell ring and we all walk off towards the gym.

I enter the gym and everyone is sitting in their year groups, chatting away like they haven't seen each other in years. I go and sit with year ten and wait for my name to be called. Finally I hear the words "Ryan Turner" I walk up to the teacher holding out my timetable, she smiles at me and welcomes me to the school, she must know that I am new. She then walks off to go and talk to a very tall man, dressed in a grey suit, they both walk over with a boy who looks around my age behind them. He has short blond hair and piercing blue eyes, I could tell he was one of the popular guys. "My name is Ethan Baxter, I will be showing you around the school today", he stretches out his hand and shakes mine before leading me off down a small corridor.