I'm about to live the best experience of my life. I am from Portugal and I am about to go study to the usa.
( BTW I use my real identity in this story and the girl in the photo is also me)
Today is monday and also my first day of school. I have been in Houston for 3 days and I have been loving it even though I have not seen anything besides my house, my family and my neighborhood. Me and my family are getting along so well and for now me and my siblings are having the best relationship ever.
Its 7am and my classes start at 8:30am, my mom will be driving me but my brother told me that he could give me a ride anytime if I needed. After Iget ready I decide to go downstairs to make some breakfast, my parents said that it was completely fine for me to eat their food and to use their things, which made me feel much better because I don't imagine myself asking for more money to my parents. I start making some eggs and a toast, I hear footsteps coming down the stairs and soon Dylan appears in the kitchen " Good morning Rachel" he asked me to call me for my seconde name since it was easier to pronounce then Inês and it was ok with me, " Good morning Dylan" he starts making himself a toast and spreads avocado in it which is something I found so weird because we never do that in Portugal.
" Are you ready fo your first day of school?" he asks lglacing my way, " well yes I am but I'm a little nervous"
" You'll be fine, if you need anything just try to find me or call me and I will help you" it was so sweet of him to say that to me and it actually calmed me down, probably because I knew I had someone if I needed.
"Thank you" I gave him a small smile before heading upstairs to brush my teeth. Suddenly I hear my bedroom door and small footsteps come into my room. " In the bathroom" I scream and soon my little sister Riley comes in " Good morning Rachel" she says with the sweetest smile on her face, " goood morning princess,how did you sleep?", " good and you?", " me too" she goes o my bed and I continue brushing my teeth, I look at my wristwatch and see that its 7:35am so I hurry up and get out of my bathroom.
" lets go downstairs, mommy is probably waiting for us" my hostmom will me driving my two sisters to their own school so both me and Riley go downstairs and at the front door is my mom and Addison already waiting for us. We all get in the car and the ride to school is filled with Riley telling mom something about a dream she had, I swear this babygirl is the cutest thing ever.
After a 4 minute drive mom arrives at my school and I say my goodbyes to them and finally start walking to the entrance.
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I was suprised at the short ride, I could start walking to school so I didn't bother my hostmom and I could do some exercise because I knew that when I get back in Portugal I will be no longer walking but rolling. I look at the map of the school that I had in my hands and start making my way to my first class...english.
I finally find my class and sit in one of the chairs in the middle, not in the front and not in the back. I look around and see a few people sitting in groups or alone and I give a smile to some of them that were looking to me, I receive a smile back from some of them and from others I receive a rude look, well it could be wrost. Right after more people start getting inside and finding sits. " Good morning students" I look at the door and see a woman aroud her 30's with short blonde hair and blue eyes, she looked very friendly and I knew I would love this teacher .
We all start to introduce ourselves and the class ends pretty fast.
My second class ...algebra passes by really fast too and is now lunch time. I have talked to a few people but I can not find them anywhere so I think that I will have a lonely lunch. The thought of calling Dyla came to my mind but I really don't want to annoy him or anything so I grab my food and sit on a table by myself.
"Hi" I look up from my phone and see two girls sitting in my table smiling at me, " hi" I answer them giving a smile back " I'm Harper and this is Zoey" The girl beside me said, she had brown hair and brown eyes and she was pretty and the girl in front of me, Zoey, had light brown hair and grey eyes and she was also pretty, am I the only ugly here? "I'm Inês", " Are you the portuguese girl?" Zoey asked me " yes I'm", " can we eat lunch with you?" Harper asked me " yeah sure!" I said giving her a smile, looks like I am not eating lunch alone.
For the rest of the lunch time we sat at the cafeteria table talking and they have asked me some questions about myself and my country, I was really enjoying getting to know the better.
" Ohh its almost time to my next class" Zoey said getting up from the table, me and Harper followed her actions and the three of us walked out of the cafeteria. " What class are you girls going to have?" Harper asked me and Zoey, " I am going to have biology" I said looking down at my schedule, " OMG me too " Zoey said, I can't believe I am going to have a class with someone I know. " Looks like I am going to be lonely one" Harper said and me and Zoey both laughed at her. We said our goodbyes and Harper said that after her class she would be meeting me and Zoey at the entrance.
We began walking to our class and I text my mother so she knows I will be home late and she doesn't need to pick me up.
Me: Hi mom, I figured since the walk home is not long I can walk so you do not need to get me from school and also I will stay talking with my friends for a while so I mught get home a little later .
Hostmom: ok hun have fun.
In biology class me and Zoey sit close to eachother and the class passes by fast. When the class ends me and Zoey get to the entrance so we can meet Harper. We get there and she isn't there yet so we sit down on a bench and wait for her.
" Hi girls" Harper says as she approachs us " you're late" Zoey says looking up from her phone " I know sorry, that algebra's bitch didn't want to let us get out of the classroom" Harper said as she took the sit next to me.
We stay there talking for a while and when its time to go we start heading home all together since we live in the same neighborhood. Once we go our seperate ways, the girls give me their number so it will be easier for us to communicate.
The rest of the day is spent watching TV and me thinking that after alll the first day od school wasn't so bad as I thought it would be.
