Reina
Today is my first day at Kirkland High. Which is located in Los Vegas, Nevada. Yeah, I just moved here in the middle of my senior year. It fucking sucks. No friends. No nothing. Great, I'm the outcast. Again. I moved here to live with my brother, he's 25 and now has guardianship over me. I guess you could say Spokane area wasn't the best place for me to be. Whatever. I don't know what to expect.
I get out of bed, brush my hair, and get dressed. Since Nevada is hella fricking hot, I wore my favorite pair of ripped jeans and a faded tye-dye crop top. I race down stairs and slip on my tye-dyed vans. Guess you can say I love tye-dye! I walk out to my car, toss my bag in the passengers front seat. I take a look in the mirror, fix a few strands of hair and then focus on my eyeliner and mascara, making sure there's no smudges and what not. Perfect. I look bomb. "Hair. Check! Makeup. Check!" I say to myself. Nothing but anxiety runs through my body on the drive to school. I pull up to the school, and holy shiiiiit. It's HUGE. "Oh my fuck." I whisper under my breathe.
I park my car and take one last look in the rearview mirror, then head inside through the doors. I make my way to the main office to pick up my schedule. "Here we go. You'll be okay. Fresh start. This is good for you." I encourage myself in a whisper tone trying to stay calm. "Stay open-minded Reina." I whisper.
I get my schedule and even a map of the school, then I smile at the desk lady, turn on my heel and exit the office. "Okayyyy, first class: English, second class: math, third class: history, Lunch break, fourth class: art, and finally fifth class: health & fitness." I say aloud to myself. Perfect, I just need to find my classes I think to myself.. "B202" I say thinking, then pulling my map from my back pocket. I look up and start going up the stairs. As I get to the second level, I start studying the map and walking at the same time.. suddenly I hit something hard and fall back on my ass. My phone scatters across the floor along woth my schedule & map. I look up embarrassed and see...him. Wow. Uh is he real? We lock eyes for what seemed like eternity. He breaks the gaze, "uh, sorry. I wasn't watching where I was walking." He says shyly while grabbing my things off the ground. I pick myself up and wipe off any dust or dirt that might be on me and fix my hair. He hands me my stuff and our hands touch for a split second. I blush. "You new here?" He says with a smile. I snicker, "yeah actually, I just transferred from out of state." I reply with a grin. He returns the smile, then spins on his heel proceeding to walk away. Mid stride, he turns around and shouts with a grin, "hey Torres, you'll like it here. It's quite the adventure." With that, he was gone. I stand there for a slight second replaying that moment and I find myself smiling like an idiot. I eventually find my way to english, I open the door and the teacher sighs heavily. "Torres, you're late. Find a seat and get to work." She snarls. Without thinking I roll my eyes and respond, "yeah, I realize that." I wink at her then take an empty seat in the back.
"Psst." I hear a faint voice. I glance over confused. "I'm Larissa. Welcome to Kirkland High!" She says with a wide smile. I chuckle, "I'm Reina, and thank you." I turn my focus back on the classwork that had been handed out. Ugh. I hate English. "Hey Reina, after class do you want me to show you around this place?" Larissa offers. I think for a quick second. "Sure, that'd be awesome." I reply. Minutes after, the bell rang signalling class was over. Larissa takes me down the back stairs to get to the first level because its less crowded. We walk passed the main office and in front of us was the biggest cafeteria I've ever seen in my life. "Holy shit." I blurted out. Larissa just laughs and continues walking. She tells me this is the main lunch room where all the food and other items are, up above was the second floor where there was additional room for students to sit and relax while eating their food. Some students even study up there.
"What class do you have next? I have health & fitness down the E wing." Larissa questions. "Math. I am going to try and find E114." I reply back. Larissa squealed woth excitement and proceeded to show me to my class. "Okay, so here's your second class. I'll see you at lunch, k?" She said simply. "Wait, I have health &fitness for my fifth class..how do I get there?" I ask a bit panicked. She smiles, "if you follow the rest of this hallway down to the end, then take a right the girls locker room is the first door on your left and then you're set!" I nod taking a mental note. "Cool, thank you again for all your help this morning." I smiled. With that we parted ways. Second and third hour went by fast..THANK GOD.
Larissa and I got into one of the lunch lines so she can get her salad. I was so anxious and over stimulated I couldn't eat. So I grab a water and follow her to a table that had like five other girls already sitting there. I nervously take a seat next to Larissa. "Girls, this is Reina. She's new here, obvi, and she too is a senior." Larissa casually introduced me. They all cheer and welcome me. I just smile. "So Reina what brought you to sin city?" One of them questions with a slight chuckle. I hesitate for a moment, "My brother lives here, so I moved in with him to finish out high school." They all nod.
I zone out and think about my morning incident I had with that mysterious guy. I can feel myself smiling. Gosh, I'm an idiot. I hear gasps from my table which snap me back to reality. I turn my head and they're all focused on someone. I turn my focus to where they were, and now I see. They're drooling over some guy. "Who's that?" I asked.
They all look at me like I'm crazy. Crazy for what? For not drooling over some guy I don't even know!? Whatever.
Larissa responds, "That's Grayson Dolan. He's a senior and also the captain of our schools soccer team," She pauses. "He's dreamy, huh?" She finishes. I just look at her and giggle at how puppy-like they all looked. I can't help but observe him as he walks. Suddenly we lock eyes. Wow, he's hella intimidating. I can feel my face start to blush, but I don't break the stare. He breaks our gaze and walks pass our table. The girls whistle at him and he faces our table while walking backwards, "heyyy ladies." They all go nuts. He just smiles widely and continues walking. He plops down next to a guy that I recognize. I-It's him! The guy from this morning. I start grinning. "Hey guys? Who's that?" I ask while pointing in his direction. "That my dear, is Ethan Dolan. Grayson's twin brother." One of the girls respond. I just smile and nod.
Cool. A twin.
*Lunch bell rings*
I head down the C wing looking for the art room. "Okay, now....room.. C104. Perfect." I whisper to myself. "Talking to yourself again Torres?" I hear a familiar voice. I turn to see Ethan with a grin on his face. "How do you know my name?" I grin. I can feel myself blushing again. Dammit. "When I was picking up your schedule off the floor this morning I saw your name. It's beautif- uhh, i-its uh unique." He responds slightly stuttering. I look down, smiling while biting my bottom lip. I can feel my face getting red.
"Cool, just wanted to make sure I didn't have a stalker." I joke with him. He smirks walking closer to me and we're now side by side. "Where ya headed?" He asks curiously. "Art. C104." I reply.
All he does is smile, nod his head and walks passed me. I look at him confused. "Torres. You comin' to class or are you skipping?" He laughs. I giggle and jogged up to where he was waiting, then followed him into the art room.
Fourth class and fifth went by easy. Ethan and I chatted a bit during art.
Oh, and Grayson is in my health & fitness class. grrreat.
'Now that school is over for the day, I get to go home and sleep. YAYYYY.' I thought to myself.
This place doesn't seem so...terrible. I smile to myself at the thought of actually liking the idea of living here. I guess we'll see if something extraordinary happens this year. ;)
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Hey guys sorry for such a long ass chapter. BUT I hope you liked it! :)
Also, sorry if it was cringe... Lol
