Caught Between the Greys

1."She's a lost cause"

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Maybe it's a good thing that we moved... after all I wasn't receiving the "high school experience" that all these teenagers talk about. But then again, what if I never find friends. What if everyone decides to hate me. I mean it's senior year... all these people have been together for a few years now. Okay I need to stop worrying this much and go back to sleep, I thought to myself. I turned my lamp off and tried to drift off the sleep, but something wasn't allowing me to finally relax. After 30 minutes of struggling, I decided to get up and at least do something productive.

"Of course I'm up at four in the morning," I said to myself. Me being me, I slept during the day and was awake all night just because I wanted to. So maybe I shouldn't take 6 hour naps after school for this reason.

I shrugged it off and got up to take a steaming hot shower. Afterwards, I saw I had 2 hours left so I got my supplies together and picked out my clothes. I wore my blue crop top with black high-rise jeans and a jacket. I wanted to look somewhat presentable today so I put on natural make-up and topped it off with lip gloss. I ironed my long brown hair so it wouldn't be wavy because of the humidity from the shower.

As I was going downstairs, I came across a note which was left from my parents.

"Had to leave for an early meeting to get settled in. Grab Starbucks on your way to school, don't skip breakfast. Goodluck today, kiddo. -mom and dad." The note read.

My parents are lawyers and they're always super busy so I usually order food when they're not at home. I'm not complaining though. I love Chinese take-out.

Since I had 30 minutes, I decided to head out incase the Starbucks drive-thru was long. I got the keys to my Black Infiniti Q50 and left. The Starbucks line was long but I was happy once I got my Cold Brew and croissant.

When I got to my new school, I skimmed through the parking lot to find a space to park in. To my surprise, I found a spot near the gate. Let's hope my car doesn't get trashed again like it did in my old school for parking in someone else's spot.

I navigated my way through the busy halls and found the office. I sat there waiting my turn to receive my schedule.

"Scarlett Waters?" the office receptionist called.

"Yes, I am looking to receive my schedule." I replied calmly although I was annoyed because of how long it was taking.

"Ah yes here we go," she said as she was printing it out.

I looked at my schedule and saw my classes and teachers. I obviously didn't know if I had received good or bad teachers, I would have to find out for myself.

First Period - History.. great.

I looked at the room number and made my way to the classroom. I stepped in and immediately I saw everyone's eyes directed towards me. I walked briskly to a random seat and sat down— noticing that people weren't looking away. Rude.

A couple minutes later the bell rang and the teacher started to explain the rules and yadda yadda. I zoned out then realized that the teacher called my name and was forcing me to stand up and introduce myself.

"Erm. Hi my name is Scarlett." I said quietly

"We already know that silly! Tell us about your hobbies and where you came from!" the teacher persisted.

"Oh okay. Um. I'm from Florida. I like to draw and read I guess." I replied.

The teacher could sense I was uncomfortable and then quickly changed the topic to the syllabus. I continued on zoning out until I heard two girls arguing in the back of the classroom.

"Lily and Jade! Stop this right now!" the teacher demanded.

"Okay then we'll take it outside," the blonde one said.

"Lily, if you leave this classroom, I will not hesitate to give both you and Jade detention for the week."

And like that, the two girls walked out of class and continued arguing in the hallway and didn't return for the rest of the period. Do those girls not care that it was the first day of senior year?

Soon enough the class ended and right when I got out into the hallway, I felt a tug on my jacket and before I knew it I was in some sort of janitor's closet with the two girls staring at me.

"WHY did you just do that?" I yelled trying to get my way out.

"Okay sit down we have some talking to do," the same blonde replied.

I was flabbergasted at how she chose to talk to me.

"Lily, be nice," the brunette said. "Okay hi, my name is Jade, this is Lily. Nice to meet you. This school isn't all what you think it is. By the end of this week, you will need to pick a side. Okay got it?"

"Side? What do you mean?" I asked confused.

"Oh my god, do you seriously not know anything? C'mon Jade she's a lost cause. Why are we trying to be nice." Lily said.

"She doesn't know any better, please Lily," she begged.

"Can someone please explain to me what's going on?" I say as I realize the second period bell rang, marking me as late on the first day of school.

"Yeah we need a whole class to explain this.. have you ever ditched before?" Jade asked.

And with that, we were headed towards the roof.

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"So you're telling me everyone here is in either the West wing or the East wing?" I asked

"Well everyone.. except us." Lily answered.

"I mean, how come?" I asked confused.

"See we were—," Lily was interrupted by Jade.

"We can't talk about this, hopefully you understand." Jade commented.

I nodded trying to make sense of the whole situation. I mean it's high school, no one's actually gonna take this thing seriously.. right?

We get off the roof and went back to the hallways. As soon as we return, the bell rings dismissing  the students to lunch.

"Watch." Jade said.

I watched as the people wearing blue garments scurried off to the East Wing and the people wearing black ran off to the West Wing.

"That's crazy" I stared in marvelment.

Then my attention was driven to an attractive guy in a black hoodie walking towards me.

I heard Lily whisper to Jade, "I was afraid this was gonna happen,"

As I turned around, another guy with a blue hoodie was walking towards me from the opposite direction. He was also pretty good looking.

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