I always loved going back to school on the first day. I loved everything about it; the new faces, the new classes, seeing friends that I didn't get to see over the summer, since they went on vacation, and the friends that I spent most of my summer getting wasted with. It was nice. On the way to my first new class, I ran into my best friend in the whole world, Destany.
"Hey James! What's poppin'?" I haven't seen you since forever!"
"Destany, it's been 4 days. If that is forever, then it's nothing short of a miracle that you survived school," I teased. We always messed with each other like that.
"I know that! I was kidding. So, have you met the new student yet? He is so cute! I know people aren't supposed to judge a book by its cover, but I already know he's my soulmate!" she exclaimed. She always did that whenever a new male student transferred here. In reality, she was doing it to make me jealous of her being with someone else. But it never worked, because I knew she had feelings for me.
"Well, maybe he'll treat you better than the last dude." I smirked at her. She then proceeded to punch my shoulder, but it wasn't serious.
"Shut up, or next time I'll actually hurt you." she snarled at me, but she was just playing around again.
"Yea, well, you also said that about the last transfer, so I can safely say that I'll be fine. Anyways, I'll see you in math class." We hugged and went to our first class. She was a grade ahead, because she is a genius. I always ended up going to her house a lot to get tutoring from her. That's how we became friends.
I headed to my first class, English. I took the seat next to my other friend, John. He was pretty cool. I mean, he always had weed to spare. I took the seat next to him after a nice high five and a cool fist-bump-handshake that we made up in 3rd grade.
"Hey John" I said.
"James!" He exclaimed. "Dude, it's been ages since I last saw you! How are ya, man?"
"Better than last week, that's for sure."
"Sweet! Hey, how's Destany, man? I haven't seen her in ages either!"
"Oh, you know. Same old, same old. How she normally is. Worried about grades, stressing over me, you know, the usual stuff."
"Righteous. Say, have you heard about the couple found yesterday? That shit was insane! I haven't seen that in, like, 5 months!"
"I know. It was pretty wild." It was pretty crazy. Yesterday, the police found two women making out. In our section of the city, there is a law in place that forbids interactions between people of the same gender, as sex is only allowed for making children. And since the government is mainly comprised of devout Catholics, they enforce the "will of God" through their laws.
That just so happens to include bodily interactions, like kissing. The ladies must've been outsiders, as I heard from John that it's not strictly enforced everywhere. But that wouldn't make sense, as there is only one entrance to and from each sector. On top of that, there must be a legitimate reason to go into another sector.
Before I could ask John more about the situation, the teacher walked into the classroom.
"Alright everyone. Please take your seats. I'd like to introduce you all to our new student. Please welcome, Zacharia Trojan."
"Please. It's Zack. Hi everyone. It's nice to meet you all."
"Hi Zack." we all said.
"Zack?" the teacher said, "Why don't you take a seat?"
There was only one open seat, next to me. I was looking down at the work I was given in the beginning. A simple warm up. I didn't notice Zack until I heard the chair next to me squeak from him pulling it out to sit down. I looked up then because I felt a tap on my shoulder. I looked to the left, and that's when something unexplainable happened between him and I. He was, for some unexplainable reason, attractive to me. I'm not sure what it was, whether it was the beautiful, green eyes, or the unkempt brown hair, or the way he smirked at me, but I was lost in his eyes. But it only lasted for a split second, before anything noticeable changed in my face. He held his hand out, wanting to shake my hand.
"Since you didn't bother looking up, hi! I'm Zack. Nice to meet you."
"Hi. I'm James. Nice to meet you too." Just then, when I shook hand with him, I didn't realize that something inside changed for me, forever.
