old friends

1. unexpected

My mom was pressuring me to get out the door so i wouldnt be late for my first day of High School in a new town, i was trying my hardest to stall so I could miss the bus and have to stay home, thats what most kids would want anyways right? No, for me my mom didnt buy it she knew what i was doing and it only worked on my father, i say workED because he passed away when i was 6 years old fighting someone who had broken into my family owned corner store...sadly he was shot. 

I walked out the door with my eyes glued to the ground as i hear a familiar sound, the bus YES! i had missed the bus and didnt have to go to school today! I hid my smile from my mom and replaced it with a frown pretending i was upset that i had missed the bus and gotten what i wanted. Instead she insisted she drive me to school in her Tow Truck becauase it was on the way to her work. 

About 10 minutes later we arrived at the school and i was already getting looks and i have not even got out of the truck yet. There was kids laughing and pointing at the big Tow Truck parked in the school parking lot. Once i got out all eyes were on me, not only was i the new kid but i was the new kid who arrived to school in a Transformer... Not my ideal first impression. 

This one girl asked me if i was new here but before i could answer her friend pulled her away saying that they dont talk to fresh meat, whatever that meant. My attention was brought to a group of Jocks who were in blue and yellow matching jackets yelling and tossing a football around. My first class was English, something im not really good at because french is my first language (A/N im actually English, i dont know a word of french lmao) 

Once i figured out where my first class was i took a seat in the corner where there was only one desk, i was the first one in the classroom so i had time to BBM my best friends from my old school.

Sommer124: Hate this already Anna! No one likes me here! 

Annalise421: Im sure youll be fine, just dont stress about it too much <3 

I told her about missing the bus and my ride to school and she left me on read which usually means she doesnt know what to say and is too scared to answer. 

My attention is drawn to 3/8 jocks that i saw earlier entering the classroom, one if them noticed me and his eyes go wide and smiles at me, he was really cute so i cant help but smile back. He turns his attention back towards his friends and they continue to yell until the classsroom gets too full and the school bell rings.

Our teacher introduced herself as Ms. Rowberry, we all exchanged our Hellos and Heys while she got the attendance ready. 

"Willis Samuels?" "here"

"Quinn Reid?" "Yo whats up" him and his jock friends laughed as the teacher didnt look amused at all. 

"Tyra Reid" "Hi" I looked over at Tyra and then back at Quinn, they looked alot alike im sure they are twins.

"Sommer Marais?" "right here" i said quietly i barely heard myself

she got down through the list until she to the last one that ive been hopelessly waiting for "Zachary Herron?" "You can just call me Zach if you want, you dont have to" I think Zach has to be the nicest Jock ive ever seen before. Something just seems weird about him fro some odd reason. 

As i try my hardest to concentrate on the lesson, almost like it was fate or something i get a Facebook memory notification from 5 years ago, i look at it, almost like we were in sync Zach and i shout our heads in each others directions with our mouths wide open, i knew Zach looked familiar i just couldnt put my finger on it. It was a picture of Zach and i at the beach, Zach was chasing me while i was kicking water in his face. This hour felt like a week. 

When the bell finally rang i heard ahead of me "You guys go I'll catch up with you later." Then he came straight to me and we just pulled each other into a hug, Zach and i have been super close since we were babies because my mom and his mom were best friends, to then find out that the person who killed my father was Josh Herron, Zachs dad. Im not made at Zach or Josh, i know Josh didnt mean to shoot him. The Herron family has always been financially unstable so i get why Mr. Herron did what he did, but he didnt mean to kill my dad, all he wanted to do was steal food for his family of 5 to eat. They are okay with money now because Ryan has a job and so does Myta and Josh but its enough to pay for a months worth of food then Myta and Josh pay the bills. 

The Herrons had to move because we instantly knew who killed my father but were too close with the family to call the police, more like i begged my mom not to, instead we made a deal, the Marais family moves back to Dallas where i was born and never bug us again. BUTTTT... we had to came back because of the College my brother Jonah and sister Ester applied for and got accepted to, but  my mom had no idea what was coming to here when i got home.

"I missed you so much Sommer!"

"I missed you so much more Zachary, i cant believe its been 3 years! How has life been treating you?" 

"Oh my gosh do i have a mouth full for you, so my Mom got promoted to CEO of her company thing and my dad surgery because he had a Kidney Stone and Reese lost her 6th tooth and Ryan got a new gaming system and i bought Ryan a new gaming sytem...what about you?"

"Oh just the usual you know, read 21 novels this Summer, swam in the pool, went Skateboarding with my neighbour Jack and is girlfriend Gabbie and published a book called beYOUtiful." 

"Somethings never change with you do they? I still have your book called Change In Your Words! I remember you wrote that in one night and we were on call the whole time, i read it every time i get angry at my father." He looks down, i can tell hes still hurt from what his Father did but even more hurt that his mom decided to stay with him, we had talked some more on our way to our next class that we didnt have together but he walked me to mine. He had finished the conversation by saying that he spends as much time as possible away from home but when hes at home hes in his room. I give him a hug and thank him for walking me to class. When i walk into the class one of the guys from the other class, Teegan i think his name was was staring at me.