Struggling to be me

5

I ignored everyone's glares and I walked into the school reception and I told the receptionist that it was my first day... she seemed very enthusiastic and kind.
"Welcome to palm wood academy" she said rather excitedly "my name is Mrs Gibbs, in sure you will love it here"
Her long red hair trailed behind her and she smiled as she spoke.
"Here is your school ID" she handed me a card with my name on it and a picture of me. "How did you get that pic-"
"Your old maid, Elizabeth I think her name was, sent it to me" Mrs Gibbs interrupted.
She then checked my school uniform, which was a blue blazer with silver buttons and a palm tree on the pocket, a white shirt, black trousers and a light and dark blue striped tie, and she then told me I was in the blue house and she gave me a badge that was a ocean blue for me to pin onto my blazer. She also informed me that the other three houses were red house, green house and yellow house.
She told me I needed to get going so I said thank you and left...

I went into my form room to see about 6 girls huddled on a corner pointing to a group of boys and giggling. I thought This is your typical public school classroom, but then I told myself off for being so snobby.

There was also a few other groups of people, one where boys and girls just stood Chatting, another one with some girls reading and rapidly writing (probably doing some last minute homework) and then a group of boys talking about football.

I somehow thought that I didn't fit in with any of these people. I just stood in the middle of the room until 3 boys walked in, the one in the middle was the popular one, I could just tell.

He looked at me for a split second, his short brown hair and piercing light blue eyes imprinting in my mind, I think I was already falling for someone ...