The Dangers Of Falling

Chapter 4 (part 1)

Sea's POV

We got off the bus and damn that guy was acting weird. He went dead quiet after I answered his question. He looked away like he was in deep thought, you know, the 'I hate everything' look. Oh well, who even cares.

I finished my book, it ended on a cliff-hanger (Seriously, what is wrong with humans?). But, when I looked at the guy, I noticed, he wasn't entirely that bad looking, he was kinda attractive, to be honest.

No! Snap out of it! Dude, you just met the guy. There's no way you're gonna start acting like a hormonal teenager. How did we even get to this! And, the voice in my head returns... she's probably right though.

Anyway, I walked into the hell hole, and I wasn't even thinking, my legs were just moving to take me to where I had to go. Yes, I'm THAT used to it. So, I put my bag in my locker, got my books, went into my class and then headed to the daily social gathering. Sorry, I mean assembly but honestly, it's no different.

And just as I'm walking towards the auditorium,

"Searena! They're calling you to the principal's office." I hear a man-probably a teacher- say.

But I don't even know what I did wrong! I curse mentally, but I'm too much of a goody-two-shoes to actually say it to his face. Seriously though, teachers deserve respect. But I immediately noticed the teacher just by his voice. It's our second language teacher, Neil sir as we call him. He's pretty cool, actually one of the few people (or only teachers to be exact) that I talk to here, even if I am pretty crap in his subject.

And as I know him, he likes to joke around a lot. I didn't believe him, so I just smiled and mockingly put my hand on my chest, "But I don't even know what I did wrong!"

"Ha ha," he fake laughed "No, but this time I'm serious," - and I'm dead beat- "he actually did call you to his office."

It doesn't seem like he's lying, he might like to joke around, but I know even he wouldn't joke about this. Now I'm serious, "But I don't even kno-"

"-what you did wrong." he finishes for me, "I get it. But you'll have to actually go there to find out, wouldn't you? I suggest you hurry."

And now, I'm walking to my death bed. And I don't even know what I did wrong!... Oh who am I kidding, I'm probably just getting called in for a language appropriation warning because I called out one of the many A**holes here. I'm probably just overreacting. They're gonna make some idle threats for not using curse words anymore, give me a long chastisement for no reason, give my non-existent parents a call and finish it there.

I walked to the Admin's desk and was led to the principal's office. I looked in through the glass door and saw a dirty blond haired dude sitting in one of the chairs. He was in the school uniform and his bag at the side of his chair. He might look like one of the jerks that I've thrown profanities at, but, if I remember correctly, none of them were blond, though he might've just changed his hair color. It's not allowed but why would a jerk care about following the rules.

I slightly open the door and asked in a small voice, "May I enter?"

"Aah, Searena, come in." He said. In my opinion, he -our principal- has always been scary. But he's really bipolar, I mean, one minute he's shouting at us for our discipline and cracking a dad-joke the next. He seems like one of those guys on his man period.

"You called me sir," I said as I entered and stood behind the guy's chair. He didn't even turn around when I came in, it doesn't take a genius to guess the size of his man-ego. Honestly, I don't even know why a guy would call me out for cursing at him, isn't that against the manliness code or something.

Our principal looked through a file that was in his hand and said, "Okay, so Searena, this is Daniel Heart. He's a new student here."

Okay, not what I expected, but I'll take it. The name doesn't sound like it's from around here. Cool, another international fish caught in the net. That makes 3 of us now...

I nod. Still, I don't understand why I was called here though.

"He's in the same grade as you."

Ooh. Okay, now I get it.

"Daniel," then he turns to the new guy and says, "This is Searena, one of our best students here. She's also not from around here. She'll show you around. She'd be happy to."

No! Kill me now. Do I LOOK like a tour guide?! But of course, I just end up nodding my head. Because hello! Miss scared of authority figures standing right in front of you.

I made sure to keep a big fake smile maintained on my face, and it looked more than convincing. Really, sometimes - just sometimes - it even almost made me believe that I was actually happy. Ha. It's because I'm used to it now, my lips just mold into that position whenever I will it to happen, no questions asked, no emotions felt. Lucky in' it...

"Good, now you can leave while the assembly is still going on, I hope it'll be enough to show him around. If not, you can take homeroom. You're dismissed. Enjoy your first day." Our principal gets rid of us.

And yes, the guy's gonna have an amazing first day. (Note the sarcasm). See, even our principal didn't say 'enjoy your time here' because even he knows it's only the first day that seems wonderful, then the make everything look happy glasses get knocked right off your face. Poor guy, he really doesn't know what he's falling into. This was a really, really bad choice.