my next door neighbor

five; first day

time lapse-

*beep beep beep*

the sound of my alarm clock woke me up from my sleep. my phone read 6:30

shit. today's the first day of junior year

i have a headache from hanging out with maddie and a couple other people in our grade. i knew getting drunk wasn't a good idea, but it was the last night of summer and i knew it was today's problem

i slowly close my eyes again until i hear my door swing open

"olivia first day of school, don't make griffin and maddie late"

shit

maddie's car is getting fixed in the shop and i dont have one, so we're riding with griffin. i know how nervous maddie is to talk with him

i roll out of bed and get ready

i grab my bag, phone, and charger, and slip on some shoes

"love you mom" i hug her as i make my way towards the door

"not even a picture on the first day of school? come on liv" she begs

"i can't, jaden and maddie are waiting for me sorry" i lie as i open my front door

"i love you liv" my mom slips in before the door shuts

walk down the driveway hoping they come soon so my mom doesn't see me waiting

luckly griffin pulls up with maddie and i hop in the car

"morning" i say as i throw my bag in before me

griffin ignores me "hey liv" maddie smiles

i guess he's just tired

the ride to school was pretty quiet, there was some small talk but griffin would make rude remarks on all the conversations, stopping them

we pull in the parking lot and me and maddie leave as griffin sits in the car on his phone

"damn is he always like that?" i ask maddie

"yea he's different around family"

"makes sense" i roll my eyes

starting off my day with a bad attitude

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my first bell is ap calc, with mostly seniors

i don't know where the room is, "hey, do you know where room 211 is?" i ask a guy in the hallway

"mrs wheeler's class?"

"yea, it's my first time at this school"

"sure, it's upstairs, my first class is math too, i'll walk with you" he smiled "i'm nick by the way"

"olivia" i blushed

"bye guys" nick waved off to a group of guys "so are you a senior?" he asked me

"junior" i corrected him

"damn, and you're in ap calc?" he asked

"yea math is sort of my thing" i smiled as we made our way up the staircase

"where did you move from?" he asked

"columbus, ohi-"

"hey nick excited for the season?" another guy inturrupts us

"hell yea, state champs baby" he replies to his friends

"ay" more guys come with him

i slowly separate myself with them and find my way to my class

"are you mrs wheeler?" i ask the teacher

"yes, name please?"

"olivia. olivia jackson" i smile

she hands me a couple papers and points to my seat, in the back

i unpack my binder and sit on my phone until the bell rings

i try to focus as much as possible as the teacher starts to go over the syllabus for the semester, but the girls beside me keep talking and giggling

the door swings open taking my attention off of the girls

griffin walks in the doorway

"name please?" mrs wheeler asks

"griffin" he says as he chews his gum

"griffin doss?" she asks him as she skims through her list of names

"yes ma'am" he says sarcastically with a rude smirk

he looks up at me and the group of girls "hey kendall" he says, ignoring me

kendall smiles

"first row mr doss. i hope being late doesn't become a routine of yours" she says as she hands him the papers

he winks at kendall and she and her friend group giggles loudly

the day was long, it was pretty hard having to listen to lectures about our phones, the classes, and seeing annoying people i totally forgot about.

my last bell is ceramics, and we were just sitting around waiting for this day to be over

ring ring ring ring

everyone packs up their bags and leaves the room. i make my way out to the parking lot and meet up with maddie

"so, how was your first day at your new school?" she asks

"well for starters, griffin is in my calc class."

"no. way. keep your distance." she says

"i'm planning on it" i reply

"planning on what?" a voice behind us says

well shit.

i turn around to a familiar face, which isn't griffin.

"hey nick" i say

"so are you guys coming to the game on friday? it's at home" he tells us

"the football game?" i ask

"um yea, you're looking at the varsity quarterback" he winks

"oh get out of here nick" maddie says as she rolls her eyes

we make it to the car and griffin is talking to a group of guys

he glances over at us, "hey nick" he says

"hey man" nick waves before griffin finishes talking with his friends

"bye nick!" i say as he leaves

"bye olivia, bye maddie, see y'all tomorrow"

griffin hops in the car and we go home