julianna

one !

i got out of the car and waved goodbye to my mom. i walked into the school and walked to my history class. i passed the kids on the stairs waiting for the teacher to call them in.

i walked into my zero period history class, and i noticed something on my seat. more like someone in my seat. there was a brown haired boy, his back facing me, sitting in my desk just looking around the classroom waiting for the class to start. i walked over to the boy sitting in my desk and tapped him on the shoulder. he turned around. i saw his face, and admired his features for a second.

wow. his eyes are gorgeous.

he looked confused. "you're in my seat." i said. he looked at the seat he was sitting on and turned his head back at me. "sorry." he gathered his things and walked to the seat next to me, which was empty.

"so, what's your name?" he asked me, hoping to start a conversation. "annie." i replied.

here's the thing. i could've told him that my nickname is annie, but then he probably would've asked me for my full name, and i don't like my name.

"well, i'm asher, nice to meet you." he said, he stuck out his hand for me to shake, and smiled. "nice to meet you too." i smiled back and shook his hand.

suddenly the 7:15 bell rang, signaling the students to get to the class. students piled into the class, as the teacher yelled at them to hurry up.

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the class ended fast and i packed up my stuff. we still had 10 minutes before school actually started. i walked out of the class and back down the stairs, someone approached me.

"hey annie, right?" he asked. "yeah... what's up?" i replied. "as you know, i'm new. so do you think that maybe i could hang around with you? like at lunch and breaks and stuff?" he asked. i mean i felt bad, so i said yes. but only because i felt bad that he didn't know anyone, not because i thought he was cute or anything. "yeah sure, follow me." i said, and we started walking to where my friends normally are. "i'm sorry i forgot to ask what your classes are."

he handed me his schedule, for me to look at. we had PE together, ASB, Spanish, math, and science. and obviously US history.

we walked to my friends.

"guys this is asher. he's new." i said, gesturing at him. "asher, this is lilia, anna, jayden and will" i motioned at them when i said their names. "nice to meet you!" anna and lilia said at the same time. they laughed. "nice to meet you" said will, putting out his hand for asher to shake. he shook it. "hey" said jayden, with a small smile.

our conversations continued for the rest of the 10 minutes and the bell rang. i walked with Will to our english class.

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asher sat next to me in spanish. the teacher handed us a reading packet. asher started working on his packet immediately, while i talked to lilia. i turned to asher who was halfway done with his packet, i was barely on the first page.

"you understand this?" i asked. "yeah, it's not that hard. you could use the translator if you don't understand a word" he said as he shrugged. i got up from my seat and grabbed a tissue. i looked around the class and spotted jack dylan grazer. one of my best friends, sitting with the soccer players. i walked over to him.

"jackkk!!!!" i said. he got up and hugged me. "hey j. are you here to tell me your real name?" he asked. jack has been one of my best friends for over years. i've only told him and the others the first letter of my actual name. and everyone else has gotten over the fact that i'm not going to tell them my name. except jack. "no, i want to introduce you to my new friend!" we walked over to the table. he sat down on the empty seat next to lilia.

"hey, i'm jack" he said. "i'm asher, nice to meet you."

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the class ended. "hey annie see you in math?" jack said. i nodded and waved at him, as i walked to the cafeteria with lilia and asher. we sat down with will, jayden, and anna, at our usual lunch table.

authors note!

helloooo!!!!
thank you for reading the first chapter of julianna. i really hope that you guys like this book! please comment and vote on this chapter and on the intro.
thank you so much!

-ry uwu