Not Just Another Number

New Kid In Town

Sarah's POV

I climb out of my car and swing the door closed. I straighten my backpack on my shoulder and walk across the parking lot to the school. I jump back quickly, avoiding getting hit by a car.

"Jack ass!" I yell, flipping the driver off. The car has a nice look, but I probably can't say the same for the driver. I walk over to them, wanting to confront whoever it was.

I cross my arms and wait for them to get out. The passenger side door opens. A girl, probably the boys' age, climbs out. She has firey red hair and a scowl on her face. I recognize her from the arcade. Mad Max.

She stomps across the street in the direction of the middle school. The driver side door opens. I walk over to that side and stand in front of the car. A guy, maybe my age, steps out.

He has shoulder length blonde hair and a growing mustache. He's wearing a tight fitting t-shirt and skinny jeans. He finally notices me and smirks. "Hey there, Doll." He greets. He looks me up and down, smirking.

I cringe and groan. "Don't call me that. And watch where you're going Jack ass, you almost ran me over." He looks a little shocked, before he recovers and laughs at me.

"I'll keep that in mind, Sweetheart. Name's Billy by the way, Billy Hargrove." I groan again and roll my eyes. I rub my eyes and shake my head. "Wanna tell me you're name, or do I get to keep calling you Sweetheart?" He flirts.

I put my hand out, stopping him from talking further. "No, none of that. I'm Sarah Byers, and we're done here. All I came over here to do was to tell you to pay attention, and I did just that. Goodbye Hargrove." I say. I walk away, hearing him call out one more time.

"See you again, Byers." I groan as I walk into the school. Great, now I'm gonna have to deal with this douche all year long. I stomp over to my locker and pull the lock off. I shove my bag inside and grab my chem book.

I slam my locker shut and lean against it. I close my eyes and sigh. I hear the locker next to me squeak. "Sarah?" I hear Steve ask. I open one eye, meeting his confused stare. I hum in acknowledgment.

"What happened out there? Who was that anyway?"

"You saw that?" I ask, blushing in embarressment. He nods, smiling at my embarressment. I run my hand through my hair. "Just the new kid. He almost ran me over."

"Douche. You okay?"

"Yeah, couldn't agree more. And I'm fine." I reassure him. I pat his arm as I make my way down the hall. I hear him jog after me. He starts to pull something from his bag, making me stop. He pulls out some papers. "Do you mind looking over this?"

I raise an eyebrow as I take the papers. "Why? I'm not your tutor." I tease, but I still look over the papers all the same. As I skim through, I see random marks on it. "What are these?"

"Nancy looked at them earlier and made some suggestions." I nod and finish reading them. I hand them back to him and go back to walking. "Well, she made some pretty good suggestions. But besides that, it's pretty good."

He scoffs and rolls his eyes. "Right. I should just redo the entire thing." I shake my head and smack his arm. "No, like I said, it's pretty good. You just need a little tweaking." I reassure him. He nods reluctantly.

"Hey Sarah!" I hear someone call. I look up to see Tina. She's holding a bunch of orange flyers. I look at the flyers warrily, remembering last year.

I fake a smile and wave. She runs up to me and hands me a flyer. "You should totally come!" She says before walking off. I look down at the flyer. It has a picture of a ghost next to a bottle.