You are my FLAME

First day

My name is Ava. I am living in a small town called old town with my grandmother. I moved here to the mid-semester from London when I was in middle school due to some personal reasons. My mother couldn't take care of me with all her work so she sent me to her mother to take good care of me. She is working hard to save money for my college.

When I moved here I didn't expect anything. I just want to be a normal girl who goes to school and comes back home and sleeps after doing all my homework. I don't want to enjoy my life partying and dating. I can't do that when my mom is working hard for me, but you can never be sure.

My grandfather died recently so my grandmother took over his souvenir shop. She is a kind woman who puts other's happiness over hers. I admire her a lot for her hard work and her never-changing smiling face. She always has that warm smile on her face.

On my first day at school, I took the bus alone playing my favorite songs on my earphones. I wasn't nervous nor that I was excited. I stopped for a moment before entering the school. I read the big bold letters on the entrance arch... WH high school.

The school was filled with trees and plants. The scenery and the scent filled in the air make you refreshed. While I was enjoying it, I saw a weird thing.

Under one of the trees, I saw a boy looking at his palm and talking. He seems to be carrying something in his hand but to me, it looks empty. I was curious and tried to move a bit closer to him to get a good look. That makes him look at me.

I don't want to look like a weirdo stalking on my first day so I gave him a friendly smile. But I didn't expect his response. He gave that one of those pure, innocent, gummy bear smiles and held out his hand to me with something on his hand like he was giving me something.

Without knowing how to react I just extended my hand to him. I was also curious about to whom he was talking or should I say to what?

He opened his palm and I think I saw an insect and I immediately retreated my hand in fear.

"It's ok. He won't harm you." He assured me with the same innocent smile. His voice was a bit husky and deep. I don't know why but he makes me feel warm and welcoming.

I held out my hand again near his palm. He let that insect move to my hand. It started wandering around my hand moving in between my fingers. I adjusted my hands so that it won't fall.

I took a closer look at it. It was a spider. It was so small and yellow. It looked so cute and I moved my hand closer to my eyes to take a good look. Suddenly it stopped moving and I could see its eyes. Three pairs of black eyes staring straight at me. It was so fascinating that I didn't know how long I was looking at it and I forgot that I was in school with some boy standing near me. A sudden voice made me come out of the trance.

"V, come on let's go." I saw another boy calling the boy near me to join him. And just like that, he runs to his friend leaving me there alone.

For a moment I didn't know what to do with the spider then slowly I let it down on a tree trunk. Hopefully, he climbed up so fast to join his friends.

As this was my first day, I went to meet the principal. His secretary told me to wait outside since someone was inside with him. I heard a male adult shouting at someone, I presumed him to be the principal. Whoever was inside, they were getting it so bad. To be honest, it was so funny, I mean the day didn't even start.