»↑•↓«—Inside Byrnes High School—»↓•↑«
Kayla came racing towards me wearing her new gray and white floral baby doll top and dark skinny jeans with black converses. Her pale short platinum blonde hair was cut into a bob and looked absolutely adorable and her big blue eyes sparkled with delight as she sprinted my way.
"Hey, oh my god it's been so long. How was your summer?" She asked excitedly; she was practically jumping up and down.
"Hey yeah been a while, umm summer was…fine I guess. How was yours?" I asked quickly; trying to get off the topic of my summer.
"It was so awesome! I went out with Jason Dean and well let's just say that the uh rumors of his extremely long shlong weren't too exaggerated." She said with a wink.
I made a gagging noise.
"I did not need to hear that… but good for you." I said with a grin and the shake of my head.
"Anyways what's your schedule for this semester?" I asked with a small frown.
"Uhh hold on… let me check my schedule." She replied as she fumbled through her pocket for the right paper and finally pulled one out.
She unfolded it and read it quickly.
"First period Science with Ms. Lille, second period English with Mr. Blake, third period Drama with Mrs. Richardson, and fourth period is… PE with Ms. Pontius. What's your schedule?" She asks with a bright grin that exposes her even white teeth.
"First period English with Mr. Burley, second period French with Mrs. Devine, third period Math with Mr. Keller, and fourth period is PE with Ms. Pontius. At least we'll have one class together." I say enthusiastically.
She nods sullenly.
"So... want to go to the Orientation room together?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's this way." She says as she points in front of us.
We shuffle into the gym where everyone else is and sit down on the bleachers that are below a cluster of snobby guys. Kayla and I listen to the stupid orientation speech and head out of the gym and go our separate ways with a sullen look on our faces. I go into the nearest girl's restroom and stare into the mirror. I'm really pretty with my dark chocolate brown hair that's nicely brushed that comes down to my shoulders, and my eyes that are dark and emerald green, with my skin pale as porcelain and my tall and slender body. I paste a fake smile onto my face and grab my bag and leave the restroom and head off to my homeroom class. Mrs. Kent smiles at me as I enter the classroom and sit down in a random seat in the corner of the room closest to the window. The smile leaves my face as I study those who are in my homeroom class. Jason Dean and his best friend Daniel Moore sit in the desks on the other side of the room that face me. Jason stares into my eyes and I glare at him. His dark fathomless eyes leave mine first and I look away off into the oblivion. A pale brown guy walks into the classroom, late to class and he sits down beside me with a smile pasted onto his face.
"Hey are you new?" He asks in a prissy voice.
Obviously gay, I smile at him.
"No, I was here last year; just quieter than others, I don't get noticed much." I say kindly.
"Oh well sorry… your pretty, you were the first one I noticed when I walked in here other than Jason of course…" He says with a totally gay smile.
"Thanks, you're pretty too..." I say with a giggle.
He laughs. He really is pretty though… muscular, tall, pale brown skin with clear complexion, purple eyes (obviously contacts), and curved lips.
Mrs. Kent speaks up.
"Quiet down now, time to watch the news." She says loudly.
The school news pops up onto the projector in the front of the class and it goes on about orientation day, welcome and birthdays, student holidays, blah blah blah. Class is over in practically no time and I head off to first period English with Mr. Burley. He gives us a list of school materials we'll need and he goes on about what we'll learn through out the semester. The bell rings and class is dismissed and I head off to second period French with Mrs. Devine. When I enter the classroom there are two people in the room that I know and hate. One that stands out the most is Destiny Anne Faithe; she's the schools pink parade. She's always wearing something pink and she's always manicured from head to toe. Her daddy is a business owner and therefore he's raking in the doe and so daddy's little princess gets a little cut out of his weekly check. She looks up from her conversation with her best friend Ashton Jay Vannah who is practically a copy of Destiny. Destiny's long blonde hair is brushed to the middle of her back and her dark brown eyes scrutinize me as I walk in and sit down in the desk farthest from her little group. She sneers.
"Oh look here, Hayden Faye. Haven't seen you in a while, still living in that piece of shit trailer?" She asks with a twisted cruel grin on her face.
"Oh look here, Destiny Anne; bitch from hell nominated slut of the year." I replied snidely.
She shoots me a bird. I smile with victory. Mrs. Devine walks into the room and takes a look around.
"Bonjour, heureux de vous rencontrer tous les." She says fluently.
"Now can anyone tell me what I just said?" She asks in English this time.
I raise my hand. She smiles and calls on me.
"Hello, pleased to meet you all." I answer.
Her smile brightens.
"Very good." She says.
Mrs. Devine goes on in French and then translates it for us and she gives us a list of supplies we'll need for this semester in her class and the bell rings an hour later after filling out a bunch of 'getting to know you' papers.
I head off to third period Math with Mr. Keller. Mr. Keller is an older teacher with gray speckled hair that's slightly balding at the top with pale blue eyes that scrutinize everything they see. He doesn't smile or say hello to any of us but merely hands out information sheets with a list of supplies needed and then a 'getting to know you' sheet. I fill the getting to know you sheet out and give it back to him and read for the rest of the period. Bell rings and we're sent off to lunch. I go through the lunch line and get a slice of pepperoni pizza, tator tots and a red apple. Not a very well balanced meal I know but really in truly school lunches aren't very healthy or even close to edible, in my opinion. I sit down at a random table away from everyone else and am soon joined by Kayla who is smiling from ear to ear. Her dark brown eyes shine bright with glee.
"What's so exciting?" I ask as I take a bite of my apple.
"Well… you know Daniel Moore right?" She asks.
"…Yeah, so does everyone else in the school; why?" I ask.
"Well I heard from Claire Saunters who heard from Anna Lee who spoke to Daniel earlier today that Daniel was talking about you to Anna who told Claire and then Claire told me…that he thinks your hot." Kayla says quickly.
I shake my head with a grin on my face.
"You can't honestly believe that… really are you sure that Anna just didn't hear it from someone else and is passing on the word like usual?" I ask.
"I'm positive. He thinks you're gorgeous and he likes your ass." She says with a raise of her perfect brow.
"Oh that's so reassuring; he likes me for my ass." I replied in a sarcastic voice.
Kayla laughs.
"Well anyways…how are classes?" Kayla asks as she takes a bite of my pizza.
"Thanks… true best friends definitely eat off each other's pizzas. Classes suck, I got French with Destiny and Ashton and then I got homeroom with Jason and Daniel, I have no idea who's going to be in PE…" I say as I shake my head and put the rest of my apple down on the tray.
"Well… I have English with Ashton and she seems okay this year… not as cruel as last year…and Destiny said hi to me in the hallway like nothing had ever happened, maybe they've seen the light?" She says optimistically.
"You're kidding right? Destiny will never see the light, she only see's the pink oblivion of hell, she's just trying to get close to you to do some nasty prank or something. I wouldn't fall for it if I were you…" I say in a matter of fact voice.
"Maybe… anyways, I gotta head off to PE; as do you. See you in a few." She says as she gets up and leaves with my Pizza in hand.
I shake my head with a grin on my face and get up and throw my tray away. I walk out of the cafeteria and head off towards the gym. Ms. Pontius smiles at me as I enter, the gym class is soon filled with other students and I sit beside Kayla who no longer has a Pizza in her hand. We go to the locker room and dress out. I dress out into a tank top and shorts and I take a look around the locker room to see Destiny, Ashton, Catherine Peay, Laura Green, and Miranda Davis; all part of Destiny's little cliché of people who hate me. Lucky me… I get hit in the head with two volleyballs and one basketball to my back during the entire gym period. I go to the nurse and she checks me for a concussion. She does the eye test thing with the flashlight and she says I'll be okay. I leave with an ice pack in hand and leave the school right as the bell rings to signal the end of the day. I walk down the sidewalk, book bag and ice pack in hand. It takes me a good hour or so to walk all the way home and when I finally do get home, I'm tired and my back hurts. I unlock the front door and enter the small tan house. My mother lays on the couch asleep while the TV is showing America's Next Top Model. I walk into the small kitchen and search through her purse and find thirty dollars. I grab the keys to the old green Toyota car and drive to Ingles. I go down the school supplies section and buy college ruled paper, mechanical pencils, dividers and four binders. The cashier boy rings them up after eyeing me with interest. I don't return the interest but merely grab my bags and leave and go back home. I walk into my dark bedroom and sit the bags in the corner of the room. I lay down on my purple bed that sits in the middle of the room against the window. My computer hums softly merely a foot away up against the wall. I get on the computer and log onto Facebook and check my messages.
Daniel Moore October 14th at 5:34 pm
Hey… Hayden, saw you at school today, hows your day been?
Something inside of me tingled as I wrote back.
Hayden Faye October 14th at 5:52 pm
Hey, yeah saw you too umm my day was fine. Yours?
Hayden.
He doesn't reply right away so I log off of Facebook and get off the computer. I grab a t-shirt, shorts and some underwear from my chest of drawers in my closet and get a shower in the hall bathroom (my bathroom). I wash my hair and shave my legs and underarms. I wash the makeup off of my face and when I get out I towel off and brush my hair and put it into a bun. I get dressed in a long sleep t-shirt and panties in my bedroom with purple swirled walls and cream colored carpet. I lay down on my bed and before I even realize it I've fallen asleep.