Being the new girl is hard; new city, new school, no friends, no one to talk to.
The SUV drove through the center of Dillon, Texas; home of the 2006 Texas State Champions the Panthers. The car turned off at a car dealership. In the SUV were six kids with their dad. There was Kyle and Mark, the twin seniors; Devon, the junior, Paul and Skyler the freshman; and Anna, the sophomore. Their dad got out of the car and walked into the dealership. Skyler was sitting in the front passenger seat. He turned around to look as his only sister, who sat in the very back of the SUV.
"You going to behave this time?" asked Skyler.
"Bite me," said Anna still looking out the window.
"Just leave her alone about it man," said Mark tossing a football up in the air.
Skyler turned around in his seat when his dad got back in. he put the car in drive and they continued on their way towards their new house. The SUV pulled up to a two-story house. Everyone started to pile out of the car except for Anna. Anna's dad walked back over to the car and stuck his head in the back door.
"You have to get out eventually," said her dad.
"Or I can sit here for a week or two and be ready to leave; again," said Anna.
"Get out of the car," said her dad.
Anna huffed as she climbed out of the SUV. She grabbed her bag and walked in the house and up the stairs. She walked down the hall to the last room and tossed her bag on the bed and collapsed on the bed next to it.
Being the new girl is hard; new city, new school, no friends, no one to talk to. Now it's just old.
"You ready for school?" asked Anna's dad knocking on the door.
"Not going," said Anna.
"Like hell. Now get up and get going," said her dad walking down the hall.
Anna got up and showered. She pulled on a pair of skintight jeans and a black vest over her bra. She found a pair of red heels and pulled them on and pulled her long auburn hair into a ponytail. She smiled as she applied her make up. She stood up and did a once over in the mirror before she walked down the stairs.
Her brother's were standing at the front door staring out the door.
"What's going on?" asked Anna.
"New Cars," said Mark handing her a set of keys.
Their dad was outside talking to Buddy Garrity, who owned the dealership. Anna shrugged her shoulders and looked at her keys then the cars parked in the driveway and along the street. Mark walked out of the house and over to the Mazda MX-5. Kyle followed his brother out of the house and over to his Chevrolet Silverado and jumped up into the cab and pulled off. Devon turned and smiled at Anna before he walked out to the Infiniti G and driving off. Skyler and Paul walked over to Anna and smiled.
"I'm not taking you to school," said Anna walking out of the house and over to the Volkswagon Touareg.
Paul and Skyler shook their heads as they walked back into the house to wait on their dad.
Anna pulled up into the parking lot and watched everyone around her go into the building. She watched her brothers chat with some of the football players. She shook her head as she watched them. She still had the car running and was considering putting it in reverse and pulling out of the school.
There was a knock on her window. It was a red headed woman with files in her hand. By this time the majority of everyone was in the school. She sighed and turned off the car. She grabbed her bag and got out.
"Hi, I'm Mrs. Taylor the guidance counselor," she said. "You must be AnnaLeigh Carter."
"Uh…yeah, Carter," said Anna smirking.
"Well why don't you come with me and I will get you your schedule," said Mrs. Taylor.
"Okay," said Anna.
Anna followed Mrs. Taylor into the school and into her office. She got her schedule from Mrs. Taylor after her searching for it for twenty minutes.
"Almost go out with an extra day of summer vacation," chuckled Mrs. Taylor.
"Almost," said Anna.
"Well, home room is over. You can head to first period English," said Mrs. Taylor handing over the paper. "Oh, would you do me a favor, please?"
"What?" asked Anna.
"Can you run this to Coach Taylor's office?" asked Mrs. Taylor. "It's off of the gym."
"A grocery list?" asked Anna taking the paper.
"Husband," said Mrs. Taylor.
"Ah," said Anna walking out of the office.
Anna took her time walking to the gym. Everyone in the hallway stared at her as she walked. She caught the eyes of some of the football players.
Like they have a chance, thought Anna.
Anna found the gym. She walked across the floor and into the offices. She, unfortunately had to go through the locker room to get to Coach Taylor's office. Luckily there wasn't anybody in there. She walked over to the door that had his name on it. She lifted her hand and knocked on the door.
"Yeah!" shouted the coach.
Anna opened the door and walked into the office.
"Hun, I think you have to wrong office," said Coach Taylor trying to focus on berating his captains.
"So you're not Coach Taylor? Husband to the guidance counselor who asked me to deliver this to you?" asked Anna smirking.
Coach Taylor huffed as he took the paper and looked at it. Anna started to leave to office when he stopped her.
"Don't you think you should be wearing a little more clothes?" asked Coach.
"Nope," said Anna walking out.
Coach Taylor shook his head and went back to berating his captains.