My name is Lizzie Mcguire. Welcome to my life. My new life! Tomorrow marks the start of the birth of my brand new life. I am officially a teenager and that means I have entered the 'cool' era. No more braces, no more packed lunch from mom, no more clothes that mom bought from the bargain basement, no more curfews! Say hello to spending time with cool kids at the Digital Bean, shopping at the Mall and of course, a cool kid for a boyfriend!
This is so awesome! I cannot wait to start my life at Hillridge Junior High! I am thirteen and tomorrow is going to be the first day I will be attending Junior High. I cannot wait to start life afresh. I am going to win the popularity contest at school. Everyone wants to be popular, but no one wants it more than me. I had the most horrible time at elementary school. I was ugly and fat, I had braces, and I have my fair share of clumsy moments that led me to embarrassment at school. However, everything is going to change now. And to welcome the new phase of my life, I bugged my mother to fund my makeover project. However, my mom, being my mom, believed that I should work hard and earn for what I want. How I hate hearing those words. That is the reason why I spent my long summer vacation at Sally's bakery to earn the pocket money for me to get a makeover. With the money I earned at Sally's, I got myself a new, chic hairstyle with bangs and curls. These are the 'in' trends now, with all of Seventeen Magazine's models carrying these hairstyles. Also, I managed to get myself some new skin-tight, printed jeans, and the coolest spaghetti tops at the Style Shack, which are also vouched for by Seventeen for being the 'must have' this season. I would not have been able to get myself all these just depending on my wages from Sally's. I also had extra cash when the family went to visit Grandpa for Thanksgiving. I really love Grandpa. And with the makeover, I am pretty sure I am all ready for school tomorrow. I want to enjoy the company of the coolest kid in school and maybe, even get to date the cutest guy at Hillridge. So exciting!
"Have you packed your things for school tomorrow?" My train of thoughts is suddenly interrupted by my mom's inquire when she enters my room.
"Is everything all right? Are you nervous for the first day of school tomorrow?" My mom asks out of concern.
"Yes mom, you don't have to care about me, I am thirteen already." "My baby girl has grown up." My mom laughed, stroking my head with her palm.
She gets up from my bed and says while closing the door after her, "Now turn in early, you have school tomorrow."
The next day, I walk down the staircase in my brand new spaghetti top and jeans, with my bangs hanging down over my forehead the way I want it to.
"Wow, my daughter is looking cool," My dad smiles, as I reach over for the cereal box on the breakfast table.
"Thanks Dad!" I reply, feeling happy for his compliment. I will be the popular kid in Hillridge Junior High, I say to myself.
"Riiiinnnnnggggg" goes the first bell which prompts us to head to our homeroom. As I enter class C at the end of the hallway, my eyes study the students in class to decide where I should sit as this could be the ticket to being popular. Not the geek in glasses, not the punk girl with tattoos and piercings, chewing on gum, and definitely not the kid with curly hair wearing an old school outer wear, the kind that my dad will wear. If I am going to be popular, I have to be strategic about the people I hang out with. My eyes finally settled on a girl with long, blonde hair, embellished with a ribbon on the side. She is slim, well-dressed and actually look above average pretty. I figure she is someone I can hang out with so that I can be cool. I take the seat next to hers.
She turned to smile at me with a proffered handshake, "Hi, I am Kate Sanders, what is your name?"
I return her handshake," my name is Elizabeth Mcguire, you can call me Lizzie. Let us be friends," I smile my sweetest smile, hoping that I sound friendly and that Kate would not sense the nervousness that I am trying to mask.
"Yes, that would be great," She said enthusiastically, "and by the way, nice bangs."
Alright, the start of Junior High School is definitely going well so far. My makeover is paying off.
"Go back to your seats everyone!" bellowed a loud, authoritative voice emanating from an old bespectacled lady. "I am Mrs Trimmer, your homeroom teacher. Welcome to Hillridge Junior High and I hope that you are getting to know your classmates, because there is going to be a group project where you would be given the opportunity to work with your classmates." I can hear moans and groans spread around the class. Great, just when I thought the morning is going fine, there has got to be something to ruin it.
"The project would be done in pairs, and you would have to share your holiday experiences with your partner, compare and discuss what you are able to learn from each other's different experiences. On top of that, as a team discuss what are some of the things you want to gain out of Junior High." Mrs Trimmer instructed as the second bell rings to signal the end of the first period.
"Let's be partners, I am sure it would be great fun!" Kate says to me.
"Cool, so my place after school?" I ask, with my thumbs up.
"Cool, see you after school." Kate says as she hurries down the hallway to her next class.