An Ocean Sized Love
Annie's POV
It's my first day on a new town and on a new school. Perhaps if the situation was kinder…
My name is Annie Cresta, my parents are Mike and Lorelai Cresta and we moved out of town for three reasons. One: My dad got a new job Two: My new psychologist and old friend of my parent's Mags Cohen and her family live here (they are obscenely rich) Three: Bullying on my other school got pretty bad.
You see, a year ago when I was fourteen something really bad happened and… well now I have PTSD, don't ask me what was it, I don't like to talk about it… But as I have to take pills and I sometimes get panic attacks, my schoolmates weren't kind on the subject. I got panic attacks on the very school courtyard so I was labeled as the "Mad Girl". This led to people punching me and teasing me and calling me names, so we had to move…
Mags is supposed to have a young grandson, says he's about my age and at the same school, but he's apparently a Junior and I'm a Freshman, so I doubt he'll speak to me. So I sit alone at the bus, no one ever notices me, I leave my backpack on the sit next to the aisle and I sit on the one next to the window. My heart sinks when we reach the school, I don't want to be despised by everybody… I don't get off the bus until most kids have, and even then I do it shyly, letting my dark hair cover my hair as I walk out of the bus, my legs trembling as I walk.
*Time Skip*
Principal Snow has told me to wait before coming in the classroom, so I do, and then he presents me in front of the classroom as my face turns red as a tomato. "Children" he says in his voice that sounds like it's been muffled by a pillow "This is your new classmate, Annie Cresta, I'm sure you'll be kind to her, but I need a volunteer to show her around" No one raises their hand and I can't help but feeling like crap. Of course they don't… "In that case, Miss Mason and Miss Everdeen, please show her around". Two brunette girls look up at the same time, one of them has short hair and is muttering "what" angrily, almost offended, the other just looks annoyed, she has her hair in a braid, both are really pretty, there's an empty sit next to them so I just go and sit there. I try not to look at them for fear that they will be angry at me. "You'll be free the net periods so you can show her around" announces Principal Snow and now they both look at each other like they just won the lottery and as soon as the principal leaves and Miss Trinket starts the lesson, the short haired one whispers to me "Hey, Annie right?" I nod "I'm Johanna, you can call me Jo and this is Katniss" she introduces I smile, "I-I've never heard that name before" I say, because I have nothing else to say. "Yeah, I know but, this school is full of weird names" says Johanna, "Her boyfriend's name is Peeta, like the bread! Like, that's ridiculous!" I giggle, Katniss rolls her eyes "His not my boyfriend" She corrects "Well, yeah because you are stuck in that stupid love triangle with Gale," replies Johanna "Ladies!" Miss Trinket yells at us "Am I interrupting something?" I hide my face, Katniss shakes her head, and I'm expecting for Johanna to do something of the sort but she just turns to Miss Trinket without a care in the world "Yes actually, Miss Trinket, we were having quite an interesting talk and your annoying voice is ruining it" the classroom falls silent, all that crosses my head is how is she still alive "Johanna Mason!" screams Miss Trinket "You have absolutely no manners! Present to Assistant Principal Crane's office, right now!"
Right when the class is over Katniss leads me to the office, she doesn't seem to talk much which is fine by me because I guess I wouldn't know what to answer anyway, so I just walk behind her until we reach the Assistant Principal's Office, we stay outside for about five minutes until Jo comes out "What up, peaches, I got our passes, bitches" she exclaims, holding three hallway passes. We walk through the hall on our way to the cafeteria "You should watch your tongue, Jo, one of these days you will get expelled" says Katniss, really serious "Nah, you kidding me" Jo replies "Crane didn't ven lecture me, he's too upset because due to your little suicide prank he's gonna get fired" "It wasn't a prank, Jo! I was trying to help him!" yells Katniss. I don't get a thing but I can't decide if it's a good idea to ask "So last year" says Jo, clearly speaking to me "Peeta was bullied buy this jocks, Cato, Glimmer, Clove and Marvel and as Katniss and I are friends with this really popular guy she thought she had to help him, so she pretended to go out with him and then in Homecoming Katniss and Peeta pretended they were going to commit suicide to- (she makes quote signs with her fingers) Create Awareness on the topic and of course the school didn't took it too well, but they can't expel them because it did create awareness, but Snow blames Crane" Katniss looks down quietly "That's a lot of drama" I say, "Yeah right? Couldn't they do a normal prank like, I don't know, fill the jock's lockers with berries?" answers Jo "Why berries?" I ask "I don't know, shut up" she replies.
We arrive the cafeteria in which Juniors are now having lunch, that's when it happens, there he is, hottest guy I've ever seen, bronze perfectly brushed hair, tanned, clearly soft skin, white shining smile, and the most intense and beautiful sea green eyes ever to exist on earth. He stands up and waves at us and I freeze for a second, Johanna and Katniss walk towards him and I force myself to do so, too. "Sup, girls" he smiles "Oh, new meat!" he says, looking at me, I blush and look down, Johanna laughs, "Finn, this is Annie..." she looks at me "Cresta" I mumble "Oh you are Lorelai's daughter!" he exclaims "My grandma knows her parents" he then explains to Jo and Katniss, I nod, relieved that he didn't mentioned the… madness issue. "So, Annie, how's your first day here going?" he asks "I feel a bit… lost" I admit, he nods "Yeah, we all feel like that at first, you'll be fine" he winks. Jo groans "Finnick Odair!" she scolds "This is a new, innocent and you are already flirting with her?!" Finnick laughs and someone calls him, "I gotta go girls, have a nice first day, Annie" he adds with what I suppose must be a seductive tone, and although I like this guy, I didn't like that last bit.
As we walk around some more, I shyly ask "Who's that?" Jo and Katniss look at each other, smile and then look back at me "That's Finnick Odair, the school's superstar" answers Katniss "He gets the best grades, he is the best at every single sport, and has every girl behind him, they love him to pieces" adds Johanna "He looks like a douche" I comment "Oh, he is" answers Katniss, "But he is also quite a nice guy" I shrug and we keep on walking, but his eyes still linger in my mind.