Lex's POV
Today was my first day of school of my second year in high school; I was looking forward to it because I didn't have to be worried about not knowing anyone so I could get right to being with my friends. My mom dropped me off at school every morning, after I got out of the car I went in search of anyone I knew. There was a big crowd outside of the school so I decided to head for the auditorium to see if I would find anyone there. On the first day of school the students are assembled in the auditorium where the principle can preach to the students about his expectations. As I walked in the center doors I looked around and finally saw someone, my best friends Jessie, Alex and Torbin were sitting together in the back rows on the right side so I thought Id join them.
"Hey Lexy!" Jessie called out
"Hi Jess" I called back
"Sup mom" Alex said slyly, he calls me mom since he sees me as a little over protective of everything, it bothered me at first but I got used to it, only when he says it. In grade school my nick name was Alex, short for Alexandria, but when I met him I shortened it to Lex because Alex was his actual name.
"Hello everyone" I replied, Torbin was looking around at the other students.
"Oh hey Lex, lots of new kids this year, way more than our class" Torbin said
"Seems like it, don't know how they keep cramming all these students in the same building, its like 100 students graduate and 200 students enter the school every year," I responded.
"There are more than just freshmen this year, couple juniors and a sophomore are also starting here this year. One of the groups is a family of like 6 adopted kids, there dad is some new hot shot doctor." Jessie explained, she was able to get any of the information she wanted to since her mother was the vice principle, if you wanted to find something out about a certain student all you needed to do was go to her and she could fill you in, she could tell you their past school grades, show pictures and basically anything there is to know about a student.
"Are they here?" I asked
"I haven't seen them yet, Ill tell you when they come in"
We spent a few minutes observing the other students and identifying the ones we already knew and the ones we didn't think we would like to know, Jessie and Alex were a bit more judgmental than me and Torbin didn't seem to care, it wasn't a big problem for me. We just sat there greeting friends that passed by and talking about teachers we hoped we would get and teachers we wouldn't want if they were the last teacher alive.
"Oh it looks like the new Doc's family has arrived, the Cullens." Jessie called out everyone turned there heads to see the new students of Hutch Tech.
"The stiff guy with the blond hair is named Jasper Hale; the short girl he's holding hands with is Alice Cullen"
"Ew, are they together?" Alex asked
"How should I know, their files don't list their relationships dummy."
"That's disgusting, their related"
"Well they have different last names and they are both adopted so technically they are not blood related so I guess it's ok" I answered
"Its still weird, like you're already married." Alex finished
"You see the big guy? His name is Emmett Cullen, not a bad looker if I do say so myself. The girl he's with is Rosalie Cullen, why are all of the cute guys always taken?" Jessie said.
"I guess doctor slash match maker? I don't know and what do you mean all the cute guys are all taken? I'm still available!" Alex scowled
"Of course you are" Jessie shot back
"Ok, see the cute guy with the brown hair, he's Edward Cullen. The girl swooning over him is Bella Swan so Ill take it that they are also together, its strange that they are all together" Jessie finished
"You're just that unlucky, heh they are almost as pale as you Torbin" Alex joked,
"I guess so" He replied
"Who's the kid next to Edward?" I asked Jessie
"Oh I forgot; that's Seth Clearwater, I'm guessing he's the sophomore. He's not bad looking either but I need a man who can kick some ass when I need him to"
I was staring at Seth while Jessie and Alex bickered over something stupid; I was trying to position myself to get a better look. I raised my head and glanced at his face, he had smooth russet skin with his golden eyes I was almost hypnotized. His hair was short and his bangs were raised but not completely spiked like you see on those arrogant guys. When I saw him turn his head and begin to look this way I quickly turned my head before we could look eye to eye. The only time I ever had a crush on anyone was with Torbin, I like have a huge crush on him but I doubt he feels about me in the same way I do about him. I looked over at Torbin and he was focused on the Cullen family like he was awaiting some tragedy, I tried looking the direction he was looking in but I didn't see anything wrong, two of them were also looking this way so I tried not to look back, do they know each other?
The assembly lasted a little more than an hour; afterward we were divided into our home rooms where we would receive our schedules. Home rooms were alphabetical and since my last name was Nowak I was in the rooms with last names M through O. Torbin's last name was Michalek so during home room him and I usually talk for the short time that home room actually lasts. I looked over at Torbin and he looked like he was frustrated with something.
"What's wrong?" I asked, no answer
"You have been acting like this ever since Jessie showed us the Cullen family, what's up?" I asked again
"It's nothing, they just seem….familiar." He finally answered
"Do we have any classes together?" I asked while looking at his schedule, we didn't unfortunately
"Bummer, at least we have the same lunch" He responded.
A few seconds later the bell rang, I thought it was funny to see all of the new comers get lost in a new building to them. It sounds mean but I guess it just makes us feel better since we did the exact same thing when we first arrived.
The first 4 periods went by quick, I didn't know that many people in those classes but I looked at it as a new opportunity to meet more people. I only knew a fraction of the people in my class so wanted to get to know as many people as possible. Some people have friends in ever graduating class, I don't know how they do it, its like they go out of their way to make sure everyone knows them.
Lunch came around and I was relieved to see that Jessie and Alex were also had it the same time I did. I looked around to see who else was in my lunch and I saw Seth Clearwater, he was sitting at a half empty table with a few other people, it must have been difficult to join a school later than everyone else. It is easier to make friends when everyone is a freshman because mostly everyone possesses the same awkwardness and urgency to make friends as quickly as possible.
"So anything interesting so far, anyone you like?" Alex asked, he was always eager to hear something new.
"Not much though I do have my eye on a certain someone" Jessie replied
"Who?" Alex asked, a bit frustrated
"One of the new guys, a junior"
"One of the Cullen's? I thought they were all with someone"
"No there are a few other new students besides the Cullen's; I'm talking about him over there, with the green eyes."
I looked over to get a good look at the latest guy she was obsessing about, she did this regularly. She would see a guy that that she imagined would be her perfect fit but it never works out.
"What's his name?" Alex asked
"Cain Crawzak, he is diffidently a feast for the eyes" Jessie answered
I was still looking at him while listening in, he seemed to be scoping out the entire cafeteria, probably hunting out for the hottest girl to hook up with. Jessie was beautiful and everything but the school sluts would get to Cain before she could.
Throughout lunch we just discussed our review of the summer and the constantly cruddy weather, we talked about the teachers we were assigned and how much we wanted to have another, nobody was ever completely satisfied with who they got, even if most of the teachers were great. I guess it's just the sort of greedy trait that comes to all people in high school. After the bell rang I ad to run up the 5th floor for my lab class, I was not out of shape but going up 5 floors and then to the other side of the building in a few minutes was tiring, especially after lunch.
I finally got to my lab class with a minute to spare, I looked around the room to see who else was in it and I saw that Seth Clearwater was which was a relief for me though I don't know why because I didn't know him but some part of me felt like I did. The lab teacher gave us a chance to choose our own lab partners pending any screw ups or misbehaviors. I got up looking around pretending like I didn't know who I wanted. I made my way to Seth and we looked at each other.
"Hi, I'm Alexandria, Lex for short" I greeted trying not to blush
"Hey, I'm Seth; you um want to be my lab partner?" He asked, I was jumping for joy on the inside.
"Sure" I tried to act like it wasn't a big deal to me. "This is your first year here isn't it?"
"Yep, first year at Hutchinson Technical…Central…School, yeah I'm new here"
I chuckled while he fumbled with the full name of the school; it really was Hutchinson Central Technical High School though nobody called it by that.
"We just call it Hutch Tech, less of a tongue twister." I suggested
"That is very helpful, seems like schools give themselves the longest name possible to seem more important, maybe just to be seen easier on the school listings"
"That's so true; the principle takes a lot of pride in the school though so you're probably right."
The day was shorter due to the assembly so the lab teacher just read us a syllabus and afterwards told us to get to know each other in the little remaining time left.
"So where did you move from?" I asked Seth
"We came from La Push, Washington"
"Geez that's really far away, what's it like over there?"
"Washington doesn't get much sun so it is pretty doom and gloom most of the time. The community population was very low; the kind of thing where everyone knows or at least tries to know everything that is going on. Kind of hard to do your own thing without everyone else trying to get involved in some way."
"Buffalo doesn't get much sun anymore, every year it seems as if there are fewer and fewer sunny days, I wasn't crazy about the sun but it keeps people in a positive attitude."
"I liked the sun too though I'm not supposed to"
"Is your family more of winter people?"
"You can say that?"
"You moved here with your family?" I asked. What a dumb question of course he did.
"Well...yeah. Carlisle, my um dad needed some work so he got a job working with a city hospital."
"I noticed that some of your brothers and sister have different last names? Are you adopted or something?" I prayed he wasn't sensitive about that, I regretted asking it.
"Yeah though it hasn't been that long, less than a year for me"
"It must be hard to suddenly move into a new home with completely new people"
"Actually it was more of a relief because I already knew the Cullen's and it was a good thing that they were there for me"
I really felt I was connecting with Seth and I was enjoying our conversation but of course the bell had to ring though if there was one thing to be relieved about it was the fact that Seth was my lab partner and depending on no major screw ups by any other groups then he would be my partner all year.
"It was nice talking to you Lex, see you tomorrow"
"Bye Seth"
My 6th period class was just another boring class except what made this boring class unique was it was about history. My 7th and 8th periods were combined into one class for my major which was architectural design; all of Alex, Jessie and Torbin were in this class. We planned this last year so that we would all have at least one class together.
"So how has your day been going hun?" Jessie asked
"Pretty good actually, most of my classes are boring, nothing happened in English, history, algebra or biology. In lab we were able to choose our own partners"
"That's good; the last thing you want is to end up with some creep. So who did you choose?"
"Seth Clearwater, since today was too short for a lesson we were able to just talk and it was actually nice talking with him"
"He's cute, no wonder you chose him"
"Probably just another guy trying to hypnotize you into getting with him" Torbin chimed with a little hostility in his voice.
"No he's not, he's sweet and actually participates in a conversation, and other guys will just nod and say 'yeah' until the girl thinks he is being courteous to them."
Torbin just shrugged it off with a sour look on his face, what was his deal? It seemed like as soon as the Cullen's entered the school he has been plotting against them.
"Woah, the hostility is blazing Tor. Do I sense a little jealousy?" Alex Teased
"No, you don't but how about you keep an eye on your own imaginary girl friend and protect her from every guy she prefers over you which is pretty much everyone" Torbin said with a smirk, Alex just scoffed and started talking with another class mate.
"The Cullen's are all very hot, you were lucky you snatched up Seth before anyone else could get to him, it's not like I didn't see any girls trying during lunch." Jessie said.
"Snatched him up? We are just lab partners, why does having a conversation with your lab partner have to be anything more than it is?"
"Whatever you say, though if you are planning on making a move I suggest you do it soon. A guy can only wait so long"
I thought about what Jessie said, I waited too long to admit my crush to Torbin and now we were best friends, anything more would seem awkward for everyone. I wanted to be Seth's friend but I wasn't sure if I wanted something more. I was attracted to him but I needed to be sure of who he really is before I do anything I may regret.