"Bye, Dad!" I called out as I walked into my new school for the first time in my usual attire. I could feel everyone's eyes on me as my knee length dress flowed around me and the red ribbon flew about my waist. A few boys came up to me and offered to carry my books, show me around the school, things like that. I refused, of course.
I was on my way to acting class when I bumped into someone, my books dropping to the floor. I looked up and saw a tall and attractive, brown-haired boy. My eyes went wide for a split second before I smirked. "Sorry about that." I said as I bent down to pick up my books.
"No, it's fine. I should be sorry, I wasn't paying attention." He replied. He bent down also. "Here, let me get those for you." We looked up at the same moment. We both stood up and he handed me the rest of my books. "I'm Beck, by the way." He said after a few silent seconds, running a hand through his hair.
"I'm Ezra. Nice to meet you." I smiled at him, fixing my books in my arms. My schedule slipped out of my binder and onto the floor. Beck bent down to pick it up and glanced it over. His hair swished in front of his face.
"Oh, you're in Sikowitz's class? Me too, I'll take you there." He smiled at me and handed me my schedule back. I noticed the way his veins moved in his hand when he moved his hair back behind his ear.
"Sounds good, thank you." I took my schedule back from him and tucked it into my binder. I followed him to Sikowitz's class and talked with him.
"So how'd you get into Hollywood Arts?" He asked me, making small talk.
"I wrote and performed an original song." I replied, nodding my head. "What about you?" I asked him.
"Acting." He replied, looking at me. I tried to ignore his gaze and looked at all the different lockers. "Here we are." We entered the class together, and I noticed a girl with black hair glaring at me. "Hey, Sikowitz, this is Ezra, the new girl. She's in this class now." Beck introduced me to the class. Beck moved to sit next to the girl glaring at me and she made a point of kissing him on the lips.
I rolled my eyes and found a seat next to a kid holding...a puppet. "Um..hi." I said to the kid, staring at the puppet.
"Hey pretty thing." The puppet said, looking back at me. "I'm Rex, and this wimp here is Robbie." Rex said, being cut off by his holder, Robbie, calling his name.
