Theresa Gray, or Tessa as she preferred to be called looked up at her older brother Nathaniel as they prepared themselves to enter their new school in London. Their Mother, Elizabeth had obtained a new job there so they had moved from America to England about a week before.
"You ready?" Nathaniel gave her a reassuring smile as they began to go up the stairs leading to the main entrance. Tessa wasn't too worried because in America she had always managed to make some friends but she was sure she would have felt more comfortable if Nate had been in her classes. That though was never going to happen due to the fact that he was older than her so wouldn't even be in her grade.
"Ready as I'll ever be." Tessa answered, holding on to her school bag which had nothing but a pencil case and a copy of her favorite book 'A Tale of Two Cities" inside it as if that was going to make her feel any less nervous.
"Well then, I guess I'll see you later. I'm sure you'll be fine." Nate gave her a quick hug.
"Yeah, you too. See you at lunch maybe?" I questioned and he gave a small nod.
"Have fun." He said before turning on his heel and heading in the opposite direction to the one she was supposed to be going in. They had visited the school the day before to get their timetables and other things of the like so they were ready for the next day and didn't have to waste time going to see the Headmaster.
Taking a deep breath Tessa gave a quick glance at the map of the school she had also been given and checked she was going in the right direction. Luckily, the classroom she had homeroom - or whatever they called it here - in was only around the corner so she quickly found the door that led into the room and headed straight towards it.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" A voice shouted at her as the map went flying out of her hands and she herself nearly collided with the floor.
"I'm sorry." Tessa said, looking up to see who the person she had walked right into had been. It was a boy, with slightly curly golden blond hair and eyes that looked golden, he was also taller than Tessa which she was glad of. After she had said this he stared at her for a few moments and then turned around, going into the same room she was going into. Five minutes into the school day and she was sure she had already annoyed someone.
Tessa bent down to pick up what she had dropped and when she stood back up a girl who looked to be slightly younger than her was standing in front of her. She had blue eyes that contrasted greatly with her very dark hair and she was staring at Tessa with a determined expression.
"You just walked into Jace Wayland, didn't you?" She questioned, raising an eyebrow, "I'm Cecily Herondale. You must be new."
"I guess I did." Tessa didn't know what else she was meant to say so decided to introduce herself to Cecily, "my name's Theresa Gray, but please, call me Tessa. And what about Jace Wayland?"
"Nice to meet you, Tessa." Cecily said, "and what about Jace? Well first of all, you don't just go around walking into him."
"It wasn't like I did it on purpose." Tessa defended herself.
"There's a lot you need to learn." Cecily answered, "but right now I don't have time to lecture you, I need to get to my form. Maybe I'll see you around, Tessa." Cecily readjusted her bag and gave Tessa a small smile before heading off in the direction she had just come from.
Then, Tessa walked into the room she was meant to be in. A few people whispered to each other when she did so and she quickly scanned the room to see where there was a spare chair in which she could sit. After a few seconds she chose one in the corner of the room that didn't seem to be occupied and sat down in it, putting her bag down on the table in front of her.
She opened her book, deciding that then at least she appeared to be doing something and she was about to start reading when someone sat down in the chair next to hers and she turned to face him.
"Hey, I'm Will." He smirked.
So tell me if you enjoyed this Chapter! I loved writing it and I hope it wasn't too confusing. (: