New Arival:
How does it feel to be the new kid? How does it feel when you're running away from your past? That's me; I've been the new kid to 4 different schools in 1 year. Why? Well that's not the question; the question is how did I become the most hated person at Degrassi high…
It all started my first day at Degrassi, I was late and as I walked into my first period English class I couldn't help but notice that all eyes were on me as I entered the small classroom. Ms. Dawes (the English teacher) smiled and introduced me to the class "class this is Aubrey Jones" (as if having everyone staring at me wasn't embarrassing enough) she told me to take the seat beside this girl named Clare and behind… ELI? What! How could this be happening? It's my first day in school and I already found what I'm running away from! My first instincts where to hide, but where? A small school desk isn't the ideal hiding place, then I thought maybe he won't recognize me it's been a year since the "accident" I've changed. But he hasn't, he slowly turned around and introduced himself. It was such a relief he didn't recognize who I am, or who I was. Mr. Dawes said that Clare and Eli would show me around the school, and if that wasn't bad enough, I was sure that sooner or later Eli was going to find out that Julia wasn't dead… and that I'm Julia, yes Julia his supposedly "dead" girlfriend.
The minutes turned into hours and I felt like this class would never end! All I could think about was the fight that Eli and I had that night, the night where I "died". I planned it perfectly, he was never supposed to know the truth, and I was protecting him. My father was back from jail and he wanted to kill Eli! I don't know why, all I knew was that if I couldn't make him forget about me, he was going to die. So I planned my own death, I was just supposed to disappear! I changed everything about myself. I wasn't the "troubled" blond anymore, my eyes aren't blue and I don't dress like a preppy girl. My hairs long and black now, my eyes are brown and I dress like rocker. In the middle of all my thoughts I hear the bell ring; I darted out the door hoping I could ditch my guides to the new school. I reached my second period class unseen, and now all I had to do was wait until the end of the day.
It was lunch and the day was almost over. I quickly ran to the lunch table at the back of the cafeteria, praying that Eli and Clare wouldn't see me. Then, there they were, coming towards me. I smiled nonchalantly and hoped that they would just walk away. That didn't happen; they sat down and started to talk to me as we ate our lunches. Eli was looking at me funny the whole time, then he said the 4 most dreaded words I could ever hear: "I've seen you before".
To Be Continued…