Marley's POV
It's the first day of my senior year. I just moved from Rhode Island, all the way to Lima, Ohio. My mom is a lunch lady, and she thought it would be a good time for us to move. Anyway, I woke up on the morning of my first day of school feeling nervous as hell. Why am I nervous? It's because I have no friends and I don't even know how I'm supposed to make friends! I will probably be sitting in a bathroom stall, eating my lunch, today and for the rest of the year! I slowly got out of bed and hopped in the shower. After I got done, I put on this floral dress I have, A jean jacket, and a pair of white flats. I put my hair into a side braid, and head down stairs after brushing my teeth. I don't usually have time to eat breakfast in the mornings. I grab a bottle of water and I grab my bag. My mom comes downstairs quickly, and she smiles at me. "Excited for your first day?" She asks with a smile. "Not really." I reply, and she frowns. "Why not?" She asks and I sigh. "I'm just nervous that I'll be an outcast."
As I arrive to school, I hurry to the principal's office. I walk in there to be greeted by a smiling woman. "Hello!" She says with a smile. "You must be Marley!" and I smile. "Yep. That's me." She hands me my class schedule and a paper with my locker number and combination. "I'm Mrs. Dawson, and if you have any questions, come let me know!" She says and I smile. I leave the principal's office and start to walk towards my locker. When I get to my locker, I put in the combination, but it won't open. I try it again, and again, but it just seemed useless. A blonde cheerleader starts to walk towards me. "Why are you trying to get into my locker?" She asks and I frown. "Oh, um, I'm sorry. I must of read the locker number wrong.." I tell her and she just smiles. "It's fine. I'm Kitty, you must be new." She says and I nod. "I'm Marley." Kitty smiles and says, "Nice to meet you. Want me to show you around?" She says and I shrug. "Yeah, sure."
Kitty and I start walking around the school. She showed me where the gym was, the cafeteria, and where all my classes were. "So, where are you from?" she asks. "Rhode Island." "Cool. I've always wanted to visit Rhode Island I don't even know why. It just seems interesting." She says and I laugh a little. "Well, it's pretty small and I don't think it's too fun. And besides Winter there is pretty bad." I say and she just rolls her eyes. "Oh well." We keep walking until I bump into someone. "I'm sorry!' We both say at the same time. He dropped his books so I bend down to pick them up for him. "Here." I say, handing him to the books. "Thanks. I'm Ryder, are you new?" He asks and I nod. "I'm Marley. I just moved here from Rhode Island." I say and he smiles. "Cool." He says, and I smile. I open my mouth to reply, but a cheerleader walks up to him, and gives him a kiss on the cheek. "Hey, babe." She says and takes his hand. "Who's this?" She asks, and Ryder tells her my name. "I gotta go to class. I'll see you guys later!" Ryder says and kisses the girl on the cheek. He walks off, and the girl glares at me. "Stay away from Ryder. Ok? He is my boyfriend, and I doubt that he'll date a whore like you!" She says and I look down. "Got it?" She says and storms off. Kitty rolls her eyes. "She's a bitch." Kitty says. I look up again and say, "Who is that?" "It's Bree. Head cheerleader. Stay away from her. She will literally eat you alive if you get in her way." Kitty says and I sigh. "She seems nice..." I say with sarcasm.
After third period, I walk back to my locker to get ready for lunch. On the way there, I notice a sign-up sheet for Glee club. Auditions are this Friday. Should I join? I'm really into music, but I'm also really shy. I guess I'll join. I pick up the pen and sign my name on one of the lines. I walk to my locker after I sign up, put up my books, and head to lunch. After I get my lunch, I find Kitty sitting with a group of people who aren't cheerleaders. I walk over to the table, and take a seat. "Hey, Marley! This is the Glee club!" Kitty says with a smile. Kitty begins to talk again, and she says, "Let me introduce you," She says and starts pointing to people at the table. "This is Jake, Unique, Audrey, Josh, Alexis, and you already know Ryder." Kitty says and Audrey smiles. "Nice to meet you, Marley. You should really sign up!" She says and I say, 'Well, I did." Jake smiles at me and says, "Great!" I continue to eat my lunch and talk with the group. Maybe if I get into glee club, it wouldn't be so bad after all.
Author's Note
Hope you liked this story! I will update soon :)