The Start of Something New
Chapter 1
Beep. Beep. Beep.
"Ugh," I groaned as I reached over to turn off my alarm clock. First day of Senior Year. Joy.
I slowly dragged myself out of bed. After I took a quick shower, I found myself staring at my closet searching for something to wear. I pushed my way through what seems to be mountains of clothes and picked out a tight tank top and matched it with a pair of frayed denim shorts. I turned to look at my reflection on the mirror. Damn, my hair's still in a mess! I twisted my hair into a simple side braid and ran downstairs for breakfast.
When I got into the kitchen, I was expecting to see my brother, Caleb, to tease me about being late as usual, but then I suddenly remembered that he went off to university. I can't say I don't miss him, but geez he can annoying, making fun of me all the time. I opened the fridge and poured some orange juice for myself.
"Have a good day at school today, Tris!" my mom shouted. "Don't forget you have athletics training today!" "Seriously mom! I'm a Senior now! I can handle myself!" I replied as I rolled me eyes. I turned to give my mom a hug, then slipped on my worn-out converses and walked out of the house with my book-bag hanging from my shoulder.
I looked at my phone, it was 7:30, Christina should be here any moment. As if on cue, a silver mercedes rolled up in front of me. "Ready for Senior Year?" She yelled at me. "Totally!" I replied sarcastically as I hopped into her car. Christina and I caught up about our summer since her family went to Europe for vacation. Soon, we were speeding down the road, talking and laughing like a couple of crazy teenage girls.
Once we get the school, Christina spotted Uriah in the crowd and hurried away. Christina and Uriah has been a couple for a few months now, they're surprisingly still going strong after a summer apart.
I tried to weave my way through groups of excited students crowding the hallways. Finally, I found the senior lockers, but there's a tall, dark olive skinned boy leaning against my locker. I walked towards him and tapped him on the shoulders. "Um, excuse me you're leaning on my locker."
"Sorry," he said as he flashed a shy smile. I looked up at him about to tell him "It's alright" but I found myself staring into his dark blue eyes. He waved his hand in front of my face, "I know I have exquisitely beautiful eyes but I think you should stop staring now." I blushed furiously. "Don't give yourself too much credit." I said shoving him lightly.
"Hey, I'm Tobias. New kid here so I would really appreciated it if you show me where history is." He told me. "I'm Tris and I think I have history first too. I'll take you there, just give a sec to put my books in my locker." I replied. I emptied my bag and replaced it with my history books.
Tobias reached out to look at my timetable. "Wow, almost all advanced honors classes, so you're smart and good- looking." he smirks at me.
"You're quite confident about yourself, aren't you new kid?" I closed my locker and smiled at him. "I'll tell you what, I'll race you to history. See who'll get there first."
"But I don't even know where that is-" he protested. "Too bad!" I yelled as I raced down the corridor, carefully avoiding students in the hallway.
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