Aria stared down at herself, regretting what she had chosen to wear. She had always been eccentric but this was supposed to be a new start.
She wasn't sure whether people would appreciate the personality she put into her outfits.
She was wearing red skinny jeans, a black and white striped jacket and a green shirt. On her feet she wore spiky heels and her jewellery consisted of silver bangles and a long key chain necklace.
She sighed heavily as she pushed open the redwood doors, almost being trampled by a group of jocks that came thundering through the entrance. Rosewood High She thought to herself. This is it.
She looked around hopelessly biting her lip in frustration. She came to a stop in front of the schools map and tried to find where she had to go.
"Hello?" A sweet voice asked from behind Aria.
Aria spun around to face a tall and beautiful brunette "Hi. I'm Spencer" The girl said offering her hand for shaking.
Aria forced a smile on her face. "Aria" she mumbled. Spencer smiled.
"Well I'm on the Rosewood High School's welcoming committee. So um… Welcome!" she exclaimed. "You need to go to the office to get your schedule." Spencer instructed pointing to a auburn coloured door.
"So did you move?" Spencer asked staring at the tiny girl
"Yeah… from Ravenswood" Aria said she didn't care to elaborate.
Spencer nodded "Oh really? It's a bit you know… weird…" Spencer said.
Aria nodded. "Yeah… well…"
"Oh shoot! Sorry Aria, I need to go… Bye…" Spencer rambled
Aria half-heartedly smiled before thanking Spencer and walking away towards the door. Her hand was shaking as she knocked on the door.
"Enter" A voice boomed. Aria scurried inside her head bowed.
"Hello" the man said expectantly glaring at her with beady eyes over the rim of his spectacles.
"Uh. I'm. Uh. Aria. Ur. Montgomery… I'm ah… new" She mumbled.
The man, that was sitting behind a mahogany desk smiled as Aria cautiously walked towards him.
"I'm Principal Hackett" He said kindly before gesturing for Aria to sit. She bowed her head as she walked towards the chairs.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Aria" he said brightly
"But, however, I have been informed of your past, and I want you to know violence is NEVER expectable at this school, so don't try anything" he stopped to glare at Aria accusingly before continuing;
"Furthermore I do know of your 'Issues' with other people" he said grimly.
Aria sunk deeper into her chair. "Rosewood High, will be good for you, Miss Montgomery. We have highly esteemed teachers at this school" he said handing Aria her timetable.
Aria stood up "Thank you, sir" she said quietly before speeding out the door.
As she walked out of the office, she practically crashed into a person sending her falling against the door, hitting her head in the process.
"Oh!. I'm so sorry!" The person exclaimed offering a hand to help her up.
Which Aria declined. She got up of the floor and looked at her crash-e.
It was a man, a tall man with brown eyes and curly hair. He was gorgeous.
"Are you okay?" he asked worriedly. Aria smiled weakly and nodded.
"Yes. I'm fine, sorry I got coffee on your shoes" She said meekly looking sadly at his feet.
"No. No. It's fine" he assured her. "I'm Mr Fitz" he said happily looking the small girl up and down.
"I'm Aria" she said slowly "What do you teach?" she asked. Staring up at this beautiful man.
"English" He said meekly.
"Oh! Really? I love English! It's my favourite!" Aria exclaimed eagerly.
"Do you like reading?" He asked.
Aria nodded "Yeah… I love it!" She exclaimed.
Mr Fitz laughed as he did his eyes sparkled. Aria fixed her glance on the floor.
"I also write… but it's personal" she added.
"Well, this school offers an amazing English module, so it will be good" he informed.
"Well, see you later Aria" He said as he walked off.
"Bye" Aria called and her heart swelled.
She bent down to pick up her crumpled schedule and scanned across her lessons for that day.
Maths with Mr Smith, RE with Mr Barrett, PE with Miss Trent, Art with Miss Landau and English with… Mr Fitz.
Aria practically screamed with excitement, what more could you want from a teacher, he was cute, smart and lovely. Aria couldn't wait for fifth period.
The bell went singling for everyone to 'get their ass' to their lesson'.
Aria wondered aimlessly around desperately trying to find her math's classroom.
She saw a blonde girl sipping a Mocha Latté and went over to her.
"Hi, could you tell me where room 15B is please?" Aria asked nervously.
The girl smiled "Yeah. Sure, it's down there, two doors to the right" she directed. Aria smiled.
"Thank you!" she exclaimed.
"I'm Hanna by the way" The girl said.
"Aria".
Aria gave one last smile before rushing to her room.
•••••••
"And the nth term of a frequency of the quantum digit-" The teacher was interrupted by Aria entering the room, well more falling then entering but nevertheless she was in the room.
"And what are You?" the teacher barked.
I'm not a what I'm a who.
"I… I'm… Aria" Aria mumbled.
"What?" the teacher asked.
"Aria!" Aria said loudly.
"She's new" A voice called out from the sea of heads.
"Thank you miss Hastings. I can see that" the teacher spat sarcastically.
Aria scanned the rows of people till she saw Spencer the girl who had greeted her.
"Take a seat" The teacher snapped pointing to an empty desk at the back.
Aria scurried along till she came to the heavily graphited table at the back.
The teacher droned on for what seemed to be an eternity until the bell finally rang.
"Homework due Thursday!" he called out roughly as the students filed out the room.
••••••
Aria found her way to RE without getting lost because she followed Spencer who also had Mr Barrett.
Mr Barrett was a very cute teacher, almost as cute as Mr Fitz. He had brown eyes and hair and a fair soft face.
Aria couldn't help but stare at his toned muscled arms as he talked.
"Can anyone tell me how many wives a Muslim man can have?"
Aria raised her hand. "A Muslim many can have four wives, but they must be a Muslim, a Christian or Jew and he must treat all of them equally".
Mr Barrett smiled "Very good, Miss…?" He trailed off not knowing the students name.
"Montgomery" Aria replied quietly.
Aria although she loved English she also had a deep love for Religious Studies, it was the only subject where you could have any opinion without being right or wrong.
The bell went and the students packed their books up before racing outside for break.
Aria stood in the corridor as students swarmed around her what was she supposed to do? She sighed and decided to sit outside.
••••••
"Hey, Aria?" voice called she lifted her head to see Hanna whom she had met earlier.
"Hey Hanna" Aria smiled bookmaking her page and placing her novel beside her.
"Do you want to sit with us?" she asked gesturing at the table where two other girls were sat.
Aria bit her lip "Are you sure?" she asked.
"Yeah! Don't be silly." Hanna pulled Aria up and they walked to the table together.
Hanna sat down next to a girl that Aria recognised to be Spencer and another girl whom she didn't recognise.
"I'm Emily" The beautiful tanned girl said.
Aria sat down. "I'm Aria" she said quietly.
"Spencer says you lived in Ravenswood. Why did you move?" Aria shrugged.
"Just needed a change"
"What do your parents do?" Emily inquired.
Should I lie? Should I tell the truth? OMG!
Aria looked at her lap. "They… uh… they… My mum is a teacher and my dad works at Hollis" Aria lied.
Spencer's face lit up "That is so cool!" she gushed.
"Yeah" she mumbled.
••••••
"LINE UP GIRLS" Coach Trent yelled at the gaggles of girls that stood on the field.
The girls ran to where the coach stood forming a line.
"Okay. Today we will go back to the basics of throwing and catching for your assessment on Friday" She announced.
"Get into groups of three please!" Miss Trent demanded.
Aria watched sadly as everyone got into groups leaving Aria out.
"Okay. Aria, join a group to make a four" The coach said before going over to sort out a bitch fight over who got which ball.
Aria nervously looked over at Spencer, Hanna and Emily who motioned for her to come over, Aria smiled happily and ran over.
•••••••
Miss Landau was a short, fat and bubbly teacher, Aria hated art but loved her teacher, she made the most boring subject fun!
The class had to draw the things that made her happy, without even thinking about it she drew her favourite book Ulysses.
She also drew a knife- when the teacher asked her why (She was concerned Aria was a psychopathic murder) he had to think on her feet saying that she liked carving wood.
The real reason though was a dark secret Aria liked to keep hidden. She liked knives because they were the only thing sharp enough to cut her deep enough to forget all her other pain.
•••••
At lunch Aria went to find Spencer and co, so she could sit with them. They were sat where they had done at break.
Aria sat down next to Hanna, though she was scared she'd be rejected. She always was.
She was reassured this was fine when she got smiles from each girl.
About halfway through lunch, and lots of meaningless chatter, Emily spoke up;
"Aria, are you not going to eat anything?" She asked her eyes round with concern.
Aria shook her head. "No, I forgot my money and I don't like school food. I'm fine though I'll eat when I get home" she lied for a second time that day.
•••••
Aria was exited for her next lesson, she was finally at last period and could see Mr Fitz again.
She happily ran into the classroom where she was greeted by Mr Fitz.
"Hello guys" he said inviting them in. Aria went and sat next to Spencer giggling at how 'hot' he was while getting their books out.
"Okay, we will be discussing Romeo and Juliet- Juliet's father today, Was he a caring or uncaring father?. Please open your exercise books and we can begin" his voice was like an angel.
Aria eagerly wrote two pages about what a cruel father Capulet was not even realising the bell had gone.
"Miss Montgomery, the bell went" his voice breaking her out of her trance.
She looked up into his deep caring eyes. "Oh" she said her cheeks flushing with embarrassment.
Mr Fitz smiled "How was your first day?" he asked whilst he packed up his brief case.
"It was okay thank you" she said smiling up at him.
"Ok, well I netter let you go. Have a great evening. Aria" he said before leaving the classroom.
Damn this will be a good year she thought to herself.