Okay white rosestrand, here's your Coderra story. Sorry about the wait. For everybody else, please enjoy this wonderful story! I wonder what it's about... BTW it's in Cody's POV
I was standing in the hallway when I saw her for the first time. Her long, purple-dyed hair bounced behind her in a ponytail, and her dark brown eyes sparkled with excitement. I knew this must be her first day, because surely I would have noticed her before. Instantly, I wanted to get to know her, but she disappeared into the crowd before I could get my feet to move. I hoped that wouldn't be the last time I would ever get to see her. I glanced over at Noah, who was standing beside me, but he didn't see her. He had his back turned on the packed hallway because he was shoving books into his locker. Still, I was curious.
"Do you know who the new girl is?" I asked hopefully.
"I didn't even know there was a new girl. Why? Is she hot?"
I giggled nervously. "I was just curious."
"Whatever."
In the cafeteria, I carefully searched for her. I had to make it as nonchalant as possible, but I figured it would be fairly easy since she stands out in a crowd. My eyes scanned and re-scanned the massive roomfull of teenagers, but she wasn't there. Silently, my heart dropped with disappointment. Where was she? It must've showed on my face because Noah took one look at me and said, "What the hell?"
"What?"
"You look glum."
"And?"
"Aren't you always Mr. Sunshine?"
"I can have a bad day too, you know!" I yelled. I don't even know why I was arguing with Noah over this.
"Okay, geez. Are you on your period or something?" he joked. I just sat there and grumbled.
The day got better though. Way better. I walked into my last class, math. I was still in a bad mood, so I sat down and started absently staring at my desk. Who was that chick? And more importantly, do I have a crush on her? The answers to those questions: I don't know, and I honestly don't know. That's why I didn't notice her walk in.
The bell rang, snapping me out of my thoughts. I looked up at the front of the classroom, and standing there was the purple-haired girl. Oh my god oh my god oh my god... OH EM GEE! She's here! My teacher, Mr. K, stood next to her.
"Good afternoon everyone! Thank goodness it's the end of the day already." Everyone mumbled in agreement. "We have a new student in our class. Some of you may have met her before, but for those of you who haven't yet-" Oh, that's me! "-this is Sierra."
Sierra.
Mr. K instructed her to sit in the empty desk in front of me. As she walked through the aisle to get to her new seat, I swear she looked up at me and a faint smile played across her lips. Did she feel the same rush in her stomach that I did when she looked at me? She smelled like vanilla. It was heavenly. Her ponytail was within arm's reach. Would she notice if I touched it? Would that be creepy? I almost reached out for it, but I stopped myself. Yes, that would be creepy.
The whole class period, I couldn't focus. Not with her sitting in front of me. Sierra. I don't even know what topic we were talking about. Occasionally, I would buckle down and try to catch back up. Okay, y-36=48. Y would equal...
Sierra. Of course, my train of thought would always lead back to her. I would begin to float away into space again. I was vaguely aware when the bell rang again. I automatically started to pack up my things.
"Hey, I'm Sierra." It startled me when I heard her talk, so I accidently dropped my book on my foot. I quickly picked it up again, but I hit my head on the bottom of my desk.
"Oh my gosh, are you okay?" She sounded sincerely concerned. God, why am I so accident prone?
"Yeah, yeah. Happens all the time."
"Oh." She looked around awkwardly. "Well anyway, I was wondering if you rode the same bus as me. Number 0621."
Dang! "No, sorry, I ride 0601. But I can show you were the buses are, if you want." Oh yeah. Way to play it smooth. Go me!
"That would be great!" She smiled, showing her perfect, white teeth. I suddenly felt embarrased about my childish gap. I made sure to smile with my lips closed. I started leading the way out of the building and onto the bus ramp.
"So, you like this school?"
"Yeah! It's huge though, and I don't really have any friends yet. I ate lunch in the library today," she blurted nervously. That makes sense.
"Well, consider me your first friend!" Why did I say that?!
She laughed. "Okay!" We had reached the parking lot full of school buses and I started to head off towards my own.
"Wait! I didn't catch your name!" she called after me.
"Cody!" I yelled back.
"Bye, Cody!" She waved to me before climbing onto her bus.
Did you like it? It's obviously not finished yet, but I hoped you still enjoyed reading it. Now for random questions to leave you feeling suspenseful: Does Sierra feel the same about Cody that Cody feels about her? Will Cody ever get the nerve to talk to her like a normal person? What perfume does Sierra use to make her smell so 'heavenly'? And why doesn't Noah play a bigger role in this story? Most of those questions may or may not be answered in the next chapter!
