"Wake up Jade, honey, its time for school." My Mom said in an attempt to wake me up. The clock on my bedside table said 6:30. I groaned in response, and rolled over, so my back was to her. She hates it when I do that, so she grabbed my feet gently and pulled me out of bed, not with enough force to hurt me.
I figured it was time to surrender. I slowly got up and sleepily dragged my feet to the bathroom. I turned the shower on steaming, at first. I kept it that way until the whole bathroom was filled with a thick cloud of steam. I do this every morning as part of my routine. It helps me wake up my senses. I wiped the sleep that was still left, from my eyes, turned down the temperature, and stepped in. The water felt so good beating on my back. This is the time where I recap on my dreams, if I have any, and think about what awaits me that day.
After about 15 minutes of serious thinking, I turned off the water, and stepped out. I grabbed a towel that was hanging on the rack and wrapped it tightly around my soaked body. The mirror was all fogged up, so I wiped it off, and stared at my reflection.
What I saw was a very pale, average looking girl, staring back at me. The girl was I. To me, I looked average. But to others I was pretty. I had my dad's bronze hair and the green eyes he had when he was human. I had my mother's heat shape face. I was tall and skinny liker her, too. I guess I was kind of pretty, but compared to the rest of my family, I was definitely average looking.
I dried myself off slowly. I wanted to take as long as possible. Today was my first day at a new school. This time we moved to a place in New Hampshire. The weather was perfect. They had long winters, with a lot of snowstorms. The summer was usually cloudy and rainy. I would attend Haven High School. (A/N this is not a real place) I would be starting my freshmen year during 2nd quarter. My family had home schooled me because; they had all been through school about 5 times. My parents thought I should start going to public school, so I could become more social.
I finished drying off my hair, so I began the task of straightening it. This was all finished too quickly. I sluggishly made my way out of the bathroom and into my room. I picked out my favorite American Eagle jeans, a blue an white striped tank top, from Aeropostale, along with a white, Abercrombie sweatshirt. I didn't need much makeup, but I put it on anyway, to prolong starting my day.
I was almost done with my mascara when I heard a knock on my door.
" Jade, are you almost ready?" my dad asked from the other side of the door.
" Yeah, I guess. I'll be down in a minute." I finished applying my makeup, and made my way down stairs. My whole family was waiting in the kitchen for me. A plate of chocolate chip pancakes sat on the kitchen table for me.
" Are you excited for your first day?" my overly excited "pixie" aunt Alice asked me. I could tell Uncle Jasper was trying to calm her down, but from the looks of it, he wasn't having much luck.
" Yeah, I guess. I'm a little nervous though." I replied, and then took another bite of my pancakes.
" Oh, you'll do fine, honey." Gram (Esme) reassured me. I felt a wave of calm rush through me. I threw a suspicious look at Uncle Jasper. He was busy still trying to calm down his wife.
I finished my pancakes just as Uncle Emmet and Aunt Rose came down the stairs. They looked perfect together. Aunt Rose looked like a runway model, as usual, and uncle Emmet looked like a body builder, like always.
" Are we ready to go?' Aunt rose asked in a bored voice.
" Yeah I guess. Are you Jade?" my mother asked glancing at me for my answer.
" I suppose. Let's get this over with." I let out a sigh and grabbed my backpack from the chair next to me. We all walked out to 2 separate cars. Aunt Rose, Uncle Emmet, Aunt Alice, and Uncle Jasper all piled into Aunt Rose shiny, red BMW. My parents and I got into my dads silver Volvo. We were speeding down the driveway, already at 120 mph.
The ride to school was very quiet. I felt more comfortable that way. It gave me more time to think about the day awaiting me. I was thinking about all the new students I would meet when we pulled into the parking lot. Dad parked next to the others. We all got out and made our way towards the main office.
We all walked into the small office together. The secretary looked up startled at my family's beauty. She looked at each of us tentatively. Her smile growing larger as she went along. When she got to me, her smile faded a little. Then finally she spoke.
" Welcome. You must be the Cullen's." She said warmly. Once again looking over each one of us.
" Yes. My name is Edward. This is Jade, Bella, Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmet." My dad explained pointing to everyone as he said our names.
" Well, I hope you enjoy Haven High School." She said as she reached for a stack of papers on her desk.
" Jade you are a freshmen. These are your classes. Alice, Edward and Bella, you are sophomores. Edward and Bella you have the same classes. Emmet, Rosalie and Jasper, you are all seniors, and have similar schedules." She explained while handing out all the required papers. We all took them and left the small office. Outside we said our good-byes and parted to our classes. I hugged my parents and went in search of my new locker.
My locker was # 513. I looked at the map; it said my locker was on the second floor. Great stairs! I had unfortunately inherited my mother clumsiness. I only made it two stairs before, of course, I tripped.
" Are you alright?" I heard someone ask, form behind me. I whirled around. A little too fast because, I tripped over my untied shoelace and fell right into the most gorgeous guy I have ever seen. He had piercing blue eyes, and shaggy blonde hair. I stared into his eyes, dazzling, for I'm not sure how long. It must have been a while because; he gave me a look like I was crazy. I should probably respond before he thinks I'm slow or something.
" Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I 'm just really clumsy. That's all." He started to chuckle a little.
" It's okay. My name is Ryan by the way. You're new right?" He smiled, the most beautiful smile I've ever seen, showing his perfectly white teeth.
" Oh, My name is Jade. And yes I am new. I just moved here from Alaska." He looked interested.
" Alaska. Really? Wow! That's like on the other side of the country!" His dazzling smile grew wider with each word.
" Yeah, I guess it is." I smiled too. This guy was gorgeous and he was talking to me, and he was interested! Today wasn't going to be so bad after all.
" What class do you have first period?" He asked. I checked my schedule.
" Wellness. Mrs. Rands. Room 121." I looked up at him again. He was smiling even more than before.
" Awesome! I do too. Come on lets go, to we'll be late."
We walked into the classroom. Thankfully we were on time. I handed the teacher the paper, I was told to giver her to sign. She made me stand in front of the class and say a few things about myself. Most of it I had to lie about. After that I walked to the back o f the room where the teacher had told me to sit, which happened to be next to Ryan. I walked down the rows of desk, of course tripping a couple of times. When I sat down, Ryan looked up form the paper he was reading. When he saw who was sitting next to him, his beautiful smile reappeared on his handsome face.
The rest of class went by smoothly. We both finished our work early, so we spent the rest of class writing notes to each other. I had lost track of time when suddenly, the bell rang, signaling the end of first period. We gathered our books and walked out into the busy hallway.
" What class do you have next?" I heard Ryan ask me. I checked my schedule again.
" Biology." I answered waiting for him to smile again. His face was normal, but no smile.
"What's wrong?" I asked
" Oh, nothing." He said as his lovely smile spread across his face
" I'm just kind of bummed we don't have that class together."
" What do you have now?" I asked
" PE. But I go by the biology classroom on my way to gym. So I can walk you there." We stopped outside the door to Biology waiting until the last possible minute to separate to our classes. We compared schedules to see what other classes we had together. We came to the conclusion that we had 3rd period algebra, lunch, and 4th period Spanish together.
" I'll see you next period then." He said as he was heading towards the gym.
" See you then." I said walking into the classroom. I handed the slip to teacher. Thankfully he didn't make me stand in front of the class. Instead he directed me to an empty table in the back. The period seemed to last forever. I kept thinking about Ryan. How gorgeous he was. His smile. The fact that he actually talks to me. The bell finally rang. I gathered my books and walked out into the hall. Ryan was waiting for me, leaning against the wall.
" Ready to go?" He asked, pushing himself off the wall, walking towards me.
" Yes. Which way?" He led me down the stairs to the lower floor. We walked down a long hallway that seemed to last forever. We walked into the last door on the left. I handed my slip to the teacher and went to sit by Ryan. Algebra was easy I was always good at math. We both finished early again. The rest of the period was spent, once again, passing notes.
The bell rang again. I packed all of my stuff and walked up the stairs, to my locker, with Ryan. His locker was also on the second floor. We unloaded our books and grabbed the ones we would need for the afternoon. We entered the lunch line. After we had paid for our lunches, Ryan led me over to a table in the center of the room.
" Hey dude. Who's this?" one boy asked, while slapping Ryan a high-five.
" This is Jade. She just moved here form Alaska." Ryan explained to the whole table. We sat down next to each other. Ryan began chatting with the guys around him. I began eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Hey. My names Nicole. I'm in your biology class." I looked overt to the girl who had spoken. Her long, brunette hair cascaded down her back, gently waving. She had wide, hazel eyes. Overall, she was kind of pretty.
"Oh yeah. I remember you. Do you sit in the front seat?" I asked
" Yes. Have you studied that stuff before? You got every question, the teacher asked you, right." She asked, while sipping on her coke.
" Umm…yeah. I already passed biology in Alaska, but you have to take it 3 years here." I relied, answering her question.
" Wow, this year is going to be easy for you."
" Yeah, I guess it is."
" Did you play any sports in Alaska?" I had played some sports in Alaska, although I never felt like a member of the team. I was a pretty good player. I was just an outcast.
" Yes. I played Field hockey for 3 years." She began to smile, and clapped her hands excitedly. She reminded me of Alice.
" That's great! We're one person short for our school field hockey team." She turned around and told all of the other girls that sat around her. I hadn't noticed this before, but they were all wearing field hockey sweatshirts.
" What position did you play?" A girl asked me. She had emerald green eyes, and her long, blonde hair was pulled into a ponytail. She was also wearing a field hockey sweatshirt.
" Goalie." I answered. (A/N I play goalie on our Field Hockey team, just to let you know, lol)
" OH MY GOSH!!! Are you serious?" Nicole asked me. She was even more excited now
" Yeah. I also play center, but mostly goalie." She was practically out of her seat by now.
" We needed a goalie! This is great. Would you be willing to try out tomorrow?" I hadn't planned on joining any sports teams, but I wasn't willing to pass up any opportunity at friends.
" Sure. What time?"
" Right after school, until 4:30. This is great! Now we can have a team!" Nicole was very excited. I was too. I had met a gorgeous guy, made new friends, and I was now joining a sports team. And to think I was dreading this day!
The bell, signaling lunch was over, rang I dumped my tray and walked out of the cafeteria with Nicole and Ryan. The rest of the day was as great as the morning. I had one class with Ryan, right after lunch. I had last period with the blonde, whom I found out her name was, Kayleigh.
The day finally ended. I went out to the front steps to wait for the ret of my family.
" See you tomorrow at try outs!" Nicole called out. I waved good-bye to her as she boarded the bus.
" Hey!" Ryan said, coming to stand next to me. " Would you want to hang out sometime?" he asked me. I could sense the hopefulness in his voice.
"Sure. Give me your hand." He extended his hand to me. I wrote down my phone # on it.
" Call me sometime and we'll make plans."
" Alright. Will do." He said walking towards a car
" See you tomorrow!" I said as I watched him walk away, towards a car. I assumed his brother because, as soon as he reached it, the driver, a boy who looked 16, pulled him into a headlock and started ruffling his hair.
" Who was that?" I jumped and let out a little squeal. The familiar voice chuckled.
" I'm sorry I didn't mean to startle you." My dad pulled me into a hug. I calmed down a bit. By this time, my whole family had come out of the building, and gathered around. They had all seen me with Ryan, and they were all curious.
" He's just someone I met today, one of my new friends." I assured them. They thought this was good enough for now. I'm sure I would be interrogated when we got home. We all walked to our cars and headed home.
"How was your day, honey?" Mom asked from the front seat.
" Great! I made a lot of new friends and I was offered a spot on the field hockey team. I have try-outs tomorrow."
"That's great! I'm glad it turned out better than you thought it would."
" Me too." I smiled. I couldn't wait for tomorrow, or the rest of the year to begin.
