High school. They say they're supposed to be the best years of your entire life. Yeah right. Let me introduce myself: I'm Nathan Prescott, a sixteen year old with dyslexia and ADHD. My life is pretty messed up: my father left my mother when he found out he got her pregnant and my mom died when I was about 12. As soon as she died I was given in adoption. But my bad behavior forced the family to hand me back to the social services. I went to live with a couple of other adoptive families but they didn't want me because of my attitude which got me into juvy for a year. Finally, after juvy a family adopted me so I moved to Lima, Ohio. The family that adopted me is the Berry's: it consisted of two dads (Leroy and Hiram) and a daughter (Rachel). My attitude towards them was very similar to the one I'd had with the other adoptive families. I didn't talk much and stayed in my room most of the time. I was pretty sure they hated me, but they still sent me to school with Rachel in September. Rachel walked to the principal's office to get my schedule and then to my homeroom class.
"Well, good luck then" she said annoyed, before walking away.
'Yup. Definitely hates me' I thought before opening the door and stepping in. Luckily nobody noticed me so I walked to a desk at the back of the room next to the windows. I put my headphones in my ears and looked around the room. I noticed some jocks messing with some shy kids.
"Hey newbie" I turned around to see one of the jocks looking at me. He was blonde with brown eyes. "What're you listening to? Justin Bieber?" He laughed along with his friends. I ignored them. He eventually stopped picking on me as the bell rang. I packed my things and walked to the door. I got the schedule out of my pocket and looked at it. Of course all I read was: Sifrt salcs yboligo. I frowned as I looked around for Rachel.
"Hey, you okay there? You look lost" I turned around as I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was greeted by the sight of a man in his thirties with curly, short hair and a smile on his face.
"Uhm.. I'm new here. I should get to class but... well I have no idea where it is" I said scratching the back of my neck and avoiding to talk about how I couldn't read the schedule because of my dyslexia.
"I'm Will Schuester, the Spanish teacher" he said putting his hand out for me to shake.
"Nathan Prescott" I said shaking his hand.
"Well, Nathan, unfortunately I'm in a hurry but I'm sure..." he looked around and then gently grabbed the arm of a blonde girl and pulled her towards us.
"Quinn here can help you" he said.
"Uhm... I actually have a lot of things to do..." she stopped when she saw the look on Mr. Schuester's face.
"Fine" she sighed.
"Great. I hope to see you around, Nathan. And, Quinn, I'll see you at the auditions" he said before hurrying away. I turned my attention to Quinn. We stared into each other's eyes for a moment and I noticed she had the most beautiful shade of green.
"So what do you need help with?" She asked breaking the silence
"I don't know where my class is" I said.
"Which class?" I handed her my schedule
"Biology. Same as me. C'mon I'll show you" she said as she started walking down the hall.
"I have to do something first. Do you mind?" I shook my head. She stopped in front of a bulletin board, took out a pen and scribbled what I guess was her name on one of the clubs' list.
"What is that?" I asked
"Glee Club" I raised an eyebrow at her
"A club where you can sing and dance and you take part in contests every year" she explained as I nodded.
"You should join, we're looking for new members" she said
"I don't know. Doesn't sound like my type of thing" I said
"Then what is?" I shrugged
"You don't talk much, do you?"
"Nah. I prefer observing and staying out of people's way" I said. I followed her as she started walking down the hall again.
"You haven't told me your name yet" she said
"Nathan" I said as she finally stopped in front of a doorway.
"Well, Nathan, this is Biology class don't forget it"
"Oh, I definitely will" she laughed
"See you around"