It was the night before the start of my freshman year. To say I was nervous was an understatement. I looked at my outfit one more time before finally turning off my light. Tomorrow had to be perfect. I had to start off my High School experience with a bang. I knew only 2 people going to school at East High and that was it. I was sooo nervous I couldn't calm down. I was terrified but also so relieved that this point was finally here.

I had one thing in mind. Daniel. We had met in preschool and had hit it off. We "dated" in 4th grade and I'd seen him at fresh start. His jaw dropped in surprise at seeing me. I'd thought about him a lot over the years since I left before 5th grade to go to a different school and hadn't seen him since. He had dark almost black hair, which matched his eyes. They weren't deep but pretty in their own way. He was of Turkish decent and his parents absolutely adore me.

I slowly drifted off to sleep wondering what High School would be like. Butterflies had my stomach in knots but finally I fell asleep and let my dreams take over.

I woke to my alarm and stretched. I'm a dork and I know it. Being the first day I got up quickly and got dressed. I applied light blue eye shadow and put on a thick coat of mascara. I made sure my uneven skin was powdered and tried to hide the stupid zit that seemed to appear overnight. I knew that would happen. I ate some cereal and I hopped into my dad's blue Ridgeline, on my way to the 3 story building that would be my second home for 4 years.

I got to my locker and quickly did my combination. Jason, my guy friend I've been mostly an acquaintance with came up to me and asked how I was doing. I took a shaky breath and answered, "Fine I guess…nervous." He seemed to understand that.

Vanessa, the only other person I knew at the moment came over and hugged me. She was ecstatic about High School and was already in the 'in' crowd. She knew tons of people already and was very likable. Freckles adorned her cheeks and her huge teethy smile lit up her face. Her shoulder-length straightened hair fell loosely to her shoulders. She smiled and hugged Jason.

Jason went to middle school with me and we'd had a few classes together. I didn't know him that well but he was the closest thing I had to a bff in a guy right now. He had bright blue eyes that widened as he smiled. He was gangly and very tall with sandy blonde hair that was really long and curly. He had a contagious smile and could make me smile easily. He wasn't the cutest boy around but his sense of humor made him and I become close fast.

The bell rang soon and I made my long walk to the Drama room. Little did I know at the time that this would be my second home. Drama is my place of release but on my first day I had no idea how it would affect me. I walked in and saw a frizzy haired orange haired woman who was about my side with a huge smile covering her features. I looked around my classroom and noticed a girl with shoulder-length sandy blonde hair. She was wearing jeans and a green t-shirt talking to a curly brown haired boy. I sat down at a seat and noted that one of my old friends sat next to me. Her name was Briana and she used to be my frenamie when we were little. I tried not to bring that up.

We all got in a circle and had to learn names. I hated this game. I sucked at it. We sat down and soon the circle came to me. I tried and failed miserably to remember everyone's name. I did remember the sandy blonde haired girl's name as Aurora and the curly brown haired boy as Carson. The game took the whole period and I ran to my next class because I had to go outside, into another building, and then upstairs to English.

I went upstairs and sat down close to Vanessa. She smiled at me. "Hey."

I replied back with a "Hi" and timidly looked around. So many unfamiliar people.

I met the teacher, who's husband was in the military. She had a reputation at school; you loved her when you left her class, but didn't care for her while you were in her class. I swallowed to clear the lump in my throat. She lived in Germany at one point and I smiled a little, having stayed with a German speaking family for a few days. I love English and I couldn't wait to get started. She handed out forms we needed to sign and get our parents to sign. I slid my stuff into my book bag and when the bell rang Vanessa and I went our separate ways.

Next was Algebra. The class that would change my life. I walked into the class to see I knew no one. Some of the people were from my earlier class, English, but other than that I didn't know anyone. Then a red head came in. Her hair unruly but still beautiful. I'd seen her once before and that was at Books-A-Million when I went to the Breaking Dawn release. We'd stood on opposite ends of the isle, people gathering into teams and made up cheers for Edward and Jacob. Of course Edward one. Duh! I learned later her name was Kayla. Little did I know she'd be my best friend.

I took my seat and looked over to see the graying woman with too wrinkly skin. Her tan looked unnatural and it looked permanent. She was trying to settle the class down and give role. She assigned our seats then set up a review for the class. She was the only teacher making us work that day. I got paired up with a Sophomore who's name was Victoria. She had short black hair and her dark creamy skin glowed through her East High t-shirt.

She studied me for a moment. "You're a freshman right?"

I looked down, embarrassed. "Yeah."

She laughed tauntingly. "I knew it. You have the naïve, scared look that all the freshman have." I didn't know what to say to that. "So…you in any clubs." She said while looking at our math problems.

I shrugged and bit my lip, which would soon become a habit I'd be mocked for. "Um…Senate." She mocked me for that one. "And I'm going to be in Drama."

Her eyes shot up at that. "Really?" I couldn't tell if that was good or bad. "Drama saved me my freshman year. I don't know what I'd do without it."

I smiled at that. So Drama would be good for me and I'd seemed to earn a little respect from the upper classman. "um…cool…"

She looked at me for a second. "How about you do these problems and I copy?"

I shook my head. "Nope." I grinned at her pout. "Not a chance. You do half and I do half."

She agreed and we spent the rest of class doing problems. I didn't even notice the chocolate eyed boy sitting on the opposite side of the room that would leave me in tears.