Why do I have to go there? Why is it so horrible? Will I meet somebody new? My name is Lauren Barkley and I go to Degrassi Community school. Well, going to. I heard it was horrible there. The worst school on Toronto. Shootings, stabbing… Everything went about in this school. Both make me nervous. They make me terrified. They mostly make me cut. I always cut. Just don't call me emo. I keep asking my self these questions.
I am a Barkley. The most gorgeous of the family, as my brothers say. I have three brothers. Carter, Kody, and Zachery. They're all 16. Twins! They're totally sweet but annoying, though. Really annoying. I only have one sister. What a downer, huh? Her name is Michelle. We call her 'Mich'. It's a really weird nickname, but we just call her that. Some of her best friends at school call her Mitchie. Camp Rock girl? No. Not at all. She's 16 too. Now, I'm the youngest of them all. 15 and currently starting 10th grade.
I almost toppled down the steps, tired, dihydrated, fearful. I was terribly nervous for my first day at Degrassi. I felt sick. More than sick. Virusly sick. I finally let everything out by a huge gas. "EW!", "Gross!" Zachery would saw. What an ass. He does that to, and he doesn't even notice. What a hypocrite. All I wanted to do was get this day over-with and meet new friends. I like me some new friends. I darted out the door and stopped. I looked all around. I breathed in the smell of the fresh, Fall air. There were still flowers blooming in this coldness. Too bad they'll get snowed down by the time Winter comes to its conclusion.
I walked into class holding my schedule. I smiled nervously and looked around. Gifted class. Some good-looking students. Nice, I might get lucky. Suddenly the teacher stopped talking and looked behind her. There was me. She was staring at me. She smiled, "Hello. Are you new here?", she asked. I nodded nervously. Many people glared at me. Scowlers. What was that all about? Was I ruining something? Or do they hate new students. Whatever, nice way to greet students on their very first day in a new school. "My name is Mrs. Oh", she said. "My name is Lauren Barkley. Where do I sit?", I asked. She guided me to my seat. It was right next to a gorgeous girl with golden blond hair and blue eyes. She looked over at me and smiled. I smiled back.
"My name is Jenna", she whispered. "Nice name!", I replied. "Thanks", she said. "Ladies, I do not tolerate talking during my lesso-", she began. The school bell interrupted her. "You're lucky, young ladies", she laughed. Me and Jenna started to giggle. It was hysterical. "So, why did you move here?", Jenna asked me as we got up from our seats. I grabbed my bookbag and put one strap on one of my shoulders. "Well. I came here because…", I began. "Because what?", Jenna replied. She took away her grin. "Well… my mother died and we lost all of the money in our old school. So then-", I stopped. I was interrupted by Jenna's annoying voice. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, wait!", Jenna began. "So you owned a school?", she concluded. "Oh, no. My mother did and then she died and we lost all of the money in the school and they had to shut it down. The economy in Philadelphia was so low. Our school was chosen to shut down", I finished. "Oh, that sucks", Jenna said. I smiled at her and shrugged. "Want me to walk you to the caf?", she asked. I nodded and walked with her to the cafeteria.
The caf was so beautiful. Jenna stopped at the second step of the stairs. She grabbed my arm and pulled me back. "They re-painted and re-built the caf?", Jenna asked. I shrugged. Why was she asking me? I didn't know anything about this school. I glared at her. "Sorry!", she said. She guided me to get our lunch tray. They actually assign foods here? I thought to my self. Wow, disgusting. I grabbed my food tray with mashed potatoes, chicken fries, and regular salted fries.
As I ate my lunch, I spotted a guy walking right up to the table Jenna and I were at. He had brown hair and was wearing a hat. I looked him from head to toe. He was very tall, too. He then tapped Jenna's arm. Jenna looked to her side. "Hey K.C.!", she said happily. "Who's that?", I asked politely. "That's my boyfriend, Lauren! Oh, K.C. this is Lauren Barkley and Lauren, this is K.C. Guthrie!", she replied. K.C. waved nervously at me. "So, what grade are you in?", K.C. asked. He stared right into my eyes. I stared right into his. His eyes.. They were just so beautiful. Jenna snapped me out of it. "Hello?", she asked. "Oh, sorry!", I responded! There was awkward silence for a moment. We just looked around nervously and rolled our eyes to everybody who was passing by our table and staring. We didn't know why but we did it. I was tired of the silence and broke it. "I'm in 10th grade!", I told K.C. "Me too", he said, "Looks like we have so much in common!",K.C. continued. I nodded and took a spoon of my mashed potatoes.
As K.C. went his separate way to class, me and Jenna walked right to English. "Hey, K.C. is cute don't ya think?", I giggled. Jenna stopped in the middle of the hallway. She put one arm in front of me, "What?", she said shocked. "You think my boyfriend is cute?", she asked. "Yes, I do", I replied. She grabbed me by the neck of my sweater and lifted me up. "Don' t you dare talk to my boyfriend… EVER!", she yelled. People were staring curiously. Jenna put me down. I nodded and darted away from her. I've decided to walk to class alone. How dare she grab me like that when she knows a lot of people are staring? I guess this is just part of Degrassi?