I sighed quietly. What to expect? I don't even know to be honest, this is a very new school and a small amount of kids go there. I heard that a bunch of new kids are coming this year, so I might be able to blend into the background. I twirled my dirty blonde hair around my finger, pulling on it every few seconds. I sat on the concrete in front of the school, my jacket wrapped around my body. I closed my eyes and started humming one of my favorite songs. I didn't hear the footsteps coming up to me as I started singing it.
"This is Riverside High School, right?" A girl with black hair asked me, a backpack over her shoulder and a suitcase in her hand.
"Selina, you're here!" I exclaimed jumping up and almost knocking her over in an immense hug.
She laughed and hugged me back. "Do you know when the school opens?" She looked up at the tall building; I looked up and saw a few lights on in different rooms.
"I think around eight; it's 7:55 now." I stood up and adjusted my bags. Selina smiled at me and walked up to the school doors; I followed her but turned around when I heard laughing. A group of six people were walking down the road which leads to the school. I groaned and caught up with my new friend. "Hey, look." I said pointing to the oncoming teens.
Her eyes lit up with the sight of new people. "You want to go meet them?"
"Would it be ok if we just met them later?" I groaned loudly.
"Oh, come on!" She grabbed my arm and ran over there, dragging me along.
I rolled my eyes as my glasses almost flew off of my face. I dropped my bag by the door as I was dragged.
"It'll be fun! Besides, we still need to meet people, right?" I could almost see her smirking, even without her looking straight at me.
"I guess…" I went quiet as we got close.
"Hey, I'm Selina." Selina said smiling at the group. She nudged me with her elbow and looked at me.
"I'm Mary." I said looking down at my feet.
An Asian girl smiled and stepped forward. "I'm Mari; this is David, that's Joshua, Ian, Matt, and Anthony."
"Are you guys new here?" Anthony asked us.
"Yeah, we just moved here with our parents. Well, I move here with mine and Mary with hers." My friend laughed. They all started talking with her as I descended into my own thoughts; I absentmindedly messed with my batman bracelet. I felt somebody watching me, glancing through my hair stealthily I saw Joshua starting at my with a slight smile on his face. I turned my head and blushed. 'Why is he staring at me? Do I have something on me or…?' I started checking my sleeves of my jacket and the sides.
Nothing.
Weird.
"Hey! The school is open now." David said pointing at the open doors with kids streaming in; they started walking faster and eventually broke into a run. I laughed and looked at the campus for the first time.
"It's so big." I said to myself, not paying attention when I accidentally bumped into somebody. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" I exclaimed helping the person pick up their bags.
"It's ok; I'd rather have you bump into me than anyone else." I realized it was Joshua, but before I could say anything he seemed to have disappeared into the immense crowd. I finally caught up to Selina, and the only way I stayed with her was by grasping onto her should bag. She didn't mind, I always held onto her somehow in big crowds anyways.
We assembled in the gymnasium and the principal explained the rules, after that the counselors for the separate genders showed us to our dorms. The girls and guys had separate dorms across the campus, in case you were wondering. As we came up to the dorm building there was a piece of paper with names on it.
"Everyone check this list, it has your roommates and the dorm that you will live in this year." Melanie, our counselor, said smiling at all of us. "My room is on the first floor, Room One if you need me." She walked into the building as we all checked our roommates and dorm numbers.