I'm sixteen and a half years old, last year of school was my freshmen year. My brother, Jason Stackhouse was a popular jock in the 11th grade. Everyone knew me as Jason's little sister, the freshmen virgin. Now being in the 10th grade, my brother is now a senior and still the popular jock that every girl wants. Even my best friend Tara, liked him. I only knew because I read her mind. Not telling her that he didn't like her back, because I knew it would upset her.
The first day back to school, at Bon temps high school. Ding! Ding! My alarm clock started going off, which woke up me out of a dead sleep. I reached out turning it off, swinging my feet off of the bed. Threw on some jeans and a nice blouse, for the first day not wanting to stand out. Downstairs a nice breakfast would be ready for Jason and me. I went downstairs after changing and was right finding one of Gran's home cooked breakfasts. The smell of eggs and bacon made me smile, taking a seat at the table while Gran poured orange juice into two glasses.
"Where is Jason?" I asked her.
"He is probably taking a shower," she replied.
Not waiting for him to come down and eat breakfast with us. I started to dig in my food. Gran was quiet this morning, which wasn't really like her. She normally had something to talk about and if she didn't, she would ask if I had any dreams. I stole a glance at her as I munched on my bacon. It crunched in my mouth, the flavor was mouth watering. Finished my bacon in minute's time then sipped most of my orange juice. I was nervous and excitement about the first day of school. Not realizing my expression showed what I was thinking, Gran asked. "Are you nervous, my dear?"
"A bit… I mean well freshmen year wasn't a piece of cake."
"It never is," she offered me a warm smile.
"I hope this is a good school year," I said smiling at her.
"Oh it will be," she assured me.
She knew some of my school years sucked since I had a few bullies. Mind reading didn't help much with the whole bully thing since I already knew what they were doing to say and do to me. Though Jason was always there for me when it got out of hand. Tara was too. I felt a rush of air blow past me. It was Jason running to eat breakfast. My food on my plate was already gone. It looked like Jason was running a bit late. Now knowing what he was doing last night, probably staying up late like normal. Jason didn't say a word, not even a good morning. He was too busy shoving the food down his throat. I wondered how he didn't past out from the lack of oxygen. Just sitting there at the table watching him and Gran finished their breakfast. He wasn't thinking about anything just food and Gran was thinking about a book she has been reading. I knew it wasn't right to read their minds. I couldn't help myself at times. Now my shield was up so I didn't hear their thoughts.
"Morning Gran," Jason finally spoke.
"Morning boy, you eat like I never fed you."
"Sook, am I taking you to school?" he asked.
"I would like it if you would," I smiled.
He nodded his head then put his dishes in the sink to be washed. I did the same. Then I went to grab my book bag out of the living room. Not seeing Jason's, guessing it was already in his truck. The door swung up and slammed.
"Sookie, come on!" Jason called.
I swung my bag over my right shoulder; it wasn't heavy yet. I ran outside climbing into his truck. Once Jason started his truck and driving, I pulled out two ponytail holders and braided my hair into two piggy tail braids. I catch Jason looking at me as I fixed my hair. Those braids make her look innocent girl, Jason thought. That didn't bother me, since I was an innocent girl. Unlike my brother who was a horn dog. I stared out of the window of the truck, watched a stray brown tabby cat sniff at the side of the road until it was no longer in sight. The radio came on come country station, guessed Jason got tired of the silence. He started to hum along to a Johnny Cash song. We came up to school zone but Jason didn't slow down. I held onto my seat belt tightly only waiting for the police to pull him over but it never happened. He parked the truck and glanced at me. We got out of the truck not saying a word to each other. Sometimes I thought my brother didn't like to be seen with me. He walked off to his group of friends who were gathered by a brand new truck. It was a nice truck, it was a black and four door pick up. I glanced around wondering if Tara would be riding the bus to school. Then my mind moved onto something else, wondering if there would be any new boys here. I did see a new senior in Jason's group of friends, he was cute. He had shaggy brown hair, about six foot and a nice smile. I didn't really get a great look at him, sadly. But what I saw was cute. Tara walked up behind me, she was smiling. She looked nice today, jeans, nice tennis shoes and a button up blouse.
"Hey Sook!" She smiled.
"Hey Tara, I like your clothes."
"Thanks girl, I got a new job at the pet shop so I got these yesterday for the first day of school," she explained.
I pictured Tara working at a pet shop with puppies and kitties. It was a bit hard to picture at first but knowing Tara she wouldn't be yelling at people that would get her fired and puppies can't argue back. Maybe this new job would be good for her. We walked into the school. My first job, last summer was part time at a café and I baby sat. She leaned into me whispering. "So are you going to lose it this year?"
I gave her an odd look; not knowing what she meant at first then it hit me. "I don't know..."
Tara wasn't a virgin anymore like I was; she lost it last year when we were freshmen. The bell rang, so we went to our first class; home room. I always enjoyed home room since we just sat there doing nothing most of the time, so I normally read or catch up on school work. Tara sat across from me; we glanced at each other then looked around the room. The room was filled voices, it was bad enough I could hear their thoughts the voices didn't help. It gave me a headache. The teacher rambled on about the new school year. Soon enough the bell rang and we moved on to the next class. Classes seem to just fly by since it was the first day of school we barely had any school work. A quiz here and there for a review but nothing else, Tara and I shared three classes. Lunch period came. Tara and I sat together at an empty table, someone else sat down at the table. I glanced at the boy, he seemed lonely. So I peeked into his mind. People don't seem as friendly as my last school… Gosh I hate moving. Why is that black girl staring at me?
I saw Tara looking at the brown headed boy. "Hey," I smiled at him. He looked up at me, "hello…" Though he didn't return the smile. He was cute, looked about 18. His brown head covered his ears slightly, he had beautiful green eyes. "Your new here, aren't you?" I asked.
He nodded, "yes… I am. Just moved here, your Sookie?"
I wondered how he knew my name, "yes and this is my friend Tara." I pointed at her. "How did you know my name?" I asked.
"Well Jason is your brother and he and another guy were talking about you earlier in the parking lot." He said.
Then I realized he was the new senior that I thought was cute. Tara thought he was cute too. She also wondered where he was from. "Oh…
"I said, not knowing what else to say. Tara put her water bottle down and asked, "So where are you from?"
"A small town close to Texas border," he answered.
"So cowboy, what is your name?" Tara smiled.
He raised an eyebrow at her nickname, "name's Ty."
"Well nice to meet you Ty," Tara and I chimed. He chuckled at us, with a smile. Maybe this school isn't so bad after all. Some cute girls and a good football team, He thought. I blushed since he thought I was cute. Tara looked at me, wondering why I was blushing. We all three finished our lunch then rest of the school day flew by.