Of course change is scary. Riley, Maya, Farkle, Lucas. Zay, and Smackle are starting their first day of high school not really knowing what to expect. It's not easy entering a new atmosphere, even if it is with a group of friends.
Maya, as usual, invites herself into the Matthews' household, somewhat dreading the idea of having to go to school. She casually strolls in and plops down next to Riley at the table. "Morning, Matthews!"
"Peaches!" Riley replied with that overly enthusiastic smile of hers. "Are you excited for our first day at Abigail Adams High School?"
Maya stared at her best friend blankly. "Did you really just ask me if I was excited for school?"
"Point taken. But you must be feeling something. I mean we're finally growing up and now's our chance to actually do something with our lives." Riley looked at her father expectantly. "Right, Dad?"
Cory looked at the two young girls and smiled. "Right. Maya, I know you don't like change very much but this could be the start of something great. Not to mention, you get to have me as a teacher again!" Cory looked just a bit too happy to be going back to high school again.
"YAYYY!" Riley cheered as Maya groaned and pounded her head against the table. "Come on, Maya. We have to go or we're gonna be late."
Riley dragged Maya out of the apartment and headed towards their new school. Maya reluctantly followed behind and once they stood in front of the doors, they saw Lucas, Farkle, Zay, and Smackle walking towards them.
"Hey Riley. Hey Maya." Lucas greeted.
"Hi Lucas." Riley smiled at him.
"Huckleberry." Maya responded, not looking at any of them but rather at the sea of people walking through the doors and into the hallway. "Can I just go home?"
"No!" the rest of them chorused. Riley linked arms with Maya and pushed opened the doors where the gang looked in shock. They looked like ants compared to the other students on this campus. All the doubts Maya had earlier only got worse. If her friends weren't surrounding her, she would've bolted back home.
"Yep! It'll be great. It'll be so much fun!" Maya spat, glaring at Riley.
"Don't worry, Maya. We've only been here for like 5 minutes. I'm sure everything will be fine. Don't judge a book by its cover, remember?"
Maya groaned. "I already get enough life lessons from your dad in and out of class. Can't I just have a moment in peace?"
Maya knew that Riley was just trying to feel better, but the longer she stood there, the more nervous she became. She was Maya Penelope Hart. She doesn't get nervous. Unfortunately, change was the one exception. She feared that everything she knew, all of her friends, would suddenly be gone. She feared that they were all going to drift apart and she would lose her best friends to different high school cliques. But there was nothing she could really do about it now.
Each of them prepared for what was in store for them. All of them were nervous, but it's not like they would actually admit it. They just entered a new stage of their lives. Everything has changed and now it's time for them to face it.