Emma Bergen stepped out of the taxi. Her long, wavy blonde hair blew in the wind. She shielded her eyes to look at her new school.
"This certainly isn't anything like Germany," she thought.
She pulled her suitcase out of the trunk and wheeled it up to the gate. It was not locked, and she pushed it open. She saw several students on campus, none which seemed to notice her.
She wasn't sure where to go, and looked for someone who seemed trustworthy to ask. She picked out a boy with brown hair wearing all green. She approached him and his friends.
"Excuse me, can you tell me where I need to go? I just arrived, I am a new student." Emma asked the boy, in a strong German accent.
"Just in that building over there." he pointed. "I'm Ulrich." he added.
"And I am Emma, pleased to meet you." Emma said. She felt a bit shy.
Ulrich nodded, and Emma walked towards the building.
She stopped to examine her reflection in a window. She fixed her black crocheted beret, and unbutton the top button of her soft black trench coat.
Emma knocked on the principal's office. She waited a moment, and then was welcomed in.
"Hello and welcome to Kadic! I'm Mr. Delmas." the principal said.
"Thankyou, Mr. Delmas. I am Emma Bergen. I am very excited to be going to school here." Emma said happily.
"We are glad to have you as well. We recently added on some rooms to our dorms, most people share a room now. We put you in a room with Miss Aelita Stones. She is a very nice girl, I am sure you will get along well. I am going to have the gym teacher, Jim, bring you to your room. He should be here any moment." Mr. Delmas said, and told her to wait out in the waiting room by his office.
Emma left the principal's office and sat down in the waiting room. She hoped Aelita was as nice as Mr. Delmas said.
Shortly after Jim came in and took her to her room.
"Let me know if you need anything. Dinner is in about fifteen minutes." Jim told her.
"Thank you very much." Emma said gratefully.
She wasn't sure whether or not to knock, and decided that would be a good idea. Emma had no intentions of immediately starting off on the wrong foot with her new roommate.
Emma hesitated, and then knocked. Aelita quickly answered the door.
"Hey! I'm Aelita. I'm so glad you are here!" Aelita said excitedly.
"Hi, I'm Emma." She smiled. Aelita seemed like a very nice girl. Emma was surprised at how she looked. She was covered head to toe in pink!
"Come on in. Your bed is on the right. I just moved into this room too, actually." Aelita laughed. "Would you like to eat dinner with my friends and I?" Aelita asked.
"I'd love too." Emma said sweetly. "Should I change? I'm sure I look a bit too proper in my traveling clothes." She laughed.
"No, you look very pretty!" Aelita said reassuringly.
"Thanks!" Emma blushed.
They walked outside and into the cafeteria. They were a bit delayed in the line since Emma had to get her lunch code. Aelita led them over to a table. A few people sat there, including the boy she met earlier.
"This is Odd," Aelita said, gesturing towards a boy with the craziest hair Emma has ever seen. It was blonde and it stuck up to a point at the top, and had a purple patch in the front.
"Nice to meet you, Emma!" Odd said with a huge grin.
"And this is Yumi," Aelita leaned towards a girl with black hair and clothing.
Yumi nodded towards Emma. Emma didn't seem to get the impression that Yumi was that friendly.
A smile came to Aelita's face. "This is Jeremie." A boy with blonde hair and glasses smiled and greeted her.
"And we have already met." Ulrich finished and smiled. "Is that a German accent you have?" he asked.
"Yes, I am from Berlin." Emma said proudly. She loved her country.
"That's awesome! I am 100% German but I live in France." Ulrich said.
The group began talking among themselves. Emma looked around the room, already trying to learn faces. She caught the eye of a boy sitting alone. He had black, messy hair. He looked rather upset.
"He is gorgeous!" Emma thought.
"Aelita, who is that boy over there?" Emma asked.
Everyone at the table got quiet.
"That's William Dunbar." She said quietly.
"Oh. Is he nice?" Emma asked.
"He's… alright." Aelita said uneasily.
Ulrich snorted. "Aha, just alright? More like bad. A major pest."
"Oh." Emma said. She got the feeling that they weren't too fond of him.
"He doesn't look too bad…" Emma thought. She wanted to get to know him.
"So, are you in 8th or 9th grade, Emma?" Jeremie asked.
"I am in the 9th grade." Emma replied and smiled.
"Oh, so you are in Yumi's grade! Maybe you will have some classes with her!" Jeremie said.
"That would be nice." Emma said.
Emma finished eating her dinner. She decided to go up to her room.
"I'll see you later guys. Goodnight everyone. Auf Wiedersehen!" Emma said as she got up and left.
She left the lunchroom and went into the dorms and noticed William walking towards her. She was so curious about him. As she got closer to him she slowed down. She looked into his eyes.
"H-hi. I'm Emma." she said quietly.
"I'm William Dunbar." he said. "Nice to meet you." he said, and then continued walking.
"She has the prettiest eyes ever." William thought.
Emma walked up to her room. She put on her nightgown and layed in bed. She felt that she was going to have a great time at this school. She looked forward to be able to getting to know Aelita and her friends, and others. But she was most curious about William. He seemed so mysterious… she was already dying to get to know him. He was so handsome.
Before Emma knew it, it was already morning. Aelita's alarm clock buzzed and had awaken her. She yawned and got up. She quickly threw on some clothes and glanced at her schedule. She had math, history, science, and then Italian. Emma didn't need to learn another language, she already can speak German, French, and English; but she loved learning a new language. She was most excited for that class.
The morning went by very slow. Math had proven to be difficult, but history and science were fine.
She walked into Italian. To her surprise, William was sitting at one of the tables. Emma suddenly grew a bit nervous. He looked up and watched her.
Emma walked over to the teacher.
"Oh, you must be the new student!" she said. "Hm… how about you go sit next to Mr. Dunbar over there." she smiled.
"Alright," Emma said, very happy.
She sat down next to William.
She smiled at him, and he managed to do so in return.
The lesson was interesting, but Emma paid more attention to William. She was so curious about him. And she couldn't get over his good looks.
The rest of the day went by slowly. After she was finished with classes for the day she quickly made a phone call to her parents, telling them that she liked her new school and she was having fun.
Emma went down to dinner a bit early. William was already sitting at his table. She decided she was going to sit next to him. Butterflies came to her stomach, and it took a lot of courage, but she walked over to his table and sat down.
"Is it alright if I sit here?" she asked.
William was a bit surprised.
"Sure, that's alright." he said.
"Thanks." Emma said, and she felt her face get hot.
"So I see you have been hanging out with Stern and his friends." he said coldly.
"Yes, they seem like they are nice. But I noticed they don't seem to like you very much." Emma said.
"Yeah.. Its mutual." William said matter-of-factly.
"Could you tell me why?" Emma asked politely.
"You.. You wouldn't care." William said quietly and he turned away.
"No. I would. You can tell me." Emma said softly. She put her hand over his gently, but then pulled it away.
William looked into her pretty, round eyes.
"Ulrich hates me." he said. "Just because I like Yumi. I've always liked Yumi… but I don't know anymore. She pushes me away. She won't even look at me. And the rest of them… they just don't like me. I was part of their group for a while.. But then something happened. I cant explain but now they just don't like me." William sad sadly. He felt horrible.
Emma felt terrible for William.
"I'm so sorry." She said quietly. "Its not fair of them to do that to you. Don't worry about them, it's their loss if don't want anything to do with you." She frowned, and then added "I think you're a great guy." She looked at him again, managed a smile, and then got up.
"Auf Wiedersehen, William. I hope to see you soon."
William looked down at the table and saw a small piece of paper.
It had Emma's phone number on it.
Thanks for reading! :) This is my first story with an OC in it. I hope you guys like her! I meant for this to be a one-shot but I decided to break it up a bit, there should be about 2 more chapters maybe this length. Please rate and review!