"Hey guys, this is my new friend Gohan. He's in my math class and he totally saved my ass today so give him some respect." Jarred said.
I said hi to his group of friends. They introduced themselves one by one.
"Hi! I'm Sharpener." Said a guy with blonde hair. I shook his hand.
"I'm Erasa!" Said a really perky girl with short blonde hair.
"I'm Landon and this is my twin brother Dylan." I nodded. They looked like tough guys, but then again so did Jarred. Sharpener wasn't intimidating, just really loud.
"And this is my girlfriend! Videl, she's the daughter of Mr. Satan." Jarred said proudly.
"Baby, come here!" he said grabbing her hand.
She smiled at me shyly. "Hi. You look nice. I think you'll have a lot of fun with us." She said quietly.
"She's a bit shy." Jarred said. He kissed her cheek and let her sit back down.
"So what's your story? Transferring here in the middle of the year, did you do something bad? Like get kicked out of your old school?" Erasa asked.
"No. I was homeschooled all my life. I got tired of it so I told my mom I wanted to be around people my own age and so she enrolled me here." I said.
"Ah…so you're not a goody two shoes are you?" Sharpener asked.
"Of course he's not! If he let me cheat off of him, then he's cool enough to hang with us. Cut him some slack." Jarred said.
"So you're the new kid?" Sharpener asked. I nodded.
"Do you smoke? I need a smoke." Jarred asked me.
"I've never smoked before..." I said.
"Wanna try it out, see how you like it?" he asked.
"I guess."
Jarred stood up and we went into the bathroom. There were three other kids smoking, I thought it was really cliché, because I'd seen it on TV so many times. Jarred handed me a cigarette. It felt weird holding one, but what's so bad about it. It's just one time to see if I like it.
"Okay, so you light this end and you put this end in your mouth." Jarred explained. He shared his lighter since I didn't carry one with me. Why would I? I don't usually smoke.
When the cigarette was lit smoke started coming from the other end. I copied Jarreds actions. Breathing in the smoke and blowing it out. I coughed a lot. Jarred laughed.
"It's fine, coughing is normal your first time. Your body isn't used to the smoke." He explained.
I nodded, I couldn't really speak through the coughing. "Thank god." I said, once the coughing stopped. Jarred laughed again.
"I know, the first time sucks, but don't you feel something that makes you want to do it again? I swear the next time is better." He said.
I nodded silently and we went to go eat, it really helped. I was feeling lightheaded. Eventually the bell rang and we went our separate ways. My next few two classes were really boring, but I was really happy I had made some friends. So they weren't quite as tough as they had been the past few days.
Erasa was even in my last period. She joked with me the entire time! I had a great time with her. She is probably the nicest in the group…besides Videl but Videl is pretty shy so I wouldn't know. Erasa asked me about my hobbies and I told her about my first smoke. She laughed and said she had a similar experience.
Eventually the class ended and I bid Erasa goodbye. She smiled and said she'd see me tomorrow. I left the school with a smile on my face for the first time.
These people may not be "model students" but they are my new friends nonetheless.