After a week at Elementary High...
In the morning before school starts...
Corey's POV.
I've been here for only a week and everyone already likes me! 3 WORDS! Pop. Pul. Lar.
I was hanging out with my new best friends, Kin and Kon. I met them on my second day of school. Time for... FLASHBACKS!
On Corey's second day of school...
The last bell rang indicating school was over for today, so I gathered my stuff from my last class(which was english if you wanted to know!) and ran out of the classroom before I could be bombarded by my friends and ran to my locker to put my text books away. Then I heard music. The hallway was empty.
I quickly put my books away and followed the sound. I traced the music to one of the unused music rooms.
I opened the door just a crack and rock music played even louder.
I peeked through the crack and saw two guys playing instruments. One was taller and I wouldn't say fat but not skinny either but he was big. He wore a red bandana and a white shirt with short black sleeves. He wore jeans and sneakers. Man. He was really rocking the drums.
The shorter guy was playing the keyboard and wow! They rock. He wore a tuxedo print shirt, dark blue jeans and orange sneakers. He was also wearing glasses.
They didn't seem to notice me so I carefully opened the door without making it creak. Not that they could notice with the music. They continued to play for a few more seconds.
They were playing a familiar song but I couldn't remember its name. They were missing something.
Suddenly, the guy playing the keyboard finally noticed me and stopped playing, but the other continued playing until he noticed that he stopped playing.
"Hey, what's the- OH! Um... Hi!" The drummer said awkwardly, waving.
I had an awe-stricken face and started clapping."You guys are...awesome!"
They looked really surprised.
"Thanks Corey." The drummer said. I was confused. How did he know my name? So I asked him. It's probably because I'm popular-
"We have some of our classes together. Both of us actually." Kin said."We just never really spoken."
"Oh. Well, you guys play great! I play guitar! And I'm pretty good if I do say so myself!" I said. Then I had a great idea.
"Hey! Can I play with you guys? Play music, I mean." I asked them. I genuinely wanted to join in their jam session.
"Sure. I guess you can join. But tomorrow. We're done for today." Kin answered. Kon had a big smile on his face as they put their instruments in the storage closet.
"OK!" I said excitedly and I ran out of the room to the other side of campus to meet Trina at her car. I was screaming with joy all the way there and people were just smiling at me and waving. I want ice cream now.
End of flashback...
After that, our friendship hit it off and we been playing music ever since.
"Hey, you want to go to the arcade after school?" I asked them.
"Yeah! Then we can go for cheeseburger-" Kon stopped mid sentence as he elbowed Kin. "It's Her!" he whispered as he leaned in close to us. Kin looked around till he found what they were looking for.
"She's back! No way! I thought she was going to stay for another 5 weeks." Kin said. I really don't know what he's talking about.
"Who's going to stay for another 5 weeks?" I asked. I was so confused. Who are they talking about?
"Her." Kin pointed to the entrance gate in the front of the school. People on the side walk stopped and backed away a few steps and some people got in their cars to park somewhere else. A black mustang parked in the front of the gates.
A girl came out of the drivers car and smiled happily. She waved to the people on the side walk and they smiled back.
"What's so bad about her? She seems nice." I said, totally confused.
"Not her. Her." Kin pointed to back seat door as it slammed open.
"Oh." I said, nervously."But I still don't understand-" I stopped after I saw who came out.
A girl with short red hair came out. She put a lime green book bag over her shoulder and nodded to the girl driver. The driver nodded back and drove off. She turned back to the entrance gate and walked in.
Everything was quiet. No one spoke or even whispered. Not even the seniors and adults. They just stared wide-eyed at her. As she got closer, I could see what she really looked like.
She wore black eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara for make up, ripped red jeans, black combat boots, and a black t-shirt. Her bangs covered her left eye and I noticed her eyes were a pretty shade of green but that doesn't matter. She was also a lot shorter than me by 2-3 inches. She had a bored expression on her face. She seemed to not be bothered by the silence and the staring and continued to walk toward the entrance to the building.
For a second, our eyes met. I thought I saw something in those green eyes. I'm not sure what but it seemed sad.
Then she narrowed her eyes and it disappeared. I was surprised. No one has ever looked at me like that. To me anyways.
"I can't believe it. You actually looked her in the eyes! And SURVIVED! No one's actually looked Laney in the eye before. Not even the seniors." Kon yelled-whispered.
"Actually, I bet she's planning his death right now. To have the nerve to even look her in the eyes... dude, you are so DEAD." Kin said.
"What? What's wrong with me looking at her?" I was a little scared but mostly confused.
"Oh! Right." Kin said as if he forgot something, which he did."You weren't here for ninth grade so you haven't heard about Laney. She's the toughest kid in school."
"Oh. Hey! I'll go introduce myself!" I said. She seems nice. Maybe she'll even become another friend. I started running to her.
"NO!" Kin and Kon said in unison.
"Corey, you can-" Kin started to say but I didn't hear the rest. I ran right next to Laney and followed her towards the main building.
"Hey!" I greeted her. "I'm Corey! I'm the new kid!" She didn't even look at me. I started to feel nervous.
"Um...You must be Laney! Uh...It's nice to meet you?" It came out as a question. She still didn't look at me or spoke. My palms started sweating.
"So...uh...you want to be my friend?" I asked awkwardly. She's not even talking to me! This is bad. This is REALLY bad. No one ignores Corey Riffen.
"HEY! I'm TALKING to YOU! Are you deaf or something? ANSWER ME!"I yelled at her. I don't enjoy yelling. Unless it's for the music.
Finally, she turned to me with the same bored expression. Then she shocked me with the next thing she did. She took out earbuds from her ears. I know it's natural but I didn't know she had them on! They were red with a skull.
"Oh. Hi." She finally answered, keeping her bored face on.
"Uh...hi. Did...did you hear anything I said earlier?" I hope she's not mad.
"No. Sorry.I didn't notice you there. I had my music turned up high. Was it important?" She asked. Again with that bored face. And that uninterested voice is killing me! AND SHE DIDN'T NOTICE ME! THE NERVE!
"Well, yeah. I'm Corey and I'm new here. You must be Laney. Nice to meet you. Do you want to be my new friend?" I repeated awkwardly. I stuck out my hand for her to shake, but she just nodded.
"Yeah. Likewise. But no thanks." Then she opened the door to the building and walked in. I blinked a couple of times before slowly walking back to the guys. I noticed almost everyone on campus had either a shocked, a scared, an amused, or an admired expression on their face. And their eyes either were on me or the door that Laney walked through.
"Corey! I tried to tell you that you shouldn't go up to Her! She's also someone you shouldn't just go up to unless for a good reason." Kin said just as I sat next to them on the grass, with a scared face.
Then I heard whispers coming from the other students.
"OMG. He actually went up to Laney! That's crazy!"
"He talked to Laney and she didn't kill him on the spot! Today just gets weirder and weirder."
"Laney's so cool! I wish I can be her friend!"
"I can't believe someone didn't like Corey. She didn't even smile or acknowledge him. Well, as expected from Laney. She's so cold but that's what makes her so cool!"
"I can't believe someone doesn't like Corey!"
That's all I heard. I can't believe someone doesn't like me. I can't believe Laney doesn't want to be my friend.