It was freezing cold in my room the next day. It seemed that I forgot to close my window last night before I fell asleep. I hadn't realized that Kentucky was cold in the morning. I grabbed the sweatshirt that I left on the edge of my bed. I wrapped myself tightly and got up from my bed. I was to close the window when I saw Josh outside. He had two leashes in his hands and two dogs that were wearily wandering around. One was sniffing the mailbox outside his house, the other was simply sitting next to Josh. I smiled and closed the window. I quickly brushed out my hair and put it up in a ponytail.
I quickly got dressed and ran downstairs. My mom was drinking coffee and enjoying breakfast. When she heard me coming, she looked up and smiled towards me.
"Good morning Evangeline. I see your adjusting to the new house much better than you thought, right?" She asked a little smug. I rolled my eyes.

"Mom, if you mean Josh, he's my friend and he's only helping me with my room and navigating through this one-horse town." I claimed nonchalantly. I didn't want her thinking I still wasn't angry with her. I poured myself some orange juice and sat next to her, taking sections of the newspaper that she had already read. I could tell she was eyeing me because she was very still for a moment.
"Honey, I know your still angry with me, but that doesn't give you the right to insult this town. It's a great community and filled with wonderful people." a smile in her voice appeared on the last two words. I took a drink of my OJ hoping to just drop the subject, but knowing my mother she would press the matter farther. "Tell me about this Josh person." She said folding her hands on her elbows and leaning forward onto the table. I placed my cup back down safely between the palms of my hands.
"Mom, I don't even know him. I just met him yesterday. I can't tell you anything really." I said simply, shrugging my shoulders carelessly. She just huffed. "Besides, how would you even know who he is." I asked. Her eyes brightened. I obviously had pulled her into making me talk more about him.
"Well when you see a stranger running through your house, your going to want to stop him too." She said and laughed slightly.

"You spoke to him when he left last night?" I asked a little shocked.

"Yes I did."

"Well? What did you say? What did he say? Mom I swear."

"Evangeline, calm down. I asked who he was and he said he was Josh Hutcherson and that he was a neighbor."

"And you don't know who he is?"

"Of course I know who he is! He's Josh Hutcherson! He was in movies. Why I am so persistent is because my daughter doesn't tell me when she meets celebrities anymore." My mother sniffled and pretended to cry. I rolled my eyes and put my cup in the sink and kissed my moms cheek and went back upstairs. I took the paints that I had bought yesterday and a tub to mix them together. I poured a little of the blue, and a little of the green and made a new color. It was beautiful. I wrapped it and stored in the fridge so that I could use it on Saturday when Josh was to help.
In about an hour, I was to take my registration down to the school and get my schedule for the day. The name of the School was Ryle High. I had showered and threw on the same clothes. Ripped Jeans and a plain white T shirt with a black vest. I threw on my black and white Converse and grabbed my keys. My mom filled my bag with the registration papers and some binders and paper just in case. She said goodbye and I was out the door.
I was driving down the busy streets as I tried to listen to the radio and read directions. I was at a stoplight when I huffed and turned off the radio. I turned onto a long winding road that did nothing but curve and I came to an interesting intersection. It was small and had a great view of the school. The parking lot was wide set and I found a parking space in no time at all. Kind of close to the school. I got out and could see my breath. It was cold and I had forgotten my jacket. I ran inside the school with the tip of my nose pink and I'm sure my lips were purple.
I rubbed my arms up and down one another to make some warmth and I wandered around the halls looking for a sign that would direct me to the office. Eventually I heard the bell ring, it wasn't shrill but it wasn't pleasant either. Students started rushing from classrooms and in opposite directions of the hallway. Some eyed me curiously and others just bumped passed me without a simple "Pardon" or "Excuse me". I felt like I was home. I saw a brunette girl walking in the hall. She was carrying a load of text books and hadn't seen me and we bumped into each other. She dropped about half the books and adjusted her glasses and sighed.

"Well I won't say this is the first time but I will say it's the last." She said picking up the books angrily. I bent down to help her. "I'm really sorry. I'm just new here and I don't know where to go." I said stacking two textbooks in her hands. She crinkled her nose to push up her loose glasses. I picked up the last book and set it on top of the pile. The books went to the middle of her chest and leaned against her small body. She looked like she was going to fall over. She was very pretty through the amount of textbooks that I saw drop. She looked at me and her eyes were a bright green behind her glasses.

"Well what are you looking for?" she asked, obviously pleased that I helped her with the books.

"I'm new and trying to get my schedule." I said directing to the twisting halls. I looked back at her and she was giggling a little.
"Well your in the wrong wing. You have to turn down this hallway" She said pointing around the corner of the hallway we were in. "And then keep going straight until you hit the fire extinguisher in the case and then turn that corner too. Then you just follow that hall until you get to an opening of pillars and that's where the office is. If they guide you to another office, just ask them for directions and you can get your schedule from there okay?" She said. I smiled and felt my heartbeat slow from sweet relief.

"Thank you so much. I wouldn't get anywhere without you- uh?"

"Sam. My name is Sam." She stated

"Sam. It's nice to meet you. I'm Evangeline." I said and then there was an awkward silence between us.
She crinkled her nose once more and said "Well it was great meeting you Evangeline but I have to get these books to Mr. Shwarter. He's not a patient man." and with that, we said our goodbyes and she and I were off. I rounded the corner and watched carefully where I was stepping so that I wouldn't bump into anyone. I found the fire extinguisher and rounded the corner. The hallways sort of curved so I knew what she meant when she said "Just follow that hall." I found the pillars that she was talking about, they stretched high to the ceiling and led to another entrance of the school. I felt stupid for not going through that entrance.
I walked up the glass door and opened the door. It just simply needed a little push and you could go right in. I found two separate desks. Only one woman was sitting at one of them. She was typing away at her computer and was on the phone at the same time. I found a chair and rested my backpack at my feet and waited as she talked into the receiver. She was smiling throughout the phone call and then she turned her head and saw me then held up one finger in response. I was already waiting so I didn't exactly know why that was necessary. I looked outside of the glass and watched some students walk in the halls. They all looked really friendly. I saw Sam walking. Her arms free of the books and a shoulder on her arm. She pushed her square rimmed glasses up to the bridge of her nose and went up to a blond boy and kissed him. The boy smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist. The smile on her face was sweet. They walked away together and I couldn't help but smile at her.

"So spying on people is your new thing huh?" I heard someone say. I turned and saw Josh poking his head through the door. I instantly felt great knowing that someone I knew went to the school.
"What are you doing here?" I asked curiously. He rolled his eyes and took a seat next to me, pulling his backpack off his shoulders.

"I go here smarty pants. I'm not shooting a movie so I'm not being home schooled. That's just how it is." He said matter-of-factly. It was interesting with him. He was the type of person that you would definitely want to be friends with, because he wouldn't ever leave you alone.

"Well honestly I'm a little relieved. That girl that I just so happened to have spied on, gave me directions here." I said.

"Oh she did? Well that was nice of her. If you think she's great, you should meet her twin sister Brooke. They both are nice but Brooke is the, 'God I just love your hair, Oh em gee, where did you get your shirt?' kinda girl. It's really annoying after a while but she's pretty cool." he said talking like a valley girl during the quotes. I laughed and the receptionist shushed us. Josh just smiled. He was very cute when he did.
"Don't worry about her. She's on the phone with her husband. They're newly weds and she's crazy over him. It's great actually. Every kid that gets sent in here gets sent right back out. Hasn't been many detentions lately." He laughed to himself. I looked over at her. She was ignoring me for a personal call? I wasn't having that. I felt pretty frustrated all of a sudden. Josh took notice.
"Look its whatever. Just let her finish her call. You'll get whatever you need fast enough, I'll stay with you if you like." he said. I calmed a little. I just smiled at him and we talked for a while. The receptionist laughed every once in a while and whispered whenever a teacher would walk by. Obviously her husband got the idea that she was taking time away from her job and they said their goodbyes. "Finally." I thought to myself. She smiled up at us and waved her hand to me so that I would go to her. I stood and handed her the registration. She took it gladly.

"Ah Evangeline, we were expecting you." She said and reached into the filing cabinet and pulling out my schedule. She handed it to me and I took it gladly. "Welcome to Ryle high school." She said with a sweet smile and Josh and I left the office. He snatched my schedule from me and looked it over.

"We have two classes together. The other six, you're on your own." he said handing it back. A sly smile crept up on his lips. I crinkled my nose at him.
"Well you should be lucky. It could've been less!" I said with a laugh. "True." he stated and showed me around to my classes. I had time to stay for the last fifteen minutes of my last class of the day. It was marketing. It was an fairly easy class. All we did was sit computers and read packets and listen to the teacher prance on about the school shop that he owned.

After Class Josh drove in front of me. He asked me to follow him home. He called my cell phone and we talked to each other on the way, no matter how dangerous. "Look, all I'm saying is that you're not going to fit in wearing that stuff from stuffy old New York." He said. I rolled my eyes even though he couldn't see. "You can say what you want Josh but I like the way I look. I'm unique. The girl from New York."

"Phff, more like the girl who dresses like a band groupie."

"Excuse me, I take that as a compliment!" I stated pressing a little harder on the break than I wanted. I dropped the phone on the ground and had to press the hang up button with my shoe. I didn't want to cause a collision. Josh honked his horn in front of me and I could feel my phone vibrate as it played "Weightless" By All Time Low. I pulled into the driveway and got out of the car and grabbed the phone. Josh parked at his house and came running over. "Hey what happened?" He asked a little irritated.

"I dropped my phone. Hell if I was going to pick it up." I laughed.

"Ah, I thought something happened to you. Like you got car jacked and some crazy person was following me home." His smile was wicked. Obviously he was joking but he did sound like he was concerned.

"Oh your such a great person." I said sarcastically. I took my keys and started walking up the pathway to the door. Josh grabbed my arm. "Hey Evangeline wait a minute." He asked. I turned around and pushed some hair from my eyes and brushed it behind my ear.

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come over tomorrow? You know after we paint? I want to fully welcome you to the neighborhood. Your mom can come too. Just for dinner." He said averting his eyes ever now and then to explain. I smiled sweetly and put my keys in my pocket.

"I'd love to Josh." He smiled and said that he would see my later and ran back home. I went inside and tossed my keys aside. I set my backpack down and went upstairs to unpack more stuff.