Here is the second chapter! Enjoy =)
Disclaimer - I do not own the Twilight Series, but some of the characters in this story are mine.
And sleeping with eyes closed tight
And somehow, I"d be dreaming in broad daylight
And when I dream about you so late at night
That's when I dream in color so true and bright
In Colour - HeyHiHello
"Arielle, wake up, honey. It's your first day of school." My mom said softly.
I opened my eyes slowly, getting used to the light before sitting up and looking at the clock.
"Mom, five forty-five? Isn't that a little early?" I asked, confused.
"I wanted to make sure you were all ready," she smiled.
I sighed as she walked out of my room. I got up and walked to the bathroom, turning on my flat iron and grabbing my hairbrush and makeup bag on the way.
I went through my normal routine; I brushed my teeth and hair, washed my face, did my makeup and then walked back to my room. I changed into jeans and a flowy tank and topped it with a black cardigan.
It was a little bit colder here than back home, but I should be fine; I had always liked the cold.
I finished doing my hair and grabbed my backpack.
On my way downstairs, I heard my mom making something in the kitchen. That was odd; she never cooked.
I smelt something burning and sprinted downstairs.
When I got to the kitchen, it was filled with smoke.
"Mom! What did you do?"
"I was trying to make you breakfast, but I burnt the toast." She said coughing.
I sighed and walked around, opening the windows to air out the house.
After opening all of the first floor windows, I went back into the kitchen and she handed me a plate with scrambled eggs and bacon.
I grinned at her, "Thank you for attempting to make me breakfast, mother. But you could have burnt the house down."
"Yeah, yeah. Just eat and get yourself to school." She said smiling. I pulled up to the school and parked in a spot next to a fixed up Volkswagen Rabbit and a tiny little silver car that I didn't know the name of. I picked up my backpack and got out of my car.
I started walking towards what I assumed were the main doors. I had guessed this morning that when I got to school, I would be stared at, but I didn't think it would be this bad.
Every time I looked up, I was either getting glares from girls or open mouthed stares from guys. I could tell people were whispering about me, but I honestly had no idea why.
After what seemed like hours but in reality was only a minute or two, I finally made it to the front door. I opened it and almost ran into a teacher with tons of paperwork in his arms.
"Oh, I'm sorry!"
"No harm done," he told me smiling, "Are you new? I don't think I've seen you before."
"Um, yeah. I am actually. Do you know where the main office is?"
"Of course I do. Just keep walking down this hallway and make the first right. It's the first door."
"Thank you so much."
"You're very welcome. I'm Mr. Lenz by the way."
"Arielle." I said with a small smile.
With a small wave, I was off to the main office.
I opened the door to the very bright main office and saw a very nice looking lady sitting in a chair behind a computer.
"Oh hello, honey. You must be Arielle. It's not often we get a new student here."
"I am. I just came in to pick up my schedule."
"Of course." She said getting up.
I saw the name plate on the little counter said Mrs. McPeak.
She turned back to face me after getting a couple of papers.
"Okay, here is your schedule, a map of the school, your locker info and a couple of sheets that I need your parents to fill out. We couldn't send them in the mail with the rest of your sheets." She handed me the small pile of papers and smiled. "If you need anything at all, just come find me, alright?"
"I will. Thank you." I said walking back into the hallway.
I looked over my schedule.
History Honors – Mrs. Duryea
Digital Photography – Mr. Olsen
English Honors – Mrs. Potters
Cooking – Mrs. Hyziak
Lunch
Spanish 3 – Mrs. Mullen
Biology Honors – Mrs. Strodel
Gym – Mr. Vetter
Geometry Honors –Mr. Lenz
I smiled, realizing I had Mr. Lenz for Geometry honors. At least I would know someone.
Seeing that the map showed my locker in the main hallway, that's where I headed first.
I finally found the locker after some scouring, and I unsuccessfully tried to open it. I put in the combination three times before the girl next to me realized I was having difficulty.
"Having some troubles, there?" I nodded.
"Some of the lockers here stick since the school is so old. What's your combo?"
I was a little hesitant to give it out to someone I didn't know, but she seemed like she could be trusted. Plus I was never going to get to class in time if I was stuck here all day.
I told her my combination and after she put it in, she hit the lock and opened it.
"There ya go. If you need help again, just let me know. I'm Celeste, by the way."
"I'm Arielle."
"The new girl. We've been talking about you since last week."
I blushed. "Why?"
"We don't get very many new kids around here, so when we do, they are the center of attention."
Nodding, I started putting my stuff in my locker. I grabbed the notebooks I would need for my morning classes and closed my locker just as the first bell rang.
"What class do you have first?" Celeste asked.
"History Honors with Mrs. Duryea." I told her.
"Same here. You wanna walk with me?"
"Sure." I said, smiling at her.
When we got to class, Celeste sat in the back while I waited for Mrs. Duryea.
"Ah, yes, Arielle. Now where should we put you? Do you prefer the front or the back?" Mrs. Duryea asked sweetly.
"It really doesn't matter to me. Wherever there is an open seat."
"Okay, then, why don't you sit between Celeste and Andrew?" She said pointing to a seat in the second-to-last row.
I grabbed the text book she offered me and went to sit next to Celeste.
She grinned as I walked to my new seat.
"Guess we get to sit next to each other now."
"I guess we do." I said smiling.
After the late bell rang, Mrs. Duryea got up from her desk.
"Alright, class, as you all know, we have a new student here in La Push. Arielle, why don't you introduce yourself?" She offered.
"Okay." I said nervously. "My name is Arielle and I just moved here from Bogota, New Jersey."
I didn't know what else she wanted me to say so I just stopped.
"Alright well, I'm sure you will make yourself comfortable in La Push."
I nodded.
"Students, open up you text books to page 173. We are going to start reading about the signing of the Treaty of Paris."
Some students groaned while others cheered.
The rest of my classes went pretty much the same. I recognized some of the students from earlier classes. Most students were interested in everything I was doing, but others just didn't care.
When it came time for lunch, I had no idea where to sit. Most of the cafeteria was full when I get there.
I saw an empty table in the back and decided that was where I was going to sit. I bought my lunch and sat down at the still empty table. I started to unwrap the sandwich that I bought when someone interrupted.
"HI!"
I almost screamed when I heard someone yell behind me. I turned around to see a girl with fire-truck red hair and flawless skin, almost as pale as mine, grinning at me.
"Um, hello?"
"You must be the new girl, everyone is talking about you. It's so exciting when we get a new kid because it doesn't happen often. Someone told me you were from South Dakota. That's a weird place to move from, but I guess this is a weird place to move to. You're really pretty. I bet we are going to be really good friends. Hey! Do you want to come over after school?" She said in one breath. She ended with a huge smile.
I shook my head a little when she was done speaking.
"Yeah, I am the new girl. Actually, I'm from Bogota, not South Dakota, although I can see where people could mess that up. Thank you for the compliment. I guess we could be really good friends, although I don't really know you all that well. I guess I could come over, I just don't know where you live." I said chuckling.
Hopefully I responded to all of her statements but since she spoke so fast, I honestly had no idea.
She was still smiling at me, so I decided I should smile back.
She sat down next to me.
"Awesome paleness, dude." She said, still smiling.
"Yeah I suppose." I said, thinking about how energetic she was.
"Cool, well I'm gonna go get myself some lunch. I'll see you soon, new homie." She said as she got up to go stand in the lunch line.
I was almost done with my lunch by the time she came back.
"Got anything good?" I asked.
"Eh, not really. The lunch here is only slightly edible." She said as she picked up some bread. Then she put it down and looked up at some kid walking in front of her.
"HEY, JOHNNY!" She yelled.
He turned to her wide eyed, probably because of her loudness.
"Can I have your roll?"
He looked at it then answered.
"Sure." He said throwing it at her.
"YEAH! BREAD!" She said as she stuffed it in her face.
"What was that all about?" I asked cracking up.
"What was what all about?" She said still eating the bread.
"Never mind." I said shaking my head but still smiling.
We both finished our lunch as the bell rang.
"Well, off to Spanish." She said with her one leg on the bench and her other arm out like a superhero's off to save the day.
"With Mrs. Mullen?" I asked, laughing at her superhero pose.
"Yeah. You too?" She aksed grinning again.
"Yeah." I said with a small smile. "At least I will know one person."
"Don't worry, with your popularity status at the moment, it's a shock no one came up to you during lunch."
And with that, we were off to Spanish.
The rest of the day was relatively uninteresting. I still got stared at and whispered about, but a lot of people came up to me after lunch.
I realized after Spanish that I never learned the girl's name. I hoped I had another class with her, but I didn't. I did have last period geometry with Celeste though.
I got my books from my locker and headed to my car.
As I opened the door, I heard someone call out my name. I looked to my left to see the girl from lunch in the car next to mine.
"Hey, Arielle, long time no see!" She said laughing. "Looks like Seth Clearwater is checking you out." She pointed behind me.
I turned to see a boy from my English, Spanish and gym glass staring at me from the car next to mine. He looked like someone had just told him that he won the lottery.
The boy who owned the car punched him in the shoulder and said something I couldn't hear since both doors were closed. Seth shook his head and stopped staring, but still had this dazed look on his face as he started talking to the driver.
I blushed from the attention and turned back to the girl from lunch. All I could think about was how cute the guy was.
"Why was he staring at me?"
"I don't know, but he didn't seem to care that you noticed." She said. "Hey, are you still coming over today?"
"Um, actually, is it okay if I just go home? I really am worn out from school today. You know, new school, new town."
"Yeah it's fine! Just give me your number and I will text you later, kay?"
"Sure." I said before writing my number for her. I was right behind her as she pulled out of the parking lot.
By the time I got home, all I wanted to do was sleep, so that was just what I did.
So I realize I rambled, A LOT, but there was a lot that I felt needed to be said in this chapter =)
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and sleeping with eyes closed tight
And somehow, I?d be dreaming in broad daylight
And when I dream about you so late at night
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That?s when I dream in colour so true and bright