Part 1: The New Boy In Town
Chapter 1
A new school year had just begun at McKinley High. It was the week after school began, and some students had already begun the countdown to Christmas. It was Charlie's first day at the new school, and she hoped to stay there for more than just a few months. She hoped to find a friend, also because it was September, the school year had just begun, and it was normal for the students to find themselves rounded with new faces. A few times she had to move to another school in the middle of the school year, or near its end, and she found it really difficult to mingle. Besides, she hoped she would finally find the love of her life, since the last time she thought she had found it, it wasn't really like she hoped it would have been...
The Spanish class seemed to never end. Finn Hudson looked at his wristwatch: was it possible that only ten minutes had passed since the beginning of the lesson? He hoped something would happen, like something that could interrupt the lesson, like a fire, an earthquake, an extraordinary general meeting, or even a caretaker...
He was trying to understand what the teacher was talking about, when the classroom door opened. A boy, clearly a disoriented new student, came in. He was wearing jeans, an electric blue sweatshirt and a black baseball cap. He had a dark gray backpack, without writings or drawings on it. He looked smaller and skinnier than how he must have been, maybe because the clothes he was wearing were so much bigger than his actual size: maybe his family couldn't afford new clothes, and he had to wear his older brother's clothes, or even his father's...
He must have been a new student: he brought a paper to the professor, maybe the timetable he was just handed, and the professor confirmed him he was in the right classroom, then he asked him to sit in one of the first rows.
"Sir would it be a problem, for you, if I prefer to keep my cap on during the lesson?" said the boy, with a weird voice. Perhaps his voice hadn't changed yet, as everyone in that class thought.
"No, you can keep it, if you want!" the professor answered.
The whole class looked at the newcomer, as if they were at the zoo and they were looking at a rare animal they had never seen before.
"You have already studied Spanish before, haven't you, Charlie?" the professor asked the newcomer.
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Hi! Before you continue your reading, I wanted to warn you about a detail of this story. As I introduced a new character to the main plot, I wanted to describe her through the eyes of the other characters. Since Charlie, the protagonist, is dressed up as a boy in some scenes, and the characters don't know she's actually a girl, I use masculine pronouns while talking about her. I'm telling you this now because I have received comments, in the past, by readers who could not understand who I was talking about in some scenes. I hope I have been clear about this issue.
By the way, I hope you like the story. If you do, I would be very happy if you let me know! :)