~CHAPTER~TWO~PLZ~

"Why did I do that?" She wondered, stopping when she reached a park. There was a swing set. Taking the first seat, she thought about how she acted. "They were pretty nice people…" She always did that stuff when she met new people. That's why she wasn't very good at making friends. Back in lemon Brooke, people thought she was weird when she acted like that.

I"You can't not know how you're doing."/I They would say, when she answered the standard 'How are you' question with 'I don't know.' But it was true, really. She had no idea how she was feeling. Was that such a crime?

She sighed. Swinging back and fourth took her mind off it for a while. The feeling of the cool air against her face was wonderful. Claire allowed herself to smile, even giggled a little. Just as the swing reached its highest point, she saw someone at a basketball court. He had a red hat and green shirt on, from what she see in the few seconds before the swing dropped back again. As she went up again, she noticed the boy she'd met earlier, Rolf, watching from a bench.

"Huh, I wonder who that guy is. He looks a bit familiar." She said aloud. As she swung back down again, she remembered something… "Kevin!" She dug her feet into the gravel. "Kevin of the Peach creek Cobblers." She'd seen him at the game they held at her school, Lemon Brooke High. 'OLD school.' She reminded herself.

She wondered how someone like him would react if he knew someone from Lemon Brooke just moved in. She decided it best not to mention that to anyone. She hopped off the swing and walked towards another playground item. It was a… Oh, what were they called again? The things you spin in? She couldn't remember. 'Well, whatever it's called, I guess…' She still jumped on and spun around for a while. The sky spun in circles above her as she sat down and looked up. 'Heheh, this must be what the clothes feel like.'

Later, after getting off the spinning machine, she leaned against a tree until her dizziness went away so she could head home. She didn't really think about it until she started walking, but how would she get home? She didn't remember what way to go. "It was… left, then a right… And another right… No wait…" She looked right and left. 'Ah crap… I got myself lost.'

She looked for someone who might know where her house was. There was no one around. 'Maybe I could go ask Rolf if he's still there.' She decided that would be a good idea, and headed back to the park. Kevin and Rolf were still there, playing a game of basketball.

"Um, excuse me Rolf…" She started, tapping his arm. He looked away from Kevin.

"Yes, how can Rolf help you?"

"I kinda got myself lost, and I was wondering if you knew how to reach…" 'What was it?' "Twenty-four Cobbler street."

"Oh ho, Rolf knows where to find this address. Come with Rolf and he will show you the way."

"Hey dude, where ya goin?" Kevin ran over, the ball under his arm. "Who's this?"

"New-girl-Claire has forgotten where she lives."

"I didn't forget, I just didn't pay attention to wherer I was." She crossed her arms. "Can you just show me where twenty-four cobbler street is? Please?"

Kevin smirked. "No way, you live next to Double Dork?" He laughed, dropping his ball. "I feel sorry for you, Claire.

'Dork… Oh my…' She blushed, and giggled. "D-do you even know what that means?"

Kevin stopped laughing and gave her a funny look. "What do you mean?"

"It means…" She covered her mouth and giggled again. "I c-can't say it… Look it up online or something…"

"Okay." He scratched his hat and picked up his basketball. "Well, my name is Kevin. It was nice to meet you." He said.

"Same." She nodded a little.

"Right… Well, see you later Rolf." he walked back to the net and started playing again.

'Darn… I did it again.'

"Thanks, Rolf." Claire said, waving as he headed down the path to the sidewalk. She opened the door and called "I'm back mom!" before heading to the kitchen. She put he bad of fish head ball things in the fridge and went upstairs.

Her mom was standing outside her door. "I though I said don't come back till dinner." She she smiled. "Did you meet anyone?"

"Well, apparently, there are three kids here named Ed. Well, Ed, Eddward, and Eddy. Since they have the same name, everyone calls Eddward Double D, because there's two Ds in his name. there's this other kid called Rolf who… Gave me a bag of fish heads for some reason…" Her mom gave her a wird look. Claire shrugged. "And that guy, the captain of the football team here, Kevin." She finished.

"Well, I guess I'm satisfied with that. But do try ad meet some girls, honey." She said.

"Well I didn't see any. Hey, did you know double D lives next door? Kevin mentioned that when we were talking. Say, what time is it?" She stepped around her mother and checked the clock in her room. It was on the floor right now, since most of her stuff was still in boxes, sitting on her table.

"Five, huh? What time does school start tomorrow?"

"It starts at seven fifteen. Did you remember to set your alarm for five fifteen?"

"Oh yea." She shuddered while fixing her alarm. She wasn't a morning person.