New Enemies and New Friends
I awkwardly step through the doors of Octavian County Day. The halls are empty with the exception of me. I clip clap down to the door labeled "main office". The door slowly cracks open to reveal a young lady sitting behind a tall, chestnut coloured desk.
"Umm, I'm Dakota. I'm new." I mumble. I've always been fairly shy. Especially around adults.
"Well, good morning! I'm Ms. Leigh, the secretary! Follow me and I will take you to Vice Principal Lundersee's office to get you all set up!" She stands up, smoothes out her clothes, then leads me down a dark, but fancy hallway to an office. She opens the door and ushers me in.
"Well, hello, dear." The lady behind the desk sneers. I can tell she won't be my favourite.
"Hi, I'm Dakota. I just moved here from Denver." I say as loudly as I can. Not very loud, however, because Ms. Lundersee kind of scares me.
"Oh, that's right, the new student. Very well, let's get you off to class. Follow me." She gets up and heads back down the hallway and out of the office. We walk around through the tangle of halls and stairs until we reach a door marked "Mrs. Keth" and "Math". Ms. Lundersee knocks, then enters the room.
"Hello, Mrs Keth. I'm here to give you your new student." Ms. Lundersee says blandly.
"Well, thank you! We will get her all settled in nicely!" Mrs. Keth, who seems quite nice and looks very young, practically squeals. "Well class, say hello to, what was your name again, sweety?"
"Dakota."
"Welcome Dakota! Leona, may I bug you to lead her around for the day?" Mrs. Keth calls to a girl sitting near the back of the room. A girl blonde girl who was talking to her friend whips around. Even from far away, I can tell she is wearing a lot of make-up and designer clothes.
"Yeah, sure Mrs. Keth!" The girl chrips, then turns around and continues to gossip.
"Great! Dakoka, there is an empty seat over by Leona!"
. . .
At lunch I awkwardly follow Leona and her friends into the cafeteria, where she is greeted by a couple other cake faced girls. They laugh and sit at a table. When I go take a seat, everyone looks at me funny.
"Umm, did I say you could sit here?" Leona snaps.
"No, but our teacher said-" I begin.
"I don't care what she said, you can follow me to classes, but you don't have permission to sit with us at lunch. Ok? Bye."
"Well, what do I do?" I plea.
"I said bye."
. . .
After lunch, I try to find Leona, but the crowds in the halls are too heavy. Suddenly, I receive a tap on my shoulder.
"Hi, you're Dakota, right?" A short, pretty girl with ginger hair and glasses asks.
"Uhh, yeah. Sorry, I didn't really remember any names." I reply shyly.
"It's Emery! I understand, I moved here in the middle of grade 7! It's hard, isn't it?" She seems really nice, maybe I should just stick with her instead.
"Ok, I'll try to remember that! I've been going to the same school with the same people until I moved, so it's weird for sure."
"Well, you can hang with me and my friends! I wouldn't even try to get involved with Leona and her girls if I were you. Ever since Massie Block left last year, she has been top dog, and she doesn't like new comers."
"Ok, I would love that! I have no idea who this Massie chick is, but ok!"
"Perfect! My friends and I are planning a little trip over to Briarwood, the boys school, after school to flirt a little! I would just love if you joined us!"
"Sure, that's will most likely be the most fun I've had since I've moved here!"
"Bring!" The bell erupts loudly in the hallway.
"Well, we better be off to class! Follow me! We have Science next!"
And with that, I follow my first friend in New York to Science class.
Ok, so there you have it! I'm just so excited to write this story that I just wrote it, despite all the homework I've had this week! I hope you enjoyed it! Incase you haven't noticed, Dakota is in 8th grade! And Leona is practically the new Massie! Stay tuned for the next chapter when Emery and Dakota visit Briarwood Academy!