Cyrus's POV

I always thought high school would be hard. I knew that it could be the best place to be or the worst place in existence. What I didn't know, however, was that freshmen had it the worst here.

"Hey watch where you're going!" Buffy yelled at some dude that rushed past us. He didn't even look back, just continued to push past people.

"Here's to hoping not everyone is like that," I told her cheerily.

"I sure hope not. High school really would be a nightmare," Andi sighed.

We were currently trying to make our way down the crowded hall but it seemed like everyone was dead set on taking their sweet time.

I held my backpack straps closely as we walked until we eventually found my locker. Buffy and Andi's lockers were a little down the hall.

"All right this is where we split up. I'll see you in Science though," Buffy told me.

I nodded and we came together for a short group hug. High school would be hectic without them.

They walked off as I turned to my locker. Twisting the dial, I opened it and began putting my books inside.

I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned to see someone I've never met before.

"Uh, are you Cyrus?" He asked, looking down at me and fixing his glasses. He seemed a bit nervous.

I furrowed my brow. "Yeah? That's me," I told him.

He scratched the back of his head before speaking, "Well I'm Ben. I'm your mentor for the semester."

"What's that?" I asked. I guess high school was weirder than I thought.

"Well there's a program where juniors and seniors can sign up to help out the freshman since things here can get a little tricky," He explained.

I nodded and shut my locker. "How'd you know I would be here?" I asked suspiciously.

He shrugged. "I didn't actually. I just got your schedule and locker number from the office and hoped you'd be here," He said.

I could tell he was really serious about this whole mentoring thing. "So what do mentors do exactly?"

"Well we help freshmen get familiar with the school and help them out with their classes. Speaking of classes, we have first hour together. You any good at french?" He asked me.

I shook my head, remembering the awful memories French class gave me in eighth grade. That class was a nightmare, but at least I learnt something from it. Ce n'était pas tout mauvais. "I try to forget all the pain I went through in that class."

He laughed a bit. "Me neither, I took it my sophomore year and hated every minute of it," He said as we started walking. Well it was more of me following him.

It felt weird to have a new friend already. Were we even friends? We did only meet a few minutes ago. Either way, it's nice to have a new friend.

After two long periods of French and Geometry, I finally arrived to science with Ben's help. I saw Buffy and Tj sitting together at one of the tables and felt relieved.

Buffy noticed me and smiled. "Hey Cyrus, how were your first few classes?" She asked as I took a seat next to Tj.

I groaned and let my head fell into my hands. "I'm ready to go home. High school is a lot harder than I thought it would be," I whined. I felt a hand rub my back.

"It's alright Cy, you'll adjust. It takes a few days to get used to the change," Tj told me.

I sighed as the teacher walked in. She was a short, middle aged woman with glowing brown hair. She looked really pretty. "Alright class, my name is Ms. Klance, today we will get to know each other a little more," She said.

Luckily, I was sitting next to people I already knew extremely well. "Talk amongst your table partners and write down a few things about them," She said as everyone turned to the people they sat with.

I pulled out a notebook and scribbled three things about Buffy and Tj. "Well Cyrus?" I heard Tj ask.

I looked at him confused. "Well what?" I asked with a lifted brow.

"Aren't you going to ask me some questions and get to know me better?" He said with a cheeky smirk. I was tempted to throw something at him.

"What is there to ask? I already know everything about you," I said.

He laughed and shook his head. "There's a few things you don't know. I could be a secret agent from Russia for all you know," He said.

I rolled my eyes and shoved him softly. "You're such a doofus," I told him with a smile.

"Yeah but you love me," He said cheekily.

Buffy groaned. "I swear I'm not going to sit through this for the whole school year. I'm going to switch classes," She said, making Tj and I laugh.

Lunch came around and I was really grateful. I sat down with Andi as we waited for everyone else to show up.

"So how were classes for you?" I asked her.

She instantly perked up. "Classes are amazing. Kenadee and I have art together and we goofed around the whole time. There's also this senior named Kaylee and she's my mentor or whatever," She rambled.

"I have one of those too. His name is Ben. I think it's nice that the school tries to help out freshman with that program," I said.

She nodded. Soon a tray plopped down and Jonah sat next to me as Buffy sat down soon after.

"I officially hate gym class," Buffy said, angrily biting into her pizza.

"Why? What happened?" I asked worriedly.

"These guys refused to let Buffy play basketball with them because she's a girl," Jonah said.

Andi's mouth went agape. "That's so wrong on so many levels! Did the teacher say anything?" She asked.

Buffy shook her head. "All he did was tell me that maybe I should play with the other girls. It's like Tj all over again!" She exclaimed.

My heart panged a bit when she said that as I remembered how Tj used to be. He changed for the better though.

"What about Tj?" TJ asked as he sat down next to me.

Buffy sighed as she calmed down. "Nothing, just some mysoginistic jerks in my gym class," She said.

"We should tell someone about this or something. We can't just let this go," Andi said.

"But what do we say? If the teachers won't help than I doubt anyone else would," Buffy said as she shook her head.

"I think I know what we could do," Andi said as she smiled mischievously.

And that's the chapter. Sorry for the cliffhanger. I know ive said it already but im really excited to be writing this sequel. Anyways the next chapter will be up shortly. (Three chapters in one day? ;3)Until then, byeee

~Ash