The first week of school is now over and starting the second week. After a boring weekend of sleeping in until noon, it's now back to waking up at 7:30. As I got up I caught sight of myself in my mirror and was horrified. There was sleep in the corners of my eyes, my hair was going in every direction and what was left of my eyeliner and mascara was making dark smudges under my eyes. Feeling so thankful for showers, I went to the bathroom to take one.
After I was done, I grabbed the smaller towel and wrapped it around my head to soak up some of the water left in my hair. Then grabbed my bigger towel and wrapped it around my body. It was a cold walk from the bathroom to my bedroom mostly because my mother left the window in the hallway slightly open. Once I got into my bedroom I walked over to my closet to pick out something to wear.
I picked out a black tank top, with a blue button up shirt and dark blue jeans. Before I got dressed I walked over to my makeup table to blow dry my hair and to put makeup on. Once my hair way dry, I noticed it had a little curliness to it so I left it the way it was. I grabbed some light brown eye shadow and some eyeliner and mascara put some blush on with light pink lip-gloss. After I got dressed I looked in my mirror and rolled up the sleeves of my shirt just under my elbows and didn't bother buttoning it up.
I had half an hour before school so I texted Austin to start heading to my house with his skate board. I ran down my stairs and got everything I needed for my classes and grabbed an apple to eat on the way to school. Five minutes later Austin was knocking on my front door. Picking up my bag double checking through it to make sure I had everything I needed.
"Hey Austin." I said opening the door.
"Ready to go?" He asked
"Yeah, just let me grabbed my board." I said putting on my shoes.
I walked over to the hall closet, grabbed the board and we left for school. It didn't take long to get there with the boards, which was really great sometimes I wish I could ride them around the school hallways but, I know it isn't allowed. Lucky for us Austin and I had lockers right next to each other but, we also had Austin's new friend Caleb right next to us.
Caleb is all right I guess. He's smart, funny, not really good-looking but extremely nice. Caleb has a really round face with a mouth somewhat to big for it. His hair is really short and a light colour brown. The glasses he wore made his hazel eyes look really big and he had really high-pitched voice. Austin and Caleb get along really well it's almost surprising.
"Well, I'm going to head to class I'll see you both there." I said to them before walking away.
"Sounds good." Austin said.
"See you soon." Caleb said with a big smile.
I turned around and started walking down the hall to my class. Not really paying attention to where I was walking I ended up walking into someone. After realizing who I walked into I regretted it immediately.
"I'm so sorry." I said to one of the girls that were with the guy I walked into a week ago.
"Don't worry about it." Said the small girl with black hair.
"All right," I said feeling awkward and embarrassed.
"My name is Dakota and this is Ellie." She said pointing to the girl with red-head beside her.
"I'm Jemma, its nice to meet you." I said smiling.
"We have to leave, bye Jemma." The girl Ellie said looking somewhat annoyed.
"Bye." I said.
I went to my class after that and sat down to waiting for Austin to walk into the classroom. Austin and Caleb walked into class shortly after I sat down, they were laughing and smiling I actually felt kind of jealous but, it was good that he had a guy to hang out with. They both split up and went to their seats. Austin smiled at me when he sat down and took out his text-book.
"So, who were you talking to in the hallway?" He asked me.
"You saw that?" I asked.
"Yes." He said
"Just two girls, named Dakota and Ellie." I said
"Are they nice?" He asked.
"Dakota seems to be, I'm not sure about Ellie though." I told him truthfully.
"I see." He said with a smile.
I was about to say something but, class was starting now. Our teacher signed us so much work it going to take a year to finish. Austin and I complained the whole time we worked but, the class ended and I couldn't be happier. We left to the next class and that one seemed to go a lot slower. Finally it was our lunch break.
"We should go outside, I want to ride my board." I said to Austin as I heard my name being called.
"Jemma! Over here!" I looked up and saw Dakota smiling and waving me over.
"I'll be right back," I told him As I turned to walk down the hall.
"Hello Dakota." I said when I reached her.
"Hey Jemma." She said smiling big.
"Is there something you wanted?" I asked a little nervous.
"Yes, I want to introduce you to my friends." She said point behind her.
When I looked over her shoulder, I saw four people staring at me. They looked curious, shocked and angry. I could feel the blush heat up my face before I could look away from them. Just then Dakota grabbed my hand and pulled me towards her friends. As she pulled me over, it felt like my hand was going to break from the grip she had on it. Finally we got over to them and she let go. I pulled my hand up to my chest and held it there.
"Everyone this is Jemma." She said with a smile.
"Hello." I said blushing.
"Jemma this is my boyfriend Mason." She said pointing to the blond boy.
"Hello." He said with a smile.
"This is Ian." She said as he waved.
"Hi." I said with a smile.
"You already met Ellie." She said
"I'm Rhys." The boy who helped me said.
"Hello." I said.
He didn't say anything back instead he just stared at me and I stared back. As I looked at him I could feel something like a pull in my chest that I've never felt before. I could tell people were staring at us from all around. So I looked away from him and back at Dakota. She was smiling but sort of confused about what was happening.
"I should really get back to my friend." I said to her glancing over at Rhys through the corner of my eye.
"All right, I'll see you later." She before pulling me in for a hug.
"For sure." I said a little uncomfortable.
When she let go I slowly walked over to Austin a little ways down the hall. He was standing with Caleb and they both looked very confused. Once I reached them I looked back, Ellie was yelling at Dakota and Mason. Ian was talking to Rhys who was looking at me. I blushed again and looked away, Austin caught everything giving me a funny look before we walked off.
When our lunch break was over we went to class, I couldn't stop thinking about that pulling feeling in my chest when I looked at Rhys. I stopped thinking about everything and couldn't wait for school to be over so Austin and I could go to the skate park. I did all my work and soon enough class was over and I walked to my next class alone.
I never liked math but, the stuff we were working on was surprisingly easy. Our teacher was talking about really random things for the whole class so I stopped paying attention. I thought about Dakota and how nice she was to me for no reason at all. I hoped her and I would end up being friends. Unaware of what time it was I ended up getting like life scared out of when the bell rang so I packed up my things and left the room to wait for Austin.
"I hate not having every class together." He said when he reached me.
"I know, so are we going to the skate park? I asked him.
"Not right now, I have to go home first." He said a little disappointed.
"That's fine, lets go to our lockers." I said pulling him with me as I walked down the hall.
I looked around of Dakota but, I didn't see her as we walked down stairs. Once we got to our lockers I opened it and grabbed my board. After he got his we left for home. I looked around outside when something caught my eye. It was Rhys looking at me with a small smile.