Ch. 2: First Day
The next day, Jayden was unfortunate to be dropped off at school. He had his own car but with his over protective mother she had to see him and his sister off on their first day of school like they were in kindergarten again. Jayden thought it was embarrassing but he couldn't blame her for being protective, he and Katie were all she had left of their father. Jayden had his mother's chestnut hair and his father's blue/grey eyes while Katie had their father's dark brown hair and their mother's green eyes. He hoped by tomorrow he'd get to drive himself to school. When they pulled up to the school, Jayden and Katie got out of the car. Jayden grabbed his backpack and guitar out of the backseat and Katie had her backpack and purse.
"Have a good first day,"
"We'll try," Jayden replied trying to smile.
They watched as their mother drove off. "Ready for school big brother?"
"No but mom will find out if we ditch."
"Are you going to play football again?"
"I don't know. Mom wants me to try to get a scholarship but you know how I feel about college."
"You have to tell her eventually."
"I know, come on lets go. We don't want to be late on our first day. And remember to find me if anyone is giving you any trouble."
"I'm fifteen Jayden, almost a full grown woman."
"All the more reason for me to be protective of you."
"I'll be fine, and I promise to come to you if any guys bother me."
"Good,"
They headed towards the doors and went their separate ways when they entered. Jayden went in search of his locker. He set his books inside and headed to his first class which was band. When he walked in, everyone was talking and gossiping. Jayden's eyes fell on a girl with blonde slightly curly hair. In her hands she held a flute. He smiled at her when she saw him and she smiled back before looking away.
"You must be the new student,"
Jayden turned and a middle aged man, who he assumed was the instructor, stood there. "Yes, I'm Jayden."
"Looks like you play bass or guitar judging by that case on your back."
"Electric guitar."
He shook Jayden's hand. "Well I'm Mr. Peters, welcome to Westview Hills High."
"Thanks,"
Mr. Peters turned to the class that was starting to take their seats. "Class, this is Jayden. He's new here and is joining the band." Several pathetic claps were heard. "Jayden, why don't you sit on the end by Emily and plug your guitar into the amplifier?"
"Yeah okay," Jayden headed to the other side of the room towards the blonde girl he smiled at earlier. "Are you Emily?"
"Yeah," She replied with a smile.
Jayden saw her blush slightly and knew that she liked him a little. "It's nice to meet you," He said sitting down and pulling his red electric guitar out of its case.
"You too. I'm glad I'm not the newbie anymore."
"What do you mean?"
"I started here last week."
"Really?" Emily nodded. "Well then you know how hard it is to make new friends, would it be possible for us to have lunch together so I'm not sitting alone?"
"Sure, what are friends for?" She smiled.
Jayden smiled back. "You have a great smile."
"Thank you," Emily blushed.
Jayden's next class was chemistry where he was paired up with a boy in blue named Kevin. During the experiment, Jayden got to know Kevin. He learned he was disciplined and made sure everything was done correctly, in this case measured and mixed correctly. He also learned that he was a new student two weeks before. He found it strange that in three weeks in a row there'd be a new student.
After chemistry Jayden had home economics. He was glad to see he wasn't the only boy there. Normally he would've enjoyed being the only guy in a room full of girls but after setting his eyes on Emily he didn't want to look at other girls. Their assignment was baking chocolate chip cookies and the girl using the oven next to Jayden seemed to have trouble. She added more ingredients to her batter and informed Jayden she was going for extra credit. They cleaned up while they waited for their cookies to bake and Jayden learned Mia was still technically a new student. She started there the week before Kevin.
Jayden's final class before lunch was math. He was assigned to sit in the empty seat in the back next to a boy in green. Throughout the entire class, he didn't seem to care about his assignment. The teacher didn't really care if they did the assignment in class or at home, just as long as it was done. Jayden finished his assignment with ease and wanted to strike up a conversation with the guy next to him who was busy folding a paper football.
"Hey, I'm Jayden."
"Mike," He replied not looking away from his project.
"Do you do this every day? Avoid doing assignments for a paper football?"
"Not always, sometimes I have a portable video game. Mrs. Yancey doesn't care what we do in class, all she cares about is that the assignment gets done."
"So when do you get it done?"
"Don't worry about it, as far as she knows I'm still adjusting to being new."
"What do you mean?" Jayden asked.
"I started here a month ago. She cut me some slack since I'm new and she'll probably cut you some slack too."
"I've already finished the assignment."
"You suck dude." Mike snickered. "Someone should've told you you're not required to actually do work on your first day."
"I must've missed that memo." Jayden couldn't help but be reminded of his best friend back home.
"It's too late now, if you do this on your first day they'll expect much more as time goes on. That's why I've decided to slack off."
"What do your parents have to say about that?"
"I've got two little brothers and a little sister, they don't even pay attention to my grades which is sweet."
"So if you flunked a class they wouldn't be mad?"
"I doubt it." The bell rang and everyone gathered their things to go to lunch. "Well hey, since you're new I'll let you sit with me and my friends at lunch."
"Thanks, but I've already got plans to eat with someone. But I'm sure she won't mind if you joined us."
"She? You've already got a girlfriend?"
"Well, Emily's beautiful but I don't know her well enough to consider her that…yet."
Okay now Jayden's met the others and in the next chapter they'll have lunch...