Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

First day madness

Today was Casey's first day at school so she was incredibly nervous. She did not sleep well the last night but she was not quite sure if it was because of her first day at the new school or if it was this guy that she had met the day before at the icehall. She could not even remember his name. Okay, this was just a simple lie, his name was Derek and she could not stop thinking about him the whole evening until she finally got to sleep. No, of course she was nervous because of her first day at the new school. How can a person be not nervous on the first day of something? That was absolutely impossible.

After about ten minutes she was still standing in front of her wardrobe but she just could not figure out what to wear. It was always the same with Casey, when she was nervous she made a drama out of nothing. Another ten minutes and five times her mother called her to come down for breakfast she decided to put on some jeans and a pink sweater and walked down the stairs and into the kitchen.

Her mother and Lizzie were sitting at the counter eating waffles. Her Mum had not made waffles or anything else for breakfast for quite a long time. Usually they all ate cereal because they just did not have the time in the morning, but she tried to make their first day at school as comfortable as possible. Even though Nora had been through a hard time she still tried to make the new start easy for her daughters.

"Wow, that looks great. You didn't have to do that, you know?", Casey told her Mum while pouring orange juice into a glass a sitting down next to Lizzie at the counter.

"Yeah, I know, but I have to start working tomorrow so I thought I'd make you a nice breakfast today as long as I still can during the week.", she said smiling.

They ate their breakfast talking about this and that and then they grabbed their things to go school. Her Mum dropped Lizzie first and then drove to Casey's new high school. She took a couple of deep breaths and her mother noticed how nervous she was.

"Hey, are you okay? You look upset." Now Nora was concerned, maybe the new start was not such a good idea, though she really liked London and the new house. But she did not think a lot about the decision to move, she got offered the new job and thought it would be easier not to think the whole time about her and Dennis“ divorce when she would not live in the same house anymore. But it had to be difficult for Lizzie and Casey to loose their father and their friends.

Casey could see at her mother's face that she started reproaching herself and felt really sorry about making such a drama out of everything. She knew that it was easier for her Mum here where not everything reminded her of Dad.

"Mum, stop worrying! Everything is fine, I really like it here."

"Really? Because it doesn't look that. Probably we should have stayed in Toronto, all your friends were there and the divorce was anything but easy for the two of you."

"Mum, all Lizzie and I need is to see you happy and you look a lot happier here than in Toronto. We can find friends here, too. It will just take a while to get to know people. I should go, I first have to go the registry to get my schedule and the locker. Oh, and I have to find the registry and my new locker, so it's going to be challenging day." She gave her Mum a big smile and a hug, then she got out of the car. Casey stayed on the parking lot waving until her mother left.

When she could not see her mother anymore, she turned around just to face her next challenge: Derek. How could he find her so fast? And what was he doing at school at about eight o'clock? Only new students arrived so early because there were so many things to organize, but the other students normally arrived at about twenty to nine.

He had a big and charming grin in his face again. "What a surprise to meet you again, Casey!"

"Oh, sure. What a surprise!", she said sarcastically.

"You know, when you talk like that it seems like you wouldn't like me, though I was just trying to be nice to you." While saying that had his hand on his chest like she would have hurt him there.

"Really? I don't think that anybody can hurt a guy like you.", then she walked passed him to go the school building. Of course Derek followed inside. Nobody was at school at this time except a few students who still seemed to do homework for class or who were preparing a presentation. Casey decided just to ignore because she was sure that he would go away when he was bored.

"Can I help you finding what you are looking for?", he offered his help still following her.

"No, thank you.", she answered as coolly as she could.

So Casey ran through the whole school for half an hour and she just was not able to find the registry and now with all the students coming she got even more. Oh, and not to forget Derek who kept following her everywhere. Finally she gave in.

"Derek?"

"Yes, Casey?", he could not help but smile now.

"Would you please show me where the registry is?"

"Of course, I could not turn down a pretty girl in her hour of need. Follow me please." Casey rolled her eyes again and then followed him to the registry. She ran passed that room a thousand times, but she just was so mad at Derek that she has not noticed.

"Thanks." Then she walked inside and the secretary gave her all her important information. Unfortunately she had to share her locker with another student, but she did not even have time to put her things into the locker. She talked for about two seconds with her new councillor Paul and then he led her to her English class. She got introduced to her new teacher and then Paul picked someone of the students to give Casey a tour around school.

"Derek, would you please give Casey a tour around school?" Oh no, she thought, not Derek.

"Of course.", he said following them out of the classroom.

So, that is the next chapter and I really hope you like. Because this is my first fanfic it would be great to get reviews to find out if you like it or what I could do better. Thanks to all who had reviewed for the first chapter.