I have decided that I will attempt to update this story every day and who knows maybe I will get on a roll and right more than one chapters on some days. I hope you will now enjoy chapter 2!
Chapter 2- Registration
The next morning I woke up to the sun shining in my window and loud car horns from the street below. I decided I would need to get shades for the window to keep unwanted light out and a noisemaker to block the sound. I kicked my legs out of bed and walked over to the window which led to a fire escape. I hadn't noticed it the night before but now decided that it was probably my favorite new thing in my room. I would make that my place to sit and think about things or just to go there when I wanted fresh air. I turned around as my mother walked into the room.
"Elizabeth, good you're already up. Would you like to come with me today when I register you for school?" I walked back over to my bed and buried my head in my pillow to groan.
"Urgghhh!" My mother sat down beside me and placed a comforting hand on my back.
"Honey, I know this is hard for you. You left behind a great school, amazing friends, and... Johnny." She said his name bitterly like she wanted to try to sound nice but was still too obvious that she hated him. She continued to run her hand in comforting circles on my back as I looked up from my pillow to frown at her.
"Mom, I just don't get why you and dad dislike Johnny so much."
"Elizabeth, that boy is just not the type of guy your father and I ever imagined you with. Johnny is mean and cocky and extremely rude while you are the total opposite!" I sighed and looked towards the window again.
"Well who knows you and dad may get to celebrate soon because I don't see us together much longer since long distance relationships and immature high school boys don't exactly work out well." With that said my mom changed the subject.
"So are you coming with me?"
"Yeah, I guess since I have nothing better to do." She kissed me on the forehead as she rose from her position on my bed and left me to get ready for our adventure of visiting the new school.
My stomach did a flip-flop as we got out of the van. I felt as though all eyes were on me as we walked past the students eating lunch in the courtyard. The bubbly personality that I possessed that allowed me to easily make friends began to show through as I gave genuine smiles to the strange new faces. As we made our way to the doors I heard some guys whistle, saw some girls look me up and down to see if I was a threat, and even got some smiles back from a few people. Maybe this school wouldn't be so bad after all. Don't get me wrong though, I was still extremely upset about moving.
My mom and I headed into the main office of the school where we would register, meet the principal, and then he would probably give me a tour of the school but as we walked through the doorway I saw a boy with a camera snapping pictures of random objects in an empty hallway.
"Mom, I'll be right back I need to uh use the restroom." She didn't recognize the hesitation in my voice as I came up with an excuse for seeing who this boy was she just nodded and asked me to be back quickly. I then slowly made my way towards the boy with the camera. As I got closer I took in his features. He had shaggy brown hair, glasses, and from the looks of it a well-built body. Okay, "well-built" was an understatement but either way he looked strong. He sensed my presence and looked up as I continued to walk closer to him. I smiled as our eyes met and I made a mental note of his amazing light brown eyes. Before I could even introduce myself he lifted his camera and snapped a picture of me then stuck out his hand.
"Hey, I'm Peter. I'm gonna take a guess and say you're new here?" I took his hand and shook it.
"Yeah, I am. I'm Elizabeth," awkward pause, "So uh what's with the camera?" I spoke slowly as I tried to end the silence.
"Oh, I just really like photography and I need to take pictures for the year book and stuff like that," another awkward pause, "You have an amazing smile by the way."
I felt my cheeks begin to heat up as I grinned shyly,"Thanks, well hey, I gotta head back to the office to register. I'll um talk to you later." With that he smiled and waved awkwardly as I walked away. For an athletic looking kid he totally acted like a geek but a kinda cute one at that.
When I made it back to the office I was introduced to my new principal and he led me around the school. He showed me where my classes would be, where my locker was, He spoke to me about how great their biology department was, and I asked if they had a cross country or track team. Lucky for me they had both. While on the tour of the school I met some new people that were definitely potential friends and lots of cute boys that were trying to make themselves potential boyfriends. With all the information and names that I was taking in all thoughts of camera boy left my mind. I doubted that in such a large school one boy would be very important.
After the tour my mother and I left the school to pick up some groceries and head back to the apartment. I was in a slightly better mood after the introduction to my new school and kind of excited for tomorrow when I would get to experience it all for real.
Please remember to Review if you'd like and if you could, let me know what you think about me putting part of the story in Peter's point of view as well. Thanks!
