I sat in school and I was bored as hell. It was a Friday and I lost my concentration. I was in English class right now and the topic we had was really easy for me...well,ok biology was very easy for me. My thoughts stuck to our new exchange student and he wasn't just a normal exchange student because he would live with me and my family for 6 months. I was really excited because I din't know how he would look like or how old he was...and the fact that he would live in our house made me really nervous. Suddenly something just flew into my pencil case. As I looked up, I saw Alice starring at me. It was a little piece of paper. I began to fold it apart.
Are you excited about your exchange student?
I took a deep breath...Alice. I love Alice and she was my best friend...but she was also a gossip girl. You would say that she is the main central station. She knew absolutely every new gossip. So, I had to answer her.
Yes.
I threw it back to her.
Wow, I expected something more than just "yes".
I took a deep breath again.
Alice, you know that you have to pay attention! You got an F in your last test and your mum would kill you! Then our plan to spend our summer break together would be destroyed!
Alice sat right in front of me, so she turned her head into my direction. Her gaze was angry and disappointed. She squashed our conversation in her hand. I tried not be too excited when the bell rang. Mr Brooks was always sad when someone in our class was excited when the hour finally finished.
"So, you definitely need to text me when he arrived. I want to know everything about him!", said Alice. I nodded and hugged her and went straight to my car.
As I got home, I already heard the radio. What would mum do without her radio? It was always so refreshing when you came home with a friend and your mum was just
dancing in the kitchen. It was just soooo embarrassing! "Mum, I'm home!", I yelled as I took off my shoes. She obviously couldn't hear me becasue she was really surprised when she saw me. "Hey, honey! How was your day?" "Good, what are you doing?", I asked...or yelled. "Well, I thought our exchange student would like to eat some cake, so I'm baking one." Finally she turned down the volume. "Um,mum, maybe he doesn't like chocolate. Maybe you should do one on Sunday, so you know what he likes.", I said quietly. Her eyes were looking very long at mine. It was always my turn to take care of her. Not really in that way but she was so excited about everything and her mood was always too good. Sometimes, I wonder if she could ever be unhappy. She planed too many things and they weren't always safe.
"I'm going into my room", i said and left the kitchen. As I went up the stairs, she turned the volume up again. My room was a mess. All my things were on my desk, so I decided to do my homework on my bed. After a few hours, I got a text message.
Will you come to Lauren's party? Xoxo
Alice, as if Lauren would invite me! She doesn't like me!
Oh, yes. Sorry, I forgot. Well, have fun ...with whatever you're doing right now. Xoxo
Everybody in my school were always talking about her partys and I was annoyed of these stories. I mean, it's nobodys business that Lauren kissed Matt on her party or some other stories that were not interesting. Lauren hated me since primary school. She sat next to me for 5 years and she wasn't allowed to copy my test when we were writing one. Of course we both had to go to the same high school and of course she still hated me.
On Saturday, I cleaned my room and the room for our exchange student. All I knew about him is that he came from Port Angeles, his name is Edward and that he is 17 years-old. Nothing else. First I laughed about it. Edward was a really old fashioned name. Because my mum had better things to do like planting new flowers in our front garden, which will probably pine away, I had to clean the house. On the evening I was so tired that I fell asleep in front of my TV.
"Bella, wake up!" Slowly, I realized that mum was talking to me. My eyelids were shaking and I moaned quietly. It was always a shock to wake up. In Phoenix it was sunny and warm all day, even on 9 am the sun was there. Like a constant companion. "Get ready! We have to be at the airport at 2pm!" I took a quick look to my alarm clock. "Mom, we have 10am! I could have slept an hour further!" Slowly I got out of my bed and I felt a bit dizzy. The shower was refreshing and it was a good start for the day. The tension was still there and hit on my stomach. I wasn't hungry at all, which was quite unusual for me.
