"Emilie!"
I woke with a start.
"Emilie, get up it's time for school!!"
"Okay dad!!!" I shouted back, rubbing the sleep from my eyes. I crawled out of bed and headed over to the closet to get dressed. "What a weird dream," I yawned to myself. "Maybe I shouldn't skip dinner anymore…" Shrugging aside the dream, I finished getting dressed and headed downstairs.
"Hey sleepy-head!" My dad greeted me smiling. "Have a good sleep?"
"Yeah … I guess," I replied. "I had this really weird dream! It was pretty cool!"
"Really.." My dad mumbled his eyebrows knitting together. "What was it about?"
"Eh .. I don't know.." I told him, picking at some of the toast he made. "I think it was about what I saw in the window last night!"
"Oh.." My dad said quietly. "Look, just tell me if you have any other strange dreams, okay!?"
"Why?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Just promise me …"
"Fine," I sighed, rolling my eyes. "Jeeze dad, you've sure been acting weird lately!"
"I'm just a little stressed from moving!" He told me with a small smile. "That's all, okay!"
"Whatever," I shrugged. "Guess I better get going,. School starts soon!"
"I'll take you!"
"'Kay," I smiled, happy to take his offer. It'd be better to ride in our old van than the smelly school bus!
All too soon, my dad was dropping me off and I was headed into the school. I held my note-books and sketch pads close to my chest as I made my way down the crowded halls.
I took out my school schedule and tried to figure out how to get to my first period class.
"Where the hell is room 303!?" I muttered angrily. Barely two minuets in the school and I was already lost! It was pathetic! This school wasn't even nearly as big as my old high-school! I sighed exasperatedly.
"I can help you with that!"
I looked up from my schedule to see a spiky haired blonde guy heading towards me.
"Oh! You know how to get to room 303!?" I asked smiling, hoping that I finally caught a break!
"Yeah," He said, flashing me a bright smile. "303 is my first period class!"
"Awesome!," I exclaimed. "It's my first period too!"
He nodded with raised eyebrows as he began to look me up and down. I gave him a questioning look. What the hell did he think he was doing!?
"You have a pretty nice body, 'ya know!" He said, smirking.
"What!?" I asked in surprise.
"You know, I could help you with a lot more than just finding classes." He smiled at me suggestively.
I rolled my eyes and began to walk away. "Forget it," I growled. "I think I'll be better off by myself."
"Hey, come on!" He said, following after me. "Don't be like that!"
"Back off!" I shouted at him.
"Hey Scott! Lay off the new girl, alright!"
I looked up to see another guy walking over to us. He was tall with thick dark hair. He held himself cool and relaxed as he came up and gave Scott a little shove.
"What did I tell you about being such a leech !?" He said with an annoyed smirk.
"Sorry dude!" Scott smile sarcastically. "Couldn't help myself!"
Scott took off down the hall as if he was afraid the other guy was going to lecture him or something. The guy stayed beside me as he watched Scott disappear into the crowd.
"Sorry 'bout him," he told me. "Scott's a nice guy, but he can be a real perv' sometimes."
"Yeah, thanks for chasing him off for me," I smiled. "I'm Emilie by the way!"
"Cool," He nodded. "I'm Simon!" I stood there awkwardly as he continued on.
"So you're new here. What are you, a soft more?"
"Nah, I'm a senior!"
"Really!?" He said disbelievingly. "You look pretty young for a senior!"
"I get that a lot," I told him. "People say it's because of my eyes."
"Yeah?" He smiled, taking a look at them. "I guess that might be it. They're pretty big, like a little kid's!"
I let out a laugh in surprise. "I've never heard it put like that before!"
Simon smiled again. "Anyway, you were trying to get to your first period class before Scott started bothering you, right!?"
"Yeah," I said. "I totally forgot! … Damn… Do you know where room 303 is!?"
"Yeah," he said. "It's my first class too! Follow me!"
I nodded, running after him through the slowly emptying halls.
When we reached 303 the bell had just begun to ring.
"Nearly didn't make it that time Mr. Shallot!" A gruff man, about mid-forties, smirked as we entered the classroom. "Who's this young lady you've brought with you?"
"I'm Emilie Pryor," I told him. "I just moved here."
The man nodded and motioned for Simon to take a seat.
"Well I am Mr. Taylor," He told me. "Would you like to tell the class a bit about yourself before we get you a seat?"
"Sure," I sighed.
I walked to the front of the class and looked at my classmates nervously.
"Well," I mumbled, clearing my throat. "My name is Emilie…" I paused.
I wasn't scared or anything, I just found it incredibly awkward to talk in front of new people. I took a deep breath and started again.
"Umm, I'm seventeen years old, even though I might not look it. I just moved here from LA."
A few hushed murmurs broke out among the class. I sighed. "Yeah, I know it's a big city and all that, but please don't bug me with questions about it, okay!? … Let's see … Well, I always try to be nice to people but I like being sarcastic and joking around so please don't take anything I say too personally! Also, I get really annoyed in big crowds of people so please try and give me my space, alright!? … umm … as for my interests or whatever, I love to read!"
I heard a few snickers in the back of the class.
"Yeah, I'm a nerd," I smiled. "…..well….. I guess that's it!"
"Very good Ms. Pryor," Mr. Taylor said. "Do any of you have questions for her?"
A girl with short brown hair and green eyes raised her hand.
"Where did you move to in town?"
"Umm, 1428 Elm street!" I answered.
The class grew really quiet as they stared at me in awe. I fidgeted nervously under their gaze.
"Umm, is something wrong?" I asked.
"Yeah there is!" A chubby girl with long black hair piped up. "Don't you know what happened there!?"
"That is enough!" Mr. Taylor said angrily. "You all will NOT discuss that in my classroom! … Ms. Pryor, please find a seat!"
I stood there for a moment in confusion. What was going on around here? ….And why did it have something to do with my new house!?
