Now
Six months later brings us up to now. Things have changed since I first moved. For starters I have friends, well 2 but who's counting? And for about a month now I have had a boyfriend. Jack. Jack started off being a good friend but then it just became a little more I guess. I never really liked him in that way but somebody just told me that he felt stronger and soon after I knew that, he had asked me out, and I didn't mean to but I said yes.
Lorrie was my best friend who had made an effort to accept me even though I was very closed off during the first couple of months that I arrived. I also was close with Cleo. Cleo was the complete opposite from Lorrie. Lorrie was kind and a good laugh whereas Cleo was nice in her own way by very sarcastic. She was the one we always fell out with but we still always wanted her to stay our friend. She was the only one who would stand up for us and seemed to have no fears. Not long after I became friends with Lorrie and Cleo, I began to hear about the Benits.
The Benit family were probably the most known family in the school. In our year there was Zed and Alice Benit. Zed was tall, tanned and had just about our entire year's girls in love with him. He was sporty, quietly clever and from the people who had the so called 'honour' of knowing him, said he was kind. Alice however was completely different. She was the most popular girl in our year. Just about every boy fancied her and every girl wanted to be her. She was tanned like her brother but slightly paler. She had large brown eyes and dark blond hair that went past her shoulders. Alice, unlike her brother was a complete show off. Lorrie and I hated her and she hated us. She was spiteful and judgemental. However both Zed and Alice were the youngest in the Benit family. There were Mr and Mrs Benit and their eight children. EIGHT! Four had left school, one in his last year at Ellwood high school and the other in the year above us. That leaves Zed and Alice in our year. All of them went to our school, Ellwood and they all were the most popular in their year.
The first time I spoke to Alice was terrible. I was partnered with her in my worst class. Physical education.
"Are you any good at high jump?" Alice asked glaring at me.
"Well… I mean… err…" I spluttered.
"Are you?" she snapped.
"No," I blushed.
"Great. Just my luck to get partnered with an unfit idiot who can't even jump properly. I mean can you do anything? I've never seen you do anything right in sports. You completely wrecked our chances at winning the basketball championships, so listen here. You try your hardest at the long run cause if you make me look like a laughing stalk I will make you wish you were never born!" she hissed at me.
"Long run? I'm ok at that," I said. I turned away and grinned. In my old school I was always the person who represented the school during the championships on the long run and twice I won first place.
In our pairs we numbered ourselves one and two. I was number one, Alice was number two.
"If you give us a crap start then I can finish it off and get an alright place," Alice said and walked over to the other side of the track. I had to run round it towards her and then she would continue running to the finish. I took my place at the starting line and crouched down. Mr Coshe, our physical education teacher, blew the whistle and we were off.
All the number ones ran as fast as they could down the track towards the number two's. The whoosh of the wind on my face made me feel like I could fly an before I knew it I was pulling ahead I looked to my side and the only person who was near me was Zed Benit. He was racing down the track right next to me. He looked like it wasn't fazing him at all. All too soon we were at the switching point and me and zed came to a stop and Alice raced off toward the finish line and Zeds partner followed but not nearly as fast.
"Jeez," I gasped. "Your good the long run."
"You're not half bad yourself," Zed grinned. He didn't even look out of breath. "Where did you learn to run like that?"
I shrugged "I just can. I haven't trained or anything, I just run you know?" He nodded and walked over to the grass and sat down and stretched out. I then realised this would be the perfect time to go and try to talk to him but just as I stepped out the other runners came to a stop by us. Lorrie grabbed my shoulders panting.
"Where did you learn to run like that? You almost beat Zed!" She gasped and slid down into a heap at my feat. I glanced over at Zed and found he was looking right back at me. He looked like he had heard what Lorrie had said but he then looked away.
