Miyako
Okay…you can do this.
I walked into school. There. That wasn't so hard.
I walked into homeroom. A little harder, but still not that hard.
I sat down. Harder, but I could do it.
School isn't the easiest thing in the world.
Both my brother and sister had had a huge workload. Jikan, and Phip. (Phip's actual name is Phoko. And Jikan just stopped using Taryn, and started using Jikan, her real name.) Jikan is in 8th grade, and still does. And poor Phoko…high school.
So I'm not really exited about starting middle school. It would be a lot of work. And I don't know how I'm going to do it.
Ms. Diyato was my homeroom teacher. She smiled a lot. "Hey everyone! I'm really glad to meet you all. My name is Ms. Diyato, and I'll be your homeroom, and science teacher. It's a tradition at this school that you have free time for science on the first day. So…when you have science, which is actually first period today, you'll just hang out and do whatever."
Science began, and everyone was walking around talking to people.
Maybe I'd see someone…if I was lucky I'd see someone who wanted to be my friend.
A lot of people I knew were in my class, and a lot of people I didn't know. The ones I knew I didn't really know. Mei had gone to another middle school, my few other friends were in other classes or another school.
I scanned the room. But then I saw…this…guy…he was so beautiful I couldn't take my eyes off of him.
He had brown mop hair, and hazel eyes. He was so cute, comparing myself to him, I felt like I was unfit to walk the earth.
And his muscles! Oh, Lord, that boy must work out like crazy.
This was a very new thing for me. I'd had crushes before, once I even fell in love. Not that it amounted to anything, but that's not the point. But this…looking at him made me feel like…he must be so much better then me…I'm pathetic. And then it drifted to, everyone is better then me.
But I was addicted to watching him, even though it made me feel bad.
So that's what I did all day. Watch him, and everything he did. I got what he got for lunch, and I actually worked up the courage to sit next to him. "Hi." I said.
He grunted. He didn't even answer me with words, he just grunted!
Maybe he doesn't want to talk to me because my hair is ugly. I'll cut it, or dye it. But I love my hair!
Or maybe he thinks I'm to fat…that could be it. I am about five pounds overweight. I could diet.
I threw my lunch in the garbage, and sat down next to him again. "You like school so far?"
"Its just school. Hey why don't you leave me alone?"
I continued to sit there, staring at him. He shoved me away. "Hey bitch, I said leave me alone!"
That…hurt…
I walked away, and sat down somewhere else. A girl looked at me. She looked sort of like that boy. "Hi. I saw what happened with you and my brother."
"He's your brother? Wow…"
"He's a jerk Don't worry about it." She smiled. "Whats your name?"
"Miyako."
"Hi Miyako. I'm Rei Lin."
"Hi. What class are you in?"
"Ms. Diyato's. You are to, aren't
you?"
"Yeah. I guess I never noticed you. Sorry."
"It's okay." Rei Lin looked around.
"Hey!" She pointed to a guy a few tables away from us. "He is cute!"
"Hey, your right!"
The day passed pretty quickly after that. I had a friend.