Chapter Six: Stubborn Lockers

After class had ended I roamed through the halls searching for locker 405, the locker that Ms.Evans gave me after class.

Alexia told me to meet her by her locker after I was done putting my things away so we could have lunch together.

But she failed to tell me exactly where her locker was…

Ah well, I'll find her as soon as I find this locker.

398… 401… Bang! I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking and I bumped into someone and fell backwards on my butt.

"Owww" The person groaned "I'm sorry" I apologized, rubbing my head while trying to sit up.

I opened my eyes and saw a pair of legs standing about 2 feet in front of me.

I looked further up until my eyes met with dark grey ones. This was the same guy I met in Ms.Evans class; the silent blue-haired guy that sits next to me.

"Watch where you're going" he said with annoyance while brushing the dust off his front, even though there was none there.

I'm still sitting on the floor and my butt's getting cold front the freezing tile, stupid uniform! I hate skirts!

I came back to my senses when he reached out his hand and I instinctively began to reach mine out too, thinking he was going to help me up before my ass began to freeze, but his hand passed me and picked up a book from the floor beside me!

Once he had gotten his book he turned on his heel and began striding down the hall in the other direction, disappearing around the corner without another word.

That was the second time that guy has been rude to me! Today!

What is his problem! "Grrrr!" I growled as I picked myself up off the chilly floor.

I was now the only person in the hall, everyone must be at lunch.

Which reminds me, I'm starving! I found locker 405 and began spinning my combination in the lock.

When I had put the combination in, I yanked down on the lock, but it didn't open!

So I tried again, same thing.

The damn thing just would not open! Third times a charm… I yanked on the lock, and again, for the third freakin' time! The damn stupid shitty locker would not open!

"Stupid! Locker!" I cried before smashing my fist into the front of the locker door.

I stepped back in surprise as I noticed what I had done. I gasped and clamped my hand over my mouth, my eyes widened.

I had made the most gigantic dent in my locker. It looked like a crater!

I whipped around to see if anybody had seen me, so far, one side of the hall was completely clear of any witnesses.

But just as I was going to confirm the other side of the hall, I heard a small chuckle "That's vandalism you know" Said a tall red headed boy in a matter-of-factly tone.

Oh shit! Someone saw me! My anger immediately disappeared and now all I could think of was that I had been caught.

Crap, it's only my first day and already I'm going to get in deep shit!

He just finished putting in his combination before opening it and placing a few books on the top shelf. Then he turned to look at me.

"It… well… It wouldn't open" I spoke softly pointing at the locker and folding my arms awkwardly before turning my gaze on the floor "I didn't mean to, it was an accident".

"Oh, so your fist 'accidentally' planted a giant dent in your locker while you were waving it around in the air?" He said sarcastically, his eyebrow raised and a smirk played across his face.

I shifted uncomfortably, my eyes wandering the floor. "Ummm… yes" I responded flatly.

He laughed a little again before speaking "Locker 405 huh? That was my locker last year; the damn thing is so hard to open sometimes"

He said as he made his way over to my locker and began to spin the knob abound in different directions.

"The trick is to pull down really fast once you have the combination in" He said, looking up at me before jerking down on the locker.

It opened! "There" he said as he opened the door of the locker for me and stepped aside so I could place my things inside.

"Thank you so much" I said with a smile, he returned the smile and leaned against the locker next to mine.

I began to place my books and backpack in the locker and I took out the lunch I had packed for myself.

"So, you're new huh?" he questioned "yeah, I just moved here" I lied, turning to my locker to avoid his gaze.

I wasn't a good liar, but I wasn't about to tell this guy I just met my whole life's story.

"I'm Tala Valcov" He said, reaching out a hand for me to shake.

"I'm Joy Lee" I replied, taking hold of his hand.

"I'll see you later ok?" Tala said with a wave before turning and walking down the hall.

"Wait!" I called, closing my locker quickly and running down the hall towards him.

He stopped when he heard me calling and turned around.

"Could you show me where the cafeteria is?" I asked when I had caught up with him.

"Sure" He replied, grinning "Follow me"

We walked down the hallway until we came to a two door entrance.

I could hear muffled noise behind the doors of a lot of people talking and shouting.

Tala opened the door and we both entered the cafeteria.

On one side of the very large room was the counter where you could buy food, many people were lined up there waiting for their turn.

Good thing I brought a lunch, or I would have been waiting forever in line like those people.

On the other side of the room, were long tables placed evenly next to each other along the back wall.

On one side of the room, there was a glass door and I could see people eating outside in the sunshine.

"There you are!" Cried a familiar voice. Tala and I both turned our attention over to the source of the voice.

"Hey Alexia, I was looking for you" Alexia walked over to us and grabbed hold of my upper arm and began to drag me in the direction she came from. "come on" She said.

I turned my head around and waved goodbye to Tala.

"Where are we going?" I asked and she let go of my arm "I want you to meet my friends, they're outside, that's where we eat lunch"

She explained, walking towards the door leading to the school grounds.

"Cool" I simply replied, too caught up in all that was around me. I didn't realize just how many people attended this school.

We exited the doors and were now in the sunny outdoors, it was such a beautiful day outside. There wasn't a cloud in the sky.

She guided me to a tall tree on the top of a hill, underneath sat four girls. "Hey guys, this is Joy.

You know, the new girl I was telling you about" She said to the girls when we arrived.

They greeted me and we sat down on the grass in the shade of the massive tree. "Hi, I'm Chloe" one of the girls spoke up.

Chloe had strait strawberry blonde hair that was cut just below her waist. She had slightly pail skin and light freckles along her cheek bones and here eyes were a baby blue color.

"Hi" I replied, "And I'm Jacinta, but you can call me Cinta, everyone does" Another girl said with a smile.

Cinta had tanned skin with dark green eyes. Her hair was slightly wavy and was dark brown with blonde highlights.

"And we're Tawny and Kelly" Spoke two girls; they were twins, identical twins.

You couldn't tell them apart, and with the uniforms being the same, they looked like clones.

"She's Tawny" "And she's Kelly" They both confirmed, pointing to each other.

They both had their light brown hair made into two braids that lay on their shoulders.

And they each had a pair of dark hazel eyes.

"It's really great to meet you guys." I said, beaming at them.

"Don't worry, once you get to know them, you'll be able to tell them apart" Alexia said, placing a hand on my shoulder.