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Megan wakes me up in what seems like seconds. I look at the clock and groan. It's 7am. School starts in exactly one hour.
I get ready for school, putting on a Queen t-shirt, jeans, and black converse. I straighten my hair and put on a little bit of make-up; I figure I might as well look presentable on my first day.
Megan leaves for her middle school without so much as a goodbye.
Iggy and I share a look before Derik storms out of his room and goes, "Let's go. Apparently I have to take you losers to school." He's clad in his bad-boy leather jacket and jeans.
I roll my eyes and follow Derik down the stairs.
After Jeb practically shoves money into my hand for lunch, we get into Derik's 4-door Ford truck and we're off to school.
The drive to the school would be silence, except for the fact that Derik blasts his hardcore scream-o music the entire way there.
After he parks the car, I pat him on the shoulder with a sarcastic, "thanks, bro" and drag Iggy to the front of the school.
"Where are we going?" Iggy whines.
I roll my eyes. "The front office, retard. We have to get our schedules. Hurry up!" I pull on his arm.
I just want to get this day over with.
I look up at the school for the first time. It's gigantic. Way bigger than my old school. The whole front of the school is covered in giant windows that make it look pretty.
I feel a tap on my shoulder and I realize that I've been standing there, Iggy in hand, with my eyes bulging out of my head. I look to my right. Oh, joy.
Derik is smirking at me. "Welcome to hell away from hell, sis!" I glare at the back of his head as he walks away.
This is going to be great, I think sarcastically as I start roughly dragging Iggy into the school.
It's lunch time. Finally. So far I've been to four of my classes and I've met a few nice people. I haven't really hit it off with anyone though.
I look around and I see Iggy a few yards away. I run up to him, sit down, and say, "Hey, how's your first day? I'm surprised we haven't had any classes together yet! Let me see your schedule!"
He doesn't respond immediately so I look up and I'm surprised to see about seven guys staring at me. Some of them are smirking and the others are just looking at me like I'm an idiot.
"Uh, Max," Iggy says uncomfortably, "this is Keith, Phil, Ed, Chase, Damien, Steven, and Drew. I met them earlier today."
"Oh," I say, embarrassed. "Hi."
They all nod. It's awkward silence for a few seconds. I suddenly feel like I'm intruding on them.
I get up and say, "So I guess I'll talk to you later. Nice to meet you guys." I turn around and walk away feeling ultra uncomfortable and awkward. What the heck was all that about?
"Max!" I look to my right and see none other than Gabe strolling towards me. I almost forgot that he was at the party last night.
I smile at him. "Hey!"
"Do you want to come sit with us? There's an empty seat and Amie is over there too."
I was relieved. I thought I was going to have to eat lunch by myself, or better yet, in the bathroom like some scene from an after school special.
"Sure," I say and follow him over to his table where I see a group of his friends.
"Hey Amie," Gabe says. "Look what I have."
Amie looks up and immediately squeals, causing all of their friends and everyone in the immediate area to look up. She gets up and runs to me, causing her curly black hair to fly everywhere, giving me the biggest hug.
"Oh, my gosh, Max!" She yells. "I'm so happy to see you! Gabe told me he saw you last night."
"I'm happy to see you too!" I say. "Yeah, it looks like I'm going here now."
She smiles hugely. "This is going to be great! Come sit down."
I sit down and smile at their friends.
"This is Tad, Ethan, Eli, Sophie, and Brad." I recognize a couple of them from my classes. They're all good-looking kids.
I nod at all of them and unlike Iggy's apparent new friends, they all greet me once Amie says their name.
"So," Gabe says as he sits next to me. "Why'd you move down here, anyway?"
My smile goes down slightly but I quickly say, "Oh, I'm just living with my dad now."
Gabe is about to talk again, but instead Ethan says, "Let me see your schedule to see if we have any classes together."
I smile, grateful for the subject change, and hand over my schedule. Everyone looks at it, commenting on whether the teachers are good or not and if they have a certain class with me.
Gabe has two classes with me, both in the afternoon. Amie just has one which is my next class. A few of the others have classes with me as well. I'm glad I have people to talk to in my classes.
I quickly learn that Tad and Eli are the goofy people in the group, while Sophie is the quiet one. Amie is definitely the most outgoing and Brad is sarcastic but funny.
By the way they act, I can tell Sophie and Brad are a couple. It's cute but it also makes me miss Fang.
When they ask if I have any siblings, I nod and point to Iggy who's still sitting across the cafeteria with his group of friends.
"He's my twin," I say. When I turn back around I see a few of them have a worried look on their face.
"What?" I ask, although I can guess what they're going to say.
"Oh it's nothing!" Amie reassures me quickly. "That group he's with is just..."
Gabe finishes for her. "Rough. They've, uh, been involved in things, that's all."
"What things?" I ask. I can't have Iggy being friends with the wrong people.
"Oh, it's nothing," Tad says, waving his hand dismissively. "Nothing criminal or anything. They're just the school pranksters. Now that," He points to a group walking to the doors. "Is the group you want to look out for. They're no good."
I get a better look at them. They all have leather jackets on. One of them turns around. It's Derik. We lock eyes and he smirks. I roll my eyes and turn around.
"What was that about?" Tad asks worriedly.
"He's my step-brother," I say grudgingly.
I see a few of them share looks. Oh, great.
I'm about to ask about that when the bell rings to go to 5th period. I get up, letting Amie lead the way to our art class.
The rest of the day goes well. I like pretty much all of my teachers and I also get to talk to Gabe, Ethan and Sophie in my other classes. My new school life is looking up.
Gabe and Amie take me home since Derik and Iggy aren't outside when school lets out.
When I get home, the only person there is Megan. She's in the living room playing with Grace. I go to the kitchen to get a snack.
"How was school?" I ask Megan, trying to be pleasant. I'm hoping our relationship will get better.
"Fine." Her eyes are on Grace, who is playing with some fake keys. She seems really protective over her.
"Hey, who takes care of Grace while everyone is at work?" I ask curiously.
"The nanny. She goes home when I get here."
"Oh. That makes sense." I go into the living room and sit down with them. I look at the clock. It's 3:00. My old school gets out at 3:30. That's thirty minutes until I can talk to Fang! I've been missing him all day.
After an episode of That 70's Show, I finally look at the clock and smile big. 3:30. I run up to my room to Skype with Fang.
After waiting ten minutes for him to get home, he's finally online.
I immediately start a video chat with him.
"Max!" Fang shouts with a huge grin on his face.
I smile, truly happy for the first time since I've moved.
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