HEY! Sorry I have been absent lately and not updating. I feel bad but I will try to get this story done with respect to how invested you guys are. Im assuming that it will be done in like 6 chapters. PLEASE REVIEW! I need reviews to help me stay motivated.
PJ warily walks through his high school. The halls are crowded and there is a lingering scent of cigarette smoke in the section where his locker is located. His locker is apparently in senior hall in the school. The school is richly painted blue and red along with a giant Viking on a side of the school shouting their school's pride. His old school was nowhere near this nice. It feels like he is in college or something that has tons of money to spend on the aesthetics.
He stops gazing around his surrounds to look at his new schedule. First period he has honors English, second is advanced Art, third is honors history then he goes to math studies. PJ nervously glances around his hallway to see if he can spot any of his classes. Transferring in the middle of the school year really sucks. He is going to be late to all of his classes because he is going to get lost. Looking back, PJ notices he has first lunch then he heads to health. For some reason he also has physical examination and then sports training as his last two periods. He never signed up for any of these classes and he has a weird feeling that his foster parents probably expect him to be a genius or something.
Still staring at his schedule, PJ starts to walk but ends up bumping pretty harshly into someone. Immediately he looks up and starts to apologize. He feel his heart race at the sight of a very beautiful girl.
"I am so sorry! I didn't mean to. Are you okay?" He nearly stutters but he holds his confidence. There is no reason why he should start out at this school being known as the shy kid. His floppy hair is flicked out of his face with a wave of his head. The girl starts to scowl but stops and cautiously looks around.
"It's okay. Just to don't let it happen again." She briskly walks away leaving PJ to wonder what just happened. It seemed like a very odd encounter but he is snapped out of it by the sound of the 10 minute warning bell. He leisurely strolls to his first period despite his inner anxiety that is rising with each step he takes.
With one minute to go, PJ finally gets to his class. He nervously looks around at the pairs of eyes examining the new student. He groans quietly at the sight of all the ridiculously gorgeous people. He quickly shakes his head of the insecurity and walks up to the teacher. He is balding, skinny and has a weird smile on his face.
"I'm PJ, a new student here." PJ tries to smile at the teacher even though he is becoming bitterly depressed at the aspect of starting fresh with making friends. He briefly shows the teacher his schedule. The man smiles and nods towards a seat near the middle. Keeping his head down low, PJ lets out quiet apologies as his backpack brushes by his classmates. He lets out a sigh of relief when he finally sits down. The teacher starts drowning on and on about Shakespeare and PJ can already tell this class is going be hell.
It's 3 pm and PJ walks casually to his car in the student parking lot. Letting out a long awaited sigh, he reaches his car and slumps against his hood. He can't help but let his mind wander but is interrupted by someone coughing nearby. Startled, PJ loses his balance and quickly falls to the ground. After getting up and grumbling some words of anger, PJ is surprised to see the girl who he bumped into in the hallway standing before him.
"Hi." PJ sticks out his hand to the girl but she just looks at it and does nothing. He feels a little awkward so taking his hand back slowly, PJ wonders what the girl is doing.
"Umm… sorry for the hallway incident. I couldn't really talk because I was in a hurry." The girl barely talks loud enough for PJ to hear but he can.
"It's okay, I wasn't looking where I was going." He shyly rubs the back of his head in an attempt to be less awkward.
The girl tilts her head slightly and stares at him. Her eyes suddenly light up as if an idea came to her. "You are the new kid, right?"
"Umm, yeah. I just transferred here."
"Oh well I am McKenzie." This time she does stick out her hand. Despite the inner voice in his head to do the same thing to her as she did to him, PJ shakes her hand.
"PJ." His senses are suddenly aware that a bunch of eyes are looking at them. Probably for two reasons; the car and the girl.
"Don't worry, you will get used to it." With that, McKenzie walks away. She leaves behind her a very confused PJ. He doesn't let it bother him too much because he hops in his nice car and drives it to his new house where an adorable puppy is waiting.
When he enters the house, he sees that Emma and David are starting to prepare dinner. They both look up and smile at him with those flawless teeth.
"How did it go?" Emma gently asks as she gets back to work chopping some onions.
"Good, besides getting lost like two times and being the only new kid there, it was good." He casually says. PJ sets his heavy backpack down by the kitchen counter and plops down on the couch. He doesn't have to wait five seconds before he can hear the jingling of bells come hurling towards him. Rafa jumps on his lap and eagerly seeks attention.
"Did anything else happen?" David asks. PJ wonders what his foster parents are getting at. They seem to be hinting that they know something special that he doesn't.
"Umm… not anything exciting?" PJ waits for one of them to say something to clue him in while he plays with Rafa.
"The school called and they said the coach of the soccer team talked to you today about joining the team because of your performance at your old school." Emma says proudly and glances up for a moment before going back to work. PJ can't help but feel slightly happy at the fact that he hasn't been at his new home more than a couple days yet his foster parents are already finding ways to be proud of him. A tinge of pain comes up when he thinks of Bob's face when he learned that PJ made the varsity soccer team last year. PJ quickly shakes it off, too reluctant to face those emotions yet.
"Well they did talk to me in my 7th period class. The soccer coach just talked to me about trying out for next year. He wanted me to go to a 3 week camp in Arizona with the team." PJ says. He stops and thinks about what he just said. The opportunity never really sunk in with him. Now that he is thinking about it, he must be pretty good in order to be asked to try out.
"That is a really great opportunity, PJ. I am sure colleges will be there too." David says brightly. "I played soccer too. I played throughout college but had to retire because of my studies."
Somehow that comment made PJ feel more at home. Home. He doesn't know what that means to him anymore. Does it mean that Teddy and Charlie and Gabe or there? Or does it mean that he feels like he belongs? A tinge of pain comes up when he thinks about not seeing Teddy again. Somehow he never really thought they were that close until she wasn't there anymore.
PJ texts Teddy and walks to his bedroom and lies down on his bed. He feels strangely vulnerable. He sends just a simple hi to get the conversation started. Minutes and soon an hour has gone by without a reply. Why am I waiting for her reply? She shouldn't even matter that much to me anymore. PJ tries to get the idea of Teddy ignoring him out of his head but it won't go away. The thought that she might not care for him anymore infuriates him. Why should he be the one that cares more and gets hurt more? He's always the one who gets hurt. Suddenly feeling braver, PJ makes a mental note to actually move on from his past life.
"I am not going to contact her. I won't let her into my head. From now on, I start fresh."
What did you think? I know it is quite in my style to introduce OC characters as a way to intercept the main couple... but Im not sure where this one is going. What do you think? IS she bad or good?
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