Chapter 10:

True Artist

Our first class was Language, on the other side of the school. It was quite a walk but I didn't mind. I was with Jake and we had time. We kept our hands intertwined the whole time. Most people pointed and whispered. I tried to ignore the as we walked though I heard them clearly.

"Oh! New kids"

"OMG! The boy is so hot!"

"Oh! He has a six pack!"

"Look at that girls legs"

"That mini skirt looks amazing"

"Wow, I wonder if they're dating? I could probably get that girl in a day max"

Jake growled at that statement.

"I love you" he said a bit loudly and kissed me in the hallway answering the kids question.

"Nice" I said as I hugged him.

Too busy looking at him, I didn't notice the girl in front of me until I slammed into her.

"Oh! I'm so sorry" I amended.

"Excuse you . . . oh! It's okay . . . you new here?" She asked eyeing Jake

"Yeah, I'm Nessie and this is my boyfriend Jake" I introduced and we shook hands formally, emphasizing on the word boyfriend.

"Hannah"

"What's with the formality?" Jake asked.

We looked at each other.

"No, idea" we said in unison.

"Hey guys! Come meet Nessie and Jake!" she waved a group of kids over.

"Okay, this is Dorothy, Emma, Chloe, Nicole, Maddie, Lily, Chris, Matt, Jack, Thomas, Ethan, Josh and Mike" Hannah said in one breath.

"Hey guys. I'm Nessie and this is Jake and I'm sorry but there's no way I'll remember all that" I said.

"Hey!" they all yelled, waving.

"Okay, Dorothy is with Chris, Emma is with Matt, Chloe is with Jack. I'm with Thomas and Nicole is with Ethan. Maddie, Lily, Josh and Mike are sort of loners" she said and everyone laughed.

"So, where did you come from?" Lily asked as we walked.

"Oh, we come from Nebraska, in the US" I said.

"Oh! You can't tell by your accents" Maddie said.

"Yeah, we have British accents for some reason" I said as I laughed.

The real reason was that one night, we were bored since we couldn't do anything so we decided to talk like British people and it sort of stuck. Now, we can speak with a British accent if we want. The warning bell rang and we all jumped.

"We're gonna be late! And on our first day, great impression" I groaned. "Bye guys!" I said as we ran off.

We ran pretty fast and got in class, the late bell sounding seconds after. Everyone stared and I ignored them as best I could as I walked up to the teacher.

"Hi . . . Mrs. Poem. I'm Nessie Cullen and this is Jacob Black, we're new" I explained.

"Oh, yes. Well, Mr. Black can sit next to Kayla and you can sit next to Ian" She said.

"Um, we really don't know anyone and it would be much easier if we sat together" Jake whispered to her.

"Oh! Yes, of course. Ian move next to Kayla. You guys can sit in the middle row" she said.

We were about to leave when she called us back.

"Here are your Elements of Literature book, Elements of Poetry book, The Entire Shakespeare Collection, thesaurus, and your dictionary" she said handing us a huge stack of books. "These are yours to keep. The thesaurus and Dictionary may be kept at home. Everything else must be brought every day" she said.

I just stared at the pile of books. That must be almost 2 feet high! I went to grab them but they were no longer there. Jake had both stacks and was heading to his seat. I smiled as I went to follow him. We sat down and he handed me the books. I stuffed them all in my backpack and took out my binder. Hopefully my other teachers wouldn't be so . . . tough I guess.

They were reading from Shakespeare so the period was pretty boring. I read it quickly, having already read it before. Once I finished, I started playing with Jake's hand, placing my palm in his and playing with his fingers.

"Okay class, 5 page essay on what you just read. Typed, 10-point, not double sided or spaced" Mrs. Poem announced.

Some people groaned but they all wrote it down in their agenda. The bell rang and a wave of sadness washed over me.

"I'll see you free period" Jake said as he kissed me.

"But that's 3 hours!!" I complained meekly.

"Shhh. I know. Just think about after free period, we have all our classes together" he said and with one more kiss, he was gone.

I watched him go, an emptiness inside me. Jake was more than just my boyfriend, that couldn't even begin to describe our relationship. I trudged off to Calc, not particularly like the way my schedule was fixed. I walked in and looked around. The room was so neat it was incredible. Every book was aligned in the same way, cabinets same space apart. I ran my finger over the teachers desk, no dust. I looked at the kids. I recognized Emma, Matt, Mike and Lily. They saw me and waved me over.

"Hey Nebraska!" Matt called.

I flushed red. "It's Nessie"

"Okay, whatever you say . . . Nebraska" he laughed and Mike joined in.

"Leave her alone guys" Lily said. "Come on, open seat next to me"

I sat down and started doodling.

"Something wrong?" she asked.

I got a feeling my year in high school was going to turn out like moms.

"No, not really" I said as I joined in on some conversation they were having.

"So, we were all planning to go up to Bears Creek tomorrow afternoon right after school. It's a one hour hike but then there's an awesome lake and water fall" Matt was saying.

"Oh! That sounds cool" I said.

"Yeah, we'll talk to the others at lunch, see what they think" Mike interjected sitting on the desk next to mine.

"Great" I said as I jumped off and sat in my chair.

Mrs. Subside walked in. She had an ironed dress and straight black hair. She wore black shoes and had a perfectly polished mug in her hand with coffee.

"So class, today we will be talking about Inverse Trig Functions and Differentiation" she said. "So . . . guess what? My husband actually left the toilet seat open! Can you believe all the germs and . . . " she went on and on about how bacteria floats to your toothbrush so your brushing with poop and yuk!

"Is she always like this?" I asked.

"Yep, total neat freak. It's like and OCD. She's a good teacher though" Lily responded.

She was so busy, she didn't even notice me. After half an hour, she finished her story and began to teach. She drew mostly examples instead of writing notes, we copied the examples. This teacher had obviously been teaching for years. Somehow, in 30 minutes, I understood something that took me over 2 hours to begin to understand at home.

She handed out our homework and my eyes bulged. 200 problems! Private schools . . . my dad is such a schemer! He did this because he knew so I would be too busy to do other . . . things. Ugh! I was leaving when she called "Renesmee"

Lily looked at me funny but I just shook my head and walked toward the desk.

"Hi, I'm Mrs. Subside, as you know. I h hope you love AP Calc. Here is your textbook and Exam Prep book" she said s she handed me a 3 inch and a 1 and a half book.

"Thanks" I said as I put them in my bag. It was getting heavy. Then I remembered lockers. Thank god! I needed to get on as soon as possible. I headed off to Art, chatting with Lily. She didn't ask about my name and actually seemed really nice. We got to art as the teacher, Mrs. Reeves, walked in. She seemed like a true art teacher. She had shoulder length, silvery hair braided down. She wore an art apron splattered with paint. She had paint smudges and chalk dust on her face and hands.

"Okay class, today, we have a new student, Nessie Cullen" she said as she pointed to me with a golden paintbrush.

Everyone looked at me and I blushed and looked down. I recognized Nicole, Ethan and Chloe.

"In honor of her joining, we will have a free day!" she said and everyone cheered as they got up and picked various things in the room.

"Free day?" I asked Lily.

"You can do whatever you want: paint, draw, sketch, anything" she explained as she grabbed paints. "I personally like to paint" she said as she began her picture.

I was a pretty good drawer. I decided to draw a picture of Jake and I laying in our meadow together. After about 45 minutes, I was done and I had to say, it looked pretty good.

"Oh my gosh Nessie! That looks amazing!" Lily exclaimed as she took the drawing.

She completely forgot of her painting of the sun rising over the mountains which also looked pretty good.

"Come on" she said as she dragged me over to the art teacher who was drawing a portrait of someone.

"Yes Lily?" she asked.

"Mrs. Reeves, you have to see what Nessie drew, it's amazing!" she exclaimed as she showed her the picture making me blush.

Mrs. Reeves eyes widened making me blush further.

"It's not that good" I said. I had drawn better than that with other materials, though she had a pretty good supply here.

"Nonsense Nessie, this is amazing. I believe we have a true artist. Do you mind if I hang it?" she asked.

"Well . . . I don't know" I replied. I didn't need all the girls staring at it.

"How about in my office" she offered.

I nodded and scurried off to my seat, my face as red as a cherry and waited for the period to end.

A/N

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