A.N- Not sure if this is any good. I started this story back when I was 14, and I kind of want to see if I can continue it 8 years later. We'll see where this goes!
Walking into homeroom with a new friend made things a little easier, considering I wasn't the most popular girl around Castle Rock; and having the last name Chambers would cause a teacher to automatically assume I was going to be trouble, and to just mark me off as another Chambers kid with no luck for their future. The way Teddy had been so short, yet at the same time sweet when he saw me, made me think is he going to put on a show to make me feel comfortable, but in reality was he embarrassed about dating me? I didn't want these thoughts to bother me all day, so I quickly dismissed my assumptions about Teddy away from my mine and focused on more important things, such as actually trying to make something of myself in school this year.
Tiffanie and I sat down towards the back, she was seated to the left of me and there was a wall on the right which I gently rested my head on. It had seemed that all my morning butterflies flew away the second I realized who my homeroom teacher was. Mr. Bearinger had dealt with both of my older brothers and had them suspended multiple times because of tardiness or just not showing up at all. I knew this would be coming, but I was hoping some freak accident would have happened and maybe he would have retired or moved away to some other place.
"Take a seat everyone, I'll start with roll and then we will jump right into what classes you will be taking this year, and which rooms you will be assigned too."
I could already tell that this teacher wasn't going to take it easy on me, considering he doesn't even welcome his students on their first day of high school. I mean come on, at least show a little bit of enthusiasm. He continued to ramble along taking role, and giving me an uneasy stare as he read out my name. I didn't let it bother me because I was used to the judgmental pricks that Castle Rock was made of. A little part of me was starting to think I couldn't blame them, but then again a little part of me still hated their guts.
"This guy's going to be a real trip. Just wait and see, I can already tell it's going to be a drag of a year having to listen to this guy every morning," I whispered oh so quietly to Tiffanie.
"Did you have something to say Ms. Chambers?"
The way he said my last name sounded as if he was saying something so vile, like a disease that no one wanted to hear. I could feel the blood boil in me because I could already tell I had been judged, he hadn't even given me a chance, I was just another Chambers.
"Are you shitting me right now?" There are about three other kids in this class having conversations, and I say one thing to someone and you automatically call me out? I think that's kind of rude if you ask me."
The looks on my other classmates' faces were priceless, but then I had realized I was the one who had just done it for myself. By acting like a bitch, which I deserved every right to act like, I had given Mr. Bearinger the opportunity to prove himself right. There was no turning back now though, the words have been spoken and I couldn't take any of it back.
He paused for a moment, and I didn't know if he was actually going to say anything back to me, but I was wrong. His face turned bright red and I honestly thought the vein on the side of his neck was going to burst if he screamed at me any louder. "Oh no, no, no, no, no! NOT AGAIN. I will not be disrespected by your kind again. That is it. You can go to the principal's office and hope he can find somewhere else for you, but you are most definitely not welcome in my classroom."
There wasn't anything I could say back to him. What I thought was going to be the beginning of a new start had turned out to be one hell of a shitty day, and it had only just begun. The only thing I could think about doing was to get up and leave the school completely, and so that's what I did.