*No one's point of view*
"*Eh bien mes petits, j'espère que vous avez une journée incroyable à l'école. Je t'aime et au revoir!," the twins mom said with a smile as she dropped them off. "Au revoir," Lexie and Elton said in unison as they grabbed their backpacks and got out of the car. When their mom drove away both of them began walking to the front of the school. "Elton, I'm scared," Lexie said quietly. "Me too," Elton replied with no emotion. "W-what if we don't have any classes together?! What if I can't find you and I end up alone?! What if-" "We'll be fine", Elton said cutting her off. "O-ok," Lexie replied, calming herself down and putting on her poker face.
*Courtney's point of view*
"I can't believe I'm being forced to do this," I thought as I made my way to the front of the school. "I understand that I'm 10th grade student president but shouldn't they have an upperclassman do this instead? They should have made Peter do it. He's in 11th grade he should be responsible for this. Or Giavana. Even though she is the 9th grade class president, Giavana gets along with everyone and she usually has a lot of free time. Ugh whatever. I just want to get this over with ," I finished saying in my head. "Hello Courtney! Where are you going?," Giavana said as she ran up to me. "Since I'm the 10th grade class president I'm required to go meet our new students...how come you aren't in your 0 period class?," I asked miserably. "Well since the teacher didn't show up today I just decided to leave," Giavana said happily. "Nice. Hey do you want to take my place and go meet the new students?," I asked desperately. "I would love to but I'm going to the library to moon over a certain someone," Giavana said blushing. "Do you seriously still have a crush on that one guy? Isn't his name Ale-" "No don't say his name! Just call him...uh..."The Dude"," Giavana said interrupting me. "Alright fine. So when are you going to meet up "The Dude"?," I asked curiously. "Probably never. I don't even think he knows I exist. Plus whenever I see him, I start to get a panic attack," Giavana said quietly. "You getting a panic attack? You are the most confident and social person I know," I said shocked. "I know, I know, it's pretty pathetic. But there's just something about him that gives me butterflies in my stomach. He's just so cute and he looks so good with his glasses and AHHHHH," Giavana said about to lose a nerve. "Alright, I get the idea...well I should probably start running I don't want to be late to meet the students," I said. "Ok. I'll see you later. Bye," Giavana said as she turned the corner.
*Giavana's point of view*
"Right on time," I thought to myself as I saw my friend Alex in our usual meet up area. "GIA!," Alex said when he saw me. "ALEX!," I reply laughing. "Ready to go?," Alex asked me, gesturing to the library. "Yup," I answered. "Do you have any idea if Diego is here yet?," I asked. "He doesn't usually get here earl-" Before Alex could finish talking someone interrupted him. "Wait for me!" When we turned around we were surprised to see Diego running towards us. "How come you are here so early today?," I asked. "My dad had to go to work early today so he dropped me off early," Diego answered. "Oh cool," Alex said. "So were you guys heading to the library?," Diego asked. "Of course," I said. "Alright let's go," Diego said. When we got to the library we all sat down at a big table in the back. "Diego is it ok if I copy the homework for Visconti?," I asked. "Sure but I didn't know what to put for number-look it's "The Dude"!,"Diego whispered loudly. When I saw him I couldn't help but stare loving at him as he walked into the library. He was wearing his usual green bomber jacket with a white shirt and black jeans. " Why does he have to be so cute! Why?! WHY?!," I thought to myself. "Uhh Gia he's looking over here," Alex whispered to me. "Shit," I said as I snapped out of my daze. "Oh look it's Shannon," Alex said, changing the conversation and pointing at Shannon. "Hi," Shannon said in her usual monotone voice. "Good day ma'am," I said giggling. "Hello Giavana. Hey did you see that "The Dude" left the library. Hannah went along with him and she grabbed his arm," Shannon said. "W-what?," I said in disbelief while losing the smile on my face. "Just go look outside," Shannon said, gesturing to the window. I quickly got up and ran over to the window. When sure enough Hannah was with Alex and she was holding onto his arm. As I made my way back to the table, I couldn't help but let tears fall out of my eyes. "Woah Gia are you crying?," Diego asked. "S-she knew that I liked him. I'll s-see you in 1st period," was all I managed to say as I hastily grabbed my things and left the library.
*Shannon's point of view*
"I should probably go check on her," I said as I stood up. "No. I don't think you should. I think she needs some space," Diego said. "Alright. I'll ask her about it in 1st period," I said as I sat back down.
*Courtney's point of view*
"Alright Courtney put a smile on and get this done. Now where are the new students?," I mumbled to myself when I reached the front of the school. As I was waiting, I tried to keep a look out for any students that looked different. I was expecting the new students to have blonde hair, blue eyes, and light skin. "Where are they?! Wait…..I think that might be them," I thought to myself as I saw two teens who looked very similar. To my surprise both of them had blue eyes and light skin but they both had black hair and looked like they were goth. "Are you kidding me?! I don't want to talk to goths. Ugh where's Gwen when you need her…..but the boy is pretty cute. NO! No Courtney, don't say that! NO MORE THINKING HE'S CUTE!," I mentally yelled at myself.
*Elton's point of view*
"Why is that girl staring at Lexie and I?," I asked myself as we continued walking to the front of the school. "She is actually pretty cute. I wonder if she is single," I told myself. "Wonder if who is single?," Lexie asked, looking at me confused. "Oh uh…..no one," I replied. "Are you kidding me, did I actually say that outloud?! Damit Elton what is wrong with you?!," I said in my head while mentally scolding myself.
*No one's point of view*
When Lexie and Elton reached the front of the school they were greeted by a girl with mocha colored skin and mocha hair. "Hello! You must be our new students from France. My name is Courtney and I am the student class president and I will be showing you around our school," Courtney said with a smile. "Hi my name is Lexie and this is my brother Elton," Lexie said.
*Courtney's point of view*
"Not going to lie, they don't seem that bad but I still hate this. I absolutely hate this! Ugh come on just suck it up COURTNEY!," I repeated in my head multiple times. "So how come you decided to move to Ontario? I'm sure France looks a lot nicer than here," I said.
*Lexie's point of view*
"Ugh, this is exactly the question I was hoping no one would ask! I guess I'll just try my best to answer without having a breakdown," I said in my head.
*Elton's point of view*
"Well uh…um ...o-our da-" I had to cut off Lexie. Because if I didn't I know she would have a breakdown. "What she is trying to say is that our dad died. W-we could stand being in France without our dad so our mom decided it would be better if we had a change of scenery," I said, trying not to get choked up. "Oh. I'm so sorry. It must have been hard for you guys," Courtney said sympathetically. "Yeah it was hard…..but we just try not to think about it," I told Courtney. I looked down at Lexie and she looked up at me. I saw her grab her arm and wince. "She's been doing it again," I thought to myself.
*No one's point view*
"So uh what grade are you in Courtney?," Lexie asked, trying to change the conversation. "10th grade. The same as you," Courtney said. "So when does class start?," Elton asked boredly. "Class starts at 8:00. It is currently *looks down at watch* 7:20. We have time to find your lockers. Then after that I will give you your schedule," Courtney replied. Suddenly a boy with blonde hair, a pink shirt, and a cowboy hat ran up to Courtney. "Wassup man!," the boy yelled as he held his fist out to Courtney for a fist bump. Courtney simply cleared her throat. "Oh man. I'm assuming you dudes are our students from France?," he asked as he turned to Lexie and Elton. "Yeah that's us," Elton replied. "Dudes it's so gnarly to meet you. My name is Geoff." "I'm Elton and this is Lexie: my twin sister," Elton said. "WOAH! You dudes are twins?! Can you like read each other's minds?," Geoff asked enthusiastically. "Geoff don't be stupid of course they can't. Anyways, I have to find their lockers so can you leave now?!," Courtney snapped. "Woah woah it's cool G!. I'll catch you dudes later. Adios," Geoff said as he walked away. "Sorry about that *ehem* interruption. Shall we go find your lockers?," Courtney asked with a small smile. *Lexie nodded*
*Lexie's point of view*
"*Avez-vous vu la façon dont elle a crié à Geoff ... c'était un peu effrayant. Peut-être qu'elle est de mauvaise humeur," I whispered to Elton. Ouais, je suppose ... alors j'ai remarqué que quand tu touchais ton bras, tu grimaçais. Qu'est-ce que c'était?," Elton asked me. "Eh bien, je me suis coupé récemment," I said as I lowered my head in embarrassment. "Lexie, je ne sais pas combien de fois je dois te dire d'arrêter," Elton said. "Je sais que je sais que je travaille dessus," I said trying to sound convincing.
*No one's point of view*
As they were following Courtney the twins noticed that some students were staring at them. "Ugh check out our new students," A tall asian girl with grey eyes said. "Oh my gosh I totally love her hair!," a girl with blonde hair and a blue bandanna squealed. "Pfft whatever," the asian girl mumbled. "DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY NEW STUDENTS!," a girl with curly orange hair screamed. "No, no, no, they said Santa is coming to our school," a boy with dark hair and dark skin replied sarcastically. "Wouldn't it be fun to introduce ourselves?," a large boy wearing a white shirt with a blue maple leaf said "I don't know about you guys but Izzy is going to go and introduce herself," the orange haired girl yelled as she started running towards the twins. "And she's talking in third person again," the dark boy said as he rolled his eyes. "Should we go after her?," the larger boy asked. "Do we really have a choice?," the dark boy replied.
*Lexie's point of view*
As we continued walking I felt someone's eyes burning my back. When I turned around I was surprised to see a girl with curly orange hair running towards me. She was running so fast to me that I didn't have enough time to move out of the way so she wouldn't bump into me. Sure enough the orange haired girl tackled me to the ground. "Lexie are you ok?," Elton asked me as he helped me up. "Yeah I'm fine," I answered as I dusted myself off. "Heyo! Oh sorry that I tackled you but I couldn't resist not introducing myself. The names Izzy! Wild and freaky being enjoy I. What's your name?," Izzy said with pure excitement as she stood up. "Oh um...I'm Lexie and this is my brother Elton," I said awkwardly. "Well it is a pleasure to mee-hey what happened to your arm?," Izzy asked curiously. I quickly looked down at my arm and realized that my sleeve had gotten rolled up and people were able to see the many open cuts I had on my arm. "Oh uh i-it's nothing," I said as I quickly rolled down my sleeve. "Do you guys mind?! I'm trying to help our new students find their lockers *looks down at watch* it's 7:29. I'm running out of time," Courtney said annoyed. "I-Izy *gasp* stop running o-off *wheeze*," the dark boy said breathlessly as he leaned over next to Izzy.
*No one's point of view*
"Hey everyone. Noah, are you ok?," Giavana asked as she walked up to Noah and Izzy. "Oh yeah *wheeze* totally. Thanks for asking *coughing* Giavana," Noah answered sarcastically. "Hi Giavana...um why are your eyes red and watering? Where you smoking again?," the large boy asked as he looked at Giavana. "Oh uh no it's just...uh...my allergies," Giavana said quietly. "Um Courtney who are they?," Lexie asked. "Oh the short dark boy is Noah, the short girl with curly brown hair is Giavana, you already met Izzy and the boy with the blue maple leaf on his shit is Owen," Courtney said. " Noah, Izzy Owen and…Giovanna?" Lexie said, struggling to remember. "It's Giavana. But don't worry everyone always gets it wrong," Giavana said. "No need to worry about memorizing our names. We all have nicknames that we go by. My nickname is "E-scope", Giavana's is "Gia", Noah's is "Little buddy", and Owen's is "Big-O," Izzy said to the twins. "You know I hate being called that Izzy!," Noah said. "Hmm I like this one," Elton said gesturing to Noah. "I know this is kind of a rhetorical question but I just want to be sure. Are you our new students?," Giavana asked ashamedly as one of her eyes twitched. "No need to be ashamed. But yes we are the new students," Lexie happily replied. "Giavana are you sure you are ok...your eye is twitching?," Courtney asked. "O-of course…. I'm always ok.," Giavana said. "What is wrong? I know there is something wrong but I just don't know what it is," Courtney said. "N-not in front of everyone….I-I'll tell you later," Giavana said.
Translations:
* (First paragraph) Well my little ones, I hope you have an amazing day at school. I love you and goodbye!
* (Paragraph 13) "Did you see the way she yelled at Geoff ... it was a little scary. Maybe she is in a bad mood"
"Yeah, I guess ... so I noticed that when you touched your arm, you winced. What was it?"
"Well, I cut myself recently"
"Lexie, I don't know how many times I have to tell you to stop"
"I know I know I'm working on it"