First day of School Pt.2
Geez Dolly was so fast she was pratically dragging me down the school's hallways. I tried keeping up with her, but she had legs on her. The only thing keeping me close to her was the fact that she was holding my hand. "Come on Slowpoke!", She lectured.
It was only a matter of time until we had entered the Gymnasium. There was at least 20 other students in here. I noticed them all wearing gym uniforms. "Oh shoot I needed gym clothes!", I blurted.
"Don't worry about it pal.", Dolly told me bringing me into a side hug. "You can borrow some of mine."
"Oh thanks."
"No prob what are friends for?", She said. Dolly's too nice to me it doesn't make me uncomfortable, but just confused me of how someone could be so nice. Nobody was ever this nice or happy back where I came from.
"Hold on I'll go grab some for the both of us.", I watched Dolly trail off to what I assumed was the female's locker room. I turned back around to only immediately get startled coming face to face with another Dalmatian. "Oh you scared me." He gave me an untrusting glare that said "I don't trust you."
He had white fur with black spots, his right ear is black with white spots that resembled the Canis Major constellation. He also wore a red collar with a gray star attached to it. He wore a white and red short sleeved t-shirt along with red shorts.
"Um you ok?", I nervously asked glancing around. "I know your game human, but I'm not falling for it.", He huffed. I myself was dumbfounded. I had no Idea what this guy was getting at. "What do you mean?"
"You're just trying to gain our trust.", He accused. "Don't try anything with Dolly. I've got my eye on you." He then slowly backed up out of the gym while doing the gesture of pointing to his own eyes and then back at me. That was very strange.
"I'm back.", Dolly piped up scaring me. She handed me a black short sleeved t-shirt and a pair of grey shorts. "Here ya go." She herself wore the same gym attire as me.
I went into the boys lockeroom which was empty. After I was done changing I came out where everyone was scattered about. That was the case until someone blew a whistle instantly silencing everybody.
Everyone lined up and I stood next to Dolly. The coach who I saw was a brown bear examined each student one by one checking off each name on a clipboard in his massive paws. My heart rate quickened and sweat raced down my forehead as he got closer.
Once he got to me he examined me. "Aaron Daniels right?", He asked. I shyly nodded as a response. "Alright I won't go easy on you just because you're new here. I better not catch you lacking behind."
He moved on checking off my name and examined other students. I sighed in relief wiping the sweat from my brow. "Alright students, Today's class will be easy. I will be testing your stamina." I began to notice that there was an inside running track right infront of us. "As you all can see on this track here, you all will run this course once. After that I will record your results and post them outside tommorow for you all to see."
Everyone began chattering amoungst each other. I guess they must all be worried about their performance on the track. I know I definitely am. "I don't know if I can do this.", I muttered.
"I think you'll do just fine.", Dolly praised. "I couldn't even catch you and I'm the fastest one out of everyone here." I mean she did have a point, but I'm only that fast when my adrenaline kicks in.
Everyone had readied themselves infront of the track. I myself got into a running position. I'm not gonna hold back.
"Ready"
"Set"
"GO!"
A sudden burst of energy erupted within me as I dashed from the starting point. One by one I passed each student until it was just me and Dolly taking the lead. The both of us kept at the same pace as we got near the finish line by every passing second.
We both crossed the finish line at the same time. I collapsed onto the ground trying to catch my breath. "A tie? Well whatta ya know.", Dolly declared sounding suprised.
She held out her paw to me. I reached out holding her paw and she lifted me up off the ground. "I can tell you were holding back.", She smirked.
"No I wasn't.", I argued, but to be frank I secretly was. Other students crossed the finish line seconds right after us. The expressions on their faces had shown how annoyed and pissed off they were.
"The results will be posted outside first thing tommorow.", Coach announced. The bell rang which dismissed us. I changed my clothes back to what I wore when I had originally came to school. Grabbing my bookbag I walked out the gym and left the school with Dolly not too far behind following me.
"So do you have any plans after school?", She asked. "Not that I know of.", I answered.
"Wanna meet up at the park down the street?"
She must be taking about the park that's about a block away from my place. "Uh sure, I'll have to ask my dad though."
"Sweet.", She pulled a baby blue skateboard with red wheels from her bag. Then she put on a helmet and knee pads that were the same hue as the skateboard. I watched her ride the skateboard down the side walk getting further away. "See ya later dude!"
She really is...something. Not like any girl I've ever met. Not because the floppy ears and tail, but because of her personality.
Honk!
Honk!
A car pulled up to my left. I could see dad in the window grinning at me waving me down. I opened up the passenger's seat door and got in closing the door behind me.
"So how was your first day?", Dad asked. "It wasn't that bad.", I shrugged. "I did make a new friend like you said I could."
"Oh really? Look at you.", He patted my back. "What'd I tell you? Glad everything went well for you. Well let's hurry up and head home. I'm pooped work really did a number on me today."