Chapter 5

It was Thursday already. After my first day of school. Today is the day the whole school would see my performance. I couldn't wait. I wanted to see the look on Christian's face when he saw how the kids reacted to it. I had a long day yesterday. I met a lot of new friends and all my teachers liked me.

This morning I got up by myself. I walked down the hall of my floor to the Community shower. I picked up a towel. I walked over to one of the stalls and turned on the water. I had it very hot and the room started to get very steamy. I lathered up and started to wash. Soon after I shampooed and conditioned. I rinsed and wrapped myself in my towel. I walked over to the sink and started to brush my teeth. I noticed someone a few sinks down. I turned my head and saw him. It was Scott. He was in a towel just like I was. My god he looked fine. I wanted to eat him up.

"Oh, hey Scott," I said trying to sound casual, "I didn't know you were in here."

"Hi, Matt right?" he replied.

"Yea, right," I said, "I'm going to be on Crimson TV at school this morning."

"Really? Cool," he said kind of interested.

"Yea, I was singing for an audition in Chamber Choir. After I was finished I got into a little fight with Christian Stuck."

"Really? Don't let him get to you. He is a real jerk. I would know, we dated a few months ago."

"Really? I don't know how anyone could stand being around him for more than 1 period."

We both laughed and continued our morning routine. I finished brushing and started to apply witch hazel and creams to my face. After that I was about to leave. I opened the door and started to walk back to my room, that's when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"I'll see you later okay?" Scott said.

"Okay, my locker is the 3rd one on the right side of C-19. I'm in C-17. Come visit in the morning. Oh, yea I might be hanging next to my homeroom with a bunch of kids I met yesterday," I said losing breath. I had a habit of talking to much.

"Ok I think I'll do just that."

"Okay. I'll see you at school then. Bye!"

"Bye."

With those words exchanged I ran off to my room. Time to get changed. I put on my American Eagle Scribble T and my Gap jeans. I hurried out the door and down to the breakfast hall. I quickly ate breakfast and got walking to school. Along the way I met up with Rouge and Kitty.

"Good morning ladies," I said to the two of them.

"Morning," they said.

"So Rouge, Kitty, you all have to watch me this morning. I'm going to be on Crimson TV," I relayed.

"Really?" Kitty said to me.

"Yea, I performed in Chamber Choir," I said cheerfully.

"That's cool," Rough added.

"Rouge, do you hang out with the kids next to C-17?" I asked.

"Um, yea why?" she asked.

"I was going to hang with you all this morning." I replied.

"Oh, cool. See you there then," she said.

We had finally gotten to school. I walked to my locker. I put my things inside and walked to my friends. We all chatted for awhile and I got to know them all and they me.

"Ya'll have to watch me this morning. My Chamber Choir performance is being shown," I announced.

"Okay," the group replied.

Soon I was walking to my homeroom. I stopped at my locker to get my First and Second period class things. I walked to the door and looked in. Everyone was in there already. I sat down.

"Good morning. Today is September 4th. This morning we have a special presentation for you all. Yesterday during a Chamber Choir audition a new student by the name of Matt Seifert preformed Say The Word, By Christy Carlson Romano. We all thought you would enjoy seeing this," said the announcer.

After she was finished the screen changed to me standing in front of the microphone. The intro started playing. I started singing. Soon later the song was over. Everyone was clapping in my classroom. I got a lot of congratulations from my peers.

"Wow, that kid is great. There are no announcements at this time. I'm Cindy Ristori. It's A Great Day To Be A Night!" she said and the screen went black.

The bell rang and everyone went to their classes. I couldn't believe how many people came up to me and said how great I was. I got to my choir class. Kitty was there. I wondered why, she wasn't there yesterday.

"Hey Kitty, what are you doing here? You weren't here yesterday," I said.

"Yea I couldn't I had to go to guidance for schedule problems. You were awesome. I really mean it," she told me.

"Hey Matt," Stephanie Mills said to me patting my on the back, "How's it going?"

"Pretty good," I said.

"Good. You know I feel bad for you, having to sit next to Christian and all." she said in a friendly tone.

"That's okay," I told her.

"I'm going to sit next to you. Hope that doesn't bother you," Kitty said.

"No problem at all." I replied.

Me and Kitty sat down and started going through our music. Soon before the bell rang Christian came in looking way TOO gay. He sat next to me and started talking to the other seniors. There were a lot of cuties in the class. One boy sitting behind me asked me if I wanted to go to the movies tomorrow night. I denied and said I already had plans. I wanted to go out but I don't know the rules at the Institute yet. After a pretty regular class the bell for second period had rung. Algebra 2. This would be… fun. I loved math but I didn't like the teacher.

I walked down three different halls trying to get to the class. As I was walking in Scott came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder.

"You were spectacular this morning," he said.

"Really? You think so? That means so much. Thank you," I replied.

I hugged him. He didn't know it was coming and it kind of startled him. I turned and walking into the class. Not giving him anytime to respond. I walked to my seat. That class was pretty boring. Along with the rest of my classes. It was time to go home now. I went to my locker and dropped off my things. I got my jacket and my bag and then walked to the nearest exit.

Scott pulled up the curb as I was walking down the side walk. He had a nice car. It was bright red and nicely polished.

"Want a ride?" he asked.

"Anytime," I replied.

I got into the car. The leather seats hugged my back giving you the feeling that of you sinking into them. It had a beautiful blue gray interior. I was hoping I'd get to see more of it.

"You want to go have an early dinner?" he asked me.

"Sure. I really don't know the area so any where you want," I said.

"Okay," he said, "How about a diner?" he asked.

"That sounds great!" I exclaimed.

We drove down the road. I got to see a lot of Bayville. It was a nice city. We approached the restaurant. It was a cute place. It reminded me of those old fashion diners you see in the movies. It was called The Roadside.

We parked near the entrance and got out of the car. We walked up the front steps. He opened the door for me and we walked in.

"Table for two, please," he told the hostess. She led us to a table about 2 dozen feet from where we walked in, "Right here."

She handed us our menus and walked away. I started to read the menu and decided what I wanted.

"This is a cute little place," I said smiling.

"Yea, it's my favorite place to eat."

"So, why did you invite me to have an early dinner with you?"

"I don't know. Kind of as a congratulations thing."

"Oh," I said sounding disappointed.

"What?" he asked.

"It's nothing."

A large woman approached us. And asked what we wanted to drink.

"Its has to be something."

"Nothing… Nothing at all."

"Just tell me."

"I like you okay!" I yelled.

The whole room had turned around and was staring at us. Me mostly because I had screamed my last words.

"You like me?" he said.

"Well, yea… You're so cute and you're really nice."

"I'm flattered."

"You shouldn't be, you probably hear it all the time."

We talked for about 20 minutes. In that time we ordered our food and got our drinks. We got to know each other. He and his brother had been separated and his parents killed in a plane crash. It seemed he had a horrible childhood. I wanted to hold him for the rest of our days.