Clutching the pink slip of paper between her fingers, she opened the door
and walked in. It wasn't as bad as she thought. Everyone was in their
desks taking notes from an overhead. The teacher was dozing in the corner
with a pencil propped behind his ear. Each time he fell further asleep and
slid onto the desk, the pencil hit and he was jolted back. She watched
this for about 2 minutes when she realized that no one was going to help
her. Clearing her throat, she walked down the two steps to enter the main
part of the classroom. Predictably, she tripped.
How is it that the second everyone finished taking notes, the look over here she thought as she tried to gather her stuff from the floor. She bumped into someone else's hand. Different point of view (I think)
"Sorry", Star said. This was not the way she wanted to begin her new school year.
"No problem." The other girl replied. "I transferred here yesterday. Did the exact same thing. Maybe they put the stairs here to torture the new students?"
Star laughed nervously.
The teacher, finally getting up from his desk, walked slowly over to her. "Are you a new student?" he asked loudly.
"Y-Yes." Star muttered, wincing from the grating sound of his voice.
"Class we have a new student," the teacher announced, as if everyone could not already hear. "What's your name?" the teacher asked loudly again.
"Star" Star whispered, wishing she could sink into the ground.
"Her name is Claire." The teacher announced. Giggles began coming from around the classroom.
"Not Claire..." Star began, only to be cut off.
"This is our second new student in two days." The teacher said. "We got Raven yesterday. We got you today. That makes two."
Star felt her face getting hotter and hotter. Did the teacher always think aloud?
"She can sit next to me," Raven announced. "There's a free desk."
The teacher ignored her and turned around the classroom. "I wonder where there is a free desk?" he said. "I thought we had one."
"You actually thought?" A boy muttered dryly in the front row. He had unruly black hair and wore sunglasses even the room was already dim.
"Good one dude!" The guy with dyed green hair said. He slapped the other boy in the back.
The teacher remained standing. It seemed as though he hadn't heard anything that had just occurred. Suddenly, his entire face brightened. "You can sit next to Robin!" he exclaimed pointing to the boy with the unruly hair.
"Dude!" the boy with green hair said, "I am so totally already sitting here. You know me, BB, your best student?"
"You wish." A boy with a football jersey on replied.
"Dude! You know its true Cyborg!"
Star glanced back and forth as the conversation occurred. She jumped when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Just sit with me. He won't even notice." Raven said.
Star nodded shyly and followed Raven to her seat.
How is it that the second everyone finished taking notes, the look over here she thought as she tried to gather her stuff from the floor. She bumped into someone else's hand. Different point of view (I think)
"Sorry", Star said. This was not the way she wanted to begin her new school year.
"No problem." The other girl replied. "I transferred here yesterday. Did the exact same thing. Maybe they put the stairs here to torture the new students?"
Star laughed nervously.
The teacher, finally getting up from his desk, walked slowly over to her. "Are you a new student?" he asked loudly.
"Y-Yes." Star muttered, wincing from the grating sound of his voice.
"Class we have a new student," the teacher announced, as if everyone could not already hear. "What's your name?" the teacher asked loudly again.
"Star" Star whispered, wishing she could sink into the ground.
"Her name is Claire." The teacher announced. Giggles began coming from around the classroom.
"Not Claire..." Star began, only to be cut off.
"This is our second new student in two days." The teacher said. "We got Raven yesterday. We got you today. That makes two."
Star felt her face getting hotter and hotter. Did the teacher always think aloud?
"She can sit next to me," Raven announced. "There's a free desk."
The teacher ignored her and turned around the classroom. "I wonder where there is a free desk?" he said. "I thought we had one."
"You actually thought?" A boy muttered dryly in the front row. He had unruly black hair and wore sunglasses even the room was already dim.
"Good one dude!" The guy with dyed green hair said. He slapped the other boy in the back.
The teacher remained standing. It seemed as though he hadn't heard anything that had just occurred. Suddenly, his entire face brightened. "You can sit next to Robin!" he exclaimed pointing to the boy with the unruly hair.
"Dude!" the boy with green hair said, "I am so totally already sitting here. You know me, BB, your best student?"
"You wish." A boy with a football jersey on replied.
"Dude! You know its true Cyborg!"
Star glanced back and forth as the conversation occurred. She jumped when she felt a tap on her shoulder.
"Just sit with me. He won't even notice." Raven said.
Star nodded shyly and followed Raven to her seat.