It was another day at Horace Green High. The day had just started, but from experience everyone figured it was going to be a boring. Zach and Freddy had the same homeroom, and as always were sitting in the back of the class. Zach was staring into space, every so often brushing the hair out of his eyes. Freddy was sitting low in his seat, fiddling with his pen. The teacher was talking but they weren't paying any attention, as usual.
Homeroom ended without any excitment. As Zach got up to leave, he spotted someone he did not recognize. She was average height, with long dark brown hair that shone when she moved. She was wearing a pair of ripped jeans, a black sweater over a black and red striped Emily the Strange T-shirt, and black converses. She picked up her bag, and looked around the room. She met Zach's eyes but quickly looked away and began to walk towards the door. She glanced over her shoulder to the back of the class before she stepped outside and began walking down the hall.
Zach just couldn't stop staring at her. It took him a moment to realize that she had left. The second he did he began to walk to the door as quickly as he could. Once he got there he looked up and down the hall. Sure enough, there she was. He began to jog towards her. She stopped at her locker and began to work at the lock.
Zach walked over to her and leaned against the locker beside hers. "Hi," he said. She looked up quickly and then turned back to her locker. "Hey," she answered. "I'm Zach by the way. I'm guessing you're new here?" Zach asked. "Dawn. And yeah, I am," she replied finally getting her locker open.She took out the books she needed and shut her locker. She didn't know whether to walk away or to stay. Zach wasn't saying anything else and she didn't think it was a good idea to be late on her first day. Yet something held her back. Something inside her wanted to stay with him, even if no one said a thing.
She finally decided there was no point in staying and was about to walk away when he said "Sit with me at lunch today okay?" She looked at him, rather surprised. "Yeah, sure,"Dawn said, smiled and began to walk to her next class.
Classes went quicker than usual for Zach. He had told his friends that someone new was coming to sit with them at lunch today, but didn't tell them who. Even if he did he doubted they'd know who she was. They paid less attention in class than he did so they probably wouldn't know anythng about a new kid.
When Zach walked into the Cafeteria for lunch the first thing he did was look around for Dawn. When he didn't see her he figured she wasn't there yet. He went and sat down with his friends. As much as he and Freddy liked everyone in the band they never really did that much together outside of that. He and Freddy did everything together though. After School of Rock started, they became best friends and rarely left eachother's side.
Moments later, Dawn walked in. Zach noticed right away because he was spending most of his time facing the door. He gave her a small wave, which she obviusly saw because she began to walk over to his table. "Hey stranger," he said smiling, once she got over to the table. He moved over so she could sit beside him which she did.Everyone at the table (Zach's friends Seth, Grace and Mark) gave Zach a puzzled look. "This is Dawn. She's new here. Dawn this is Grace, Mark and Seth." "Hey," they each said smiling. Well they definatly seem friendly enough, Dawn thought.
Everyone began to eat except Dawn. "Aren't you hungry?" Grace asked. "Not really. Don't feel like eating right now," Dawn answered. "You're not like anerexic are you?" Seth asked. "No!" Dawn said chuckling. "Just not hungry." "Do you not have money? Because I can lend you some," Grace said opening up her bag. "No thanks. I've got money," Dawn said pulling out a ten dollar bill. "If you're sure.." Grace said putting her bag back down and returning to her food. At that moment Freddy turned up. He sat down beside Dawn watching her the whole time. Before Freddy had a chance to ask, Mark said "this is Dawn, Freddy." "So are you new?" Freddy asked not taking his eyes off of Dawn. "Yeah," Dawn said smiling at him.
Zach could tell right away that Freddy liked Dawn. I mean wat guy wouldn't? She was really pretty, and really nice. He knew he shouldn't be surprised that Freddy liked her but for some reason he was quite angry about it. Well isn't this going to be fun, Zach thought.