She let out a profound sigh as she had stepped into the school. Maria had no idea as to where any classes were and the bell had just rung and she was running out of minutes. If this had been back at Roswell, she would have been in Chemistry sitting beside Michael and writing notes back and forth to each other.
"Hello, may I help you?" asked a young mans voice. She turned and looked at him. He was about six feet and had an athletic figure.
"Yeah, I'm looking for Health," she spoke.
"With Mrs. Canton?" he asked without having to look at her schedule.
"Yeah how did you know?"
"I had her for class last year"
"I'm Scout by the way" he introduces himself.
"I'm Maria"
"Well I might as well show you where she is, since you are new here," Scout pointed out to her. It was true after all and she didn't want to late for her first class. In her mind she could hear Michael and smell the scent of his cologne. She could still feel him around her. Why couldn't she just let him? He was a million miles away and yet she still wanted to run to him for every excusable reason she had. She took a quiet sigh and kept walking to class with this new kid Scout.
The hallway seemed to go on forever. She was starting to get depressed, and looked up at Scout. Lots of questions ran through her head, but this time they weren't about Michael. They were about this new kid Scout, whom she had never met before. She knew deep down that she liked him, but did he like her.
"Well Maria, this is it: room 310. I guess I will be seeing you around…at lunch maybe," Scout told her as they reached the door for Maria's class.
"Yeah, I guess," she told him.
"Oh and yeah, tell her that you are new, so you don't get an after school. She should understand," he added.
"Ok. I'll see you at lunch then," she told him and took a good look at his dark brown eyes. In his eyes she could she a little bit of Michael. She turned around and entered the classroom.
Maria entered into the classroom, quickly, but she was caught by the teacher.
"Why are you late?" the teacher asked loudly.
"Scout showed me where the room was and told me to tell you that I was new here," Maria told the teacher truthfully. Even though she was nervous as hell.
"Oh Scout showed you the room, did he?" she asked as though she had something against him.
There was some laughter in the room. One of the girl's that had asked was Bella Banks, a friend of Scout's. Maria was so nervous she has no idea on what to do, then she had that vision of Michael again, she had to try to ignore it this time. She had to be strong, because that is what Michael would have wanted her to be. She scanned to room and saw so many students, compared to RHS. One kid she was was wearing a Nirvana t-shirt. To her she looked nice, but wasn't sure. She didn't know that two of Scout's friends at been in her class. Finally the teacher spoke again.
"Well Maria, you should be lucky, that Scout did that for you. Now class turn to page 24 in your text books. Read the chapter and do the answers at the end of the chapters. For homework read and review Chapter 5. Now everyone be silent and begin. Anyone who disobeys will be asked to leave the immediately. Now begin."
Maria opened her book and scanned to room again. Her only thought was: Does this Scout like me, as I like him? Probably not.