Author's Note: Here's chapter 3. Thanks for the reviews! Keep reviewing and I'll keep updating!
Chapter 3: First Day of High SchoolIt was 6:30 and my heart attack of an alarm clock had to go off. I wanted to just bash that thing into the wall. It was Tuesday, September 3. The day after Labor Day. That also meant that it was the first day of school. I lazily got out of bed. I opened the closet and got changed into my school uniform. It was a white blouse with a blue skirt and a blue tie that went with the blouse. I also had blue socks and black school shoes that went with it. I ran a brush through my auburn hair. I couldn't decide on whether I should keep my hair short or grow it out. I'll decide once it gets long enough. I went down to the kitchen and grabbed breakfast. Mom was too busy taking photos of me. I though she was going overboard with this first day of High School thing. The clock struck 7:30 and I had to leave. School started at 8, so that gave me plenty of time to walk to School, get my schedule, find my locker, and get to first period.
I started to walk down the street, but something didn't feel right. I somehow felt lonely walking to School by myself, which was actually scarier. I decided to go to Selphie's and ask her if she wanted to walk to School with me. I walked up her porch and rang the doorbell. Her mother answered it. I asked her if Selphie was there. Selphie came running to the door with her things. She looked ready that's for sure. We started walking down the street. Still, even though I was walking with someone, something just didn't feel right. I didn't worry. We just walked right up to our new school, Destiny Islands High.
We walked into the school. Tidus and Wakka were there too. Selphie and I walked into the administration office and got our schedules. I was quite lucky. I had lunch with all three of them. I had Science with Selphie and Tidus, Math with Selphie, English with Tidus, and History with both of them. I had two electives, one was Spanish, which I had with Tidus and Wakka and Art with Selphie. P.E I had with all three of them. Spanish was first period, so Selphie and I split up for that moment. I went to my locker and put my things in there. I still had 10 minutes till School started. I decided to talk with the others until the five- minute bell rang. I heard footsteps behind me as I talked with my friends. I looked around and saw my worst enemy, the meanest Goth in the whole school, Lulu. (FFX) She still wore a school uniform like everyone else, but she had black make-up and black hair. Secretly, Wakka had the hots for her.
" Well, well, who do we have here? Looks like you made it to High School after all, Kairi." Lulu made an evil grin. I hated that girl so much.
" Lulu, just because you're a sophomore doesn't mean you cane pick on us freshmen." I defended myself.
" Hmm, I'm going to pretend that you didn't say that." Lulu laughed evilly and walked off.
" Ooh, who asked her, anyway?" Selphie asked.
" She's hot, ya?" Wakka asked.
We all looked at Wakka in disgust. Lulu was like, the ugliest Goth in the world. Well, that was my opinion. Wakka didn't seem to care. The five-minute bell rang and that meant Tidus, Wakka, and I had to go to first period. Selphie and I split up. My first class was Spanish 2. I grabbed my stuff from my locker and then walked to the class. The teacher looked nice, but there like, so many students in this class. There were even juniors and seniors! It made me really scared that there were seniors. I was one of the young students and that meant I had a good chance at getting picked on. As soon as the tardy bell rang, the students quickly sat down. Tidus and Wakka sat behind me. The teacher went up to the front and started speaking.
" Buenos Dias clase. Me llamo es Senorita Garcia" (translation: Good morning class, my name is Miss Garcia.) The teacher greeted. I knew I was going to do well in this class. I aced Spanish 1.
Miss Garcia began saying more random things in Spanish. I could speak and understand Spanish, but I couldn't understand "rapid Spanish." A phrase which means when someone speaks Spanish quickly like Mexicans do. She also started to hand out papers. They were known as " Class Expectations." I had to have my mom sign them to get points towards my grade. Underneath it was a permission slip. Miss Garcia explained that in May, we were going to take a trip to Mexico. We were going during that time of the year was because Miss Garcia was from Mexico and she wanted to celebrate Cinco de Mayo there. I thought it sounded fun. I hoped that Selphie was going to go. In order for me to go, I would have to at least beg. It said on the permission slip that we needed $2000 if we wanted to go. I thought that was nuts! That was like, 200,000 munny! My mom was not going to want to pay for that. Miss Garcia was finally done talking and that meant we could visit for the rest of the period. Tidus took out his I-pod video, Wakka started to write down things he was going to say to Lulu. I just took out my sketchpad and MP3 player. I turned on the MP3 player. It started to play a song. It was my favorite song. It reminded me of someone, but I just didn't know who it was. I began to draw as I listened to it.
The bell to dismiss us from first period rang. My next class was Compacted Algebra. I had it with Selphie. We loved Math, so I knew we were going to do well in that class. I got into the room and saw Selphie. She signaled me over and saved a seat next to her. She was such a good friend. Even if she can be hyper, I liked that girl. This time, I got a man teacher for this class. I loved it when I got man teachers. They were so awesome! My 7th grade Science teacher, he was a major babe! My teacher came up to the board as the tardy bell rang. He said his name was, Mr. Seaman. I thought it was quite odd, but what the heck? A lot of people's names are odd. Mr. Seaman went on talking about what we were going to learn about this year and how he was going to grade us and all of that. He passed out this sheet called, " The Ten Comathments." Weird name, huh? It had rules for this class and explained the grading process. For the rest of the period, we did the same thing as last period. I took out my sketchpad and began to sketch Mr. Seaman. I really hope I don't get in trouble for drawing a teacher. I mean, c'mon, at least I'm threatening him, right?
The bell rang and dismissed us to third period. Third period was P.E. I had that class with all three of my friends. The four of us walked to the gym. Wakka had a different teacher, but Selphie, Tidus, and I had Coach Shawley. She seemed like a nice, but strict teacher. We sat on the cold, gym floor and waited for her to come out. Coach Shawley came out and started talking to us. She talked about the units we were doing that year. Those units included, Volleyball, Flag Football, Weightlifting, Tennis, and Badminton for the Fall and Winter seasons of the year. In the Spring, we were going to do, Softball, Soccer, Basketball, Golf, and Track. I loved those sports, except for Weightlifting and Football. I was never good at those and I'm still not good at them. Coach handed out some papers that we needed to get signed. I decided to talk with Selphie for the rest of the period. I had something stuck in my head and I just had to ask.
" Hey, Selphie? Do you ever get the feeling where there's something missing in your life and you just can't seem to figure out what it is?" I asked.
" Not really. Why?"
" Well you see, I have a feeling that there's an empty space in my heart and I don't know what's going to fill it up."
" Don't worry, something will fill it up." Selphie said to me.
" I hope so."
Third period was finished. I got my stuff from my locker and walked to my English class. I took a seat in front of Tidus. The worst part if this class is that Darren was in this class. Ever since I started Jr. High School, Darren has always been trying to hit on me. I can't stand the nerve of that guy. Tidus said that if he starts hitting on me to let him know and then he'd get rid of Darren. My English Teacher stood up in front of the room. She went by the name of, Ms. Price. Right now, I was about to fall asleep because I was sick of just listening to teachers talk about stuff. She told us about this thing called, AR. (Accelerated Reader) We would have to set a goal of how many points we earn throughout each quarter. We earned points by reading AR books and passing the test on that book. I always liked reading, so I knew my AR goal was going to be high. The rest of the period, I decided to just listen to my MP3 player.
It was finally the best time of the day, Lunch. I stopped by my locker and put my stuff away. I then met up with Selphie at her locker. We walked to the cafeteria. I saw Tidus and Wakka sitting at a table. It looked like they were saving seats for us, so I didn't worry about not getting a seat. Selphie and I got in the line and waited. The lines were quite long. We got our trays of food and went to our table. When we got there, Tidus and Wakka went and got in the line. I knew where this was going. The two boys save us seats and then we save them seats while they're in line. The lines were shorter at the time, so it was only like, 3 minutes before they got back. Wakka then looked over me. I wondered what he was looking at.
" What're you looking at, Wakka?" I asked.
" Her." Wakka pointed to Lulu as she was coming towards us.
" Oh no." I moaned.
" So, how's the High School life?" Lulu asked.
" It's…fine." I answered.
" Really? Well just wait till you get later in the year. Teachers get more evil each day." Lulu whispered.
" She's pretty, Kairi." Wakka was literally drooling as he stared at Lulu.
" During finals…" Lulu began to say.
" You're hot, ya!" Wakka said.
" Shut up!" Lulu said to Wakka. " Don't say I didn't warn you." I felt worried now. I never believed Lulu about anything, but what if she was right this time?
" Aw, don't listen to her." Selphie encouraged.
" Yeah, she's just trying to scare you." Tidus agreed.
" Or maybe she's jealous of you because she has the hots for me and she thinks I'm dating you." Wakka was still in his dreamy state.
" Wakka! Will you snap out of it?" Selphie hit him in the head.
" Hey! That hurt, ya!"
I laughed. Lunch was over and sixth period began. I had Science with Selphie and Tidus. The three of us walked to our lockers and then met up at the Science room. I was never good at Science. However, this was Earth Science and I liked studying the Earth. Maybe I'll do better in this class than I've been thinking. The Science teacher was named Mr. Cash. He seemed like a real nice guy. As long as a teacher likes me, I do well in that class. Before the tardy bell, I looked around the classroom. It amazed me at all of the different rocks that were I there. I took a textbook and skimmed through it so I would know what we were going to learn about that year.
The bell dismissed us to seventh period. It was History. I had that class with Selphie and Tidus too. I didn't need anything, so I just walked with the two to the classroom. This class belonged to Mr. Peterson. He sounded like a fun teacher to hang out with. We had to be careful around tardies though. He said if we're tardied, we have to stay after school for 10 minutes. I was so tired at this moment. I just wanted to fall asleep. Something was strange about this class though. There was a boy that sat two seats away. He looked familiar though. He had spiky hair, so somehow that rang a bell.
Speaking of a bell, the bell to let us go to our last class of the day rang. I had Art with Selphie, so that was the only thing that was really cool about going to school. I had my fun elective at the end of the day. Selphie and I sat next to each other. The art teacher was nice. Her name was, Ms. Derringer. The only thing we did for the period was draw. The spiky-haired kid from my History class was in this class too. I couldn't tell whether I knew him or not. I knew that he didn't know me because if he did know me, he would come up and say, " Hey I know you, you're Kairi." I took out my sketchpad and began to sketch him. I luckily finished sketching him before the bell rang. He looked kind of cute, but I actually wasn't ready for dating yet, so if he asked me out, I'd have to refuse.
FINALLY! The final bell rang. School was out for the day! I went to my locker and put my things into my backpack. I put it over my back and walked over to Selphie's locker. I helped Selphie pack up because she always struggled knowing what to take and what to leave. The two of us walked out of the school. Only to run into Darren!
" Whoa, Kairi! I haven't seen you since 8th grade! How have been?" Darren hugged me. I really didn't like this guy, but I didn't want to be rude so I sort of hugged back.
" Um…okay, I guess." I answered.
" What did you do this whole summer?" He asked.
" Um, well…I just…hung out with Selphie, Tidus, and Wakka, I guess." I started to think that there was someone else I hung out with. " Uh, guys, I'm gonna leave, okay?"
I decided to walk home alone. I didn't really feel like hanging out with anyone that day. It's not that I was sick, it's just that, I wasn't that cheerful. If you have an empty space, that means that there's something or someone missing in your life. I think I was experiencing that. I arrived at home and walked straight up to my room. I threw my bag onto the floor and plumped onto my bed. I was so tired. The first day of school was always a drag. I just had one heck of a drag. I still couldn't figure out what was missing in my life.
" What's missing?" I asked myself.
Author's Note: That was chapter 3. Chapter 4 should be up soon. Review please!
