New Kid On The Block
Written by Navy-Thunder
Plot: Stephanie Tanner, a junior in highschool, is enjoying everything in life a highschool girl has to do. One day she meets a new boy at school, who's in the same year as her. She begins to learn more about him and his life. During this time, he begins to grow onto her and vice versa.
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Chapter 1
Waiting out at the bus stop was Stephanie Tanner, who looked down at her watch and sighed, wondering if the bus was late today. She was wearing a turquoise blue blouse with a denim skirt that reached just above her knees. Since there were few kids her age on her block, she usually didn't talk with the kids waiting with her. Steph looked up and sighed in relief, seeing the bus drive up. When the doors opened, she walked in the bus and took an empty spot in the middle.
"Another day, I guess..." She said to herself as she began searching through her backpack. She took a book she was reading for a while out of it and resumed reading from the bookmarked spot as she waited for them to arrive at the school.
"Morning, Steph."
The young blonde turned her head from her locker and smiled at her best friend, Gia. "Hey, Gia. What's up?"
"Not much. Guess what? Kylie Samuels is having a party next week on Friday. You wanna go?" Gia grinned.
"I don't know." Steph shrugged her shoulders. "I mean, I don't even have a date."
"That's because you never open up to a lot of guys." Gia pointed out. "Well...open up enough to let them date you."
"Still, I don't know..." Steph shook her head and closed her locker, having the books she needed underneath her arm. She looked over to her right and something grabbed her attention; a dark haired, brown eyed boy at his locker. "Hey, Gia...Do you know him?"
Steph studied the boy carefully. "I never met him before. Must be a new kid." She said and returned to her locker as if she really didn't care. Gia rolled her eyes and nudged her friend gently in the side.
"Go talk to him." She insisted.
"Why?" Steph closed her locker and arched a brow.
"Just go." Gia sighed.
"Why don't you go?" Steph retorted.
The brunette narrowed her eyes before taking Steph by the arm and leading the way to the boy's locker. "Um, excuse me." Gia said politely, which made him turn his head to look at them. "I hope you don't mind a stupid question, but are you new here? It's just that we've never seen you around school before."
"Oh, um, yes I am." The boy said in a shy tone of voice. "I moved here a couple of days ago. I'm Nate Thompson."
"I'm Gia Mahan and this is my best friend, Stephanie Tanner." Gia introduced themselves, noticing Steph was a little too unsure to speak.
Nate flashed a small smile. "Nice to meet you both." He nodded towards the Tanner girl. "Is it okay if I call you Steph?"
"Yeah, Steph is fine." She smiled awkwardly, which somewhat made Nate feel a little more comfortable. She decided to get into this conversation. "So, where are you from?"
"I moved here from New York with my dad. He just couldn't take living there anymore." The new kid shrugged; he always felt a little uncomfortable when talking about his personal life to new people. Steph and Gia nodded, not saying a word.
"So...what class do you have first?" Gia asked, wanting to change the subject as she saw the mood was getting just a little uncomfortable. Nate took his schedule out of his pocket and looked it over.
"I have History first."
"Really? Awesome! You're in the same class as Steph and me?"
"Well, it says that I have Mr. Carson for History."
"Then you're in our class." Gia smiled and looked to Steph. "Isn't that a coincidence?" When she only saw her friend give a tiny nod, Gia rolled her eyes before returning her gaze to Nate. "Anyway, you're new and you probably don't know your way around the school, so..."
"Do you want to walk to class with us?" Steph blurted out before her best friend got another word in. Nate gained a look of surprise before his expression softened into a slight smile.
"Well...Yeah, sure. That'd be cool." He nodded before slinging his backpack over his shoulder. He followed Steph and Gia to history class, not saying much than two words. Ever since he moved to San Francisco, Nate was always a bit of an introvert. It was hard for him to make new friends, but he tried his hardest to make it work.
During lunchtime, it was a mad house. There were some students shoving other students to advance further into the lunch line or a hamburger patty flinging across the room. Steph searched through the crowded mess hall, lunch tray in hands, for the table she shared with Gia and another friend of theirs, Melissa Clayton. When she found it, she took a seat across from Gia and Melissa.
"It's getting a little crazy..." Steph shook her head. "You sure we're in the right school?"
"Hate to say, but...I don't think we can argue about it." Melissa spoke up.
Gia smirked a bit before looking around. She smiled when she saw Nate trying to search for a table to sit at. "Hey, Steph, look who it is."
"He's in our lunch period, too?" Steph rose her eyebrows.
"Guess so." Gia shrugged her shoulders before motioning for Nate to come over. "Nate! Come sit with us!" She called. The young boy went over and took a seat beside Steph.
"I hope this seat isn't taken." Nate smiled sheepishly. "Do you mind, Steph?"
"Oh, no, not at all. It's yours." Steph returned the smile and ran her fingers through her blonde hair. At that moment, Nate couldn't help but take in the fact that, up close, how beautiful she really was. He tried not to stare as he just enjoyed the company, not feeling embarassed, in the least, about sitting at a table where he was the only boy.
"How are you liking San Francisco?" Steph asked, wanting to strike up a conversation between them.
"It's awesome." Nate smiled a full smile, unlike the small ones he gave earlier. "It's so different from New York. It's not home, but it's awesome."
Steph nodded. "That's good. Maybe one day we'll have to show you around town. They got some great stores around here." She said with a grin. Nate rubbed the back of his neck.
"I'm not much of a shopping person." He admitted.
"Oh, trust me, you will be after we're through with you." Melissa spoke up. The four of them shared a laugh afterwards. For the rest of the period, they just continued to enjoy each other, talking amongst themselves.
