CHAPTER 2

I woke up to the blaring of the alarm clock in my ear. I looked at what the digital numbers read.

"6:00 a.m. right on time." I said to nobody in particular.

I hit the off button and pulled the blankets off of me. I stood up and walked into the bathroom. I turned on the shower and undressed. I waited until the water was warm and got in.

After my shower I put on the tea pot and then got dressed in the uniform I had purchased the other day after I got my job at Dark Days Café. Then I poured the steaming water into my mug. Then, put the tea bag into the water. I packed my school supplies in my school bag and then returned to my tea which was ready by now and started to sip at it. I checked the time to make sure I wasn't running late. It was 7:25. And that's when I remembered it was a free dress day because it was a field trip. I finished up the tea and quickly got undressed and changed into my jeans and a black tank top. By then it was time to leave so I grabbed my room key, money, and school bag.

The morning air was crisp and it felt good. I also knew that it was probably going to be one of those hotter days, I just could feel it. I walked down the street and into a little bagel place and bout on plain bagel with nothing on it. I ate that on the way to the high school.

I reached the campus at 7:45 a.m. The outside was crowded at all but inside was a different story. Like the department store, there were girls everywhere most of them hanging all over their boyfriends and talking on there cell phones. While the guys where throwing the football to each other from across the hallway and doing whatever guys do. I sighed and walked towards the crowd of insane and demented teenagers.

"Wait, I don't even know my locker number!" I said to myself a little annoyed.

I struggled to not drown in the crowd of chaos as I made my way towards the principle's office.

"Hey! Watch it!" I heard someone yell from someplace. I looked up and saw a football coming at my face. I quickly ducked out of the way and shot and icy glance at the kid who held the football. I started to walk towards the principle's office when I almost bumped into a couple of blockheads making out.

"A room would be nice!" I yelled in disgust. The two looked at me and shrugged and went back to kissing.

I couldn't take it. I ran through the crowd until I reached the office and slipped inside. It was a lot quieter in there, which was perfect for me since I was getting a headache from being out in the halls. A woman at the desk typing away at the keyboard looked up.

"May I help you?" She asked lowering her glasses to get a better look at me.

"Sure, I'm new here and I just want to know my locker number."

"Your name?" She pushed the glasses back in place and started to type as I said my name.

"Rachelle Roth."

She typed around for a few seconds then looked back up at me.

"Number 347 is your locker. Did you get your class' schedule?"

"No."

She started to print something out and handed it to me.

"Oh, thanks." I said reaching for the schedule she had just printed out.

"Anytime dear."

I walked out and looked around for my locker. It was a difficult task being that every teen was crowed into hallways and where blocking my view of the locker number, but I found my locker after a while of searching. I stuffed my things into the small little compartment and kept the things that were necessary for my first class which was science. I closed the locker and turned around.

"Rachelle?" Karin was pushing through the crowd with her books in her arms.

'Well at least there's one person who I know.' I gave a small wave.

"I didn't know you went here!" Karin said heading towards me.

Suddenly, some jerk had pushed another guy who pushed him harder causing him to fall onto Karin. Her books flew everywhere. I ran over to her to make she was okay and then looked at the asshole who bumped into her. He was helping himself up and starting to walk away. I grabbed his collar and pulled back. He stumbled backwards almost falling again.

"Let go of my ass-." He stopped when he saw it was me, a girl.

"Help her up." I demanded.

"Help who up?" He said confused.

I sighed.

"The girl you bumped into and made her drop all of her books which are probably, knowing the jerks that go here, are being trampled."

"No! Why should I. You can't make me do anything." He tried to yanked his collar out of my hand, but I held tighter.

"Now!" I started daggers at the boy who immediately said yes and help Karin to her feet and ran off.

The bell rand, which signified that it was time for your first class of a torturous day at Jump City High.