First days are supposed to be fun right? Yeah, unless you had to move all the way from America to France. And worst of all, it's the middle of the school year. I sat on my new bed pretending to listen to my new principal, . "Go ahead and make yourself at home ." and with that he left me to unpack. I closed the door and looked at the bags and boxes that lay scattered around the room, Ugh, Why did I have to move here?! What good is this going to do me? Getting away from my family is a plus, I guess. I unpacked some of my things, my clothes, school supplies, etc. God I'm hungry. Dinners at 7...right?...Maybe I should have paid a little more attention... I pulled out my phone and checked the time, '6:45'. I smiled and decided to go and look around the campus before dinner.
I walked out of my room only to run into someone. I stumbled backwards slightly and looked at her. "Hey! Watch it!" She had a high-pitched voice. She looked me over, "Who are you anyway, newbie?" I didn't say anything Don't worry. Just ignore her. You can't do this on your first day. I walked away from the girl and left the dorms. I checked the time again, '6:55' I guess I'll look around later. I walked over to the growing line in front of the cafeteria entrance. I got in line behind a group of three boys and two girls. I kept my head down, trying not to draw attention to myself. "Hello." Said a kind voice. I looked up to see a girl with pink hair smiling at me, "Hi." I said almost whispering. "Are you new?" Asked a blonde boy with a weird purple streak in his hair. I nodded he smiled, "I'm Odd. This is Aelita," He said motioning towards the girl with pink hair "Jeremie," he pointed to a boy with blonde hair and glasses "Ulrich," he pointed to a brown-haired boy "And Yumi." he gestured towards the other girl who had black hair. They all smiled and wave to me, "I'm Jade Kayne. I moved here from America." "I have family that lives in America. They live in New York." Odd said speaking fondly.
The line started to move and we all got our dinner, mashed potatoes with gravy and meatloaf. "Do you want to sit with us Jade?" Yumi asked as I got my food. "Sure." I guess making friends isn't that hard. I sat down between Odd and Ulrich. I listened to them talk about different things while I proceeded to eat my lunch. I finished while out was explaining in vivid detail how he performed this 'totally awesomely, amazing' skateboard trick. I decided to go to bed early and bid my new friends goodbye. When I got back to my room I noticed the girl across from me, the girl from earlier, had the room across from mine. Great. Suddenly her door opened and she looked at me. "You again? What are you doing here, you emo freak?" I glared at her. "What, are you mute too?" I went into my room without a word to that vulgar girl. I unpacked the rest of the boxes and set everything in a specific place. This is a lot harder than I expected. I'll get used to it...hopefully.
At around 8:35 I got ready to take a shower. I decided to wait until the rest of the girls had gone so no one would see my scars. I walked into the shower room and headed to the far back corner. I took of my robe and looked at the scars on my thighs and arms. I sighed and turned the water on, letting it wash over me. I did my normal shower stuff, washed my hair, washed my body, etc. I was rinsing the conditioner out of my hair when I heard the door squeak open. I quickly rinsed the rest out and threw on my robe. I walked out of the stall quickly. "Jade?" said a kind voice. I turned around to see Aelita, "Oh, hi Aelita." She stared at me for a moment then smiled. "I thought I was the only who liked to shower late." I shook my head. "Well, I'll see you in the morning." "Goodnight." "You too." I walked out of the shower room and to my dorm room. I walked in and shut the door, At least I have privacy in here. I was about to take off my robe when I noticed my left sleeve was rolled up. Oh great. I hope Aelita didn't notice. Wait, what if that's why she was staring at me...Oh no... I changed into my black 'Sleeping With Sirens' shirt, purple sweatpants and black and pink fuzzy socks. I turned out the light and crawled into bed. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Tomorrows Sunday so no school, maybe I'll make more friends...maybe I'll lose some.