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3. FIRST DAY

I woke up at six thirty on my first day at Keys District High School. I could have slept in for another half an hour, but I was to excited to sleep, so I had an extra long shower.

It was pouring rain and absolutley freezing outside, so I decided to wear dark blue skinny jeans with a long sleeved button up dark grey shirt and black All stars and a matching Black jacket.

My hair dried quickly, as it was also really thin as well as being extremely straight.

I quickly smoothed some tan moisteriser over my face and applied some mascara.

I then skipped down the stairs, almost running, but then remembered what Ruth had said and slowed to a walk.

Dad was already eating a bowl of cereal in the kitchen, so I joined him.

"So I guess you're excited then." he commented, noticing my energetic entrance.

"Yep." I replied merrily, and began humming to myself as I ate a bowl of cereal and swallowed a glass of orange juice.

I went back upstairs and brushed my teeth and carelessly put some lipgloss on, then glanced at my watch to check the time.

It was almost eight, and I knew that was to early to go to school, so I listened to my ipod until it was twenty five to nine, and then left.

I had to locked up, as Dad had left at eight, and then I jumped into my new car and sped off to school.

It only took me five minutes, so by the time I got there it was almost time to meet Ruth at the Office.

But to my surprise, she was leaning against a small blue car in the parking lot, which was directly in front of the office.

I stopped two spaces down for her, and got out quickly to greet her.
"Hi!" I called. She turned to me and smiled, then looked at me up and down.

"Hey Amber," she replied. "don't you think that's a bit...dressy?".

I looked at what I was wearing, then at her.

She was wearing a plain white long sleeved shirt under a dark blue velvet jumper with matching dark blue sweat pants and sheepskin boots.

I looked around at some other students that were just arriving, and they too were wearing daggy old clothes, mostly flanalette shirts and ripped up jeans.

"Oh." I managed to croak, realizing that this would mean I would be under scrutinizing eyes all day.

"What subject do you have second?" Ruth asked, as we began walking towards the right side of the office, which seemed to be the only entrance to the other buildings, as there was a large bush further to the right, and the school boundry was at the other end of the building, leaving only a small space between the office and the bush.

"Um...," I began, pulling my timetable out of my jean pocket with difficulty. "Advanced Maths."

"Cool, I have Chemistry first." she replied, then added. "I'll meet you after Physics for lunch."

"Okay."

We weaved our way in around a lot of white brick buildings until we came to a huge sqaure building.

The very left entrance read 'Audotorium', the middle 'Cafeteria', and the right 'Gym'.

Ruth led me to the Cafeteria entrance and opened the door.

It was a very plain looking Cafeteria, just like any other high school would have.

There were about fifty other students there, but Ruth had her sights set on three students sitting to the far right.

There was a tall fiery red haired boy with piercing brown eyes, a wavy blonde haired girl with green eyes and a light brown haired girl with blue eyes.

As we approached, the brown haired girl sprung to her feet lightly and skipped her way over to us.

"Hello! I'm Evan, and this is Knox," she said, gesturing to the red haired boy who appeared by her side. "and that stubborn thing over there is Georgia."

Evan? What a strange name for someone as beautiful as she was.

Georgia walked proudly towards us, but then turned and walk out of the Cafeteria.

"Dont mind her, she's just jealous that you'll be getting all of the attention for the rest of the year." Evan explained.

"Oh." I replied, starting to feel a bit unwanted. Evan wrapped her arms around my elbows, as she couldnt reach my shoudlers.

"Dont worry about her, she's ignorant." she assured me with a smile.

"Three...two...one..." Ruth said immediatley before the bell rang, without glancing at her watch.

"How'd you do that?" I asked, as we began to leave the Cafeteria.

Ruth hesitated.

"Practice." she answered.

All eyes were on me in home room.

Not only was I the new girl from the west coast, but I was also way to overdressed.

Evan sat next to me, and when she saw that I was rather uncomfortable she stood up and said:

"Just because she's new doesnt mean you have to stare, so stop."

I felt embaressed, but it worked, and everyone turned their heads the other way.

"Thanks." I said, as she sat back down. But I was still feeling uneasy.

She put her hand on my arm.

"That's okay. You'll be fine." she commented, and I did feel much better. I was really starting to like Evan, so I flashed her a smile.

When home room finished, Evan walked me to my German class, where I found out that Ruth was in my class, to my relief.

German flew by quickly, and before I knew it, I was in my Advanced Maths class, sitting next to Knox.

However, we didnt speak throughout the whole lesson, and he sat as still as a statue, his eyes wide open.

When the class finished, he escorted me to the Cafeteria where we met up with Ruth, Evan and Georgia.

Lunch went really fast, as I was having a good time with Evan and Ruth.

They were showing me all the other kids in the school and telling me funny stuff about them.

They told me who to stay away from and that Jax Rabot was a womanizer and that the girl with a pink streak in her hair was Lila, who once had a breakdown because someone stole her make-up bag.

By the end of lunch my ribs were sore with laughing, but as the giggling died down and the bell rang, I still felt uneasy about Georgia and Knox.

Georgia was wearing fuzzy black gloves and a green outfit that matched her eyes, and she had sat almost completely stil throughout the whole time, with the exception of her eye rolling.

Whenever she looked at me it was with a burning hate, and she made me uncomfortable.

I had nothing against Knox, because he just sat silent and still as well.

This time I had Drama with Georgia, and this lesson seemed to drag on for hours.

I had a class full of mostly jokers, so we didnt get a lot done.

I could feel Georgia's deadly green eyes on me the entire lesson, and I snapped in the end.

"What?" I almost shouted at her. "what are you looking at?"

She said nothing, but merely looked away.

The bell rang shortly afterwards, and I ran straight to the bathroom and splashed water in my face to get the feeling of Georgia's eyes off me.

I looked into the mirror and saw my plain light brown hair and my dark brown eyes staring back at me.

"Amber?" I heard a familiar voice ask. I spun around to see Tiffany Browning, Ruth's older sister, standing in the bathroom doorway.

"Hi Tiffany." I replied glumly as I wiped my face. She noticed my sad expression.

"Not having a good day?" she pushed. I sighed, I guess I had to talk to someone about it.

"No it's going fine, you're sister and Evan are so welcoming, it's just Georgia and Knox, they're kind of freaking me out." I explained. She nodded.

"Don't be. They're like that to everyone, even Ruth and Evan. I wouldnt worry about it if I were you." she assured me.

"Thanks, I wont. See you later." I said, and then left the toilet block.

I walked slowly back to the Cafeteria, where Ruth and Evan were waiting anxiously for my arrival.

"Hey guys, sorry I'm late, but I ran into Tiffany and we got talking." I explained.

That lunch was more about them questioning me, and then vice versa.

Evan was actually named Evana Capracious and she also lived in Golden Gates Estate, only three blocks away from mine on Blue Sky Lane. She also told me that her parents were environmental consultants, and that her Mom worked with my Dad sometimes.

Knox didnt do any talking but Evan told me that his Mom was a Paramedic and they also lived in Golden Gates Estate.

Georgia talked a little about herself, and she lived in the same street as me, at number eighteen.

We continued to talk until the bell rang, and we all went our seperate ways.

This time none of them were in my English class, but Evan assured me that it'd be fine, and I believed her.

I walked into my classroom, and handed a note to the teacher, Miss Ellis, telling her I was a new student and blah blah blah.

She told me to take a seat next to the window, and I did as I was told.

Luckily I didnt have a good view, otherwise I wouldve been staring out there all afternoon.

However the view I got was just of the barren oval, something I'd rather not look at.

I was scribbling something in my homework diary when Miss Ellis called my name.

At first I didnt realize it because I was focused on writing something down, but then I did think it was me because I normally used my mothers last name, Mathers, and not my fathers, which was Linklater.

I felt a prod in my side shortly after and turned to see the boy sitting to my right holding a pencil in his hand.

He was beautiful.

He had Knox black hair and dark gray eyes, with a very solid face.

"Hey Linklater, you're being called out." he noted, his voice harsh.

"Oh, um...present!" I shouted, answering Miss Ellis' call.

Immediatley after, she called out the boy sitting next to me's name.

"Judd O'Burn?"

"Present!" he called, without looking away from my face.

"Meagan Monaghan!" I heard Miss Ellis call, but I blocked out all the noise around me and focused my attention on Judd.

We stared at each other for what seemed a long time, before he finally looked away.

I kept staring at him, as his face was exquisite. I could see him look at me in the corner of his eye every now and then, but he didnt make eye contact with me again.

I looked away, out the window, into the barren oval, to distract myself.

That English lesson on poetry flew by mildly, I was eager to get home, so I almost jumped out of my seat when the bell rang.

But Judd sprung at the same time, and we collided, our heads butting and our books flying every where.

I sat back down in my seat and held my hand to my forehead, as I began to feel dizzy.

When the dizziness slowed, I bent down to pick up my books, but noticed that blood had begun to drip from my forehead, and my hand flew up to stop it from spilling further.

Judd and I gathered our books together quickly, and then Judd left first, without a word.

As I was about to leave, Miss Ellis noticed that my forehead was bleeding, and whipped a band aid out from her draw and stuck it over the source of blood.

I said a quick goodbye, and then left in a hurry towards my locker.

As I was getting some of my stuff out, I noticed that I had accidently picked up Judd's book insdead of mine.

I raced out to the carpark to see if I could find him, and noticed that he was leaning next to a black 4WD, the one that had almost hit me when I went shopping.

I walked down to the carpark, ignoring the staring eyes.

Although he had his back to me, his Knox black wasnt hard to miss, and I contemplated in my head what I was going to say to him.

I paced my way slowly towards him, and tapped him lightly on the shoulder.

He spun around to face me with almost angry looking eyes.

"Um...I have your book." I explained, feeling belittled. Without saying a word, he whipped out my book from nowhere and gave it to me, then held out his hand to retrieve his.

I gave it to him cautiously, and he snatched it out of my hands, and then hopped in his car and drove away quickly.

"Hmm," I said to myself. "mysterious."

"What is?" Evan asked, appearing behind me, startling my unprepared body.

"Jesus, Evan! You scared me!" I whined, clutching my heart.

"Sorry. What's mysterious?" she repeated, joining me in watching Judd speed away down the street.

"Judd O'Burn." I answered. She looked a little bit stunned for a moment, but then resumed her normal happy face.

"He's a freak." she commented, somewhat forcibly. I eyed her suspiciously.

She grabbed my arm.

"Let's not talk about Judd, okay?" she demanded.

"Alright." I replied, almost immediatley.

She walked me to my car, where Ruth and Georgia were waiting for us.

I offered them all a lift home, and they accepted, as they didnt own a car and were frequently getting a ride with Tiffany.

The drive home was fun, as we mainly joked the whole way.

I dropped Ruth home first, and then Evan asked if she could come home with me.

So then we let Georgia out at her place, and drove along until we pulled into my garage.

Evan whistled.

"Shutup...Evana." I teased. She shot a dark look at me and grabbed my arm again.

"Don't call me that." she said darkly.

"Um...okay." I replied, feeling very threatend. She laughed so loud it almost burst my ears.

"You shouldve seen your face!" she laughed as we stepped inside the house.

Dad was already home, watching the game on the big screen.

"Hey, Dad." I greeted him.

"How was your day?" he asked, eyeing Evan suspiciously.

"Good...great! Oh yeah, Dad this is Evan Capracious." I said, and Evan shook my Dad's hand.

"Nice to meet you." Evan said merrily.

"Likewise." Dad replied.

"My Mom's Heather Tarrison." she explained, satisfying the curious look on Dad's face.

"Ahh, yes. I recongized those blue eyes. Your Mom talks about you all the time, I was hoping that Amber would get a chance to meet you." he commented.

"Well, we're going to go upstairs and listen to music or something." I said to Dad, even though he didnt really need to know.

Evan and I hung out until the sun was no longer in the sky, and then I drove her home.

When I got back home, at seven o'clock, there was a large silver bmw 4WD parked in the driveway.