Previously in Chapter 2:
Not stopping, Taylor turned around, gave Gabs a sympathetic look, then turned back around and kept walking. Gathering as much courage as she could muster, Gabriella opened the door and crossed the threshold into possibly the bleakest class she had ever seen.
Chapter 3-The First Day of School Part 2
Almost everyone in the class was either reading a book or staring into oblivion in front of them. Only a few brave fellows were actually talking to each other. The room looked the same as any other science room she had been in. Plain. Any posters on the walls were either of the periodic table or a graph about atoms. Not exactly the most exciting thing on the planet, yet for some reason it fascinated Gabriella. The fact that everything ran a certain way, and that there was order and a purpose for everything amazed her.
Gabriella was surprised to see a young looking teacher sitting at the desk. After everything Taylor had told her she had been half-expecting a strict old lady with her gray hair pulled back in a tight bun. She carefully made her way towards the woman to introduce herself.
"Hello, are you Mrs. Hall?"
"Yes, I am." the woman answered looking her up and down as if she was a bug on the bottom of her shoe.
"Hi, I'm the new student Gabriella ,and I..."
"Drop it" Mrs. Hall interrupted her abruptly
"Drop what?"
" The sweet new girl facade, it makes me sick. If you were wondering where to sit, you can sit over there by pretty boy, he looks a bit lonely to me. Maybe your sweetness will rub off on him." the teacher said dismissing her with a wave of her hand.
Ok well, evil teacher...check!
With a jolt Gabriella realized that Mrs. Hall was talking about the hot guy from her homeroom. She looked back at the teacher with a nervous look on her face.
"What, he's not going to bite you!" Mrs. Hall said exasperatedly" Hey you! Yeah I'm talking to you Troy, don't look to surprised. Make room for the new girl, she's your new lab partner." she called over all the other kids heads. He just nodded on response.
Oh my gosh! Who would do that? Is it possible to be any more embarrassed?
Troy looked up and, seeing Gabriella, scooted his chair over to give her more room when she sat down.
"Hey." she greeted when she sat down. No answer. She looked over curiously to see why he was so quiet. Being the brilliant person she was she located the problem almost immediately. Well, that and the fact that his earphones were sticking out quite obviously from his ears ,even though the cords were expertly hidden in his hoodie. With a sigh, she poked him in the side and nodded towards Mrs. Hall ,who was in the process of calling roll.
Gabriella paid so much attention to the lesson that the period went by super fast. The rest of the day was interesting. Gabriella had 4th period with Taylor, Troy, and the fro, Chad, in spent most worrying about Ariela, so needless to say, she had learnt nothing except that Taylor was a geek just like her, which means...the geek, check! Checklist completed!
Then there was history, the best class of the day since the only person that Gabriella knew in that class was Taylor, plus the teacher was hilarious. Whenever Mr. Henderson lost his temper with a student he would throw a shoe at them, which was awesome. Well, unless you're the one getting a shoe thrown at you, then it's not awesome, it's embarrassing. Anyways, after history Gabriella had P.E. with basically everyone she had met so far. That means that everyone gets to see her attempt to play sports, which is horrible. Like epic fail horrible. Shudder.
And then there's Parenting. Sigh. Gabriella wished every period was like Parenting. It is basically one of those let's sit here and learn for about fifteen minutes and then chill for the rest of class classes. So, of course, it was a very fun class.
After the bell rang Gabriella hurried to her locker, avoiding as much human contact as she could along the way. Apparently she sucks at avoiding things because when she was just down the hall from her locker she heard Taylor calling her from behind. Deciding to just ignore her, Gabriella continued to walk to her locker a little faster than before.
"Whew, I finally caught up to you! You walk really fast girl, what are you doing, avoiding me?"
"No, who would think such a thing?"Gabriella answered finally reaching her destination.
Taylor didn't catch the sarcasm and kept on talking "Well, me and the girls were wondering if you wanted to hang out after school, and we could show you around town. You know get to know each other better."
Gabriella couldn't help but thinking back to the one time she took someone up on that offer. Deciding that it would be risking too much to go she answered "I'm sorry but I can't. We're still unpacking and things haven't really settled down much."
"Oh, okay. I understand. Umm, how about later? After you've unpacked and stuff I mean."
"Maybe. I'll see you tomorrow okay?" Gabriella said, already walking towards the doors. Catalina appeared next to her before she could get very far, stopping Gabriella's escape.
"Hey Gabi, how did your first day go?" she asked sarcastically
"Oh it went wonderfully! How about yours?" Gabriella answered back. She was trying to inch her way to the door without Taylor noticing. No progress was coming of it.
"Eh, same old, same old." Catalina answered, oblivious to her sister's suffering
"Are you Gabriella's sister?" Taylor asked scaring the mess out of Catalina who hadn't even noticed her standing there
"Um, yeah. Why?"
"Just wondering." Taylor replied nonchalantly and started a conversation with Catalina. Chad and Enid popped up, looking very interested in the conversation that shouldn't even be existing. If Gabriella had her way she would be halfway to the daycare already. After such a long day all that she wanted was to be home alone with her daughter and to relax the rest of the day. Even though she knew that that would probably be impossible, Gabriella still wanted to pick up Ariela ASAP. She was anxious to find out how things had went at the daycare.
Gabriella was so absorbed in her thoughts that she lost track of the conversation her sister was having with Taylor and her group.
"So Gabriella mentioned that you have a little sister. I bet your parents were surprised when they found out they were pregnant after such a long time" Taylor joked
"Actually our dad left when we were little" Catalina answered without thinking. By the time she realized what she had said the damage was already done.
"But how did your mom get preggers if your dad was gone?" Chad asked stupidly. Taylor looked at him with a horrorstruck expression while Catalina opened and closed her mouth ,looking very much like a fish, trying to think of an explanation. Taylor turned and started to apologize when Gabriella bluntly answered, "She had a one night stand."
Chad's mouth made a big O and Taylor's face turned bright red. Catalina glared at Gabriella with a face that said What the mess do you think you are doing!!! Enid just read her book calmly beside them.
"Come on Chad. We need to study for that big test tomorrow remember." Taylor said guiding Chad down the hallway toward the doors with Enid trailing behind reading her book, which had to be darn good if she was that unaware of her surroundings.
"But we don't have a test tomorrow." Chad obliviously replied as they left through the front doors.
"What the heck was that!" Catalina exclaimed after they were a safe distance away
"What? She said make something up. " Gabriella answered innocently, walking to car to pick up her daughter.
"Were baaack." Gabriella said in a sing-song voice as they pulled back into their garage. It turns out that all of her worries about Ariela at school had been useless. After Gabriella practically ran into the day care building the workers had told her that Ariela had been an angel all day (Well duh! She came from Mwa!!!) ,and had actually slept most of the day. Also, seeing as she was the smallest baby at the day care center ,the workers had all practically fought over her too.
"Hello, anyone home?" Gabriella yelled as she walked into the house carting Ariela in her car seat. Receiving no answer, Gabi mumbled "No one. What a surprise. Hey Catalina I'm heading upstairs. Yell if you need anything."
When she got to her room she set Ariela's car seat down on her bed and got her out before looking around the room. It was littered with boxes everywhere. She still hadn't found all of her belongings, but Gabriella was certain that most of them were here. Her bed and dresser were both assembled and sitting where she had chosen the day before, but her desk was sitting in pieces in the corner.
"Great, so I still have to put that together. Hmmm, so much work to do, but wherever do I start Ri Ri?" Gabriella asked the gurgling baby. Ariela looked at Gabriella and then leaned her head in the direction of the boxes containing her clothes.
"You are so right baby girl! Now I'm just gonna lay you down for a minute. Yeah, just for a bit." Gabriella cooed. She placed Ariela in her bassinet and placed a baby mirror that she found in a box from their old attic in with her to keep her entertained. With a heavy sigh, she sat down, opened the boxes containing her and Ariela's clothes, and started to put them away. Gabriella started to list everything that needed to be done in the house in her head. Her mom had already told her and Catalina that she had a business trip this week so they would have to organize the house. Seeing as Catalina would do absolutely nothing it was all left to Gabriella.
With a jolt, Gabriella remembered that she still had to buy furniture for the baby. Her mother had refused to pay for anything of Ariela's except for the bare necessities (formula, diapers, wipes, ect.). Gabi had to work throughout her pregnancy just to buy Ariela's clothes and bassinet, and they were all from thrift stores and garage sales. She had found a box of baby toys that her mother had thankfully not thrown out also. Gabi looked over at Ariela in her bassinet, waving her chubby fists toward her reflection with big eyes, and tried to guess how much longer it would be before she had to transfer her to the nursery. Eh, I still have a while.
After putting away all of the clothes Gabi attempted to organize what parts of her room were there. The back door slamming scared Ariela and caused her to start fussing. Frustrated, Gabriella looked at her clock and saw that it was time to feed the baby anyway. Praying that her mom wasn't in the kitchen she went downstairs to get the bottle ready.
Aww man!
Maria was standing in front of the refrigerator most likely getting a snack. She turned at the sound of Gabriella coming down the stairs.
"Oh good, you're here!" Gabriella exclaimed in her fake cheery voice "How was your day at work?"
"Pssh, like you really care. What do you want?" her mom asked grumpily
" Well, I do have some papers you need to sign upstairs, but I have a question too." Gabriella answered cheerfully ,seeing that it annoyed her mom even further that way.
"What is it?" Maria asked unhappily as usual. Gabriella's mom was never happy or content. Sometimes Gabriella wondered if she was happy at any moment in her life. It seemed as if she had a permanent negative aura around her at all times.
" When is our internet going to be up?"
"Next Tuesday, why?" Maria asked
"School assignment." Gabriella answered casually getting a bottle out of the refrigerator. This is why she hates talking to her mom, she always made it so... not normal.
When she finished making Ariela's bottle she silently hurried up the stairs away from yet another unwanted conversation with her mother. Maria barely noticed her leave the kitchen.
Ok yeah the ending totally sucked, but hey, at least I finished it! :) I promise the next chapter will be longer. Review please!!!