Edwin...
It was bad enough I had to come to this school. Everyone here seemed to be frigid and unwelcoming, or I was just paranoid. I think it was the first one. I wish I could say I missed my old school, but I wasn't even there long enough to miss it. My mom and I moved around a lot with my sister Marti but now she was determined to stay here and make this our new home.
I went to meet with my counselor who was a woman that looked to be a cat lady and the only action she got was reading those steamy romance novels.
"Mr. Venturi, how nice of you to stop by. Please come in and have a seat."
I walked in after having been bumped into by an angry girl who had stormed out of there with lightening speed. I apologized but she still looked like she wanted to bite my head off.
I sat down in the chair across from my counselor and smiled politely. "Thank you for seeing me."
She forced a smile "Sure, no problem. Now..." she looked down at my file "Edwin Venturi. It says here you have attended four schools in two years. Your parents in the army?"
"No, actually my mom is a-"
"That's enough" she interruped with a cheery smile. "Here's your schedule, map, and..." she handed me a stack of papers "other stuff" she added handing me a bigger stack of papers. "And if you ever need me just stop by ok?" she was slowly nudging me out the door.
"Um..Ok." I tried to balance the huge mountain of papers in my arms.
"Try not to need me, ok?" then she slammed the door behind me.
I turned to walk away but again, I ran into someone. "Oh gosh I'm so sorry!"
"No problem" said the guy I ran into. He helped pick up my now scattered papers. "Are you Edwin Venturi?" he asked
"Yeah..."
"Oh!" he held out his hand "I'm Teddy, I'm your official welcome wagon. I'm here to give you a tour and show you the ropes."
This kid was a bit off, but I figured it's better than being alone in a new school filled with a bunch of rich snobs and bitchy girls. "Ok, well thank you."
"No problem. Well, let's get going." he got up and began walking without picking up the papers like he intended leaving me to pick them up.
"Over there, those are the jocks." Teddy said pointing to a group of steroid pumped bafoons crushing coke cans with their heads. "There are the theatre and drama students." he pointed to a group of berret wearing people who had their noses buried in a script or a work of Shakespeare. "And there are the future CEOs and business professionals." he pointed to a table of guys all wearing suits and talking on cell phones or typing on laptops. "Hey fellas." he said waving to them.
"Shut it Gabe." said a guy to another guy who had his laptop open but shut it when Teddy and I walked by.
"Last week I was there god."
"What happened?" I asked
He shrugged "Hostile take over by Gabe McNulty. But I will have my revenge..."
I shook my head and couldn't help but laugh. When I turned the corner with Gabe I saw her. She was beautiful, sweet smile, perfect eyes, and the silkiest hair I had ever seen. She was not a student, she was an angel.
"What group is she in?" I asked.
Teddy looked "The don't even think about it group."
I couldn't take my eyes off of her, she was like nothing I had ever seen. "Why not?" I asked
"She's not your type."
"Not my type? She's sweet, and pure, and real."
Teddy rolled his eyes "You never met her before. Right now you're in the trap she has set with that mini skirt and blouse. She's wearing that to send the statement to guys like us" he pointed to me and him "that we can never touch her."
"How can you say that? She's-"
"Vapid, shallow, a snob..."
I was mad now "You're wrong about her!"
Teddy laughed "Ok you want to take a shot? Be my guest! She's actually looking for a new spanish teacher."
"Seriously?! That's perfect!"
"You speak spanish?"
I shook my head then turned back to look at her. "No but I'll learn."
"It would help if you started off learning her name. It's Lizzie McDonald."
"Lizzie McDonald...." I said being sucked back into her trance again. "She's perfect."