Chapter 3

As Belle walked into her english class, she felt uneasy, all the students that were there were just mere strangers to her. She stood at the door for a minute scanning the room for someone to sit by and maybe to talk to as well. She chose the desk next to a somewhat short boy, he had short mousy brown hair, but had a small braided ponytail as well. His clothes were quite baggy and he wore black boots with orange trim. Belle sat down, when the boy turned to talk to her.

"Don't think that just because you're new that I'm going to be nice to you." he said with a scowl on his face. This made Belle very uncomfortable.

"Oh...well um would you like me to sit somewhere else?" The boy didn't say anything but instead continued to scowl at her. Belle had begun to get her belongings when a gorgeous girl with blonde hair walked up. She was rather petite, and had her hair up in a bun. She had a green dress on with a jean jacket over it and flats in the same color green. The girl looked over at Belle with two gorgeous blue eyes, which had a lot of spunk in them.

"Jim, I can't believe you!" Suddenly the boy's mood changed completely and he began to blush. 

"But, Tink...I was saving that seat for you." He said with a bit of disappointment in his voice. 

"Even so you shouldn't be rude!" 'Tink' turned towards Belle. "I'm sorry this big lug was rude to you, he doesn't mean a thing." 

"It's okay" Belle turned to the boy "Do you still want me to move so she can sit here?" she nodded towards "Tink" as she said this.

"Oh, don't worry about it! I'll just sit in front of him. I'm Tinker Bell by the way, most people call me 'Tink' though." Tink turned towards the boy "This is one of my good friends Jim Hawkins." Jim looked at Belle and gave a weak smile blushed.

"It's nice to meet you both" Belle said with a big smile on her face. "I'm Belle." She was making so many new friends! "So how is this teacher? Have either of you had her before?" Tink and Jim both looked at each other.

"This is a new teacher, must have just transfered here." Tink said with a bit of disappointment in her voice. The bell rang, and everyone settled down into their seats. There was a slight murmur in the class, everyone was trying to figure out who this mysterious J. Porter was. The door slowly opened and their questions were answered. 

The woman who walked in was very flustered, and talking to herself. 

"Class, so sorry that I'm late on the first day," the woman had a thick english accent. "I promise it won't be a usual thing." She sat her belongings down, she had been carrying a large tote bag, full to the brim with books and other things. "Okay, now that I'm here, let me introduce myself. I am Ms. Jane Porter, you all can call me Ms. Porter or Ms. Jane." everyone could tell how nervous she was, and her face was a bright crimson. Belle understood how she felt, being in a new place with new people was hard. After the teacher had finally gotten settled, she turned to the class.

"Well now, Welcome to my english class. My name is Jane Porter, but you all can call me Ms. Porter. I hope you all are ready for an interesting year, this is your British Literature class which makes you all very lucky because I am actually from England." She smiled to the class, you could tell that she enjoyed her job. "Since today is the first day of school I'm going to let you all just relax for the rest of the period. Tomorrow we will get started though okay?" With that she turned to her desk and began to organize it. Belle was very excited about this class, she loved British writing and stories more than anything. 

"So Belle, where are you from?" Tink asked. Belle felt uneasy, she wasn't really expecting people to ask her that question. She had been home schooled since she was in the first grade.

"Well, um, I actually have lived here most of my life, I just never went to public school. My father preferred to homeschool me."

"Oh Really? So why'd you decide to come to Kingdom High?" Tink seemed very interested in knowing more about Belle.

"Well, my father wanted me to get a 'real high school experience' so he sent me here." Belle gave a smile. She had been so excited to start school and not be home alone with her father all day. Belle and Tink continued to talk, with a few words from Jim every now and then. Soon the bell rang and Belle headed for the cafeteria. When Belle entered the large cafeteria she tried to skim the crowd and find someone she knew to sit by, preferably Adam, but she couldn't find a single person. Belle then decided to sit at an empty table, she had brought her lunch so she didn't have to worry about waiting in the lunch line. She had just started reading a book when someone startled her from behind.

"Mind if I sit here with you?"