Time Warp.
Chapter 2:
School & other Things.
A/n: Thought it best not to change narrators till chapter 3. Makes more sense to change after the next narrator has been met.
I packed my bag that morning after spending almost an hour trying to find an outfit that wouldn't scream "new girl". After getting dressed & packing everything into my new bag, I headed downstairs to the kitchen & as I walked in my mother had my lunch all prepared. I smiled & rolled my eyes.
"Mum I have money I don't need to take food with me." She held it out to me anyway, shaking it at me. As I reached out to take it, mum pulled it back for a moment.
"Don't even think about swapping your lunch or chucking it out & buying something. Because I will know." I raised an eyebrow.
"How will you know? Will you follow me to school & watch my every move?" I joked.
"Don't get smart with me. Mothers just know these things. Now eat your breakfast otherwise the bus will come & you'll be hungry before your first class even starts." As I sat down to eat I heard the honk of the bus outside. I grabbed my toast & stuck it in with my lunch. I headed for the door & then remembered my school bag & doubled back for it. When I got on the bus there weren't many people on it. I dumped my bag on the first available empty seat & sat down. I pulled the latest book I'd been reading out of my bag & opened it to the page I was up to. Under the pretense of reading I looked around at the other students on the bus. Most of them were oblivious to me but I kept up the precaution of the book just in case. Suddenly everyone went quiet. I looked up in time to see a girl about my age get on. From the looks on people's faces I would have thought she was new until someone behind me called out to her by name.
I watched as she walked past. She was wearing a lace black top & mini skirt with black tights, black makeup (including lipstick) & boots that laced at the front & were knee-high & you guessed it, black. I thought about introducing myself but thought better of it. I sat back & continued reading.
As the bus pulled up at the school I put my book away & stood up ready to get off. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed the girl in black & her friend get up behind me. I checked my seat to make sure I hadn't left anything behind & got off the bus. Since I didn't know my way around, & they looked about my age, I decided to follow the girl in black & her friend. When I got inside, I noticed a sign saying front office. I figured they might be able to help & pushed open the door.
"Yes? Can I help you?" the woman at the desk didn't look much older than me.
"Um… I'm new & not sure where I'm supposed to go." The woman smiled & asked for my name. I told her & she handed me a booklet with my name printed on the front. It had my schedule & a school map inside. I pulled the map out & quickly worked out where I was in relation to my first class. All the way over the other side of the building. I made sure of the route in my head, put the map in my pocket & walked straight into the guy in front of me.
"Uh… sorry wasn't watching where I was going." He helped me pick up my things & smiled as he handed them to me.
"That's ok. I'm Danny by the way, Danny Taylor." He said extending his hand.
"Aiden, Aiden Burns." I answered, shaking his hand.
"So, you must be new right?" I cringed.
"Is it that obvious?" he laughed.
"Only because I know every face of every student in my year & I didn't recognize yours so therefore you must be new. Well, I gotta jet but feel free to bump into me again whenever you like." I blushed as he ran away up the corridor. Unfortunately, with so many people around the route was easier to find on the map than in the building. After three wrong turns & being knocked about like a dodgem car, I pushed my way into the first girl's room I could find. I sighed heavily as I put my bag down then slid down the wall.
"Sounds like someone's having a hard day & the day's barely begun." Said a voice nearby.
I looked up to see the girl in black from the bus re-applying her make-up.
"Yeah just getting to class is proving harder than I thought. Cool outfit by the way. Love the boots. I wanna get a pair like that but my mom won't let me. I'm Aiden Burns by the way." She offered me a hand as I spoke & pulled me to my feet when I took it.
"Well my parents weren't to crash hot on these either but I saved up & bought them myself so they couldn't really say no. I'm Abbey, Abbey Sciuto." I grabbed my bag & we headed out the door.
"What's your first class? I can take you there if you want." I consulted my list. Biology. Abbey's face lit up when I told her.
"That's my first class too. You wait till you meet the Doc. Dr Mallard, but I call him the Doc." I struggled to keep up with Abbey's pace both verbally & walking wise. When we got to the biology labs, I was exhausted. Abbey promised to show me around at lunch as we took our seats. The door to the teacher's office opened & a man walked out he looked about late forties but something in his face reminded me of my grandfather.
"He's Scottish apparently. But he's really cool." Abbey whispered as Dr Mallard called for the class' attention.
"Now this morning we seem to be arriving at the second half of the textbook we started last year. It seems we have a new student with us this year. Please miss, stand up & introduce yourself." I cringed inwardly as he pointed in my direction & Abbey eagerly poked me in the ribs forcing me to stand up. I looked around the class room. I hated this part of being new, worse I'd forgotten that the teachers would do this in every class until the end of the day. I cleared my throat, better to get it over with.
"Uh… I'm Aiden, just moved here from New York City." I sat down as quickly as I could & knew that my face was probably as red as a tomato.
As Dr Mallard continued with the class, I took the chance to look around at my fellow classmates. Abbey noticed my curious expression & started to supply names to the faces I was studying.
"That's Derek Morgan, star quarterback and captain of the basketball team. He's dating the blonde sitting next to him, Jennifer Jareau, known to everyone who's popular as JJ. Head cheerleader & head of the popular girls. Next to her is Samantha Spade, her second in command, if you will. She's probably the bitchiest of the cheerleaders. But if JJ thinks you're cool then who's Samantha to oppose? Moving on, Next is Calleigh Duquesne, back from her Texas holiday, nicer than Samantha but has been known to be nasty when you least expect it. Next up we have Elena Delgado, her & Elle Greenaway make up the Latino part of our school's cheer squad, both quite calm compared to Samantha. Then there's Emily Prentiss next to Elle, Lilly Rush next to Emily, then we have the 'nicer' cheerleaders, Caitlin Todd, Natalia Boa Vista, Angela Montenegro & Lindsay Monroe. That takes care of the cheerleaders. Now the jocks. First football, Derek Morgan of course, next to him Eric Delko, Tim 'Speed' Speedle, then Tony DiNozzo, Nick Stokes, and…" A face I recognized.
"Danny Taylor." I whispered.
"Ah… seems like you've already met Danny T. Now Tony, Speed, Nick, & Derek all play basketball as well so now there's the basketball jocks that I haven't already mentioned. Next to Danny T you've got Seeley Booth, Scotty Valens, Danny Messer, David Sinclair & Colby Granger. Then next to Colby there's Don Eppes. He & Colby play baseball together. I know," she said seeing my face.
"A lot to get your head around. Then there's the socially challenged. The jocks call us geeks or nerds or even dorks but we prefer socially challenged." She giggled as she waved at her friends.
"Here we have Timmy McGee, known to one & all present as McGee, Sheldon Hawkes, Martin Fitzgerald, Kat Miller, Ryan Wolfe, Sara Sidle, Greg Sanders, Warrick Brown, Penelope Garcia, known only as Garcia, Temperance Brennan, who prefers Tempe, Megan Reeves, Jack Hodgins, Jimmy Palmer & the youngest of us all, Charlie Eppes, Zack Addy & Spencer Reid. Charlie is Don's younger brother. See Charlie, Zack & Spencer are all child prodigies. They're four years younger but they're a hell of a lot smarter than the rest of us. Now the bell's about to go off in about three seconds so we'll show to the cafeteria." As Abbey finished speaking the bell rang & everyone started packing their books back into their bags. Since it was only the first day back, Dr Mallard hadn't bothered to stop Abbey from her long winding speech.
We gathered everything & made our way across the building to where the cafeteria was located. When we walked in I noticed how many students there really were. Abbey picked a table & we all gathered around. I pulled out my lunch, only to have Abbey grab it out of my hands & lob it into a nearby trash can just as some of the others sat down with trays loaded with nachos & fizzy drinks. I smiled as I realized my mother wouldn't approve but relaxed my mind with the thought that she would never know. I looked around at the friends I'd already made & something told me I was going to enjoy it at this school…
A/n: Ok so this chapter was quite long but I hope you guys can bear with me.