"Thanks, Dad!" Simon yelled as he drove off.
Already some girls were checking him out and giggling.
"Wow, I didn't think there were going to be so many kids." Chloe said as she rubbed her arms.
Derek came up behind her and gave her a hug from behind.
"Don't worry, it will be fine, Chlo." He said as he nuzzled her neck.
Simon couldn't help but feel envy and jealousy towards them. Come on, his anti-social wolf brother gets the girl from hisdreams. But what shocked him the most was that she chose Derek over him.
Derek over him.
That was a shock since Simon was never rejected before.
The school was big, made out of red bricks and paintings all over it of cultures and traditions.
The laughter and gossip that was going around was 10 times louder than his previous school.
The kids crowded around the front of the school like bees fighting for honey when the bell rang.
As quickly as it came, the groups dispersed into the school. The school seemed to engulf them and soon there was nothing left but them and the school.
"I guess we should go inside now." Simon suggested as he slung his book bag higher on his shoulder.
"Yeah, let's go." Tori said as she skipped towards the school while Derek grabbed Chloe's hand and walked after Tori.
Simon went after them. For some strange reason, he felt that something good was going to happen today.
They were in the main office as they waited for their escort to take them to class. Every female kept sneaking glances at him and he smiled out of respect.
"Keep doing that blondie and you'll give them a heart attack." Tori said as she adjusted her skirt.
"You're just mad that no one paid any attention to you, not that they would since you're dressed as a sl…"
"You guys, come on." Chloe said as she tried to stop their bickering. Chloe didn't like to see them fighting every chance they got but they couldn't help it. It was a need like a need for breathing air but just to please Chloe he stopped while Tori mumbled a 'whatever' under her breath.
"Okay, kids," A plump woman said as she came towards them. She had black hair that was in a bun, some crooked glasses with chains that dangled from the ends, and a pink suit. Her eyes were dark brown and had freckles across her nose.
"Just follow me and we will take you to Mr. Pyle's class." She gestured towards the door and walked out. They grabbed their stuff and followed.
"Oh, and before I forget, here are your locker combinations." She said as she handed everyone a pink slip.
They followed her in silent as they walked up some spiral stairs, down a couple of hallways and some more stairs. She stopped in front of a door and knocked.
A bald man with glasses came out the door and they started to whisper.
They nodded and she turned towards them.
"Okay, this is Mr. Pyle's, just go on in and if you need anything, just come on by the main office at any time. I'm serious if you need anything and I mean anything." She looked straight at Simon and winked.
Tori made a gagging sound. It was weird that old people were hitting on him even if they shouldn't but still.
They followed after Mr. Pyle into the classroom and were greeted with gasps and whispers and giggles.
Simon was pretty sure he knew why.
"Okay class, it appears we have some new students in here. Come in Kids."
Simon managed to catch some of what the girls were saying as they shot flirtatious looks at him.
"He's cute…"
"Mmmm… he is so going to be mine."
"Nuh-uh, he's mine."
"No! Mine."
He couldn't help but smile. It was just an impulse but that made them even more lovey-dovey.
But suddenly he felt someone's eyes on him.
He knew everyonewas looking at him but this was different. It was as if she was taking him in, trying to see him, the realSimon. It was warm and pleasant and he instinctively knew where to look.
He turned his head and laid his eyes on the most beautiful girl in the world.
She had beautiful hazel eyes with long straight light brown hair with golden highlights
There was something about her that he couldn't put his finger on. It was as if he knew her all his life but he was certain he never met her before.
Of course, this was what he felt when he saw Chloe but now that he thought about it, this was nothing compared to what he felt towards Chloe. Everything that he had for Chloe was evaporated as soon as he laid his eyes with this girl. Shewas what he wanted and he knew it just by looking at her eyes.
When I look into your eyes
I can see how much I love you
And it makes me realize
When I look into your eyes
I see all my dreams come true
But she was different somehow, there was something about her that separated her from the rest of the girls that he met and knew. But she didn't act like all the other girls like he expected. She just stared at his with a surprised and curious look.
The world just seemed to disappear around him and he saw a halo of light surround her. She was the light to his darkness. She was all he could see. She was all he wantedto see.
He flashed a coy smile at her and her cheeks flushed immediately.
She seemed to be struggling somehow and looked tired when she pulled her eyes away from him. He frowned slightly because she looked away.
He was so used to girls staring at him all day but this, this girl, only looked at him for a few seconds which felt like hours and turned away as if she was embarrassed.
This was totally not what he expected from her. He expected her to smile and flirt back but she didn't. She just looked away.
"Okay, okay, class. Settle down and let them introduce themselves."
"I'm Tori."
"I'm Chloe."
"I'm Derek."
"And I'm Simon."
As soon as he said his name, all the girls squealed. He expected for the hazel eyed girl to do the same but she simply stared down at her desk.
"Thank you, now you may take a seat."
There were plenty of seats in the middle more than 6 but what he really wanted was to sit by her. He quickly scanned for a seat next to her and smiled when he saw it was empty.
"Ooh…Simon, sit by me."
"No, by me!"
"No, me, sit here."
Every single girl was trying to get him to sit by them but he simply made his way to the girl with hazel eyes.
He sat down by her but she didn't seem to hear him since she didn't raise her head or anything.
"Hey." I whispered.
She didn't answer.
"Hey, you. Excuse me."
She still didn't answer.
"Hello, girl with the brown hair. I know you hear me talking to you."
She sighed softly and answered.
"Yes." She sounded annoyed but her voice was soft like water and melodic like wind chimes.
"What's your name?"
She was about to answer but then a blonde girl came over and started flirting with him. For the first time ever, he was annoyed and tense when she came over.
He loved to flirt with girls and he didn't tense up but now that this girl in front of him he wanted to get rid of her. "Hey there, cutie, what are you doing with the freak over here?" She said loudly.
He felt such a strong need to protect the hazel eyed girl that he wanted to step in between them to block this blonde girl from his hazel eyed one.
"You know, you just read my mind when you came over." He said which was a shock to him since he never offended girls, except for Tori but she really didn't count.
"Oh, come now," She said, her voice strained. "You don't mean that."
Mr. Pyle called her attention.
"Ms. Miranda, sit down and do your work."
Miranda, he thought, a perfect name for a bitch like her. Whoa! Wait! Where did that come from?
She left his side and went to sit at her desk in the front.
The hazel eyed girl beside him sighed and she shifted in her chair uncomfortably. She seemed to be reading a book but her attention seemed far-off. He tried to get her attention for over an hour and she acted like she didn't hear him, which was another thing he wasn't accustomed too.
He didn't even hear the teacher giving lectures or the girls whispering his name.
As soon as the bell rang, the hazel-eyed girl bolted out of the room without a backwards glance leaving a very flustered teacher and students in the class.
She seemed to run pretty fast since her desk was all the way in the back and the door was at least a 30 second walk.
"Geez, what's her problem?" some red-headed guy said.
"I guess she wanted to run home and cry to her mommy." a girl with glasses said.
"Hey, don't you know? She doesn't have a mother or a father for that matter." Another guy said.
She doesn't have parents, he thought.
She certainly was shy but she seemed so healthy for a girl who lost her parents, but maybe there was something else going on.
"Hey, don't say anything to her; you know how her brother get when we mess with her." Another guy said.
Simon decided to leave them to their conversation and do some research on this girl.
"Hey, Si, wait for us." His friends called as they got their stuff. He was dying to see the hazel-eyed girl and hoped with all his heart that she was in his classes.