School's Not So Bad

Kathy's POV

I looked down as I noticed most of the class stopping their side conversations to look at me. I stepped up to the teacher and she seemed to recognize me immediately as the new student, just like everyone else did.

She smiled at me and said, "Class we have new student. Please welcome Miss Katherine Hale."

I flushed as she announced my presence like that. This was going to be worse than I thought.

"Miss Hale, I'd like you to sit in the middle seat, there," I looked back to where she was pointing and saw an empty seat and walked at a rather slow pace.

I went and sat on the chair, relieved that I hadn't tripped, but frowned when I saw some people nearby laughing as they looked at me. Guess they heard about my 'meeting' with Luke. With a sigh the bell rang, once again and class had begun.

Class was a breeze. The work was so simple, since Dad had already taught it to me. The teacher was impressed with how much I could do the first day, but at the time I'd been slightly distracted by the murmurs going around the room.

The bell rang and I was headed to Gym. Now, I was never the sporty type to tell the truth, but I wasn't too horrible at playing sports and games. At least I didn't fall…much.

The gymnasium was pretty close, but when I looked around I couldn't spot Luke anywhere. Feeling disappointed, I went into the girl's locker room and spoke with the teacher. She said she'd have my gym clothes for me tomorrow and told me I had to sit out for today, since I wasn't going to get changed.

So I sat myself down at the end of the gymnasium and looked out to everyone else, who were all playing basketball. Minutes passed as I waited as patiently as I could manage, for the period to end.

Then, one of the double doors of the gym opened and I noticed Luke coming in. My eyes slightly widened when I saw him and when he noticed me he smiled and waved in my direction.

For a second, I realized I was supposed to be upset with him, but then, the very thought instantly vanished. I smiled and waved back at him and then he went up to Ms. Trish and handed her a slip.

After nodding at Luke, she pointed at where I was sitting and he came and sat next to me.

He gave me an apologetic look and said, "Sorry, I just came back from the office."

I looked at him suspiciously, "The Principal's Office?"

He chuckled, "The Nurse's Office."

I looked at him in concern and widened my eyes, "Are you hurt?" Luke simply shrugged and said, "It's nothing that bad; I just fell on my way to gym and had to stay at the Nurse's for a while," But as he said this it felt like he wasn't telling me the full truth.

"Where did you get hurt?" I asked still concerned.

I noticed him tucking his left arm between his legs and his front, "A few bruises on my arm…it really isn't that much of a big deal, really," he insisted, but I wasn't buying that.

"Luke," I said, seriously, "What really happened?"

He looked at me, but then closed his eyes, sighed and muttered something unintelligible.

I sighed too and held rested my chin on my knees.

A few minutes of silence was followed after that, but that was ended when a basketball came flying from a nearby court and hit Luke on the head and landed near to my hand.

He winced and cussed under his breath and rubbed the top of his head, as some of the other students laughed at him.

A girl with long, curly, red hair and pale skin came and held out her hand in expectance at me. I looked up to her pale blue eyes and looked back at Luke who was glaring at her.

With an impatient grunt, she snatched the ball from my hand and shot a glare right back at Luke. Then, she looked down at me and looked like she wanted to spit on me, then walked away.

"Who was that?" I asked Luke who still had his hand on his head.

"Kristina Foley," he muttered her name with disgust, "She thinks she's way better than any of us around here; what I don't get is that if she thinks she's so hot, why doesn't she just move to another town?"

"Do people do that a lot?" I asked thinking of something else entirely.

He looked at me, confused, "Do what?"

"Treat you that way."

He looked at me in surprise and disbelief, then turned away from me, "It's none of your business, really."

I felt a twinge of pain from his words, but simply nodded, "I guess," and looked to the floor of the gym.

Minutes passed after that, then I felt a hand on my shoulder and I turned to Luke, surprised to see he looked guilty, "Sorry, that was harsh."

"No," I disagreed, "I was just being a bit nosy that's all."

He ignored me and said, "It's just that, I'm not use to having company."

"Why not?" I asked suspiciously.

He removed his hand from my shoulder and leaned back on the wall, staring out at the rest of the students, "Well, let's just say that people don't really…like me."

"Why wouldn't they?" I asked him, not satisfied with his answer.

He gave a dark chuckle and said, "You'll find out soon enough."

We both looked up as Ms. Trish blew her whistle and instructed everyone to leave.

Luke and I made our way out of the gym and walked off to our next classes. Well, Luke was helping me find mine and insisted that it was alright with him.

"And here we are," he said as we stopped at my classroom. I peeked in the room and saw Nessie wasn't here yet. Disappointed, I backed away from the door and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Luke asked in worry.

I shook my head, "It's nothing, I was just looking for my sister, that's all."

"You guys have this class together?"

I nodded and said, "We compared schedules, before first period started."

"And before you ran into me," he added on and I smiled.

"Kathy!" I heard a familiar voice squeak and I looked a few feet away to see Nessie.

"Oh, hey!" I said as she made her way to Luke and me.

She smiled when she saw Luke and held out her hand at him, "I'm Nessie Cullen, are you friends with my sister?"

He took her hand and smiled back, "Yeah, we bumped into each other in the hallways, or should I say she bumped into me," he teased lightly.

"Funny," I said as rolled my eyes at him and he chuckled.

"Oh, I better get to class," he said, "I'll see you at lunch, Kathy," and waved good bye before taking off.

Nessie nudged at me and said, "He's really cute."

"And secretive," I added, "Apparently, he has some things that he doesn't like to share."

"So?" Nessie sad as we entered the classroom, "That didn't stop my mom and dad, did it?"

I laughed at this and responded, "I doubt his secret is that big."

She shrugged and said, "You never know."

This class wasn't so different from the other; Nessie and I found no trouble in the lesson and I overheard someone wondering how we were so smart or if we were cheating on the lessons already.

Obviously, annoyed Nessie sent the guy an irritated glare, which he winced from when he saw her. I bit down on my lip to keep myself from laughing.

"You know," I said when class was over, and Nessie and I were walking down the halls to find our next class together, "You could let the humans around here off the hook; its not like they know anything."

She scowled at me and said, "Well, it's pretty rude to assume such a thing-"

"Vampires can be rude, too, remember?" I cut in, "Along with a certain werewolf I know."

She sighed and I knew I'd won this little argument.

"So," I said, trying to take her mind off of what had just happened, "Did you make any new friends?"

She perked up, suddenly and said, "Yeah, I think you'll get to meet them at lunch."

"Great!" I said with a bit extra enthusiasm.

"Find any jerks around like that idiot?" she asked.

I laughed, since it seemed she didn't remember his name at all, but then frowned when I recalled Kristina Foley.

"Can I take that as a yes?" Nessie asked, seeing my change in expression.

"Some girl was rather mean to Luke, during Gym," I said and her eyes seemed to flash at me and I added, "She hit him on the head with a basketball, then she glared at me a bit. She seems to hate me for just being his friend."

"Oh," Nessie said and knitted her eyebrows, "You'd think people would be nicer on your first day."

"Well, one of us didn't fall in the hallway and make a complete fool of herself," I reminded her.

"Oh, come on," she said trying to make me feel better, "Why do you have to be so grouchy?"

"Maybe coming to school was a bad idea," I whispered, but of course she heard it anyway.

"No way! Don't give up on me, now!" Nessie said frantically, "I will not have my little sister backing out on her first day!"

"Technically, Ness," I said, ignoring her little tantrum, "We're about the same age."

"Don't change the subject!" She ordered me, but I simply shrugged and saw we were at our next class, History.

"Let's go!" I said, pulling her arm, as I entered the room. Sighing Nessie moved her legs so she'd follow me in; there was no possible way I'd ever be able to drag her, or anyone else in the family, anywhere.

Then, the lesson began.

End of Chapter 6

PLEASE REVIEW!!!!