In Too Deep
Chapter 2
I heard the alarm clock blaring, which I sluggishly hit the button to shut it up. That was the first time hearing that annoying sound since school ended last June, and now it's starting up yet again. It's the first day of school and my first time at my new school. My mother suggested I should go to the school earlier so I will know where my classes are, but I just did not feel like it. My attention was always focused on my phone for the last two weeks of summer vacation. He never called – or text. Nothing. Honestly, I barely knew the guy, so I really should not care if he called or not. He didn't promise that he would. He didn't sign a contract that he would. It's just that I felt some sort of spark when we met. I don't know how to explain it. It doesn't matter, though; he obviously doesn't want anything to do with me. In fact, I don't even care if I see him at school at all today.
Who am I kidding? Yes I do care. No point in lying to myself.
I straightened my brunette hair, put on a plain, black fitted shirt, a Beatles dog tag necklace, and blue denim skinny jeans with black flip flops. It's not what I'd call an exciting out fit – or what anyone would call an exciting outfit.
I put on some natural looking makeup and looked at myself one final time in the mirror. That will do.
I walked down stairs to have breakfast. I smelled an aroma of different things. I saw a bunch of different foods laid out on the table. "Whoa, mom. What is all this?" I asked, smiling.
"Bacon, French toast, scrambled eggs, homemade muffins, pancakes, biscuits…" she trailed off. My mouth fell agape.
"Why did you make so much food?" I asked curiously.
"Because it's your first day at a new school…and… I am finally starting the catering business of my dreams! So I'm in a real food making mood," she grinned. My mom always wanted to start her own business. I was so happy for her.
"Wow, that's great, mom, but I don't think I'll be able to eat all this!"
"That's why I asked Nate to come over for breakfast," she said. Nate was the brown, curly haired boy next door who was in the same grade as me. We hung out a couple times in the last two weeks. He's really nice and loves music like me. We've been becoming really good friends.
"And here he is," I announced as I heard a knock on the door. "Come in, Nate!" I yelled loud enough for him to hear me. He walked in and passed right by me to the food.
"Whoa…" was all he came out with. He sat down and really started chowing down. Surprisingly, he's actually pretty shy, but if you hang around him for a while there's really nothing shy about him.
"Hi Mitchie! Oh, hi Nate! How is your morning going? Oh, it's great, and yours? Oh mine is wonderful," I joked. He swallowed the food that was in his mouth and started talking.
"I said hi to you," he insisted.
"Nope. Must've had food on the brain and forgot your manners," I said. He shrugged and continued eating.
The school was actually right around the corner, so Nate and I walked there. "So you're going to be the new girl at school – you're going to get a lot of attention, or maybe none at all…maybe no one will notice you and you'll be invisible," he said, jokingly. I pushed him on the shoulder.
"Shut up, I don't need you making me nervous."
"Oh, don't worry about it! It will be fine," he insisted. "Or terribly bad…" I slapped him on the arm. He rubbed it and feigned hurt. "Hey, hey, take it easy. Another blow like that and I'll be dead."
"Yeah, I can see your insensitive humor getting you killed," I laughed.
"Glad you find the death of me funny!" he said, walking at a fast pace away from me pretending to be upset. Oh Nate.
When we got inside the school, it was unfortunately time for me to depart Nate. We only had English and lunch together and that was in the afternoon. "I guess I'll see you later, Nate," I frowned. He was the only person I knew here besides Shane – who has failed to call me, so I guess he doesn't count.
"Yeah, and I'll wait outside for you when school ends to walk home with you since you'll look like a loser with no friends walking home by yourself," he smiled and walked off. Yep. Don't want to be a loser with no friends – which was what I feeling like right now.
I found my locker in a crowded hallway. There was a girl at the one to the right of mine. Maybe I could try and make acquaintances. "Hi," I said to her. She looked away from her locker to me.
"Hey, are you new?" she asked. That question is going to become quite a common sentence to me today.
"Yep, I'm Mitchie. I move around a lot, so I've been the new girl a few times already," I said conversationally.
"Oh, that must suck," she commented. "I'm Caitlyn by the way. You're a junior, right? Maybe we have classes together," she said, holding out her schedule. I looked at her and it almost looked like an exact copy of mine. I took out mine to make sure. We had all but two classes together. This was good.
"This is great! Now I'll know more than one person in my classes," I cheered.
"Who's the other person?" She asked curiously.
"Nate Smith," I said. Her eyes widened and she smiled. "I guess you know him as well."
"By know him do you mean, practically have been in love with for the past two years?" she asked rhetorically.
"Aw, you like, Nate. Don't worry, though, I won't tell him. Unless you want me to," I offered. She shook her head, but then her eyes lit up.
"So you're good friends?" she asked. I nodded.
"We're as good as any friends can be after knowing each other for only two weeks."
"Do you think you can… well he already knows me, but he's never talked to me. If anything he only has heard my name…can you introduce me to him?" she asked, hopeful
"Of course, but only if you give me the lay down on this school. I need to know everything, so I don't feel out of the loop," I said. She smiled and nodded. Right then, the bell rang, signaling that first period will commence soon. We had first period history together, so off we went. This school might not be so bad.
The day was going smoothly. I made some new acquaintances, and now it was time for lunch with Caitlyn, and maybe Nate if he sits with us, but I don't know. He has other friends.
When Caitlyn and I got into the cafeteria, I saw a perfectly empty table. "Why don't we sit over there?" I suggested, and started walking over. She grabbed on my arm and pulled me back.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you," she warned.
"Why not? No one's sitting there. Come on," I said, going over to the table and sat down. She groaned and reluctantly sat down next to me. She sighed. "Why didn't you want to sit here?" I asked suspiciously.
"Here comes the reason why," she muttered. I looked up to see a pissed blonde girl marching up to us with a bunch of followers on her heel.
"Caitlyn...other person," she greeted, with a fake smile. "This is my table." My eyebrows furrowed. "I'm Tess Tyler. You must be new," she introduced herself.
"How can it be your table when it's the first day of school?" I questioned.
"Listen, I've sat here since the first day of ninth grade and I am going to sit here until the last day of twelfth, so you need to move. Understand?" she said with an attitude. I already really didn't like her.
"Aw, sorry, change is inevitable…if you even know what that word means," I shot back. Her mouth opened slightly. She was shocked I would say that to her.
"I don't know who you think you are, but I'm not about to let some fresh meat boss me around. This is my school – and you, you just attend it," she snapped. I stood up from my seat.
"Oh, is that how it is?" I asked sweetly, putting my most innocent smile on my face.
"Yes, it is," she said, using the same sweet voice. I rolled my eyes. "Can you believe this girl, Shaney?" she complained. Shane. I didn't notice him come up to us because I was too busy glaring at Tess. I looked over at Shane and his eyes widened, remembering me.
"Hey Shane," I said, happily. He didn't say anything back. Tess shot a look at him.
"You know her?" she asked. He shook his head.
"Never met her before in my life," he lied. "What a freak." My mouth fell open slightly as I stared at him. This was not the charming and nice Shane I met at the diner. Whatever. Now I was pissed off.
"Why don't we go, Caitlyn? Not really a pleasant view from where we are sitting," I commented, since they were all crowding around us. We both got up and sat at a different empty table.
"So now you have met the head bitch of the school," Caitlyn informed. I barely heard what she said. I was too busy thinking about Shane. Was Tess his girlfriend? She called him Shaney. He hit on me while he had a girlfriend, and now he pretends to not know me and insult me. How nice. "Shane is Tess's property. That's what she treats him like. Lord knows why he likes her so much," she rambled. So that's the story.
Suddenly, I saw brown, curly locks sit down at our table. "Hey Nate," I smiled.
"Hey Mitchie…and Caitlyn, you were in my geometry class last year right?" he asked her. A grin etched across her features.
"Yeah. That was such an annoying class. Glad, that's in the past," she said.
"I was never a great mathematician, but that was just terrible," he added. I watched them chat to each other for a few minutes in envy. It reminded me of when I met Shane. "So Mitchie," he started out of nowhere, breaking his lengthy conversation with Caitlyn. "How is your first day going?"
"It was going pretty well until I met Tess Tyler," I said in disgust when I mentioned her name.
"She is really not someone you want to bang heads with," he said. I nodded, looking at the apple in my hands. I pushed it to the side. I wasn't hungry to eat anything after Shane called me a freak.
His split personalities are going to drive me mad.
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