AN:Sorry not an update just editing what is already here. I will be doing so for the whole story.

Chapter 2

While we walked, they asked me about what classes I was taking and if I was excited for my first day. Eric laughed when I told him that I was going to take Swedish instead of the normal French or Spanish. He even offered to help me with my homework for the class since he was a native speaker and just so happened to be taking a higher section of the class. I noticed as we walked down the hall the different types of stares I was getting. They ranged from quizzical and appreciative from the boys to jealous and downright hateful from the girls. Eric and John did not pay a lick of attention to any of it. When we got to my room, they walked me in, each gave me a hug and said that they would see me later at lunch if not later at the house. They waved to the teacher as they left for their own class.

I happened to have Mr. Brigant for homeroom and my Algebra II class right after. I figured out right away that he was going to be one of my favorite teachers. "Welcome to your homeroom class all of you are a freshman and some of you will be in my Algebra II class next period. For those of you who are, I am giving you a heads up I will be giving a pop quiz to see where you are math wise and if any of you need to be moved up. Now I am supposed to take attendance and then have us play this really lame get to know you game. I know that most of you have known each other since kindergarten so I have decided that instead, I am just going to let you tell me something that is different or that you would like to share about yourself as I call your name. I apologize in advance if I butcher any of your names. It will not hurt my feelings in the slightest if you correct me. Also, if there is another name that you would like to go by let me know." He finished his little speech and started calling names. I got to hear the usually about everyone, for example, Terry liked to go fishing with his cousin Andy. Amelia was going to try out for the dance team she happened to be one of my best friends, it went on and on till he called my name.

"Mr. Brigant I would rather be called Sookie only my Gran calls me Susanna and that is only when she is mad at me. Also, for something different about me I plan to go to Juilliard for college." I finished with a smile which he returned with a small chuckle. The rest of the morning went very akin with all the teachers giving us a similar spiel and getting to know us. After Algebra II I had Freshman English, then Art and to finish out the morning I had US History. After Lunch, I would have Chemistry followed by Swedish and then finally Orchestra.

I was walking to lunch with Amelia and our friend Holly when I got knocked off my feet with my bag spilling everywhere by Arlene Fowler as she ran into me. Arlene was the captain of the cheer squad and one of the meanest girls I have ever met. "Watch where you are walking freshmen." she snarled at me as her friends cackled when they passed. I knew better than to say anything because she was not only, the cheer captain, but also, first chair violin in the orchestra. If I wanted to get my chance at first chair cello, then I needed to keep my mouth shut.

As I was picking up my stuff with Amelia and Holly's help a hand reached down to help and handed me my notebook. As I looked up to say thank you it got lost in my throat when I saw the most handsome boy I had ever seen. He had dark brown hair that was cut very short to his scalp. His eyes were a dark gray green. His smile was infectious. He was wearing a Nirvana T-shirt with baggy jeans and flaming fire engine red chucks. "You don't need to thank me it is the least I can do after my cousin knocked you down. She is really not that mean. She is just mad that she heard that you were going out for the dance team and that she is losing you to Tara and her cousin Lafayette. She really wanted to have you on the squad. I am Godric by the way, Godric Hyde and I'm really, sorry again about my cousin." He apologized.

"Thank you for your help Godric, my name is Sookie Stackhouse, but I guess you knew that already," I replied with an appreciative smile. He continued to help us pick up my stuff and when we were done, he helped me off the floor.

"I apologize again for my cousin, how about you girls come and sit with me for lunch? I will even buy you lunch, and you can tell me about your first day." He offered smiling.

"Thanks that is very sweet of you, but we were going to go sit with my brother and his friends, but I would love it if you came and sat with us. I doubt Jason and his friends would mind." I countered.

"If you are sure then I would be happy to." He said as he picked up my bag and put it on his shoulder while offering me his arm. If I did not already think that he was a gentleman that little move would have swayed. I took his arm and he led us to the line to get food he was so sweet and paid for not only my lunch but Amelia and Holly's as well. This boy was racking up the points left and right. As we approached my brother and his group of friends, I noticed the odd range of looks they all had on their faces. Hoyt was smiling like always. John and Alcide both had smirks on their face. Eric looked like he was a cross between hurt and pissed off which confused me. Finally, Jason looked downright befuddled by the situation.

"Hi guys, I think you all know Godric he was really nice and helped me pick up all my stuff. He even got us lunch to apologize for his cousin's treatment of me." I said admiringly.

"It was no trouble Sookie I wanted to do it." He said as he nodded hello to the table. The boys made room for us and I ended up sitting between Eric and Godric. Throughout lunch, they would both try to gain my attention in conversation. John and Alcide thought it was hilarious when they both asked me a question at the same time.

Amelia interrupted the awkward situation with her own question. "Well, boys, this was fun, but we have to get to class. Do any of y'all know where Mr. Merlotte's chemistry class is cause Sookie, Holly and I need to get there in like six minutes?" Both Godric and Eric were about to answer when Hoyt spoke up.

"I am going that way myself girls cause that was the one science class I had not taken yet. So why don't I take you." He offered completely missing the disgruntled looks Eric and Godric were giving him.

"Thank you, Hoyt, that is really helpful. I will see you boys later, and Godric thanks again for your help. Bye!" I waved as we left. When we got to the room I was surprised to Tara Thornton and Lafayette Reynolds sitting in the back. Tara was a senior and was one of Jason's ex-girlfriends that he was still on good terms with. She was a tall African American girl with warm chocolate eyes. He cousin Lafayette was a little different. He was one of the few openly gay boys in the school and he had a tendency to be dramatically flamboyant. People tended to miss judge him because he was gay, he was also stronger than some of the boys on the football team. He did not take anything from anybody. He also had a tendency to swear and rather crude.

"Hey Hookers, how y'all doin'? Are you ready for the tryouts on Wednesday cause I'm lookin' forward to put bitches through your paces if you want to get on my team?" He queried.

"Oh hush Laffy, you know that they are as good as on the team already all they have to do is show up. Besides at least we have something else to rube in old fire crotches face when we win nationals again because we have the talent and are not stuck looking in the mirror to see if our faces are smudged." She laughed. Tara continued "So Sookie I was wondering if you would want to be our JV captain, I know that you haven't even tried out yet, but I know you will be great. Also, as a captain, you get to do one of the solos during completion and I was wondering if you would want to show off a bit by doing a ballet routine on point."

"How about I give you my answer on Wednesday at the end of tryouts, I think that Mr. Merlotte is about to start," I replied quietly.

"Right you are Miss…?" he asked.

"Stackhouse," I said.

"As Miss Stackhouse just pointed out I am going to start today's class by saying that I know that you have had a long day and have gotten reintroduced to each other in all your classes so I am going to skip the introductions and get right on into attendance. As per usual correct me when I mess up your name or you go by something different. As soon as we get through that I will be giving you a small test to see how what you know about Chemistry and not the type between people. It will help me to know who I should partner you up with. If you cannot answer a question leave it blank or write whatever you want. At the end of the page, you will see that I have left some spaces for you to request to work or not work with someone. I want everyone to be comfortable in this class. Now on to your lovely names." As he finished, he went through the attendance. Once he handed out the test I noticed that it was more of an open-end sort of thing with questions that ranged from the absurdly basic things like what is on the Periodic Table to the rather challenging ones even for me that asked us to balance the equations. I was the third to last one done. It looked to me like most people didn't even try to answer most of the questions other than who they wanted to work with. I saw that Lafayette decided that his time would be put to better use by coming up with a list of things he wanted to test the girls who tried out for the dance team on Wednesday. As we walked out at the end of the period Mr. Merlotte asked me to stay for a moment.

"Thank you, Miss Stackhouse, for actually putting some effort into the pretest, I am going to offer you the opportunity to work with anyone you want just let me know when you come into class tomorrow." He said before telling me to get to my next class. When I walked out of the classroom, I bumped into someone's hard chest and would have ended up on the floor if they did not quickly wrap their arms around my waist to catch me.