Outside, Jim reached into his pocket and handed Taylor a folded piece of paper.
"What's this?" she asked opening it.
"It's your class schedule for the year." Jim told her.
"P.E!?" Taylor shouted as she read the schedule. "You know I hate that!"
"But your really good at gymnastics, why not take the class?"
"Because of the clothes I'll have to wear!" she told him. "I can't stand shorts!"
"But you're wearing a skirt now! What's the difference?"
"It's a skirt! That's the difference!" she told him. " I'm not taking this class."
"You have to if you wanna graduate."
Taylor let out a frustrated groan. "Fine....I'll take the stupid class." she continues reading the paper. " I take it last, that's good. I won't be walking around smelling like a cow.....or you."
"I heard that." Jim told her. "Ulrich takes it the same time as you do, so at least you'll have some one to talk to."
"Yeah, I guess." Taylor said putting the paper in her pocket. "C'mon, I'm getting tired."
After Jim helps bring up some boxes to her room, her hands her her room key and leaves.
"I got a lot of work to do." she said to herself as she looked around the gray room.
She began going though boxes and found a few posters and put them on her walls. She took out her lamp and sat it on her night stand next to her alarm clock, put her sheets on her bed, put her t.v on her dresser and plugged up her laptop in the wall and sat it on top of her desk. She had five more boxes and they were filled with clothes and shoes and other personal things. Taylor hangs up her clothes in her closet on neatly stacks up her shoes. Afterwards, she sits at her desk and begins typing on her laptop until she fell asleep.
The next morning, Taylor's alarm went off at 7o'clock. Forgetting she was still siting at her desk, she reached for her alarm, still halfway asleep. She leaned back in her chair until the two front legs were in the air and eventually she fell back onto the floor.
"AAAAAHHHH!" she screamed as she rolled onto her side, holding the back of her head in her hand.
She sat herself up and picked up her chair, pushing it back under her desk as she wiped a tear from her eye. Her alarm was still going off. She storms over to it and smacks it into the wall, breaking it.
"This was all your fault!?" she shouted at the broken pieces of her clock on the floor and rubbed the back of her head.
She walks to her closet and and gets out some clean clothes to wear for her first day of class. She grabs a towel that's hanging out her dresser and walks out her room. After she locks her door she looks up both ends of the hallway.
"Which way to the shower?" she asks herself.
"It's this way." she heard another girl voice say.
Taylor looks to her right and sees a girl with pink hair walking towards her. "The shower, right?"
Taylor nods.
"Alright, follow me." the girl told her.
Taylor follows her down the hallway.
"You must be new at Kadic." the girl asked.
"Yeah, this is my first day." Taylor told her.
"Well, you're really gonna like it here. My names Aelita."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Taylor."
"So, what's your first class?"
"I don't know...I haven't memorized my classes yet."
"Well, after your shower....how about I give you a tour of the school?" Aelita asks.
"I'd like that" she answered as she a Aelita walked down the hall.
After her shower, she walked out the shower and was dressed in a long sleeved dress shirt with black straps around the wrist, a aqua green , sleeveless vest that matched her eyes, a black jean skirt that was mid-thigh length, a sliver chain necklace with a heart pendent and knee high black lace up boots. Her hair was still wavy as it always had been. Taylor went back to her room to get her schedule and followed Aelita around the school. She showed Taylor where all her class were located and the quickest ways to get there. Afterwards, it was time for Taylor's first class of the day. She thanked Aelita and waved good-bye as she walked off towards her own class. Taylor enters the class and sits down at a table near the window.
"Taylor?" she heard a male voice call. She looks over towards the doorway to see Ulrich walking towards her.
"Ulrich, you're in this class?" she asked surprised.
Ulrich nods as he sits in the seat in front of her. "Yeah, this is the worst."
"Really?" Taylor asked, beginning to panic.
"Not if you pay attention and study." he answered.
"That's a relief..." she sighed as she leaned back her seat.
"You know, you really shouldn't do that."
Taylor sat up right and saw Yumi placing her book bag on the table in front of her and sat down next to Ulrich.
"Yumi too! Good, I won't feel so left out...." Taylor thought to herself.
"Oh, so you already met Ulrich?"
"Yeah, I ran into him a little while after you left. Oh, I met this girl named Aelita this morning; she showed me where the showers were." Taylor told them as the class began to fill with students.
"That's almost everyone." Ulrich said.
"Almost....everyone?" Taylor said confused.
"Everyone thats in our circle." Yumi told her.
"Oh. Who's left?"
"Two guys. Jeremy and-" Yumi began, but was interrupted by the teacher banging her ruler on her desk.
"Alright, everyone take a seat!" she shouted over the loud commotion of the students.
Everyone sat down and turned their attention to the teacher.
"We have a new student joining us today." she says as she looks in Taylors direction. "Come and introduce yourself to the class."
"You gotta be kidding!" she said to herself.
"What was that?"
"Coming..." Taylor said as she stood up and walked to the front of the class. She stands in front of the teachers desk and faces the class. "Uh....what am I supposed to say?" she asked turning to the teacher.
"Anything you want them to know about you."
Taylor groaned as she turned back towards the class. "Uh, well...My names Taylor and I......" She looks over in Ulrich and Yumi's direction to find them smiling at her and she smiles back. "And I look forward to having a great year with you all!" she said with a small bow before walking back to her seat.
"Nice." Ulrich told her as she walked past.
"Thanks." she responded with a nod and sat down.
"Now, for todays lesson...." the teacher said as she began to write on the board.
Taylor thought class went smoothly for her first day. Next was lunch. She headed to the lunch room, got her tray, went though line and sat at an empty table and began eating. Yumi, Ulrich and Aelita later join her.
"So, how was class?" Aelita asked as she sat next to her.
"It was fine." Taylor said smiling at her. "I didn't feel as scared since Yumi and Ulrich were in there too." she said before taking a bite into her sandwich.
"I'm glad to hear that." Yumi told her.
Just as Taylor was reaching for her milk, a blond haired boy with glasses sat next to them.
"Hey guys." he said, then looks at Taylor who smiled. "Hi."
"Hey." she said.
"Jeremy, this is Taylor." Aelita told him. "She's new, so be nice."
"Oh, of course. Nice to meet you Taylor."
"Same here, Jeremy." she said finishing the last of her lunch.
"So, how do you like it here so far?"
"I love it!" Taylor exclaimed. I've only been here a short time, so I didn't expect to make any friends as soon as I have....Wish I had a roommate though...."
"I'll room with you." Aelita told her.
"Really!?" Taylor gasped.
"Sure, I don't mind."
"Hey, where's Odd been all day?" Ulrich asked.
Taylor's smile faded at the mention of Odd. The name was so familiar to her. Her expression got more serious as she continued to sit there and think about it. This was deeply troubling her. Odd......she swore he heard that name before.
"Taylor, you okay?" Ulrich asked, all eyes on her.
"Huh? Oh, I'm fine." she responded standing to her feet. "I'm gonna go get my things ready for the next class. I'll see you later."
"Alright. I'll move my things in later." Aelita called after her as Taylor walked off.
"So, where have you two been?" Yumi asked.
Jeremy pushes his glasses onto his face and smiles. "Well, Aelita and I were doing some research and come across a way to free William. It's similar to the program I used to get Aelita here."
"Really!?" Yumi said getting excited.
Jeremy nods. "Yes. I'll continue running some tests. It should still be safe for you all to continue exploring the way you have been....As for Odd....he's at the factory, monitoring the download process."
"That explains why he wasn't here this morning.....and why I found dog slobber on my face when I woke up." Ulrich said.
Everyone laughed and the bell rang to let them know lunch was over.