Greg's POV

I really wanted to go to class quickly and get over with meeting the new teachers and having that "awkward" vibe. But, knowing me, the awkward vibe wouldn't leave me either way.

I walked into homeroom and my teacher greeted me. "Hello. I'm Mr. Simmons. It's nice to meet you..."

"Heffley. Greg, Heffley."

"Ah, Greg Heffley." He smiles. "Take a seat anywhere you'd like." He gestures to the seats.

I sit down in the third row, not wanting to be close to the teacher. I didn't have great vibes for this school yet.

Plenty of kids entered and exited. Mr. Simmons walked over to me and asked me to stand up in front of the glass to say hi. I didn't want to, but he insisted, so as the bell rang with the last three girls walking in, I walked up and stood away from them.

"Hello class," Mr Simmons walks up to the white-board, waiting for everyone to stop talking. They never did. Eventually he screeched, "CLASS!" A couple kids in the class covered their ears or winced. I just stood there. "Thank you. Today we have a new student joining us." He points to me. Once he does, I put down my backpack and face all the students.

There were A LOT of them.

I don't normally like talking in crowds, especially with people I don't know, so I kinda stood there looking like an idiot.

"Hi." I say. "Um... my name is Greg Heffley. And um... yeah. Just joining this class." I stand up for a little while, standing there awkwardly as if I'm waiting for something to happen.

After a while, I grab my backpack and head straight for my desk. This girl with blondish-brown hair immediately saw me and sat up straighter, smiling at me. I didn't know if she was mocking me, or being nice to me, or flirting, so I just did a half-assed crooked smile to make it seem like I didn't ignore her. I took my seat behind her and just laid back, not listening to the teacher at all. I knew with this first impression that today was going to be a VERY LOOONG day...


I walked into the cafeteria, finally excited to get food into my system, but I was afraid I wouldn't have a place to eat. I found a quiet area with no one sitting around and looked around the cafeteria. 'Hmm... I really miss Rowley.'

I never ever thought I'd miss Rowley. He can be such a pain. But I seriously missed him. He's the only real friend I ever had.

I sighed and started to eat.

Footsteps walking toward me brings my attention to three girls walking up to me, one of them was the girl I smiled at in homeroom. "Oh, hi." I said, looking up.

"Hello, sorry if it seems like we're intruding..." One of the girls giggled. "It just seemed like you needed some friends."

"Sure..."

'Girl-friends huh?'

They just stood there, staring at me.

"Uhm... you girls gonna sit?"

A different girl whom I smiled at cackled loudly. "HAHA. Yeah... funny joke."

"Yeah..." I ask.

The first two girls sit down, but the other girl keeps standing until the girl in the middle pulled her down. "Ignore her, she's the weird one in the group."

"I'm Nikki." The Nikki-girl says. "These are my two friends, Chloe and Zoey."

"Yeah, you are the girls in my homeroom class." I say. "I'm kind of new here, and I'd like a guide."

"OOOH I'LL GUIDE YOU!" Zoey exclaimed, smiling. Chloe gives her a glare.

"We will be happy to guide you around." Nikki says. "I even know this one cool guy named Brandon that I think you'll really like. He's handsome just like you...- I mean, like You... um... a character in a Tv show... hehe."

Everything seemed to go by awkward after that.

"Wow. That's um... interesting." I finally say.

"Very," She responds. "Ok Chloe and Zoey we need to go back to our table and finish eating, right? It was nice having formal introductions with you!" She grabs her friends, pulling them away from me. "Ok, come on." She grits her teeth.

"Bye Greg." She lets go of her friends and waves. Then they all go back to their table, eating and giggling and gossiping. Probably.

So... today has definitely been an interesting day.