A New Life
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Chapter Three: How Embarrassing
Carlos POV
Again. This is the second time this has happened. I had fell asleep again, except this time I was laying on the couch. I had fallen asleep watching my favorite TV show "You're Cut Off". I couldn't help but stay up because they were having a marathon. But, I think I passed asleep. I limped upstairs to go and check on my alarm clock. It read 6:10am. Again, I was up this early. I went into the bathroom to take a warm shower to get ready for school.
After the relaxing shower, I grabbed a towel and wrapped it around my waist. I walked up to the sink so that I could brush my teeth and rinse my face. Then, I walked down the hall and into my room to pick what outfit I was going to choose for today. I picked out a black Ecko Unltd. T-shirt, my black skinny jeans, and my Ecko black shoes. I laid them out on my bed as I was slipping on my boxers and socks. Then, I put them all on and proceeded to the mirror to check for any wrinkles and folds. Seeing that I was ready to go, I looked again at the alarm clock, which read 7:20am.
School is gonna start in 40 minutes, but I didn't care because I had no one to hang out with in the morning. I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to eat some breakfast as I waited for my mom, who was getting her stuff ready in the living room. Then, she came out with her purse on her shoulders.
"Morning, sweetie. You ready to go?"
"Almost, just gotta finish my cereal."
"Oh, okay then. I'll wait in the car." Then, she grabbed the keys on the counter and left out of the front door. I sipped the last batch of milk I had in my bowl and placed it in the sink as I wiped off my milk mustache off my upper lip with a hand towel. Then I grabbed my bag and phone and headed out there door and to the parking garage. I got in the passenger seat of the car where my mom was waiting. Then, we drove off.
The whole car ride I was looking at my phone, I was on Twitter having conversations with my old friends, telling them about my day yesterday. Then we finally arrived at the front entrance. As I got down from my car and greeted my mom goodbye, I heard someone calling out my name. I looked back, and I was surprised to see Logan.
"Okay, mom. I'll see you after school." I said.
"Okay, have a great day." she replied, then drove off.
I turned around and saw Logan waving next to the flagpole. I walked up to him to see what was up.
"Good morning, Logan." I said, smiling.
"G'morning, Carlos." he greeted back with a smile.
"So, was there anything you needed that you called me?" I asked awkwardly.
"Oh! No, nothing at all. I just thought that, you know, since we're in the same 1st period together, I thought that we could go to class together since we're lab partners." Logan replied, arching his shoulders and putting his hands in his front pockets. He looked a little bit nervous while responding, but I didn't want to let it bother me.
"Oh, yeah sure! That's fine." I said, laughing a bit. He laughed along.
"Okay, so do you wanna head inside now or..."
"Yeah sure. I'd rather be early than later, from what i've experience yesterday." I said.
"Yup, you wouldn't wanna have that happen again. Come on. I'll give you a quick tour while we're walking." he said, signaling me to walk inside with him. So, I followed.
He showed me around the student-crowded halls. There were so many loud voices that I couldn't really hear what Logan was saying. Sometimes I could here what he said, and sometimes it felt like he was just another voice in the background. I tried to listen carefully, and somehow it worked. He told me about how everyone can hang out with anyone because everyone in this school knew each other as friends, which was one thing that took out of my list of things that I should worry about, making friends. Another thing is that there are no bullies here, but if there were, they wouldn't probably be like those in the movies where they gave nerds and the uncool kids wedgies and take away their lunch money. Before he could start showing me around the 2nd floor, the bell rang for classes to start.
Chemistry started, and Mr. Heisenberg announced that instead of taking notes today, we were going to do a lab experiment. We were going to experiment on how to create one thing by combining two chemicals into one. He gave us our equipment, such as goggles, lab coats, test tubes, etc. and started on experimenting. Since Logan and I were partners, I had to let him do most of the work and letting him teach me because he was really intelligent from my perspective. He told me to try the experiment out. As I was about to grab one of the test tubes, I accidentally grabbed his hand, not knowing it was there because I was looking at the instructions. I completely blushed, both with embarrassment and shyness. I had no idea why, but from that moment, I felt a spark, a connection between us. I immediately took back my hand and apologized for my behavior.
"Dude, its okay. You were just getting the tube." he said, giggling.
"Uhh, y-yeah. Okay then." I said nervously. I then proceeded back to doing the experiment.
At the end of class, the teacher gave both me and Logan an A+ because we did the process correctly, unlike the other students who did averagely well. I was so happy because this was the first time I ever gotten an A. Usually i'd get B's. When we walked out of class, I hugged and thanked Logan for helping me reach my grade.
"Uhh, you're welcome, Carlos. NO problem." he awkwardly said and hugged me back. I then let go of him, smiling.
"I'm sorry, it's just that this is my first time I gotten an A. My parents are going to freak!" I said in complete happiness.
"Really? Dude, awesome! You're parents are gonna be so proud!" he said.
"Yup, all thanks to you, buddy." I said.
"Hey, you wanna grab a bite at lunch today?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, sure. That'd be great!" I replied happily.
"Cool, so then i'll meet you at my car." Logan said.
"Okay, i'll just go and get something from my English class and i'll meet you there." I said, starting to run towards the second floor stairs to get to my English class before the teacher leaves.
Logan POV
I was really curious about Carlos. I mean, first he accidentally grabbed my hand, then he hugs me and thanks me. I don't know what's up but I definitely feel a spark or a flame going on between our friendship. But, i've come to take a liking of it. Somehow, I can't really explain it. It's like butterflies are flying inside of my tummy, filling me with complete happiness inside. I was glad to come to know Carlos. Maybe I should take action and see where this friendship goes. But, I have to do it and make it un-noticeable.
[ During Lunch ]
Lunch had came and I stepped out of my English Honors class. I was looking at my phone, which had a new text message from James.
New Text Message from: James Diamond
Dude, where are you? Coach is getting mad because you've missed last practice!
Crap, I completely forgot about hockey practice yesterday! I was too busy hanging with Carlos. Who knows what i've missed out! I texted back.
Sent Message to: James Diamond
Oh shit, dude tell coach i'll be there soon! Gotta grab my lunch first.
I was hurriedly walking to the cafeteria to get to be one of the first ones in line so that I could get to practice quicker. Thankfully, no one was in yet. So I stepped into the line to grab my lunch and proceeded walking out the cafeteria and into the gymnasium, where Coach, James, and Kendall were standing.
"Hey, coach. Sorry I missed practice yesterday." I said, nonchalantly.
"You better hope it won't happen again, Mitchell, or I swear to God i'll kick you off this team." he scolded.
"But, that only leaves Kendall, James, Brandon, and Jake. Four players only? That's not enough to even win the first game in nationals." I replied.
"You trying to be smart with me, Mitchell? Just cause you're a nerd and all that shit? You're even lucky you can be able to play GOOD. Now pick up a stick and get into that ice rink." he said, walking away into the locker room.
We followed him to get our gear on so that we could go into the rink and practice for nationals that were coming in just 4 weeks. We needed a lot of practice. I placed my iPod and my phone into my gym bag and headed out in the the rink, shooting hockey pucks into the goals and what not. I couldn't help myself but think that I was missing something. But it totally slipped through my mind.
A/N: hey guys, I'm really sorry I posted this late. It was finals week and I had to prepare and study for it. Hopefully I did good on my exams. But sadly I know I failed two quarters of World History :/ New classes start on Monday for 2nd semester. Wish me luck! And yes, I'll post the next chapter soon. Have a great day/night everyone! - Drew