Jade's eyes widened and her mouth stood agape. Dominick's sweet scrutiny froze her to the very stance in which she stood. She became lost in a world where there was only happiness, that came from gaze of the boy whom in which was looking at her calmly.
But this fantasy was suddenly obliterated when this gaze, whom she loved so, suddenly changed. It transformed from a kind sympathetic countenance to a hard, and slightly irritated expectant one.
"Ehem," he coughed, looking in turns from the ground and back to her. Jade suddenly shot out from the reverie to almost shout out at the poor boy, "Jade! My name is jade." Dominick winced slightly before holding out his palm. "Well, I guess I'll see you around Jade." He smiled politely at her and she happily returned it. "Yeah, you too." Dominick shook his head awkwardly while stepping away. He then, suddenly, disappeared into the mesh of people, in which she'd just escaped.
Jade waited until she could no longer see the boy's rich chocolate locks bobbing amongst the sea of others. Then, she looked down at the ground while scolding herself viciously.
How could she screw up so bad in front of who is probably the hottest guy in the entire school. Jade shook her head, disgusted at herself, before making her way over to the hallway on the right. The path in which she took was in random, she didn't know where she was going. Nor would she ever if she just stood there staring at the walls for the rest of eternity. No, it was either she went and found her first class herself, or she was going to die trying to get back outside through that whole Hell of kids she'd struggled to survive when she had arrived.
Jade suddenly remember the books that had scattered all over the floor when she'd fallen.
She froze and gazed back over her shoulder to see that all of her books sat in her, widely unzipped, book bag, all neatly organized and gently put into place. Dominick must have taken the time to put them back when she had been lying on the floor catching her breath back, Jade thought will a subtle smile spreading across her tight visage.
She looked down at her schedule, and seeing that the first one was math, she reached her hand out to tap the nearest student gently on the shoulder.
It was a blonde-headed girl with bright blue eyes that stood out against her heavily placed mascara. She wore a short-sleeved red top with faded, dark blue jeans.
"Yes?" she asked.
Jade explained to her about her situation, in being new and all, explaining that she had no idea where any of the classes were and that she kind of needed a little help getting around the enormous school building.
The girl shook her head in understanding and told Jade that she'd be happy to give her a tour if she'd like.
"Yes, thank you." She smiled, before replying, "No problem. My name is Bristol, by the way."
"Mine's Jade, and I was serious when I said I was thankful for you showing me around."
Bristol laughed, shaking her head. "And I was being serious when I told you it was no big deal."
They hurriedly sped through the hallways, trying to beat the bell, so that Bristol could show her the school, but also making it back to class in time. Bristol's first class turned out to be English, but they both had social studies together.
They both scribbled their numbers on each other's hands before rushing into their first classes.
Jade was busy scribbling down her English notes, so occupied to the point where she didn't, at first, feel the light tapping the started upon her shoulder.
"Umm, excuse me, but would you please pass me the tape?" Jade glanced over her shoulder, before her eyes widened.
"Oh, I'm sorry," She apologized, "Yes, of course. Here," she handed him the tape dispenser and he smiled his thanks. He looked down, studying the tape in a fierce scrutiny as he attempted to rip the thin substance from the holder.
"So, you're the new kid?" He asked, but it seemed to sound more like a statement then a question. And, without waiting for an answer, he nodded and said, "My name's Connor, and yours?"
She smiled at him, and replied, "Jade."
Connor glanced up at her, returning her smile with a soft twinkle glowing within his brown eyes, and his black hair falling softly into the front of his face.
"Well Jade, it seems as if you've made this class a little less boring." Jade blushed and went back to her notes, smiling to herself as she realized that, that might have been a compliment.
Then, without warning, the bell rang, and everybody began to flood out of the room like a giant herd of animals.
She hurried to join them, gathering all her stuff and speeding out into the halls. Her feet seemed to barely be skimming the ground in her urgency to get to the next class. Then, her side was suddenly jerked backwards, as she felt it being jammed against another's.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Jade heard a voice squeal.
" Didn't see you there." When Jade had gained her balance back, she looked over to see a girl staring apologetically back at her. The girl looked frail, as if you were to blow on her she would fall. Her skin was light brown, and with her hair tied up into a tight bun, she looked like an ordinary school girl. Her glasses lay slightly crooked, in result of the collision, upon the top of her nose, and behind them stood her lightly colored eyes, which matched in colour to her skin.
"That's okay," Jade replied in forgiveness, even though she had been pretty sure that it was her fault.
"Hey, my name is Daria," She quickly traded off her items to one hand to hold out the other.
Jade smiled back. "Mine's Jade." Daria nodded tightly, before scurrying off, resuming her previous activities.
The rest of Jade's day went by in a mess of different colours. And soon, she found herself laying on her bed, preparing to go to sleep.
She thought back over her day, as she usually did when she lay for sleep at night, and began to wonder, would this year really be as bad as she thought it would?