We got in Jacob's car, and he began to drive away from my house through the woods. The ride to school wouldn't be that long, so I wanted to cherish this time with Jacob while I had it. I mean, I saw him all the time anyway, but I still loved spending time with him. I remembered when I was younger, I had asked Jacob to move in with me so that we could spend every moment of the day together. Of course, my parents never allowed that though. So Jake just came to my house everyday, so that we could see each other.
That was another reason why I didn't want to go to high school. School would only limit my time I got to spend with Jacob, and I definitely did not want that. Ugh, there were just so many things wrong with this situation. Maybe I could just go to school for a little bit and convince my dad to home school me again. That sounded a lot better than actually getting out of bed early every morning, and going to deal with annoying people.
"Something on you mind, Ness?" Jacob asked me as he drove, pulling me out of my thoughts.
"Just thinking about how much I'm going to hate this." I replied with a smile.
"Oh come on." He chided. "I went through it, and it isn't that bad."
I shrugged, "It's different for me I guess."
"You'll probably like it." Jacob told me. "You'll make some friends, and they'll make it better."
"I don't want any more friends." I joked. "All I need is you." I felt a blush creeping up to my ivory colored cheeks once I spoke those words. I meant them though, that was for sure, and I wouldn't take them back for the world. I think Jacob knew I was being serious too.
"I'm flattered Ness." He replied in a joking tone. "But you're still going to school."
"We could skip." I suggested, knowing it was a bad idea in the first place. My parents would lock me in my room if I skipped the first day of school; especially if I skipped it to go hang out with Jacob. My mom would probably be okay with it because she liked Jake, but my dad would kill me and Jake a million times.
"I don't feel like dying today." Jacob laughed.
"Yeah, me neither." I replied. "I should probably just go to school."
"Yeah, probably." Jake said smiling. We drove the rest of the way in simple small talk and banter, until finally he pulled into the school parking lot. "Here we are." He introduced. "Forks High School." While he was talking, I was busy looking around, observing the place. It didn't look too big, but my eyes could be deceiving me. All the students standing outside here looked pretty ordinary so I knew I was going to stand out already. My mom used to tell me that my dad and all my aunts and uncles stood out, and everyone practically swooned over them. Today was not going to be good.
"I hate it already." I mumbled, and Jake laughed as he parked the car.
"Have a good day at school Nessie." He said, and kissed me on my forehead. His lips were hot, but they felt so nice on my cool skin. I was going to try my hardest to have a good day, I wasn't going to be a debby downer. I was going to look on the bright side, and try to make friends because that's what Jacob and my parents wanted me to do.
"I'll tell you all about it when you pick me up." I said, and grabbed my bag and stepped out of the car. "Bye Jake."
"Bye Ness." He said and I waved to him and watched as he drove off. It's only eight hours, I kept repeating to myself. It's not going to be that bad. But, it was already bad as kids were staring at me as I walked inside the relatively small school building. Great, I thought to myself. The day is already going well. I had to go to the office first, and get my schedule and locker and all of that stuff. This school had eight periods during the day, and I had English first period, biology second, math third, art fourth, then lunch, a study hall after that, then I got to end my day with choir and band. This was going to be awesome, I thought sarcastically.
The day actually went by pretty fast if I really thought about it. And the lessons in my classes weren't too boring. Nobody really tried to talk to me, which kind of made me feel bad about myself. But if you really wanted to get technical about it, I felt like all of the guys were too busy swooning over me, while the girls were too busy being jealous and hating me already. This was going to be a good year. I ended up sitting at lunch by myself, eating horrible school food, and by the time the last bell rung, signaling it was the end of the day, I was jumping for joy.
I hurried and went to my locker, shoving all of my books into my bag, and headed outside to search for Jacob's car. I spotted it immediately once I was out there, and he shot me a friendly wave. I waved back, and practically ran to his car. "Let's blow this popsicle stand." I said as I got in the car.
"How was it?" Jacob asked as he started driving away.
"Boring." I answered automatically.
"Make any friends?" He asked.
"Literally nobody talked to me but my teachers." I laughed. "They all hate me."
"Damn." Jacob said with a smile.
"Let's go to the beach!" I said, wanting to forget all about this horrible high school thing.
"Nope." Jacob answered. "I made a deal with your mom and dad that I have to bring you home first."
"Damn you Jake." I cursed.