Chapter 5
Summer had ended, Rita was much better now, the group hung out many more times and it seemed that she was becoming more comfortable with everyone, even me. However everyday it seemed that my feelings were getting stronger. I had talked to Tai many times about it; he thinks I should tell her, being "it can't be that hard," as he quotes. Of course then I always say, "if it's that easy tell Mimi how you feel." He then backs down. I want to tell her, but I have only known her for two weeks now. It hasn't been long enough and back to my point that she would never go for a guy like me. Today just happened to be the first day of school. For me it was grade eleven as well as for Rita and Mimi. I got changed into my school uniform. I grabbed my bag and stood in the doorway. For some reason I couldn't open the door, I didn't know if it had something to do with Rita or if I was just losing it. I just did not want to mess things up. "Izzy sweetie, what's wrong?" I turned around and saw my mom staring at me. "Uh nothing… why?" I asked in reply. "Well it looks like there is something bothering you." My mom stated. "What makes you think that?" I asked. "Well you just have a very serous look on your face, that and your just standing there, so it's kind of obvious that something is going on." She replied with a smile. "Yeah, well I uh better get to school." I replied, trying to avoid any further questioning. "Okay well if you want to talk about anything, you know where I am." My mom said as she handed me my lunch. "Now don't forget it this time." She smiled. "Thanks mom," I replied. I then darted out the door and ran the rest of the way to school.
When I arrived I was completely exhausted. I was panting like crazy when I felt something on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Rita. She was smiling at me. I felt my whole body get hot. "Morning Izzy, how are you today?" Rita asked while giving me her usual smile. I couldn't move my mouth; all I seemed to be able to do was nod my head. "Are you okay, your face is red, do you have a fever?" Rita asked as she placed her hand on my forehead. I felt my blush deepen as she gave me a serous look, almost like she was worried about me. Mimi was behind her laughing under her breath, trying not to be obvious; she knew this was killing me. I panicked backing away as I waved my hands in front of my face. "No really I'm fine really just a little tired eh hehe," I replied franticly. It just occurred to me that Rita was wearing the school uniform. She looked so cute, the skirt was so short… yeah I will stop there, man I can't get these perverted thoughts out of my head. See this is what happens when you have a sleepover with Tai and Matt and they make you watch girl on girl porn on the Internet. "Izzy do you know where Tai and the others are?" Mimi asked. "Uh no I just arrived myself." I replied. "Bummer." Mimi stated as she sunk her head. "Why are you looking for someone in particular?" I asked. Mimi looked shocked; she turned a light shade of red. Rita started laughing. "WHA NO!" Mimi yelled back. "Sheesh you don't have to yell." I commented back. "Oh don't worry about her, actually Izzy can you show Mimi and myself around the school before first block starts, see we don't know where anything is and," I cut her off. "Of course, yeah, and Mimi we will probably run in to the group inside," I added. "Okay sounds good." Mimi replied.
We started walking; I showed the two of them around the school. They both seemed to like it. They were both enjoying the uniforms a bit more I believe. Soon after that we ran into the others. We all chatted for a while until we had to go to our first block. My rotation was Math, Science, English, then last but not least Info Tech, my favourite subject. I was about to head to math when I felt someone tap me on the back. I turned around and saw Rita. "Uh what's up?" I asked, trying to hide my subtle blush. "Well we are both in the same math class so I thought we could walk together." Rita said as she smiled at me. "Yeah of course," I replied. Soon after walking we arrived to class. Lucky for me no one else from the group was in the class, meaning that Rita had to sit with me, being I was the only person she knew. However it seemed that she didn't mind sitting next to me. Class started, the teacher introduced himself, and then handed out our first assignment. For me it was easy, I finished it within five minuets. Rita on the other hand, she wasn't doing too hot. "GAH I HATE MATH," Rita yelled out. "Calm down, I'll help you." I replied. "Really?" Rita asked as tears almost formed in his eyes. I nodded and gave her a smile. She smiled back. I reached out to get her pencil, though at the same time so did she. Our hands ended up overlapping and causing us to stare at each other. I felt my face get hotter by the second as she looked deeper into my eyes. It felt as it almost lasted forever, when she turned away. "Sorry," I said. "Oh no really it's no problem." She replied with such innocence. I helped her for the rest of the block. It seemed to go by faster then usual. Next was science, my second best subject, and Rita's second worst. Surprisingly enough Rita was in the same class as me again, not to mention Mimi as well. We all ended up sitting at the same table. Science went by fast for me, but for the other two, apparently slow as can be. Although, now that science was over, it was now time for lunch.
We all met in the backfield for lunch. It was pretty nice out being it was fall. I was watching as leaves were falling from the back maple tree. I watched as Rita ate her lunch. She had made it herself, it seemed that she could cook quite well, being she also made Mimi's lunch. Soon after it was English, which Rita was also in, Mimi too, same with Tai, being he failed English last year. Rita was really good at English, not to surprising being it was her first language. It was also her favourite subject. She ended up helping Tai. Afterwards it was Info Tech; of course I was at the top of the class. In no time at all it seemed the day had ended, and so far out of all the first school days I have had, this one was the best.