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First day of School and Possibly the Last
It's been five days since I moved into my Aunt Kate's apartment and today was my first day at my new school. I was angry that I couldn't stay at my old school, but I had no say in the matter. Now I'm stuck at this stupid preparatory school that's about three blocks from my Aunt's apartment.
I was wearing a blue and red plaid skirt, a white formal shirt under a red blazer with the schools emblem on it, long black socks that went just below my knees, and black dress shoes. My hair was pulled back into a ponytail with a red headband holding back the pieces of hair that weren't long enough to be in the ponytail. Aunt Kate pulled up to the school and parked in front of it.
"Do I have to go?" I groaned out.
"Emily, we've been through this a hundred times. You have to go to school and this is the best school in this area," my aunt said with a sigh.
"I hate this. This uniform sucks and no one likes prep school students," I said.
"Emily you're going whether you like it or not. I need to get to work," my aunt said looking at me sternly.
"Fine," I said.
"Remember straight home after school, no detours," aunt Kate said.
"Yeah, yeah. I know," I said.
"I'll see you later, Em. And please be good, I don't need you getting expelled on your first day," my aunt said.
"I won't," I said.
"I love you, Em. Have a good day," Aunt Kate said.
"Love you too," I said as I grabbed my back pack from the floor.
I got out and walked towards the front steps of my school. I opened the big red door and stepped into the spotless prep school. The floors were shiny and the walls were as white as snow. The only things that covered the walls were bright red rows of lockers and posters here and there. The halls bustled with students young and old.
Since this school went from pre k to sixth there was a whole bunch of age ranges. I walked to the principal's office to get my classroom and locker number. I walked towards the old secretary sitting behind a desk with piles of folders and books.
"I'm Emily Beckett Roswell, and," I started to say before I was cut off.
"Yes, go right in. He'll give you your things," she said with a small smile.
"Okay," I said.
I walked towards his office and knocked on the door. I heard the principle say to come in and I obliged.
"Hello, you must be Miss Roswell. I have your class right here; your teachers name is Mrs. Chance and is in room 108. This is your locker number which is 35 and the combination. I hope you enjoy your first day and I heard from your aunt and your old school you're a little bit of a trouble maker. Just don't get called into my office on your first day," the principal said to me while handing me papers.
I said my thanks and walked back to the hallway. I looked at the school map the principal gave me with all my other papers and looked for my locker. I found it pretty easily and luckily it was right by my classroom.
I opened up my locker and put in some extra notebooks and my lunch box. I shut it and locked it and went to my classroom. The class was pretty much full when I got there but there was still a few empty chairs around the room.
"Oh you must be, Emily," A cheery lady in her mid-40s said.
"Hi, you must be Mrs. Chance," I said with a slight smile.
"Yes, welcome dear. When the bell rings I'd like you to tell us a little about yourself," Mrs. Chance said with a smile.
"What do I say?" I asked.
"Anything you want. It could be where you're from, hobbies, and anything interesting," she said to me.
"Okay," I said to her.
Only one more student straggled in before the bell rung and now I was in front of at least 13 students.
"Go ahead and introduce yourself to the class," Mrs. Chance said to me.
"Hi, I'm Emily Becket Roswell. I'm originally from downtown Brooklyn and I just moved in with my aunt. I also love skateboarding," I said to the class.
A young snotty looking blond girl raised her hand from her desk.
"Yes, Hailey," Mrs. Chance said.
"Is it true your mom died on drugs and you're just another charity case for this school?" Hailey asked with a glare.
The class snickered and Hailey beamed.
"Settle down Class. Hailey! That's rude," our teacher said.
"It's fine. She's right though, but you know Hailey I have friends in low places," I said with a deadly smirk.
"Emily! Please girls just relax. Thank you for your introduction you may sit down now," Mrs. Chance said starting to get flustered.
I sat down towards the back and put my backpack on the back of the chair. I sat there bored as heck listening to the teacher drone on and on about math, reading, and science. Finally it was time for lunch and I went down to the cafeteria with my lunchbox in hand.
I had no clue what my aunt threw in here, but hopefully it's good. I went over to an empty table and opened up my lunchbox. My aunt packed me a ham sandwich with cheese and mayonnaise, a banana, and apple juice box. Not too bad, at least it's nothing gross like fish or tofu.
"Can I sit with you?" asked a shaggy blond haired, blue eyed boy.
He was wearing the schools navy blue blazer, with a white shirt underneath, a navy blue and red striped tie, khaki pants, and dress shoes.
"Sure," I said with a smile.
"I'm Henry," he said with a smile.
"I'm Emily," I said.
"I know, I loved what you said to Hailey this morning. It was awesome," he said with a chuckle.
"I'm guessing Hailey isn't very nice," I said with my own laugh.
"Ha, gosh no. The only people fooled are all the adults, she's always getting away with something. Plus it doesn't help that her dad bought the new add on to the library," Henry said.
"Oh so her families rich," I said.
"Filthy rich, I heard they own like 30 business in America alone. Bet it's nice being rich and pay your way through school," Henry said.
"Yeah, how about you?" I asked him.
"Oh no. I mean I have money, but I'm mostly here on scholarships," he said with a shrug.
"Cool," I said.
"Hey, Henry. New girl," a young Spanish boy with spikey black hair said as he sat down in front of us.
He was dressed similarly to what Henry was wearing but had black pants on instead.
"Hey, Leo," Henry said to the kid.
"Your names Emily right?" Leo said with a smile.
"Yeah that's me," I said to him.
"Cool, I'm Leonardo, but everyone calls me Leo. I'm originally from Cuba, but my parents moved here when I was two," Leo said.
"Nice to meet you," I said to him.
He nodded and took a bite out of his square pizza from the school lunch.
"Where's Blaire?" Henry asked.
"Still in line. Hailey and her friends cut in front of her," Leo said with a frown.
"Hailey is so annoying," Henry said.
"Yeah," Leo said.
We all sat quietly and ate our food. Soon a pretty red headed girl with freckles came over to our table. She was dressed similarly to me accept she had a school colored head band holding back her straight red hair.
"Hey, Blaire. Heard Hailey and her friends cut in front of you," Henry said.
"Yeah, it's alright though. At least she didn't knock my food on the ground again," Blaire said softly.
"That's horrible, someone should teach her a lesson," I said.
"Oh no, you can't do anything," Blaire said with wide green eyes.
"Why not?" I asked.
"This school has a strict policy on fighting or any bullying for that matter. You'd get expelled in a heartbeat and a mark on your transcripts," Henry said.
"So, plus Hailey seems like a bully. How comes she's not expelled," I said with a confused face.
"Because it's Hailey Florence. Her family put tons of money into this school and four generations went here. She could get away with almost anything," Leo said.
"That sucks, I wouldn't give two thoughts about giving her a piece of my mind, but my aunts been on me lately. If I got kicked out of school who knows what she'll do. Probably boarding school," I said.
"It would be nice to see her suffer, but sadly were all on thin ice and have something to lose," Henry said with a sigh.
"Let's stop talking about Hailey, she makes me want to vomit," Leo said.
We all laughed as he did gaging noises and gestures.
"Okay, hey you said you like skateboarding," Henry said.
"Yeah I love it," I said.
"Us too. You should come with us to our skate park a few blocks from here. It's huge and indoors," Henry said.
"I'd love too, but I have to go straight home," I said.
"We wouldn't be there until two," Leo said.
"Once again I'd love too, but I'm grounded for sneaking out twice in a week," I said to them.
"Oh, maybe next time. You're our new friend, right guys," Henry said.
"Yeah," they said in unison.
"Cool, I'd love to be friends," I said.
"Awesome," Henry said with a smile.
We ate the rest of lunch and occasionally making small talk. Eventually lunch was over and we headed back to class. We stayed in class for about an hour than went to our music elective. I met our music teacher named Mr. Devin. He was about 30 and wore a nice suit and tie. I got stuck playing the flute which was okay once I got the hang of it.
Eventually we headed back to class for another hour and then it was time for recess. We went onto the playground and played around the huge jungle gym and slides. I hung out with Henry, Leo and Blair.
"Tag! You're it," Blaire said as she tagged Leo.
"Aww man," Leo said.
He started chasing us around the playground. As I was running around the corner of the jungle gym I was tripped by a foot. I fell face first and got dirt in my face. I looked up and I saw Hailey smirking down at me as her two friends snickered behind her.
"You should really watch where you're going. We don't want any accidents to happen," Hailey said as she sauntered off with her buddies.
I glared at her retreating back and pulled myself up. I dusted myself off and restrained myself from running after her and beating her up.
"You okay?" Henry asked.
"Yeah I'm fine," I said.
"Guess your Hailey's new target," Blair said to me.
"Great. Well now she's mine too," I said with a smirk.
"Good luck. The day Hailey gets put in her place we'll all be cheering you on," Henry said.
Leo and Blair nodded and the whistle was blown to go back to class. We had ten minutes left and it flew by like it was nothing. I grabbed my lunch box from my locker and walked to the front of the building with my new friends.
"Bye Emily, see you tomorrow. Bye guys. That's my ride," Henry said as he pointed to a bright red new Ford pickup truck.
"Bye, Henry," I said waving goodbye to him with the others.
"My rides here too. Bye Emily. Bye Leo," Blaire said to us.
We waved goodbye to her until she climbed into a black luxury car.
"Is your ride picking you up?" I asked Leo.
"No, I'm walking with my older sister," Leo said.
I nodded and stood with Leo, waiting for his sister.
"Come on squirt, we don't want to keep Abuela waiting again," A pretty older Spanish girl said.
"Don't call me squirt, Maria. Emily this is my older sister Maria, she's in the sixth grade," Leo said pointing to his sister.
"Hi," I said to her.
"Hi, you must be the new kid. I'm glad you made a new friend squirt," Maria said as she ruffled Leo's hair.
"Uhh Maria. Stop! Not in front of everyone," he said while trying to push his sister away.
"Come on, bye Emily," Maria said starting to walk away.
"Bye Emily," Leo said in an irritated tone as he walked behind his sister.
I sighed and walked down the sidewalk towards home. The streets weren't that busy today, and for New York that's a super rare occasion. Half way towards home I picked up a stick and clanked it against a few iron fences.
I dropped the stick and when I went to pick it up a white van swung in front of me. I didn't even notice because I was reaching for the stick. Next thing I know I'm getting grabbed and brought toward the van.
I tried to fight my way out of the persons grasp, but it was no use. I dropped my backpack in the midst of the struggle and I heard everything clatter out of it. I tried to scream, but a white rag went over my mouth and the last thing I remember before blacking out was the bright blue sky.