Chapter 10: First day at a new school
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Music to Nate's ears (or at LEAST it is).
Nate turned off his alarm clock, got up, and began doing his daily chores before getting ready for school.
"Have fun at your new school!" Martin waved to Nate, who headed out the door and onto the school bus.
And it was an approximate 13-minute drive to the San Francisco School, and as the bus stopped, Nate got off the bus along with Samuel and Daniel and headed to San Francisco school. And it seemed like a bigger building than P.S 38 ever was (no offense).
Nate looked around in the school and there was all grades preschool through 8th grade, which surprised Nate very much, but luckily Samuel assured Nate that he will make more friends very soon.
Since Nate was new to San Francisco School, he was given a tour around the school on where the bathrooms, gym, lunchroom, classrooms, and detention room are, and soon after that, Nate was given a paper that had all the class hours and what time lunch starts and ends.
Soon, the bell rang and Nate headed to his first-hour class, and it was social studies, just like 6th grade with Mrs. Godfrey. Nate wondered if he'll have at least one or few classes with his new friends, but as he entered the class, he spotted his right away.
"Okay, children. Let's take our seats," said the teacher.
The teacher wrote on the board, introducing himself:
"I am Mr. Greenwood and I will be teaching class this year."
And the teacher had blond hair (like Jenny's) and green eyes.
"Since today is our first day back at school, I would like you all to introduce yourselves to the class," the teacher instructed.
And one by one, everyone introduced themselves, including but not limited to Samuel, Daniel and a girl named Rebecca Coleman, who has dyed reddish-brown hair, and brown eyes. And she looked so attractive that Nate couldn't stop gazing at her in awe...until Nate was eventually called on to introduce himself.
And Nate introduced himself to the class by telling what his favorite foods are, his favorite hobbies are and whatever. But Nate thought it wasn't necessary to talk about what happened at P.S 38, so Nate didn't bring the subject to the class.
And after that, the class mostly chit-chatted for the rest of the period. Nate scooched over to Samuel and Daniel and talked for a bit.
"So far, so good, huh?" Nate asked his friends.
"Yep. Oh, and try to be careful around Rebecca. You don't want to get on her bad side," Daniel replied.
"Huh?"
"If you get on her bad side, Rebecca will do ANYTHING to humiliate you, privately OR publicly, so do your best not to pick on her," Samuel explained to Nate.
Nate's stomach turned quickly. He didn't want to create another Gina Hemphill-Toms.
"But anyway, you'll like this class as long as you do your best," Samuel assured Nate with a smile on his face.
Nate relaxed. Maybe with his friends' help, Nate will make a LOT of new friends...as long as the past doesn't try to come back to haunt him...right?
Soon, the bell rang. Kids poured out of the classroom immediately. Nate thought it would best to avoid Rebecca as much as possible, but the look of her face and hair and the sound of the tone made Nate come over to her and introduce himself.
"Hi," Nate said.
"Hey," Rebecca replied.
"I'm new here in California."
"Really?"
"Yup."
"Hmm. I see you like to draw comics. So do I in my spare time."
"That's what I learned today about you."
"Good. Now, since you're new here, I'm going to give you some advice."
Then Rebecca leaned over to Nate and whispered:
"Do your best not to get on my bad side, because if you do, you're going to wish you never met me."
That got Nate's attention very easily.
"...HUH?" Nate asked in shock.
Then Rebecca grinned evilly then warned to Nate:
"If you try to mess with me, your friends are going to be the ones killed in Gina's revenge plot against you!"
"That's right!" said another student.
Then another.
Then another.
Then another.
Then before you know it, everyone surrounded Nate and began shouting at Nate with the same line:
"Gina's gonna make you pay!"
And everyone began laughing evilly until suddenly:
SNAP! SNAP!
"Anyone home? Hellloooooooo?"
Turned out Nate was daydreaming and Rebecca was trying to get Nate's attention.
Nate snapped back to reality with a gasp.
"You OK? I was trying to talk to you, but you were blankly staring at me," Rebecca said to Nate.
"Sorry...I was hallucinating that you would kill me and everyone else was joining in so..." Nate explained after getting back to his senses.
Rebecca gave Nate a funny look.
"...What are even talking about?" Rebecca asked in clear confusion.
"...I have no idea," Nate replied back.
"Well, here's the thing: I would NEVER kill anyone in my lifetime, even if I thought to do so," Rebecca reassured Nate, who then sighed and laid his face on her upper right chest, much to Rebecca's surprise.
But sadly, Rebecca pushed Nate's face off with a smirk and said:
"Okay, can you NOT do that again, please? Because I like my personal space," Rebecca politely said to Nate, who sighed and said back:
"I was just looking for comfort."
Rebecca looked back with a little surprise, then after a few seconds went in for the hug. Then after the hug, Rebecca pulled back and asked:
"There's your comfort. Better?"
Nate nodded slightly.
"You may need some water. Come on," Rebecca pulled Nate's hand and the two headed for the water fountain. There, the two meet up with Samuel and Daniel, who looked surprised to see Nate with Rebecca.
"I see that you befriended Rebecca. That's good, that's good. Maybe with Samuel's help, you could make a lot more friends sooner or later," Daniel said to Nate.
"Oh, please Daniel, stop trying to embarrass yourself," Rebecca hissed back as Nate got a drink at the water fountain.
"Guys, please," Nate tried to stop the fight after getting a quick drink.
"Right, not on the first day of school," Samuel stepped in on the argument.
"Anyway, what's next hour class?" Nate asked.
"Lemme check," Daniel responded as he pulled out a schedule and it listed the following:
Social Studies... Mr. Greenwood
English... Ms. Taylor
Art... Ms. Adams
PE... Coach Jackson
Math... Mr. Phillips
Science... Mrs. Rose
"Huh, just like I had the classes at P.S 38. Wow," Nate thought to himself.
"Well, we better get moving, because English starts in a few minutes," Daniel said to the gang.
And just like that, the gang made their way to English, as Rebecca said to Nate:
"Welcome to San Francisco School."
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Nate's music to his ears as English began.
"Okay, children! I'm Ms. Taylor and I will be teaching English this year and I hope we have a great year together!" the teacher introduced herself to the class in a happy, bright mood, which got Nate by surprise. Did I forget to mention that the teacher had brown hair and blue eyes and she looked AMAZING (not to intentionally jealous Ruby)!
The teacher went on to tell the students to introduce themselves and after that, she went on to tell the students on what they are going to do this year and after that, Ms. Taylor actually made popcorn for the whole class, much to everyone's delight, even from Nate.
And you know what? The rest of the first day of school went out the exact same way...well...half especially for art, where Ms. Adams dressed up in gothic clothes and was quirky to the whole class, just like Lady Gaga of sorts and flirted with Nate when he introduced himself to what his favorite hobbies are, especially drawing comics.
But anyway, Nate was excited about his first day at school, especially when lunch time came along and they had GOOD FOOD unlike P.S 38's meals, and his coach teacher, Mr. Jackson (who had brown hair on his head and some on his face, and he played music for the whole class, which Nate feel very happy), his math teacher, Mr. Phillips (who had grey hair and was in his mid 40s-50s), and Mrs. Rose (who had black hair and green eyes).
The final bell rang, and the trio left school to get on the bus and headed home.
Nate was dropped off at his home where his dad greeted him.
"Hey there, Nate! How was your first day at school?"
"Very good. At least I made a few friends so far, and the teachers were nice too," Nate replied.
"Good, very good. See? So far so good, huh?"
Nate couldn't help but chuckle slightly. You know what they say: Don't judge a book by its cover.
"Oh, and Nate?" Martin called out to Nate.
"Yeah?" Nate asked back.
"You got a piece of mail."
Nate's ears perked up.
"Oh, good. Who's it from?" Nate asked.
"You'll see," Martin replied before walking away.
Nate opened the letter. It said:
Dear Nate,
It's good that you made a few friends so far. We're glad you're okay. We miss you so much too. It has been rough since you moved away and Ruby misses you so much, she could NOT stop crying after you left. And to make matters worse, P.S 38 has to relocate to Jefferson Middle School, so even though we defeated Jefferson at the mud bowl, we might not survive without you. But anyway, if you have started school, maybe share a little bit about it soon, okay? Hope to see your mail again soon.
-Francis, Teddy, Randy, Dee Dee, Chad, Artur, Jenny, and Ruby, who gives you a XOXOXO ;)
Nate read the note. He felt bummed that Ruby cried after he left, and knowing that P.S 38 has to relocate to Jefferson (AGAIN, because of the one time at a winter dance, there was a major leak from the ceiling and it set off the fire alarms, and P.S 38 had to move to Jefferson for TWO WEEKS), he couldn't help but feel pretty bad for his friends back in Rackleff, Maine.
Nate sighed as he made his way to his room when an idea came off from Nate's head. He pulled out a piece of paper and began writing another letter:
Dear Francis and the rest of my friends,
I have received your letter. I'm sorry that you have to relocate to Jefferson Middle School for a while. Hopefully, you don't get bullied for a REALLY long time by Nolan. But anyway, I have started school and I gotta say, the school was amazing (so far)! The school has a LOT of nice teachers like Ms. Taylor, the English teacher, and she made popcorn for the class, and Coach Jackson, the PE teacher who let the class play kickball today, and there was Ms. Adams, the art teacher who dresses up in gothic clothes and is quirky to the whole class, just like Lady Gaga of sorts and she actually flirted with me and the WHOLE class, but thankfully, she was not mean at all. So there is your rundown of San Francisco school, and I hope you survive Jefferson Middle School. See you soon again. :)
-Nate Wright
Nate finished his letter and gave it to his dad to mail it. Soon after dinner, Nate headed to his room and got changed and began drawing another comic for awhile, and it was about Nate adapting to his new school, but the funny thing is that Nate didn't know how to end the story with a little bow because all his thought were about Ruby and how much he missed her and his friends.
But sooner or later, Nate's thoughts were interrupted by Martin, who said:
"Time to go to bed."
And Nate went to bed, just like that. And as Nate slept, he dreamed of being with Ruby again, running through the tall grass with her and (possibly) marrying her.
"I hope I see her again," Nate thought as he slept.
*Phew! That took forever! Tell me about what should I do for the next chapter and I hope to see you again! Later! ;)