Powerful || Stranger Things

Chapter 11

"First time? Homeschooled?" He guessed. Naomi's eyes widened. Why did she say that? Now everything's weird if he found out it was really, really her first time going to school.

"Y- Yeah. Homeschooled." She lied, rather not smoothly but he seems to take it.

"Well, no worries. I'll be here for you." He flirted. Naomi's head shot up fast, he wondered if it makes her dizzy for a bit but seeing her smile, it seemed like she was completely fine.

"Like a friend?" She asked, eagerly.

"Umm..." Billy doesn't know how to answer that. He was actually thinking about something else but how cruel is he to put her mood down.

"Sure. Like a friend." For now, he promised himself.

"I've never had a friend before, it's nice to finally have some." She said while smiling brightly. Billy unknowingly smiled back.

"You'll make a lot of friends. With that attitude of yours?" Billy said. Naomi looked up at him.

"You think so?" She asked the boy.

"No, I know so." If possible, Naomi's smile widened more.

"My brother thinks the same too." She mumbled, looking down shyly. Billy's eyes stayed with her in confusion.

"Brother?"

"Yeah, I have one. He doesn't like going to school though. He likes his freedom."

"Lucky." Billy mumbled, envious about the girl's brother not going to school. Of course she had a brother. With that sunshine attitude of hers, there must be someone to protect her from all the dangers of the earth.

If only he knew.

Naomi stopped at the entrance and breathed heavily, closing her eyes. Billy, also, stopped right behind her.

"My emotions, my control." She whispered before opening her eyes. She smiled and entered the school. She can feel the stares of other students probably wondering who is she. She gulped down the nervousness and gathered her confidence to atleast smile at them. Which she did.

That they gave back!

The smile that they gave back at her certainly made her day and made her confident.

"Your smile, love, makes other people smile back." He whispered in her ears before surpassing her and walk away

She felt her cheeks heating up. She almost forgot Billy was with her. She watched her retreating figure confidently walking in the school halls. She just took notice about him not having a bag. Bag is needed in school, isn't?

She walked to the direction of the registry office -- after she asked a random student politely -- and knocked on the door. She heard someone shouting to let her come in. She twist the knob and opened the door. She peeked inside seeing an old lady signing some papers and a younger one printing some papers.

"Hello? Good morning." She greeted. The two ladies look up abruptly at the sound. She stepped inside and looked at the old lady straight in the eye.

"Hi. Are you Naomi..." she trailed, squinting her eyes to the paper she's holding. "Snott?" She asked. The other lady snorted at the mistake of her name.

Naomi took a quick glance at her before correcting the old lady.

"Scott, actually. Naomi Roselle Scott." She introduced politely.

"Oh, what a beautiful young lady." She complimented Naomi which she accepted with a thanks and a rub on the back of her neck. She took a seat in front of the lady when she instructed her to sit.

They talked about her schedules and the school rules for a while before she found herself saying goodbye and making her way to her first class.

Chemistry.

Once she found herself in front of her classroom, she knocked. The teacher inside stopped talking and excused himself. He walked towards the door and opened it.

"Yes?"

"Hello, sorry for interrupting. My name Is Naomi Scott. I'm the new --"

"Student. Come in, come in." He cut her off and ushered her inside. She entered the classroom and walked in front. The teacher closed the door and started walking fast in her direction.

"Class, I would like you to meet our new student. Introduce yourself." He told her. Naomi looked around the room, feeling conscious about the stares of the other student. She gulped before smiling at them.

"Hi. My name is Naomi Roselle Scott, 17 years old. I lived in Illinois, Chicago before I moved here." She introduced.

The class clapped as the teacher pointed at the empty chair at the corner of the room. She hurriedly went to it and sat quickly. She sighed heavily when the teacher started talking again.

Great start.

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Will, Mike, Lucas and Dustin watched the new girl skateboarding in the school grounds. Debating if the new girl is indeed MadMax.

"So, how many Maxes do you know?" Lucas argued.

"I don't know." Mike shrugs.

"Zero. That's how many." Lucas pinpoint, not leaving his eyes on the redhead and watching her play tricks with her skateboard.

"Yeah. She shows up at school the day after someone with the same name as her breaks our top score. I mean, you kidding me?" Dustin said, breaking his stares with the redhead to look at Mike behind him before looking back, not wanting to let her out of his sight.

"Exactly, so she's gotta be MadMax. She's gotta be." Lucas agreed with Dustin, also breaking his stares to look at Mike.

"And plus, she skateboards, so she's pretty awesome." Dustin added.

"Awesome? You haven't even spoken a word to her." Mike argued. Dustin finally broke his stares to argue with Mike properly.

"I don't have to. I mean look at her." Dustin looked back, only to see the redhead gone. "Shit, I've lost the target." Dustin complained.

"There." Will said, looking at the door of the school and leaving his position in the fence that they stood to watch their new classmate.

They saw the redhead threw a crumbled paper to the trashcan before entering the school. The four looked at each other and ran towards the trashcan. Dustin leaning in to find the paper that the redhead threw.

A group of girls looked at their direction, weirded out by them. Will waved first, followed by Mike and Lucas. Dustin stood straight after seeing the paper and opened it.

"Stop spying on me, creeps." They read together out loud.

"Well shit." Dustin said. Silence enveloping them before someone broke it.

"William Byers." They turned around just to see the school's principal standing behind them. Will's brow shot up in question, wondering why the principal was asking for him

"Your mother's here." He announced. He went cold. Hands clammy and started to become sweaty. Will looked at him in silence before following him.

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