Goosebumps

Chapter 2: A New School

~Scarlet's POV~

"Yay! New friends! New friends New friend!" my mother chanted as she parked the car in the high schools parking lot. My brother was quick to lock the car when he saw my mother getting out of the car. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. What do you think you're doing?" Zach asked her. "I'm going to work. Gonna do some educating. Some administrating" mom said as she did these weird hand signs. "Cool. Mom we're the new kids, which presents its own set of obstacles. Not sure walking in with the vice principal is the play" Zach said trying to let my mother down easy. "Just give us a 60-second head start so we at least have a chance" I rolled my eyes at my brother. "Can I go now?" I asked him. He looked back and gave me the 'one-minute i'm busy' finger. "Deal. You promise you'll give it a shot?" mom asked after debating. "You know I can't promise you that" Zach said as he unlocked his door. I unlocked mine but it locked again. I groaned while sighing and put my head against the window. 'Why me?' I thought as the conversation continued. "I promise alright? And this door-locking thing.... Come on, you're so much better than that" Zach told her while he got out of the car. I rushed and got out before the door would lock on me. I made sure to grab my bag and walk into the building fast. 'I really shouldn't have let mom talk me into wearing these death traps' I thought as I already hated my shoes. As soon as I got into the building, the loud hallway became quiet. 'How cliché' I thought as I walked with confidence to the administrative office to get my schedule. On my way there I got many wolf calls and whistles. 'Don't punch them. Don't punch them. Just think of your three favorite things: food, books and sleep' I said in my mind so I didn't have to end up getting a lecture by my mother. As I got into the office I went to the front desk lady. "Hi I'm Scarlet. I would like to have my time-table please" I said to the older lady behind the desk. "Of course. Im Mrs. Orlando, in a minute your tour guide of the school, Mark James, will be here. But come closer *whispers* don't fall in love with him sugar because he likes to break the young girls hearts" Mrs. Orlando said as she handed me the piece of paper. "Thank you" I said laughing a little. The next thing I know is a tall, buff, douche-like guy is hovering over me, letting me get a whiff of his wonderful (sarcasm) cologne. "Hey. I'm Mark James. I'll be your tour guide little kitten" he said to me as he grabbed my arm. I already don't like this guy. "First thing: don't touch me. Second don't call me little, with these heals they make me 5'4 so I really don't need to be reminded" I said as I moved his hand off of me. "Whatever, let me show you around" Mark said as he pushed me out the door. You could hear Mrs. Orlando laughing in the distance.

At the end of the day there was an assembly to introduce my mother. I had to escape all the "popular" people, although the blonde, Taylor i think is her name isn't that bad, and go back to sit with Zach, who I had to convince to James that he was my brother and not my boyfriend. I didn't mean to be rude but I shoved my earbuds in and started to listen to music. That all stopped when I saw this little nerdy guy sit next to my brother. I snorted at my brothers face but looked away. The assembly finally started and I went back to blasting music. I heard a loud chorus of groan and saw my mom looking a little flustered and embarrassed. "She's worse than the last one" Champ the nerdy kid groaned. "She's my mom" I said making him look at me. It was funny, he seemed like he had just seen a Greek Goddess but was to excited to say anything. "Hi, I'm Scarlet" I said and put my hand out for him to shake. He just kept starring at me. "Okay, guess not" I mumbled and put my hand down. After my mom was done talking, everyone got up, including me. I laughed a little as I heard the principals rules about the homecoming dance. My favorite :" If anyone is caught dancing with their butt facing their partner, you will be sent home immediately. Immediately" "So babe, I was thinking you, me, a little making out in my car after school?" Mark James asked as I closed my locker after putting my books in their. "How about no, no, no and no?" I asked and turned around, about to walk away. "Oh come on. It'll be fun" he said, pushing me against the locker. "I said no, now please leave before I punch the asshole out of you" I said and ducked under his arm, walking out. "Come on! It won't even be that bad!" Mark yelled after me as I walked home, yeah after that little mixed up words speech, my mother said she was going to stay at the school and just have us walk home. "Yes it will!" I said and walked a little faster. 'This guy won't give up will he?' I asked myself and looked behind me just in time to see him going to grab me. I grabbed his wrist and twisted it in the wrong direction, almost breaking it. "I said no. Now if you want to keep that wrist I suggest you leave me alone " I warned him and walked the rest of the way home, going a different direction so he wouldn't follow me home. "What a day" I sighed and landed on-top of my bed. "Time to read werewolf fan-fiction now" I said before I went to change. Great now I have to face James tomorrow. Well I could just create a disguise and pretend I'm new again. Great now I'm talking to myself, again. Okay back to reading werewolf fan-fiction. I went downstairs and got some Chinese leftovers from the fridge and mixed fruit punch with orange soda. What? It's good. Checking the clock, I noticed that two in the morning. "Do you always stay up this late?" A girls voice asked scarring me, making me get the steel baseball bat that my father gave me. "Whoa whoa. Didn't mean to scare you" the girls voice said as I looked outside my window. "Hi, I'm Hanna" a brunette said. "Hi, I'm Scarlet" I said and she smiled. "Cool name, makes up for having a dorky brother with the girly hat" Hannah said and I laughed. "I like you" I said and put my bat down. Hannah looked back into her room. "Gotta go. Have a good night or day" Hannah said and shut her window quickly. "Same to you" I said awkwardly and shut my window and went to sleep.