When I'm with you

Chapter 3

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I was in my deep series of thoughts when my alarm rang. It was 6 o'clock in the morning.  It was the first day of school. Everyone is so happy and excited when you say 'first day of school' except me. I've never liked it, or shall I say I've never liked school. I mean, here we go again. Stressing yourself over tomorrow's exams, worrying if you're the main topic of the gossip in school and having a battle between your bed and time for your extension of sleep. There's just one thing that makes me like school and it's the SWIM TEAM.

I continued my swimming lessons after Uncle Mike taught me the basics. I aslo participated and won in some swimming competitions. Before, water was one of my biggest fears but now I feel like I'm always connected with water. Not being in water was depressing that's why I decided to join the swim team.

I got up from bed and went to the bathroom. I took a 10-minute shower, then I picked up skinny jeans and a simple pink v-neck in my closet and wore them with a pair of black sneakers. I don't wear dresses in school. I mean, you're in school not in a party.

I went downstairs to eat breaksfast but I realized I wouldn't be able to to do it because Jane was already calling me. So I quickly grabbed a toast and gave Mom and Dad a kiss on the cheek then went outside.

Jane is my bestfriend. We've known each other since I was 8. She was attending the swimming class that I used to attend. Since then we were always together.

I quickly sat in the front seat of her car and made myself comfortable. I saw Jane smiling at me but I ignored her.

"So, are you excited?" she asked.

"For what?"

"Duh?! Today is the first day of school! You should be excited. I hope there's a ton of hot freshmen."

"You know, for some reason, I feel bad for your boyfriend." I said, irritated on how she gets so excited about meeting the freshmen.

"Hey! You make me look like I'm cheating on him. I just get so excited because, you know, maybe you'll get to find yourself a boyfriend."

Here we go again. God knows how many times I'd told her that I don't need a boyfriend. Unlike other people, I can live without them. And I'm also not the type of person that like sweet things or sweet gestures.

Jane saw my uninterested expression so she tried to change the topic.

"I hope we have a lot of class together."

"Me too."

After a while, we already arrived. We parked the car then entered the school. The hallway was really crowded. People were talking like they hadn't seen each other for a long time. They kept asking about each other's summer, where they went or how their vacation was in general. I was sure they contacted each other before school started.

While walking in the hallway I thought I heard someone calling my name. I turned around to see who it was, and saw Chad moving through the crowd to reach us.

"Anne! Thank God I saw you." Chad said while taking a deep breath.

"Hi Chad! You didn't tell me that you'd be attending this school."

"Yeah. Mike told me to surprise you." Then a grin formed in his face.

"So who is this cute guy?" Jane whispered to me with a smirk.

"Um yeah, Chad this is Jane, my bestfriend. Jane, this is Chad." I introduced them to each other. They shook hands. Chad seemed happy to know someone else other than me.