Not Just Any Other Girl

My First Day

"No matter how hard the past,
You can always begin again."
-Buddha

Okay, so it actually is my first day. The day I have been a nervous wreck about is here. What if I embarrass myself in front of everyone? What if I end up the way I've been in my old school, nerdy and bullied Riley?

No. I have to think positively, I'm not going to end up being bullied this time.
With all these thoughts, I stand up from my bed and start getting ready. Then I hear my mom's voice, "Riles, you don't wanna be late on your first day."

I really didn't want to be late on my first day, so I get ready in a hurry and run downstairs.

I hug my mom and dad. Dad says, "Princess, you'll be fine. Stop being so anxious, go live this day with an open and fresh mind." Then he pecks me on my forehead.

A huge smile shows up on my face and I say,"Thanks dad, I hope everything goes well."

He replies,"It will!"

I wave my parents goodbye and leave for Traverse High School. According to my routine, that I got on orientation night, my first class is maths.

Don't get me wrong, but having maths as my first class on my first day isn't my favourite thing. It's not that, I'm a maths hater, it's just that I would have preferred any other class over it.

I reach school. I've had a tour of the it once before, but my memory isn't any good regarding routes. How does one even even remember routes?

My first class is in 9:30 and it's 9:20. I have no idea of where I have to go, so I decided to ask someone. I see a tall blonde guy walking, I stop him and ask,"Umm, excuse me where is the maths class for freshmen?"

He replies, with a smirk on his face, "Go to fourth floor then take a right and you will see maths class."

He didn't seem like the kind of person I should believe, but what choice do I have? I run to the fourth floor and then I realized that floor had nothing except for the boy's washroom. That jerk.

It was 9:35, I was late on my first day and of course this isn't it, I take 10 more minutes running around searching for maths class and when I do find it, in rush I barge in to the middle of the class. This is what I was saying, about embarassing myself, it's one thing I never do a bad job at.

The teacher is staring at me, as if I murdered someone, and I'm sure she doesn't know of my past, so this can't be good. She says, "You're 15 minutes late."

"I'm sorry but I couldn't find this class."I defend myself.

"This is your first day, that's the only reason I'm excusing you. Introduce yourself, as everyone else's introduction has already been done and then go take a seat. You can call me Miss Rosa." Says Miss Rosa.
This is when I start feeling nervous, introduction doesn't seem like a hard thing. The thing is being the centre of attention is too nerve breaking for me and I really want to have a good first impression.
"Hi! I'm Riley Carter. I used to study in Prescott Elementary School and I'm really looking forward to beginning mu studies in Traverse High School." I spoke like a true nerd, even though I'm not one.

I look around the class and see the boy who misleaded me and made me late for my first class sitting in the back seat smirking at me. I'm going to get him back. I don't know how, but I am going to. Then I see a vacant seat next to a pretty brunette, with a poker face. I decide to sit there.

Then Miss Rosa says, "I'm just going to give you some questions, that you must have solved in your previous classes and you can ask for help from the person sitting next you."

The questions she gave were pretty simple, but the girl besides me asked me for help and I was really glad about it. At least I had interaction with someone who isn't a jerk. I help her out and after maths, I had English.

I really didn't know the location of my English class, either. When the girl besides me stood up to leave I ask her, "Umm.. can you please tell me where the English class is?"

She answers,"Just go straight, you will see the class, and call me Shelby."
Thankfully, this time it wasn't a prank.

During the lunch break, Shelby asks me if I want to have lunch with her friends and her. I politely say yes, though I'm dancing in my head, thinking that I won't be sitting alone during lunch. I'm walking towards their table, I realize a lot of people were staring at me with expressions like, "How the hell is she sitting with them?" So Shelby and her friends are actually like the popular people in this school. They must have attended Traverse Elementary School. Most of the people in this school were from Traverse Elementary School.

Her friends are pretty sweet and not like the typical popular people in the movies. In the cafeteria, I meet Charlie, Reyna, Joe and Hazel. Joe is flirting with me, with the cheesiest pick up lines; and a lot of cheese makes me puke but he was actually funny. Charlie is just busy kissing Reyna. Shelby looks at them and rolls her eyes, then says,"Trust me, she won't last long." Hazel is well... busy being devoted to her cheeseburger; she is the kind of person our world is in great need of.

Now I have History and so does Hazel, so we go together and during this class our history teacher makes us play a game in which we need to introduce ourselves, then tell a bit about our history. This gets me anxious. I do not want anyone over here to have any idea about my past. Hazel notices, she whispers in my ear,"I know everybody over here wants juicy gossip about your life in your old school and just in general, but frankly you do not need to share what they want you to share. They'll always want something, but you won't always be able to give it to them. Share what you want to share."

I say,"I'm Rylie Carter. My pre-school was Well, my old school is Presscott.

I have physics with Joe and he makes me laugh a lot throughout the class. He makes me imagine how Mr. Fernandez would look if he was belly dancing. Unfortunately, every time I looked at him I pictured him dancing and started laughing; let's just say my laughter got him a teensie bit pissed.

The bell rings, and everyone starts to leave. When I was leaving, I couldn't help but smile, for once I didn't mess up. I actually enjoyed my first day.

Hey guys!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know their are a lot of mistakes, but I promise, the book gets better.This is my first time writing a book and I'm really excited about it!! Hope it goes well.

Ishika Bhansali😁