A͟͟T͟͟T͟͟E͟͟N͟͟T͟͟I͟͟O͟͟N͟͟

Part 1

I scan the classroom thinking on who I should pick on, I notice the guy that helped me pick up the papers on the ground has his hand raised and I point at him,"How's your binder?",he asks with a smirk on his face.

My eyebrows raise and my eyes widen, I smile and laugh. Mr.Wilson playfully rolls his eyes, "Alright I think that's enough questions, Lauren you can head back to your seat now", he says.

I walk back to my seat and notice the guy actually sits right behind me. I didn't bother to look or make eye contact with any one when I first came in the room.

Class soon ends and the bell rings, I'm putting my stuff away in my backpack as people are already leaving to next period.

"Hey Joey, would you mind showing Lauren around the school after school since she's new? It will be during tutoring hours", Mr.Wilson asks.

I turn around and realize everyone has already left besides me and the guy in the black hoodie.

"Yeah sure, I'm cool with that", he says and looks at me for approval.

"Great! Are you fine with that Lauren?", Mr.Wilson asks turning to look at me.

Now they're both looking at me for an answer, I nod my head, "Yeah that's fine."
A smile appears on Joey's face and we head to next period.

The teacher hands me the book the class is reading for the month so she lets me read the first few chapters they've already read so I can catch up.

It's really nice in here and the students seem chill, not much people have really bothered to talk to me. I can tell who wants to talk to me but is too shy but I don't blame them.

+

The bell rings and it's already lunch time, the time went by so quick I didn't realize how hungry I was.

I walk to the cafeteria and it's crowded, the line is pretty long and I make my way there.

"Hey, are you new here?", this random girl in line asks.

"Uh yeah actually it's my first day here", I say with a smile.

"Really? Wow that's cool, I know like most of the people in this school and you just seemed unfamiliar. But nice to meet you", she says.

I laugh, "What's your name?"

"My name is Emily, yours?", she asks.

"I'm Lauren"

She smiles and turns around, the line starts getting shorter and before you know it I'm next up in line.

I grab a water bottle and a salad bowl, this school is really different compared to my last school.

I pay for my meal and look for an empty table, most tables are already filled so I make my way to the empty table.

I sit down and eat up, when I'm finished I take a sip from my water bottle and notice the guy Joey from first period is sitting a few tables ahead of mine but not too far away to notice.

He catches me staring and we both look away. I take out my phone to avoid how weird that was and start scrolling through Instagram.

A picture of my friends from my old school pop up on my feed and I don't like their post, gosh I don't have any friends here. I'm not a loner or loser I just have patience. First day and no friends so far, I sigh and put my phone away.

The bell rings and lunch period is over, I get up and leave the cafeteria.

+
The school day has already gone by and I'm already in my last period class. I have made some new friends during the last few classes and talked to some people.

I walk in last period and first thing I notice is the guy Joey in the classroom. He's sitting in the center of the classroom and I make my way to the empty seat in the front row.

The teacher is talking about today's lesson  and I slowly crack my next from the left and right, I stretch my back as well.

I feel someone's eyes on me so I turn around, I catch Joey staring and he quickly breaks eye contact with me.

He continues writing on his paper and I look away, weird lol.

+
School is over and the bell rings, I pack up my stuff putting it away in my backpack, people are already leaving and I make my way out the door.

I quickly realize that Joey has to show me around the school so I wait by the door, he's always the last one out the door.

He puts one last thing in his backpack and looks up landing his eyes on me, my eyes and eyebrows raise and he gets the hint that he's supposed to show me around the school.

We walk out the door, "So I guess you're supposed to show me around the school, right?", I say.

"Yeah, it's what I have to do", he says with a little laugh not making eye contact with me as we walk around.

+

We have walked around basically the whole school and finally get to the Football field, I think it's the final place where he has to show me.

"This is the football field, where all the games are at", he says.

"Cool", I say and we walk around the track field.

Soon we're back to the front of the school, it gets silent until he breaks the silence.

"Thanks for showing me around", I say breaking the silence.

"Yeah no problem, gotta do what you gotta do", he says officially looking me in the eyes.

He slightly ignored looking me in the face the whole time for some reason, does he think he's too cool?

A car arrives, "I'm guessing this is your ride?", I ask.

"Yeah", I say and start walking away. I get in the car and wave bye to him.

He waves back and my mom drives away.