Chapter Three

Chapter Three-Sword Cross High-7:50 A.M.

            The car went to a stop. I stared at my school. It had a gothic castle look, but I like it. “Are you going in Rose?” replied dad. I’m so not ready but I plastered a fake smile and said, “Yeah.” I opened the car and stepped out. “Wish me luck,” I said. “Be good. It’s your first day, but I don’t want any tardy slips or calls from the school again,” said dad with his serious tone but his eyes sparkled with humor. I hated when he reminded me about that. “I promise I won’t,” I said. “Alright, well bye kiddo and good luck,” said dad. I turned around and was about to head to the entrance to the school until by dad said “Rose, are you forgetting something.” I turned around and forgotten about my back pack. “Oh,” I said, my cheeks began to burn with embarrassment. Dad began to laugh. I opened the car door and grabbed my back pack from the passenger seat and closed the door. “Bye,” said dad. “Bye,” I replied back and he drove away. I felt very nervous. My mind was filled with a lot of thoughts. I entered the school and it looked the same as last year. Gray colored lockers in both sides, the hall floors clean, and the smell of disinfect. As I was passing through the hall, I heard sequels from a group of girls, people shouting, and everybody in groups telling how their summer was. I sighed. How am I going to survive this, I thought.

 I grabbed my schedule in my backpack and start to head to my locker. “Rose!” I came to a stop and turned around and saw someone running up to me. At first I didn’t recognize her until she got close. “Hey Laura,” I said, very glad that I saw someone I knew. Laura had straight blond hair, small lips, and has clear green eyes. She wore black slacks and a yellow blouse. She was a little taller than me. Laura hugged me tightly. “Laura,” I gasped for air, “I….Can’t…Breathe!” Laura suddenly lets go of me. “I’m sorry Rose. I’m just glad to see you again,” said Laura. “I missed you too,” I said. “Have you seen Abby? I saw her come this way but I lost her in this crowd,” replied Laura. “I haven’t,” I said. “You do not want to know what she’s wearing,” said Laura. I was curious of what Laura was talking about. Laura took a good look around and spotted Abby. “Abby!” shouted Laura, “Were over here!” Abby came pacing towards Laura and I. “Rose!” shouted Abby and running towards me first. “Not again,” I groaned.

Abby squeezed me so hard that I felt like my head was about to explode. Abby finally released me and said, “I’m sorry Rose, I’m just excited to see my two best friends again.” I saw that Abby cut her hair. I finally knew what Laura was talking about. Abby used to have long black hair, long brown skirts, and green shirts but she had on ripped dark blue skinny jeans, a black tank top,  black finger nails and her hair was cut short in a pixie style. Her face looks like a fey; she has icy blue eyes, pink lips, and an excited attitude. Abby is sometimes serious, but when it comes to guys, let’s just say she likes to flirt a lot. “What are you wearing?” I asked. “I decided to change my looks for a whole new year and final year of high school,” Abby said. I liked her better with her cute skirts not ripped pants. “Same school, same friends, but new teachers,” said Abby in a happy tone. “What’s so interesting about the new teachers?” asked Laura. “Before I can say anything, let me see yours schedule. You too Rose,” said Abby. Laura and I looked at each other but gave our schedule to Abby. “Yay! Laura and I have 3^rd and 5^th hour together,” said Abby but then frowned at me and said, “we don’t have class together, only that we three have the same lunch together.” I felt kind of disappointed. Now I’m all alone in all my class, except lunch, but I said, “So, are you going to tell us why you were so interested about the new teachers?”

That’s when Abby frowned face turned into a cheerful expression. “Well I heard that there is a new math teacher. His name is Mr. Rodriguez. I just saw him this morning at the office,” replied Abby with her day dream voice. Then the bell ringed for first hour. “Oh my goodness, I got to go,” said Laura. “Me too,” replied Abby, “See you at lunch,” and Laura and Abby walked away with each other. I was about to head to my classroom when I forgot about my textbooks. Great first day of school and I’m about to get late, I thought. I opened my locker took out my French Two book, my pre-calculus book, and my history book. I quickly close my locker and was about to run to my class until I bumped into someone and my textbooks slipped from my hands and fell. “I’m sorry,” I replied. I looked up to see who I bumped into and saw that he had long lashes that framed striking green eyes.