• Chapter 1:New Girl

    Today was like any other day for me. Everyone was whispering about me. Talking about me as if I was standing right there, or as if I had some sort of hearing problem. I was trying so hard to ignore it. I wasn’t going to get kicked out of another school for losing control again. The last school I almost killed a kid for calling me a crying emo f**. I suppose this school wasn’t so bad, but still at times I wanted to pound the s**t out of some of these fags themselves. I was on my way to my second block class and I had to stop at my locker. There was a group of girls standing across from it, and they were giggling. I noticed something different about them today.
    They had a new member with them. I then remember Mr. McGregor saying something about our Algebra II Honors math class would be getting a new student. That must of been her because I’ve never seen her around here before.
    “Oh no, Nicole don’t talk to that boy over there” said Trisha.
    “Yeah, he’s a freak” agreed Sasha.
    “I think he’s kind of cute” said the one named Nicole. I turned and looked at her. Our eyes met and I swear we had an instant connection. She looked down quickly turning a little pink.
    “Nicole trust me he’s bad news” said Trisha as they shuffled her off. I stared after them. Could she really think that I was cute? No probably not. It was probably just another joke that they thought would be funny to play on poor Gabriel. I walked away and headed to Biology. I didn’t concentrate much. I just thought about her. Daydreaming, could she be the one that I’ve been looking for? The one that may complete my life. I mean what did she see in me? Man, I had so many question and no answers. I started to sketch, and didn’t realize what it was until I finished.
    It was her at Black Point Beach in a black and neon green zebra stripped bikini. I wrote a little note up at the top that said you are beautiful at the top. The bell then rang and I sprang up. It was now lunch time. Thank god I was starving and I think I want to give her my little drawing. I found her outside sitting at one of the tables. I started to walk towards her.
    “Oh my god, he’s walking towards us” said Kayla who was now with them.
    “Shut up” shouted Nicole. I stopped at the edge of the table and handed her the folded up piece of paper. I walked away quickly trying not to panic. I felt their eyes on my back. I watched her from a distance, but close enough so I could hear them. She unfolded it.
    “Oh my, it’s you” said Sasha. I saw a smile slowly form across her face.
    “Creeper” said Kayla.
    “I think it’s sweet” she said. A smile then formed across my face, and I walked away. My day was slowly starting to brighten. I didn’t know it now, but my life was about to get turned around.