forty-five minutes and smile to myself. This class is going to be a cake walk for me. This gives me hope to enjoy one thing about senior year.
The beginning to my first day in hell seems to be going by better than I thought it would. The only big drawback now is lunch period and the fear of everyone staring as I look for a place to sit. Since it’s somewhat of a warm day, I decide to sit outside under the giant birch tree with my apple and bottled water.
I look through some of the reading material I’ve received throughout the morning and can only wonder what possessed me to take on so many AP classes. This will be a year full of challenges, but I know it will be so worth it once I graduate.
The bell rings and it’s now time to move into my fun filled afternoon of classes. I stand up from the roots of the tree and brush off my black skirt and checkered tights. Making my way into the brick building, I focus on my destination and not the comments that surround me.
“Here comes grim,” a guy says with a laugh.
“Don’t get too close, she’ll pull you into the dark side,” another guy says.
“Dude I bet she’d be hot if she took off that shit,” the first guy comments while shoving his elbow into my back.
“Hell no, even if she’s an Evan’s, I won’t go near that shit, the second guy replies.
It never seems to end, but I have to brush their remarks off. I keep my head down and walk as quickly as I can to my next class.
For the rest of the day I continue to keep my mind focused on school while coming and going between my last three classes.
After the eighth period bell rings I rush out to the lower lot and get into my bug.
Taking a deep breath, I steady my nerves and feel grateful that today was not a total massacre.
Once I feel that I’m cool, calm and fully focused, I start the engine and head over to pick up Zoe.
As I pull up to the school, I see clusters and lines of students waiting to be picked up. Not sure where Zoe may be lurking, I pull up to the curb behind a few other cars. Putting the car in park and turning off the engine, I lay my pounding skull back on the headrest and close my eyes. Within a few minutes I hear a tapping sound on the window. I open my eyes and look to the right, Zoe stands at the passenger door with a huge grin on her face.
I unlock the door and she gets in, but doesn’t say a word.
“You look happy,” I say, “your first day must have gone well.”
She’s smiling so I take it as a good sign that today was pretty good.
“Yeah, it was okay,” she replies with the smile still plastered to her face.
The entire ride home is left in silence and the lack of conversation doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
The less I have to explain about my day the better.
Pulling into the driveway I push the garage door opener and see that both my parent’s cars are parked inside.
Shit! I should’ve known they’d take the afternoon off to be here when we got home.
This can only mean one thing and there’s no way I’m up for what’s about to hit me when I walk into the house.
Before I put the bug in park I turn to Zoe and grab for her hand.
“Hey, I forgot something at school. Tell mom and dad I’ll be home later and not to worry about me for dinner. I think I’m going to go the library or something.”
“Zar, it’s only the first day of school. It’s not like you have tons of homework or a need to go to the library,” she says giving me a look like I’m crazy.
“First of all you have no idea how my day was or how much work I need to do. Second, I just asked you to tell mom and dad I’ll be home later. Third, whatever I do is really none of your business so get out of my car.”
“Ugh! Zar you can be such a jerk, no wonder you have no friends,” she cries and then slams the door.
Her words hurt, but I guess I do deserve them for being so cruel to her just now. Oh well, no point dwelling on something I can’t take back.
I quickly put the bug in
The beginning to my first day in hell seems to be going by better than I thought it would. The only big drawback now is lunch period and the fear of everyone staring as I look for a place to sit. Since it’s somewhat of a warm day, I decide to sit outside under the giant birch tree with my apple and bottled water.
I look through some of the reading material I’ve received throughout the morning and can only wonder what possessed me to take on so many AP classes. This will be a year full of challenges, but I know it will be so worth it once I graduate.
The bell rings and it’s now time to move into my fun filled afternoon of classes. I stand up from the roots of the tree and brush off my black skirt and checkered tights. Making my way into the brick building, I focus on my destination and not the comments that surround me.
“Here comes grim,” a guy says with a laugh.
“Don’t get too close, she’ll pull you into the dark side,” another guy says.
“Dude I bet she’d be hot if she took off that shit,” the first guy comments while shoving his elbow into my back.
“Hell no, even if she’s an Evan’s, I won’t go near that shit, the second guy replies.
It never seems to end, but I have to brush their remarks off. I keep my head down and walk as quickly as I can to my next class.
For the rest of the day I continue to keep my mind focused on school while coming and going between my last three classes.
After the eighth period bell rings I rush out to the lower lot and get into my bug.
Taking a deep breath, I steady my nerves and feel grateful that today was not a total massacre.
Once I feel that I’m cool, calm and fully focused, I start the engine and head over to pick up Zoe.
As I pull up to the school, I see clusters and lines of students waiting to be picked up. Not sure where Zoe may be lurking, I pull up to the curb behind a few other cars. Putting the car in park and turning off the engine, I lay my pounding skull back on the headrest and close my eyes. Within a few minutes I hear a tapping sound on the window. I open my eyes and look to the right, Zoe stands at the passenger door with a huge grin on her face.
I unlock the door and she gets in, but doesn’t say a word.
“You look happy,” I say, “your first day must have gone well.”
She’s smiling so I take it as a good sign that today was pretty good.
“Yeah, it was okay,” she replies with the smile still plastered to her face.
The entire ride home is left in silence and the lack of conversation doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
The less I have to explain about my day the better.
Pulling into the driveway I push the garage door opener and see that both my parent’s cars are parked inside.
Shit! I should’ve known they’d take the afternoon off to be here when we got home.
This can only mean one thing and there’s no way I’m up for what’s about to hit me when I walk into the house.
Before I put the bug in park I turn to Zoe and grab for her hand.
“Hey, I forgot something at school. Tell mom and dad I’ll be home later and not to worry about me for dinner. I think I’m going to go the library or something.”
“Zar, it’s only the first day of school. It’s not like you have tons of homework or a need to go to the library,” she says giving me a look like I’m crazy.
“First of all you have no idea how my day was or how much work I need to do. Second, I just asked you to tell mom and dad I’ll be home later. Third, whatever I do is really none of your business so get out of my car.”
“Ugh! Zar you can be such a jerk, no wonder you have no friends,” she cries and then slams the door.
Her words hurt, but I guess I do deserve them for being so cruel to her just now. Oh well, no point dwelling on something I can’t take back.
I quickly put the bug in
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