undecide fate by Dionne Newman (recommended reading .TXT) đ
- Author: Dionne Newman
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CHAPTER 4
I found the school within minutes. It was a medium sized building with a corrugated roof. I drove into the car park and pulled up into a space in front of two automatic doors with a sign above them stating that this was the main entrance. I took a deep breath, got out my car and walked through the doors and up to the main office. At the desk was a small, pleasant looking elderly woman. âMorningâ she said in her Texas drawl âcan i help youâ she smiled crookedly. âHi, yes Iâm Claire Bails, itâs my first day here and i didnât know where to goâ i replied. âOkay, well youâll have to meet with the principal to get your schedule, so Iâll give him a quick call just to let him know that youâre here. Just head up to the top of this corridor and itâs the last door on the left, his name is Mr Peterson, well good luck thenâ she smiled again, gave my hand a little reassuring pat and went over to the office phone. I started walking up the long, corridor, found the principalâs small, room and knocked his door twice. The principal, Mr Peterson a broad, athletic looking man in his fiftyâs, with weather-beaten skin and worn out hands, as if he had spent many years working with them came to the door with a wide smile showing his yellowing teeth. âGood morning and welcome to Reeth Valley high Miss Bailsâ. I smiled at him, he was pretty friendly. He asked me to take a seat at the opposite side of his desk, when i was seated he gave me my schedule, i thanked him and put it in my bag. He asked if he could be excused for a minute, he handed me a small bottle of water and then left. I sipped the water and realized how warm the weather was today. I could feel the heat of the sun coming in through the window and hitting me squarely on my back. I went over to the window and looked out, people were starting to file into the school now, they all looked cheerful and upbeat, at the side of the building there were a bunch of tiny, eighth graders playing catch. It was sort of funny as they were trying to keep a rally going and they werenât succeeding. I smiled to myself and thought about how i used to play catch back home in the rain when i was younger. The door opened, i turned round as Mr Peterson walked through the door with a really good-looking guy around my age. This boy was about 5ft 11â, with golden, blonde hair and hazel eyes. He smiled at me and i smiled back his eyes lingered on me for just a moment to long and i started concentrating on fixing my shorts. âZachary this is Claire bailsâ, âClaire this is Zachary Dalton and he will be your guide around the schoolâ. I nodded at the principal and felt my stomach flip as i saw that there was less than a minute before the bell would ring sounding the start of first lessons. I took a couple of deep breaths and relaxed again. Mr Peterson waved me and Zachary out. Walking to my first class Zachary rambled on about how fine the school was, i completely tuned out, i was more interested in how today was going to turn out and trying not to drop to the ground. I made a solemn oath to myself that i was not going to make an idiot out of myself by fainting. I had numeracy first, which was as Zachary said at the other side of the building. We arrived at the classroom just as the bell rang. The bell was loud and would probably be heard from my bedroom window. Pupils waiting for the teacher to arrive started filing up at the classroom door, even with my back turned i could feel their eyes on me and hear their whispers. I sighed, it was like being back home when someone new came into the school, everyone would stare as if the newbie was something in the zoo and now i was being ogled the exact same way. I felt a hand on my back; i jumped a little, looked slightly over my shoulder and saw Zachary smiling at me. To be honest i forgot he was there. I smiled back i think he could tell i was nervous. The teacher a tall, weedy man with a moustache almost as big as his head walked over to the classroom door and started to fumble about with his key ring which held around 20 keys, it was amusing and somehow irritating to watch. After a couple of minutes of fumbling about Zachary piped up âitâs the key with the yellow rubber at the topâ the teacher groaned and gave Zachary a grateful smile. Once we were in the class Zachary walked me over to the teacherâs desk. âUnfortunately the seat beside me is taken but no matter where you sit Iâm sure youâll be fineâ he said. It was now that i realized Zachary didnât have a Texas drawl like everyone else here, but a different sort of accent that i couldnât place. His voice was rough but still gentle and he talked as if he was from a different century like Shakespeare or something, but his voice comforted me and i felt like wrapping my arms around him, which is weird for me as usually Iâm quite timid but standing here with him i felt different as if Iâd known him for years even though we only met an hour ago. He went to go and take his seat and as he walked past me his hand brushed off mine and my whole body started tingling like he was sending electric volts through me. I gasped as the butterflies in my stomach started and the tingling started to elevate, he flashed me a dazzling white smile and winked at me. I didnât realize all the pupils were staring at me as if i amazed them beyond belief. I caught sight of them staring at me with wide eyes and mouths slightly ajar; i looked down and stared at my flip-flops, shuffling my left foot from side to side. My new numeracy teacher came over and introduced himself. âHello, Iâm Mr Garth, welcome to the school, whatâs your nameâ. âHi, Iâm Claire Bailsâ. He smiled at me and nodded his head. He took a quick glance around the classroom and then focused on a spare seat next to a girl who i couldnât see properly because she was facing the back chatting away to two guys behind her. âClaire you can sit at the back beside Chantelle Lopes, thatâs the girl who canât stay quiet for more than a minuteâ. At that the girl whipped around in her seat and gave an embarrassed smile, while the boys behind her hooted with laughter, she flashed them a wicked look and they fell silent. I could see she had total control over them. I went over and took a seat beside her âheyâ, she smiled at me. She had long blackish, blue hair that
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