The Not So New Student by Chandrima Saha (good books for high schoolers txt) 📖

I snapped out of my cheesy daydream on hearing a "thump!" Sound. Guess  what? When I looked around, blondie (girl who was about to kiss  Andrew) was looking right at my face, amused by my expression. Also,  she was sitting right next to me. Another person I had no intentions  of talking to. But why was I dreaming of Andrew?

He couldn't even  notice me. I had no chances of going out with him. Plus, he was taken.  I hated hearing that. I always thought he would be there for me. Maybe  fantasy was taking over realty in me... I am totally not a girl who  goes gaga for guys.

But Andrew might be an exception. I hate  exceptions. Study hall was a long class. I decided that if I become a loner, I'll  remain one forever. So I looked at blondie and smiled. She smiled too.  Then she asked me," What's your name?" "Kiara." I said. "Really?" She  said. Awkward. Then I asked her name,I can't keep calling her Blondie  forever. "Nicole." She said. "Were you in Cedar Ridge Elementary?" I  asked that stupid question again.

"Yeah. Why?" Nicole said. "Oh my god! You were my friend back there."  I said. She looked surprised. "That's why you looked so familiar!" She  said. I took a breath. My close friend Nicole who never talked much to  boys was now dating Andrew? I had to find out by engaging her into a  conversation. "So, what's going on?" I asked. Seriously, is that your  best question? I said to myself. Nicole raised her eyebrow.

"Do you  mean you want to know about our old friends?" She asked. I nodded my  head. But that's when that huge group of guys came over. "So Nicole , wanna go out on Friday?" Andrew asked her. I guess I  blushed because I could feel my burning cheeks. Not wanting to be  embarrassed I looked down on my desk pretending to be absorbed in  writing my name on a worksheet. "Kiara no one ever does study hall  worksheets!" Nicole exclaimed. Then looking at the guys she says,  "Okay, this is Kiara from elementary. She went back remember?"

Out of  whoever was sitting there, I could recognize only three. Study hall was a long class. I decided that if I become a loner, I'll  remain one forever. So I looked at blondie and smiled. She smiled too.  Then she asked me," What's your name?" "Kiara." I said. "Really?" She  said. Awkward. Then I asked her name,I can't keep calling her Blondie forever. "Nicole." She said. "Were you in Cedar Ridge Elementary?" I asked that stupid question again. "Yeah. Why?" Nicole said. "Oh my god! You were my friend back there." I said. She looked surprised. "That's why you looked so familiar!" She said. I took a breath. My close friend Nicole who never talked much to boys was now dating Andrew? I had to find out by engaging her into a conversation.

"So, what's going on?" I asked. Seriously, is that your best question? I said to myself. Nicole raised her eyebrow. "Do you mean you want to know about our old friends?" She asked. I nodded my head. But that's when that huge group of guys came over. "So Nicole , wanna go out on Friday?" Andrew asked her. I guess I blushed because I could feel my burning cheeks. Not wanting to be embarrassed I looked down on my desk pretending to be absorbed in writing my name on a worksheet. "Kiara no one ever does study hall worksheets!" Nicole exclaimed. Then looking at the guys she says, "Okay, this is Kiara from elementary. She went back remember?" Out of whoever was sitting there, I could recognize only three. Andrew, Tyler and Dylan. "Kiara this is Zac , Richard , Nick, Andrew, Tyler , Dylan , Ryan and Jacob. They all looked up and smiled. I smiled at them and mouthed a hi. I didn't actually notice Ryan and Jacob before. They were changed but had a mischievous look in their eyes. By then I guessed I met all my friends. They were like a huge group now. But Nicole really amazed me, she just wasn't social, always quiet and- "what the f***? That's not funny," Nicole said.

Okay, swear words? Soo not Nicole. I decided to start talking to them , but then a guy with almost black but dark brown hair stood beside me. "Look do you want to go to the library with me? You are new and you might like it." I shrugged. "Sure! Lets go." I said. I signaled a quick bye to Nicole. She clearly wanted to talk to me some more. I took my stuff realizing that maybe the period might end. "Okay! Lets go!" I said to the guy. We got out of the class and went out into a long hallway. I looked at him and said, "So, what's your name?" "Michael, what's yours?" He replied. "I'm Kiara." "Nice name." He said grimly. Okay, was he always like that? I had no idea where he was going. He kept on opening his mouth to say something but he never said anything. Now that was weird.

Then we reached the library. As Michael opened the door, I was literally amazed. It was the best school library I've ever been to! It was huge! I loved it! I guess I was a nerd after all. But it was amazing. Michael then broke my amazed phase. "So aren't you gonna browse through?" he asked me. I said, "Y-Yes..... Sure... I-I- Will" god! talk about being amazed by a library! "So do you want me to show you through?" he asked. I replied, "Nope. I'm good on my own." I said. He sgrugged and went of to the other side.

" I hate school projects." Andrew said. We four were teamed up for a project in science.( In grade 3) "No problem. It's easy." I said. Tyler agreed with me . He loved science too. "So I'll go grab some books for this thing?" Nicole said. She never denied anything but she personally didn't like science that much....... Nicole came back with two books in her hand."Ooh I got an awesome topic!" Tyler said. "What?" Andrew asked. "I read about it in an encyclopaedia. How about the phases of the moon?" "What's that?" I asked. Andrew and Nicole also never heard about that. "See, I dont know everything but its about why we see different shapes of the moon. Like the full moon and the half moon. You know..." "It's an amazing topic," I said. "Lets do it!" Andrew said. "yeah, this is exciting, we'll get the highest grade." Nicole said. "It's not going to be easy," Tyler said. "So? We'll do it!" I and Andrew exclaimed, "Thats called spirit!"

Lets see, Sci-Fi, Horror, Humor, Cooking?, Art,............Romance. Thats just what I want. I might be a nerd but I adore all sorts of romances and teen fiction books. I went to the Romance section and scanned through the books on the shelves. One caught my eye. 'Keeping The Moon by Sarah Dessen." I never heard her name in India. Maybe her books were available here. As I was about to take it, I saw Michael In the Sci-Fi section. I personally did not read that genre ever. I went up to him. I just felt really cheery so I started talking to him.

"So do You come here alot?" He looked at me and nodded. "Yeah..." I looked inquisitively at his face, hoping he'll ask me something. Well he did. "So have you chosen a book?" "Um yeah......" "Okay, lets check out." I followed him to the desk in the front. "hi, I'm the new student Kiara." I said and put on a smile. "Nice to meet you. Welcome to MHS. I'm Mrs. Carter." She smiled.

"Thank you," I said after getting the book from her. On our way back, Michael asked, "So, I heard you are a 'not so new' student." I loved hearing the words'Not so new student' so I smiled and said, "yeah, I was here in elementary school." By then I could see our classroom. "If you need any help or anything tell me," He said. I smiled and said, "Yes. Sure." Wow that was really nice of him. He was so nice to me. When I got in the class I saw that we had 10 minutes of class left. I decided to test my luck with these popular guys.

I put on a smile and sat down on my seat. "Did you like the library?" A red haired girl said in a not so nice tone. "Yeah" I said in a not so confident voice. Nicole laughed and said, "Don't mind Audrey, she's always like that. She is trying to be nice....." I shrugged. I realized one thing. The attitude of my Indian friends is totally different from the attitude of the girls here. I'd have to change.....again if I didn't want the weirdo label. Ryan asked, "So are you liking it here?" Before I could reply, Jacob said, "What kind of a question is that ? That is so derpy." "Whoa dude! I was talking to HER! Not you!" Andrew chose to talk to me.

"They are always like that." I gave him a small smile. He returned me another smile. I felt so crumbly inside and immediately looked down hoping no one would notice. Since I was new I had no idea what they were talking about, so I got bored.... I started reading my book, glancing at Michael. He was staring at the ceiling. Why was he so weird? He looked at me. I gave a weak smile but he didn't exactly smile back. What was up with him?

I literally had nothing to do. Next, we had lunch. I followed Nicole. They got in the caff. It looked like they wouldn't want me to join them in their popular table. So I shrugged and went of to my own table. I took a seat. All the girls in my table were talking. I felt someone was near me. I looked up and saw two girls observing me. I tilted my head. "Hi I'm Kiara." Out if them both, one was Japanese and the other was mixed I guess. "Oh I'm Janice and she's Kim." They both smiled. "Why don't you sit near us?" "Ok." I said and I moved towards left of the table. Was Janice my friend?

"So um Janice, do you know me?" "Huh?" She asked. "Wait, your kiara right? I think I knew someone named kiara." "Well, I was in cedar ridge elementary and a girl named Janice was my friend." I said as a matter of factly. 'Ohh! I remember!!!" She said and the same thing happened which all my other friends did. She introduced me to everyone in the table and asked stuff about me. Kim started talking to me. "This is silly but do you eat rice at your house?" She asked. "Yeah. Why?" I said. "No, no, it's nothing. I love rice and I heard Indians eat rice. I'm not racist!" She said all at once.

I just smiled. "Ohh..." I said. Kim was more interested in me then Janice, she kept on talking nonstop with me. "So umm what do you call your parents?" She asked. "Ma and baba." I said. She looked really into Indian culture. After lunch we had algebra honors class. I got in the class and saw that Laura, Tyler and Ryan were sitting together. The teacher asked me to sit beside Ryan as the seat beside him was the only empty one. As I sat, he smiled at me. "Hey," I said. "Ohh hi," he said. But we couldn't talk more because class started.

"So today we will work on functions." Our teacher Mr. George said. The whole class groaned. I had a little idea of functions, and I heard they are hard. "Okay, turn to page 340 in your