As soon as we got to the cafeteria I wanted to get something to eat since I didn’t get any breakfast this morning and Lexie was still standing next to me. She seemed like a pretty nice girl but there was something strange about her. I mean, no one has ever wanted to be friends with me so quickly. It was really strange for me.
I don’t know what made her change seats and come sit at the back next to me.
I was a little weary about it. But I wasn’t going to question it. Not yet anyway.
“So, you think you’re so goddamn great, don’t you?” Someone behind me said. So I turned around and Izzy was standing there.
“What’s your problem now?” I asked, turning to face her. And Lexie stood next to me but I put my hand up. I don’t need other people standing up for me. That’s even worse for the new kid in school. It was something that I had to do for myself.
“You try and act all sweet and innocent but you’re nothing but a fucking slut. Aren’t you?” She asked.
“Don’t blame me because your little boyfriends seemed to take an interest in me. I didn’t have anything to do with that.” I said.
“I am going to make you pay, you can bet on it.” She said, starting to walk away.
“I look forward to it.” I said. And she stopped walking for a moment but she didn’t turn back to look at me. She walked over to the table where her friends were sitting.
Lexie and I got our food and Lexie took me to another table that a bunch of kids were sitting at and she introduced them all to me.
Everyone at the table started asking a lot of questions about me and why we moved here.
“My mother was offered the head nursing position at the nursing home. She says that it’s better pay so that’s why we moved here.” I said.
“Do you like it so far?” Another one asked.
“Yeah. It’s not too bad. It’s got a lot of really good hiking trails around here.” I said.
“Do you like hiking?” Jasper asked.
“Yeah. I love being outside. The forests around here are so beautiful.” I said.
“Well, if you want I do know of a few trails around here that not many other people know about.” He said.
“I’d love to hear about them.” I said.
Suddenly the whole room got quiet and I looked around to see why. Izzy stood up from her chair with a really wide smile on her face and I looked towards the door to see the triplets.
I turned back to the table so I wasn’t looking at them, but that obviously didn’t work.
They chased the kids away that were sitting at the table next to us and they sat down at the table, making them only a few inches away from me.
I just rolled my eyes and looked at Lexie. She knew how I felt about them and how they were always sitting near me.
I didn’t even want to see the look on Izzy’s face right now. So I just concentrated on the people at this table in front of me.
“So Nova, how about I actually show you one of those hiking trails one day?” Jasper asked.
“You want to take me on a hike? I’m pretty capable of doing it alone.” I said.
“Mine are pretty advanced.” He said. But I just scoffed when he said that.
“Jasper. Stop being a man whore and leave her alone. You’ll have plenty of other chances to hit on her, but it’s her first day.” Lexie said. And the others started laughing.
“So Nova, you said that you’ve moved around a lot in your life.” A girl said to me.
“Yeah. 14 schools so far. Hopefully I’ll get to finish out my senior year here. But we’ll see.” I said.
“You said that you hate the cold. Why would you want to do your senior year here?” Lexie asked.
“It’d be nice to stay in one school for an entire year.” I said.
“Yeah. I guess that would be alright. We’ve all been going to the same schools our whole lives. We’ve all known each other our whole lives.” Lexie said.
“You’re lucky. I’ve never really gotten close to anyone because I knew that there was no point. I’d just end up leaving.” I said.
“So, you don’t have any friends that you talk to from previous schools?” Jasper asked.
“Nope. Most of them probably don’t even remember who I am.” I said.
I could see the others at my table looking over at the triplets very subtly, but I didn’t want to . I didn’t want them to know that I was even thinking about them. Even though I thought I could feel them boring holes into my head with the way they stare at me.
I was really grateful when lunch was over.
We had gym so we went to the locker room to get changed and then we headed to the gym.
We were all playing volleyball and the couch put us in two different groups. I was in the second group but the first group was up playing first while we sat on the stands watching them.
Half way through, he told us to change over. So we picked our teams and got onto the volleyball team.
Izzy was on the other team and so were the triplets. Which I was fine with. But I was put up near the net.
I saw Izzy give me an evil smirk before the game started and every time she got the ball, she deliberately aimed it at me and she had a lot of strength behind it. I was actually surprised. Not that it stopped me.
I managed to catch every one of her attacks and keep the game going which actually got me a lot of attention from my team and they seemed impressed that I could play.
I wasn’t going to let this bitch scare me off and I made sure that she knew it as well.
When the coach sounded the whistle it meant that the day was finally over and I could relax.
I turned my back to the other team when I suddenly heard someone scream ‘Look Out’.
I turned around quickly and the volleyball was coming straight for my head, so I ducked out of the way just in time and Izzy was the only one standing near the net who could have thrown it.
“Do you really wanna have a go bitch?” I yelled as I got up and started going towards Izzy.
She looked surprised at my sudden outburst and Lexie ran over and got in front of me.
“Believe me. She’s not worth it. She gets away with everything at this school. You’re the one that will get in trouble.” Lexie said.
So I turned around and I left with Lexie.
We went back to the locker room where I got changed and Izzy came strutting in and she headed for the showers.
I sat on the bench in the middle of the room and I saw some cleaning supplies out because the locker room had just been cleaned.
I grabbed the bottle of bleach and Lexie asked what I was doing. But I walked over to the shower and I grabbed Lexie’s shampoo and I poured bleach into it and put it back where she had left it.
I quickly put the bleach back, grabbed my stuff and Lexie and we took off out of the locker room so no one would know that it was us.