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I've always been in love with the rush of being on the edge of death. When I was 12, I started go karting. At 13, I had a rock climbing phase. I tried skydiving, bungee jumping... you get the picture. Recently, my mom got a new job in a small town somewhere in Georgia. We used to live in England and honestly... I'm glad we left. That place is a shithole. So, today is my first day of school. The goal for today is to make new friends, not get in trouble and be on time. I'm almost done with my makeup now. I'm pretty sure I have time. I look over at the clock on my wall.
Shit.
I Immediately get out of my chair, slip my shoes on and hang my bag over my shoulders. I grab a can of monster from my fridge and rush out the front door. I can see my bus down the street, stopping at another house. Thank god. I'm not late. The bus pulls up outside my house. I get in, feeling a mix of nerves and excitement. I look for where to sit and I eventually land on a seat near the back, behind some overly excitement blonde boy and a black haired boy sat beside him, trying to get him to calm down. I sit down in the seat. The blonde boy turns to look at me.
"Hey!" He says, grinning. "Ooh! You like mother mother?" He gestures to my shirt. I got this on their tour. I try to contain my excitement at the mention of my favorite band. I nod, smiling.
"Yeah. You like them?" I ask, grinning. He nods. "What's your name?"
"Aiden. This is my cousin Ben." He gestures to his cousin who is still silent but he gives me a small, gentle smile.
"Cool. I'm Y/N."
"Nice to meet you, y/n."
The bus begins to move again, passing by what appears to be a junkyard full of scraped school buses. I strain my head to look.
"Damn. What's with the whole bus graveyard thing?" I ask, raising an eyebrow. Aiden shrugs.
"I dunno. We just moved here recently." She replies.
"No way- me too! And we only live like a house away from each other! We're friends now you have no choice." I say confidently with a grin. He nods happily. Damn, usually that line would weird people out. This dude seems pretty similar to me.
"100%. I will gladly be your hostage." He jokes.
As the bus pulls up to the house next to the junkyard, a tall ginger girl gets on the bus. She's wearing jeans and a green tank top with a zip up hoodie on top. She has long, ginger hair styled in a messy French braid. And when I say long, I mean it's like down to her waist. She's really pretty, actually. She has freckles covering her face and green eyes staring at the floor, avoiding eye contact with anyone and everyone. I can see some earbuds in her ear too. She looks up at the seat in front of aiden and a look of dread fills her eyes. She hesitatanly sits down in the seat in front of aiden and Ben.
"Hi! I'm aiden." He says, his face in between the two seats as he grins. "This is my cousin Ben. Oh! And that's y/n."
"... ashyln." She mutters.
"Nice to meet you!" He greets happily. She seems very shy. I give her a little wave and a smile but she doesn't say anything.
For the rest of the bus ride, aiden switches between chatting to me and annoying ashyln. I almost feel bad for this girl. Aidens cool but he needs to learn what personal space is, I think. We eventually make to the school. I feel nerves bubbling in my stomach as I step off the bus, walking beside aiden. I'm so glad I have someone to hang around with in this town. I just hope I'm not annoying him or anything.
The school was kinda small but it was lively. Students walked through the halls, talking loudly and messing around. A group of athletic guys seemed to be fighting in one of the halls but we made it past them. Aiden was following ashyln, still yapping her ear off. I was following them. Ben tapped aidens shoulder and pointed to the office.
"Oh. Right." He nods, pausing. "Well, I'll see you later ash-" he turns to ash but she's already ran off while he was turned around. I snicker at the face he made.
"See you later, aiden." I smirk as I walk off. I walk around for a couple minutes, exploring the school. I have 30 minutes until my first class, history. So, I guess I can just walk around for a bit.
I looked around all the rooms and saw all the students. I went to the toilet and fixed my makeup, trying to avoid eye contact with the group of scary girls vaping in the corner of the bathroom. I went to the office to get my timetable and as I walked out I checked my watch.
Fuck. Late again.
I speed walked to my first class and entered the door. The teacher and everyone else was already there. I mean, I was only two minutes late. I just have to pray this teacher is nice. He wasn't talking or anything, just setting up his desk and beginning introductions. I tried to sneak away and sit in my assigned seat behind ashyln. The teacher spots me.
"Ah, y/n, isn't it? Late on the first day?" He says. I nod.
"Sorry, sir." I mutter as I sit down. For some reason, I'm way more introverted around teachers and adults than I am around kids my age. Teachers are scary, dude.
"It's alright. You get a pass since it's the first day. But.. you gotta do your introduction first." He says with a gentle smile. His name was written on the board. Mr Thomas. Thomas walker.
I nod as I set my bag down and stand back up.
"Um.. okay, my name is Y/N L/N. I just moved here from England. I like go karting, hiking, bungee jumping, music and video games." I say confidently. I sit back down.
"Alright! Ashyln banner."
Ashyln sighed and stood up.
"Ashyln banner. I like dogs."
The introductions continued.
"Aiden clark. I like skydiving, rock climbing, bungee jumping, skiing-"
"I- I'm Logan fields.. i- um, I enjoy astronomy."
"Hi! I'm Taylor Hernández. I'm in the mechanics club. Come say hi if you get the chance!"
"Tyler Hernández. Yes, we're twins. I'm in the baseball club."
I listened intently to everyone's introductions. I like learning about new people. I always find that I have at least one thing in common with every person I meet. Logan seems cool. I love astronomy as well. And the twins seem really nice.
The introductions were soon over and the teacher began talking about a group project. I soon found myself in a group with the twins, Logan, ashlyn, aiden and Ben.
Apparently there's some group trip to savannah. Cool. I'm definitely gonna go.