The+New+Girl

The New Girl By Hadley French My dad dropped me off, and I looked at my new school. It was a big school, with old worn-down brick walls, large gleaming glass windows, and shiny metal double doors. I read the sign stating, “Welcome back all students, to East Coast Middle School!” I was anxious to arrive at my first class. I was also worried that everyone would hate me. I quickly glanced down at the school map to find my first class. I read through it and found my way to Algebra 7. As I walked in I heard a loud gasp… “OMG! Watch out! I just got these new shoes,” said a girl, and I looked down and saw that she had brand new Coach tennis shoes on. “Oh I’m sorry I didn’t really watch where I was going,” I replied, my head looking down. The girl once again said, “You sure didn’t!” She must be the mean girl. She had huge hoop earrings shining like a diamond ring. I could practically see my reflection. She also had a new-looking Juicy sweatshirt on with Seven Jeans. Oh and of course her brand new Coach shoes. She had this mean scowl on her face you would be scared if you were me. I fast walked to my seat and looked away… I then later found out that the girl’s name was Ella Montgomery. I found this out from a girl named Christina White. Christina was a nice person who had talked to me after seeing what Ella did. Christina also introduced me to Adriana Bishop. They told me about Ella. Ella apparently was rich and all the boys loved her. Her best friend was Kristen Schneider, who was exactly like Ella, only not as mean. After my 5th period, I went to lunch. Also know as The Most Embarrassing Part of the Day. I walked in and looked around hoping to find that Christina and Adriana would want me to sit by them. I couldn’t find them but I saw Ella waving to me. I walked towards her. “Hey?” I said meekly, wondering what was going on. “Hey, I hear you’re the new girl Lauren. I think we got off to a bad start. Do you wanna come and sit by me, Kristen, and some of my other friends?” “Sure.” I said thinking; hmm yeah I guess people can change. So I sat down and saw Christina and Adriana glance at me. They looked kind of mad. I got worried but calmed down when Ella introduced me to everyone else. Maybe this day won’t be so bad after all. After lunch, Kristen asked me to carry her books. I said sure. They were really heavy and I stumbled a bit. I reassured myself that it was okay; I’ll do anything to have a new friend. Later on during Language Arts, Mr. Smith was saying some things, that I did not understand one bit. He asked a question, and all of a sudden I heard a girl speak up. “Lauren knows the answer! She is just too shy, since it’s her first day and all.” I looked back and it was Ella. I didn’t know why she did that and Mr. Smith said to answer it. I barely got out the words I don’t know, and the whole class burst out laughing. I am pretty sure my cheeks got as red as roses. Well, that was embarrassing. But it’s all right. The day was coming to a close, and I was pretty happy. I had some cool, popular friends, and only the Language Arts incident happened. I was going to my last hour, Art, when I felt two taps on my shoulder. “Well if it isn’t for the beautiful brown brunette with shiny blue eyes! We were just going to see what you were like, pretend to be friends with you, and you’re not cool. We aren’t friends anymore.” Ella and Kristen both said at the same time. My eyes were welling up with tears, and they would have spilled out…but I held them in. Maybe living in Boston wasn’t going to be the greatest thing after all. All I wanted to do was run back home and never come back. I then heard footsteps running behind me. “Hey! I don’t like what your doing. You two are brats and you should start to learn how to be decent people.” I saw Christina, yell out. “Yeah! Lauren is amazing and she is cool. You’re just not COOL enough to see who she really is. All I know is that you’re jealous, and yes you should be because she’s 10 times prettier than you.” Adriana clearly claimed it towards Ella. “Well I don’t need her. I’m already popular and I will always be more popular.” Ella said as she stomped away. I thought wow, that’s a lot of drama. “Hey, you okay?” Adriana said to me. I was thinking at the moment are we all still friends? “I’m fine. Thanks for sticking up to her. I’m sorry for ditching you. I got caught up in the moment, just wanting to be popular. It’s a classic new girl mistake. Friends?” I said back. “Yeah! Do you want to come over and do our,” Christina said with an annoyed tone, “I can’t believe first day of school homework?” “Yeah sure!” I excitedly said back. So I guess my first day wasn’t bad. I ended up learning who to hang with, who to avoid, and how to act towards people. I made amazing friends, and I hang out with them all the time. Ella and Kristen are still being mean but I have learned my ways, and avoid them at all costs. It was a great first day. .