"This is the best school for her, I can promise you that," the principal said to my parents.

"Okay, but are you sure there are no bullies?" my mom asked for the umpteenth time.

"I can promise you that there are no such things as bullies in my school" the principal replied intensely. I get the feeling that he is already irritated by my mom's constant asking of the same question. He seems to be so certain that there are absolutely no bullies in his school, he's even promising. It's too bad some promises are made to be broken.

"Are you sure..."

"It's okay mum, I want to attend this school," I said cutting her midway. I think I did the principal a favor because he looked like he was going to lose it if she asked him again.

"Okay, she will attend your school," my dad said speaking up for the first time.

"School starts tomorrow to be sure to be there," the principal said smiling.

"I know" I muttered under my breath
"Okay," I said aloud giving the principal a sickeningly sweet smile.

"Okay, we will be leaving "my dad as he got up and walked towards the door without waiting for the principal to acknowledge what he said with my mom trailing behind him. I gave the principal a wave as I followed my parents out the door.
Tomorrow was going to be a fresh start.

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"I'm here to collect my schedule, ma," I told the receptionist.

"Hold on just a second" she grunted as she continued typing on her computer. I glared at her as I adjusted the strap of my bag on my shoulder and then proceeded to tap my foot on the ground, just to spite her. After what felt like hours, she looked up and glared at me. Bingo! Now she knows how irritated I feel. I internally smirked as she gets up and walked towards another set of computers at the other end of the room "What's your name?" she asked looking at me irritated.

"Angel Coleman" I replied adding a smile for a bonus.

"Wait there darling," she said giving me a sweetening sick smile and pointed towards a set of chairs and which I went towards and sat down.

"Here is your schedule," she said handing me a piece of paper after a few minutes had passed.

"Thanks" I replied grabbing the paper from her hand and walking out. I glanced at the paper as I strolled through the hallways. My first class was Chemistry.

"Why chemistry?! I hate chemistry! Why did my parents have to sign me up for chemistry?! Ugh!! When I get home I'm so gonna yell at mom" I thought to myself as I walked to my classroom. Luckily, it was quite easy to find. I took in a deep breath and opened the door. As I entered, the whole class turned to look at me.

"You are?" the teacher asked me raising an eyebrow.

"I'm a new student" I replied.

"I'm Mrs. Weatherbee. So why don't you introduce yourself to the class?" she said smiling.

"My name is Angel Coleman," I said looking at the woman.

"You were supposed to look at the class dear, but it doesn't matter. Go sit with Mister Warren" she said pointing towards a seat in the back row. I looked at who she was pointing at and saw a boy looking at Mrs. Weatherbee with a glare. I mean if eyes could kill I'm sure she would have died that instant "I mean, go sit with Miss Adam over there" she sheepishly and pointed in another direction. I rolled my eyes and went to sit with Miss Adam. She is very pretty, blue-eyed and Raven hair with was plaited backward and she is wearing glasses too big for her.

"Now class, we will start with the theoretical aspect of chemistry then maybe next week, we'll continue with the practicals. Today, our topic is Acid, bases, and salts. Now, an acid can be defined as......" I zoned out. Chemistry has never been my thing.

"You know, you shouldn't be zoning out in class and by the name's Bethany," The girl said after a while.

"What do I do Bethany?! I hate chemistry" I replied shrugging.

"Then why did you offer it?"

"My Mom"

"That answers it, just try not to zone out again" she replied.

"Thanks, that helped a lot Bethany" I deadpanned, rolling my eyes

"Glad I could help and just call me Beth"

"I was being sarcastic"

"I know!" she said grinning "I ignored it" and with that, she turned back to face the board. I tried listening to what Mrs. Weatherbee was saying but I couldn't understand anything. So I resorted to zoning out again.

"Miss Coleman give me an example of a complex salt," Mrs. Weatherbee asked me suddenly bringing me out of reverie. I raised my eyes to look at her, staring at her blankly. "Stand up miss!" I internally groaned as I sluggishly stood up. Just as I finally stood upright, the bell suddenly rang and students started to file out of the class. I glanced around in shock as Mrs. Weatherbee sighed before gathering her things. Aren't they supposed to wait for her to dismiss them?!

"Come on, let's go," Beth said walking off the class.

"What just happened?" I asked following her.

"You were saved by the bell" she moving towards a set of lockers

"That explains it" I replied trying to be sarcastic.

"I still choose to ignore your sarcasm" she replied and turned around "What is your locker number?" she asked.

"Number 56"

"Okay, great! That will save us from walking around"

"What do you mean?"

"It means you're standing in front of your locker"

"Oh" I turned to face the locker and opened it "It's clean"

"Of course yes, did you expect it to be dirty?!" she replied raising an eyebrow questioning.

"I'm not expecting it to be dirty just expecting junk owned by the last person who used the locker" I replied

I peered inside the locker as if expecting to see something and saw a piece of paper lying there; folded neatly not just scrunched up like junk. Curiosity sparked through me, as I picked up the paper and opened it

Dear Angel,

Welcome to your new school. Hope you enjoy your time here.

Your Guardian angel
M.W

"Okay, this is weird," I said aloud.

"If you think it's weird for your locker to be clean, then you are weird " she looked at me raising an eyebrow "but don't worry drop your bag and carry your next class books because we will be late if we continue standing here" she continued folding her hands. I rolled my eyes and did as I was told "let's go"

"How do you know we have the same class?"I said following her.

"You don't need to to know too that," she said smiling mischievously before taking a turn and entering the next class. I glared at the back of her head before following her into the class.

"Why are you guys late?" the teacher asked.

"She is a new student and I was showing her the way," Beth said pointing at me

"Okay, Beth go to your seat you,"e said nodding towards
me "I'm Mr. Hale, now introduce your self "

"My name's Angel Coleman" I replied

"Interesting, do you have anything else to say" I shake my head indicating a No "go find a seat"

"Okay," I said and glanced around the class looking for an empty seat. I bit down a smile as I found that the seat beside Beth was empty. I walked towards it and plopped down.

"Now our topic for today is projectiles. Projectiles can be defined as ...."

"Based on the way you are focusing, I bet you like Physics"

"Yes, now stop interrupting," I told and turned to focus on what Mr. Hale was saying. After a while, the bell rang then all the students filled out the class again! without waiting for the teacher to dismiss them. I shook my head as I stared at the students leaving. This would take a while to get used to. I grabbed my things and turned to Beth "Where next?"

"The cafeteria" Beth replied and left the class. I followed her to the cafeteria "You hungry?"

"Yeah"

"Follow me and do you have allergies?"

"No"

"Okay great! Buy what I buy if you want to eat something meaningful"

"Okay," I said shrugging as we walked towards the lunch line. I did as she told me and bought exactly what she bought then followed her to a table.

"Hey guys," Beth said cheerily to the group of people who were sitting at the table. I looked at them curiously as a chorus of "Hey Beth" was heard from around the table.

"Who is she?" asked a dark-skinned guy.

"Her name's Angel Coleman" another girl replied.

"How did you know that?" I asked curiously eyeing the girl suspiciously

"I am in your chemistry class" she replied shrugging.

"Angel you can sit down you know," Beth said nodding towards an empty chair by the table. Only then did I realize I was still standing "Alright guys, introduce yourselves," Beth told them clapping her hands.

"I'm Nishan," the dark-skinned guy said.

"I'm Natasha" replied the girl who was in my chemistry class, she is a blonde with blue eyes and I must say she looks pretty.

"I'm Wesley," said another guy he is a blonde too with shoulder-length hair and brown eye, I would say he's good-looking if he stops frowning.

"And last but not least," Beth said looking at a girl who has her eyes glued to her laptop. Wait laptops are allowed to be used during school hours?! Nice!!!

"Ouch," the girl said and glared at Beth, I deduced that she got kicked by Beth "I'm Abbi with an I not with a Y". And with that she went back to her laptop, she looks a little bit like Beth the difference is that she is a brunette, she still has blue eyes like Beth.

"What do you mean with an I?" I asked.

"I mean it's spelled ABBI, not ABBY," she said not lifting her head, making me look stupid.

"Oh" Then I decided to ask "What are you doing Abbi?" It looked important from the way she was intently focused on the screen.

"I am making a book cover for someone" she replied.

"I think book covers are made with thick papers and not with laptops" I replied looking at her questioningly. Wesley choked out a laugh which he quickly covered with a cough. She sighed and looked up from her computer "This person writes novels online and I am making book covers for her so I need my laptop, not thick papers" she said looking at me as if I was dumb. I chose to ignore that again.

"Can you teach me?" I asked.

"Maybe later, I have to finish this one as soon as possible" she answered.

"Okay," I replied and took a bite off my pizza.

"Are you a nerd?" Nishan asked randomly.

"No" and thought for while "I don't think so, nobody has told me that, I can't assume what I am" I replied shrugging. What a weird question to ask! And Beth says I'm weird, as if!

"Okay, I'm a nerd" did he just say that out loud "I know you are shocked to hear me say it but I have come to terms with it I can never be popular"

"Don't say that you may never know you might popular in college" I told him in a feeble attempt to... I don't know, discourage him, I guess.

"Yeah maybe" Nishan replied shrugging. I could tell he didn't believe that.

"We are all nerds except Abbi" Natasha replied. The weirdness continues...

"And why is that?"I asked.

"That's because people patronize her so she's quite known in school" Natasha replied.

"So who officially labeled you guys as nerds?" I asked

"The A-girls" Natasha whispered.

"Who are the A-girls?" I asked out loud.

"Who just said our name?" an unknown shrill voice asked. The whole hall went silent "I'll ask again, who just said our name?" The whole crew look worried even Abbi who wasn't paying attention earlier looked up from her laptop.

"Allison, it's the new kid" A sugar-coated voice replied then she (Allison) looked at me. I looked at Allison a blonde blue-eyed girl dressed in a cheerleader outfit with a lot of makeup. Typical

"Who are you?" she asked I wanted to reply to the girl that's going to take your place but then I realized that type of shit only happens in movies and novels so I kept quiet.

"She's Angel Coleman" another sugar-coated voice answered. "Why did you answer?! Are you me?!" I thought internally glaring at the girl. Something told me, glaring at her outright would be an awful idea.

"Did I ask you Alisha?" she asked a girl I presume is Alisha. Alisha a brunette brown eyed also in a cheerleading outfit with a lot of makeup.

"No, I apologize" Alisha replied meekly

"Alicia, get the decorations" Allison commanded and sugar-coated voice number one whose name I had gotten to be Alicia left to get the "decorations". Alicia does look like Alisha a little they had to be siblings, twins. Wait hold up do they need decorations for a Christmas tree or something, but it's nowhere near December so what does she need it for?! Or are they having a dance or something? Well, my thoughts soon stopped wondering as Alicia soon came back with a box.

"Bring out the paints" Allison commanded again and Alicia brought out some paints.

"Angel, please just stand up and go meet her " Beth whispered in my ear pleadingly. When I looked at her face to ask why I saw her eyes she had cute blue eyes, how did I not notice that?! More importantly, how could I say no?! I stood up and walked towards Allison looking at her dumbly. She smirked at me before emptying the pink color on my body. Guess I finally know what they are decorating, Me.

"I'm not sure the decorations are done yet," Allison said looking at me after emptying different cans of paints on me. I glared at her... Internally again... She has poured multiple cans of paint on me and it still isn't enough?!

"What could be missing sis?" Alicia asked smiling mischievously.

"Chocolate pudding" Alison replied and dumped a bowl of pudding on my body.

"I think spaghetti will be a great finishing touch," Alisha said
as she grabbed a plate from a random table nearby and dumped the plate
of spaghetti on my already color-filled body.

"Now, what do you think?" Allison said to the whole cafeteria smirking "turn around" I internally glared at her again as I sluggishly turned around and faced the entire school. It only took a moment before the whole school burst out laughing, well except Beth and her friends. When I said promises are made to broken I meant it.

"Well this is going to be a bad semester," I thought to myself as I stood in the middle of the cafeteria covered with paint, pudding, and spaghetti.

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Well, that was Chapter One I hope you liked it!!! And FYI, Abbi is a real-life book cover maker Abbi150 Dm her if you want her to make your book cover. She is amazing!! My book cover is evidence. I'll update you as soon as possible. I'm so excited about this book, let me know your thoughts.
Much love guys,
Your friend
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