Gretel's POV

I was so shocked to see that a social butterfly like me could not make more than a few friends at school. I mean how....? Let me tell you the whole thing. Everyone was so reserved in there own. My old school was a nice friendly place. This school looked nice too except of the people inside it. No one seemed to friendly, they all were kind of back biters, mean people. No one won't even come introduce their selves to me, I did introduce myself to two girls who had their lockers beside mine but they were very rude and just stared at me and started to whisper somethikng in each other's ears when I said, "Hey, I am Gretel. And you are...?" After facing so much of staring I thought maybe they were shy and said more, "Oh, never mind, can you tell me where Room 73  is, I have my class there...." Then they both started to whisper, does anybody here know about manners? Rude! Well, I turned around and was about to go when one of them called out, "Hey! You got to go to the third floor, left....that is room 73...." she laughed and walking away said, "POOR GIRL!" And I felt like crying. This was so embarrassing, why was everyone treating me like that. Then I went to my locker again, pulled it open, took out my biology books and when I was closing it, I felt someone looking at me. When looked at the side, five lockers away, there was a girl, pretty, who was smiling at me. She had blonde hair and seemed nice somehow, but I could trust no one. I passed over her, ignoring her smile and i said, "Go on, start laughing, make fun of me, I don't know what is so funny about me," I was about to run, but she caught my hand and being surprisingly strong pulled me back and said, "Hey, you got toothpaste on your hair, that is why everyone is laughing at you, but let me tell you, people are pretty mean here." "O my God! What a menace, I can't help being so negative at the moment but how could I be such a fool to not check myself in the mirror after brushing my teeth!" I screamed. "This is not a menace, you can just clean it right now, and everyone will forget in a few days, you'll see," she replied. This girl was friendly, I was building up my interest in her. I said, "Would you mind coming with me to the washroom? I am already late for class at the first day of my school and don't want to be even late by getting lost in this huge building." 

"Yeah, no problem!"

We went through the hallways, corridors, passages, narrow and wide, and there it was the girl's wash room, she seemed really confident about how she led our way, she knew all the ways by heart, Now I knew she must be a very old student.

I started to rub my hair after looking into the mirror and seeing what a notable attractive sight I had been. Then I suddenly said, "Oh, by the way, what is your name? We have been talking for so long and don't even know each other's names, so, hi, I am Gretel." I said offering a handshake. We shook hands and she said, "Anna, I am Anna."