August 31st    Day 1 of diary

My name is Rachel Kingsley. Yes I know, I sound like a snob.

Okay so I am a bit of a snob, I was brought up being sent to private schools, used to the high life, then, the blow hit.

“Rachel dear, we want to send you to public school” my mother had said in a sickly sweet tone, dad was doing badly at work, we couldn’t afford my private schools anymore. Luckily, I could wear what I wanted to public school.

I stared in the mirror as I prepared for my first day, putting on my make up lightly. I brushed my long brown curly hair, it fell below my chest in a natural style. ‘Pretty’ I thought to myself as I put my hairbrush back on the white dresser and picked up my lipgloss. I looked in the mirror, I looked pretty...Average. I was wearing jeans and a top that said ‘Snob’ on it, okay I know what you’re thinking but ‘Snob’ is a brand, I swear! I smiled, my nose is weird, it isn’t  turned up, or turned down, hard to explain it really, but it’s a...pretty nose? My wide blue eyes stared back at me as I evened up my blusher and stood up from my desk. I looked through my bag, I hadn’t received any books, the school had sent my timetable and a map through, and that was me for the day, oh and a pencil case.

I ran downstairs, avoiding my parents’ room, they were still asleep. I toasted some bread, and ate it quickly before rushing outside. I knew the way to the school from my house, it was down the road and right around the corner, how convenient!  I took a deep breath as I locked the front door, slipping the key into my pocket and spinning around. “Here goes” I murmured to myself as I headed off down the path, clutching my bag. It was a nice little street,  we’d only moved in two days ago, I hadn’t seen anyone around, then, I saw...Perfection, I swear to god I nearly fainted.

He was just...Sigh

I’d had no idea who he was at the time, and I’d only seen him coming out of his house before falling in love, luckily I kept walking so I didn’t look like some fool. He looked over to me and flashed me a lop-sided grin,  the dimples below his high cheek bones deepening.  I smiled back, half in a daze. His green eyes glittered in the slightly sunlight that hit him. Why hadn’t I noticed him before?

He looked away from me, sadly, and continued to walk, then he turned the corner. Maybe he was going to school. Maybe he was like...In one of my classes! I covered my mouth to stop from squealing then took a deep breath. “Calm yourself Rachel” I said to myself before continuing around the corner, then the school came into view, it was familiar to me now, a large, boring, blocked building. Midlands High school. Oh joy of joys, I was missing the snobbish private school already. Then I thought of The God and decided that school wasn’t so bad after all. It was heaven.

After all the usual things, registering, blah blah blah. I’d made a new friend! Lucy! A ginger-haired girl, quite pretty. She was so nice and helpful with everything in our registration class, and we had Math, English and French together. Friendship matched in heaven right? Then I saw The God walk past our door, I saw Luce snicker to herself. She refused to tell me his name. “He’s in your science, find out yourself” she’d told me, so I made it my mission to find out, and lucky for me, I had science FIRST! That’s just destiny, destiny planning The God and I’s future together.

Science:

I entered into the science room, everyone was already there, and The God...Was sitting...At the back...With no partner. Fate really does want us to be together. Fate I love you.

The teacher smiled at me and introduced me to the class by way of register, they all answered ‘Hello’ and smiled at me. Oh god I was so embarrassed.  

“You can sit with Stephen Mullen” he murmured, pointing to The God.

Stephen Mullen. What a beautiful meaningful name...So pretty...Rachel Mullen. That’s almost just as pretty.

Oh god I’m getting obsessive and I hadn’t even spoken to him yet.

He flashed me yet another lop-sided grin as I sat down next to him and placed the books the teacher gave me on the desk.

“Hey” he said, still...grinning...Oh and he had that cute Southern USA accent...Hmm...cowboy...

Speak woman! He’ll think you’re dumb! My brain told me. “H-hey” I said weakly.

“Err well Welcome to Midlands High I guess” he said with a slightly nervous chuckle.

Hmm, cute chuckle.

Come to think of it.

He was just...Cute.

“Thanks” I said, trying to smile without looking like I was in a daze.

“Are you okay? You seem slightly er, distracted?”

Shit. My plan wasn’t working.

“Errr, I err, get like that when I’m nervous. Yeah. First day. Whooo, nerves galore” I said, chuckling nervously.

Oh I’m an idiot. I groaned inwardly.

“Ohhh, I get it. I get like that sometimes, I get nervous and just zone.” He said, barely noticing my blatant lie.

I had an imaginary daisy in my head and I was picking off the petals. He loves me, he loves me not, we’re gonna get married, we’re gonna have kids, fate has planned this, ect ,ect.

Then I realised I hadn’t replied. And then the teacher had started a lecture. Oh fuck. He’d turned his attention away from me and started on his work, which I decided to do as well, keeping my head down for most of the period.

When the bell rang he smiled at me. “I’ll see you around” he said, winking and leaving the classroom.  I nearly died.

The rest of the day was unimportant and boring, blah blah blah, nothing fun happened.

On my walk home I saw him again, but he had his ipod in and he wasn’t looking in my direction, which was a shame because I was acing my sexy strut. I got in, ignored my parents, and flopped down on the bed, lying in woe about how much of a fail I was. I acted like a goofball in science! He must think I am such and AIRHEAD.

Lord. What is to come of me and my brain?

Hopefully something good...I wouldn’t mind being a cleaner for the rest of my life...Or a lunchlady! Free meals...

I went downstairs, looking to my utterly embarrassing parents just once before picking up my plate and going upstairs to my room to eat, I picked at my food, ate it like it was the last thing on earth, and fell asleep. What a brilliant first day.

Fin of day 1