I'm in the hallway. People around me race by, looking at their schedules and class lists posted by each classroom door. This school is unfamiliar, but I know I will see some of my old friends from Coal Hill Elementary. I'm in grade 7 now, finally out of my horrible old school. I check the next class list scanning for mine and anyone I knows name. Emma, David, Ivy, Holly! That's me! And I know some of these people! I walk in. A smiling woman in heels walks up to me. "Hi there sweetie! What's your name?" She looks at me expectantly, showing her perfect teeth. "It's Holly," I say, smiling back. Couldn't hurt to turn on some charm to the teachers anyways. I was good at that. She checks off my name and walks toward another student.
I look around the room. I think it's an art room, judging by the paint on the shelves, and the door was painted with swirls of green and blue.
As I walk to it another girl rushes in, almost knocking me over. "Omigod, I'm sooo sorry,"she apologizes sheepishly. "That's okay," I say quickly, smiling at her. She looked like she was nice. Maybe we could be friends. She had green eyes and jet black hair. Lucky. I've always wanted green eyes, but I got stuck with blue.
"I don't think I've seen you before," I decide to start up a conversation,"What school did you go to?"
"Royal Brook." She says. "What's you're name, by the way? Mine is Ivy."
"Holly," I say, and am beginning to tell her what school I am from when a pencil sails over our head. We look over in the direction where it came from. A short dark-skinned boy with dark brown hair smirks in our direction.
"Shouldn't have been in the way, Ivy," he says, drawing her name in a way that makes it seem like something unpleasant.
"You're a lousy shot," I call back, annoyed.
Ivy frowns. "Friends of yours?" I ask, my voice edged with sarcasm. "Yeah, something like that," she sighs, rolling her eyes.
Suddenly I notice people I don't know staring at us from all sides, mostly aimed at her, but also at me for talking to her. Obviously I've missed something. Suddenly I feel uneasy. What exactly have I gotten myself into?