Zhang Jian's POV:

Jingyu's hair flowed through the air as she left, wonder what it feels to be someone others want to be like as the crowd of younger girls watched her trying to learn how she moved so swiftly and elegantly, she's like an angel I thought to myself as I was about to head towards the crowd of 10th graders who were nervous about school starting and future grades and more, Jingyu turned around as if she saw me earlier and waved a small gentle wave with a bright smile as if she enjoyed every small bit of school, though when she spoke to her 'friends' earlier at the bus stop, one would think that she didn't like school or it could have been she was uncomfortable around those 'friends' of hers, I wonder which one is the answer or if she doesn't have an answer herself. 

I waved back at Jingyu then turned around for the line, behind me I heard a shriek, as if someone was in danger, I looked over, eyes widened after I saw a man around my age who Jingyu was sprinting away from with fear in her eyes, as if the man walking towards her had bad intentions, I immediately left my place in line running to Jingyu to make sure the other man wouldn't get to her before I could make sure she was okay, though I would've decided to stay beside her if I didn't need to sign in, sigh why does this always happen, the people I care about always leave me just like Jingjing from my past, I wonder where she is now... Never mind that, I need to make sure that Jingyu is alright and get her away from that man and to the rest of her classmates as fast as possible I thought while sprinting towards Jingyu's silhouette fading into the crowd of people ahead, I pushed pass group of people finding my way through, till I saw that Jingyu had finally joined her 'friends', at least she's safe now, or so I thought as I walked back to the now even longer line of new students, the man from earlier was nowhere to be seen now and all I could do was wait in line hoping that those 'friends' of Jingyu's weren't bad people.

Half an hour went by, and I finally arrived at the front of the line, in front of the desk was a lady, probably one of the staff or teachers who worked here,

"What's your name?" The lady asked while opening a large book labeled '10th Graders',

"Zhang Jian, also I'm in 12th grade not 10th," I mentioned while glancing to my side where other seniors stood waiting to be assigned students to help tour the school.

"Ah, I see," the lady said while putting the book down and grabbing another large book, this time labeled 'Seniors" and started flipping through the pages and finding the people with the last name 'Zhang', "Zhang Jian, right?"

"Yes ma'am"

She took out the sheets of paper inside the large book and handed the over to me, "The front ones are your schedule and sleeping arrangements, while the back ones are the forms you need to have your guardians to complete within the first week of school as afterwards we will be having many activities which must have these forms completed, some of the forms are also for your classes and might have earlier or later due dates, if your missing any don't be shy to inform us at the front desk"

"Alright"

"Also, you will be assigned a tour group to join so you know what the campus looks like," the lady looks down at the sheet taped to the desk, "It seems that Wang Jingyu's tour group is leaving soon but since your here already I'll you join hers,"

I smile with glee inside my head, careful not to show my emotions. Emotions have brought me trouble in my past, when I lived in Shanghai before and even in Beijing, they have always brought be to a point where I cannot stand up for myself without putting others down, like Jingjing. The thought of my first crush and childhood best friend brings my mood down, knowing that it was because of me that she was hurt, because of me she may never be the same happy person again, full of excitement and joy, though the look in her eyes now just are full of pain and suffering, I wonder what she had to go through while I was gone, and it seems she has already forgotten all about who I am, though that's fine, I'll just make sure to become someone even better who will make her shine even more brightly, even if it just means staying as friends.

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"This here is the chemistry lab, across the hallway we can see the art classroom," Jingyu's voice zoned out everything else in the hallway the tour group was walking in, the chitchat in the back, the one guy hiccupping out of control, everything, at least for me as the kid beside me was groaning about how noisy everyone else was and how he couldn't hear anything the guide, Jingyu, said, obviously though I ignored him just like how I ignored everyone else other than the bright and shining Wang Jingyu who glimmered under the hallway lights.

Snap out of it Zhang Jian, she's just a friend, just a friend, nothing more I thought while smacking my face, the kid beside me looked at my face with a look of confusion and the glare of others was burning the back of my head, wonder what they were glaring at me for.

I sighed in relief as the pain in my head from earlier started to fade away and continued to listen to what Jingyu was saying,

"I heard that guy over there ignored the Zou Zhelan"

"What! How could he, a nobody just two grades older than us ignore Zou Zhelan?!"

The guy beside me smirked as if he knew that those girls were talking about him, I raised my eyebrows not saying anything, but he got my point,

"What? Confused why those girls think I'm cool, and are protective over my status?"

"Yeah, a bit"

"Oh, so you do talk,"

"Haha," I said monotonously while rolling my eyes, "very funny, just go explain your point"

"Well, I was the most good looking in my old school, had the best scores overall and well, everyone wanted to be around me or at least be recognized by me, seems you don't know me though, I wonder why?" Zhelan questioned while tilting his head slightly gaining the girls interest,

"I'm a senior, that's why, plus I didn't spend my junior high school years in Shanghai, I spent them in Beijing. My family moved when I was 6 or 7 years old" I casually said while speeding up my pace trying to get closer to hear what Wang Jingyu was saying about each classroom

"Okay everyone!" a loud voice sounded around us all, everyone stopped walking and looked straight ahead, up in the front was Wang Jingyu and behind her was a staircase leading to two different directions,

"Beyond these stairs are the dormitories you will sleep and live in during the weeks days, though for the first week of school you will live in your home and prepare to move in during the weekend and after school. The left side is for the boys while the right side is for the girls, any questions?" No hands were raised, which caused Jingyu to continue speaking, "Anyways with no questions that ends our tour, though there is a test as well, it is not graded but there will be a leaderboard to see who understands the route the best, you may not have noticed this while you all were talking amongst each other but we were walking in zigzags so unless you have a great memory or were focusing you will be lost amongst this maze of classroom, see you all later" 

Jingyu then walked up the stairs and disappeared behind the locked doors which closed behind her, everyone spread out in groups trying to find the way back, the girls from earlier clung to Zou Zhelan's arms while they walked off leaving me all alone retracing all the steps in my head, I slowly started walking making sure others weren't following me, wouldn't want any hitchhikers who don't deserve a spot on the leaderboard. 

I laughed to myself thinking about how astonishing it was how everyone went towards the wrong turn just because Zou Zhelan went through that one, shows how influential he was even when he was wrong, I chuckled while continuing down the path and ended up finding the chemistry lab and art room, my instincts were right it seems as I slowly entered the empty entrance hall other than the other tour groups starting their tour, I walked up to the front desk and then asked them to record my name and time on the leaderboard which seemed to be around a minute, strange I thought, could've sworn it was longer than that seeing as how slow I was walking I thought while sitting down on one of the lobby seats placed near where others would come out of. I wondered where Jingyu is and how she's doing just as she walked out from the door on the opposite side and sat beside me staring at her phone, and as if she had been crying, what happened in that one minute I thought as a tear fell from her eyes.

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