Young Highschool Love Pt.3
As they entered the room, Nick was surprised to see that there weren't that many desks in the classroom. There were only about sixteen individual desks spread throughout the class.
"Hey, why aren't there that many desks in here?" Nick whispered to Jenna.
"IXL is only for real smart people. There aren't many students who are that smart here at this school. That's why we have only one class." She replied as she led them to two seats near the window. They sat down and waited for everyone else to come in. After everyone came in and settled down from talking in the halls, the teacher introduced herself.
"Good morning class, I'm Ms. Leighton. I'm this year's IXL teacher. I look forward to what this year will bring." She smiled and allowed the class to mingle amongst themselves while she walked around checking everyone's papers making sure they were in the right class.
"That's weird, usually Mr. Simon teaches IXL." Jenna said to Nick. Ms. Leighton was a thin tiger, about five and a half feet tall. Ms. Leighton allowed the class to continue chatting for the remainder of the period, saying that she had nothing planned for the first day. After class ended, they walked out chatting about random things. As Nick was putting his things away, a big lion in a red and silver football jersey walked by knocking him over saying, "Watch it fagg." He laughed as he walked off while Jenna went and helped Nick off the ground.
"Who was that?" He asked while dusting himself off.
"That's Treyton. He's the star quarterback. And one of the biggest jerks here." She replied handing him his bag.
"No kidding." Nick grabbed his bag and walked off, leaving Jenna talking with some other students. He arrived at his next class which was history and sat at a desk in the back. A few moments later a lemur plopped down next to him and smiled his way. Nick was scribbling in his notebook and didn't say anything, so the lemur introduced himself.
"My name is Jake." He extended his hand that was covered in brown fur for Nick to shake. He took his hand and shook it.
"I'm Nick."
"Nice to meet ya." He had a slight southern twang when he spoke. He was slim, with short spiked hair on his head and was clad in a plain blue shirt and black basketball shorts.
"So where ya from?" Jake questioned while pulling out his notebook from his bag. Nick had an uncomfortable look on his face. "I don't want to talk about it." He said looking away.
"I understand if ya don't want to talk about it." Jake replied as he began to jot down what was on the white board. The bell rang and the teacher stood up from behind the desk to introduce himself, then began his lecture on the Korean War. All the while Nick was lost in thought, thinking how his life went down the drain. The day flew by fast. Before he knew it, Nick was getting into his mom's car, heading home.
"So how was your first day of school honey?" His mother asked.
"It was good." Nick said staring out the window at the passing .
"Make any new friends today?"
"Yeah, Jake and Jenna."
"That's good...well start whatever homework you have when we get home, and we will have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner tonight." She said as she made a left turn. After dinner, he went upstairs to him room and tossed himself onto his bed. He closed his eyes and thought about how his first day went and what tomorrow would bring.