Chapter 2 First Day Of School

Laura's transfer from "Oak springs High " to Cornell high wasn't something she was particularly thrilled about . She'd gone for orientation because she had to, filled in her transfer form because she also had to not because she wanted to ...and now granny Osborne was trying to cheer her up like there was anything exciting to look forward to.

Shit! Laura jumped off her bed . First day of school and she just had to be late . The time was 7:20 am and she still had to get to school before 8:25. Shit! Again.

She quickly took a cold shower, brushed her teeth and applied little makeup ,she was going to look good no matter what .

Breakfast was mostly her standing and shoving large chunks of waffles into her mouth and gulping coffee quickly .

Granny Osborne kept on telling her she'll end up choking herself if she didn't settle down to eat . Laura really didn't care , she had to reach school ASAP .

She made it to school just in time dressed in a sleeveless black crop top , plaid skirts and brown espadrilles.

The first class was English by Mrs Prowse who kept adjusting her glasses and pausing every now and then as if trying to recall something , but Laura figured out she probably was usually that way .

After English was maths followed by history taught by Mrs Wilder which was double period but very lively . A few people made little chats with her but that was all, nobody offered to show her around or sit with them during lunch.

It was break time.

As Laura sat on her desk flipping lazily through her textbook, a Blasian girl of about 5"5 walked up to her

" Hi. I'm Amy Komuro" she beamed stretching her hands forward . Laura shook her warmly . The first thing she noticed about Laura was her hair which framed her head in wild curls, her hair was full and jet black emphasizing her light brown eyes and lucious lips.

" I'm Laura." she beamed back, her voice coming off a bit croaky .

" I know. Would you sit with me for lunch. I usually sit with Chrissy but she got caught up in something" Amy sounded a bit irritated at the Chrissy girl .

In the cafeteria they walked down to the display table ,they picked out thier meal.

Laura turned around with her food tray in her hands and that was when someone beside her bumped into her , making her stagger towards him , the tray flipped over and most of the cheese lasagna and marinata sauce landed on her while some bits of the sauce landed on him staining his curdroy shorts and nike sneakers .

" So sorry " Laura blurted out trying to clean off the stains off his shorts .

"Don't." the male voice said firmly , jerking her hands away from his shorts

Laura looked up at the guy with the mean voice , his face was squeezed into a frown ,his jaws clenched and sharp. Thick eyebrows framed his deep green and cold eyes . He was handsome ...drop dead handsome . Even with a loose cotton shirt she could still see the outlines of his chest ,strong, hard and defined. His shoulders. . .

" Jerk" he muttered through gritted teeth bringing Laura back to reality . Yeah he was handsome but a jerk and not her. Didn't he notice he was at fault and not her?

She could feel the tears well up in her eyes but no way was she going to cry because of some cocky brute .

The whole cafeteria fell silent , even the group of guys by the door who'd been beat boxing were all staring at her and the 6"2 frame Adonis that faced her , heck she was 5"9 so his height didn't intimidate her.

" It wasn't her fault Way, you bumped into her "

a voice hollered from behind them . Laura turned around to see her saviour who was walking down to the scene. She was the same height as Laura , strawberry blonde hair , curvy and seductive. . .

that was her saviour.

" Whatever " He mumbled and walked out .

Her saviour walked up to her and smiled revealing her dimples.

" Chrissy Reich at your service. " Chrissy said fondly " You should sit with Amy and I " she said suggestively.

Amy exchanged a quick glance at Chrissy and rolled her eyes

" Yeah I already asked her to while you were busy with your " rendezvous" Said Amy said curtly .

By then the crowd around had dispersed and everything was back to normal...at least at the moment untill a group of girls waltzed in .They were all dressed in expensive designers you didn't even have to know much about fashion to know they lived for it.

They stopped just infront of Laura .

" If it isn't our new klutz queen " their leader said icily giving Laura a quick head - to - toe glance with a pout of disapproval.

" I'll have intro-" she began but was cut short by Chrissy .

" Grow up already . Stop acting like Steve's a baby , Sarah" Chrissy said walking forward to Sarah .

" Still playing hero I see" Sarah giggled and strutted off to her table with her minions .

" Let's get you to the bathroom" Amy sighed .

" There's alot of mean spirit over here. I thought everyone was all lovey- dovey in Cornell" Laura said finally finding her voice .

" You're from CA?" Chrissy asked.

" Yeah. . . how did -" Laura began but was cut short by Chrissy .

" Your accent gal" Chrissy rolled her eyes at Laura like she was the most clueless person in the room which wasn't far from the truth . Laura was really very clueless .

" The jerk you spilled food on is Steve Way . Don't mess with him and don't get on his wrong side" Amy said .

" She's already on his bad side. Don't mess with him then." Chrissy hissed ,applying pressure to the stain on Laura's skirt with a handkerchief.

" What about Sarah?" Laura asked feebly.

" His girlfriend, at least now they're dating. They're usually on and off. And those girls you saw her with are Stephanie Jones and Ali McCarty - "the petites" . Don't mess with her too. She's the princess of blackmail" Chrissy snorted.

" And one more person not to mess with " Chrissy looked into Laura's eyes sternly. " Me . I 'm the queen of blackmail that's how I saved your ass back there" .

"Thank you so much Chrissy and you too Amy"

" Don't mention it " The both said and laughed .

Laura felt safe but she couldn't help but mouth Steve, Steve . . .the name sent chills down Laura's body.