One.
It was just like a normal Monday, the sun was slightly shining for the last times of this exhausting year. And the clouds were getting thicker every hour.
It wasn’t a normal Monday though, I realized it when I got up this morning. My alarm went off around six am, telling me to get out of bed. Just when I stepped out of my bed, I could hear it scream for me to get back in. I ignored that feeling and rushed over to my bathroom. I opened the shower and let the water fall down on the ground, I took my phone and started to play some classical music. I slowly pulled of my clothes and then jumped into the now warm shower.
I let the water help me calm down and ignore the feeling that was eating me from the inside. After spending five minutes in my own shower, I got dressed and went then downstairs. ‘Good morning, sweetheart,’ my mom called from the kitchen. ‘Noah don’t play with your food like that!,’ I heard her shout to my little, but so annoying stepbrother. I took a seat next to him and started to eat my pancakes with strawberries. ‘So are you excited for your first day at Kingsbury?,’ i dropped my fork and looked at my mom. ‘Oh holy, I forgot that it was my first day. And no I am not excited. I am scared.’ A little laugh escaped from my brothers mouth, secretly telling me that I am coward. ‘Well, here are the keys to your new car and I know that you will like it.’ She handed the keys to me, and gave me a little smile. ‘No way mom! Did you? Oh my God!’
I jumped from my chair and rushed over to her place just to wrap my arms around her. ‘Thank you so much.’ Her arms made me feel like I will go through my first day of school. ‘Now get your bottom upstairs and make yourself ready for school. All your books are still at school and they will also give you a list with all the things you need for your art and music class.’ I nodded and ran to my room. I gathered all of my stuff and went back downstairs. ‘Noah,’ my stepdad yelled at him. I ignored them and just went outside to see my car. My own blackmatte Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. ‘Be careful darling,’ I turned around and saw my dad walking towards me. ‘Here don’t tell your mom,’ he handed me a donut and putted it in my bag. ‘Remember that your moms healthy diet is just temporary.’ I nodded and got in my car. I started the engine and drove off to my new school.
Everyone was running around and shouting at each other how much they missed them. I got out of my car and started to walk towards the main entrance. A girl with blond, long hair and blue eyes was leaning against the door, probably waiting for someone. ‘Eleanor Mainz?’ She questioned, I nodded and followed her. ‘So my name is Ella, well Isabella but you can call me Ella. I will guide you through the school. Your books are already in your locker, so here’s the code.’
She gave a little paper with a code and lead me through my first day. It went good, she introduced me to people from my class and showed me where every classroom was. ‘This is where we are having math, every time.’ She opened the door for me and we walked in. There were only two seats in the back of the class, so we went there. ‘Oh this is the perfect moment to show you some other people. Well there is Ethan and Marianne, they are together. That is Brian and Shawn, the popular guys but also the assholes. They won’t talk to you if you’re not popular. It’s like they only need popular people in their life. Shawn is the badboy of them, he parties every weekend and well he is just bad but amazingly attractive.’
Her eyes were locked on the boy with curled, brown hair who was sitting at the other side of the class. ’Miss Beckham, can you please stop staring at that poor boy. Oh I see we have a new student, come here and introduce yourself.’ In my head I facepalmed myself. I stood up and shuffled to the whiteboard. ‘Hello, I’m Eleanor Mainz. I am seventeen years old and used to live in Oxford. My hobbies are drawing, reading and playing music. That’s all.’ Just when I wanted to get back to my seat and cry, the teacher asked something more. ‘Is there anything you don’t like?,’ is he serious? Does he really want to have chat with me here?
‘Uhm I don’t like being around a lot of people and I honestly don’t like standing in front of a class telling things about me.’ He nodded and let me get back to my seat. What felt like an eternity ended really soon.
Ella walked with me to my car and hugged me goodbye. It was a successful day actually, I met some new people, got to introduce myself in front of a whole class which was embarrassing and I also got to leave school earlier. When Ella walked away, that same guy from in Math walked past me. I forgot his name, but Ella was right. He is attractive, his brown curly hair was messy on his head. His car parked next to mine and just when I got in my car, he sent me a little smile. ‘Nice car,’ he said to me. I thanked him and got in. He drove off and that’s when I discovered that our cars were almost the same. I ignored what he said and started to drive back home. When I arrived, Noah ran out of the door right in front of my car. ‘Are you insane? I almost could have killed you!’
I screamed at him, pushing him on the ground. He kept laughing and rolling like a pig in mud. ‘Eleanor? Can you come?’ My mom yelled from the eating room. She was there with my dad, talking about some stuff. ‘How was your first day?,’ she handed me a green smoothie and sat in front of me. ‘Good, I met some new people and oh here’s the list.’ She took it from me and laid it next to a list with stuff she needed. ‘Eleanor, Noah is going to stay at grandmas for a while. He will attend a private school there, hopefully they will learn him to behave good.’ I nodded and then helped my mom with dinner. ‘I love you mom,’ I whispered softly.
She glanced over at me and laid her arm around me. ‘I love you too. Now go upstairs and do what you want, I will finish this.’ She playfully hit my bottom. I have the biggest room of the house, just because I also need the most stuff. It never gets boring here, I will always find something to do. ‘Sweetheart, do I interrupt something?,’ I turned around and saw my dad. ‘No, I was just thinking about which book I should read.’ He nodded and took a seat next to my bed. ‘I have to got to Belgium for a month. I am sorry that I have to leave again but they need me there.’
I understand that, but at moments like this when he tells me this I just feel lonely. I always feel lonely. He went back to mom and I just stayed in my room for the rest of the evening, reading a book or draw something.
