Chapter 2 Welcome to WHS

• AUDREY'S POV
• Two of the girls were blonde, a red, and a pink, the other had a black ponytail..
• "Ah..Hi H...Hi" I stammered.
• "Huh, Hi? "The one with a red blond hair said.
• "Do you want something from me? "I asked and three of them bursted into laughter as if I just cracked a joke or done something ridiculous.
• "Did you hear her? She just asked if we want something from her" The one with a pink hair said and they laughed again.
• Ok
• "What's funny? "I managed to ask.
• "What can a worthless girl like you give to us?" The black haired girl said in a harsh tone.
• "Well, you are sitting close to my Simon" The one with the red hair said. Looks like, she's the boss.
• "Your Simon? "I muttered. "Oh, the teacher told me to sit here" I said courageously.
• "Hey, are you blind? this isn't the only blank seat here okay?" She said, she sounded angry.
• This isn't her seat too, I snubbed them and turned to the Mr handsome sitting beside me.
• He didn't even say anything to those ladies that are trying to attack me.
• "Your name is Simon?" I said to him.
• Lo , he stood up and hit his desk sharply with his hand then looked at me and said
• "Find somewhere else to sit, I don't relate with people from the slums" Then he walked away.
• Sl-ums! How did he know that I'm poor? How could he tell so easily that I'm not the same as them?
• Those were the first words I heard from the first student I wanted to be friends with here.
• Find-somewhere-else-to-sit-I-don't-relate-with-people-from-the-slums!
• How rude!
• "Look at her shoes, I'm sure she bought it from the market of ancient" One of the girls said.
• "And her hair, so shabbish" the other added
• "She looks weird"
• They all said and hurried to meet up with the Simon-handsome-but rude guy.
• I don't belong here, I don't. This is all mom's fault. Oh no!
• "Hey Audrey.... Right? "Someone called.
• I fought back the wanting-to -drop tears...Wait, was I gonna cry?
• "Hi" I looked up to him
• Him? Why is it another him?
• "I'm Kyle"He said.
• "You know my name" I replied back sheepishly.
• "Yeah Audrey, and you are a newbie"
• "Yeah" I said turning away from him.
• Staying away from anymore trouble.
• "I saw what just happened and you are still sitting here" He said.
• "Yes? "I replied bluntly
• "Are you out of your mind? Those girls or even the guy could harm you when they return and still sees you sitting there. And well, I don't have a seatmate if you don 't mind" He said pointing to his seat which was at the centre of the class.
• "And then, some girls would come here too and yell at me again right? "I said adamantly.
• "I'm not leaving this place" I added.
• "Hey you are a newbie.There is much you don't know, I really need to enlighten you" He pulled me by arm to his seat and made me sit next to him.
• "Be my seat partner" He said.
• I rolled my eyes.
• Well, I'm glad someone is trying to make friends with me.
• "Simon is a very popular guy" He resumed.
• "So? "I shrugged.
• "That's why he is so pompous and rude and so many girls drool over him" The Kyle guy said.
• I gave him another eye roll "That's a lame reason, you said the guy is so arrogant ..how would some stupid girls drool over such attitude? ugh! "
• "Well, as you already know this school is filled with rich students. Simon is the wealthest, his father own all the wealth"
• "An over-statement obviously" I scorned. "How stupid of you, boasting about someone else's wealth" I said and he frowned and turned away.. That's because I called him stupid.
• "I'm sorry" I quickly apologized.
• I 'm still new here, I know I'm so brave but I shouldn't start stepping on people's nerves yet.
• Besides, in a class of 20 students I think...He is the only one willing to talk to me.
• " I'm sorry" I repeated softly.
• He smiled and turned to me not reluctantly.
• I love this kinda guy.. Oh, I almost forgot to tell you.. I'm a kind of girl with multiple crushes.
• "But, what the hell, he is just a student not a celebrity or something and you're telling me he is famous? "
• "He is the talk of the internet, you sure have a cell phone don't you? His father is very prosperous, would you believe if I tell you he built this school and he owns so many buildings here in Wearous estate even in other estates? "Kyle rushed all words.
• "It's okay; like I don't wanna hear more because I don't care" I said "The key part about the guy is that he lacks good manners and you are pretending not to be his friend"
• "Never! "He exclaimed
• "Well, Whatever" I said and he looked at me with keen interest and he smiled. "Uhm?"
• "You are different from other girls, you are not crazy or so happy about the fact that I said Simon is the richest guy in the school" He said.
• "Oh.. Nonsense,why would I? "
• "You know.. Most girls are after Simon because of his money. That's what 99.5% of girls do.. When a guy has a lot of money, they stick to you more than a glue" He expantiated.
• Those words hit me so hard, it's the same mistake my mom made and unfortunately, the guy jilted her _ my supposed father.
• "I hope my instinct about you is right. I dislike Simon and it would hurt me if I find out that you are one of those girls that wants him" He said.
• Ok, please can someone bail me out from this guy here? He talks way too much!
• "Hi Kyle, Hi Newbie" A girl walked toward us and said.
• "I'm Audrey" I don' t like being called Newbie.
• "Meet Elena, my friend" Kyle said and Elena stretched her hands to have a handshake with me.Then we shook hands.
• Wait! The first set of people I met were unfair but these ones, I'm so glad to have them.
• "You are welcome to Wearous High School" She said to me and I smiled-remembering how I never wanted to be here at first b'cos I thought there won't be nice people that would want to make friends with me but here they are; Kyle and Elena.
• "So tomorrow, we would go on a tour around the school and I'll tell you somethings you ought to know" Elena offered.
• "Well, I already told her" Kyle said.
• She gave him a light punch on his shoulder and said "When would you stop being a reporter?" and I laughed.
• Right, he's kind of a talkative but a jovial one.
• "Whatever, Hey Audrey, I'm all yours tomorrow" Elena said to me.
• "Err... Well, I do not need to go walk around school... There are guides and instructions that I can follow" I told her.
• "Oh Okay.. "Elena said and Kyle sticked out his tongue out to her mockfully.
• Simon returned to the classroom and those girls were still with him, the three of them.. acting like mosquitoes. But seriously, don't they have work to do?
• As if he was looking for me, He (The Simon guy ) turned to where I sat and I freezed.
• He scoffed and went to his seat...Maybe Kyle was right.. If I hadn't leave, he would have been on my neck.
• ****
• "So we'll be walking home together, two of us. Elena's driver has come to take her home" Kyle said when school dismissed, after I told him which way I would walk through.
• Wait, how about him? I mean, since he attends this school..definitely he is from a rich home.
• Why is he trekking home when most students were being picked by their drivers?
• I didn't bother to ask him these questions anyway , we began to walk down the lane.
• "I won't be going home directly, I would be stopping by at a restaurant" I told him.
• "Why? Do you have a date with your boyfriend?" He asked.
• "Yeah "I said giving a short laugh.
• "Oh really?"
• Having a boyfriend is the second to the last thing on my Agenda. I need to learn from Mom's experience...I don't wanna make the same mistake she made.
• I 'm not saying I won't have a boyfriend but maybe not too soon.
• "Boyfriend? I and my mom just moved to this Wearous area, do you expect me to have one already?" I said not fully giving him an answer whether I do have a boyfriend or not.
• "Then why are you going to a restaurant before going home? "He asked me.
• "I just hope you won't mock me" I said and stop walking "I want to work there" I told him and I saw his face expression, he looked-perplexed.
• He stood in front of me, surprised.
• "Ok, I can see you are so surprised and you are gonna laugh at me soon. I'm not a pretender and I never wanted to act like I'm super wealthy like you guys. I'm just some random girl living a random life, I still don't know what I'm doing here and in your school" I expantiated yet he didn't say anything.
• "Would you continue to stay silent just because I told you I'm a poor girl? Ok, it's fine if you don't wanna make friends with me" I said feeling dejected then I began to walk ahead of him.
• "No, I.. I'm just surprised" He finally spoke and caught up with me.
• I scoffed:"Why? "
• "You courageously said the truth but I think it's okay to be poor but to live a happy life" He said.
• " What do you mean? "I asked staring into his eyes.
• "Unlike my family, we are not wealthy too, I'm not a wealthy guy" He confessed and I stood in bemusement.
• "I had to attend Wearous High School for some reason too" He continued.
• "Oh.. Okay, that makes us even" I said "So what's the unhappy part of it?" I asked but he didn't say anything.
• I looked up to his face and saw him and noticed his eyes were teary and a tear began to roll down his cheeks then another dropped.
• "What's wrong? "I asked him.
• He tried to smile amidst the tears..
• "It's just that .. "
• I interrupted him: "Ok, I'm so sorry if I made you cry"
• "Come on" He paused about to say something.
• "My parents usually quarrel over the same issue and it's getting out of hand. My house is on fire and it makes me sad. You see Audrey, you live with only your mom yet it's a happy one.. "He said.
• I wanted to ask him what happened to his family and why he said his house is on fire? but I kept the questions to myself. I felt it was none of my business but I was so concerned.He will tell me what's wrong when he wants to.
• "Here we are" He said.
• I looked up to the tall building in front of us.. Boldly written on it: Eat-Rest-Relax, ERR restaurant.
• "This is the restaurant" He said.
• "How do you know I was referring to ERR restaurant?" I asked him
• He smiled: "It's a popular restaurant. let's just say I guessed right" He said.
• "Oh, thank you very much" I said and he smiled again.
• "We are departing now, are you sure you'll be fine? "I asked him and before he could answer, I spoke further "See Kyle, I'm really sorry to have asked you a question that would hurt you to the marrow of your bone"
• "It's okay, you are such a great friend, I'm glad we met" He said.
• It's not even hard to make friends here afterall.
• My first day in WHS, I made two friends-a favourite one who is standing right in front of me. Who knows? He might be the charming knight in my shining armor.
• What did I just say? Ugh?!
• "So Bye Kyle , see you in school tomorrow "I waved at him.
• "Take good care of yourself" He said.
• "Yeah, I will. You too" I bide him bye and watch him leave.
• He is not bad as well..
• I think he is more handsome than Mr Handsome, Simon.
• I turned to the building which has sparkling beautiful lights.
• I took a brief sigh and said to myself:
• "Come on Audrey, you can do it" Then I walked into the restaurant.
• TBC