First Day of School

6:40 AM, August 17th

Today was the day. Erin has been preparing for this day for weeks now, and it finally here. As soon as Erin opened her eyes she practically hopped out of bed full of energy and excitement to get ready for school. When she looked over to see if Cam was getting ready too, she noticed that Cam was still asleep. Erin decided to take it upon herself to wake Cameron up.

She then carefully walked over to the other side of the room and peered over her. Erin remembered Cam was a heavy sleeper, so she knew just what to do to wake her up. She shook her simultaneously while yelling her name in Hope's to get her up, until she responded.

"Whaaaat?" Cam groaned as she was slowly opening her eyes.

"Its time to get ready for school! It's almost seven!" Erin said in a happy tone of vocie, with a large grin on her face.

"Oh right. Today. Is the day. First day of school."

Cam sighed loudly before sitting up from bed. She then wipes her face and looks at Erin. "What are you waiting for? Didn't you say we need to hurry or something?" She then forces a smile, in hopes to not break Erin's spirit.

Erin nodded and began rushing to change into her uniform, while on the other hand Cam was taking her time.

Eventually after about 15 minuetes of changing, brushing and styling hair, and overall preparation, they were ready to go.

As Erin rushed out the door with Cam slowly following behind her, she saw her foster mothers standing by the front door. They were waving then goodbye as they had their arms wrapped around each other.

"Good luck little ones!" Erins mama Natalya said in her thick russian accent. Then, Erin was outside of the door, with Cam right behind her. Erins life was finally beginning at that moment.

7:34 AM

They were at the school, they had just received their schedule from the main office. Now, all that had to be done was to maneuver their way through the school to find their classes. This was easy for Cameron, because this was her 4th year returning. For Erin, going to a building like such was intimidating for her.

Due to Cameron knowing where to go, she had left Erin behind. She didnt realize that she would need help finding her way around. So, Erin had to find her way around, this was tough. Her short height didnt help her, she had to jump to see past people so she could proceed, but somehow finding herself more lost. That was until she was approached by one if the tallest girls at the school.

"Hey, so, are you like lost or something?" The girl spoke. Erin looked around, seeing that the hallways have cleared up. So she had to assume she was being talked to.

"U-uh, yess? I mean, no, yes?" Erin was very nervous, she had really never talked to anyone outside of the orphanage. This was obvious, so the girl decided to help.

"Can I see your schedule?" The girl said as she was putting out her hand. Erin nodded then carefully put the paper in the girls hands. Then, the girl looked at it and nodded and smiled.

"We are in the same class! You don't have to worry, just follow me." The girl said before she started to lead the way to the class down the hall. Erin anxiously followed.

They finally made it to the classroom, a few minutes before the start of their homeroom class begins. The girl that Erin had just meet walked inside, but Erin just stood outside of the classroom. She didn't watch any movies that showed this part of High school,which made her nervous.

She had to collect herself and convince herself that nothing bad was going to happen. It took a minute but she finally did so.  She was about to enter the classroom before she heard the clicks of someone's shoes on the tiled hallway floor. Erin turned back to see a girl with heavy make up, and dark purple tipped hair. Not only that, but the girl was wearing thick heels, which was causing the loud noise. But. Before Erin could notice anything else, she got pushes aside from the girl passing by her. She looked at the girl, as she was falling, the girl was looking back. The girl had the ugliest look of disgust on her face before pressing on.

Erin stumbled a bit to get back onto her feet, and brushed herself off.

Erin asked herself, why would anyone be so rude on the first day? She shrugged it off before walking inside. What she was was the majority of the classmates eirher on their phone, with their cliques, or even reading.she kept observing until she saw the girl who led her to the classroom, she was about to approch her until she saw the other girl that pushed her. Ahe would've still gone, but she was a bit scared to. So she just sat down in the middle of the class, and dropped her stuff beside her. She knew she was alone right now, but she remebered a movie where the new girl from a school became quickly popular with the other students. The thought calmed Erin down a bit, she was thinking that maybe this is her time to shine. She bealieved that in no time, she would be crowded with friends and people who want to befriend her.

Erin was in her own little world until the teacher walked into the room, she had a messy bun and a cup of coffee. The lady looked distressed. The second the teacher approched her front desk, Erin focused her attention on her.

"Alright, welcome back to school, I will be your Homeroom teacher. You will be addressing me as Mrs.Anderson." the teacher was speaking while sitting at her desk.

Erin blocked out the speaking to go back into her little wonderland. She was thinking to herself how different it was to be in a classroom with new people. She looked around to really take it all in. Erin looked to her right and she saw an really skinny guy who was carving what looked to be a heart into the desk. The guy looked depressed. Erin then looked to her left and to her surprise, saw the really kind girl was sitting next to her. Erin was hoping she'd get time to talk to the girl.

Erin was zoned out for so long that, right as she began to focus back onto the teacher, she let all of the students go around and get to know each other. This was her chance so she got up and stood next to the girl. She hesitated for a while before tapping the girls shoulders. She turned around and Erin immediately began talking.

"Hello! My name is Erin Cruz, this is my first year in a school. What's your name?!" Again. It was obvious that she was very nervous. Despite that. The girl giggled a bit before speaking. "My name is Sammy. It's nice to meet you Erin. It's nice to s-" Sammy got abruptly interrupted by the rude girl from earlier. She was standing on the other side of Sammy.

"You know, we have to get out of this class before the depths of hell gets started in the halls, right Sammy?" The rude girl spoke as she physically turned Sammy around.

"I know Crystal, but I just wanted to talk to the new girl."

Sammy responded to Crystal. Crystal didnt seem to happy as she gave Erin a dirty look before continuing her conversation. Then the bell rang. Right before she actually continued to speak.

"What were you hoping? To be friends with them? You know the weird ones always approch YOU first. If they talk to me than maybe we could talk. Now come onnnn! I dont want to get caught up with these gross ass kids." She said as she practically dragged Sammy out of the class.

The class was emptying. Erin thought it would be best to follow behind the crowd. So, she collected her stuff and attempted to find her next class. Without Sammy,Erin would surely be late to class. That was until Cameron cought her in the halls. Erin then gets forcefully turned around by Cam.

"Didnt I tell you to wait for me?" Cameron was visibly upset.

"You left ME, I didnt think you were going to come back." Erin mumbled in response. Cam rolled her eyes and accepted it.

"Yeah yeah, whatever you say. I have to get to my next class, get social and ask for directions" Cam said right before she walked up a nearby staircase. It was back to Erin now to find her way. Luckily for her though, on her way to the homeroom she had paid attention to the numbers, so it was quite easy to follow.

3:30 PM

Eventually Erin found her way around the school to find her classes. During lunch Erin got the chance to sit next to and talk to Sammy. She's one of the nicest people Erin had ever meet. That's not saying much though. She did encounter rude people such as Crystal, but she doesnt care about her. Erin did say to herself that if she continued to be rude to her, she was going to have to stand up for herself. Anyways, the day was over. The first day of Erin's public school experience. It certainly wasnt what she had expected from the movies, but she was happy with it none the less.

Erin had to walk home by herself because Cameron had to go off to do somthing. What? She didnt know.

As she was walking home, she was looking around town. She had never really got to see the area, it was exciting for her. It was exciting until she passed by a corner store. As she was looking at the outside of the store, she saw Sammy, Crystal, and another girl there with them. If Erin had to guess, she would assume they're just as mean and rude to be hanging out with Crystal. With that being said, Erin began to keep her head down and rush home.

Once Erin had made it home, she shut the door behind her and began to gasp for air. This was not her ideal first day. Erin had felt, lied to? Disappointed?  She couldn't think of the word to describe how she felt. All she knew was that it was going to be a long school year. Although, she had hoped that she could find more people as kind as Sammy.

This really was the beginning to the rest of her life.