First day at Hallmark High

Soon the holiday was over and Junior high started. Rina was excited and woke up extra early for school. By the time she was done preparing, it was still 6:30am and she was the only one ready so she had to wait. She took her bag and went downstairs to the parlor and decided to read a bit while she waited. Soon her dad came down prepared to take his breakfast when he saw her, "oh Rina, you're already ready. Now we just have to wait for your mom and siblings, they always take a lot of time to prepare." "Who does? ", Mrs Davis asked. Her husband was a bit startled, he hadn't noticed her walk in. "You don't have to prepare breakfast or Ryan's lunch for school " with that Ryan, the last born of the family ran in followed by Rica, Rina's little sister. "Ryan,wear your shoes" she said. "Daddy, we need to hurry, There's a new teacher starting today at school who is very strict and punishes late comers. I don't want to be late" she said as she proceeded to wear her shoes. "Morning dad", Rina's older brother Ron greeted as he took a toasted bread into his mouth and started to eat while putting on his shoes. "Ok, everyone's here, let's go. You guys always make me late. "Mr Davis complained as he went out to get the car started. Rina had worn her shoes while all these was happening, and was going to the car when Ryan ran up to her, "Ate, will you pick me up from school today? "he asked. Rina looked lovingly at him "sure Ry, I'll come pick you up with snacks",she said. "Yay!" and with that he ran to the car. Her mother was a filipina who decided to give her kids names starting with R.

~Chibi Rina: Hey everyone, I'm Chibi Rina, also known as Rina-chan. I am the anime side of Rina Davis and I will be explaining some parts as the story goes.

"The Davis family consists of Prince Davis, her dad; Rica Davis, her mom;Rosemary(18), her older sister who will be mentioned later in the story; Ron(18), her older brother; Rina(12);Rica(10),her little sister named after her mom and Ryan(3), the last born. That's it for now, on to the story"~

She actually had a complicated family but it never really seemed complicated at most times. She thought as she sat in the car. She wondered how her first day of school would be. she had been accepted into Hallmark High which was the school her older sister had graduated from. That school had become the high school for the Davis children to graduate from. She frowned a bit as she remembered that afternoon. Her dad had gone with her to meet the principal to get the results of the entrance exam she had taken.

"So how was her performance in the examination?" he asked. Rina sat quietly next to him as she let the adults discuss. "I have to say, I'm surprised. She scored the highest in the exam. My daughter came second" Mr Charles the principal said. "hahahaha, well my daughter is very smart. She wants to become a doctor someday" her father bragged. Rina rolled her eyes. She was gonna become a doctor because her parents gave her no other choice. Plus she hated when they bragged and brought attention to her. She really didn't like being the center of attention. "oh really? You want to become a doctor? Not because your parents want you to? "he asked. Rina looked at her dad then at the principal and smiled, "no sir. I want to become a doctor of my own volition." Her dad grinned "she has been watching medical channels since she was little. E channel's Doctor 90210 is her favorite " he said. True she liked watching surgeries on TV. It fascinated her and were interesting but she had wanted to do many other things that were not medicine. "Well I wish you good luck on your journey and hope you have a good learning experience at our school" "thank you sir" she smiled.

She wondered how her classmates would be. She hoped they were nice. Soon they dropped Ryan at school then Rica, then she and Ron at Hallmark. Her brother was a senior in grade 10 while she was in grade 7. "See you later Ri" he said as he went on his way. "See you!" she managed to say and proceeded to looking for her class. She would be in 7A.

'8C..8B.. 8A... 7C.. 7B.. 7A this is my class', she thought and went in. There was only a few students in but she recognized her childhood friend, Sarah. "Hey Sarah" she greeted as she walked towards her. They had been in elementary school together. "Hey Ri, you're here early" she said. "I'm not always late to school!" she pouted. "sure sure" Sarah was a smart girl like her but although they were childhood friends, they had been in separate classes in elementary school. The bell rang for assembly and the two, with the rest of the students went to the back where the field was and lined up. After a series of songs and prayer, followed by the national anthem and pledge, it was time for announcements and the principal climbed the stage. "Good morning students" "Good morning sir" the students greeted. "For those newcomers starting a new term here, welcome to Hallmark High" and with that everyone applauded. He raised a hand and the clapping seized "Our school has a respectable reputation and I would like to keep it that way. Please abide by the rules and regulations and listen to your teachers and senior prefects. I wish you all a fruitful term. Good day" he ended and left the stage. Everyone clapped again and then in an orderly line, went to their respective classes.

"What's our first class? I don't have the schedule yet" she asked. Sarah brought out her schedule from her bag and checked "Christian Religious Knowledge aka CRK"

" hmm.. I hope the teacher is nice"

Soon, a middle aged woman walked into the class and asked everyone to take their seats. She wrote her name on the board " I am Mrs DeRose and I will be your CRK teacher till grade 9. Good morning class" "Good morning Mrs DeRose" the class greeted. "Now i want all of us to get to know each other so one by one i want each of you to come out, stand in front of the class and introduce yourselves starting with that row" she said as she pointed. The girl in front went out to introduce herself "Hi. My name is Sharon. I'm 11 years old. Nice to meet you all" "Nice to meet you too Sharon" Mrs DeRose said. Sharon smiled and returned to her seat as the next person went in front to introduce himself. Rina was anxious. She hated stuffs like this. She is 12 years old but she looks older because of her body and it always brought attention to her. Soon it was her turn to introduce herself. She went up and stood in front of the class playing it cool and not showing that she was anxious. But before she could introduce herself, the teacher who had been looking at her asked, "are you sure you're in grade 7?" 'there it was! ' Rina thought. Smiling at the teacher, trying to mask her annoyance she replied , "yes ma'am" then turning to face the class, "Hi. My name is Rina Davis. I'm mixed. My mother is from the Philippines and my dad is a Nigerian." she knew they would ask later because of her colour and hair so she felt it was better to get it out of the way now. "That's nice. How old are you Rina? " Mrs DeRose asked. Rina hesitated and tried to avoid the subject but a guy from the class said in a tone loud enough for her to hear "what's the big deal about her age? Say it and let's get this over with." Rina turned and looked at him, annoyance written on her face. "I'm 11 years old. I will be 12 in March this year" Her teacher clapped her hands together "that's wonderful. Happy Birthday in advance" Rina thanked her and went back to her seat as the next student went out. She looked at the boy again and discovered he was looking at her and he winked. She raised an eyebrow and looked away. 'Joshua was it? I'll remember that name' she thought.