Chapter 1 Part 8

"Have a great day at school today, Lily," He father said as she was walking out the door. She wanted to get this day over with, she was never the new kid at school. She would never admit to being nervous but today she defiantly was. It was her third year, everyone is suppose to know each other by that time. At least it was somewhat close to the start of the school year so hopefully she wouldn't be the only person there that was new.

She had to walk because no buses came by her neighborhood. It was about a mile walk and it was 90 degrees outside. Lily was glad it wasn't too cold today, she wasn't used to walking to school.

She was almost there when a young girl, about her age, stopped he on the sidewalk.

"Hi, whats your name?" The girl asked.

"Lily," she replied. The girl was wearing long sleeves and sweatpants but Lily saw that her hands were metal. She was used to seeing robotic humans, they were pretty common in the world but usually they never tried to hide the fact that they weren't completely human. This one in particular seemed a bit different then the others, she seemed very interested in everything about Lily.

"And who are you?" Lily asked.

"Angelina," She replied. Lily didn't respond and was really hoping that this strange girl would leave her alone.

"Where are you from?" Angelina asked.

"London."

"Are you heading to school now?"

"Yeah, I am so could you stop following me?"

"Oh but I'm going to school too. I'm a third year at Palo Alto High School."

Lily sighed. That was the same school she was forced to go to.

The two walked the rest of the way in silence. Lily constantly trying to speed up hoping that Angelina would get tired and fall behind, but no matter how fast she went Angelina was always right behind her.