EDGEWOOD HIGH

#Chapter2 EDGEWOOD HIGH

Oh, my god! He’s talking to me. He has a charming and sexy voice, just like this body. Oh, Emily, stop thinking like this. I don’t even know this name.

/"Nope. I am here to give this. I just want...want to greet the neighbours,/" I stammered. But then I gathered some courage and said something which I didn’t prepare to say.

/"Put on a shirt before opening the door. Take this cake. I need to go,/"

/"Really! You should stop staring at me if you want me to put on a shirt,/" he said, observing me.

Suddenly, someone walked to the entrance. I wished it could be his parents. But it’s a guy in his twenties. /"Who’s at the door, Ryder? How many times did I tell you not to allow a girl who’s trying to seduce you?/"

What the heck? /"I am just a neighbour. I regret coming here. Now, take this damn cake and shut the door./" I shouted.

/"She’s our new neighbour, bro. What’s your name, Darling? Hazel?/" Ryder spoke. His name is Ryder. Okay, I should get to the point. He’s calling me Hazel as my eyes are hazel.

/"I am Emily Collins. Not Hazel. Do you want this or not?/" I asked, showing the pie one last time.

/"I’m Shawn. Nice to meet you. I want this. Thank you./" Ryder’s brother came over and took it from my hands. I wondered whether Ryder will continue the conversation. But he doesn’t. He’s not interested in eating the pie cake or continuing the conversation.

/"Where are you studying?/" Shawn asked me.

I replied instantly. /"Edgewood high,/"

/"Cool. That where my brother’s going./" Shawn said.

/"I guess we could meet there again, Emily,/" Ryder spoke. That’s it. He went inside the room. I didn’t even get to know him. I know I can’t know within minutes. But I wish I could know him more. I have no idea whether he will talk to me in school or not. Will he?

I came back to my room and slept peacefully. Tomorrow is going to be a new day at Edgewood High. When I opened my eyes in the morning, I was pretty excited. I am going to meet Pearl after many years and I can meet Ryder if there’s a chance. I wear my favourite jeans and a black shirt. My mom was so happy about my day at a new school. When I reached high school, I am amused by the school. There’s a beautiful garden at the entrance which gives me good vibes to move on with that day. I don’t have the bad instinct I had yesterday. There’s a lot more crowd of students than I expected. My eyes wandered over everywhere to find Pearl. Where is she? I feel so lost without anyone with me.

/"Immediately, someone threw their arms over my shoulder and screamed in my ear. /"Welcome to Edgewood, Em,/" It was Pearl’s voice.

/"You are here. Wow, I don’t even recognize you, Pearl. You changed a lot./" that’s the first thing I spoke. Everyone knows that there’s a difference between seeing someone in real and photos. Pearl’s face is brightened up when she faced me. She has blonde hair which reached till her shoulder.

/"Of course. I changed. What age do you think we are? We are sixteen years, not six./" she teased and grabbed my hands.

/"I got to show you around the whole school. But first, we need to find the class. I got a lot to talk to you about. I don’t think these two years will be enough to do this./" she chattered non-stop. Soon, we found our classroom. Then she dragged me again to somewhere.

/"Let’s have a coffee before going to class. We got a lot more time for first-class,/" she said and ordered two cups of coffee. When we got the coffee, I slowly sipped it and explored the school with Pearl. We walked around the garden, talking about my days in Paris.

A few minutes later, I caught a crowd of students in the distance. They all are gathered around something or someone.

/"What’s going on?/" I called Pearl, motioning my eyes towards the crowd.

/"Who knows? Let’s go,/" she instantly responded by emptying the cup of coffee with one sip. She ran towards them, leaving me alone. I looked at my surroundings and felt so calm and relaxed. This is my mood every single day. I never felt sad or angry. Everything is easy in my life. My life always goes calm like a parallel line.

/"It’s nothing but a magazine. Do you want it?/" Pearl came back with a small magazine.

/"What’s in the magazine?/" I asked, getting it from her hands.

/"I didn’t ask them. But I got to go now. I will meet you in the first class. Sorry./" Pearl apologized and hurried off.

/"Where are you going? You can’t leave me alone. Pearl?/" I shouted like a mad girl. She can’t leave me here. I guess I need to spend the rest of the time alone till class starts. I opened the magazine and flipped it over continuously.

/"Did you see page no.23? The boy from the magazine is going to study here? We got to be so lucky. I will do anything to attract me./" a girl walked past me talking with her friends.

I turned to page 23 to see who’s she talking about. The heading and sub-heading caught my eye.

Idol for the teenagers

Jason Byrne

It’s a hot boy as a model. I turned back with the cup in my hand. I accidentally hit someone as my eyes are in the magazine.

/"What the fuck?/" I heard a loud voice straight next to me. I dropped the paper cup. I already spilt the coffee on that unknown guy. Damn it. The beginning is worse. I don’t want any enemies.

/"You ruined my shirt. Can’t you watch where you are going? You are going to pay for that./"