Of course it happened again. I was the new girl in the class, at Jefferson Junior High. I didn't have any friends even though I had been there for two weeks. A few girls had come up to me, and tried to make conversation, but I just looked down at my feet and only said a few words. I was sitting by myself at lunch. Just thinking about how my dad promised that he wouldn't make us move again. So I was stuck at this school with no friends. After lunch I had math, history, and then to top off the day I had music class. Through my thoughts I heard "Hey Artemis" I looked up only to find Aaron, a guy who was one grade higher than me. He was a Junior. I guess I was looking pretty shocked because he said "Weird huh?" I just nodded
"So where did you used to live?" he asked me through a sly smile.
"Which time?" he looked pretty confused so I added "I have been to a lot of different schools, my dad's job has us move around a lot."
"So what does he do?"
"He's a doctor, and he is one, I guess, of the top doctors in the U.S., so I have been to schools in a lot of different places. Moving at least once a year. My dad says this is where we're going to stay though"
"Wait... so where's your mom in all of this?" that got to me. I looked down at my feet, toeing the ground.
"Oh, wow I'm sorry"
"It's okay." I choked out.
"So what's your next class?" he asked, changing the subject.
"Math" I blurted out
"Oh, that's mine too, what math class do you have?
"Pre-Calculas"I told him.
"Same with me. Can I walk you there?"
Now this was a little new to me, so I just nodded and went along with it. We talked all the way to my math class and then finished up our conversation in the doorway. Our conversations were mostly about how I was liking Jefferson and how I dealt with moving so often. Then it bounced to boys, and that got me a little nervous. I didn't like anyone here yet, and I didn't really plan on liking anyone right now. Soon enough, thank god, we changed the subject, then the warning bell rang and we went to our seats. Math was... interesting. I've always loved math, but today we had to go around and choose partners we would have through out the year, and put it on a chart. Now I may love math, but this I hated. I'm shy, and going around and asking people to be my partner is not my favorite thing to do. Luckily though some people came up and asked me, these people included Gaby, Madeline, and Katie, little did I know
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