The windows of the car had a thin layer of ice as my dad drives through the snow covered road. The freezing cold is very new to me. I came from Oxnard in Southern California. The coldest it ever got there was about 40 degrees and that was at night when I was sleeping and had about 2 thick blankets on me. I’m sure 26 is like a hot day to them. The whole ride I look at my dad with his face looking worried cause he is new to drive on slippery ice and with snow falling slowly hitting the windshield.
“Dad, you can calm down. Your actually getting the hang of this.” I try my best to reassure him cause I did want to crash into something.
“Thanks Jasper, but you don’t worry about your life in danger for now cause we are almost there.” There was my new high school. And I’m sure he was right cause the traffic was getting heavier by the minute. And finally I see the tall building that is my new school. Owatonna High School. A smile grew in my face when I saw it.
“Wow never saw you this exited for school. I actually thought you would be nervous about this.” He was less stressed about the road cause of the long process of the street stopping and going.
“Well of course I’m nervous. I’m hundreds of miles away from my old friends I’ll probably never see again and now I have to start all over. It’s like elementary all over again.” I think the smile is still there but I wasn’t sure.
“Will I hope you do OK and don’t let Minnesota freeze you to death.” He was looking outside and I wondered why he said and. I look behind me and we where at the drop off zone. That was fast.
“Thanks dad.” I get off and I close the door. He waves goodbye and I wave back as I watch the car gets back into the traffic zone. I look at the school. Now it me against whatever life throws at me. I get my iPod out and put the earbuds in my ear. It was cold and my first action was to rip them out of my ear but they warmed up fast. I put on no other than Owl City. To think I would be raised where the mastermind who created Owl City was raised here also.
I was already at the front of the school. There was a lot of steps just to get to inside. Hopefully I don’t slip and fall trying to get to the top. There weren’t that many people outside. I took notice of these guys who I bet are like “wannabe gangsters” of Owatonna. I’m sure there talking about something stupid as usual. I was already at the top of the steps and I open the door. I rush of warm air just hit my face. I closed the door so the air wouldn’t escape. There were a lot of people here. And the halls were not narrow. There were lockers, something I never really used since my old school didn’t have lockers. It did but only if you wanted one. I walk in to the administration offices and make my way to the lady at the front. She was typing really fast and I could hear her loud tapping. She looks at me like I was someone familiar.
“Hmm. Your the new student, right?” She had a voice like Fran Drescher.
“Umm, yeah. I’m Jasper P-“
“Jasper Pike from Pacifica High School in Oxnard California. Correct?”
“Yeah, just right.” Kinda rude of her to cut me off mid sentence.
“Ok here you go.” She gets a red pen and circles something on her desk.
“Here is your schedule, I circled your ID number.” I look at my schedule. It was strange, I only had one class.
“Are everybody’s schedule like this?” I just had to ask.
“No, its just this new thing we are trying out. One teacher your whole year. Only a couple of students get to get to enroll and the teacher thinks you might like it there cause he saw your records and he thinks your exceptional!” Sounded interesting to me actually.
“Cool, I guess. Is there someone who can show me the room and such?” Can’t hurt to get to know the school a little better.
“Sure, I’ll get someone.” She picks up the phone and at the same time someone opens the door.
“I’ll show him around.” Someone from behind me announces it.
“Oh Laura, I was just about to call Aaron to send someone over.” The lady puts the phone down.
“I’m sure he would of sent me anyways.” I turn around and look at her. Her serious face turns into a smile. I couldn’t help but to smile back. Her black hair was kind of blinding when it reflected of the light. She was kind of shorter than me but I didn’t mind cause I’m used to being the tallest in a group of people. I noticed that she had a lot of bracelets with names of bands. Paramore was the only one I could really see. And she was wearing black and white Converse. With a “Day To Remember” T-Shirt. Her hair also covered part of her right eye.
“OK. Jasper this is Laura she can show you around.” She smiles looking at both of us and then gets back to typing.
“OK Jasper let’s get going.” Once she finished that sentence the first bell rang. She stepped outside and I walked slowly towards her.
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