A black van pulled up in front of DUNSIN
HIGH and a fair skinned tall girl emerged
from the back site of the car.
Her name was Jenny.
She stood for a while as her parents waved
her good bye.
She turned to face a multitude of people
her age,walking in and out,
Many stopping to greet each other.
She took her first step and her mind went
deep in thought. Being moved to a new
house and new neighborhood and now a
new school with no familiar faces.
"Yes and I quote it was torture"
She tough of how hard it was for her
to adjust to her last school and now all
of a sudden they moved to a new town
and to make matters worst her grandma
Who was her pillar of support didn't
come along with them.
This made it difficult for her to adjust as
quickly as she is expected to.
Still lost in thought and not realizing the reality she is facing, she colides into two group of
class eleven.
"Watch it stupid" screamed Cindy
Cindy was an average girl , she was at
The middle of the group and somehow the
sassiest of the group, she was standing
in between Anabel and Nicky.
"Am so sorry" jenny apologized.
"Sorry for yourself"Anabel barked.
Before Jenny could say anything the girls walked away, Jenny could hear them say
"I think she is a freshman"
Jenny bent her head in shame
She knew it was not going to be easy
For her to adjust, she was completely
aware of what she might face but she was
hoping for something different this time.
"Wow!what a perfect first impression
Stupid" She murmured to herself
outloud, much to the hearing of the
students standing around,who raised eyebrows at her. When she noticed this lowered her head and quickly walked to the principal's office where she collected her acceptance slip and schedule.
She headed straight for the first class of the day
History.
* * * * *
The class was almost filled up when she got
there, with only two vacation seats left.
She took the sit right next to the window.
The teacher walked in and greeted Class but only a few replied.
The teacher Mr Nathaniel Lithberg,as he introduced himself to be,was a tall,
fair, dark haired man.
"Before we begin,I would like
us to welcome the newest member of our
class",he stated as he dropped his books on the table.
"Miss Castrofar", he said gesturing
Jenny in with his hands.
Jenny was comfortable with the fact that no one noticed her when she came in and she would have preferred it that way but now the teacher demands her to introduce herself.
She stood up reluctantly as she drew in air
to her lungs."My name is Jennifer
Castrofar, am glad to be here" she
said almost like in a hurry and sat down
immediately the last word left her mouth.
She had remembered how her introduction at her previous school had been. The students there even laughed at her.
She was expecting to be laughed at once again but to her relief no one laughed but she noticed that
it wasn't because they didn't want to but its
because they were not paying attention to her.
Just when she had taken a breath of relief
one of the male students shouted "no one
cares", and the whole class busted into
laughter.
Jenny bent her head in disgrace, life in
this school was definitely gonna be hell for her
and she better be ready.
The laughter died down gradually and the teacher
commenced with his teaching.
"Our topic for today would be on the
history of voting,and we would be elaborating
more on how women got their voting
right",he stated as he paced left
and right, our main area of Interest
would be the women suffrage ,they were
a group of women who..
." On and on he went.
"Hi ",a still voice said from
beside Jenny. She turned and beheld
one of the most handsome set of brown eyes.
"Am Mark and you are?"
He asked.
" My name is Jenny", Jenny
answered .
" Well nice to meet you jenny and welcome
to history class", he said.
"Thanks" Jenny thanked.
Jenny returned her attention back to the teaching and so did Mark but not long after Mark called
for her attention again.
" so do you live around?" He
asked.
"No not really, I stay around
the shop mall area",she briefed
"Oh that is not quite far it's just around
the corner",he stated.
Jenny nodded her head in agreement
"So do you take a taxi to
school?"he asked.
"No,my parents drops me off for
now"Jenny answered
* * * * *
While Mark and jenny were still cut up with their
Conversation,the voice of Mr Lithberg came
to round up the teaching.
"And so this bill was passed into law by
the united States president" he said and just
as he was about to turn towards the right side
of the class, he caught a glance of
Jenny .
" miss Castrofar",he called.
Jenny turned at the mention of her name only to meet Me Lithberg's questioning look.
"Please would you be kind enough to tell the
Class what my last five words were",
He asked.
Jenny was stock, she didn't know what to
say, she wasn't listening at all.
If it was a direct question then she might have attempted it but this was rather tough, how
was she to know what he had in his
mind.
She was still delibrating on what to do when she
heard Mark cough loudly. At first she
tought that he was mocking her but when she
looked closer she saw him pointing at something written on a blank white sheet of paper.
She read it outlook"by the united States
president",
"Good"the teacher said and turned
to the class "that would be all".
