Different

"Get your shoes on." My mother yelled from the other room.

She just didn't understand what it was like to be my age, I mean the first day of school is a big deal! First impressions are everything, and I was going to make a good one.

"You know they will start without you if you don't hurry." She screamed as a hobbled our the front door.

"Oh sweetie you look so cute" she cooed.

I gave her a meek smile, one that both said I'm terrified, and I do really have to do this?

"You are going to have a great day" she said more to herself than me.

As she pulled the car up to the front of the school I got those butterflies I always feel when I have too much adrenaline.

" I'll pick you up at 3:00. Know that I always love you, and be excited you're started second grade!" She pulled me into a long hug, it felt good to be in her embrace.

I got out the car, when I'm hit with a wave of nausea. This is my first day of a new school! I mean everyone's new, because the school was just built, but this is a public school. For the last two years of school I had gone to "Our Lady Immaculate", this posh private school with evil nuns who stole children's souls. This was a huge change.

"Hi", best friend McKenna screeches. Her long blonde hair sailing after her, as she runs over to me.

"Hey" I wave awkwardly. These are the moments I hate being shy. It's practically impossible to not look like an idiot when people talk to you, even if you are "best friends" with them.

We had been neighbors forever, but before this summer we had probably met twice. For a long time I actually though she was a vampire because I never saw her outside.

When my other school was a bust, my dad decided to go talk to the homeschooled neighbor girl about what they were doing for her schooling. After much deliberation he convinced her mom to join me at my school, and be in my grade even though she was a year older.

During the summer I had really gotten to know her, and we had become really close friends, I mean we lived across the street from each other, it was hard not to be close. We called each other sisters, because we were both only children, and didn't have a really close bond to anyone besides our parents.

We were supposed to carpool today, but our moms thought it would be better if we started off the day on our own.

"Dude, are you scared?" Mackenna inquired

" Nah", I say as nonchalantly as possible. "We have each other right?"

"Right" we say as we push our "best friend" necklaces together, and giggle.

We are directed by a lady in a shirt that says "West Elementary" to stand under a sign with a number two on it in the parking lot.

We stand together and hold hands, as the kids who we come to know as our classmates start arriving.

I look at the girls, some are very pretty, and seem unapproachable, while others look very plain, and I take a mental note to get to know them. I always make friends with the outcasts.

Then as I'm doing a once over of my new class, I see him. The boy of my dreams, before I had the dreams of him. My mouth flew open for a moment before McKenna promptly shut it.

"What are you looking at?"

All I could do was point my finger at the boy walking towards us.

"Ooooh someone's got a crush" she said as she made kissing faces
" Shut up, he's walking towards us!" I whisper yelled

I couldn't keep my eyes off of him. He had slick black hair, that looked like he had gotten the style from a boy band magazine. His skin was a chestnut, and his deep brown eyes seemed to say things without him opening his mouth. He wore a polo, and khaki pants that him mom probably picked out.

His eyes meandered over all the kids, probably checking over his new classmates, when his eyes fell on mine, I knew I was in love.