Standing in front of Redwood High made me feel different. I never experienced the "high school life" but now I am. And to be honest, I don't think I was prepared.

My mom made sure that GIDSA had the best learning curriculum. We learned the basic things that normal kids did in school. But ours was a bit more advanced. There was classes about fighting, gun holding and high-advanced computer classes.

Mason, Aurora, Camille and I woke up at 6:30, since school starts at 8. There wasn't a uniform code in Redwood. Thank God for that. Uniforms are so not my thing.

I made sure to put on a little bit of makeup to cover the slight bruise on my cheek. We all had our school supplies and backpacks. Aurora made sure that Mason didn't get a sponge bob backpack, since he already got sponge bob supplies.

Camille wore black jeans with a green sweatshirt and a pair of nikes. Her hair in a neat ponytail. Her backpack was a dark green with an animal chain on the zipper. Aurora wore a maroon long sleeved knit shirt along with some ripped blue jeans, she also wore her nikes and her hair was in neat braids. Her backpack wasn't anything special to her. She just picked a red one cause it was the only one that looked 'decent'.

Mason wore his black hoodie that had a spongebob print on the shoulder, with some light blue jeans and a pair of black ugg slippers. His hair a bit messy but he didn't really care. I decided to go with a short sleeved crop top and grey sweats with my favorite pair of white converse that had my initials on it. Letting my hair be in its loose waves.

Mom's assistant, Jameson, dropped us off at the school at 7:30. Mom said that she would be getting us two cars. Which Aurora and I will drive since Mason failed his driving test and Camille never feels like driving.

"Okay guys we can do this" Camille said.

Aurora looked at her with a disgusted look, "No, you can do this. Not me. I shouldn't even have to be here. I'm the hacker specialist." Aurora spoke, making sure to whisper the last part.

There were high schoolers walking around, talking with friends. Some gave us strange looks, probably because they never seen us before. I even caught a group of girls staring at Mason.

Camille rolled her eyes, "That doesn't matter. Now let's go in because I feel super uncomfortable that people are staring at us like we're animals at the zoo."

Mason quickly nodded his head, seeming to be uncomfortable with the stares he was getting from the group of girls. They were cheerleaders, you can tell with how they're just waving their dumb pom poms at each other.

"Let's go inside, we need to find the main office first then head to our lockers." I said, walking towards the main entrance. Camille, Aurora and Mason followed suit.

Walking inside the school, there was students walking around, some were getting their books from their lockers and some were huddled in a circle talking.

"So, where do you guys think the main office is at?" Camille asked.

"I don't know, Aurora didn't you look at a blueprint of the school?" Mason questioned, looking at her.

She shrugged, "I may have forgot to do that," She nervously laughed.

I deadpanned, "Are you kidding me".

"Sorry." She said, crossing her arms.

"Should we ask someone for directions," Camille suggested.

Mason nodded his head.

"Hey new guys," a girl with dark blonde hair walked up to us.

"Uh hi," Aurora half waved, taking a step backwards until she was behind me.

"How did you know we were new?" Mason asked.

The girl shrugged a shoulder, "I know almost about everyone in this school, and you guys definitely look new."

"Well this is perfect actually, we need help looking for the main office," I spoke up.

The girl looked at me, "That is also perfect for me since that was where I was heading." She put her hand out for a handshake, "I'm Ivory."

I put my hand in hers, shaking it firmly then letting go, "Sapphire, and this girl behind is Aurora."

"I'm Mason and this beautiful girl next to me is Camille." Mason said putting his arms around Camille's shoulder.

She gaped at him, quickly removing his arm and looking away. A light blush on her cheeks.

Ivory laughed, "How cute, are you guys together?"

Mason gave her a lopsided grin, "As a matter of fact, we are-," He was cut off by Camille who smacked his head.

"Ow" Mason said, a pout on his lips.

Camille rolled her eyes, "Can you take us the main office,"

Ivory nodded, "Yeah, yeah let's go."

A few minutes later, we reached the main office. Ivory walked in first, making eye contact with the middle aged woman at the desk.

The woman rolled her eyes, "Ivory what are you doing here, you're supposed to be at you're morning detention."

Ivory walked to the desk, sitting on the edge, "Well I kind of missed it since it started like twenty minutes ago and I saw these guys," she gestured at us, "They were obviously lost and me being the nice person I am wanted to help."

The woman again rolled her eyes at Ivory, "Well I'll believe you just this once since we are expecting new students."

She looked at us, "I have you're schedules and locker number right here," she grabbed a short stack of papers. She then gave them to me.

"I hope you guys have a great time here at Redwood," she smiled, "And if you need any help, I will be right here,"

I gave her a small smile, "Thank you, have a good day,"

I walked out with my friends right behind me, "Hey wait up you guys!" we stopped in our tracks, Ivory catching up to us. "I can show you guys to you're home room, since it starts in like five minutes

Seriously, I was hoping to look around the school so we can try to not get lost that often.

Camille looked at her, "That would be nice,"

I rolled my eyes, giving Ivory my schedule and giving my friends theirs.

"Oh you guys have Mrs. Parker, she's a nice teacher. Just try not get on her bad side." She said walking towards a classroom.

The hallways were mostly empty, and there were a few people at their lockers.

We reached a classroom that said the number 109. And right before we could enter, the bell ringed.

Ivory looked at us, "Don't worry she won't get mad at you guys since you're new, just go right in."

She gave us a smirk, "Welcome to Redwood High newbies, see you around." She turned around, heading towards the staircase that was there.

Camille put her hand on the handle, she was about to open it when Aurora stopped her,

Camille looked at her confused, "Is everything okay,"

Aurora nodded, "Everything's okay, but what do we say when they ask us where we're from and why we moved here or something,"

I put my hand on her shoulder reassuringly, "Don't worry about that Aurora. If she asks us anything, I'll handle it."

Camille opened the door, and everyone looked our way. There were five rows of desks and six across. The room was quite big. And you can tell it's a history room since there was a map of the world and the list of presidents across the room and random history facts.

I rolled my eyes and walked to the teacher who was sitting at her desk. The rest followed. "Hello," We greeted her politely.

She gave us a smile, "Hello there, you four must be the new students. There are a few empty seats near the back."

I nodded, heading to the fourth row of desks of the room and placing my backpack on the desk. Aurora sitting at the desk on my right. Mason sat in front of me with Camille on his right. There was an empty desk on my left.

A few seconds later we heard a second bell ring, Mrs. Parker stood up from her chair and walking to the podium which was next to her desk. She brought her laptop with her, "Okay everyone, I will be doing attendance and then we will work on a history packet that I have prepared for you."

She began calling names, students saying 'present' or just raising their names.

For our 'safety', Mom has someone register us with fake last names. She decided it was the best decision just in case someone was trying to look for us or something.

"Camille Garcia" The teacher called out.

Camille was sketching in her notebook, obviously forgetting the fake last name. Instead of calling her name, I threw a pencil at her.

She whipped her head around at me and gave me a glare, "What was that for?" She angrily whispered.

I gestured at the teacher, who was calling her name once again.

"Camille Garcia?"

"Oh, heh oopsie," She turned around and raised her hand, "Here"

Mason quietly laughed to himself.

"Is something funny?" Camille looked at him with a glare.

Mason quickly shook his head, whispering a 'no'.

"That's what I thought," Camille smirked.

"Aurora Hunter?"

"Here," Aurora said while raising her hand.

"Sapphire Kingsley?"

I raised my hand. Kingsley? Seriously. Grey is a better name.

"Mason Pierce"

He raised his hand and yelled "Here" quickly.

She continued with the rest of the attendance.

"Everett Woods," Mrs. Parker said with a snarky tone. She looked around the room, or mostly at the empty desk next to me.

She sighed heavily, "Looks like I need to call his mo-," she was cut off by the door opening quickly.

And there he was in all his glory. Everett Woods.

He was wearing a royal blue hoodie, along with black ripped jeans and a pair of white converse. And I had to admit, he looked good.

He probably looks good in anything

Shut up inner me

No you.

He gave Mrs. Parker a smirk, "Don't worry Mrs. P, I'm here."

She rolled her eyes at him, "You're late Mr. Woods, again. Go take your seat," She waved her hand, dismissing him.

"You got it," He gave her a thumbs up and walked towards his desk. Which happened to be right next to me. Wonderful, absolutely wonderful

Mrs. Parker went to her desk to grab a large stack of papers, which were probably the packets she was talking about earlier.

"Psst, psst, new girl with the long hair." I heard Everett whisper from my left.

I looked at him, "Do you need something?"

Everett shook his head, "No, I just wanted to talk with you. I'm Everett by the way."

Yeah I know that

I gave him a small smile, "Sapphire," I whispered back to him.

"So Sapphire what brings you to the town of Redwood," he asks, making sure to keep his voice low.

"Moved here a few weeks ago," I answered him.

"Ah well, I hope you enjoy Redwood, it's a uh, a great town," he said, giving me a strained smile.

Does he not like living in Redwood? I thought him being the Mayor's son, he'd love the town. Guess not

"Sapphire, Mason, Camille and Aurora, I'm sure that you must have studied this lesson before," Mrs. Parker said, making me focus on her instead of Everett.

Mason passed me a packet. I already knew most of the stuff on here, so it should be easy.

Camille spoke up "Yeah we did,"

Mrs. Parker smiled, "Good. Now I want all of you to work on the packet. Whatever you don't finish today, will be for homework. And we will go over it tomorrow." She walked back to her desk.

Not wanting any homework to do at all, I quickly went through the packet. I remember studying this lesson a few years back. I completed the packet in under ten minutes. We had about 20 more minutes in the class period.

I looked at Everett, his head down and his arms at his sides.

"Everett," I whispered at him, he looked at me with a pout on his lips. Ugh, why does he need to be cute

He lifted his head up from his desk, "I don't understand this Sapph,"

I blushed at the nickname. I don't usually like when people I barely know call me that. But hearing it from Everett felt nice.

Maybe I could offer to tutor him, that way I could get close to him and it'll be easier to protect him from God knows who.

"It's not a hard lesson, I could uh, help you with it. Like I can tutor you." I suggested.

He gleamed at me, "Really, I would totally appreciate it. We can talk more after class, Mrs. P is giving us her deadly glare."

I turned to look at the teacher, who was in fact giving us a deadly glare. I looked back at Everett laughing quietly, "We'll talk after class,"

OH mY gOd i diD iT.

I finally published a chapter, I'm so proud of myself. I've been having some writers block, but I pushed through it and finished this chapter. Also online school is wkjdkwjdkk, this corona virus needs to be gOne.

Anyways I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. See you in the next one :)