Chapter 3

Amelia looked around the school's building, trying to get familiar with her surroundings. Her Mom had told her to go straight to the principal's office so that he could show her to her classroom but now, she had no idea on how she could get there. She thought about asking one of her fellow students for directions but none of them even seemed to notice her. They all walked around with their nose up, with an air of superiority.

"Snooty, snooby Maverick High students". She muttered to herself. 

Just then, she heard a beep on her phone. She took it out and it saw that it was a text message from her Dad. She opened it and read;

                     ''Amelia darling, Good morning. Your Mom told me that she already

                    dropped you off at your new school. I hope you're good. Enjoy your

                    first day at school. Love you.''

She smiled and was about to text back when she mistakenly bumped into someone.

"Oh, I am so sorry, I didn't see you there.'' She said,

"Of course you didn't,'' said a girl with long blonde hair. 

She was Catherine Thomas, popularly known as the queen bee of Maverick High. She was tall and very beautiful and almost all the boys at Maverick High had a crush on her. She also came from the popular Thomas family who were one of the richest families in the whole of the United States. 

She was aware of how rich and beautiful she was which made her very proud and arrogant. She also looked down on people who weren't as rich or as beautiful as she was. She had her own gang of girls who were always at her beck and call.

"I think you need to get your eyes checked". She said rather savagely.

"Excuse me?" Amelia asked.

"You heard me, if your eyes were working properly you wouldn't have the guts to say that you didn't see me". Catherine said.

"But I already apologized, it was a mistake". Amelia said.

"Sure it was, dummy. Girls, let's move" She said, while walking away, just as the school bell rang.

Her gang of giggling girls followed right behind her.

 Amelia was dumbfounded, sure enough she had heard about how rude Maverick High students were. But she didn't know that this was rude. She made a mental note of dealing with Catherine later. At that moment, someone called her name. She spun around and came face to face with a tall, dark haired man.

"Amelia Thompson?" He asked.

"Yes sir, I am Amelia Thompson". She replied.

"Ok, I am Principal Jerkins. Today is your first day here, right?" He said.

"Yes sir.'' she said.

"Great, now kindly come with me to my office.''

She followed the principal to the office and when they got there, he asked her to take a seat and she did.

"So I understand that you are transferring from your school to start grade Eleven here with us. Is that true?" He asked.

"Yes sir." She said,

She then explained the reason for the transfer, her dad's new job and everything.

 "Ok Miss. Please kindly fill this form for me to the best of your knowledge.'' 

He handed her a white form and she filled it. When she was done, she handed it back to him. For a moment, she contemplated whether to report the incident with Catherine but she decided against it. She would deal with Catherine on her own and at her own time. Then, the principal called the secretary and she came in.

"Amelia, please follow her and she'll show you to your class. Enjoy your first day at Maverick High school". He said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you sir". Amelia said and followed the secretary out.

They took the stairs to the second floor where the Senior High classes were located. They walked for a bit and then finally got to the grade Eleven class. A teacher was teaching in the class while the students listened. Immediately they both stepped in, all eyes turned towards their direction, the secretary stepped over to the teacher's side and spoke to him in low tones while Amelia just stood there. The students were already whispering and pointing towards her. 

She looked around and saw Catherine and her gang members also whispering and giggling. There were classmates! She sighed and looked in the other direction and saw a boy with sunny brown hair staring directly at her as if he knew her. God! He was cute.

"Not now, Amelia". She said to herself, dragging her eyes away from him.

Finally, the secretary and the teacher stopped talking. The secretary gave her a thumbs up and left the class.

"Good morning Miss, I am Mr Ben, the geography teacher. Please come forward and introduce yourself". He said warmly.

Amelia swallowed and moved slowly towards the front of the class. She hated it when people stared at her, it always made her nervous.

"Good morning, I am Amelia Thompson, a new student here. It's nice to meet you all". She said,

"Nice to meet you too". Some of them murmured.

They were still staring at her like they were expecting her to say something more. 

"Well, that's all I've got for y'all today." She said inwardly.

"Thank you very much Amelia. Please kindly take your seat at the back. And now back to our topic for the day..." Mr Ben said.

As Amelia was moving towards the back, the students' attention was slowly taken away from her and back to their teacher. She noticed that the boy with the sunny brown hair was still staring at her and she hated the way he was staring, it was becoming annoying. She quickly averted her eyes, took her seat and faced the teacher.

Amelia wasn't sure she would be able to deal with all of these students because they came off as snobbish and self centered but one thing she knew was that if any of them tried as much as to talk to her anyhow, she wouldn't hesitate to show them the stuff she's mafe of.