The Acquaintances

"Darling! Get up! It's your first day in the second year of senior high!"

"Your mom's right get up now Blue!"

I woke up because they keep calling my name. I stand up and stretch my body, opened my curtain, and slide up my window. I want to let the light of the sun came to my room, and the wind touches my face. Gladly I saw on the RUs website that all the students who accepted there are posted on their website and I saw my name in there and Brian too.

"Darling!"

"Yes, mom! I'm coming!" and I rushed down and went to the kitchen. The table is already set, there are pancakes, and cereals, and also sandwiches.

I sat down next to my dad who's reading a newspaper and taking some sip of his coffee. I remembered when grandma still alive, she's always here in the kitchen drinking some tea.

When I was a kid I usually— I mean we usually go here for vacation and grandam also knows about my condition, so I end up staying here in the house with grandma and chatting with her. When she died 2 months ago, we came here to visit her funeral, but of course, before grandma died because of colon cancer Dad went here by himself to take care of her and grandma said to dad that we need to protect this house, love it and don't let anyone take it from us. At grandma's funeral, I didn't cry. I want to feel what my parents feel that day, the sorrow, the pain but I can't.. because I don't know-how. All I did is.. to be silent.

That's why we decided to immigrate here and live here from Brunei to Massachusetts and like what I said, people here are nice and the neighbors are friendly.

"Darling, eat up. You don't want to be late for this day, are you?"

"Yes, mom," I said and eat my pancakes and sandwiches. My mom always kind to me, when I was a child all I did in front of them is to be silent, but then I want to make them happy so I pretend to be happy like a normal child, I've learned to make emotions by reading some books that my dad bought for me. But still, I don't feel it. Like always I'm just pretending like what I'm doing now in front of them.

There is one time that my mom scolded me when I came home late, she scolded me during that time and all I did is to be silent. After that, I say sorry to my Mom and she accepted it also say sorry too.

They say I am so perfect, I have everything, loving parents, friends, have some money to pay/buy anything, not so rich not so poor, just in the middle...if they only knew...that I am a broken child, my parents don't deserve a child like me, in order to make them happy I need to pretend every time, because that's the only thing I knew..

"Darling! Have a good day on your first day!"

"Bye mom!" and wear my seatbelt. I am here inside my father's car, he always dropping me in school first before going to work.

"Is that really good school? The RU?" asked my dad while paying attention to the road. I take a deep breath before I speak.

"Yes, dad! It's really beautiful there, there's a garden, a small one and the big one with a fountain at the center, it's a really huge school, I was hoping I won't be lost there, haha!"I said and laughed at him.

"Oh, darling, You're smart and I am not worried about that, your good at directions. I remember when you're a child you hide in the laundry basket of your mother. We search you everywhere then you startled us when you stand up and shout ROAAARR!" said my dad and then burst out laughing, I also laughed. I remembered that time, I read my book about a girl who always making funny kinds of stuff, then she decided to startle her parents by hiding in the laundry basket. I decided to did that too right after I read it.

"Bye, darling! Have a good day!"

"Thanks, Dad, bye!"I said and waved at him until I lost sight of him. This is my first day here at University. I went inside the campus, I saw Brian standing outside leaning her back at the tree.

"Ire!" shouted Brian. And came near.

"Hi Brian"

"Thank god Agatha isn't here, haha!"

"You really don't want to see her again, don't you?"

"Hmmm....yes." she joked and smile.

"Okay.."I said

"Your back in your normal face again!"

"Sorry.."I said. We decided to take a look around the campus. There's a classy cafeteria and I think rich kids are there because of how they act and how they eat so classy, not far from here is the canteen it's too crowded there lot's of students.

"Oh gosh, there's a lot of delicious food inside that canteen!"

"That's a cafeteria, Brian, "I said while pointing to the name of that building.

RU' Cafe

"Geez, fine. Anyways let's continue walking"we continue to walk. After one hour of walking and it's already 30 minutes left before our first class started. She stopped and I looked at her.

"Hey! Ire!"

"Yes?"

"There's a lot of people out there, let's take a look"

"We're going to be late, Brian"

"Just a little bit please..." she said. She's doing it again. I just agreed then she run so fast like Flash.

I just walk heading to those people Brian's talking about. I see Brian trying to pass through to see what these people looking at. I'm not that tall like the other guys, but I'm taller than Brian. I can still manage to see what they looking for. All I need is to lift up my toes.

"Omg! They are so hot!"

"Omg, be mine!"

"I don't have regrets about studying here, because guys here are so hot!"

I saw two boys walking inside the building at the admission office. One of them is so familiar, or maybe because he's wearing an all-black.

"Hey!"

"Yeah"

"Geez, I've never seen you shocked. Ahh, what am I saying.. let's get going" said Brian. And we head to the SHS building and to our rooms, we are not in the same room so in order to be normal I need to make friends in my room so that no one chooses me as a target of a bully. IF bullying exists here.. because there's a rule here in RU.

Rule#1: No bullying..

If one of the students squeal to the dean there's a punishment for those who are bullying others of course. But I don't know what's the punishment.

Rule#2: No swearing

Of course, cursing or saying bad words are prohibited in this School and I guess in other schools too.

And lastly..

Rule#3: Don't Fightback at teachers

That's too obvious, right?

Not just ordinary people are here, there are sons and daughters of politicians, well-known families, actors, and actresses. But some say the dean of the school didn't tolerate anybody, if they did something wrong or worst even though they come from a rich family they can be expelled from this school.

There are some rumors here too that there gangs inside this school. But they're hidden, the dean wants to know who are there but no one knows about it because it's just a rumor.

When I reached the door of my room I opened it and every student there are simply looked at me. I just smiled at them and went to my seat.

"Hi! what's your name?" the girl said who sits in front of me. Wearing red eyeglasses and tied her hair in two. Her eyes are locked on me.

"I'm Sapphire Willowfield, how about you?"I introduced it with a smile.

"I'm Shakira Hernandez, nice meeting you!" she said and offered a hand, I accepted it and we both shake our hands.

She seems so nice but still, I need to keep in mind to not trust someone easily except Brian.

"You seem so nice, can we be friends?"

"Of course, I'm glad too.," she said and smiled at me.

"Anyways I'm so happy that there are two boys who transferred here, hehe" she added. Transferred? Maybe those guys earlier she's talking about. I wonder if the guy I met in a small garden yesterday is one of those two men heading to the administration office.

"Really? Did you know who are they?"

"Nope, sorry"

"Ahh, it's okay," I said. We talk a little bit then our teacher came. He introduces himself to us. Mr. Piasco our teacher in History our advisor too, is good and friendly, he looks like an old man who doesn't know how to smile because of his appearance, but if you know him better he's a good person, he's a mix Mexican. And actually, his story is a little bit sad.

He said 2 years ago he and his wife got divorced then their only son died. Now his ex-wife has already had a husband in New York. While he had to, and have a two beautiful twin baby girl. Then he believes that...

"Sometimes you said to yourself that she's the one who will join you on the journey of forever. But you'll realize that you guys destined to meet but not meant to be. Our fate is the only one who can rule us or control our lives. But think of it as a good lesson if your relationship didn't work out because this will help you to become stronger than before then in the right time, the one who is meant to you will come"

Most of my classmates almost cried because of what Mr. Piasco said. He's right not all we think is right, sometimes it's just a tool that can help us stronger and wait for the real one. But fate is the ruler of our lives? I don't know..

After an hour we take our first break, every after subject there's a 15 minutes break, I went outside and buy some drinks in the vending machine, I choose a water bottle, opened it and drink it. As I was going to return to my room I heard a familiar laugh.

"What? No way! Haha!"

I looked straight and I saw them, walking towards me, laughing at each other. The most thing I wished that I will never see.

Why are they here?...