“Woah, what is that revolting smell?” It took me a second to perceive the rancid smell but when i did I knew exactly what i was smelling, unfortunately the smell was all too familiar. The mix of body odor and gym socks tied up in the overwhelming mask of cheap perfume and cologne pervaded the air right as i stepped foot in those double doors. I was back in the place i had dreaded seeing again since June and 3 short months later here i am again, this was the sweet, sweet smell of high school. It was different this time though, before I had stepped foot inside I scrutinized the outside of the building, the towering brick rotunda read “Cottage Grove High School”. This was not familiar to me, not one bit. A plethora of windows were arranged
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It was nothing even remotely close to what I was expecting! They were actually, normal? Just your stereotypical teens and to me, this was mind boggling, everything was just normal. I don’t really know what i was expecting but it was far from normal. I had never moved to a new high school or house for that matter. Everyone and everything had always remained constant my whole life, same house, same group of friends, same school, same everything. This lasted up until this year, so for me this was like moving to a new planet and all i could think was “what if i don’t fit in here?” That’s all I could focus on at that moment, that whole day actually, that whole week really. It was never ending.
One month in now and the thought still pressed my mind, hard. By now i had the school all figured out but not the people in it, not even close. I didn’t understand why i wasn’t making any friends, especially when everyone told me going into this new school, “everyone wants to be friends with the new girl.” This was very incorrect, not a single person had put any effort into getting to know me yet and frankly it was getting old. Did my innocent glances look like glares? Could it be that the tone of my voice sounded rude? Maybe the way I carried myself gave off bad vibes? I was constantly racking my brain looking for any explanation to suffice my curiosity and it was getting a little out of
It was nothing even remotely close to what I was expecting! They were actually, normal? Just your stereotypical teens and to me, this was mind boggling, everything was just normal. I don’t really know what i was expecting but it was far from normal. I had never moved to a new high school or house for that matter. Everyone and everything had always remained constant my whole life, same house, same group of friends, same school, same everything. This lasted up until this year, so for me this was like moving to a new planet and all i could think was “what if i don’t fit in here?” That’s all I could focus on at that moment, that whole day actually, that whole week really. It was never ending.
One month in now and the thought still pressed my mind, hard. By now i had the school all figured out but not the people in it, not even close. I didn’t understand why i wasn’t making any friends, especially when everyone told me going into this new school, “everyone wants to be friends with the new girl.” This was very incorrect, not a single person had put any effort into getting to know me yet and frankly it was getting old. Did my innocent glances look like glares? Could it be that the tone of my voice sounded rude? Maybe the way I carried myself gave off bad vibes? I was constantly racking my brain looking for any explanation to suffice my curiosity and it was getting a little out of