"How can I help you boys?" The woman asked when it finally got to our turn .
"This is Jake Hollander . He's new . My mom registered him . " Noah introduced . "She said he should also meet his counselor?"
The lady nodded and started to look around and came back with some papers . "Here's your schedule . A map of the school . The list of books you need to check out from the library . And an agenda book to keep track of your assignments . " She looked towards a lady on her left . "Macey, have you seen Mrs . Golladay? She has a new student . "
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Macey shook her head . "Nope . Maybe she's out and about . " She looked at us . "She'll get you called from class to introduce herself to you when she finds the time . "
Noah gave a nod and grabbed my papers for me . "Alright . Thanks . I'll take him to the library now . " Noah led the way out, back to the huge hallway . "That was strange . "
I tilt my head, not understanding .
"Mom specifically said you would meet your counselor in the morning . " He answered . "I wanted to be there with you too . Just because I've never met her either . " He shrugged . "Whatever, it's fine . Let's go to the library . "
I followed him through the hall as an endless amount of people greeted him . Noah was really popular from the looks of it . The definition of everybody's best friend, I guess .
The library already had a good amount of students on the computers and filling up the tables . "Slackers . " Noah called them . "They waited until the last minute to get their homework done . " We walked up to the librarian and collected the books I would need . Noah frowned at my locker slip . "Your locker is nowhere near mine . I think it would be better if we share until you get comfortable . This way we can walk to and from classes together . "
I nodded eagerly . I didn't want to be on my own so soon . The school was much bigger than my middle school and it looked easy to get lost . So he led me to his locker where we stashed all but one of my books .
"English, World History, break, Biology, Spanish, lunch, math is when we'll split, and then reconvene for Health . " Noah gave me the rundown of the day as we walked to our first class . "All the teachers should know that you don't really talk so don't stress about that . I'm going to try and make sure you sit next to me in every class . "
True to his word, Noah convinced every teacher in our first four classes to let me sit next to him . They also gave me looks of pity, so I knew, that they knew, what had happened to me . Maybe not the whole story, but at least enough to feel sad about it . Noah paid no attention to it though and introduced me to all his friends and classmates . I obediently followed him to each class, trip to the locker, new class, new people .
By lunch, I was mentally exhausted . I couldn't remember anyone's name and I felt dizzy with all the homework I got today .
"More than half of the classes are over with . " Noah comforted me . "Let's eat outside since Mom packed our lunches . Normally I eat in the cafeteria, but it might be too cramped and whatnot . "
I nodded . I definitely wanted to stay outside, especially on a nice sunny day like this . It was still chilly because it was only February but the sun made it bearable .
Noah led me to the benches near the gym and picked one to sit at . We sat on either side and pulled out the lunches his mom made us .
Chapter end
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