Taken for Granted

7th Grade

"Chandriaaaaaaaa, It's your first day as a highschool student. Aren't you excited? Why aren't you waking up already? You'll be late" I grab the pillow next to me and placed it on on ear as my mother kept on shouting those words to wake me up.

"I'll count from one to three, wake up or I'll grab your hair. Did you slept late again? didn't I told you to sleep early for you to have sufficient sleep in your first day of school." she keeps on shouting so I have no other choice but to take off the pillow and angrily open my eyes before she really pull my hair.

"Im awake already mama. Can you please minimize your voice? You'll wake up papa because you're too loud" I made my way to the comfort room to take a shower.

"Mama, did you prepare a hot water for me? The water is so cold, I don't think I can take a bath right now" I shouted as I stare at the cold water pretending it was staring back at me.

"of course, I knew you have that kind of behavior. I won't let you go to school in your first day without taking a bath. You're so gross" she suddenly enter the comfort room with the hot water she prepared for me. She knew me too well, of course, she's been raising me for 13 years now.

"Here," she pour the hot water into the cold one to make it warm "Is it bearable for you?" she put her hands on the warm water and checked it if it's not too hot and not too cold either.

"Thanks mama. You're the best!" I kissed her cheeks and she just pinched my cheeks in return.

As I make my way to the motorcycle my parents paid monthly to bring and fetch me from school, I felt my heart pounding because of excitement. My school, St. Michael Academy is somehow far from our home so I need to wake up early everyday. Because of too much excitement, I didn't noticed that the motorcycle already stopped in front of my new school's gate. I walked in the hallway, I saw so many students looking comfortable talking with each other and I feel scared for only having myself in my first day of school. As I enter our classroom, I keep my head down because I am so shy to face unfamiliar faces. Some of them known each other and talking loudly. I saw a vacant seat placed beside the window so I decided to seat down there. I roam my eyes inside the four cornered room and I saw my guy classmate in elementary, Drian who had a crush on me at the back side of the room seating and talking to other unfamiliar guy so I'm shy to approach him. As I continue to wander my eyes, It suddenly stopped in the guy who is seated in front of my seat, he was staring at the window. He seems to don't know anyone in the room like me, well, I know one but I can't approach him. I can't take my eyes off him because he have fair skin, he's much whiter than me. I must admit it, he's attractive. He have pointed nose that suits him well. I keep on looking at him feeling confident that he won't catch me eyeing him. I only stopped when I felt the seat beside mine was occupied and there I saw a guy seating on it. I saw him looking at me so I smiled at him awkwardly trying to be friendly. As the teacher enters the room, she told us to get 1/4 sheet of paper and write our names on it. I did what she told us and I saw my seatmate looking in my paper so I did the same thing.

"So your name is Chandria?" he asked me while eyeing my paper.

"Ah yes, what's yours? I'm sorry but I can't read your penmanship, no offense" I replied with an awkward smile.

"Oh I'm Xers, nice meeting you" he offered me his hands and I take it with a smile on my face. We keep talking and talking until I feel comfortable towards him. I feel happy gaining friend in my first day.

"Hi girl, do you want to join us? we're going to the canteen to eat our lunch" a group of girls approached me and they look friendly.

"I'm Cleyr btw" she offered me her hand.

"I'm Chandria, nice meeting you"

"Hi girl, I'm Angel" the other girl also offered her hand with a smile.

"My name's Christine, hello" another girl introduced herself.

"Tring here"

"I'm Gemini" I welcomed their hands and smiled at them genuinely.

"Let's go to the canteen. I'm so hungry" Christine said while grabbing my hands. We made our way to the canteen and eat there comfortably. The first day of my Highschool journey was not bad. Never did I thought that the friends I gained during my first day was my permanent highschool friends. Never thought that the guy who possessed white skin would play a major role in my life.