Her gilded self

First day at Elites

CHAPTER 2

With a breeze blowing through the whistling pines of the orphanage, Nyre's phone alarm rang, indicating 6:30 am. Nyre rolled over in bed, stirring to turn off the alarm. Suddenly, she rose with huge speed, as if just realizing it was Monday. She smiled with a huge grin, showing her perfectly white teeth.

She knelt towards her bed, saying her morning prayers, and withdrew her school shoes from under the bunk bed. She took off her clothes excitedly and used a towel to proceed to take her bath. After her bath, she went across the hallway into her friend Beatrice's room to collect the hand hair dryer.

Beatrice smiled happily at her, telling her how happy she was for her and how she was going to miss her. Beatrice had always been Nyre's friend, brought into the orphanage at age 3, and immediately became friends with Nyre. Beatrice was more exposed, or as she would say, social, with all the ongoing social media platforms on her phone and a lot of online male friends.

Nyre liked her for who she was; she made the orphanage lively. After blowing her hair dry, Beatrice packed Nyre's hair into a smooth loose bun and decorated it with pretty clips. Nyre went back to her room and wore her uniform. Standing in front of the mirror, Nyre admired herself in the uniform, the above-knee-length skirt, long-sleeve shirt, and blue bow tie complementing the skirt, fitted perfectly on her body.

By the time she was done getting ready, it was 7:10 am. She headed to the dining room to take her meal. She finished the meal rushedly and went to Mother Faith's office to greet her and bid her bye. Walking to the bus stop was easy, as it was common to see students walking up to the bus stop for their school bus. She plugged in her earphone and played music on her phone as she walked up to the bus stop.

On cue, the school bus rode in front of her, literally empty. She was surprised as to why it was like that. Skeptically, she walked in, greeting the bus driver, which caught him surprised, as he was used to the students ignoring him anyway. Nyre walked into the bus to the middle coach and sat gently, saying hi to the girl beside her, who looked at her weirdly, as if scanning her to know the worth of her clothes.

The school drove to the school. On getting to the school premises, the bus stopped, waiting for the students to alight and head out of the school. With her identity card on her neck, Nyre asked around how to get to the Teachers' resource room. With most people giving her a condescending look, ignoring her question, she bumped into a girl who appeared to be in a rush as well.

She answered Nyre's question, giving her direction, which helped Nyre find her way. On getting to the resource room, Nyre met with their homeroom teacher, who gave her the needed school items, including her bus pass, school map layout, and the key to her locker. She was followed by the teacher to her class. The class was noisy; she could hear that from a far distance. As she walked into the class, she was given a passive look, expecting that the class would settle down in the presence of the teacher. However, both she and the teacher were ignored.

In annoyance, the teacher hit his books on the podium table, which managed to draw the attention of a few of them. While the others stopped talking, "Good morning, class," the teacher stated, giving Nyre the floor to introduce herself. Nervously, she introduced herself, half with her eyes closed and a sweaty palm. The teacher assigned the class rep to help her settle down, while the other class students looked at her half with a sneer and ridiculous look, or she probably just thought so.

She was assigned an empty seat in the middle part of the class, where she sat as the classes commenced for the day.

Nyre's POV

This morning was hectic , i woke up happy about th resuming to the school , but its not as blissful as i expected it to be . The school sleek hallways and shiny white tiles made be feel displaced . Did i mention , the luxorous cars which drove in to drop students , a little wonder why only few were in the school bus. Well it looks like everyone here come from affluent homes a far cry from my own life . I sighed as my stomach twisted in anxiety . As my shoulders slumped , i hope this school turns how good for me .

Classes started as i tried to focus while still thinking of what extracuricullar activity i could go for . I wanted something special , something i wont have had acess to if i was not in the school , the thought fizzled in my head until i was startled by a sound . Apparently a student deem it fit to enter into class by 9 : 43 am after first classes have ended . He had his head set on as he walked nonchalantly across the class not apologizing or explaining why he was late and beside him was another guy dressed more like a model student , he greeted the teacher and they both went to their seats . My female classmates squealed in hidden excitement , i could tell the 2 guys were the dreamy prince of our class . To be truthful the guy on the headset was actually handsome , manly especially for an high school student and he had perfectly carved eyebrows and ocean blue eyes, a glance from him will make my heart melt . He was handsome but it looks like he is going to be cheeky . As for his other handsome friend i could consider being friends with him . I laughed at my wishful thinking .