Chapter 2

Blake climbed the stairs of the bus and looked around for an empty seat. Colton pushed her farther and farther onto the bus slowly. Her eye's fell of seat after seat, looking for at least one empty seat. Finally, a girl reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her into the seat with her. Blake faked a smile and looked down at her hands. The girl pulled back her light brown hair and pulled out her headphones.

"Hiya, I'm Jenna." The girl grinned and waved slightly, making Blake laugh. "So, your the new meat--I mean new girl?" Jenna winked and chuckled at her own joke.

"Haha, yeah. I'm Blake, just moved here from Chicago." Blake grimanced as she thought of Sam at school with all of their friends. "It's, uh, nice to meet you. So what's it like here? Good? Bad? Windy?" Blake looked at Jenna with a unknowing look. As if she didn't already know. It was cold, and quiet and just not home. She shook her head to herself and watched Jenna.

"Well I love it here, but maybe that's just because I've lived here forever. And it can be windy. Haha. I love all my friends here too. There are some of the nicest people in Minneapolis. But also some of the scariest." Jenna shrugged and Blake nodded. She knew what it was like.

"Oh yeah. Chicago was pretty bad. You just gotta know who to watch out for. So what's school like. Populars? Jocks?" Blake could hear the beat pounding from Jenna's headphones, but stared at the ipod, looking for a sign of who it was.

"Eh, everyone's got their own group but everyone pretty much know's everybody else. We don't act nice and we don't act mean toward each other. I can help you around school, if you want? Show you the ropes. Then you'll have someone to sit with at lunch." Jenna smiled and nuged Blake's side

"Thanks. I would really like that." Blake looked up as the bus pulled into the school parking lot. She looked over the whole school. Smaller than her old school. She stood up and followed Jenna down the steps and over to the flag pole. Jenna yelled and attacked a girl, unaware of her presence. The girl turned around and hugged Jenna, then turned her attention back to a boy, sitting on the ledge.

"Okay, Blake, this is Tanya and Thomas. Their twins. Tanya smiled and her blond hair bounced around her, framing her face just right. Thomas looked up slightly and nodded. His black shaggy hair covering his blue eyes. Then his attention went back to his laptop. "He's a big computer nerd." Jenna whispered to Blake. Blake shook her head and giggled. "Well come on, we better get you to the office." Jenna grabbed her hand and pulled her up the stairs, waving at Tanya.

"Okay, I guess." Blake sighed and walked up the steps slowly. At least she had a new friend to help her around. It could only get better.