The New Girl Chapter 3

Monday was here. The day was and sunny nice and with only a few clouds in the blue sky. All the school kids started going to school by walking, riding on their bikes or getting a lift from their parents. Cassidy got a lift from her mother, even though she wanted to walk, already knowing the way to school, but her mother insisted. Mel parallel parked on the side of the road across from school. She turned her head around to face Cassidy in the back seat with her bag.
“Now Cassidy, do you have everything you need for your first day of school?” Mel asked.
“Yes mom.”
“Good. Now on your way home, don't talk to anyone you don't know. And don't go near any wild animals.”
Cassidy was started to get a bit annoyed of her mother being over protective.
“Mom, please, calm down.” Cassidy let out. “I’ll be fine; Victor and his friends might help me if I need any help.”
Mel just seat there before smiling.
“Ok Cassidy, have fun.” She said as Cassidy got out of the car.
“See you after school mom.” Cassidy replied before she closed the door.
Cassidy backed away from the car so her mother could drive off. She watched as the car turned around and went back to the direction why the house was. When the car was gone she turned her head and looked at the school building across the road. Everything seemed new and scary to her, but exciting at the same time. She sighed.
“Well Cassidy, it's now or never.” She thought to herself as walk across the road to the school.
There was a crowed of kids in front of her, either talking or playing a game with their friends. Most of the kids at this looked a little strange in Cassidy’s opinion. She was turning her head back and forth, not looking at what was in front of her. Before she could turn her head again, she bumped into someone. After a moment of hesitation she looked up to see a woman wearing a light blue track suit and had her dark hair tied up in ponytails.
“Watch where you’re going!” The woman yelled out, sounding like she was in an angry mood.
“Sorry.” Cassidy replied, taking a dislike for the woman.
Before Cassidy could walk away, the woman grabbed her shoulder.
“Wait just a minute!” The woman said in a ruff tone. “What's your name young lady?”
Somehow Cassidy had a feeling that she was in trouble.
“Cassidy Bates.” She said, sounding worried.
“You’re the new student.” The woman replied, pointing out the obvious. “The principle told me to come looking for ya and give you this.”
The woman put her hand in her pocket and got a piece of paper out.
“It’s your timetable. On the other side is a map of the school and your class number, and it looks like you’ll be starting off in science class with Mr Rzykruski.”
“Science class?”
“Yep. I have no idea why the principle rehired him; that guy’s a nut!”
When Cassidy heard the woman say this, she started to get a bit confused.
“Ok, when the bell goes off go to S.C1.” The woman informed before walking away. “Oh. And on Wednesday when you have gym class, don't be late. I don't like people who are late.”
When Cassidy heard this, she imminently knew who the woman was. She was the school’s gym teacher. It was only her first day and she already met someone she didn't like. The school bell went off, signalling the students to go to class. Cassidy knew she had plenty of time, but decided to run for kicks. It took at least half a minute to get to the classroom. Before she came in, she stopped and looked at the door. She started to feel cold inside, feeling nervous. She knew that this was the point of no return, no backing out now. Without thinking twice she took hold of the door handle, opened the door and walked right through. The room looked like how a science class should look like. There were two empty seats, one at the back and one at the front to the far left. Cassidy saw some people she didn't know, but she saw some familiar faces. Victor was sitting at the front row next to the empty seat at the front, Edgar was sitting at the right desk next to Victor, Elsa was sitting at the desk behind Edgar, Toshiaki was sitting at the right seat next to Elsa, Bob was sitting at the desk at the right of Toshiaki and Weird was sitting behind Elsa in the back row. Everything was silent until Edgar looked up and saw Cassidy standing at the door.
“Hay look, it's Cassidy!” He said cheerfully, making everyone else look at the door and making Cassidy a bit uncomfortable.
“Ummmm, is this S.C1 by any chance?” She asked while holding the piece of paper the gym teacher gave her.
“Yes it is.” Weird girl answered.
“Well, I guess I'm gonna be with you guys. So which seat can I take?”
“You can take the seat next to me if you want Cassidy.” Victor said with his hand on the desk next to him.
With that said Cassidy walked over to the desk next to Victor, put her bag down next to it, sat down on the chair and got her stuff out of her bag to put on the desk. With all that done, she started to look around the room, looking at the people and the things around her. There were a few people she didn't know, but if she was lucky the people she did know might show her the ropes. Cassidy came back to reality when she heard the door to the class open. She turned her head around to see a grim looking man come into the room. He looked a bit elderly and shared a very sparking resemblance to Vincent Price. When Cassidy saw the man, she assumed that he was the science teacher, Mr Rzykruski. She just looked at the man in awe as he walked over to the desk at the front.
“Good morning children.” He said with a thick Eastern European accent. “It seems that I will be your science teacher once again. Apparently the mayor and principle had a change of heart.”
“Why?” A female voice spoke up, catching Mr Rzykruski’s attention.
“Who said that?”
Every kid in the class, with the exception of Victor and Elsa pointed at Cassidy. She started to feel a bit on edge because of this. She felt like she was on one of those game shows that were almost impossible to win. She became completely nervous when the teacher started to walk over to her desk. Her palms began to sweat as she waited for him to speak.
“I’ve never seen you before.” The teacher said in an almost whispered tone. “Why don't you tell us who you are and a little bit about yourself.”
Cassidy didn't expect the teacher to say this. She something bad would happen. She stood up out of her chair, faced the class and cleared her throat.
“Um...”
She was having trouble getting the words out, but she kept trying.
“My name I-is Cassidy,” she began with a shudder. “Me a-and my parents just moved here... And I hope we can all be good friends.”
Everyone stared at Cassidy after hearing what she just said. After a few seconds later, the students smiled and whispered to each other. Cassidy thought she pulled it off, but the whispers might mean otherwise. Even though unsure she just sat back into her chair and waited for the teacher to speck.
“Well, first, welcome to New Holland.” Mr Rzykruski said while smiling. “Second, I don't know why they rehired me, but they seemed quite desperate.”
Hearing made Cassidy a bit curious. She wondered how Mr Rzykruski got fired and rehired, but decided not to think about it for now.
“Well, there’s nothing for the new student to catch up on, so we may as way well started with a new topic.” Mr Rzykruski said as he started to write on the cloak board. “Well start by working the tropic of Stars and-”
Before the teacher could say the next word, someone opened the door to the classroom. The door opened to reveal a person. This person was male. He didn't look like a kid or an adult, he almost looked a lot like Frankenstein’s monster and he was tall with limbs that looked a bit longer than that of an average person. His face had very little emotion and his eyes were sunken and dark, looking like they could steal a person’s soul. The top of His head looked flat and he had raven black hair with blue streaks going through it. He was wearing a light grey turtle neck with black pants and Dark grey shoes. He was holding a school bag over his right shoulder, a piece of paper in his right hand and he looked as if he had been sick for days.
“You’re late.” Mr Rzykruski said to the tall boy in the doorway.
“I know.” The boy replied with a young but grim voice. “I was sick.”
“So it may seem.” Mr Rzykruski said as he took the piece of paper and put it in his pocket. “Take your seat.”
The boy said nothing. He just took his bag and walked over to the empty seat at the back row, put his bag down and sat down in the wooden and metal chair. A lot of the kids in the class held their breath as the tall boy passed by. But Cassidy stared with frozen eyes. She didn't know this boy, but she just kept starring like she couldn't move. She started to feel cold on the inside; Nervous cold. Her thoughts were going fifty miles per second.
“Who is that boy?”

2 hours later...

“Ok students, pack up your pencils.” The art teacher said. “Next lesson we shall start our research on the Gothic American painting and its influence on culture. Now head off to recess.”
All of the students ran out of the art room, into the hallway and out into the school yard, playing a game, hanging out with friends or catching up on their studies. Cassidy was having trouble figuring out where to go. She hardly knew anyone here and didn't want to run into any trouble. She just kept looking in different directions.
“Hey Cassidy!” She heard a familiar voice call out to her.
She turned her head to the direction of the voice to see Victor, Elsa, Bob, Edgar, Weird girl and Toshiaki sitting together at the same table, all looking at her.
“Why don't you come and sit with us?” Elsa called out. “We have a seat saved for you.”
Cassidy felt quite enlightened by the welcome. See walked over to group and took a seat.
“Enjoying your first day?” Toshiaki asked with his arms folded.
“A little I guess.” Cassidy replied. “The science teacher seems like a great guy.”
“Least he’s better at science then the gym teacher, even if it did get him fired at one point.” Edgar added.
“What do you mean by that?” Cassidy asked.
“Mr Rzykruski got fired after Bob broke his arm in a jet pack experiment we were doing for the science fair.” Toshiaki answered.
“Hey, it was also your fault, you made me do it!” Bob replied.
“Well at least it didn't get any worse.”
“Didn't get worse? You thought it was a good idea to do what Victor did and you almost got eaten by your pet turtle after that.”
“Hey leave Shelly out of this! And you went along with the idea by making mutant sea monkeys!”
“C’mon guys stop arguing.” Elsa added.
“Arguing makes people sad.” Weird girl added.
Cassidy didn't pay attention to Toshiaki and Bob arguing. She waited for silence so she could ask a question.
“I gotta ask you guys something.” She said while taking a water bottle out of her bag.
“Sure, what do you wanna know?” Edgar replied.
“Who’s the tall guy who sits down at the back?”
Everyone looked at Cassidy with wide eyes when she asked the question.
“The guy who sits behind me?” Toshiaki asked with his head tilted sideways.
“Yeah that guy.” Cassidy said before talking a sip of water.
Everyone looked at each other, waiting for someone to answer. Finally Victor broke the silence.
“That's Nassor.” Victor spoke up.
Cassidy almost choked on her drink when she heard Victor’s words. She spat her drink on the ground to avoid any more chocking. The tall grim looking boy was the person who was missing at the party on Friday, the one she was curious about. The one everyone was scared to talk about. She looked at Victor with wide eyes.
“That’s Nassor? “ Cassidy asked while wiping water off her lips.
“Yep.” Toshiaki answered.
Cassidy took a few seconds to respond.
“He’s, taller then I expected.” She finally let out.
“And that's what makes him scary.” Edgar added. “That and that doomsday view of life he has.”
“Doomsday view of life?” Cassidy asked in confusion.
“Yeah.” Toshiaki started. “He never smiles and he- Oh lord, here he comes now, talk about something else!”
Cassidy raised an eyebrow and turned her head around in the direction that Toshiaki was facing to see Nassor coming their way. She turned her again to see everyone acting like nothing happened, making her go into a state of confusion. The one called Nassor walked past the group in a tired and sleepy fashion, Cassidy being the only one watching him. Nassor didn't take any Notice of the girl looking at him; he just kept walking until he reached the tree across from where everyone was sitting. Cassidy started to get curious.
“How come he’s not sitting with us?” She asked.
“He likes his own company.” Bob replied.
“And he’s really scary.” Edgar added.
“C’mon guy’s his not that scary.” Victor stated, making everyone look at him in confusion and making him rethink. “But he does stare at people as if he was stealing their soul.”
Cassidy turned he head to look in the direction of the tree where Nassor was sitting. He didn't seem very scary. A bit strange looking, but not scary.
“He seems ok to me.” She said with her eyes fixed on the tall boy.
“Seems that way until you talk to him in person.” Toshiaki remarked.
Cassidy heard Toshiaki’s comment but she didn't reply until she got out of her seat.
“Well maybe I should go and see for myself.” She remarked, making everyone’s eyes go wide.
“Cassidy no, don’t do it!” Edgar called out as Cassidy started walking over to Nassor.
“Wait, hold on E.” Toshiaki said as he held Edgar back. “Let’s just sit back and watch how this all goes, this Cassidy girl might have what it takes.”
“Have what it takes to what?” Bob asked.
“I don’t know, let's just watch and see what happens.”
Victor, Elsa, Bob, Edgar, Weird girl and Toshiaki watched as Cassidy walk closer to the tall boy, who was reading a book and paying no mind to what was around him. He didn't look up from the book until a shadow started to cast over him. He looked up away from the book to see a girl in a black dress with black and white stockings and sleeves looking down at him. They both starred at each other, waiting for the other to speak. After ten whole seconds, Cassidy broke the silence.
“Are you Nassor?” She asked in an almost emotionless tone.
“I might be.” Nassor replied. “Who’s asking?”
“Just a new kid.”
“The one that everyone's been talking about?”
Hearing this made Cassidy surprised.
“Everyone’s been talking about me?” She asked with her head tilted sideways.
“No.” Nassor replied while closing his book. “But my mother did say something about you. She thought you would be a ’good friend’. Yet you know my name, but I don't know yours. Who are you anyway?”
Cassidy looked lost in space when Nassor asked her, making him repeat himself.
“What’s your name?” He repeated, raising his voice and bringing Cassidy back down to earth.
“Uh, Cassidy.” She said. “My name is Cassidy.”
“Cassidy.” Nassor repeated, pondering over the girl’s name. “Sounds nice. So, did Toshiaki send you here?”
“What?”
“He must have sent you here for something; so what does he want?”
“Toshiaki didn't send me, everyone was telling me about you and how dark and scary you are, and you don't look or seem that way.”
“I'm not surprised; everyone thinks that because of my freighting looks, I have the personality to match.”
Nassor stood up off the ground and picked up his bag.
“It was interesting to meet you.” He said with his bag on his shoulder. “Goodbye for now.”
Nassor walked away with Cassidy watching. She just had a conversation with a somewhat strange but interesting person. She just kept pondering as she walked back over to the table with the group, everyone minding their business except Toshiaki, who had a cheeky like on his face.
“So, how'd it go?” He asked with a sly voice. “You are now disturbed of his dark doomsday look on life?”
“Actually...” Cassidy began. “I think he’s pretty interesting.”
Everyone at the table looked at Cassidy in surprise. She thought Nassor was interesting? They were stumped at the very thought of it.
“You think he’s interesting?” Elsa asked.
“Yes.”
“Nobody thinks I'm interesting.” Edgar stated.
“I think you’re interesting Edgar.” Weird girl replied, pleasantly surprising Edgar.
“You really think so?” Edgar asked with his cheeks going red.
Before Weird girl could answer, the bell for third period went off. Everyone at the table and all different people around them grabbed their bags and started going to whatever class they had next.
“What class have we got now?” Cassidy asked of Victor.
“I think we’ve got history.” Victor answered. “Hope you like learning about torture and dungeons in the Middle Ages.”
Cassidy got excited about learning about the middle Ages, but her mind couldn't stop thinking about the tall boy sitting at the oak. She saw him as a mysterious figure that at first seemed freighting and alluring at the same time. She now knew how Nassor looked and acted, but it just made her more curious. She just wondered about that boy, becoming more curious and curious.