I rushed down the hall trying to avoid getting trampled, honestly it's like these kids don't have eyes. I finally made it to my locker I put in the combination and groaned as I pressed up on the plastic knob, It was stuck. Another thing I hate about this school, the lockers. I put the combination again and pressed the knob it still wouldn't budge. "damn it" I angrily put the combination in again. I Jumped at the feeling of someone tapping my shoulder.
" I know the lockers are a piece of crap. It helps if when you push the knob you also push in the door to your locker."
I Was skeptical that it was going to work but I did as he said anyway and the locker let out a satisfying . "click". I pulled open the door open and looked at him.
"See I knew it would work." The boy smiled and held out his hand. "Hi I'm Eliot."
Eliot had purple hair that had faded out so the color was more soft on the eyes, he also had very unique eyes the one on the right was a pale dull green and the one on the left was a dark brown that were close to a black. he wore a black sweatshirt that had showed multiple stains and splotches of paint. I looked at his hands that were stained grey and had multiple faded out streaks of color.He must have thought I was hesitant taking his hand because of all of the substances on it.
"Oh sorry about that I Just had art class."
He then he offered me his other hand which was improvingly cleaner , but that is not what worried me. What the hell was I supposed to do!? I don't know any American greetings! We didn't have any of this back where I live! I was now regretting not paying attention to dad when he was talking about all of there customs. So I responded the only way I knew, I gave a slight bow "Hello my n-name Jae Park." God damn it I was stuttering again.
"I know. I'm in the same band class" Eliot said as he turned to his locker and put away his binder and exchanged it for a small black case.
The case was Identical to the one in my locker. "S-so you play clarinet?" "Yep." He replied. "Actually I sit right next to you."
My face reddened how stupid could I be to not realize who he was when I sat right next to him. It's not just that this guy is really hard to miss.
-"Hey no need to feel embarrassed. You were probably just nervous yesterday being it your first day and all that. How about this, to repay me for not being able to recognize me. Walk with me to band class."
I eagerly nodded my accepting his invitation. We walked down the crowded hall and tried not to lose him. I dodged ducked and tried slipping through any opening I could find, I felt air refill my lungs as I escaped the crowd of people and saw the empty main hall where I saw Elliot standing there waiting.
"You made it."
I didn't respond just rushed to his side like a little kid who just found his mother. We walked down the hall where you could hear clanging and muffled voices that became clearer as you walked down the hall. We made a left and were going to enter the room when someone ran out and bumped into me.
"you good?"Eliot asked he led me through the room.
Another voice responded"Don't baby him Eliot."
I looked in the sounds direction and there she was, the girl from before. As I looked at her I noticed that she acted a bit more differently here than at class, she seemed more social and a little less intimidating.
"Jae Lucia, Lucia Jae." Eliot looked at the both of us as he was sharing introductions.