C1 Chapter 1

Isaaq's POV:

"Lighten up Isaaq, things will turn out ok. Don't you worry", the woman sitting next to me was my aunt, my father's younger sister, at the moment she was the only family I could really open up to.

She tried her so much to comfort me but we both knew it wasn't working. I gave off a light smile to let her feel I was relaxed but deep down I was down and really depressed. I turned to look out the window, the buildings moved linearly at a very slow pace as we drove pass them. I soon noticed the car driving beside us from behind.

It was an old Toyota Camry that appeared to have run for far longer than she was supposed to. The body of the vehicle had a lot of dent on it and the break lights barely worked.

The owner must be very reckless.

I soon grew bore of looking out the window I turned to face the front, noticing Lewis, the driver's new haircut.

Damn was he looking as Bald as ever.

I chuckled a little and my Aunt couldn't help but notice

"Awn, you look so cute when you're smiling"

I immediately switched back to my initial gloomy face in response to her comment, she scoffs and gets back on her phone.

"Are we there yet?", I ask impatiently.

She taps me on the shoulder, "No, but almost" she then turns to Lewis, "How much farther exactly?"

"Ma'am I believe we've reached out destination".

Finally we arrived, it took a while but we were eventually able to find a parking spot. The whole place was flooded with people, I've never been to a crowded place before so I felt a little nervous.

My aunt tapped me on the shoulder again,"Hey, you don't have to be shy. It'll be alright", she takes my hand and pats the back slightly.

I sigh a little and shake her hands off me. "I'm fine aunty".

I take my backpack and get off the limo almost immediately.

"You have to go to the the principal's office first and remember be nice. They're people not monsters and neither are they a bunch of lowlifes willing to do your every whimp for a little change".

"Really aunty?"

She gets out and hugs me tightly,"I know you'll be alright I'm just being over protective right now", she let's go of me.

I have parents, wait, I used to have parents but my mum died years ago when I was still a kid and my dad rejected me few years after her death. My Aunt is the only one I have right now as a guardian. From my behavior it would seem I didn't care but I'm forever grateful to her for taking me in.

"Thanks mum", I tease while she places her hands on my face, hopefully she wasn't going to pinch my cheeks again.

"You're just so adorable, I love you so much"

I swear she was seconds away from ripping the skin off my goddamn face.

I smiled a bit but I wasn't fooling anyone, atleast not her, she could tell I was still very sad.

"Aunty, why does dad hate me so much?"

"Your father doesn't hate you, sweety", she combs my hair back with her hands and brushes my brows with her thumbs. "He's just confused, he ...he doesn't really know how to handle these sort of things"

"And kicking me out was his best option?"

"Sweetie, you'll be late for class. Now get going", she pecks my forehead and just when I wasn't expecting. She pinched and pulled on my cheeks.

"Fuck! Woman that hurts", I cried in pain. I fucking knew she was going to do that, I totally let my guard down.

"Ok, goodbye. We'll come pick you up later. Now get"

She goes back in the limo and Lewis drives off. I gave her a light wave and turned to the entrance of my new school.

Things aren't exactly going well in my home and thanks to that I now have to go to a public school. It was my first time in public with children of the middle class and classes lower than that I guess.

"So this is what highschools in this area look like, it's a little smaller than expected"

I walked slowly towards the entrance with one hand of my bag hung on my shoulders and the others buried in my pocket. I wasn't really prepared for anything, I had no idea what I was to expect but it's not like I have a choice in the first.

I got pass the main entrance,the kids in the school didn't seem to notice my presence, they all rallled in groups engaged in different conversations and what not. Finally getting in, the school looked alot bigger in the inside than it did on the outside. The hallway was long and quite spacious, there were alot of door on each side of the walls, classrooms probably.

After a long walk I finally got to the principal's office, it was two doors away from the end of the hallway. I knocked and almost immediately a voice from inside responded,"Come in"

I felt cold chills up my spines and my hands began to quiver, I wasn't expecting a response so soon. Wait what was I even going to say, I've been engaged in conversations with outsiders before.

I opened they door and got in to see a young woman with dirty blonde hair packed in a high ponytail, black eyes and she was dressed in red. She raised her head and made eye contact with mine before finally lowering it to get back to whatever she was doing in her computer.

I stood quietly for a while before finally breaking the silence

"Um... I'm here to see the principal"

She raised her head again and gave me a weird look, "And you are?"

"Isaaq ... Isaaq Keith", I responded sheepishly.

The air was suffocating and this woman was without a doubt scary, she seemed like the super strict type, I felt total awkward around her that I grew conscious of my breathing.

She went through a couple of papers and wrote some stuffs on them before eventually gesturing me to sit down. She must be the secretary, I thought to myself then it finally dawned on me to take a look around the office.

It was so small, then again I don't exactly have an idea of what a normal office would look like. I've only been in the ones at my father's company and compared to this one they were insanely huge.

Her office arrangement was pretty basic, a table, a seat, a trash can and her computer. That's was probably all to it, no decorations or what not. She got up and went in another door behind her, it should be the principal's office, she got out few minutes later and walked up to me.

"He's waiting for you", she went to her seat to get back to whatever she was doing initially.

I got up and headed for the door behind her, on entering my eyes met a middle aged man probably in his 50s or late 40s, dressed very professional and so was his office.

I could a couple of degrees and posters hung on the wall but I didn't pay attention to anything else.

"Good morning sir", I greeted not to seem impolite

"Ah yes, Isaaq morning. You're the new freshman we've been expecting. Your mother told us all about you".

"My mum?", I thought to myself, he'd probably mistaken my aunt for my mother. Now that I think about it, we do kinda look alike, she's my father's sister and I look a alot like my dad so there we have it.

He tilted his head a little and bought some files from behind him.

"Give this to the lady outside, and we'll also need some signatures, passports et cetera et cetera and uh..", he pulled out one of his drawers and brought out a sheet of paper.

"Here you go, it's a pass. First period must have begun already. You give that to the teacher so you won't get any qualms"

He leaned back in his seat and slowly pausd to take a look at me.

I bent my head down to look at the paper he got me, one to read what was on it , two, I wasn't comfortable making such eye contacts with people.

He sighed and the called for the lady outside, "Miss Lee, please take him to his designation classroom".

I gave her the stuffs the principal told me to and soon we were on our way to my first class, I grew extremely weary as I followed the secretary, I felt my anxiety grow the more we got closer to the classrooms. Suddenly we stopped at a door and she told me to wait outside.

She got in and came in moments later with someone who I supposed was the teacher. I handed my pass and He told me to come in. After saying a few words the secretary left.

This was it, I'm going in

Took a few breathes in and out the it was decided, I was finally ready to go in.

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**A/N: Hello, this is my first time writing a romance, so expect it to be whacky. But still I hope it's ok(๑•﹏•). See you at the next chapter, Bai.