* middle school - 6th grade*

First day of middle school and I’m already super nervous. I just hope I’m able to make some friends and find all my classes okay.

I see a girl sitting alone in the cafeteria and think that I could maybe make friends with her. As I got closer to her, she looked to be like an 8th grader which kind of intimidated me. She had pretty brunette hair and and amber color eyes. She was wearing a cute halter top and skinny jeans with small black heels.

“Hi… is it okay if i sit here?”, I gesture to a seat at her table. She looked up from a book that she was reading and glanced my way.

“Uh sure. I don’t mind,” she said with a friendly looking smile. I smiled back at her and took a seat.

“My name is Zoe, what’s your name?”, I asked her, trying to start a conversation.

“It’s Olivia,” she told me. “What grade are you in?”

“Oh! I’m in 6th grade…”, I said with slight hesitation. “What about you?”

“Really? Me too!”, Olivia smiled brightly at me which for some reason made me really happy. “Hey, let me see your schedule, I wanna see if we have any classes together!”

I handed over my schedule so she could have a look at it. Leaning over so that I could see too, I pointed out that we had three classes together. “We’ve got two in the morning and one after lunch!”

Right before Olivia was able to say anything, the bell for first hour rang and we had to go our separate ways.