’ It always takes a little time to make new friends. ’
JAKE DOESN’T KNOW HER. not at all - maybe not even her name - but as they sit here side by side outside the principal’s office ( first day blues , huh ? ) , it’s almost as if he’s refusing to make eye contact. so much is going on besides what is here in this school . . . so much it’s a bit hard for his mind to stay focused on being NORMAL.
but he decides , since there’s no need in the attitude ( his mom would say ) , that maybe it isn’t the worst thing that could happen. he can remember not two months prior to this moment , he was stranded in the middle of a desert in a world much different than our own---- yeah. things could be much worse. “ i guess so , ” he shifts , pulls his bag across to sit it beside him on the bench. a quick glance up prompts the smallest of grins. jake nods , “ i’m jake. i’m . . . uh---- i’m new. obviously. ”