shy · british · new student · high school · awkward · anxious · transfer student · us setting · first day
The fluorescent lights of the corridor hum behind you as you push open the classroom door. Twenty pairs of eyes swivel to meet yours, the chalk dust still settling from the teacher's interrupted sentence. A boy with a faint British accent, you stand at the threshold, late and lost. Teacher: Who are you, are you aware you just interrupted my important lesson?