Creative Writing Changing School - 1829 Words

The chair was hard and unforgiving beneath him as he prepared for the principal to drone on about his past records. He’d heard the whole spiel many times before and he wasn’t looking forward to it this time either. â€Å"‘Oliver West, 18 years old, brown hair, hazel eyes... 9 different schools since kindergarten, foster kid†¦Ã¢â‚¬â„¢ Well, they’ve certainly covered all the ‘important stuff’, haven’t they? Now, I’m sure you’ve heard the whole lecture before about how the school won’t tolerate bad behavior and all that, so I’ll skip to the next part,† Miss Collins leaned forward with her elbows on her desk and rested her chin in her hands. â€Å"Why did you move schools so many times? It says here that you didn’t start changing schools until 8th grade.†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦I’m not really sure about what they mean by that but I trust what they say.† By the time he was done speaking, Oliver had scooted forward and was gesturing wildly with his hands. You could see his passion from a mile away. Miss Collins grinned, admiring the spirit and potential in a young kid like this. â€Å"Well, we’ll get you started right away then. Wouldn’t want you to be late on your first day of school here, now would we?† Just then, a door opened behind him. â€Å"Oh good, Iris! Just the girl I need. Would you mind showing Mr. West around and taking him to his classes? He’s new here and in need of good company.† â€Å"I’d be delighted!† The new voice was soft and lyrical, a delicate but confident song that filled the air with warmth and light. Her voice was the colour of honey. Something inside of Oliver twisted and churned in the best way possible, but he couldn’t for the life of him figure out what it was that wanted to respond with joy to the voice that chimed out behind him. He turned and his eyes were met with the very thing he hadn’t known he’d been missing his entire life. 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