Confused

Author's POV

Her parents were sitting in the dining room when she came home. They had been waiting, for her to come back from school so they could all eat together. "Good afternoon mom and dad".

"Good afternoon " her mother looked up at her father waiting for him to say something, while she placed her bag on the ground and took her shoes off. "So how was your day?" Dad asked.

She was a bit taken back because that sentence didn't come from her mom first, he looked at her waiting for an answer "Um... it's a good start, I guess".

"Well that's great, have you made any friends yet?" Her mother asked. "Yes, I think so".

"I'll take that as a yes. I made your favorite dish, take as much as you want" she smiled and sat down to eat.

After eating she went to her room and packed her bag pack, for the next day, and brought out her clothes too.

She took a nap after that long day. She woke up still feeling tired but then stood up, from her bed when she remembered that her mom was going to give her a massage.

She saw her in the kitchen baking, without saying anything she went to the living room and started watching TV. It was boring but she had to find something to do, after changing several channels there was this TV show where two siblings were bickering.

She knew fighting wasn't good, but she wanted to know how it felt to have a sister or brother who, you would scold for making mistakes.

While she was still deep in thoughts her mother called her.

"Kehna since, when have you been watching TV?"

"Hey mom, like since an hour ago"

"Oh okay I was going to come and wake you up, I just remembered, you said you had pains in your body this morning, do you still want me to give you a massage?"

"Of course, I don't want to go to school like this tomorrow". She laughed a bit and gave her a massage, after that she did feel a bit relieved.

For some girls in her situation, moving to a new place, and leaving everything behind. The first thing most of them would have, was probably the phone number of at least one or two of their classmates, but to be honest, she wasn't complaining at all, she was grateful that one person out of hundreds in that school talked to her.

They ate dinner and she went to bed.

It was morning and she already had to go to school, that day she didn't waste time.

She quickly got on the bus but unfortunately couldn't find Ruby. As much as this troubled her, she thought maybe Ruby wouldn't come that day.

And she was right, she didn't come.

She went into the cafeteria and there were so many people everywhere, Kehna decided to sit with a group but they didn't seem to like the idea, so she tried to find an empty and quiet place to eat her lunch.

Some of the students from her class walked past, she just either looked down, smiled, or looked away.

'Everyone should be in the cafeteria now, she thought to herself.

So she started eating her food by herself, a girl walked over to her and she noticed how hesitant she was.

"Hey"

"Oh hey, do you want to take something, out of this locker?"

"No, I came here because of you"

'me?' She thought.

"Uhh, I'm Olivia we're in the same class remember?" She didn't remember seeing someone like that, in her class, but she also didn't want to ruin the opportunity of making a new friend.

"Sure Olivia we're in the same class, how could I forget." She smiled nervously and she looked at her like she was uncomfortable, Kehna had to break the awkwardness "So would you like to join me for lunch, my mom makes the best sandwiches ever".

"Yeah sure".

They talked about school things and the other students, she told Kehna how they were, they seemed very friendly the way she described them.

Kehna was interested in what Olivia was saying.

But all of a sudden she remembered Ruby wasn't around, so she thought of the glorious idea to ask Olivia about Ruby's whereabouts. "Do you maybe, know where Ruby is?" she stayed quiet and Kehna immediately understood that she might have not liked the question.

Olivia had been curious since Kehna came to that school, what kind of relationship she had with Ruby.

I mean they all knew what happened between Ruby her friend Ashley. That's why many of them seem to avoid her.

"Kehna, can I ask you something?" Now Kehna's full attention was on her, wanting to know what she had to say

"Yes, of course, ask me anything"

"What is your relationship with Ruby?". She hesitated because she had hardly known Ruby but they kind of agreed on being friends.

"Um... I think we're friends"

"Oh" she sounded disappointed, Kehna mentally slapped herself because she might have just ruined the opportunity of making a friend.

After a while of silence, they finished eating and she said "Bye" and left her alone.

A day ago, she wouldn't have thought much about the students being so weird, there was something about Ruby that kept bringing different thoughts to her mind.

 She tried to concentrate in class, but she kept thinking about what happened in the hallway when she asked about Ruby.

Meanwhile, the others completely ignored her. She didn't want to get into conclusions and say, Ruby had something to do with the strange stares or mumbling around her.

She was so deep in thoughts again that she forgot she was in class till... "Miss Arellalo, hello?"

"..., earth to miss Arellalo" as soon as she heard her name she got out of her deep thoughts and saw her maths teacher, waving his hands in front of her face trying to get her attention... "Earth on miss Arellalo?". He had a questioning look, on his face.

"Sorry sir" she replied.

"Kehna please pay attention you know, you're new here and you've missed, a lot so you have to pick up fast, if you continue like this, you won't come far".

"Okay, sir" at that moment, she felt like all eyes were on her, and it was very uncomfortable but she had to live with the fact that she was just embarrassed, herself in front of the whole class.