You wonder around the crowds of students, your ears keen for anything that might clue you in as to who the theater kids would be. Everyone seemed to be a little put off by your appearance and gives you extra space to pass by.
"Tis only a flesh wound!" a loud, obnoxious female voice says ahead of you. The people around her laugh. You approach them and realize one of them is wearing a tshirt from the musical
Cats and another one is clutching a copy of Les Mis.
Bingo.You sit on the other side of the group from the loud girl, although you could hear her as clear as day, and next to a very cute boy with clear complexion and what appeared to be a freshly ironed tshirt. Who irons tshirts? "Hi, I'm Scarlet," you say to him. He turns to look at you, but without missing a beat he holds out his hand for you to shake it.
"I'm Jordan. You didn't go to Beaver Creek last year, did you? That's where we all went." He gave you a crooked grin.
"No I went to High Peak," you respond. His smile gets wider. As you two converse softly - greatly overshadowed by the large girl belting out approximations of other Monty Python lines, you hear the Dean of students droning on about the school rules and handbook and student activities. Jordan is in the middle of telling you about a funny anecdote from Beaver Creek when the girl clears her throat meaningfully. Jordan turns his attention to her, and you follow the gaze. The girl does not look pleased.
"Yes, Puffy?" he asks. You stifle a laugh but no one else thinks this name was strange.
"Are you going to introduce us to...her?" she said with pained politeness, like she was talking to a misbehaved child. She gives you a piercing look but she couldn't be one to talk; she was wearing rub on tattoos and a fox tail.
"This is Scarlet. She went to High Peak," he added, to which cleared up the confusion on a lot of the others' faces. The people around you get up. The orientation must be over.
"And don't forget students to pick up your schedule from the tables over here if you haven't already!" the dean desperately yelled over the bustling activity. Jordan had already started to walk off to avoid further confrontation with Puffy. You follow him, but lose him quickly in the crowd. After grabbing your schedule you are shepherded out into the hallway, past a line of upperclassmen handing out fliers. You grab the only one that seems important to your interests:
HAMLET AUDITIONS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th AT 3 PM IN THE THEATER
You continue to your first class, pre-algebra. Luckily for you, upon reaching the class you see Jordan is in the same class as you.