A New Beginning

12. I Learned To Live Half Alive (Part 2)

The next morning Dave woke up to the sound of his alarm blazing in his ear. He hit the button and groaned before getting out of his bed. He let out a long yawn before looking up and seeing Kurt doing a last minute check on the mirror. 

"Oh, good morning," Kurt said, noting that Dave was awake. 

"Morning," Dave said through a yawn. 

"I have an early class so I'm about to head out, alright?" 

"Yeah" 

"You'll be able to find your way to class by yourself, right??"

"Yeah, I'll be fine" 

Kurt smiled. "Good. Then I'll see you later." Kurt waved slightly at Dave before he left the room. 

Dave yawned once more before heading to the shower. About twenty minutes later Dave was dressed and ready to go. He looked in the mirror and nervously fumbled with his tie. He checked himself over in the mirror, feeling strange in the uniform. He grabbed his bag quickly and checked the clock. 8:00 a.m. He still had forty minutes until his first class so he decided to go down to the cafeteria and grab some breakfast. 

About ten minutes later Dave had made his way to it. He grabbed himself a plate of eggs and bacon before turning over and realizing that he knew none of the people in the room. He awkwardly stood, looking for an empty table to sit at before he saw a flash of bright yellow hair. The yellow hair turned slightly, noticed Dave, and began waving his arms frantically. 

"Dave! Over here!" Jeff yelled, somehow managing to be louder than everyone else in the cafeteria. 

Dave laughed lightly at the blond's enthusiasm at such an early hour and made his way over to the group. The closer he got the more he began to notice the people sitting at the table. THough he couldn't remember their names he noticed that they were all Warblers.

"Hi, Dave!" Jeff said, happily. "Sit with us" Jeff scooted a little closer to Nick, making more room for Dave to sit down. 

"Hi," He said as he sat down. 

"So, are you excited to go to class today?" Nick asked. 

"I guess, so," Dave said, shrugging. 

"Let me see your schedule," Jeff said, extending his hand, ready to grab Dave's paper.

Dave reached into his blazer's pocket and handed the blond a small, folded up a piece of paper. Jeff quickly took it and Nicky and Jeff glanced over the paper quickly before the two smiled broadly. "We have Calculus together" 

"Oh? Any other classes?" 

"Umm, well there's Warbler's practice...and you and Nicky have football but aside from that then no. We both Juniors" 

"Oh," Dave said simply before going back to his breakfast. 

"Let me see it," Hunter said, taking the paper from Jeff. He gave it once more over before speaking. "We have Spanish together," He said simply. "And your first period is right down the hall from mine. I can show you where it is" 

"Thanks," Dave said. Hunter passed the paper around. 

The paper continued to go around until it had made a complete circle, ending with Dave. A few of the other Warblers had some classes with Dave, or at least were down the hall from his and could show him how to get there. Luckily for him, there seemed to be a Warbler for every class of Dave's. 

The rest of breakfast was spent with random chatter about different subjects until about ten minutes until Dave's class started. By the time most of the Warblers had already left to go to class, all except Dave, Hunter, Nick, and Jeff.