I woke up at 6:15 to my mom screaming, “Anu wake up you only have 45 minutes until the bus comes.”

I quickly got out of bed, went to my closet, and started to toss through my clothes. Finally i found my favorite sarai, i quickly put it on and put my hair into a loose bun on the side of my head. when i finished i closed my room door and ran down the steps.

The aroma of Parotta hit me i ran into the kitchen and my mom had a pan ready for me to eat.

“Hurry up and eat Anu the bus will be here soon”.

I started to eat the bread quickly and then i wiped my mouth with a napkin.

“bye mom,” i closed the front door and held my sarai while i walked down the steps, i walked toward the bus stop and stood there for 2 minutes but it felt like forever, i kept touching my hair making sure it wasn’t messy. When i looked down the street i saw something yellow it stopped in front of me and the door squeaked open.Before i got onto the bus i felt my hair to make sure it wasn’t messed up then i took a deep breath and held my sarai tightly and walked up the steps. I walked down the aisle of the bus and scanned through to look for somewhere to sit. Finally i found a spot. I walked towards it while i was holding my sarai firmly, once i sat down i loosened my grip on my sarai. I noticed as i looked around that nobody was wearing the same thing as me they were all wearing jeans, sweatshirts or cardigans.

I started to walking in the hallways while holding my sarai, a group of girls walked past me they pointed and giggled. I felt my cheeks turn red instantly,the group of girls came up to me.

“what’s this?””why are you wearing it?” one girl tugged on it.

I snatched it back and felt my face get super hot. I was holding on to my sarai super tight.

The girls finally left me and i started to walk to try to find my class. I heard a bell ring and kids run to their class, but i was just walking slowly, looking at all the room numbers while holding on to my sarai. Finally i walked into my class and i saw the same girls that were tugging on me in the halls. The whole class turned around when they heard the door open. my hands began to turn red since i was holding on to my sarai so tight. I felt like the odd ball in the class because everybody was wearing jeans and shirts.

The teacher confronted me with a big smile.

“listen up everybody. we have a new student. her name is Anu.”

My grip tightened and my sarai fell off my shoulder. i had to quickly fix it. finally i walked to find a seat in back of the class and everybody went back to talking to their friends while i looked around to see what the kids were wearing.

I walked into the lunchroom and went into the line, while i was in line i was scanning the lunchroom to see if i noticed an empty table where i could sit at.I was in line looking at the food and didn’t see anything that i was used to eating, i grabbed my sarai tightly “Excuse me what what is that”, “its mozzerella sticks,” the lunch lady said.I grabbed the food and quickly walked towards the empty table i had seen.When i got to the table i let go of my sarai and started to pick on the mozzerella sticks to see how they taste. I was surprised that i actually liked them , i continued to eat. When i finished eating my lunch i sat at my table while i looked around the lunchroom, a girl caught my attention she was wearing a sarai!.We looked at each other and continued to stare at one another until we heard the bell that meant lunch was over.While everyone was leaving the lunchroom i held onto my sarai tightly and tried to get to my next class quickly.I made it to class on time and found a seat in the back of the classroom so that hopefully nobody would notice i was the new girl.When the rest of class walked in the girl that i had seen wearing the sarai walked in and sat next to me.Class started and the teacher gave us a worksheet to do,everyone began to whisper with their friends so i decided it was the perfect time to talk to the only girl i've seen all day wearing a sarai.”Hey my name is Anu whats yours?”,I said with big smile on my face.”My name is Rula,” she said. ”Don't you feel weird being the only ones wearing a sarai?” i asked. “No, i don't like looking just like other people i like to be different” she said. I looked at my sarai and thought about how important it was to be proud of what you are wearing and not care about what others think.”Yeah i guess i should be proud of wearing the sarai and not being so worried,”I told her with a big smile on my face.”yeah you should,” she said smiling just as the bell rang and she was getting up.At the end of the day everybody ran out of their classrooms and meet up with their friends.As i was getting ready to walk out the front door i saw Rula and she saw me and gave me a big smile, I smiled back she was walking my way so i decided to wait for her.”Which way are you walking?” i asked.”That way,”she said pointing to the right.”me too!, want to walk together?”.i said feeling excited.”sure,” she answered while smiling.We started to walk down the sidewalk and we begun talking about how nervous we were when we walked into school that morning.After ten minutes of walking “I live right here,” Rula said.She was pointing to a decent sized house , it had a beautiful garden with so many pretty flower bushes.”I live a block away,” i said.”We should hang out sometime,” she said. “sounds good to me,” i said as i smiled and walked away towards my house.Finally i walked into my house and went upstairs to my room so i could change into something more comfortable.As i was taking out my bun , my mom called me “Anu are you here?”.”Yeah mom i’m coming” i said.I walked downstairs and sat on the couch and told my mom how my day went. “Wow Anu sounds rough at least you meet someone that understands how you feel”,she said.I spent the rest of my day watching tv.It was nine o’ clock when i decided i should go to sleep. I sat on my bed and found myself actually excited to go back to school tomorrow and talk to Rula.