1 POV Niko

Im the new girl at a new school all the good stuff, I'm really excited to be there.

I walk into the class and everyone looks towards me. I am pretty shy so I looked down at the ground. Then everyone started walking toward me- "oh no!" I say to myself,,,

Everyone starts to say "hello" and "what's your name?" I laugh nervously. "I'm Niko." I say, "I'm new here" "Oh that's cool!" A girl smiles at me. When everyone was done, they all walked back to their seats. "They're so nice." I smile, thinking,,, everything's gonna be fine. Then,, a boy walked up to me, he held his hand out for a handshake, "hi, I'm Jake." He says. "You're Niko right? The new girl?" I looked at his hand,,, "uh..." I didn't want to touch his hand. "Are... you okay..?" Jake asked. "Um.... I have to go to the restroom!!!" I say as an excuse to run away.

I ran into a restroom stall, and sat on the toilet. "Whew... that was close..." I say. Why was I scared to shake his hand? I'll get to that part.

I walked out of the restroom, and back to the class. I sat at an empty desk, and waited for class to start.

After class, I was standing out in the hallway, there weren't many students walking through. Jake walked up to me again, "Hey, what happened back there?" He asked. "I uhhh, I'm sorry that was rude but..." I paused looking for an excuse, "my hands are really cold, and I hate holding people's hands because... I'm insecure about it." "Oh, I understand." He said. He then put his hand on my shoulder,,, I panicked "oh no,,," I looked at his hand and looked back at him. POOF!!!