Becky had known basically everyone in their elementary school year as Benny, and so she knew everyone in their middle school. As she walked through the halls, separate from Andrew, she felt everyone's eyes upon her. Becky ducked into her classroom as quickly as she could, one of the first ones there.
Sitting down at her old seat in the front corner by the window, she patiently waited for class to start. The class quickly filed in; all of her old friends looked at her for just a moment as she tried to sink into her seat, unnoticed.
"Class, we have a new student today!" Miss Grant, their young (and beautiful, was the consensus) teacher, said the familiar words Becky hadn't ever thought would refer to her. "Why don't you come up and introduce yourself?"
She sighed, walking to the front of the class and trying to keep herself from blushing. She really didn't look very much different, not enough that someone wouldn't recognize her. "Hi... I'm, um..." It was easy to say she'd be calm about this.
"Benny?!" Jason yelled out, all of his friends echoing him. Miss Grant, foreseeing the coming chaos, quickly silenced them. "Go ahead, dear." She smiled, nodding to Becky.
"I'm Becky. I'm not really, um... new, either." Her voice seemed unable to rise above a timid murmur. Several people seemed about to say something until Miss Grant warned them against it. "Yeah. Hi, everybody."
Hurrying back to her seat, she sat down, sinking down and trying to forget what had just happened.
