[i]Oh great, now everyone's getting involved...[/i] Tim thought to himself as another student joined in on his conversation. Thankfully, the class president was called away, leaving him alone with this new guy. The boy bit his lip nervously, and struggled to come up with something to say, but he already stumbled with Suzu, and her certainly wasn't interested in making a fool of himself again. Thankfully, he got a reprieve when they finally started letting students into the auditorium. The boy breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh thank goodness!" He exclaimed louder than he had intended to. He felt bad when he realized how rude that likely came across, and tried to make up for it. "Oh... uh... I mean... um... thanks... uh... it's nice to meet you..." He stammered, and then ran inside the auditorium in a hurry to look for a seat before the other guy could respond. 

[i]Gah, that was stupid. Stupid stupid stupid![/i] He shook his head, and facepalmed as he sat in one of the seats where his class was supposed to be. [i]Why do I always mess up when talking to people?! Now they probably think I'm a weirdo or something... Ugh, it's going to be a long year...[/i] Thankfully, there were teachers around directing everybody, otherwise Tim wouldn't have had any clue where he was supposed to go. [i]Ugh, I hate being a new student...[/i]

Once everyone was seated, the ceremony finally began. For a few moments Tim forgot whether he was at school or a rock concert. The lights had been dimmed, paper lanterns were decorating the stage, they had people playing electric guitars and drums in the background, flares ignited as the principal walked to the mic stand, the man was even wearing sunglasses which he dramatically tossed away. Tim's eyes narrowed in disapproval. [i]You are not a rock star sir... Get to the point already![/i] It was a bit too much in Tim's opinion, and he didn't understand why he needed to make such a big entrance. He didn't go to rock concerts normally because they were so loud and obnoxious, and he really didn't feel like being at one when he was supposed to be at school. He didn't voice those thoughts however. Who was he to complain about how things were done in a different country? Besides, everyone else seemed to be enjoying the show.

Much to Tim's relief, after the show was over, things proceeded as these sorts of events were supposed to go. The lights came back on, the music stopped, and the Principal made a speech welcoming them all to the school. Nothing that he hadn't heard before, when he was attending middle school. He basically sat there tuning everything out, and let his mind wander on to other things. Like that adorable grey puppy he passed by at the animal shelter on the walk to school. Once the principal turned the mic over to the class president whom he had spoken to some time earlier. He clapped along with everyone else, and started paying attention, and wondered what it was she was going to say. She was probably nervous, he knew he would be if he had to make a speech in front of the entire student body. From what he saw of the president, he knew she could handle it.