The rest of the morning passed in about the same fashion. My Trigonometry teacher, Mr. Varner, who I would have hated anyway just because of the subject he taught, was the only one who made me stand in front of the class and introduce myself. I stammered , blushed, and tripped over my own boots on the way to my seat.
After two classes, I started to recognize several of the faces in each class. There was always someone braver than the others who would introduce themselves and ask me questions about how I was liking Forks. I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot. At least I never needed the map.
One girl sat next to me in both Trig and Spanish, and she walked with me to the cafeteria for lunch. She was tiny, several inches shorter than my five feet four inches, but her wildly curly dark hair made up a lot of the difference between our heights. I couldn't remember her name, so I smiled and nodded as she prattled about teachers and classes. I didn't try to keep up.
We sat at the end of a full table with several of her friends, who she introduced to me. I forgot all their names as soon as she spoke them. They seemed impressed by her bravery in speaking to me. The boy from English, Eric, waved at me from across the room.
Fashion 方式
Stammer 口吃
trip over 絆倒
diplomatic 老練的
prattle 閒聊
這天上午餘下的時間，基本上都是這樣過去的。教我們三角的老師是瓦納先生，不說別的，就因為他教的這門課，我無論如何都會很討厭他的，他也是唯一一個要我站到全班面前做自我介紹的老師。我說話結結巴巴的，臉也紅了，而且回到座位上去的時候還讓自己的靴子給絆了一下。
兩節課下來，每個班上我都已經認得好幾張面孔了。總有某個膽子比其他同學都大一點的同學，會向我做自我介紹，問我喜不喜歡福克斯。我試圖回答得很圓滑，但絕大多數時候我不過是說了一大堆謊話。起碼，我從來就沒需要過那張校園地圖。
有一個女同學上三角和西班牙語這兩門課都坐在我的旁邊，她還和我一起去自助餐廳吃午飯。她個頭很小，比我五英尺四的個頭兒要矮好幾英寸，但她那一頭亂蓬蓬的鬈髮把我們在身高上的差距縮小了不少。我記不住她的名字，所以她唧唧喳喳地談論老師和同學時，我都會微笑和點頭。我並不想聽下去。
我們和她的幾個朋友坐在一起，我和她坐在桌子的一頭，她把這幾個朋友都介紹給了我。他們的名字，她說完了我也就全忘了。他們似乎很欽佩她跟我說話的勇氣。英語課上的那個男同學埃裡克，在餐廳的另一頭衝我揮了揮手。
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