因为你，我来中国上学 第2章 谢谢你，救我一命？

“当当当当，当当当当。”第一节课结束，我也提交了我的数学作业，不禁心情又放松了些。

“去上体育课吗？”姜江说道。我看了一眼课表。体育。算是缓刑吧。“嗯，走吧。”

“先慢跑五圈。”体育老师告诉我们。一整月没有运动，我慢慢地跟在队尾，小小偷个懒。很快我就被套圈了，然后我以更慢的速度开始走……我偷看了一眼男生的体育课，那个转学生果然很出众，其他班的女生也在偷瞄他。我翻了个白眼，然后继续我的慢跑。

一天过得飞快。谢天谢地，没有老师提起假期作业的事情，可能是因为我们已经是高中生了，所以不再追究这种小事吧。不过，今晚我还是要努力把剩下的作业做完，明天找机会偷偷交上去。

我心情愉快地收拾书包，和朋友告别，突然想起今天防弹的新MV要出！我连忙拿出手机。

就在我聚精会神看手机的时候，突然有个人拉住了我的书包把我拽了回来。我反应了一秒才意识到，第一，我刚才差点像傻子一样撞上电线杆，第二，拉住我的人是新的转学生。

“啊，谢谢！”我不好意思地对着他傻笑。“如果你没拉住我，我就撞杆子上了。”他看着我，什么话也没说，我原本很大的笑容僵在了脸上。“嗯……你可能不认识我，我是杨子衿。你今天转到我们班来了。”我努力找话题，试图打破尴尬的局面。我又不自然地避开了目光。

“嗯，我记得你。”他说。啊，他记得我？ “你刚刚在看什么啊？都差点撞到柱子上了，很危险的你知不知道？”他很自然地继续往前走，看似很简单的问题，但我听不出他是不是有些不悦。

“我本命回归了！我刚刚在看他们的MV。”我跟上他，试图把对话继续。“本命？是什么？”他问。“你知道K-pop吗？我说的是我特别喜欢的一个韩国组合。”每次谈到K-pop我就有无数想要说的。“不知道啊。”他说。跟这种话少的人对话，我开始心累，但我还是继续着对话。“K-pop就是Korean pop music，现在超级火的！”

我们走到了路口。“嗯……你怎么走啊？”“啊？怎么走？”他不解地问。“就是你怎么回家，诶你中文好像不太好啊。No offense.” 我笑了。“Um okay.” 他也笑了笑，感觉放松了不少。“我应该是过马路然后沿这条路走两条街向右转，再走一会儿就到了。”突然觉得这样诚实回答的他有些可爱。“哈哈好，其实我是指你用什么交通工具或者大致往哪个方向走，不用说这么详细啦。你现在把自己住哪儿暴露了。”我笑着说。绿灯亮了，我们开始过马路。走两条街右转……“等一下，怎么觉得你说的那条街是我住的那条啊。天哪，你是哪个房子？”“现在我可以把我的住址直接告诉你了？”他说。“啊？我就是问问，因为我家就住那条街。We could be neighbors!”我说。“Yeah, alright. 我是左边第五个房子。”“天啊，我是右手边第四个房子！咱们住得好近！” 我惊呼。 “你是什么时候搬进来的啊？”我问道.

“我在一周前住进来的。”他说。“Your English is really good by the way.”

“Thanks. Yeah, I lived in the States for about two years when I was a kid. That’s probably why.”

“Oh really？ Where did you live？”

“New York. You？”

“L.A.”

“That’s cool. So what made you decide to come to China？”

我问完他后没有听到回答，抬起头看他发现他在盯着我。 “What？” I asked. Why is he looking at me like that？

“Nothing.”他不自然的转移了目光。“Uh……Because of my parents. They wanted me to live in China so I can know more about the locals, the culture, basically what goes on in China. Actually, they’ve been badgering me about coming here for a while now. I only gave in until recently.”

“So what made you give in？”

Again, silence. Did I say something wrong？

“Uh…… I just got to know the school a little bit better. That maybe it wasn’t as bad as I thought. My parents were so happy I finally agreed to come they wanted me come straight away. I guess they’re afraid I might change my mind after another semester. I’m a little surprised myself too.” He smiled at me.

“How bad did you think the school was？” I teased. “I’m just kidding. But it does take a lot of hard work to make it here. So how was your school back in L.A.？”

“It’s a great school. Everyone could find their place. All my old friends were there so it felt like a second home to me.” He said.

“It must’ve been hard leaving everything behind to come here. Did your family move here with you？” I asked.

“No way, my parents are way too busy. It’s just me.”

I widened my eyes. “So you live by yourself？”

He nodded. “Yeah, I’m used to it by now. Even back at home, I’m always left alone. My parents are too busy to take care of things at home.”

“Do you know why I was so surprised？ Because I live by myself too!” I exclaimed.

“No way!”

“Yeah. My parents work in Shanghai and wanted me to come with. I just couldn’t go with them. I worked so hard to get into the school I’m in now I couldn’t throw everything away.”

“And your parents just let you stay here by yourself？”

“Oh we had a really bad fight. When they realized they couldn’t change my mind, they gave in.” I said. “But I’ve proven to them that I can be responsible.”

很快，我们走到了我家门口。

“Well, this is me. And that one’s your house right？” I pointed to a house across the street.

“Yep.” He nodded. “I guess I’ll see you tomorrow？”

“See you then. You can call me Katie, by the way.” I added.

“I’m Jacob. It was great meeting you.”

“You too. Bye!” Smiling, I waved goodbye to him and hurried to my house.

The first day of school was a great day after all.