First Day Of School 2 Candid-hd

Outside, the morning smelled like wet pavement and cut grass. The bus stop hummed to life—neighbors coming and going, kids trading last-minute jokes. Maya scanned faces the way she always did on first days: looking for a friendly pair of eyes, someone who might become an ally in the cafeteria or a partner in a science lab. She saw Addison from her elementary class, waving like an anchor, and then a boy she didn't recognize with a skateboard tucked under his arm, hair like a dark halo.