[{one thing I should mention is that from behind or from a distance he looks like Deo, just thought that might make it more interesting}]

"This... place... is... so... COOL!" he exclaimed as he walked up to Spence Academy for the first time, looking up at the huge building like a wide eyed child in a candy store. He knew he was lucky to be here but right now he had the sudden urge to hug the school before him. He clapped happily and bounced up and down but stopped almost immediately as he felt his camera hit his hip painfully. Immediately he gathered up the camera bag in his arms and cradled it close to him like it was his baby. "I'm so sorry! It'll never happen again! I swear!" he said apologetically, trailing his fingers across the black bag's clasp then opening it to look inside and make sure his baby was okay. It was one of those new high tech digital camera's the professional's use with two different lenses tucked neatly beside it, about 10 different memory chips also tucked away and more then enough batteries. With how much he had he could take pictures for a month without taking a break for anything other then to change the battery or memory card. It was the one thing out of place on him.

Like usual he was dressed down, in faded, torn and paint splattered jeans with old sneakers and a brown shirt that looked like it had once been long sleeved but the sleeves were now torn so they were shorter. He was rather scruffy looking, his hair was messy and all over the place as if he'd just woken up and gone to school. Well technically he hadn't gone to school, he had gotten today off to just explore the campus and maybe meet people but really he just wanted to wander around and see if there was anyone worth photographing. Or maybe find someone to show him around.

He pulled out his camera and flipped it on before letting the bag fall down so it rested beside his hip once more. He lifted the camera to his eye, preferring that to looking at it though the screen and held the capture button half way down until it beeped to show it was in focus then pressed it down the rest of the way to capture the image of his new school in the morning. Not an amazing picture but it was something to send home more then anything. He zoomed in a bit more and panned through the crowd casually to see if there was anyone worth taking a picture of. He found no one until he focused the camera a bit more and noticed a guy sitting by himself on the steps with an either thoughtful or depressed look, Alex couldn't tell. It was a good picture...

He snapped the picture before continuing to walk towards the steps, focusing on things and snapping the picture before turning to something else. He stumbled on the first step and snapped a picture of the cement. Yeah... no... He turned his back to the school for a moment and turned his camera to viewing mode then started to delete the crappy pictures.

[{so'kay my love ^^}]

"Lovely... Just lovely..." he muttered softly, still trying to get rid of the ugly pictures in his camera. He continued up the stairs easily, glancing at the ground every so often to make sure he didn't trip and fall flat on his face. That would just suck. It would defiantly make a lasting first impression though. But it wouldn't be the type of impression he'd want to make on his first day so the second he finished deleting the pictures he slid his camera back into his bag with a care, making sure the lens cap was on and nothing would scratch it. Now that would suck, he'd have nothing left to live for if something happened to his camera.

He looked up now and noticed the guy he had been snapping pictures of watching him for a moment before looking down at a flower almost angrily. What was up with him? Alex turned slightly to face him, lifting an arm to shield his eyes from the sun and to study him openly. Unlike a lot of people Alex hadn't quite mastered the whole eyeing someone up discreetly concept.

'He looks like he'd be a good tour guide...' he thought as he tipped his head before looking back to the rest of the people to see if there was anyone more interesting but finding no one. Okay then... He walked up the rest of the stairs, shaking out his hair so it fell over one eye again so he looked semi presentable as he walked over to the guy. "Hey! I'm Alex and this is my first day. Do you have any idea where anything is?" he asked as he bent over Jacob with a smile. Might as well see how well the old students reacted to the new. Unlike everyone else he wasn't up on the whole Nouveau vs. Legacy battle going on.