Love's Baby Steps

I do not own anything, as much as I wish I did. Anyway, hope you like the story, and I welcome any beta testers, or readers. Normally, I'm not this boring, but today for some reason I feel very bored, so I don't feel like writing hyper.

Chapter 1

            It was a bright and sunny day, the birds were chirping, the wind was blowing. It was pretty perfect day for young Jem Finch. Until…

"Hey Jem! Jem Finch! Come ov'r here!"

            "For wut?"

            "You'll know soon enough!"

            The 12 year old boy made his way over to a group of young boys his own age whom he recognized as the group of kids who were deemed the "cool" kids. Jem wasn't particularly fond of them, as they had a reputation for getting into VERY immature problems.

            "Whaddaya want" Jem mumbled as he neared the group of kids.

            "You wanna join our club?" a short red-headed guy demanded more than asked.

            "Nah, don't wanna join no immature club of yours."

            "Now wait just a minute, our club is not an immature club. In fact, it's a un-immature club," A tall handsome boy made out with some effort. All the boys around him seemed to all nod in unison.

            "What are ya'll goin on about. And you mean mature club," answered Jem.

            "Well, you see, we wanna grow up. We wanna be, wha-cha-mu-call-it, mature? So we startin a club, see. And we gunna need mature people. So we getting the more mature people we can. See? We got Tommy." Tommy was a 13 year old that was held back because of his studies. He was bigger than the others, and was often treated with respect and fear. A lot of it.

            Jem Finch thought about it for awhile, and tossed the idea around in his head for awhile. He decided that the boys could do no harm to him, and gave his verdict.

            "Fine, I'll join, but ya'll on probation."

            "Wut's probation Jem?"

            "It's…Um….Nevermind."

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