Got a new fic here and I hope you guys like it. Takes sometime after 'Camp Harmony: Jojo's Summer Experience', so this is the awesome new fic! Hope you guys like it!
Inner Circle Reunion
by: Terrell James
Chapter 1: An Old Friend
It's August in Whoville and Jojo is not looking forward to go back to Whoville High School. As he's walking, he's feeling a little sluggish and somewhat annoyed that he's going back to school. Then, he suddenly sees Mike and Cody coming through with skateboards and they stop when they saw him walking. Mike picked up his skateboard and said, "Hey, J-dude! What's up?"
"Not much." Jojo said.
"Dude, you look tired. First day of school?"
"What do you think?"
They're familiar with his mood and Mike said, "I see your point."
"I wish it was summer again, so I wouldn't deal with jerks in the hallways and other sides of the campus pushing me around."
"Dude, you know we got your back, right?" asked Cody.
"Yeah, I know."
They all walked to school together and Mike and Cody puts their skateboards in their backpacks and they kept walking on the way to school. All of a sudden, they encounter Marcus coming in from behind. Marcus waved 'hi' to them and walked towards them.
"Hey, what's up, guys?" asked Marcus.
Jojo suddenly brightened up when he saw Marcus come towards them. He asked, "How are ya?"
"Pretty good. And you?"
Jojo sighed heavily and said, "Not so much. Not looking forward to the first day of school at all."
"I feel you, dude. Don't you just hate it that summer ends so quickly and you feel like it's the middle of summer and you want to sleep in until at least September?" said Marcus.
"Yeah, I do. I wouldn't be surprised if they started school after Labor Day."
"Yeah, they should." Mike said.
"So, how are you liking Whoville now?" asked Jojo.
"It's pretty cool. I got used to it after I moved from Whereville to here after coming to Camp Harmony."
"Yeah, Camp Harmony is the most awesomest place where you're surrounded by people who love music and meeting cool people who are kinda like us and become their own person. It's like I really belong there."
"Don't you wish we all could go back?" asked Cody.
"Yeah, we do."
"Hey, Jojo. I know I gave you a hard time the first time you came here and I kinda regret it now after you broke me out of this angry wall that I've been in. You were the first friend I met in Whoville as well as you guys too." Marcus said.
"Well, hey. I can relate to you easily and now you like Whoville now." Jojo said.
"I'm cool with it."
A couple of minutes later, they all made it to Whoville High School and Marcus is kinda anxious about being the new kid in Whoville, worrying about how the others might treat him. Jojo looks at Marcus and sees that he's worried about the first day of a new school and he said, "Hey, if you survive your freshman year, you just have to be in your own crowd. Don't be invovled with cliques, because they might tear you down."
"Well, I hope you're right. Cause I had my freshman year at my old school and now being here, it's like freshman repeat." Marcus said.
"A death sentence, basically." Mike said.
"You can call it that."
"Well, might as well." Jojo said, with a sigh.
They all walked to the steps of the high school and they entered the doors and into the hallways as well. Jojo looks at a piece of paper and asked, "What you got there?"
"Oh, this is my new student note and I have to take it to the principal's office and I really don't know where it is." Marcus said.
"I'll help you take you there." Jojo said.
"You guys so ahead. We'll go to our lockers and meet you there." Cody said.
Jojo agreed and he took Marcus to the prinicipal's office and when they got there, they saw a familiar face in the office there. Jojo looks at the guy with blue bangs and midnight hair and when he turns around, he's familiar with the blue eyes and asked, "Chad?"
He turns around and recognizes Jojo and looked very excited. He said, "Hey, Jojo! What's up?"
"Not much. How long has it been?" asked Chad, coming in for a hug.
"Since this summer. How long have you moved here?"
"Immediately after Camp Harmony. My family and I moved here like two months ago and it was a 4 hour ride from where I used to live and settled in here ever since."
"Did you try looking on where I live?" asked Jojo.
"You know, I haven't, unfortunately. I tried to find the McDodd place, but so far I'm in the other side of your guys' neck of the woods. Everytime I try to give out directions to where your house is, I get a few responses saying that your dad is weird or something like that. So, I spent most of the summer, chilling, hanging out, desperately trying to find your house and all that."
"That's too bad. But at least we're on the same school."
"I know, right?"
"Yeah. You remember Marcus, right?"
"Hey, Chad." Marcus said.
"Marcus. How could I forget? What are you doing here?"
"I go to school here now. Listen, I know in the past couple of years, I've been somewhat of a jerk to you before." Marcus said.
"Somewhat? Try huge jerk." Chad said.
"Okay, I know that now. But since me and Jojo connected, all my walls came down immediately. I hope that we can make amends...and start being friends again."
Chad chuckled and said, "Yeah, man. All is forgiven,"
They shook hands and Chad said, "It's gonna be great being here."
"Chad Stoner? Marcus Swift?"
"That's us."
They headed to the office and Marcus turned to Jojo and said, "Thanks."
"No probs."
"Are Mike and Cody here?" asked Chad.
"They go to school with me too."
"Awesome! Meet them later."
Jojo walked off the office and walked back to Mike and Cody's lockers and Jojo said, "Amazing artwork."
'Thanks, dude. Made it myself." Cody said.
Jojo sees a sticker of a skateboard and a rock guitar on each side and he said, "Awesome."
"Check mine out." Mike said.
He looks at Mike's locker and sees his name on the front and said, "Nice penmanship."
"Yeah, his is okay. Not as cool as mine though." Cody said.
"Oh, shut up."
"Guess who I just saw at the office." Jojo said.
"Who?"
"You guys remember Chad Stoner from Camp Harmony?"
"Yeah, we do. Why?"
"He goes to school here."
"Get out!" Mike exclaimed.
"Are you serious?" asked Cody.
"Yeah, he's here."
"Oh, man. That is awesome!"
Then, they looked at the schedules they got and Jojo got 4 periods-Whostory, Who-literature, music and Creative Writing. Cody asked, "What schedule you got?"
He takes a look at Jojo's schedule and to his excitement, Cody sees that he's gonna be in the three classes Jojo's in. He said, "We got Creative Writing, music and who-literature together."
"That's amazing!"
"How about you, Mike?"
"I got two classes with Jojo; Creative Writing and music." Mike said.
"This is cool!"
Then, Marcus and Chad came in with their schedules and Mike and Cody saw Chad for the first time and they both said, "Chad! What's up, dude?"
"Hey, guys. How's it going?" asked Chad.
"Pretty good."
"It's gonna be awesome, having you here at our school." Mike said.
"What schedules you guys have?" asked Jojo.
"On first period, I have Who-chemistry, Whostory, music and Creative Writing."
"And you, Chad?"
"I have Who-english first, then Group Therapy, music and Creative Writing." Chad explains.
"Okay, this is gonna be awesome!"
"I know, right? We're all taking third period."
A couple of hours after first period, Jojo meets up with Cody as they head to Who-literature together. Jojo sits down behind Cody and they seem pretty excited that they have Who-literature together.
"Isn't this awesome?" asked Cody.
"Completely." Jojo said.
Then, suddenly, a new black and blue who comes in wearing a dark green and blue T-shirt, a black and grey striped hoodie, with brown eyes, midnight black hair with blue and red bangs on two sides and little streaks of hair surrounds his right eye, a little taller and weighing over 143 pounds and sits on another row near Cody. Cody looks at him and said to Jojo, "Check out the new kid."
Jojo looks at him and said, "What's with the hoodie?"
"Maybe it's a fashion statement."
"Seems shy like us."
"Is he new here?"
"I guess."
Then, the teacher comes in and said, "Good morning, class. Hope you all had a good summer and I am your Who-literature teacher, Mrs. Britney Richmonds. Before we start, I understand we have a new student here, S. Zuckerman. I guess he was too embarassed to tell us the first name. Can you come introduce us to the class, Mr. Zuckerman?"
The new kid sighed heavily and stands up, walks slowly with most of the students except Jojo and Cody whispering stuff behind his back. Then, one student says, "What's with the hoodie, afraid someone will look at your ugly face?"
The students laughed and Mrs. Richmonds said, "Horace, stop that."
Then, he got to the front of the class and she said, "Take off your hoodie please, so the entire class can see your face."
He slowly took the hood off of his hoodie and showed his face to the entire class. Cody gasped in silent shock and looked familiar with this kid and whispered, "I know this guy."
"You know him?" asked Jojo, whispered.
"So, what's your name, Mr. Zuckerman?"
"My name is Seth Jonas Zuckerman and just moved here with my dad and my stepmom from WhatCity and my dad moved back to Whoville after spending at least 3 years with just my dad after my mom died just prior to the three years."
"Sorry to hear that."
"It's cool. I'm used to it, anyway."
"Where do you guys live now?"
"In a jailhouse?" asked Horace.
The students laughed and Seth replied, "No, I live in this big house about six houses from some house owned by the McDodd's or something like that."
"You live next door to the McWeirdos?"
"Hey, just because I live in a house near them, that doesn't mean their weirdos." Seth said.
"Enough, Horace. Seth's right, though." Mrs. Richards said.
Seth sighed heavily and Mrs. Richards sees that he's feeling anxious about being new and said, "Don't worry. You'll be fine. We're very glad to have you here and welcome to Whoville High School."
"Thanks...I guess."
Seth walked back to his seat and Cody looked at him and just said, 'hey' softly. Seth looked at quickly and just waved and covered his face with his hoodie. Cody sighed and thought that he might need a comfort shoulder, since he's his old friend.
This has angst written all over it. Stay tuned for more!