Hi, this is my new fic. Hope you like it.
I own 98 of the characters in this fic but the other 2 aren't mine, but I have my urn (go to ERHQ if you want to learn about the urn. If not, don't cry. lol)
"Hey dad, I'm going now."
"Bye sweetie, have a good day." He waved at her from the bathroom door, wrapped in a towel.
"Dad, I'm off."
"Nik, please be careful!"
"Hush, I'll be fine." Nik laughed and ran out the door after his sister. "Jana, wait up!"
"I'm not missing the bus for you Nik." She yelled without turning or slowing down, her ebony hair fanning out behind her as she power walked down the street.
"Ok, ok, just don't leave without me." He jogged up behind her and poked her rib.
"Nik!" Jana shrieked as the bus pulled up, full of school kids. As soon as they'd showed their passes to the driver the twins separated- Jana rushed to the seat next to her friend as Nik hurled himself to the back next to the group of noisy boys.
"But Miss, Nik was annoying me!"
"I don't care Miss Kovac, speaking when I am gets you moved for a week. See if you can keep quiet and you can move back. Please sit at the table next to Josie." Jana hitched her bag up and sighed, moving quickly to the empty desk and throwing herself down. Bekka and Nicole bit their lips and pouted at the separation of their unbreakable trio.
"Today we're going to be learning about the heart and circulatory system. Can any tell me how many sections a heart has?"
"Room 66?"
"No, that's incorr…oh, hello." Miss Curtis span round and beamed at the door. "New student?"
"Erm, yes- my name's Lanie Malone. Principal Snipes sent me to room 66. Am I in the right place?"
"You are indeed. This is room 66, Biology. I'm Miss Curtis, if you could sit yourself…" She scanned the room, noting the aversion of eyes and clucked. "…next to Nicole and Rebekka." The sighs were audible as The New Girl made her way to the back of the room. "We are currently studying the heart and circulatory system. Have you covered this in your old school?"
"Yes I have."
"Then you'll know how many chambers the heart has?"
"4-two atria, two ventricles."
"Thank you Miss…"
"Malone. Lanie Malone."
Miss Curtis nodded and moved to the board, her pen dancing out the words across the large expanse of white board. This type of student would go far…
"Lanie, that's a weird name." Nicole snorted quietly and Bekka laughed. "She smells funny."
"I bet she lived on a farm. She looks the type to love horses." They both peered at her and snorted again, "Look how she's set her pens out in little rows. Who does she think she's impressing?" Bekka rolled her eyes and sat back in her seat, twirling a curl around her pinkie as Nicole pulled a tube of lip-gloss out her bag and slouched to apply it.
Finally the bell rang out and Miss Curtis slotted the pen into the holder then turned.
"You may pack up. Can I speak with you Miss Malone….and Miss Kovac- a need a word please." The two girls nodded and swept their belongings into bags or arms as the rest of the class bustled past them, sniggering or casting pitying glances in their direction.
"Iljana, I really can't understand your behaviour recently." Miss Curtis began, glaring at the young girl in front of her. "Talking in class, messing around, late homework. You used to have such potential."
"I'm sorry Miss."
"Miss Malone has been here less than a day, and she's already behaving better than you! Take a leaf out of her book. You can leave." Jana scowled and dashed out, cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
"Now Lanie, I need to find out what subjects you've covered."
"We had just started heart and circulatory system when I left. We did genes before that."
"Ah, perfect- you appear to be in the same place as this class. Don't let them put you off working- you seem bright."
"Thank you. May I leave?"
"Yes, goodbye." The girl hitched her bag onto a slender shoulder and hurried out.
"Mom, it was awful! I hate it!"
"I'm sure it wasn't that bad." Her mom replied, absent mindedly.
"It was though! Really bad! Biology was dire- the two girls I was sat next to were discussing how I smelt." Lanie threw herself into an armchair and sighed. "I'm not going back."
"It'll get better sweetie." Her mom stroked her hair softly and placed a kiss on her forehead. "I promise it'll get better."
"So how was work?"
"Not bad, it's nice to be back on the treadmill."
"And Poppy? How'd she take it?"
"Oh, you know- she screamed the place down but once she spotted the Lego she was fine."
"Good. Was day care nice?"
"Yeah, there are about 10 other kids there and they all looked happy. The manager is called Anna." Lanie nodded and pulled herself out the chair.
"When's dinner?"
"Soon- Can you walk down to the store for me? Blake's gone to a friend's who lives next door…plus I need some milk."
"Okay." She pulled on her sneakers and shut the door behind her, got her bearings and set off towards the store.
"Excuse me?" She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder and she turned, surprised. "You dropped this." The girl held out a small heart key ring.
"Oh, thanks." Lanie smiled and took the key ring, shoving it into her back pocket.
"Do I know you?" The girl frowned, "Lanie Malone?" Lanie nodded, frowning too. "I'm Jana…Iljana Kovac. You're in my biology class."
"Oh, hi." Lanie smiled broader, remembering the girl as the one being told off earlier. "Well…I better be off. I have to pick my brother up and get some milk."
"You're going to the store? Mind if I walk with you-I'm on my way there too."
"No, sure." After a few minutes of silence Jana spoke.
"I'm not normally naughty in school."
"And I'm not normally so swotty. I just know some stuff about the body- my mom's a doctor."
"Really? Cool. My dad's a doctor over at Hope…the other side of town."
"Ah, my mom's at Kingdom. She likes it apparently." The two girls smiled at each other.
"There's SuperMart- where you picking your brother up from?"
"Next door," Lanie peered at the house either side of the shop and spotted a small boy running out of one. "There he is- BLAKE!" He looked over and waved, then ran across the road.
"Blake! What did mom say bout running across the street without looking?"
"Ahhh, Lanie! Stop being such a bore. There aren't any cars here, like there weren't any back home." The little boy scowled at his sister who rolled her eyes.
"Sorry Jana, I'd better be off. Come on Blake, mom needs milk and then we gotta get home." Jana waved as they crossed over and she carried on walking round to Bekka's.
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