Viola slowly blinked her eyes open at the sound of her bedroom door bursting open. She was too tired to raise her head, but knew it was her best friend Yvonne in the doorway.
"Jesus, you're still sleeping?" Yvonne asked in an annoyed tone. "I'm sure you stayed up glued to that stupid computer of yours again!"
The 17-year old frowned and grumbled but knew better than counter her best friends accusations. Vi groggily rolled out of bed and headed towards the bathroom. She hated when Yvonne barged into her room that way. She also hated that summer was over. Senior year had finally arrived and she was not thrilled, unlike her best friend. No more girls soccer team on their school that got her so bored and brought her back to her old habit of playing computer games and surfing.
After taking a quick shower, Vi noticed her desktop monitor blinking. "Damn I forgot to turn it off again" She mumbled. She randomly hit the keyboard keys to turn the monitor back on, Vii17: No new messages. "Damn I'm online whole night and yet nobody even pinged me! This sucks!"
"Maybe I should change my nickname to something cooler..hmmmm"
"Viiooooolaaa! Damn it! We're gonna be late!" Vi opened her door to come face to face with her best friend and ultimate ride to school. Hands on her hips, disapproval written all over her face.
"I'm nearly done. Wait a minute" Viola tried to block the door but Yvonne tiptoed and noticed her desktop.
"My God! Don't tell me you're at it again? Why don't you just go ahead and cram yourself inside that computer of yours?"
"Viola Hastings! You're going to make yourself and Yvonne late for your first day. Come down now." Daphne Hastings called from the kitchen
"Yeah, some of us have REAL friends to meet," Yvonne chimed in.
"Bite me," she snapped at her best friend and turned back to turn off her computer.
Yvonne grabbed the car keys and her purse. "I'll be in the car," the Yvonne huffed, going down and out of the house shouting, "Thank you for the breakfast Mrs. Hastings! I'll be sure to come back tomorrow!"
Viola rushed downstairs and kissed her Mom saying goodbye before she even starts her early morning sermon.
She pushed open the screen door and walked down the driveway towards her best friends car. Her own car broke days ago and is still in the shop for fixing.
"What took you so long?" Yvonne grumbled, starting down the street.
Viola just grinned; ignoring her best friends comment then looked out the window.
Yvonne glanced at her child hood friend . "Vi what have you been doing in front your computer? You don't seem to have a life outside anymore after what happened with the soccer team. You know you can still play with the team, just not for the school right? " The school cut the budget for sports and unfortunately thinks the girls soccer team is not good enough. Vi stopped playing soccer altogether and went back to playing computer games all day long.
"What for. And Oh I have friends. I'm chatting with them online."
"Right..." Yvonne drawled out. "Have you even seen any of them in real life?
"I don't need to." Viola said not even looking at her best friend.
Yvonne just sighed knowing one liners from Viola means she should drop it "Fine. But be careful, my friend's brother got scammed and robbed blind by a girl he met online, she even used a different photo and identity to lure him. God how awful. I felt bad for him, he thought she loved him"
Viola nearly choked on her own spit and leaned back on her seat.
Yvonne noticed Viola's reaction and got worried. "Hey I'm not making this up to coax you to go out more. Okay?"
"I know" Viola muttered.
Yvonne knew better than probe. By the way Viola reacted she knew she hit a tender spot. And poking it is never an option.
They were soon pulling into the school's parking lot. Students are coming in sporting different moods, most looks happy and excited to meet their friends, some looked sullen and dreaded going back to school, that same look you have on your way to your Mathematics class (Hey! Can't blame me. I hated that subject. And I try to drop it any chance I got) Yvonne parked the car in a vacant space. As she grabbed her notebook and purse from the backseat, Viola was already out of the car with her backpack on her shoulder.
"Hey, Vi Just make sure you don't lure little ones okay?" the Yvonne called smiling. She wanted to lighten Viola's mood.
Viola stopped and turned around to face her best friend with mock glare on her face.
"Don't you wanna see your best friend in the headline? Hastings caught duping and luring unsuspecting kids into her home doing God-knows-wha-t" She said laughing. Yvonne is one of the very few people she can joke around without restraints. They've became best friends back in first grade right after the Hastings twins defended Yvonne when she was bullied by the mean girls at school because she's a transfer student. Viola mightily stepped on the mean girls foot one by one and told them to back off and stop bullying the black kid while Sebastian echoed what his twin said and acted all tough even though his face looks like a ripe tomato 'coz he's had this huge crush with mean girl-Monique. Yvonne was shocked with the "black kid" comment and was about to fire back but halted when she saw Vi's adorable smile. Right there and then she knew she found a protector and a friend with the twins. They've been inseparable ever since. Although Sebastian is more inclined to music so Yvonne being a cheerleader and Vi being on soccer team made the two girls closer.
"More like pedo caught luring little girls!" Yvonne stated laughing. "See you later?" "I'll meet you here at 4:00?"
"Kay," Viola replied, before heading towards the building.
Viola may have been kept to herself and doesn't speak much of her thoughts in person but Yvonne is an exception, they have this connection that only the two of them could understand. Sebastian on the other hand is a basket case. He became so into his music and his band that he started chasing his dreams, which got his parents called in school most of the time. Last fiasco got him kicked out of school. He was transferred to Illyria but come first day of school into his new school and he's still nowhere to be found after attending his "summer camp".