My name is Spencer Carlin I've been living here in LA all my life, I have had my good times here and as well as my bad times. I just started my sophomore year here at King high school, king high is a small school compared to all the other schools here in King High there are about 500 to 600 student. Here at King high you tend to run into the same people every day and when you run into someone new like I did today it's a little weird, but hey it's the first day of school. Well in my case not new but someone I knew before. Her name is Ashley Davies we went to Preston Elementary we didn't really talk to each other she was more of a loner and I was always everywhere from playing kick ball to playing a board game or to just hanging with friends but the thing was that you never caught me doing the same thing every day and yes I have always been more of a tomboy than a girly girl that is what happens when you are surrounded by all guys in your family. But that changed about a year ago I started to dress more "girly" like people call it or at least that's what my grandma calls it. I was cool with everybody and outgoing but that changed. I don't know what happened I started to become more self conscious as I went to middle school.
And now that I'm in high school I have become even more shy, in class I'm quiet always doing my work and I'm not that social anymore. And for me to start a conversation well let's just say good luck with that.
Ms. Jay: "everybody get a book so we can go and check them out to the library!" I seriously have heard stories about this teacher that she has some relay bad mood swings, and will go off on you out of nowhere. Some people say that she is like that because she was engaged or something to this really good looking guy but he didn't have the money for her luxuries so she broke it off. And other people say that he dumped her, and that that's why she is always so grumpy. But I don't know if it's true or not she actually seems nice, I guess we will have to see as the year passes by.
As we headed to the library I wanted to talk to her to see if she actually remembered me because I did, she looks exactly the same just older of course. But I'm not the type to start a conversation with someone. So I just stayed quiet.
So to my surprise that class went by fast well they all did, you just have to love the first days of school when you get out early and you don't do anything what's so ever. And by the looks of my schedule I think I might enjoy all my classes even though I don't have any with anybody I really talk to except for my first period I have it with my friend Haley. I talk to her but not as much she is just an in class friend you get me?
Glen: "com on Spencer I want to get home already it so dam hot out here!" oh right that is my brother Glen he is a senior and could be an ass at times but he is there when I need him and vice versa. He doesn't attend this school he actually goes to Parking High, he didn't want to come here because he is all about playing sports and at the moment he is the captain of the basketball team there. Which is a good thing because going to school with him is not that great of a thing trust me I did for a year and it was not pretty. He was always in my business checking on what I was doing and who I was talking to and if he didn't approve he would scare them off. I guess he was being protective I like that about him but sometimes I just need a breather so I decided to come to King High.
It has been about two weeks and I always end up sitting next to her, I don't know it is the last seat in class left when I come in or when she comes in and when there are other seats left she sits next to me. Don't get me wrong I don't mind but one of these days we are going to have to talk or something.
Ashley: "can you pass me a book" and she speaks
Spencer: "yea sure"
Ashley: "Thanks"
Spencer: "no problem"
And that is pretty much how it went for a couple of weeks till
Ms. Jay "everybody take you seats, which includes you Sam. Today we are going to do a little project" please don't make it group work, I don't like working in groups because I usually end up doing all the work. "You could either work in two's or four's" that's great just great
Sam: "can we pick our own partners?"
Samantha Marks not the brightest student in school but she sure is a pretty good friend well at least from what I hear.
Ms. Jay "yes as long as you don't get up and change seats with people"
Sam "I guess you're stuck with me Daisy"
Daisy Sanders I meet her last year I have talked to her a couple of times but she is not really a friend we have mutual friends but that's it.
Ms. Jay "okay with that said, the project is very simple I will pass out the instructions and it will be due on Monday" okay let's see who can I work wi….
Ashley: "hey you want to just work together?"
Spencer: "yea sure" I wonder if she remembers me
Ms. Jay: "okay get to it"
Am just sitting there looking over the paper and reading over and over and am guessing am going to end up doing all the work again.
Spencer: "so... how do you want to do this?"
She just shrugs her shoulder, okay that's very helpful
Spencer: "alrighty then " this so called project it is easy all I have to do is copy down all the formulas and put them on flash cards and put them on a cardboard like Jeopardy status. So I guess I got my answer I will do it on my own but whatever as long as she doesn't mess anything up for me this year.
During lunch I had a feeling someone was staring at me, it was a very uncomfortable stare. I looked up to see who it was and it was her. Sitting two tables away from me and my friends. All I could think of is to stare back at her and I did until my friend Amy brought me out of my daze.
Spencer: oh sorry, what were you saying?
Amy: "what are you going to do this weekend?" Amy she has been a really good friend I meet her during summer school we became friends right away, my family and I see her like family even though I have only know her for about a little more than a year.
Spencer: "oh…. I have to work on a project for ms. Jay's class what about you guys?"
Laura: "I don't know I might go to the movies with Roger he has been bugging me to go with him for the past weeks and I finally caved in" I meet Laura trough Amy during summer school and to tell you the truth she was so mean to me but I just ignored it until she realized that I didn't really care much of what she taught of me. She can be a pain in the butt at times but she is okay, she has a boyfriend name Roger who he has to beg for her time, I seriously don't know why he is with her after all the come here and go away stuff she has put him through but that's them.
Amy: "it's about time you have to give that boy sometime"
Laura: "I know but he is to to what's the word?..."
Spencer: "you mean he loves you"
Laura: "no he is there all the time and am actually surprised he is not here right about now"
Amy: " actually he is not here today I have him first period and he wasn't there"
Spencer: "maybe you should txt him to see if he is okay maybe he is sick"
Laura: "no its okay he will call me later if he wants to talk " like I said she can be so full of herself at times
Spencer: "well I have to go to the library real quick " I got up and I started to walk to the library there she was again with her group of friends just staring at me like I had something in my face. So I just kept walking without turning back.
After school as I got home I started to work on the project so I could have the rest of the weekend to myself, when I received a txt message.
Haley: hey Spence I have a Q
Spencer: yea was is it?
Haley: is it k if I give ur # to one of my friends?
Spencer: What friend?
Haley: Ashley…
Spencer : k
Haley: alright cool then thnx Spence
I didn't really put much taught into why she wanted my number and I just started to work on the project and went right to bed when I finished it but I was woken up at 3am by my phone, somebody was calling me it was a number I didn't recognize so I just ignored the call and went back to sleep.
Sunday Morning
Where can it be? I been trying to find my phone and it seems to be m.i.a
Spencer: "Dad have you seen my phone"
Arthur: "no I haven't"
Spence: "okay then never mind"
Arthur: "when was last time you used it?"
When am home I tend to just turn off my phone or keep it on silent but the last time I used it was Friday night when Haley txt me, oh wait no someone called me at night and I ignored the called maybe I dropped it and fail under my bed. So I ran upstairs to see if it was under my bed and yupp there it was.
Arthur: "did you find it"
Spencer: "yea it was under my bed"
Arthur: "okay then sweetie am going to go to the store you want to come?"
Spencer: "yea sure I will be down in a bit" my dad and I have the best relationship any daughter could ask for, we have always been close. He is always there for me when I need advice and when I need someone to listen he is there. On the contrary my mom is all about work. I don't see her as often but when I do its nice. My mom is a surgeon at Los Angeles General Hospital so she is on call 24/7, but hey my dad is here he also works but he is more about the family, he is a teen counselor for teens at risk. I'm guessing that's why he has so much patience with Glen.
I put my phone in my back pocket and went downstairs to meet up with my dad to go to the store.
Arthur: "hey Spence sorry I got a call in from the office and I have to go real quick" it must be bad because he never goes in on Sundays
Spencer: "is everything okay?"
Arthur: "yea nothing for you to worry about" he gave me a kiss on my forehead and was out in his way.
So I went to the living room to watch TV but Glen was already there with one of his friends
Alex: "hey Spence" he has been my brother's friend since I could remember they are practically inseparable I see him like an older brother and he sees me like the little sister he never had, you see he is only child and his parents are always going away on business trips and stuff so he spends most of the time here.
Spencer: "Hey"
Alex: "How is school going?"
Spencer: "pretty good"
Alex: "right I forgot you're a nerd you actually like school"
I stuck out my tongue at him and headed back up to my room with nothing to do I decided to check my phone. I had three missed calls from the same number that called me at 3am and a couple of txt and one from that number. I figured it was probably her so I just replied back to the other txt and put back my phone away. As I put it away my phone rang again it was Mark, oh right did I mention I have a boyfriend of three months
Mark and I have been going out for about three months, he use to go to king high but he got kicked out you see mark is more of a bad boy. He is cute though he is tall has dark black hair and green eyes. He is one of the sweetest guys you could ever meet and he is not what other people make him out to be. My friends have told me about him and to be careful with him and am usually the one to always do what everybody else tell me to do but this time he won me over I wouldn't say I'm falling in-love with him or anything but I could say that I do really like him.
Spencer: "hey" I couldn't help it but smile
Mark: "hey Spence what you doing?"
Spencer: "nothing interesting and you?"
Mark: "the same but good you are not doing anything, one of my old friends is back from Colorado and we are having a kickback at my house"
Spencer: "mark you do know that its Sunday right?"
Mark: "com on Spence, please you can bring your friends if you want"
Spencer: "I don't know….." I really don't feel like going because if I go I know that I will be left out there in a corner by myself like always when I go to places like this with him.
Mark: "com on just for a little while so you could meet my friend and besides you won't be bored your friends are coming I just got a txt from Laura that she is coming with roger and Amy"
Spencer: "okay I will go"
Mark: "awesome, I will pick you up in an hour or so"
After hanging up the phone I headed down stairs to let Glen and Alex know that I was going out but they decided to tag along at the last minute. Let's just hope that his friend is not a jerk like the rest of his friends are.