Deryn woke up to the sound of her alarm. She glanced at the time, and groaned. Jaspert had set it to four am. Well, now that she was up, there was no use going back to sleep. So she got up, got dressed, ate breakfast, and resumed her sketch of a thylacine.
When her brother was downstairs, she offered to make him breakfast. Daft thing he was, he said yes. Deryn took down the cheerios, and took out the milk. When he wasn't looking, she snuck in a pile of salt, and began to mix it. He took a bite, and spewed salty milk all over the kitchen table. Laughing, she took her back-pack and was out the door before he could kill her.
Deryn walked all the way to Alice and Alek's' house. She went over, and knocked on the door. A smiling Mrs. Ferdinand opened the door, and invited her in. Alek was at the kitchen table, eating his normal breakfast, while Alice was gobbling down her food while reading a book. Bailey, their eleven year old sister, was snoozing on the table, her head in her bowl of cereal. Alek, Alice and Deryn had been best friends from the start. They had all met at a playground when they were two years old. Alice and Alek were twins, and both shared the same red hair, and green eyes. Alek had never been the type to be bad, but Alice, on the other hand, helped Deryn with her diabolical schemes. Bailey had constantly helped them, even though she could be annoying at times. Although she never was a great morning person.
Alice glanced up from her book and asked "What did he do this time, and better yet, what did you do back?" Deryn smiled a wicked smile, and told the mornings events. Once they were finished breakfast, they were kicked out the door and headed to school.
After home room, they all headed to gym. It was strange, how they all shared the same classes. Even gym, which was a really far stretch from normal. Mr. Volger was waiting with a smirk on his face, as usual. "I would like everyone to pair up, and practice their fencing," he ordered "And since we are an odd number, I would like Aleksander to pair up with me." Everyone groaned, but took a fencing sabre and partnered up. Alice and Deryn spent most of the time giggling at Alek's facial expressions, which got them quite a few dirty looks from Mr. Volger. After gym, they had two periods of science with Dr. Barlow. After science, was lunch.
Their school went from K-12. It was a rather small school, considering how many grades there were. In fact, they only had 300 students. And even though their school was small, it was still divided into groups. There were the popular kids, the jocks, the nerds, and so on. Deryn, Alice and Alek were not in any. They were considered so low that even the nerds teased them. But they didn't care. For one thing, Bailey and her friends would come and sit with them at lunch, much to their amusement. Deryn had never laughed so hard in her life when one of Bailey's friends pretended to be a pop star. Over all, they had the good life. Even if they got swirlies, were teased and got pushed around on a daily basis.
The school day ended with a big bang, and half a school of squealing girls. Deryn felt like punching the principal. The school was having a dance. And not just any sort of dance. One where if you were in grade six and up, you had to get a date or you couldn't go at all. Except for the kids in grade twelve. They had to go to the dance. But at least it wasn't a prom. Too early in the year for that.
Alice could not stop talking about it on the way to Deryn's house. Sure, she was slightly evil, but she was happy about make-up and stuff like that. Deryn was not, though. She never wore make-up, didn't know how to put on a dress. She hated it. At least Bailey agreed with her. She had even decided not to go, and said "You would have to drag me there kicking and screaming, which would surely scare every dog from here to China!" Alek was strangely quiet though. Hadn't said a word the whole walk. And even though Deryn complained along with Bailey, she secretly hoped that he would ask her. Because she was pretty sure she loved him.
I will update occasionly. Just an idea I had. Nothing else. Please, take some time to review it. Any time you want. I will just be waiting in a corner over here...
