High School Isn't Easy

By Luv Puppies

Chapter 1: Will I Ever Get a Sixty-Five?

The students in grade nine were collecting their tests. "Pashmina!" Professor Elder Ham yelled. Pashmina, exhausted fromb babysitting three kids at once the night before slowly walked to the front of the room. Pashmina saw Professor Elder Ham frown as he handed it back. When Pashmina got back to her seat, she knew why. "Not another sixty-four! I was so close to passing!" she moaned to herself

Bijou wasn't surprised by her grade. She was used to having a gold star next to a perfect one-hundred on her paper. But Bijou hated Algebra 1. Not because it was math. She loved math, but it was because Pashmina led the class in making fun of her for being the psychic nerd. Why was her sister, Joubi so popular? They looked alike, except now Bijou wore glasses and blue ribbons. Joubi wore pink and had perfect vision. When Bijou had saved her own money, she could get contacts and maybe then feel better. The only color hamster glasses came in was square mud. Yuck!

The bell rang for lunch and everyone got their bags together, and got ready to head to the cafeteria. Bijou checked her schedule. Chemistry was next. All of her favorite boys were there, and the one girl who wouldn't laugh at her: her best friend, Sandy. Bijou really wanted to be noticed by the tenth-grader, Hamtaro. Bijou got out of "la-la land" when the teacher said, "Miss Pashmina: a few minutes please!"

Pashmina walked to the front of the room. "Miss Pashmina! Your test scores have been very low and your homework missing! You must find help before out next test, and to be prepared for the pop quiz tomorrow!" Professor Elder Ham said. "There's a pop quiz tomorrow? Aren't they supposed to be a surprise?" Pashmina said. "Yes," the professor replied. "But I figured that you might want to know in advance. That's all. Goodbye. Have a good lunch!"

"Oh no!" Pashmina wailed, while waiting in line for "Mystery Mess", the lunch special. Then she saw Bijou in front of her. Pashmina was going to be extra nice to Bijou. Bijou grabbed a milk and walked to a table with Sandy. Pashmina followed. "Why Bijou," Pashmina said, "you have very cool glasses!" "O-kay..," Bijou replied, thinking, "Why, all of a sudden, is Pashmina so nice to me?" "You know," Pashmina continued, "your eyes are like the best in the school ever. I bet any twelth-grader could look into them all day!" "Um, thanks Pashmina," Bijou said, still pondering the situation. "Um, do you wanna talk after school?" "Sure, girlfriend!" Pashmina said.

"Listen, Pashmina," Bijou said, after school. "I must know what is going on." "Well," Pashmina said, "I've been having trouble in math, and you have to help me! Please!" "Okay, I will. But for a price, since you're so mean to me." "Price?" Pashmina asked. "Okay fine. Just help me!" Bijou told her, and then said, "We've got some work to do!"

On Monday, Pashmina saw one squiggly eight and a big fat zero on her quiz paper, and Bijou saw clearly: with contacts, not glasses!

Please rate and review! Or is it read and review? Or read and rate? Or- never mind. Please read, rate (1-10, 10 being the highest), and review! More description in the next chapter, I wanted to start this story right away, and not wait to get the first chapter finished!