Kira Ahrens was in her room sleeping when someone knocked on her door. She woke up with a groan and rubbed her eyes.
"What?" she asked.
"Time to get up, sweety. It's 6:30. You need to get ready for school," came her mother's voice.
Kira groaned again and got out of bed. She went to her dresser and pulled her clothes out for the day. Just a pair of blue jeans and an Evanescence t-shirt. She put them on and grabbed a pair of socks. She put them on and added her black and blue Airwalk sneakers.
She then grabbed her brush. She pulled her platinum blonde hair into a weird looking bun and put hair sticks in to hold it up. She put on some black eyeliner and blue eye shadow. She added some mascara and cover up.
She went over to her desk and quickly put her Calculus and Psychology books in her backpack, along with one of her notebooks. She grabbed her purple hoodie off the chair and put it on. She also grabbed her I-Pod and slid it in her back pocket. She slung the backpack onto her back and went out of her room and down the hall.
She went down the stairs and entered the kitchen. She grabbed some bread, put it into the toaster, and waited for it to pop back up. She grabbed the butter off of the kitchen table and went back to the toaster. When it popped, she grabbed a paper towel and put the toast on it. She spread butter on the toast and then quickly ate it. She looked at the time to see that it was time for her to leave. She grabbed her keys off of the counter and went out the door. She walked over to the garage and went inside. She saw that her brother and her father had both already left for work. Both her brothers' and her fathers' vehicles were gone.
She got on her Ninja motorcycle. She put the helmet on and started the bike. The garage door was open, so she went right out. Her bike was purple and black. Her helmet was purple. She loved those colors and that's what she liked about them. They were gifts from her parents for her 17th birthday. She rode it everyday to and from school.
Kira went through the town of Kingston and towards Plymouth. When she arrived at the school parking lot, she parked right next to a black Sedan. It belonged to her friend Aiden. As she shut off her bike, she saw movement to her left. She looked over to see Aiden getting out of his car.
He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a black colored button up shirt with a blue Def Leopard shirt underneath, black jeans, and a pair of black converse.
"You're very slow at getting to school," he said.
"You also live closer to the school than me," Kira replied.
"So, your still slow," Aiden said with a chuckle.
"Don't chuckle at me…" Kira said with a growl.
She faked a few tears. That made him laugh. Kira looked at him with a wicked smile.
"Fine. Keep laughing and you can't have my Law notes to study from," she said, leaning on her bike with her arms crossing in front of her chest.
Aiden stopped laughing. "You can be such a bitch sometimes," he grumbled.
It was Kira's turn to laugh. "What did you say?" she asked.
"Nothing," Aiden said with a smug smile.
"Did you call me a bitch?" she asked.
"Of course not. Why would I ever do that?" Aiden asked with mock innocence.
"You know its true," she just replied and then walked towards the concourse.
He followed of course. He caught up to her and slung an arm around her shoulders, pulled her to his body.
"You know, I have some friends I want you to meet. They want to meet you too. They are from my old hometown and came up for a bit to spend some time with me," Aiden said.
"When do you plan on introducing me to them?" Kira asked.
"Today, if that's ok with you," Aiden replied.
"I don't know," Kira said.
"Come on. Please? For me?" Aiden asked.
Kira sighed. "Maybe."
"You love me. You know you want to do this for me," Aiden said in her ear.
"Now I'm not going to do it," Kira stated.
"Come on…please?" Aiden asked again.
Kira sighed. "Again I will say maybe."
"I'm taking that as a yes," Aiden said with a smile.
Kira turned and glared at him. "A maybe is a maybe. Not a no, not a yes."
"All the same, I take it as a yes," Aiden said. He still had the smile on his face.
Kira punched him in the arm and walked forward again, leaving him behind. She went towards the flagpole right in front of the school. It was the spot that she and her friends stood every morning.
She walked over to where her friend Alesha stood. "And why are we mad now?" Alesha asked.
"Well, Aiden is being an ass again," Kira explained. Everyone laughed as Aiden came over holding his arm and had a wounded look on his face.
"That hurt, you know," he whined.
"You deserved it," Kira said with a shrug. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to ignore you."
Aiden pouted and gave her puppy eyes. He hugged her from behind when she turned away from him. She yelped and smacked his arms.
"Let go!" she yelled, but he only held on tighter. "Aiden, I will kill you if you don't let me go," she seethed.
"Fine, but I'm not going to stop bugging you until you talk to me," he said as he let go.
Kira walked towards another group of friends and started to chat with them. She cheered up after a few minutes. Her friends always had that effect on her.
The bell rang, signaling that it was time to get to homeroom. She had homeroom in 106, the chorus room. She went to her locker and put the books from her backpack in the locker. She grabbed her Calculus, Law, and French books. She then closed her locker and went to the chorus room. She said hello to Mr. Wilski, the chorus teacher. She had him for 2nd period.
She had Calculus first period, Chorus second, Law third, French fourth, and then Lunch. American Literature was fifth period, Gym sixth on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Study Hall the other days, Psychology seventh, and last was Study Hall. Eight periods in a day. School started at 7:25 a.m. and ended at 2:22 p.m. everyday.
The school that Kira and her friends went to was Wyoming Valley West. It was an ok school district if you thought about it. The mascot was a Spartan. The colors were burgundy and gold.
They had many sports too. Water Polo, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Softball, Swimming, Diving, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Tennis, Golf, Volleyball, Winter Track, and Track.
There was also a good amount of clubs. Accounting Tutoring, Agape, Aquatics and Physical Fitness, Art, Broadcast, Child Care, Computer Programming Contest, Drama, F.B.L.A, Fly Fishing, French, Global Affairs, Ice Hockey, Interim, Jazz, JETS, Journalism, KEY, Math Tutoring, Math/PSSA tutoring, Mock Trial/Debate, Peer Mediation, Radio, Rotary Interact, Safety Management Response, Science Olympiad, Ski Club, Spanish, State History Performance, Student Council, T.A.R.S., Track & Field, West Side Story (the newspaper for the High School), Wood Working, World Language, and Zoology.
If someone wanted a school that offered a lot, this was the place to go. Or so Kira thought since it had a lot to offer. If you wanted to go to college, you had to go through high school. If not, there was always Tech. If you went to Tech, then you didn't need to go to college. You could get a decent job with out a college degree, but the better ones needed more than just a High School Diploma. Like if you wanted to work at a Salon. You needed to learn how to cut hair, how to color, what chemicals to use, how to perm hair, and other things. That was a lot for just one profession. But to some, it is worth going to college for.
Like Kira. She wanted to go to college. She wanted to be a writer, anime/manga creator, an artist, and a song writer/singer. She wanted a lot of things in her life, but not all of them will come true, and she knew it.
Kira got in homeroom and sat down in her seat. It was the second month into the school year already. She was glad one month had gone by because she was closer to getting out of school now.
The morning announcements came on and everyone in the room got quiet. When the announcements were over and they said to move onto first period, everyone got up in a rush and went for the door. Kira walked calmly and then went to Calculus in room 301. She had Mr. Potter. His classroom was on the third floor.
When she entered, she took her seat in the back next to her friend Brittny, or Lena, as she liked to be called. They chatted for a few minutes as other students came into the room and took their seats.
When Mr. Potter came in, the room became deathly quiet.
"Good morning class. Today we will be having a quiz. I have told you everyday since last week about this quiz, so do your best," Mr. Potter said.
He handed out the quiz and everyone got started. Kira was the first one done, like always. She did stumble on a few of the questions. She did them as best as she could and hoped for the best. She turned the paper over and grabbed her pencil and a piece of paper. She doodled for a while and then drew Aiden. She was still mad at him, but she had to admit that he was a good picture to draw every once and a while.
When everyone was done with their quizzes, Mr. Potter collected the papers and told everyone that they had the rest of the period to talk amongst themselves.
"So…what happened between you and Aiden this morning?" Brittny asked.
"He was being an idiot," Kira said.
"But that's just the way he is," Brittny said.
"Lena…he wants me to meet some friends of his. Tonight. And I told him maybe and he kept saying that he was going to take that as a yes," Kira explained.
"No, he was just being stubborn. That's what he does all the time," was Brittny's reply. She said it with a smile.
"But when I'm stubborn I'm not like that," Kira said.
"Yes you are," Brittny said with a laugh.
"No I'm not…well, I'm not as bad as he is," Kira said.
"Just let him think you're coming to meet his friends tonight. Then don't show. He'll know that you meant no," Brittny said.
"That is not what I'm even thinking of doing. That's just being a bitch," Kira said.
"And aren't you a bitch?" Brittny asked.
"Well, yes. But still…" Kira said. She was unsure of what to do.
"Just don't show," Brittny said.
Kira didn't get to say another word because Mr. Potter was letting everyone leave to go to their next class. She sighed and then grabbed her books and went out the door. She walked to the first floor and back into the chorus room. She sat in her seat and waited for her friends Jill, Susie, and Christine to come into the room. She smiled when all three of them came in and sat in the seats next to her.
"So, I wonder what we will be singing today," was the first thing out of Susie's mouth.
"Probably 'Make Them Hear You', 'Into the West', or 'One Day More.' You know that he loves those songs," was Christine's reply.
"That doesn't mean that he will make us sing those songs today," Kira replied.
"I want him to play something new. Something we haven't sung before," Jill said.
That's when Mr. Wilski walked out of one of the two soundproof rooms that he had. He went to the piano and sat down. He quickly called peoples names to see if they were there or not. After he was done, he passed out a song.
When a copy got to Kira and her friends, they looked at the title. It was a song called "Seize the Day." Kira didn't think it was that new of a song. It was from a movie called The Newsies. It was a classical. Kira had seen the movie many times. She couldn't get enough of Cowboy and how cute he was.
After the song was done, they sang a few more and then the bell rang. Kira sighed as she stood up to walk out of the class. She then went to Law.
The rest of the day went by fast. Kira still ignored Aiden. When she went to the parking lot, she walked quickly. She didn't stop once to talk to friends on her way there, like she normally would. She just kept on walking to her bike.
When she got to her bike, she took the helmet and put it on. She then got on her bike and started it up. She was about to get out of her parking spot when arms wrapped around her waist and picked her up off of the bike. She struggled, but to no avail.
"Let go!" she yelled.
"Not until you agree to meet my friends," came Aiden's voice.
He took the helmet off of her head and set it on her still running bike.
"Just come and meet my friends," he whispered in her ear.
"No, Aiden. I have things I have to do," Kira said.
"No you don't. You just want me to think you do, but its not going to work," Aiden said.
"Let go, or…" she started.
"Or what? You won't do anything and you know it. You just think that I might believe what you say you will do, but we both know that you won't."
Kira growled and kicked backwards into Aiden's shin. He let out a breath right next to her ear and she shivered.
"Kira, be reasonable. Just 10 minutes. That's all I ask."
"No."
"For me?"
"No."
"Come on, Kira. Just do it and you can go home right after."
"I said no!"
"5 minutes."
"Fine! Just let go of me!"
Aiden let go of her and she elbowed him in the stomach.
"Asshole," she growled out. "5 minutes, that's all you get."
She put back on her helmet and got on her bike. She revved the engine in hopes that it would make Aiden move faster. He got in the car and started it. She sighed as he took off out of the parking lot. She followed him. When she saw that they were going to his house she passed him in hopes that he would race her. She cut down a two lane back alley and came out at the other side. She took a left and looked behind her…. no Aiden. She took the next right and went to his house. She pulled in his driveway to see him already there. She parked right behind him just as a bunch of boys came out of the house. Kira took off her helmet and put it on her bike. She shut it off and glared at Aiden.
"How'd you get here before me? Did you speed?" she asked.
"Now why would you say that?" Aiden asked.
"No reason," she said with a smile.
"Guys, this is Kira. Kira, these are the guys I was talking about," Aiden said.