Story of Our Lives
Written By
RL02

Prologue

It was the end of the grade 8 trip to Ottawa of the class of 2008.Erick, Alysha, Derek, Kate, Mitchell, Arissa, Christina and Alexandra were saying bye to each other outside
St.Patricks Catholic School.

"So I'll see you in September then?" Alysha asked her boyfriend Erick.
Alysha was about 5.2, skinny, brown with shoulder length black hair. That day she wore her comfortable jeans and her cute new top she got from Garage along with her jacket.

"Yeah and until then, I guess we'll take a break…." Erick responded.
Erick was around 5.7, skater, white and skinny. That day he wore his baggy jeans with his DC USA Shoes t-shirt. His mop of dirty blond hair was covering his eyes so he swept them away with his hand. "I'll miss you, Lee." He reached over to her and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I'm gonna miss you too….Ewick." She gave Erick a kiss on the cheek and walked over to where her friends Arissa and Alex were.

"So I guess this is it then," Derek said. He was around 5.5, white with an athletic body and short brown hair.That day he wore his jeans with the hockey t-shirt. He pressed his toes against the inside of his running shoes and looked up at the girl in front of him hopefully.

"Hey don't look so down. It's only gonna be 2 months and I'll be back before you know it," Kate replied. She put her hands in her back pockets and stared at the ground. "Well I gotta jet, still got some packing to do ya know? But I'll call you when I get back from Australia and we can hang out." Kate was about 5.2 and was brown, skinny with the body of an athlete.

She turned to walk away but Derek grabbed her elbow and spun her around. He pulled her into a tight embrace and before she knew it she was hugging him back like this was the last day they would see each other. She buried her head in the crook of his neck felt tears welling up in her eyes. She pulled away regretfully and faced him. "I gotta go…bye." She just couldn't believe that this was the last time she was going to see her best friend for the next 2 months. She shoved her hands in her pockets and walked over to where her friends Alysha, Arissa and Alex were standing.

"Well I guess I'll see you in 2 months then?" asked Mitchell. He was around 5.4, lanky with long black hair. He looked up to face his girlfriend Christina.

"Yeah I guess we will. Oh my god this summer is gonna rock. Me and Kate are gonna be in Australia chillin with Kangaroos. But I wish you were coming too though."
Christina was about 5.1, lanky with shoulder length brown hair. She was very random and very funny. She gave her boyfriend Mitchell a kiss on the cheek and a hug as Alex looked on jealously. She walked over to her friends Kate, Alysha, Arissa and Alex.

The 5 girls waved at the 3 guys, picked up their backpacks and walked home. This was going to be a very different summer.