Disclaimer: For the most part, I don't own any of these people. Tear. Well, I did add and subtract to some of their personalities, but for the most part I don't own them. I did, however, change names so that I won't get yelled at. I have this story on fictionpress.com as well, just so you know.
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"Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters is just following your heart
And eventually you'll finally get it right"
"In This Diary" by The Ataris
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The Best Days of Our Lives
Introduction
My name is Jill Black. Isn't that nice? I'm a junior in high school and I just turned sixteen. I'm a band geek (that would be a major understatement, by the way) and I play the clarinet and some trumpet. I have light brown hair and green-ish blue eyes. I enjoy long walks on the beach and picnics in the park with that special someone. Okay, maybe not.
Anyway, I have three of the best friends anyone could ask for. We all get along and we all have tons of inside jokes with each other. We trust each other, we confide in each other, and we do everything with each other. My parents call us a "clique" because we're always together. It's amazing, though, that we get along as well as we do. To be blunt, this story is about the four of us.
Now, for a quick wrap-up of who each of these people are... Please keep your excitement at a minimum level.
First, there's Shelby Owen. Shelby is the oldest of the four of us as seventeen. She's going to be a senior. I'm not really sure how I became friends with her, actually. We just started talking and WHAM! We were friends. We talk on the phone all the time and when we're not talking on the phone, we're usually talking on the computer. She plays the clarinet as well and sits next to me at second chair (I'm first). Shelby and I have tons of things in common and we've been told that we "are one person copied onto another." Which, I suppose, is actually quite true.
Then, there would be Lena Randall. Lena and I have known each other since we were in elementary school and we've been friends the whole time. Lena and I are a lot alike, but not to the extent of Shelby and I. We have a few differences, but that seems to be one of the reasons that we're as close as we are. We live really near each other, so we do a lot of car-pooling and going to each other's houses. Lena is second chair flute and is also really talented in singing, as well. Not to mention that she's a perfectionist when it comes to grades.
Last, there's Jerod Leonard. Jerod is pretty much the most unique one of the whole bunch, mainly because he's the only guy. However, Jerod is probably the best guy. He's a very understanding person and always can make you laugh when you're down. Jerod and I became friends during the duration of my sophomore year. How is beyond me. We just started talking more, e-mailing each other, and eventually doing things together outside of school. Jerod is the biggest band geek out of all of us and is first chair trombone/euphonium. He can play every instrument except bassoon and oboe.
We're kind of a miss-matched group. I think that the only thing that we all have in common is band. We're all in cross-country, too, but Shelby, Lena, and I didn't join until a year after we all became friends.
The four of us have been through a lot, though. We've had our ups and our downs. Our laughs and our tears. But, whatever happens to us, we always seem to get through it and we're back to joking around and being ourselves as much as we had.
I think the tip-off that we had become such good of friends was when our band director told us that she wished that when she had been in high school, she had had a great group of friends like we do. So, now we tend to cherish all of the moments that we have together more than we ever had. We are definitely blessed in more ways than one.
Now, enough of my talking and onto my, or to be more precise, OUR story... But, to do that, I have to go back to the August before my sophomore year.
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"Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up
These are the best days of our lives
The only thing that matters is just following your heart
And eventually you'll finally get it right"
"In This Diary" by The Ataris
~~~
The Best Days of Our Lives
Introduction
My name is Jill Black. Isn't that nice? I'm a junior in high school and I just turned sixteen. I'm a band geek (that would be a major understatement, by the way) and I play the clarinet and some trumpet. I have light brown hair and green-ish blue eyes. I enjoy long walks on the beach and picnics in the park with that special someone. Okay, maybe not.
Anyway, I have three of the best friends anyone could ask for. We all get along and we all have tons of inside jokes with each other. We trust each other, we confide in each other, and we do everything with each other. My parents call us a "clique" because we're always together. It's amazing, though, that we get along as well as we do. To be blunt, this story is about the four of us.
Now, for a quick wrap-up of who each of these people are... Please keep your excitement at a minimum level.
First, there's Shelby Owen. Shelby is the oldest of the four of us as seventeen. She's going to be a senior. I'm not really sure how I became friends with her, actually. We just started talking and WHAM! We were friends. We talk on the phone all the time and when we're not talking on the phone, we're usually talking on the computer. She plays the clarinet as well and sits next to me at second chair (I'm first). Shelby and I have tons of things in common and we've been told that we "are one person copied onto another." Which, I suppose, is actually quite true.
Then, there would be Lena Randall. Lena and I have known each other since we were in elementary school and we've been friends the whole time. Lena and I are a lot alike, but not to the extent of Shelby and I. We have a few differences, but that seems to be one of the reasons that we're as close as we are. We live really near each other, so we do a lot of car-pooling and going to each other's houses. Lena is second chair flute and is also really talented in singing, as well. Not to mention that she's a perfectionist when it comes to grades.
Last, there's Jerod Leonard. Jerod is pretty much the most unique one of the whole bunch, mainly because he's the only guy. However, Jerod is probably the best guy. He's a very understanding person and always can make you laugh when you're down. Jerod and I became friends during the duration of my sophomore year. How is beyond me. We just started talking more, e-mailing each other, and eventually doing things together outside of school. Jerod is the biggest band geek out of all of us and is first chair trombone/euphonium. He can play every instrument except bassoon and oboe.
We're kind of a miss-matched group. I think that the only thing that we all have in common is band. We're all in cross-country, too, but Shelby, Lena, and I didn't join until a year after we all became friends.
The four of us have been through a lot, though. We've had our ups and our downs. Our laughs and our tears. But, whatever happens to us, we always seem to get through it and we're back to joking around and being ourselves as much as we had.
I think the tip-off that we had become such good of friends was when our band director told us that she wished that when she had been in high school, she had had a great group of friends like we do. So, now we tend to cherish all of the moments that we have together more than we ever had. We are definitely blessed in more ways than one.
Now, enough of my talking and onto my, or to be more precise, OUR story... But, to do that, I have to go back to the August before my sophomore year.