It was a pleasant spring morning in the quaint town of Greenwich, Connecticut and the kids of the town were back in school for their first day. A young boy named Alex Marshall was sitting in the front row of his class, ready to start his first day of fifth grade. He has dark brown hair, green eyes, and was rather skinny compared to most of the other students. Alex was never good at making friends, so he often sat alone in class. However, that was going to change very soon.
Mrs. Thomas, his new teacher, walked into the classroom smiling at all her new students. She was in her mid-30's, with shoulder-length blonde hair and green eyes.
"Good morning class!" she says to her new students.
"Good morning Mrs. Thomas!" they say to her.
"Now before we get started, we have a new student to the school. Come on in dear!"
She motions for the young girl to come inside by gently moving her hand back and forth. Nervously, the girl slowly walks in and stands by Mrs. Thomas. She has long black hair and blue eyes, which Alex seemed to notice right away.
"Class, this is Kate Richards. She just recently moved here, so I expect you all to be nice to her!"
Alex couldn't help but stare at her sheer beauty, even for a ten year old. He knew he wanted to be friends with her.
"Kate, why don't you sit next to the boy in the front row? I'm sure he won't mind."
Alex notices she's talking about him and starts getting excited. Kate nods her head and silently walks over and sits down next to Alex. At first, Alex was too shy to say anything, but he soon spoke up.
"Hi, I'm Alex" he says to her.
Kate looks at Alex and stares at him for a brief second, then says "Hi. I'm Kate. I just moved here from New York."
"New York City or somewhere else in the state?" he asks curiously.
"New York City" she says.
"I've always wanted to visit there. So, why did you move here?"
"Have you seen New York? It's such a big city! And my parents thought it was better to move to a smaller, quiet town like here in Greenwich. We still visit New York in the fall though. What about you? How long have you lived here?"
"That's understandable. I've lived here my whole life. It's a great little town, and the people are really nice" he says.
"Well, I guess I'm just starting out here. Since New York was such a big, busy place I never really had the opportunity of making friends. And it'll probably be the same here, being the new girl and all."
"Well I don't know about that. You've already made one friend and it has only been a few minutes."
Kate looks at Alex and smiles at his comment.
"Thanks! I guess I am going to like it here in Greenwich after all."
Alex returns a smile and says, "Of course you will!"
As weeks passed, Alex and Kate became good friends and did just about everything together.
It had been about two months since school started, and Kate had been rehearsing with other students for a spring play. The day had come for the play to start and Kate felt excited and confident. She was playing the role of a park ranger, trying to save the environment from destruction. Alex sat in the front row, anxious to see how well she would do.
"But why can't you all see! The forest is our home! The trees are being destroyed, the animals are saddened of the disappearance of their home. And we are all just minding our own business like a lazy, no good son of a- WOAH!"
Kate slips on the slick stage floor and as she is falling, she accidentally punches a girl named Jennifer Collins in the nose. Jennifer was the same age as Kate, with blonde hair and hazel eyes. She falls to the ground writhing in pain, holding her nose as it bleeds profusely. The audience gasps at the sight.
Kate stands there in shock, and all she can say is, "Um..." Alex jumps out of his seat and runs on stage to help her out, even though he isn't in the play.
"And that's what happens to the people who are destroying these animal's homes. They get payback...by being punched in the nose!" he says as he laughs nervously. The audience starts looking at each other with confused expressions on their faces.
"Uh... Yeah! This girl certainly does not care for the wildlife so we will leave her for her heart to bleed of guilt!" Kate says trying to make it look like part of the play.
She points to Jennifer.
"As you may know the blood always comes from the nose; it's a scientific fact."
Turning to Alex, she holds her hand out and says, "Thank you ordinary bystander! For assisting me to teach everyone to save our beautiful nature!"
Alex takes her hand and says, "You're welcome miss park ranger. Anything to help save our planet from people like that!"
A man in the audience stands up and starts applauding loudly.
"YEAH! YOU ROCK! BEST PLAY EVER! WOO!"
One by one, people start getting up and applauding for them. Within a few seconds, they had a standing ovation. Kate smiles and hugs Alex in appreciation.
"Thank you Alex!"
Alex more than willingly hugs her back.
"No problem! That was pretty fun actually! What about Jennifer though?"
They look at Jennifer who is still lying on the ground. Kate shrugs her shoulders.
"She's unconscious. She probably won't remember anything when she wakes up."
They start walking offstage as Kate says, "Wanna go for some ice cream?"
"Mmm, sounds good! I've been dying for some cookies 'n' cream!"
They walk out of the school and head down to an ice cream shop, celebrating their success in style.