Loud Silence
It was around 6 am and hectic in the O'Malley home, this particular day was very important because it was the last day before spring break and all of the mayors children had plans,...all except one.JoJo. He never really made friends after the whole Horton thing. His dad thought that since JoJo helped save their world that people would die just to be his friend, but so far that wasn't working out so well."So JoJo, do you have any plans over spring break? You know I do, right?"his sister,Holly,teased." Buzz off,twerp."he said while rolling his eyes. She stood up straight in front of him, and looked him straight in the eyes."oh,don't make me come down there,shrimp!"Holly snapped."Bring it on, pig tails." He stood up in his chair to where he was her level. Holly hated being called pigtails and everywho who wants to live knows that. You see, Holly's hair splits two ways when she puts it up, so it looks like pigtails. She hated it more than anything in the world."you shouldn't be talking about my hair,look at yours. You really need a hair cut it's all over your eyes and you look emo."she said feeling proud of herself but was unaware that her parents were in the room."Holly Lue O'Malley,we do not talk like that in this house!"barked Sally."But mom, he started it."she said trying to sound like an angel."Did not" JoJo said as he got up in her face."I'll talk to JoJo later,I didn't hear anything bad come from his mouth. we're gonna have a nice long talk when you get home today and you're not going anywhere tonight. Now no more of bad talk."Holly sat down with a "HMPH!" JoJo just looked at her for a moment and when she looked back he stuck his tounge out at her."ugh, you're such a little kid."she said as she got up and grabbed her backpack and walked out the door.
When JoJo decided to go out ,all of his sisters decided to go out with him. He was half way out the door,...and then...all of a sudden, all of his sisters came running out of the house like an angry mob. JoJo just stood there for a moment and looked at his watch. And when he thought all of his sisters were out, he took one step and an entire mob of more girls ran out, but this time they trampled right over him. When they were done he slowly looked up and shouted"anyone else?". When he thought it was safe he tried to get up but he was trampled again. But this time, little Heddie just stood on top of him."are you gonna go?"he questioned his baby sister."you,.. wook wike you nee helps uph."she said in the adorable baby talk."uh..I would be able to get up if you got off me,and it's up,not uph."He said in the kindest voice he's ever said."ohhhh,..okay"she said as she got off his back. When he got up she tried to help him even though he didn't need it. But he was nice and didn't go off and say"I don't need help from a baby" like he would have in the past. So he just said" Thank you,Heddie. You're a real help"in the kindest voice you could imagine. He pat her head and walked to the bus stop.
When he got up there, he saw a who he didn't regognise. She was the same height as JoJo. She had hair like JoJos,but longer,and it was blue-ish black. She wore a black and blue sweater and a frown on her face. The thing that mostly stood out about her was her eyes. Most whos have brown or black eyes, but she had bright green eyes. JoJo just had to find out who she was. He was about to talk to her but the bus pulled up.'I'll talk to her on the bus.'he thought. She sat in the way back of the bus,and JoJo sat in front of her. The coolest who in whoville,Brian Hewskerich, walked right to the other back seat and stared at her like there was no tomorrow. JoJo was watching him stare at her. Finally, she had enough."hmmm...keep staring I might do a trick."she said still looking out the window. Brian sunk in his seat blushing.' She has an attitude, cool'JoJo thought to himself. before he knew it,they were at the school and he didn't get a chance to talk to her.
Right when they walked in the school,the principal announced names to come to the office. But the only name he heard was his and then some number." Will JoJo O'Maley and uum...5528 please come to my office."she said over the loud innercom."I just walked in the school and I'm already in trouble."JoJo laughed. The girl from the bus was headed to the office,too."uuum...did she call you to the office."she just looked at him, rolled her eyes and walked faster,thinking he was one of those guys who just hits on random girls.
When they got up there,the principal was overjoyed."oh,so you guys came down together. oh..and um...5528"she giggled as she said the number."your fathers here." The girls eyes widened and her jaw dropped. She just stood there in shock until the door flew open and the whoville drill sargent walked in. I know what you're thinking,'Why would whoville need a drill sargent?'. Well,I'll tell you. The whoville drill sargent wanted to be mayor,well before he was drill sargent, and he ordered that there should be an election so it was JoJo's dad against him,and if you've seen the movie you'll be able to know that Ned was mayor. The drill sargent was furious that he lost. He thought that whoville needed a drill sargent and the rest of whoville didn't. But, Ned felt bad for him,so he hired him as drill sargent, even though they don't need one.
When he walked in the girl stood up straight and shouted, "morning,sir". She had sadness in her eyes. JoJo just looked at her with a sad look."at ease"he said looking unsatisfied. She looked down at the ground.'He treats his own duaghter like a recrute'JoJo thought with discust. "would you please leave the room while I talk to your father,...JoJo,you too."Said the principal."okay"JoJo aproved. She looked at her father. You could tell by her look she wanted to say"you're not my father!"but she said nothing. She just walked out of the room with JoJo. she looked back and squinted her eyes,as if she was staring at her own worst enemy,...the thing is,...she was.
They sat in the chairs outside of the office, they heard the drill sargent raise his voice,but you could barely understand because he was talking so fast. All you could hear was "ABSOLUTLY NOT,NOT HIM!!"JoJo thought he was talking about him,and he was.in the office "I don't want the mayors son to escort my duaghter around the school!"He shouted."I understand your feelings toward the mayor, but ,no offense, it's your fault you lost,not JoJos. And He's nothing like his father,I can tell you that right now. And from what I hear around the school,he doesn't have any plans for spring break, and then again, it's student talk,you can't really trust it. But if he doesn't, he can show her around whoville. She came from the south end,right. oh,and tell her I'm sorry for her loss."She said nothing more,and neither did he. He just nodded and left the room with his head hanging."552...Amanda, JoJo is going to be showing you around the school,alright. And the principal is sorry for your loss."He said before walking out of the school. She let out a big sigh and said."wich room is advanced calculus?"she said getting up out of the chair."I-I-I-I'll show you,I have that class now anyway."JoJo stuttered.
They walked down the hall to advanced calculus. He could tell she was sad. She kept looking at the ground. He had to break the silence."so,..your name's Amanda,right?"he said looking at her."yeah,but I'd rather you call me AJ. Amanda's so weird."She said with her eyes hooked to the ground."do you have any siblings?"Her eyes widened."more than you'd imagine,you?"she said finally smiling."uh...yeah, um... 96 sisters."AJ stared at him as if he were joking."96. so do I,but their not all one gender. I have one sister and the rest are.."She put emphesis on"Brothers,who like to ruin my life! They all like to ruin my life!"JoJo smiled sympetheticly."oh..sory I didn't mean to dump all of this on you Its just I hate them all so much!"She shouted."I don't really like my sisters,either. My sister, Holly, especially. She likes to pick on me alot."JoJo said."The only sibling that doesn't get on my nerves is Heddie, she's the baby."JoJo said."Yeah, my baby brother never gets on my nerves. All he does is try to be a man, it's so cute."This was the first time JoJo heard her talk like a girl."Well, we're hear. Hey, can I see your schedule?"she handed him a folded peice of paper. When he opened it,...' She has all of the classes I do!'JoJo was shocked. She had science next,like him,after that,gym,like him,and after that,lunch,then Social studies,English,Family life,and then Chorus,like him.(Why would JoJo be in Chorus,Well I definetly don't know). It's like this girl looked before time and got all of her classes with him. But he doubted that. He gave her schedule back to her."looks like you'll be with me all day."he said as they walked into the room.
Class hadn't started yet so he sat down and when she tried to sit next to him Brian pulled her arm back."hey,baby,why don't you come sit with us instead of that loser. C'mon we're alot of fun."he said as he walked his fingers up her arm. She turned around quickly and slapped him where he stood."why don't you keep your hands to yourself,keep your mouth shut and keep your eyes in your head,...that is if you can."Brian felt his cheek. A bunch of "oooooooo"s came from around the room, she also heard a loud"YOU GOT BURNT!!"from one of Brians friends."SHUT UP!!"he got up in AJ's face."noone,repeat NOONE..."AJ broke in"noone"and pushed him away. The teacher walked in and Brian grabbed her arm."BRIAN HEWSKERICH!! WE DO NOT GRAB ANYONE IN MY CLASS ROOM, AM I CLEAR!!"Ms.Huelalue called out. Brian quickly ran to his seat."students we have a new student today,her name is Aman.."AJ stopped her."Don't say it,It's AJ."She said with an attitude."Alright,well, AJ is new to whoville so all of you introduce yourselves."AJ interupted."Well,I've already met a few of you. Right Brian?"she looked at Brian and mouthed"I'm gonna kill you"he widened his eyes and looked away. She luaghed."um. what's so funny,AJ"questioned Ms.Huelalue."oh,nothing."she giggled under her breath.'she can defend herself,too. Awsome!'.
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At the Mayor's office he was sitting at his desk looking at a picture of JoJo. He happily sighed."the next mayor,he'll definitly be one of the greats."Ned said to himself. He spun around in his chair with JoJo's picture still in his hands. Out of nowhere he heard an annoyed voice say" umm... Mr.Mayor, you have a visitor. Ned flew out of his chair and fell to the ground. When he tried to get up he hit his head on the desk."uhh, of course, who is it?" He said with a simple smile. Dr.Larue walked in."oh...Dr.Larue,what are you doing here?" he asked."well,I was in the lab that you had built for JoJo, I normally go in there to resupply his chemicals and I couldn't help myself but to look into the telescope and I noticed something,.."she paused,Ned interupted"look I'm sure nothing bad happened"Ned said surley of himself." We're not safe!"she said finally. He stared at her."do you mean.."she interupted."yes,we've been blown off Mt.Nool.I don't know how it happened but it did."in the middle of her talking an enormous shake happened and they both fell to the ground. The pictures on the wall fell,and the picture of JoJowas about to fall and break,but then Ned slid and cought it."phew,that was close."he sighed. The only thing special about this picture is that this was the only picture where JoJo acctually smiled,but just a little. (But,back to the story).
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Back at the school it was lunch time. When AJ was about to sit down and another unfamiliar who walked in. She walked to AJ."hey,AJ"she said. AJ just rolled her eyes."I didn't know you started today."she said with disgust."well I do, aren't you happy?"She said happily."overjoyed"she said sarcasticly."JoJo this is my sister Savannah."she introdouced."hi"Savannah said happily.JoJo nodded."um.. why won't he talk."Savannah whispered to her sister. She shrugged."he was talking to me earlier. I guess he doesn't like you,I know I don't"AJ teased. They sat down. Savannah went to get her lunch."why didn't you say hi?"AJ asked after her sibling left."It's a habit of mine,at home I don't really talk much."he said."oh,I hear ya.I never talk talk at home. Only to my baby brother Ian. It's not like he listens anyway."She said looking at her sister."yeah, I only talk to my little sister Heddie,unless I want to annoy one of them."they talked until Savannah came back."hey,who's that?"she said looking at Brian."don't even bother with him trust me,he's a pig."she looked at JoJo.He nodded at her with wide eyes. They didn't see the fact that Brian was walking over."He's gonna pull the same thing on your sister, just watch."JoJo whispered to AJ. And he did. He walked up and said"Hey,baby. Why don't you come sit with us, we're alot of fun."and walked his fingers up her arm, but she didn't slap him, she went with him over to the table. Both JoJo and AJ burst into a fit of laughter. They were interupted by the Principal."Students don't forget to go to the Spring Break Dance on the last day of Sring Break"she said into the microphone in the front of the cafiteria. A very LARGE group shouted "WE WON'T"."Are you gonna go?" AJ said as she popped a cherry into her mouth."no, I don't go to dances,and I don't dance."She looked at him."thats no excuse,I'd much rather be playing music but I'm gonna go"she insisted."I don't know" she got upset"booo,you're no fun"she turned around in her seat. She waited for a moment, knowing he would give in."Fine."he said and right that split second she turned around so quick and shouted"AWESOME". AJ looked back to her sister and saw that Brian was touching her and Savannah slapped him, and he grabbed her,just as he did to AJ. AJ ran over. Just then JoJo realized he wasn't breathing. He caught his breath and walked over."don't you ever touch her again or so help me I'll stab you five times in each eye, cut both of your wrists and burry you alive and then dance on your grave, You got that,loser!"she shouted for the world to hear. Brian backed away and Savannah ran into AJ's arms,crying. AJ hugged her, upset with herself.'Why didn't I tell her?'she thought to herself.
