I sat on a beach, staring off at the water as if in a trance. The water bounces off the shore, and
back against the other waves. It's very interesting. Hhhhhmmmm... I'm in a daydream that keeps
finding it's way back to my brother's best friend, Tommy Pickles. Great, I know I can't get him
out of my mind, but does he or anyone else know that? No. Of course not. No one except Lillian
Deville knows that, 'cause she's my best friend. I look around the beach, and see that I'm alone. I
stand up, and walk over to a small pile of rocks. I stare at them for a minute, then hear a voice
behind me. "Hi, Kimi." the voice says softly. I know who that is.
I spin around smiling wide. "Tommy! Hi! Long time no see!" I embrace him tightly. I don't think
he can breath so I let go. I stare into his blue eyes for a few minute, then ask, "why are you here?"
"Hey, can't I come to the beach?" he laughs, raising an eyebrow at me. "Lets go over there and
sit, I'm tired of standing." he says, holding a hand out for me.
I slowly take it, and we walk to the edge of the ocean, the water washing up on our feet. "So...
what are you doing here?" I ask slowly.
"I don't know." he said as he sat down. "I just came here to get away from Dil, I guess." he
laughed again, staring into my eyes.
"Oh. What time is it?" why did I ask that?
"It's 7:30, Kimi, wake up! Wake up!" he said. "Wake up, Kimi!" he began to sound like Chuckie?
Why?
"Kimi! Wake up!" I slowly opened my eyes, to see Chuckie above me. "Finally! It's 7:30!"
I look over at my clock, and see that he is right! My gosh, I slept WAY too late! I jump out of
bed. "Ack!" I jump into the closet, and began to throw clothes over my shoulder. "No... no... too
trashy... no... a-ha!" I pulled out a grey tank top and a blue Hawaii style fold around skirt that had
big yellow and pink flowers on 'em. I run to the bathroom, quickly slip them on, and run back into
the bedroom. "What a mess!" I exclaim looking around the room that's floor now had clothes all
over it. "Oh well, no time!" I run a brush through my long strait ebony hair, and pull it into a pony
tail. I slip on my sandals, and run downstairs.
"Kimi! Honey, what took you so long?" daddy says looking up from his paper. I grab a pop tart,
and shove it in my mouth.
"Nof no daf." I manage to mumble out. I swallow, and clear my throat. "Late for school." I run
outside to Chuckie's car, and hop in. "Ok Chuckie, lets go!"
"What took so long?" he asked as he started the car, and drove off.
"Oh, I just had to eat breakfast, that's all." I said, staring out the window, thinking.
"Oh, just wondering." Chuckie pulled up next to my school, and I hopped out just as fast as I got
in. "Bye!"
I turned, and waved. "Bye!" I yell, and turn back around. I wish Chuckie hadn't already
graduated, then we could have graduated together, but oh well. I see someone come around the
corner, and skid to a stop. "Hi Lil!" I wave to my best friend.
She looks to me and smiles. She walks over while waving. "Hi Kimi!" when she gets to me, we
walk into the school. "So, how are you doin' today?" she asks ecstatically.
I stare at her for a few minutes trying to figure out why she was so happy. "I'm fine. Why are you
so happy?"
"Your brother asked me to meet him in the park today at 6:00." she sighed. Oh, I should have
known. Those two have been going out for the past six years! Ever since they went into junior
high! Oh, how I wish that would have happened to me... with Tommy. We walk to our lockers. "I
don't know what he has planned, but I know I'll like it. What I hope it is... I doubt Chuckie would
be brave enough to do it." she laughed. I shoved a book into my locker, and slammed it closed.
"What do you want to happen?" I ask as we walk down the hallway.
"Well... since he's out of school, and I'm almost... I really want him to ask me to... well..." oh, I
get it.
"Oh! You want him to ask you to marry him?" I ask. She smiles and blushes. She shoves her
hands into her khaki capri's pockets and walks a little ahead of me.
"Uh... kinda..." she giggles, and turns around. She is smiling wide.
"What?" I ask.
She clasps her hands together, and spins around. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if he did ask me? I
love him, he loves me, and you and I could be sisters-in-law!" she spun again, this time on the tip
of her toe. Someone comes running down the hall towards us. Oh, it's Phil, should have known.
He runs up to Lil, panting. "I... did it! Lil, I... asked... Jaqui to... go out with... me!" he wheezed.
Lil and I gasped, and looked at each other.
"Philip Deville! You are so in trouble!" we heard from the left. We turned our heads in unison,
and saw a skinny brunette in a no backed pastel blue and pink shirt, and wrap around plaid green
and blue skirt coming towards us with a scowl on her face. She walked up to Phil, flipped her
long brunette hair behind her ear, and straightened up. She also had on a black french beret. Heh,
and she thought she was french. "Philip, you said you would meet me at Varicella's at 7:00 p.m.
yesterday." she was now tapping her foot at him.
"Oh, sorry Erica, but I got stuck in traffic, and by the time I got there you weren't!" Phil said,
holding out his arms to her.
This 'Erica' girl brushed her bangs that were too long to keep in front of her whole face so she
kept it over her right eye behind her ear. "Listen: I heard you taking about my cousin Jaqui, and I
don't want to be in with you if you are with her, ok?" she said, understandingly. Wow, that was
weird, I thought she would be mad and yell at him.
"Ok, Erica, I guess." he looked down at the floor. Erica kissed him lightly on the head, and then
left. Phil looked up. "I never really liked her. She used to smoke." he said turning to us. "Lets go
to our 1st classes before we're too late."
I nodded my head. "Wait, where's Tommy?" I asked looking around.
"He's already in class, Kimi." Lil said, taking her brother's arm. "Now come on, we have to go
too!" I took Phil's other arm, and walked with them to my class. We stop in front of it, and I
separate from them. I walk in, and sit down.
I look around, and see Tommy sitting in his normal seat, writing something. Probably something
to do with the lesson. I realize that I'm staring, and turn to the teacher; Mrs. Burr. Ha, what a
funny last name. Course, I should talk; Kimi Finster? Yep, I go under the weird last names
category. I listen to the teacher for a while, then zone back out. Back to Tommy again. But he has
a girlfriend! I can't be constantly thinking of him! He has a girlfriend that is a lot prettier than me
even! Well, she has medium long sandy blonde hair, I just have black. She has a better body than
me, 'cause every time she is in a swimsuit every guy in the school drools, and every time I'm in a
swimsuit no one cares. Oh well, I should move on. I look up at the clock: rrrrrrrr, still have 15
minutes to go before my next class. I look over at Tommy again... was he looking at me? No, my
imagination. I look back up at the clock. To long to wait!
back against the other waves. It's very interesting. Hhhhhmmmm... I'm in a daydream that keeps
finding it's way back to my brother's best friend, Tommy Pickles. Great, I know I can't get him
out of my mind, but does he or anyone else know that? No. Of course not. No one except Lillian
Deville knows that, 'cause she's my best friend. I look around the beach, and see that I'm alone. I
stand up, and walk over to a small pile of rocks. I stare at them for a minute, then hear a voice
behind me. "Hi, Kimi." the voice says softly. I know who that is.
I spin around smiling wide. "Tommy! Hi! Long time no see!" I embrace him tightly. I don't think
he can breath so I let go. I stare into his blue eyes for a few minute, then ask, "why are you here?"
"Hey, can't I come to the beach?" he laughs, raising an eyebrow at me. "Lets go over there and
sit, I'm tired of standing." he says, holding a hand out for me.
I slowly take it, and we walk to the edge of the ocean, the water washing up on our feet. "So...
what are you doing here?" I ask slowly.
"I don't know." he said as he sat down. "I just came here to get away from Dil, I guess." he
laughed again, staring into my eyes.
"Oh. What time is it?" why did I ask that?
"It's 7:30, Kimi, wake up! Wake up!" he said. "Wake up, Kimi!" he began to sound like Chuckie?
Why?
"Kimi! Wake up!" I slowly opened my eyes, to see Chuckie above me. "Finally! It's 7:30!"
I look over at my clock, and see that he is right! My gosh, I slept WAY too late! I jump out of
bed. "Ack!" I jump into the closet, and began to throw clothes over my shoulder. "No... no... too
trashy... no... a-ha!" I pulled out a grey tank top and a blue Hawaii style fold around skirt that had
big yellow and pink flowers on 'em. I run to the bathroom, quickly slip them on, and run back into
the bedroom. "What a mess!" I exclaim looking around the room that's floor now had clothes all
over it. "Oh well, no time!" I run a brush through my long strait ebony hair, and pull it into a pony
tail. I slip on my sandals, and run downstairs.
"Kimi! Honey, what took you so long?" daddy says looking up from his paper. I grab a pop tart,
and shove it in my mouth.
"Nof no daf." I manage to mumble out. I swallow, and clear my throat. "Late for school." I run
outside to Chuckie's car, and hop in. "Ok Chuckie, lets go!"
"What took so long?" he asked as he started the car, and drove off.
"Oh, I just had to eat breakfast, that's all." I said, staring out the window, thinking.
"Oh, just wondering." Chuckie pulled up next to my school, and I hopped out just as fast as I got
in. "Bye!"
I turned, and waved. "Bye!" I yell, and turn back around. I wish Chuckie hadn't already
graduated, then we could have graduated together, but oh well. I see someone come around the
corner, and skid to a stop. "Hi Lil!" I wave to my best friend.
She looks to me and smiles. She walks over while waving. "Hi Kimi!" when she gets to me, we
walk into the school. "So, how are you doin' today?" she asks ecstatically.
I stare at her for a few minutes trying to figure out why she was so happy. "I'm fine. Why are you
so happy?"
"Your brother asked me to meet him in the park today at 6:00." she sighed. Oh, I should have
known. Those two have been going out for the past six years! Ever since they went into junior
high! Oh, how I wish that would have happened to me... with Tommy. We walk to our lockers. "I
don't know what he has planned, but I know I'll like it. What I hope it is... I doubt Chuckie would
be brave enough to do it." she laughed. I shoved a book into my locker, and slammed it closed.
"What do you want to happen?" I ask as we walk down the hallway.
"Well... since he's out of school, and I'm almost... I really want him to ask me to... well..." oh, I
get it.
"Oh! You want him to ask you to marry him?" I ask. She smiles and blushes. She shoves her
hands into her khaki capri's pockets and walks a little ahead of me.
"Uh... kinda..." she giggles, and turns around. She is smiling wide.
"What?" I ask.
She clasps her hands together, and spins around. "Wouldn't it be wonderful if he did ask me? I
love him, he loves me, and you and I could be sisters-in-law!" she spun again, this time on the tip
of her toe. Someone comes running down the hall towards us. Oh, it's Phil, should have known.
He runs up to Lil, panting. "I... did it! Lil, I... asked... Jaqui to... go out with... me!" he wheezed.
Lil and I gasped, and looked at each other.
"Philip Deville! You are so in trouble!" we heard from the left. We turned our heads in unison,
and saw a skinny brunette in a no backed pastel blue and pink shirt, and wrap around plaid green
and blue skirt coming towards us with a scowl on her face. She walked up to Phil, flipped her
long brunette hair behind her ear, and straightened up. She also had on a black french beret. Heh,
and she thought she was french. "Philip, you said you would meet me at Varicella's at 7:00 p.m.
yesterday." she was now tapping her foot at him.
"Oh, sorry Erica, but I got stuck in traffic, and by the time I got there you weren't!" Phil said,
holding out his arms to her.
This 'Erica' girl brushed her bangs that were too long to keep in front of her whole face so she
kept it over her right eye behind her ear. "Listen: I heard you taking about my cousin Jaqui, and I
don't want to be in with you if you are with her, ok?" she said, understandingly. Wow, that was
weird, I thought she would be mad and yell at him.
"Ok, Erica, I guess." he looked down at the floor. Erica kissed him lightly on the head, and then
left. Phil looked up. "I never really liked her. She used to smoke." he said turning to us. "Lets go
to our 1st classes before we're too late."
I nodded my head. "Wait, where's Tommy?" I asked looking around.
"He's already in class, Kimi." Lil said, taking her brother's arm. "Now come on, we have to go
too!" I took Phil's other arm, and walked with them to my class. We stop in front of it, and I
separate from them. I walk in, and sit down.
I look around, and see Tommy sitting in his normal seat, writing something. Probably something
to do with the lesson. I realize that I'm staring, and turn to the teacher; Mrs. Burr. Ha, what a
funny last name. Course, I should talk; Kimi Finster? Yep, I go under the weird last names
category. I listen to the teacher for a while, then zone back out. Back to Tommy again. But he has
a girlfriend! I can't be constantly thinking of him! He has a girlfriend that is a lot prettier than me
even! Well, she has medium long sandy blonde hair, I just have black. She has a better body than
me, 'cause every time she is in a swimsuit every guy in the school drools, and every time I'm in a
swimsuit no one cares. Oh well, I should move on. I look up at the clock: rrrrrrrr, still have 15
minutes to go before my next class. I look over at Tommy again... was he looking at me? No, my
imagination. I look back up at the clock. To long to wait!
