Life as We Know It
Chapter 1
As Our Lives Go On
The smell of burning could be smelt throughout the corridors of Cleveland High School. The smell was coming from the high temperature of the Bunsen burner. "Almost there." Said a voice as he munched into his hoagie sandwich. The sauce slid out of the sandwich and landed onto his blue checked shirt. "Dammit." He said with his mouth full. He wiped his face on a spear sheet of paper. The paper scraped his cheek as he wiped his mouth clean. "Shame there's no napkins around when you need them." He said. He turned back to his experiment that was burning away on the Bunsen burner. "Just need to add some Magnesium and some sulphate. It could just work this time." He declared to the room as he poured some more liquid into the test-tube. His goggles slid down his nose as he leaned closer to the test-tube to pour more of the elements and solutions into the mix. "Just need to be careful as how much." He said. His auburn brown hair flicked over his goggles. As he slowly poured the contents into the test-tube, the door banged opened. A blonde haired teen strolled in. "C'mon mate, Graduation is in ten minutes." The Australian stated. The teen jumped at the sight of his friend. The whole vile went into the test-tube. "No!" he screamed. He grabbed his notes and jumped over to his friend. "Take cover." He screamed as a loud bang could be heard. The teens fell to the floor. The solution burned and spat out purple and green flames. It spat all over the desk. The flames spread all over the desk as it was turning brown. "Don't just sit there." Shouted a voice. The bald English teen grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and sprayed over the flames. The solution bubbled away and spat out the last flame. The teen with goggles turned off the Bunsen burner and placed a stopper over the test-tube. "Thanks for that Wally." The teen said. "Well I'm sorry for that mate, but graduation is in ten minutes. We got to get ready." Wally said. The sound of squeaking could be heard. A teen ran into the classroom. "Guys they've moved the graduation five minutes forward, c'mon." the teen with black hair and in his graduation robes already. "We're coming Patton." The bald teen stated. "Shit." Said Wally. The teens began sprinting out of the classroom and towards the auditorium where the graduation was being held.
"I don't think I can do this." Quivered a teen with dark black hair. "You can do this Kuki. It's only a speech." Smiled her best friend. Kuki took hold of her best friend's hand and squeezed it tight. "Thanks Abby." Grinned Kuki. Kuki was wearing the black graduation robe and had a purple clasp in her hair. She looked so grown up with her hair tied up in a bun. Abby was wearing her usual red cap and red sneakers underneath her robe. Kuki stared down at her pieces of papers. She couldn't think let alone remember any of these quotes or sentences. Her butterflies were getting worst. "Hey Kuki, good luck." Smiled a blonde haired teen. She had light blue moon earring in her ears. She was grinning and was holding a notepad and pen. The teen, the publisher of the school newspaper, couldn't miss out on any action or conversations at the graduation ceremony. "Thanks Rachel." Kuki grinned. She felt a little bit more at eased. A bald teen stuck his head through the curtains, they were back stage in the auditorium. "The guys are on their way and I think Ai is sitting at the front. Jason is with her and so is Yuki." Smiled the bald teen. Kuki stuck her head out of the curtains. Her cousin waved at her from the front row with her one year old daughter in her other arm. "Huh, you're right Nigel, she has Yuki." Smiled Kuki. She could see her cousin's bump slowly showing through her black band t-shirt. Kuki turned towards her friends. "We better get into our seats." Rachel suggested. Her two comrades nodded their heads. Abby hugged Kuki tightly. "Don't worry. He'll be on time for your speech." She said. She let go of her best friend and looked her right in the eye. "If not, Numbuh 5's going to whoop his ass." Abby replied. Kuki giggled. She knew Abby kept her promises including this one.
"Hello dthere Sir, do you have yer ticket?" asked a freckled girl. She was wearing her green converse shoes underneath her robe. "Francine?" said the man. Fanny looked up from her clipboard. "Mr Uno.?" She asked unsure with her answer. Mr Uno had his arm linked with his wife, Mrs Uno. "Yes, we have our tickets." He smiled sweetly. Fanny returned the smile. "Just to the left at the bottom. Nigel is not too far from you." She replied. Mr Uno nodded and walked down the stairs towards the front. He had a grey cane with him, it aided with his balance. Fanny shook her head. Father shouldn't had drove with that much alcohol. Another pair of parents strolled over to Fanny. Surely these were the last ones, thought Francine.
"Dude, why did you have to get your lucky pair of socks?" asked a confused teen. He had removed his goggles to show off his light blue eyes. "Because it's luck for Kuki." Replied Wally. "I want her to do well with her speech." He replied. He jumped out from the jeep and clicked it shut with his keys. "I don't think it works like that dude." His friend laughed as they sprinted towards the auditorium. "Shut up, Hoagie." Wally replied. The pair's sneakers could be heard squeaking down the front entrance and towards the auditorium.
"Today is a very special day. It is the day our little ones graduate from High school." Shouted the principal. His voice was loud enough without the mike. "Many have excelled in their subjects and others not so well, but the ones that stand here today; are strong, bright and young individuals that will make mistakes good and bad. May they continue on their paths to greatness and happiness." He said. A few parents' eyes were wet with emotion. "Well, that's enough from me. Now a speech from our keen, bright and kind President of the school council, Miss Sanban." Said Principal Greyburn. Kuki gulped from behind the curtain, her body was shaking. "I don't think I can do this." Kuki said outloud. She was pacing up and down behind the stage curtain. "Where is he?" Kuki said while staring around to find her boyfriend.
"Why is the door shut?!" shouted Wally. He pushed hard on the door, but it didn't budge. "How the hell are we going to get in and to get to Kuki." Wally shouted he slumped to the floor. A small black box fell out of his pocket. The robes swallowed his body up on the ground. "What's that?" Hoagie asked. He knelt down beside his friend. His friend hurriedly stuck the box in his pocket. "Nothing." Replied Wally. Redness invaded his cheeks. "It's for Kuki, isn't it?" Hoagie asked. Wally nodded his head. "We all know you love her." Hoagie stated while rolling his eyes. He stood up from the ground and studied the place. Surely there was an opening to get in. "Hey look a vent." Hoagie said while pointing to the grey vent above them. "C'mon give me a boost and I'll pull you up." Hoagie suggested. Wally sprung to life. There was still hope yet.
"Wally." Kuki squeaked. He promised he would come to graduation and not flake out. Tears sprung to her eyes. "Miss Sanban." Called the principal. Kuki gulped and wiped the tears away. She shakily walked out from underneath the curtain. Most students clapped, as Kuki was kind to everyone. The only people that didn't clap were the 'Melanies'. Their faces turned sour as they saw Kuki's face. "Bitch." Whispered Melanie. She had got her nails done at the salon. Bright pink with sparkles. Her hair was in a honeycomb sort of style, to conceal her brown roots that were coming through. "Today-…" began Kuki. Taking in some air and shaking the microphone was not a great start. She never really experienced stage fright much like this before.
"I think I can hear Kuki." Grinned Wally. He pressed his ear on the bottom of the vent. "She's not talking anymore." Wally said with worry in his voice. "The vent ends here." Hoagie replied while pointing to the vent's cover that covered the exit. "Do you have your screwdriver with you?" Wally asked desperately. "Yes I should have. It's in my left pocket." Hoagie replied. Wally fiercely searched Hoagie's pockets. "Not so close." Hoagie said, as he tried to push Wally's hands away. Wally pulled out the test-tube from earlier. "Why do you still have this?" he asked. Hoagie shrugged as he tried to take it back. As Wally had a string grip, it was pretty surprisingly when he accidentally let go. The solution hissed and burned through the vent. A few screws dropped out and creaks could be heard. "Wally." Hoagie managed to say as the vent fell through the air. Their screams could be heard as they tumbled onto the stage and narrowly missed Kuki and the microphone.
Smoke and confusion was left in the room. "Wally?" Kuki squeaked with shock. She was going to cry, she couldn't believe her boyfriend had made it. "Hey, Kooks." Grinned Wally. He crawled from under Hoagie and pulled out the black box. "This is for you." Wally smiled. Kuki giggled excitedly as she opened the box. Kuki stared down at the gift her boyfriend had gave her. "It's a lucky fish. I read up on Japanese tradition and culture. It turns out a cat, a fat yellow dude and a goldfish is lucky." Wally cleared his throat. Inside the box was an orange goldfish necklace. "It was supposed to be around your neck right now." Wally replied. Kuki let tears fall down her face as she leaped towards her boyfriend for a hug. "I love it." Kuki said. Wally grinned and placed it around his love's neck. "Beautiful." Whispered Wally as he hugged Kuki tightly. "Em, Wal's." Hoagie called. Wally turned around to see Hoagie in Principal's grasp. "Mr Beatles." Principal Greyburn beckoned the teen to him. Wally gulped as he looked up to see the look of shock on parents' faces. Especially his own parents. Wally smiled back at Kuki as he strolled over to the Principal's grasp. The pair were forced to sit beside the Principal as they were given detention slips. The last detention slips of their high school years.
So guys, this is the start of something new. A new story, a new idea, new reviews, new fans of the KND and new fans of Littlemissfg. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. This was an early Christmas present as the last chapter of Can I love you Again?, was published awhile back. This story is set in the year 2016, so I wanted this chapter to start just before the year 2016. I hope you will enjoy this story series and my ideas. Goodnight everyone.
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