Okay, first of all: I know this is totally overdone. BUT! What makes this different from all the other "Recess gang in High school" fics? Well...This is more focused on the background characters, the little guys. Each one of them brings a little something to the show, and I'd like to see a story that mentions their high school experiences. So I'm just going to write one. No worries, TJ and his friends will still be in the story. It's just...It'll show other characters who have their own problems. This is also my first first person point-of-view story, so it's kind of like practice.

Anyway, I do not own Recess. I only own Ivy, a character I made up for my own amusement.

TJ's POV

I couldn't believe it. It was the first day of high school. For once I'd gotten there early, to wait for my friends. While I waited, I saw a few familiar faces of people who went to Third Street School: the diggers passed by with two "Hey TJ"s; Sam and Dave looked the same as usual, just older. Francis, or Hustler Kid (though the 'kid' part had been dropped by now) was at work hustling the people who had gotten here early. Of course he'd be wearing his trademark trench coat.

I recognized a few other people as well. I saw Guru Kid, though he'd insisted on being called Jimmy at the end of middle school. Swinger girl no longer dressed like an aviator; instead she wore a yellow tank top, skinny jeans, sneakers, and her old goggles. Her red hair was as curly as ever, and when she smiled I could tell that the braces she'd had all through middle school were off now-a-days. I also saw a girl I didn't know overly well but I recognized. I think her name was Ivy; she sort of turned into a punk at the start of middle school (it was sort of surprising, since she seemed to be best friends with Francis; the look on his face had been priceless!) and it seemed to have stuck. Her dark brown hair now had electric blue streaks, as opposed to the neon green she had last year (that had earned her the nickname "Poison Ivy") and it was up in pigtails. This year she had headphones around her neck, and three facial piercings.

Well my friends still hadn't shown up. I decided to cut through the crowd of students, and a few minutes later I'd caught up to Francis.

"Hey Francis," I said from behind him. He stiffened ever so slightly before turning around.

"Hey Detweiler. Call me Hustler," he answered. I rolled my eyes.

"Sure thing. I was just wondering if you had seen Ivy yet?" I asked. He looked at me a little weirdly.

"Not yet. Is she even here?" he questioned, whispering. I don't know what his deal was, but he either didn't want people to know he was asking someone a question, or he didn't want people to know he was talking about Ivy. It was kind of weird.

"Yeah man," I answered, pointing the punk girl out to him. Francis just stared at her for a minute, not really blinking. I figured he was startled by the piercings.

"I'll see you later...Maybe," Francis said, pushing his way towards Ivy. I just grinned as he went.

"Hey Teej!" a voice behind me exclaimed. I turned around and spotted my best friend, Vince LaSalle. He was still taller than me, just wearing a T-shirt and shorts. Vince hadn't really changed all that much.

"Hey Vince! Pumped for this year?" I asked.

"Yeah, this is going to be—"Vince replied before I cut him off.

"Tender," I smirked. He nodded, smirking back.

"I was about to say that."

"Teej, Vince!" another voice called out. We turned to look, both of us smiling when we saw who it was.

"Spinelli!" I called back, and she ran over to us. Her black hair hung down past her shoulders. Her right ear had a few piercings, her nails were painted black, and on her feet were boots very similar to those she wore in elementary school.

She pulled out a crumpled piece of paper out of one of her jeans pocket. Uncrumpling it showed that it was her schedule. "What classes do you guys have?" she asked. Vince and I pulled out our own schedules.

"Well I've got Math first," I groaned. I hated math; it wasn't exactly my strongest subject. Then again, my strongest 'subject' had to be practical joking.

"Same here," Vince said to me. I grinned; at least I'd have my best friend in my class. Well, most likely; he could, to my horror, end up in another math class.

"Looks like I've got English," Spinelli grumbled.

"As do I," another voice piped up. We all turned to spot Mikey. His hair was longer and he looked older, but other than that he wasn't much different.

"Hey Mikey," we called out. Once he had wandered over to us, we all continued to compare schedules.

My schedule turned out to look like this: Math, Biology, History, Lunch, Business and P.E. Vince had math, lunch and P.E. with me, while Spinelli had lunch and P.E. with us, as did Mikey. It seemed like our whole group would have P.E. together, at least.

Gretchen and Gus showed up fairly soon. Gus was taller now and had more muscle. He was looking more like his dad build-wise, but he still wasn't quite there yet. Gretchen's hair was longer now and she just left it down, while she wore a white T-shirt, a baby blue sweater, jeans and a pink belt. We all smiled a little while rolling our eyes. Same old Gretchen, always wearing the same old colour scheme.

"So what classes do you guys have?" Vince asked Gus and Gretchen.

"Well I've got Drama, Biology, History, Lunch, Spanish and finally P.E.," Gus replied first.

"I have English, Chemistry, Physics, Lunch, Geology and P.E.," Gretchen stated calmly. Vince and I let out a couple of loud whoops, as we all had lunch and P.E together.

As the bell rang and we entered the school, there was only one thing running through my mind.

This year will be great. Boy, if I knew then what I know now...Well I'd be scared shitless.

Well, I know it's short but this is what I've got. I know I said this wasn't going to be mainly about TJ, this is just what I decided on for the opening chapter. I think the characters this will mostly focus on will be Guru Kid...Swinger girl...Francis...The diggers...Menlo...Even Randall...And of course others, but these happen to be the least used characters I've seen in these Recess-High school fanfics. Naturally, someone has to write for the little guys...There will also be Cornchip girl, Upside Down girl, Peanut Butter kid, Mundy, Skeens, Sleepy Kid, Sue Bob Murphy, and Kurst the Worst...Right, I almost forgot Butch (sorry slash fangirls, he's not going to be with Francis!) though these guys won't get very prominent parts. So I hope you stick with this, and I also hope you enjoy it...It's going to get VERY DRAMATIC...