Chapter 1- The Movie
Mandeline Morrison was walking to school alone, on a cold windy morning. She could see people staring at her out of the corner of her eye. 'I really wish they'd stop staring.' she thought, to herself. 'They probably stare because I'm so weird. And my name is weird, too.' Mandeline hated her name ever since she was born. Sometimes the teachers pronounced it as if it were Man-do-lynn. She keeps reminding them, "It's Man-de-line." Anyway, as she walked to school, she tried to ignore the staring and walked more swiftly, which was hard to do since she was wearing a big sweater over heavy overalls. When she reached the high school, she saw the "in-crowd" hanging out on the steps of the school. Mandeline was disappointed that she would have to walk by them. She quickly prepared to walk up the steps.
When she did, one of the girls, Brenda, said to her, "Cool overalls." Mandeline just smiled quickly and said, "Thanks." When she walked into the school, the "in-crowd" burst into laughter. But one boy, Shaun Weston, only faked a smile and looked down at the ground. Secretly, he felt bad for Mandeline. The bell rang and they all walked into the school.
Mandeline took her regular seat in her homeroom class, in the front row. She was the first and only one in the classroom. Not even the teacher was there. Mandeline was catching up on some studying when she heard footsteps. Hoping it would be the teacher, she looked up. It was Shaun. He walked into the classroom and sat right next to her. Mandeline ignored him and got back to studying. But she couldn't. It was too hard concentrating, because he was so close. But Mandeline knew this boy wasn't as bad as the others were. She understood that he was caught in the middle somewhere, still looking for where he belonged. She looked at him from the corner of her eye and saw him looking at her. She quickly looked back at her desk and kept studying. Silence followed long after that.
"What are you doing?" Shaun asked suddenly.
"Studying." Mandeline answered, in a small voice.
"Why?"
"So I can get good grades." She beginning to feel annoyed.
Shaun was silent after that. Then he said, "Ya know she didn't mean it."
"Who didn't mean what?"
"Brenda." Shaun explained. "She really didn't mean it about your overalls."
"Yeah, I know." Mandeline said.
"Good. Just making sure you do."
Mandeline looked at him. "Why?"
Shaun seemed to be at loss for words. Finally he just shrugged. Other students started coming in by then. They whispered curiously at each other when they saw Mandeline and Shaun sitting together. Class began a few minutes later.
At lunch period, Mandeline sat by herself. She had brought a book with her. It was one off of the schools list of recommended novels. All through lunch, she saw Shaun look at her from the "in-crowd" table every now and then. When the last bell of the day rang, Mandeline walked out of the school, preparing to walk home. She had just walked off the school grounds when she heard someone run up to her. She turned to see who it was. Shaun. She deepened her brow in confusion.
"Hey." Shaun said, when he caught up to her. He started walking directly beside her.
"Hi." Mandeline replied, curiously.
Shaun seemed to not know what to say. Finally he said, "What's up?"
"Um, nothing, really."
"Oh. So.how was that English test?"
"It was Ok, I guess." She began to feel uncomfortable.
Shaun sighed. 'This is hopeless.' he thought.
When they reached Mandeline's house, Mandeline turned into the walkway.
"Bye." Shaun called to her. "See ya tomorrow."
"Good-bye." Mandeline replied, and she walked into the house. She looked out the window as soon as she got in. She saw Shaun kick at a pebble on the street. Then he looked back at her house with sad eyes. Finally, he walked away with his head hanging. Mandeline stared at him as he walked away slowly. Then she went into the house to find her father.
"Dad?" Mandeline called. She found him in the den with a bright smile on his face. "What happened? Why are you so happy?"
"Oh, Mandy." Mandy was her fathers nickname for her. Her father said. "I've been accepted to be the reverend at the Baptist church downtown.
"Dad, that wonderful!" Mandeline threw her arms around her father happily.
"We've got to celebrate." Her father said to her. "Let's go see a movie."
"Really?" they hardly ever see a movie together.
"Really."
So that night, they drove to the downtown Cinema and got tickets. They wanted to see different movies, so they split up. Mandeline got a ticket to see A Walk to Remember. When she walked into the dark theater, it was already packed with people. There were only one seat left. She sat there. When Mandeline looked to see she sat next to, it was (dun dun dun) Shaun. Mandeline sat up in her chair and looked directly straight ahead, trying not to look at him. But Shaun looked at her constantly and when she first sat next to him, he smiled and said, "Hi." Mandeline only whispered "hello" back. When the movie began and the opening credits were showing, Mandeline felt that Shaun and her names were similar to the actors' in the movie. During that movie, Mandeline felt as if she had seen this movie before. Or something like it. She understood how the girl, Jamie, felt and it seemed like she was just like her. With a reverend as a father and being the outcast. When she looked over at Shaun, she saw his eyes glued to the screen with anticipation.
The movie had seemed so familiar. And Shaun kept looking at Mandeline every time there was a meaningful part. Shaun loved the movie, too. He realized it was almost the same situation he was in.
Mandeline never cried so much at a movie. And she saw tears streaming down Shaun's face, too. 'Wow.' She thought. 'I never knew guys could be so sensitive.' At the scene of the proposal and the wedding, Shaun couldn't take his eyes off Mandeline. Mandeline was disappointed when the movie was over. She wanted to watch it over and over again. After the movie, Mandeline met up with her father in front of the cinema and they started to walk to the car. As she and her father were leaving, Shaun walked up to Mandeline and said, "Did you like the movie?"
"Oh, yes. Very much" Mandeline replied warily.
"Yeah, so did I." Shaun said, shyly. "Well, I guess I'll see you at school. Bye."
"Ok. Good-bye." Mandeline said. Her father her a LOOK when they were seated in the car.
"Mandy, I don't want you associating with that boy." He said. "He's not going to go anywhere in life."
Mandeline, however, was cheerful after the movie. "Dad, don't worry. You just have to have faith in me."
Her father eyed her curiously. "What's all this talk about faith, now?"
Mandeline didn't answer that. She just looked out of the window with her eyes sparkling. When she was watching the movie, she realized that Jamie was just like her. When they drove to the front of the house, Mandeline got out whistling. She walked into the house and upstairs to her room where she got ready for bed and went to sleep.
The next day was a Saturday, so Mandeline decided to go somewhere. She got dressed, grabbed her purse and went downstairs to eat a little before she left.
"So, what are you planning to do today?" her father asked, over eggs and toast.
"Oh, I'm probably just going to the bookstore. And I think I'll be at the library for a long time. I have a lot of exams coming up." Mandeline knew this was a little lie. But she didn't want to tell her father where she was really going.
Mandeline finished her breakfast and walked downtown. To the cinema. She just HAD to see A Walk to Remember again. She bought her ticket and walked into the theater. It was still early in the morning, so there was only one other person there. It was a boy and he sitting in the very first row in the middle, directly in front of the screen. 'He probably doesn't even know I'm here.' Mandeline thought. She was right. She managed to sit a safe distance away from him. As she was watching the movie, she went the same emotions she had the night before. But what was very strange to her was the boy in the front row. She had heard him cry loudly, and he laughed at the funny parts like he was the only one there. Well.that's what he thought anyway. When the movie ended, the boy didn't move from his seat. Instead he just sat there alone with his face buried in his hands, listening to Cry as the end credits rolled. He seemed to be crying. Mandeline backed out of the theater slowly, but then she decided she should go up to the boy and try to comfort him. She slowly walked through the empty theater towards the boy.
When she reached him, she smiled and said, "Hi."
They boy looked up and wiped his tears, and that's when Mandeline saw who it really was. The one, the only, SHAUN. Mandeline was surprised at first. Then she said, "Oh, it's only you. Sorry, I thought you were someone else." Then she started to walk away. She was almost out of the theater when she heard Shaun's voice.
"Wait." She heard Shaun's say. Mandeline turned around and looked back at him.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"What were you gonna say?"
"I was just going to try to comfort you." Mandeline explained with a shrug. "I mean, you were crying a whole lot."
"Oh. Well, why aren't you gonna it anymore?"
Mandeline just shrugged again. "Well, I guess I could, if you wanted me to."
Shaun rubbed the back of his neck, with nervousness. "Uh, I guess I could use a little cheering up.." He trailed off and looked and Mandeline shyly. Mandeline wondered why but instead she said, "Ok." She walked towards him again.
"Uh, I think we need to get out this theater, though." Shaun said, nervously, as he put his hands in his pockets with embarrassment. He said, "We don't we go out for a drink?"
~ Authors Note ~ I hope you guys like this story. It's probably pretty common, but there's gonna be a really odd ending. And I know the names are pretty CORNY, so don't laugh! Hehe.tbc!
Oh, and everytime you see some writing between these marks: (( )). It means that's it me, the author, speaking.
Mandeline Morrison was walking to school alone, on a cold windy morning. She could see people staring at her out of the corner of her eye. 'I really wish they'd stop staring.' she thought, to herself. 'They probably stare because I'm so weird. And my name is weird, too.' Mandeline hated her name ever since she was born. Sometimes the teachers pronounced it as if it were Man-do-lynn. She keeps reminding them, "It's Man-de-line." Anyway, as she walked to school, she tried to ignore the staring and walked more swiftly, which was hard to do since she was wearing a big sweater over heavy overalls. When she reached the high school, she saw the "in-crowd" hanging out on the steps of the school. Mandeline was disappointed that she would have to walk by them. She quickly prepared to walk up the steps.
When she did, one of the girls, Brenda, said to her, "Cool overalls." Mandeline just smiled quickly and said, "Thanks." When she walked into the school, the "in-crowd" burst into laughter. But one boy, Shaun Weston, only faked a smile and looked down at the ground. Secretly, he felt bad for Mandeline. The bell rang and they all walked into the school.
Mandeline took her regular seat in her homeroom class, in the front row. She was the first and only one in the classroom. Not even the teacher was there. Mandeline was catching up on some studying when she heard footsteps. Hoping it would be the teacher, she looked up. It was Shaun. He walked into the classroom and sat right next to her. Mandeline ignored him and got back to studying. But she couldn't. It was too hard concentrating, because he was so close. But Mandeline knew this boy wasn't as bad as the others were. She understood that he was caught in the middle somewhere, still looking for where he belonged. She looked at him from the corner of her eye and saw him looking at her. She quickly looked back at her desk and kept studying. Silence followed long after that.
"What are you doing?" Shaun asked suddenly.
"Studying." Mandeline answered, in a small voice.
"Why?"
"So I can get good grades." She beginning to feel annoyed.
Shaun was silent after that. Then he said, "Ya know she didn't mean it."
"Who didn't mean what?"
"Brenda." Shaun explained. "She really didn't mean it about your overalls."
"Yeah, I know." Mandeline said.
"Good. Just making sure you do."
Mandeline looked at him. "Why?"
Shaun seemed to be at loss for words. Finally he just shrugged. Other students started coming in by then. They whispered curiously at each other when they saw Mandeline and Shaun sitting together. Class began a few minutes later.
At lunch period, Mandeline sat by herself. She had brought a book with her. It was one off of the schools list of recommended novels. All through lunch, she saw Shaun look at her from the "in-crowd" table every now and then. When the last bell of the day rang, Mandeline walked out of the school, preparing to walk home. She had just walked off the school grounds when she heard someone run up to her. She turned to see who it was. Shaun. She deepened her brow in confusion.
"Hey." Shaun said, when he caught up to her. He started walking directly beside her.
"Hi." Mandeline replied, curiously.
Shaun seemed to not know what to say. Finally he said, "What's up?"
"Um, nothing, really."
"Oh. So.how was that English test?"
"It was Ok, I guess." She began to feel uncomfortable.
Shaun sighed. 'This is hopeless.' he thought.
When they reached Mandeline's house, Mandeline turned into the walkway.
"Bye." Shaun called to her. "See ya tomorrow."
"Good-bye." Mandeline replied, and she walked into the house. She looked out the window as soon as she got in. She saw Shaun kick at a pebble on the street. Then he looked back at her house with sad eyes. Finally, he walked away with his head hanging. Mandeline stared at him as he walked away slowly. Then she went into the house to find her father.
"Dad?" Mandeline called. She found him in the den with a bright smile on his face. "What happened? Why are you so happy?"
"Oh, Mandy." Mandy was her fathers nickname for her. Her father said. "I've been accepted to be the reverend at the Baptist church downtown.
"Dad, that wonderful!" Mandeline threw her arms around her father happily.
"We've got to celebrate." Her father said to her. "Let's go see a movie."
"Really?" they hardly ever see a movie together.
"Really."
So that night, they drove to the downtown Cinema and got tickets. They wanted to see different movies, so they split up. Mandeline got a ticket to see A Walk to Remember. When she walked into the dark theater, it was already packed with people. There were only one seat left. She sat there. When Mandeline looked to see she sat next to, it was (dun dun dun) Shaun. Mandeline sat up in her chair and looked directly straight ahead, trying not to look at him. But Shaun looked at her constantly and when she first sat next to him, he smiled and said, "Hi." Mandeline only whispered "hello" back. When the movie began and the opening credits were showing, Mandeline felt that Shaun and her names were similar to the actors' in the movie. During that movie, Mandeline felt as if she had seen this movie before. Or something like it. She understood how the girl, Jamie, felt and it seemed like she was just like her. With a reverend as a father and being the outcast. When she looked over at Shaun, she saw his eyes glued to the screen with anticipation.
The movie had seemed so familiar. And Shaun kept looking at Mandeline every time there was a meaningful part. Shaun loved the movie, too. He realized it was almost the same situation he was in.
Mandeline never cried so much at a movie. And she saw tears streaming down Shaun's face, too. 'Wow.' She thought. 'I never knew guys could be so sensitive.' At the scene of the proposal and the wedding, Shaun couldn't take his eyes off Mandeline. Mandeline was disappointed when the movie was over. She wanted to watch it over and over again. After the movie, Mandeline met up with her father in front of the cinema and they started to walk to the car. As she and her father were leaving, Shaun walked up to Mandeline and said, "Did you like the movie?"
"Oh, yes. Very much" Mandeline replied warily.
"Yeah, so did I." Shaun said, shyly. "Well, I guess I'll see you at school. Bye."
"Ok. Good-bye." Mandeline said. Her father her a LOOK when they were seated in the car.
"Mandy, I don't want you associating with that boy." He said. "He's not going to go anywhere in life."
Mandeline, however, was cheerful after the movie. "Dad, don't worry. You just have to have faith in me."
Her father eyed her curiously. "What's all this talk about faith, now?"
Mandeline didn't answer that. She just looked out of the window with her eyes sparkling. When she was watching the movie, she realized that Jamie was just like her. When they drove to the front of the house, Mandeline got out whistling. She walked into the house and upstairs to her room where she got ready for bed and went to sleep.
The next day was a Saturday, so Mandeline decided to go somewhere. She got dressed, grabbed her purse and went downstairs to eat a little before she left.
"So, what are you planning to do today?" her father asked, over eggs and toast.
"Oh, I'm probably just going to the bookstore. And I think I'll be at the library for a long time. I have a lot of exams coming up." Mandeline knew this was a little lie. But she didn't want to tell her father where she was really going.
Mandeline finished her breakfast and walked downtown. To the cinema. She just HAD to see A Walk to Remember again. She bought her ticket and walked into the theater. It was still early in the morning, so there was only one other person there. It was a boy and he sitting in the very first row in the middle, directly in front of the screen. 'He probably doesn't even know I'm here.' Mandeline thought. She was right. She managed to sit a safe distance away from him. As she was watching the movie, she went the same emotions she had the night before. But what was very strange to her was the boy in the front row. She had heard him cry loudly, and he laughed at the funny parts like he was the only one there. Well.that's what he thought anyway. When the movie ended, the boy didn't move from his seat. Instead he just sat there alone with his face buried in his hands, listening to Cry as the end credits rolled. He seemed to be crying. Mandeline backed out of the theater slowly, but then she decided she should go up to the boy and try to comfort him. She slowly walked through the empty theater towards the boy.
When she reached him, she smiled and said, "Hi."
They boy looked up and wiped his tears, and that's when Mandeline saw who it really was. The one, the only, SHAUN. Mandeline was surprised at first. Then she said, "Oh, it's only you. Sorry, I thought you were someone else." Then she started to walk away. She was almost out of the theater when she heard Shaun's voice.
"Wait." She heard Shaun's say. Mandeline turned around and looked back at him.
"Yeah?" she asked.
"What were you gonna say?"
"I was just going to try to comfort you." Mandeline explained with a shrug. "I mean, you were crying a whole lot."
"Oh. Well, why aren't you gonna it anymore?"
Mandeline just shrugged again. "Well, I guess I could, if you wanted me to."
Shaun rubbed the back of his neck, with nervousness. "Uh, I guess I could use a little cheering up.." He trailed off and looked and Mandeline shyly. Mandeline wondered why but instead she said, "Ok." She walked towards him again.
"Uh, I think we need to get out this theater, though." Shaun said, nervously, as he put his hands in his pockets with embarrassment. He said, "We don't we go out for a drink?"
~ Authors Note ~ I hope you guys like this story. It's probably pretty common, but there's gonna be a really odd ending. And I know the names are pretty CORNY, so don't laugh! Hehe.tbc!
Oh, and everytime you see some writing between these marks: (( )). It means that's it me, the author, speaking.