It's a Saturday morning, and what else would I be doing other than sitting on a school bus heading to my first marching band competition of the season. You would probably think that I'd be used to sitting in this not-so-comfortable seat by now since this is my fourth year in the marching Spartan band (aka MSB). However, that would be a false assumption on your part. Being in the Spartan band, me and the rest of my fellow veterans, have gotten used to many things that seem to occur on the average band trip. Some of these things consist of hearing someone yelling, "I can't find my pants!!" "Blow harder!!" or, "could someone unzip me?" I could only go on and on about the this topic.
But anyways since this is a pretty long bus ride I'm going to use this time to tell you about me. My name is Braiden Smith; I'm a junior at Weston High School in Eastern Pennsylvania, average height-wise, semi-long/straight dirty blonde hair, but pretty much always up in a ponytail . I'm not what you would call a "girly girl", although my best friend is working on that. I enjoy playing and watching sports; you could probably say it's a pretty big part of my life. Most of my friends could tell you that I know a lot about sports, more then what most guys here would know. Also, I'm an only child, unless you would count my little puppy. But as much as anyone of you would want to argue, I definitely got the best group of friends any guy or girl could ask for . I get pretty good grades, generally on the honor roll, I stay out of trouble, not that I even have time to find trouble to get into, with school, "hell work", practice, competitions, and of course: sleeping.
Well, Weston is pretty much your typical high school, there's your general school subjects, and electives that you can take, a wide variety of clubs, and sports of course, but what would any high school be without the clicks. If you didn't figure it out yet, I would of course belong to the bando click here at Weston High. Being a bando isn't exactly a bad thing, I mean after all, it's not like you get picked on or anything, and in fact some of the bandos are pretty well known throughout our school. Don't get me wrong, bandos aren't, I guess you could say, popular, but there are a few names that are pretty well known, just not as big as the star football players and ewh cheerleaders.
Do forgive me for going on about that with out telling you more about me. Since you know I'm in band, I'm a percussionist, and for those who don't know percussion is the typical drums, keyboards, chimes, and all those other funny auxiliary instruments we get to yes I must say this bang on haha. Like I said earlier this is my fourth year, no I didn't a year, here a Weston you can actually be in the high school marching band starting in 7th and 8th grade which like most schools is the last two years of middle school. Some things are more different this year then in the past. The top two things being well for me anyway my best friend Trish graduated last year so she obviously cant be in anymore, and the other thing being is we have pretty much a brand new staff minus the color guard coach.
Since most of you wouldn't understand why not having Trish here is a big thing for me I'll have to tell you a quick rundown of her since I'm sure you'll be hearing plenty about and from her through out this. Well Trish is purely an amazing girl that just happens to be my best friend, but more like my big sis: she's a brunette, with sort of long wavy hair, about my height. She came up with the motto one brunette, one blonde, and one inseparable bond, and this definitely is true well for us anyway. Trish was a bando here at Weston, but that not where we first met. Actually, I first met Trish when we were just little kiddies when we played soccer against each other, but that's a story for later. There is just so much to say about here I can't even pick what else to tell you.
By now you get the idea that Trish is pretty much a big sister to me. But since she graduated last year, she's not on this great bus ride of what seems to be an eternity. Lucky for me I have a bunch of great friends, some in the WSB and some that just attend Weston, and some are in college. In particular there always been a group of four of us Trish, me, Lacey, and Baylyn that seemed to get along great . Besides constantly seeing each other everyday at school, and at least 4 times a week because of band we hangout with each other outside of all that when we aren't busy. All of us would randomly burst out singing some random song no matter where we were at the time. We would proudly admit that we were dorks for it but we don't care because it makes life a blast instead of being gloomy.
Baylyn is a senior this year at Weston. She is guardo in the MSB, and for those who don't know what that is, well she spins, flips, tosses flags, rifles, sabers, and several other objects. She is really easy to get along with, has a great sense of humor, and always in willing to help a friend in need. Baylyn and me are usually talking baseball, since there is a local AAA team about 5-10 minutes from Weston. Your probably thinking okay why would teenaged girls talk and go to baseball games, it has to be because of the players. However, me and Baylyn actually really understand the game and enjoy watching it. Don't get me wrong we definitely have a few players in our eyes that we well are obsessed with lol. She's a really smarty though, if you would need homework help she is definitely one of you first picks. If me or anyone of her friends is bummed out, she is one of the first people there asking if your okay and if she can help, or even if its just one of those blah days she is guaranteed to say something like just think of a locker room party with cervy. Sorry guys that's a totally insider most of you wont understand but a few do get it =]. Like I said with Trish and will say with Lacey there is just some much that great about her it will come out in the story over time.
Now finally we are at Lacey, she a junior just like me here a Weston. Lacey is also a guardo in the MSB. When we are with each other most people ask if we are twins, and we kind of got caught up on this whole idea and well we just call each other twinny (ps. we could pull of being real twins). Me and her are a lot alike, we like country music, share many blonde moments, young guns of the group but yet mature, we know our stuff when it comes to outdoors and cars. Lacey like Trish and Baylyn will always be there to cheer you up if your down, and lend a hand with anything you need. There is one thing that kind of throws of this twinny thing, and that being Lacey is definitely more girly then me. Don't get me wrong she's not hardcore girly but she will wear makeup and does her hair all nice. On the other hand I'm kind of the girl that brushes it up into a ponytail and just sticks with a t-shirt and jeans. Back to Lacey, well she what we would call clumsy lol, or as she would say it takes skill to trip over nothing, but this just prove why we can't help but to love her. Like me she always up for something new or an adventure to kill time, instead of going insane of boredom. At first Lacey would probably come off as shy to you, but once you get to know her shy is definitely not a word to describe her. Now you know my 4 of my besties, later you will learn of my other besties.
Prologue