HI! I am the author of 12:51 a.k.a Orange Inferno, but unfortunately I can not access my old account (it's been 3 years and I have literally forgotten my email, so no chance for password recovery!) I'm going to move all of 12:51 to this account, and continue it here! While I'm already reposting these, I'm going to fix some small grammar/continuity errors I've been dying to fix.
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Talk to me now that I'm older
Your friend told you cuz I told her
Friday nights have been lonely
Change your plans and then phone me
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Rachael Roth swung happily on the swings, her pigtails flying about as she soared through the air. Her electric blue eyes were bright with happiness and a smile had made its way to her face. A strap to her jumper was loose and the smile she bore showed off a newly missing tooth. Her mother, Arella Roth, happily chatted on the bench with Marie Logan. Arella and Marie had arranged a play date between Marie's son- Garfield Logan- and Rachael. Instead of the desired results though, Rachael was happily swinging by herself while Garfield socialized with all the other kids on the playground.
"Hey Roth!" a voice called out to Rachael.
"What do you-" Rachael was met with a mudcake to the face, courtesy of Garfield. Rachael stopped swinging, tears threatening to escape.
"Haha! You should see your- OOF! Owww!" Garfield said in pain as Rachael kicked him in his nether regions.
From that day forth, Rachael Roth and Garfield Logan were declared sworn enemies.
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"Kori!" Rachael snapped, as her red headed foreign friend continued to blabber about her "adventure" at the mall. Kori Anders was a tall girl with tanned skin. She had long, flowing, lovely red hair and beautiful green eyes that seemed to light up whenever in the presence of something "good". She often wore bright, flashy colors and summery clothes. She was from a country far, far away and had an accent that was barely detectable unless you squinted real hard. Rachael Roth on the other hand, was the complete opposite; she had pale, almost ghostly skin, short black hair and icy blue eyes. She had a cold, calculating, monotonous voice and a permanent scowl etched on her face. She often wore dark colors and autumn clothes.
"I am sorry, was I boring you?" Kori asked innocently. Rachael sighed and shook her head, her onyx locks shaking with her too.
"No. I'm just tired Kori." Rachael said, closing her locker up.
"Oh, I am sorry for your fatigue then, Rachael!" Kori said, bowing. The naive innocence of her friend made a small smile appear on the always gloomy girl. That is, until Garfield Logan walked by. The scowl returned to her face and she narrowed her eyes at the tall, blonde boy. He was one of the so called "bad kids". He hung out with the wrong crowd, broke rules and was the all around prankster. Two years ago he had even dyed his hair green. His mother made him shave it off of course and it was slowly growing back. Rachael hated him ever since that play date at the park eleven years ago and he did too. They were sworn enemies, often throwing snide comments at each other in the halls, or in Garfield's case, pulling pranks on Rachael.
"Hey Roth, how's the cult going?" Garfield snickered, receiving laughter from his friends.
"It's going better than your GPA." Rachael retorted, shoving her hands into her jean pockets.
"Whatever Roth."
"Goodbye Logan." Rachael sneered, walking off into the other direction with Kori.
"He is a cruel, cruel boy." Kori said, giving him a dirty look.
"You're telling me." Rachael scoffed, as they descended from the High School. The California sun was shining down on the two as they began their trek home. Kori was Rachael's neighbor, which was how they became friends in the first place.
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Rachael peered out the window, curiosity painted on her childish face. A moving truck was parked across the street from her house, and a family of four were beginning to get out of the car. First, a largely built man with gleaming red hair, then a tall woman with shining black hair. Next was a young girl with jet black hair and the same tanned skin tone as her parents. Rachael could tell she got her looks from her mother. Last, but certainly not least, was a red headed girl who looked to be about eight years old; the same age as Rachael. She had a stuffed elephant in her hands and a pleasant smile on her face.
"Mother!" Rachael called out, not taking her eyes off the new family.
"Yes sweetheart?" a faint voice called back from the kitchen.
"There's a new family across the street, may I go visit them?" Rachael said, excitement in her voice.
"Sure honey, just look both ways and be careful." her mother's voice replied. Rachael rolled her eyes.
"Yes of course mom, I'm a big girl." she said quickly, opening the door to her house. Next door, Garfield Logan was playing with his friends on the front yard. Once he saw Rachael emerge from the house, an evil smile spread across his face. He quickly muttered something to his face and they returned the same evil smile. His friends ran off to the back of the house to retrieve the item he had asked for.
"Hey Roth!" Garfield called out, a reckless grin on his face. Rachael glanced in his direction, sighing when she saw the caller of her name.
"What do you want Garfield?" Rachael said, exasperated.
"Oh, just turn about 45 degrees."
"What are you-" Suddenly, Rachael could feel a blast of icy water hitting her body like a torpedo. By the time they were done spraying water at her, she was soaking wet. Anger boiled up in Rachael but before she could wrestle the little brat to the ground and new voice began to rant.
"That is not nice!" The red headed girl said angrily, stomping over to Garfield. The blonde boy just laughed along with his friends.
"Yeah? So aren't a lot of things I do, ginger." Garfield said, doubling over in laughter. This seemed to only enrage the tall girl even more, her face turning red.
"I assure you that this will not be nice either." the girl said. With that, she punched Garfield in the stomach and marched over to Rachael, who was holding back tears of embarrassment and anger.
"What is your name?" The girl said softly.
"R-Rachael Roth." she sniffled, glaring at Garfield, who was clutching his stomach in pain.
"My name is Kori Anders. Come, let us get you inside." Kori replied, leading her into Rachael's house. And ever since that day, the two were inseparable.
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"So, what'd you get on your science exam?" Rachael asked Kori as they passed a 7/11.
"I received and 86." Kori said shamefully.
"That's not bad!" Rachael said reassuringly.
"Really?"
"Of course not." Rachael replied, to which Kori smiled. She was very glad indeed that Kori was rather naive. Rachael fiddled with a button on her coat as they passed the library, running a hand through her jet black hair. A familiar chorus of laughter was heard behind them and Rachael groaned. It was Garfield again. From the corner of her eye, she could see Kori balling up her fists.
"I do not like them." Kori hissed.
"Neither do I, but I'd rather be civil than stoop down to their level." Rachael whispered back as Garfield and his friends caught up with Rachael and Kori.
"You are right Rachael." Kori said stiffly as Garfield shoved past them. He smirked at the raven haired beauty as she scowled at him.
"Sup losers?" Garfield said, his messy hair in his eyes.
"I think that comment should be directed at you." Rachael said dryly.
"I dunno man, I mean, at least I get dates." Garfield teased. Rachael's blood was boiling. His comment reminded her of someone she did not want to think about.
"Yeah. The trashy, wasted, STD infected kind." Rachael shot back.
"Where's your excuse?" That comment sent Rachael over the edge as she ran at Garfield, fists clenched. Luckily, Kori caught her by the arm and restrained her, Rachael struggling to get free.
"Let me punch him." Rachael growled, glaring at him as he laughed at her.
"Violence is never the answer, it-"
"Oh, hey there Kori. When are you going back to your country. You're a little bit of a sore thumb here." Garfield said. Fury was conveyed across Kori's face and with a sick smile, she released Rachael.
"Please. You're like five feet tall, how much damage do you think-FUCK!" Garfield moaned he crumpled to the ground holding his nether regions. Just like eleven years ago.
"Garfield, after eleven years, you'd think you'd know not to fuck with me." Rachael said, tsking as she walked away.
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Kori was sprawled across Rachael's rug, the gothic teenager herself sitting on her bed in a lotus position. Papers were strewn across the floor as the two went through their homework. Kori's strong point was math, whilst Rachael's strong point was English. Kori was helping Rachael with her math assignment while Rachael was helping Kori with an english assignment due on Wednesday.
"So, all you have to do is summarize the book." Rachael said, flipping through Kori's rough draft.
"I have not yet finished the book." Kori admitted. Rachael sighed. Kori was never good at reading, and at least she had a good excuse. But that didn't mean Rachael didn't get frustrated with her foreign friend from time to time.
"Right. What book were you supposed to read?" Rachael asked. The gothic girl herself was in AP English, while Kori was in regular English.
"I believe it was a book named Animal Farm." Kori answered. Rachael let out a relieved sigh. Luckily, it was a book she had already read. Pulling out a red pen from her pencil case, she wrote something down on loose leaf.
"Well that's an easy one. Animal farm was a symbolism for communism." Rachael said, writing down the summary of the book for Kori. There was a gentle knock on the door and in walked Rachael's grandmother. She had been her caretake ever since Rachael's mother died eight years ago.
"Dinner is almost ready, girls." her grandmother said gingerly.
"Thanks grandma." Rachael replied, not taking her eyes off Kori's homework.
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Right so I did get rid of/change a few things because they either didn't fit or would make sense in the grand scheme of things. You should probably expect that on the rest of the chapters too.