Title: High School Years
Author: Mary Kate
Summary: This is the what if story about the West Wing gang going to high school together.
Authors Note: This story is going to take some imagination on the part of its readers as you must imagine that all characters are relatively the same age and grew up in the same city. For the purposes of this story the characters are living in Washington DC and go to the same public school. Now, I have know idea of what a public high school in DC would be like so for me its going to be like the schools in Colorado (because that's where I am from) even though they are probably very different. After all I've never heard of a "gang" in the small city I'm from unless someone was talking about the West Side Story. This story will take place in current times, because I don't know what it was like to go to school in the 70's and 80's
Characters: Josh, Donna, Sam, CJ, Toby, Mallory, Charlie, Zoey, Amy, Mandy, Will, Margaret, Carol, with hints of Jed, Abbey, Leo, Jenny, Ellie, and Elisabeth. And all the other parents whose names and personalities I will most likely make up. Basically everyone.
Disclaimers: I do not own West Wing, the show and its characters belong to Aaron Sorkin as well as the other creators of the show. I am making no profit from the piece of writing, not that I couldn't use it, but don't sue me I got nothing'.
Pairings: Josh/Donna, Sam/Mallory, Charlie/Zoey, and CJ/ Toby. Mostly, there may be some others snuck in there but they won't be focused on.
(Everyone before you read, please, please, please read the authors note. Other wise this is going to be VERY confusing.)
First Day of School
This was the first day of school and for once everyone was excited to be there. They were seniors, and after this year there would be no more high school. No more perky cheerleaders, or steroid taking jocks, sure they would be present at college but hopefully they were avoidable.
Donna looked in the mirror one more time as she heard a horn honk announcing the arrival of her best friend CJ. They had been best friends since 2nd grade when CJ punched Amy Gardener for picking on her. They're dislike for Amy and Mandy had brought the two together, and it was a bond that was unbreakable.
Donna grabbed her book bag and threw it over her shoulder as she ran out the door yelling good-bye to her parents. She hopped in the front seat of her friend's jeep and said hello to Zoey and Mallory who were sitting in the back seat. She'd met Zoey Freshmen year, and with Zoey came Mallory, Josh and Sam. They'd all known each other because there parents were friends, and they went to middle school together.
CJ turned up the stereo and peeled out of the driveway. If CJ weren't the only one other than Sam to have a license Donna would never be in a car with her. But when you had to choose between Sam and CJ for drivers, you choose CJ especially when you're her best friend, and get first pick, all the others got stuck with Sam. The others being Josh, Charlie, and Toby.
Both cars arrived at the same time and parked in there assigned spots right next to each other. No one knows how Seaborn and Cregg got the spots next to each other but it happened, they figured it had something to do with Amy's alphabetical skills, since she volunteered to do the parking lot registration sophomore year.
"Sam, you almost killed us!" Josh yelled as he got out of the car and swung his back pack over his shoulder.
"I did not! You're over exaggerating." He claimed as he locked his car and went to give Mallory a kiss.
"You almost hit a dog." Toby commented as he to joined the group.
"Yeah, and its not like that dog was running out into the street or anything, he was in the back yard, on the other side of my neighbors fence." Charlie laughed as Sam blushed at the comment.
"You're lucky you get to ride with the good driver." Josh said as he put his arms around Donna's waist.
"Doesn't that suck for you?" She replied and laughed as he frowned. All the other girls laughed as well.
"We better go; first period starts in 10 minutes." Zoey said as she led the group towards the main entrance.
"What do you guys have first?" CJ asked whipping out her schedule to see who she had classes with. "I have British Literature"
"Me too." Said Josh, Donna, and Toby all at once.
"Mal and I have Jewelry Making, senior year is going to rock" Zoey said with a huge smile.
Everyone walked toward there lockers then proceeded to class.
"I don't think this could be anymore boring." Josh whispered to Donna who was seated in the desk in front of him.
She stifled a laugh behind her hand, "Josh, your sister's teaching the class." She whispered back.
"That doesn't mean it can't be boring."
His sister was seven years older than him and this was her first year teaching. He wasn't sure that he was supposed to have his sister as a teacher, but she got married over the summer to Sam's older brother Jake. So her last name changed to Seaborn which was probably why Sam wasn't in the class. He wasn't sure if he could get used to calling her Mrs. Seaborn she was pretty much always going to be Joanie.
At the moment Joanie, aka Mrs. Seaborn, was handing out the class syllabus so they could go over what was expected of them throughout the course. Joanie was still talking, but Josh had stopped listening he was now focused on Donna's neck. She had a great neck, and he loved staring at it. He liked touching it as well but that was not something he needed to be thinking about it Brit Lit.
Just then the teacher decided to pick on him. "Josh, do you have any questions about the first text we will be studying?"
Josh couldn't answer though, he was far too entranced with Donna's neck, damn her for wearing her hair up. Since no reply came from him Toby decided to smack him over the head to grab his attention away from the beautiful Donnatella. "What'd I miss?" Josh asked in a confused and innocent sounding voice, which caused everyone to snicker.
Instead of torturing her brother more, Joanie decided to move on to what semester two was going to be about.
Soon after the bell rang, dismissing them from class. "Good job impressing the teacher, Josh." Said Toby as he walked out of the class room.
Josh lagged behind so he could talk to the teacher. "Joan, did you have to do that?" He almost whined.
"Well yes, I did. It was almost as important as telling you to hide in the dryer when you were little. It was an important life lesson that you needed to learn early on." She explained while patting his shoulder.
"My head still has an odd shape from that."
"Trust me, I know."
"Am I even allowed to be in your class?"
"Yeah know I'm not really sure. But they put you in her so were just going to have to deal with it."
"Easy for you to say, you have all the power."
"Josh, I hate to break it to you, but I've always had all the power when it comes to our relationship."
"I know, ant that's crap. You and Jake are still coming over for the Barbeque tonight, right?"
"Yeah, how many other people are coming?"
"Everyone that we like and Uncle Dale."
"Oh, why is Uncle Dale coming?"
"We told grandma about it, Grandma told her neighbor Anita, who told her brother Stan, Uncle Dale's boss. Then he called Dad, Dad had to invite him."
"You better prepare Donna, remember he likes blondes."
The warning bell for 2nd period rang so Josh had to run out and hurry to his next class.
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