New story! I've always wanted to write some characters into high school. Here it is! Read and Review!
Chapter 1
Rick woke up to a Monday morning-great day to start at a new school. He and his dad had to move because his dad lost his job and then had gotten rehired as a lead Sheriff. It was a far move to get to a small town outside of the big cities in Georgia but they managed. He hadn't liked the look of the town as they had driven through it. It wasn't run down but there were a bunch of boys that looked like they were thugs. A bunch of girls also looked suspicious. As they'd driven by a group of boys, one of them threw a plastic bottle at the car. Rick's dad looked at his son, "This place is going to keep me busy." Rick didn't have a ride to his school, Woodberry High, so he had to walk. He laid low. He didn't want to draw any attention to himself. He looked in front of him and saw a small line of kids walking to school as well-three boys and two girls. One of the girls had blonde hair and the other brown. The tallest boy had thick black hair that stood up weird. The second tallest had a blonde buzz cut and he had his arm around the shortest boy who had light brown hair. Rick moved a bit closer to hear what they were saying. "… stupid son of a bitch caught me when I was out at the station-just fixing up my little brother's bike here and he walks right up. Starts asking me these stupid questions about a robbery a block away that I actually had nothing to do with," the blonde kid was saying. The tall boy laughed, "For once you had nothing to do with it. You rob more buildings than all the freakin super villains in Batman put together." The two girls laughed at this and the shorter boy looked up at the blonde boy with a grin, "I could beat him in any robbery. You saw me throw the bottle at the new Sheriff's car yesterday. He knows not to mess with us." Rick's jaw dropped. These kids were criminals. He was going to school with a bunch of criminals. He kept back from the group of kids as they walked to the school.
Arriving there he realized he had no idea where he had to go. He heard a voice as he pulled out his schedule, "Hey new kid. You need some help there?" Rick turned around half expecting to see one of the criminals but saw an Asian boy his age. "I'm Glenn. Let me see the schedule," the kid said. Rick handed Glenn his schedule and the kid looked it over. "Great! Your first hour is with me. Come on," he said and he started off. Rick caught up to him and they walked while Glenn pointed out some of the important places. "Cafeteria is through there. Bathrooms are pretty obvious but the best ones are right by the cafeteria. Main office is over there on the other side of the cafeteria. Everything is kind of a circle around the cafeteria so you can always find the center," he explained.
The two reached their class and Glenn walked in first, "Mornin' Mr. Greene." The man at the desk looked up, "Hello Glenn. Is this Mr. Grimes?" Glenn shrugged, "I think so." Rick nodded, "Yea that's me." Mr. Greene nodded, "Ok. Rick you can go sit in front of Mr. Dixon over there. Dixon, stand up please." Rick scanned the room and saw the kid from the morning, the one who had bragged about throwing the bottle at the car. Great. He walked over and sat in the seat in front of the kid. He couldn't believe his luck when, not five seconds later, the tall kid from earlier walked in and sat down next to Dixon. Glenn was sitting two spaces away from him. That sucked. A pretty girl with long brown hair came in and sat down in front of him. She turned around, "Hey I'm Lori. Are you the new guy?" Rick nodded, "Rick." Lori smiled, "Are you friends with Glenn yet? I saw him chase you down today." Rick smiled, "Yea I'd be lost without him right now." Lori took Rick's schedule and checked it out, "Well I can help you get to your next hour since it's mine too." Rick smiled, "Thanks I'll need it." Another girl walked in and sat down next to him. He recognized her as the brown haired girl from earlier. "Hey I'm Maggie," she said. He smiled, "Rick." Maggie nodded, "You're new aren't you? I thought I saw you move in across the street." Rick nodded, "Yea that was me." He liked these two girls. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Dixon looking at him, "She's taken. You can't have her." The kid next to Dixon laughed and Maggie glared at him, "Just because we're dating doesn't mean I can't talk to anyone else." Dixon smirked, "Yea? What if I went over and started talking with Andrea, would that make you upset?" The boy next to Dixon stopped laughing, "Hey you leave her alone." Dixon rolled his eyes, "I'm kidding douche bag." They got into a little scuffle as the class began. The taller kid kicked Dixon's desk and the smaller kid went crashing to the floor. Mr. Greene turned around, obviously annoyed that the lesson was being interrupted, "Dixon, Walsh, stop messing around or I'll have to move your seats." The kid named Walsh rolled his eyes, "I'm sorry. My friend here was just a little off balance." Dixon got up and fixed his desk, "Sorry. Foot got stuck." He smiled and the teacher turned back to the lesson. Walsh flipped him off before opening his book to some random page and pretending to look interested. Rick focused back on his book until he felt something on his back. He turned his head slightly and could just make out Dixon's feet up on the desk, book open in his lap, his feet tapping forward enough just so they could keep up an annoying series of taps on Rick's chair.
They had about ten minutes at the end of the class to talk and move around. Lori led him over to Glenn and the three talked. Lori sighed, "I really don't like those two. It's even worse that Maggie is with Dixon. We can't insult him when she's around cause she'll get all protective." Rick looked at the two boys standing over on the other side of the room cornering some smaller kid. Dixon was smiling and Walsh was standing with his arms crossed. He turned back, "It doesn't seem like they're nice guys." Lori shook her head, "I just wish Maggie could see that. Dixon is such a smart ass. He should be in jail because he broke in to a video game store the other day. Family paid bail. He got out of it. His brother's worse." He heard the victorious laughter and knew that Dixon and Walsh had achieved their goal of torturing that kid. The bell rang and they were off to their next classes. Sadly they ended up behind Walsh and Dixon who were still laughing. Walsh took a threatening step towards Dixon while the smaller kid laughed, "Please- please this is all the money I have. I need it for lunch." Walsh laughed, "Did he really think that we'd give a shit?" Dixon staggered with laughter, "I guess so."
Yikes, Rick is in some trouble already. Thanks for reading! Next chapter to come in a day or two!