An: set 14 years after rent. Au because angel lives be nice but review
Disclaimer: do I look like I'm john Larson...I didn't think so. All I own is Isabelle.
(Note: the school they attend has blocked scheduling which is were they have periods 1,3,5and 7 on Mondays and Wednesdays and 2468 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and all classes on Friday )
Isabelle Collins woke up early on the morning of monday April 12 2004. She dressed quickly in her favorite denim skirt and her life café tank-top. She ran in to the kitchen where her mother was making scrambled eggs for breakfast." whoa! Aren't you eager for school today?" " I'm not going to be the new kid anymore." Angel set the eggs on a plate in front of Isabelle "Do you know anything about him…or her." Angel quickly added. "His name is Robert Swain." Isabelle said." and how are my two favorite girls today?" Collins burst into the room "fine dad" Isabelle glanced at the clock on the wall." Shoot I'm gonna miss the bus if I don't go." Isabelle jumped up and ran around trying to gather all her things. "Bye mom bye dad" she called over her shoulder to her parents.
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"Um can you help me "Isabelle turned to the voice that had addressed her oh my god he is hot! Isabelle thought to herself as she stood face to face with the boy who might have been the cutest boy in school "uh…um... yeah! I mean... what do you need need?" " This is my first day and I have no idea where to go." "Here let me see your schedule "the boy handed her the paper "okay let's see. Great! You have Ms. Peterson first with me." "Lead the way. I'm Robert swain." He held out his hand for her to shake "Isabelle Collins. We better get going if we want to make it to class on time." She led him to the second classroom on the first floor. She walked to her seat and waited for class to start.
"Good morning class and welcome once again to english." Ms. Peterson said as the late bell rang "we have a new student here today, Class this is Robert swain. Why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?" Robert nodded. "hi. Um like ms. Peterson said I'm Robert swain but I prefer to be called Robbie. I'm fourteen and I just moved here from New Jersey." He turned to the teacher "okay Robbie why don't you take a seat next to…Isabelle." Oh my god he is going to sit next to me all year. Yes! Isabelle thought to her self. "Now as I said yesterday we will start our debating term today. And our topic is..." Ms. Peterson turned to the board and wrote a word that very few kids in the class new any thing about. "Homosexuality. I will spilt you up into teams and then to groups. One team will be the will be for the topic the other against. You will have to come up with a good case supporting your opinion and present it at the beginning of class Wednesday. Group one for homosexuality: Isabelle, john Marie and George .Team one against: Robbie Hanna max and Elisabeth. Your teams will debate to day every one else will be a jury of sorts and be assigned on Wednesday." Isabelle couldn't be happier. Finally I can argue against the people who have been putting down my parents! She didn't see Robbie again until seventh period were she had to give a report on something she cared about.
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Isabelle started off nervously," this report is on my family, la famalia, and in my experience you family isn't bound by blood but something much stronger, love. My birth mother was a prostitute who only kept me because she didn't believe in abortion, so she put me up for adoption. At the age of two I was adopted by an Angel Dumont-Schunard and Thomas Collins. my real mother ,Angel, is a drag queen who plays the drums for a living, my father ,Collins ,teaches Computer-Age Philosophy at the university . These two are not my only family I have an uncle mark Cohen who makes documentaries and is single. Mark shares a loft with my uncle roger Davis who is a songwriter/ singer and his wife Mimi Marquez who is an exotic dancer at the cat scratch club. Marks ex-girlfriend Maureen Johnson is a performance artist who is always protesting one cause or another. Maureen's girlfriend Joanne Jefferson is a lawyer. All of my family lives in New York so we drive up to see them every weekend. The Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Human immunodeficiency virus are two diseases that affect our lives greatly. My mother, my father, roger, and Mimi are infected. This disease and knowing that our lives could end tomorrow has taught my family to live each moment as your last, no day but today." Isabelle looked up; every one had a look that was a mixture of shock and pity. She avoided Robbie's eyes.
Mr. Larson cleared his throat "very good Isabelle. Class?" The class was silent. As soon as the bell rang Isabelle ran out the door and on the bus. She could feel everyone's eyes on her as she rode the twenty minuet ride home. "Isabelle that you?" angel called as her daughter walked through the door. "yeah, mom." Isabelle walked into the kitchen and sat on the stool by the counter" I gave my report today." angel turned to face Isabelle "oh? How it go?" Isabelle shrugged" I think I scared them." angel started laughing "Belle honey you gotta remember an exciting day for these people is a sale at walmart. We have to let them get used to having a drag queen living here." she wrapped her arms around her daughter. "Are we still going to the city this weekend?" "Maybe belle, now go wash up for dinner."
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Collins walked into the dining room to find angel and belle just beginning to eat "I got out early" he kissed both of his girls. "Fix ya plate then baby." Collins had just sat at the head of the table when the phone rang. "I'll get it!" Yelled Isabelle as she jumped up. "Hello?" "'Sup belle?" replied Maureen "oh ya know … the sky." Both girls laughed "can I talk to your mom baby?" "MOM!" belle screamed over her shoulder "IT'S MAUREEN SHE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!" angel walked into the kitchen where belle held out the phone for her. Afterward angel walked back into the dinning room with a mile wide grin on her face and no matter how hard she tried belle could not get her mom to say what Maureen talked about "You'll find out on Saturday babe." Is all angel would say.