Half-Moon II- Chapter 1- The Aftermath
With April still at the farmhouse and school being over for the past three months of summer vacation, everybody was happy and relaxed. Red and I for one, weren't. We had dealt with tons of cases over the summer, because everybody who had seen the big performance at the talent show last year told their friends and we became instant mega-stars. We'd already made about $106.94 by the time school started from all of our cases. I was hoping I'd perk up this year height-wise, but unfortunately I still wasn't there yet. I had only grown an inch. Red however, had grown two inches and towered over me even more than before. Red actually passed this year, and moved on the 9th grade. Luckily, our school handles grades 5-10, so we had nothing to worry about. Being in 8th grade was really stressing me out. May's daddy was still working on his community service hours. His judge had given him 500 community service hours. None of which, he had bothered to do until now, now that they threatened him a month in prison. May of course, was still mad at me and was pretending I was nonexistent. However, she treated Red like an old best buddy. Herod was still involved in trying to become a detective, but he hasn't had any luck with cases or anything. He tried to tag along with us, but Red wouldn't let him. I overheard him saying that he didn't want Roddy to have to go through what we have. Now that Herod saw me in action as a real intelligent detective, he had a brand-new respect for me. His hair was also turning increasingly blond and his signature Sharkey red hairs were losing color. He was beginning to resemble a 7th grade kid by the name of James. James was one of the only friends I'd ever had until I started getting acknowledged by May. He hated her so he began to choosingly grow distant from me. His hair was a light blond. His skin was slightly pale, and he wore wristbands and pastels a lot. He would accept almost any dare as long as it was humorous. Right now I was heading to 1st period, English with Mrs. Nichols. She was nice enough, but she was new to teaching so she didn't have any experience. She wasn't a day older than 22. English was an easy enough subject for me, so I always have maintained an A- in my English classes.
"Take out your notebooks, please," chimed Mrs. Nichols "Page 46 is the page we will work on today."
Tanner raised his hand, "Can we use pen?"
"No, please, no," replied Nichols. "If you have to erase something you won't be able to with pen."
"We can just cross it out," muttered Tyrani. "It's not that hard."
"Excuse me?" Nichols appeared not to have heard him. "I didn't hear what you said."
"Nothing," replied Tyrani. "Just—nothing."
"Alright then," said Nichols, a little taken back. "Work individually."
After 49 minutes of easy English learning, it was off to P.E., the only class I lacked in. I can never achieve more than a C- in my P.E. history. There were two P.E. teachers, Mr. Ryusa and Mrs. Shayani. Luckily, Red was in my P.E. also. We were heading to the locker room which was strictly co-ed. Many parents had argued about this, as the boys and girls could see each other undressing clearly. I tried not to glance at anybody during this time, but other kids like Red and Matt couldn't keep their eyes off the girls.
I already typed enough for today, so I guess this chapter will end here. Also, sorry about missing cover pictures and misspellings and incorrect grammar in my latest stories. I've been releasing and editing this on a MacBook lately, so it's a bit harder.