Monday at School
By, Michaela Davidson(This story is about what happened Monday after John Bender, Claire Standish, Bryan Johnson, Andrew Clark , and Allison Reynolds had detention that Saturday. Will the social classes keep them from being friends? Or will they all act like nothing happened on that Saturday of detention?)
CHAPTER ONE"Saturday, March 24,1984. Shermer High School, Shermer, Illinois, 60062. Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did was wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal. Correct? That's the way we saw each other at 7:00 this morning. We were brainwashed." –Bryan Johnson
Monday morning 6:32, about a half hour before school started. Claire Standish was in her bathroom finishing her make up. As her put on her lipstick she could hear her parents arguing about some little thing. She rolled her eyes. Why can't they just shut up! She thought as she put her lipstick tube back in her makeup bag. She then got her books together and went out to the car to drive her self to school. She knew she would be early but she couldn't stand to hear her parents fight one more second.
Monday 6:36, Bryan Johnson had just finished eating his breakfast. As he walked up to his room he got cold stares from his mother and father. They were still mad at him for getting into detention. He picked up his math book and started to study for next weeks test. A negative plus a negative equals a negative-don't I know it! He thought as he sat on his bed and looked at the book. He then realized what time it was and left to walk to the bus stop.
Monday 6:39, Andrew Johnson was still eating his king sized breakfast as his father gave him a lecture about wrestling and how he had a match this Saturday. Andrew didn't listen though. His dad gave him that same speech every day whether he had a match or not. He just kept eating and thinking about Allison and how different she looked in the pink dress and makeup. He couldn't wait to see her that day at school. After he ate his dad drove him to school.
Monday 6:42, Allison Reynolds was trying to get her parents attention. She was dressed all in black and had her huge bag hanging from her shoulder. "Mom! Can you drive me to school?" she said with an annoyed tone. But her mother just kept on knitting. Allison then turned to her father who was reading the paper. "Dad!" she said, no answer. She rolled her eyes and walked out the door mumbling to herself.
Monday 6:59, John Bender was walking to school after having a screaming mach with his father. John was smoking a cigarette as he walked down the sidewalk with no books in his hands. He was still wearing Claire's earning that she gave him that Saturday. He knew she probably would never talk to him again, but he didn't really care. He then put his headphones one and played air guitar the rest of the way down the street.
As the buses arrived, Bryan was talking with his friend Steve Benson who was dyeing to know what detention was like. "Come on man, it was boring, we just sat there and stared at the wall." Bryan lied, he saw no point in telling Steve about how the five of them destroyed the library. Steve didn't let it go. He was the kind of kid who had no life outside of the physics club. "Well who was there?" that was the tenth time Steve had asked that question. Bryan rolled his eyes. "I told you that like five minutes ago!" he exclaimed, his voice cracked. "Come on, this is the first time some one I know got detention!" Steve replied almost in a begging tone. "Shut up!" Bryan exclaimed as he walked slightly faster. Steve then shut up and they both went into the school.
Claire than drove up in her car with two of her many friends, Valerie Smith and Mandy O'Connor. Many was blonde with lots of make up on and Valerie was brunet with little to no makeup. "I can't believe you have to give up a hole Saturday just because you cut class to go shopping!" Mandy exclaimed as she looked at her refection in the car window. Valerie nodded. "And you totally missed this huge party at Seth Thompson's house. It was so rad! The place was totally trashed, and so were half the people there!" she said as she took her gum out of her bag and put two sticks in her mouth. Everything had to be in twos with her, gum, pencils, boys. Claire than took a stick from Valerie and so did Mandy. Claire then saw Bryan walk up the steps to the school door. She was about to call him over and say hi, but then she remember who she was with and who Bryan was. She looked down and kept walking with her friends.
Andrew got out of the car and met up with his friends from wrestling, Greg Henderson and Seth Thompson. When Andrew walked over, Seth was bragging about how awesome his party was. He then noticed Andrew was there and punched him playfully in the arm. "How was detention, did you learn your lessen?" he said sounding like a teacher. Andrew punched him back and they all walked over to the doors. As they were walking, Andrew saw Allison walking alone about ten yards away. "Hay Allison!" he called. Allison seemed surprised that some one called her, she then saw who it was and walked over. Seth and Greg started to chuckle louder and louder the closer she got. When she arrived next to Andrew he kissed her on the cheek. This sent the two of them in hysterics. Andrew turned to them and punched Greg-who was laughing the loudest-on the arm, this time not playfully. They both stopped laughing and Andrew then walked off with his arm around Allison.
John walked up to the school from the parking lot. He was still smoking and listening to music. He saw Claire and walked over to her. She was talking to her friends when he came up and put his arm around her. Mandy and Valerie started to chuckle. When Claire saw this, she pulled away from John. He looked mad and stormed of. Claire felt bad but she didn't think he would be mad for too long.