Kayla Bennett sighed as she knocked on the door to her new dorm room. When she had moved into the Eden Hall dorms at the beginning of the year there had been an error in the room assignments, and she had ended up sleeping on the floor of a two person dorm with two rather annoying room mates.
"Come in!" A voice called from inside of the room.
Kayla meekly pushed the door open. Inside she found five girls sitting around the room, with all of their eyes on her.
"Hi, um, which one of you is Nicci?" Kayla asked.
"That's me." A girl, with blond hair and glasses answered.
"Oh, Hi, I'm your new room mate."
"Oh. Hello." Nicci answered, uncomfortably. She still hadn't gotten used to the idea of someone new moving into her room, even though it had been almost a month since Star's death. "Um, yeah...I'm Nicci, and this is Kat, and Mari Anne, and Connie, and Julie." Nicci replied pointing everyone out.
"Hi." Kayla replied. She had always been shy, especially in new situations. Right now she felt like sinking into the floor.
"We can help you unpack if you want." Connie offered, politely.
"No, it's okay. I can do it." Kayla replied lugging her suit cases through the door of her new dorm room.
Nicci took a good look at her new room mate. She wasn't ugly, but then again, she wasn't anything special either. She stood a mere 5'2", and had auburn hair, bright green eyes, along with a few freckles splattered here and there.
"I didn't catch your name." Nicci said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. It's Kayla, Kayla Bennett."
Nicci nodded. "Nice to meet you."
Towards the end of the day, Nicci was having troubles getting to know Kayla, she was painfully shy, and it was taking Nicci a while to try her open.
"So, do you have a boyfriend?" Nicci asked, as the two settled down for bed.
Kayla shook her head. "Do you?"
"Yup."
Kayla giggled. "Who is he?"
"You know Luis Mendoza, he plays hockey."
Kayla nodded. She had seen the Latino around school, he was in some of her classes. Kayla also knew that he hung out with Adam Banks, whom she had been crushing on since she saw him in her Biology class on the first day of school. She had been crushed when she found out that Adam, and Star Lawrence were going out, but it had been total fate that she had ended up rooming with Nicci, who had been Star's room mate. Of course Kayla had felt awful about Star's death. It had affected everyone at Eden Hall Academy in one way or another.
"Good night, Kayla." Nicci offered as she turned off the light.
"Night." She replied in a whisper.
Just a few yards away in the boys dorm, Adam Banks was tossing and turning in his bed. Ever since Star's death he had been having terrible night mares about the accident. Tomorrow would be the one month anniversary of that awful day. Adam was having the hardest time accepting it out of everyone. Finally, after a long while of tossing and
turning, restlessly Adam fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning when the girls came down to breakfast Adam noticed a read headed girl standing next to Nicci.
"Hey guys, this is my new room mate, Kayla." Nicci said, introducing her to everybody.
"Hey, aren't you in my History class?" Dwayne asked.
Kayla replied with a shrug. She actually didn't say much all during breakfast, leading most of the ducks to make the assumption that she was rude, and stand-offish. However, Mari Anne was picking up on something else. She noticed that Kayla was starring at Adam, ever once in a while Adam would glance back. There was defiantly something going on there.
"Hey, Portman, what's up with Banks and the Kayla chick?"
"What about them?" He answered, sleepily.
Mari Anne shook her head. After breakfast was over she went up to Adam.
"Hey Banks. What do you think of Kayla?" She asked, following him to his locker.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I mean...I know we haven't been that close of friends or anything, but if you ask me, it's time for you to move on."
"How can you say that? I loved Star with all of my heart. I just can't forget about her."
"You don't have to, Adam, But it's not healthy for you to brood like this!"
He shook his head sadly, and walked away.
"The world won't stop just because she's gone!" Mari Anne called after him. "You've got to move on!" She sighed dissapointedly as she watched Adam disappear into the crowd.
Banks stared at the ground his entire walk back to the dorm. He couldn't believe Mari Anne had, had the nerve to say that to him. And about a girl he'd known for ten seconds! He slammed the door open, something he'd never done and Portman, who busily trying to finish his homework in the last fifteen minutes before homeroom started, jumped.
"Damn Banksie, what'd they put in your cereal this morning?"
"Your girlfriend is a nosy bitch!" Adam plopped onto his bed
"All right I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear you say that, cuz if I did, I'd have to pound you."
"Never mind you wouldn't understand anyway." He grabbed his book bag and stormed out of the room slamming the door again.
First period was Ms. Rayson's math class, that class had been the one had gotten Adam and Star together. She had been lost on her first day of school and Guy and Connie had found out that she was in his class, forcing him (well not really forcing him, he had been pretty willing) to walk with her. She'd taken the empty seat on the left of him and he'd felt his heart smile. Star Lawrence had been a once in a life time sort of love. Why couldn't anyone else understand that? Just then Charlie sat in the seat to the right of Adam and studied the side of his friend's face.
There was a mixture or anger, sorrow and confusion registering on Banks' brow. A combination Charlie had never seen on him before. Adam had always been silent about his emotions and could hide things better then anyone else on the team. But the look on his face was screaming that he hadn't come to grips with the fact that Star was gone.
"Hey Banksie are you coming to the duck pond with us tonight after school?" Charlie leaned over and asked quietly. Ms. Rayson was a young teacher and relatively cool, she didn't care if her students talked as long as they were quiet and didn't interrupt the lesson.
"No I don't think so. I really don't feel like it." Banks looked up from his notebook
"Banks, it's time to move on."
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" He yelled.
"Mr. Banks, I'm surprised at you." Ms. Rayson turned around from the board and glared at him "Keep your conversations faint or save them for after class."
This was already wonderful start to Adam's day, his friends were upset him, he was getting in trouble with his teachers, and it wasn't even 9:00 yet. By lunch Adam had decided he was simply not going to say anything to anyone, he seemed to be having a hard time avoiding pissing people off that day.
Scooter walked Julie to her table and kissed her cheek lightly as she dropped into her seat. Julie had spoken to Charlie in English and he told her that Banks was still refusing to have any fun. She knew he wouldn't listen to one of the ducks he may however listen to Scooter.
"Hey Banks you got a minute?" Scooter leaned on the table.
Adam stopped poking at his turkey tetrozini, "Yeah." He got up from his chair and followed Scott out into the hall.
"Julie told me that she's kinda worried about you..." He started, gentally.
"What do you mean?" Adam asked, confused.
"I mean, that your not acting like yourself. She says that your not moving on like you should be, your still stuck on Star?"
"What would you know about it Scooter, she was my girlfriend, my first love." Adam snapped.
"You're right, but keep in mind I knew the girl since she was three. Star wouldn't want you to mope around and agonize over this, she wasn't like that. If you keep this up you run the risk of alienating all your friends. I don't think that's worth it."
Back at the duck's table Kenny was trying to get Kayla to open up. "So Kayla do you skate?" He asked just as Kat stole his apple.
"A little, not very well." Kayla answered quietly.
"That's okay I can show you." Fulton offered as the original ducks erupted in laughter
"Right Fulton, are you gonna put her in pads and make skate through the mall, like Bombay did to you?" Averman scoffed.
"Shut up Averman." The Bash Brother retorted.
"Why, did you wanna know?" Kayla was puzzled
"We're going to the duck pond to skate tonight. Since you're Nicci's new roomy you're invited." Russ answered.
Nicci pulled her head away from Luis's lips having heard her name, "What about me?" She asked.
"Never mind Mrs. Mendoza go back to your make out session." Russ rolled his eyes.
Nicci blushed and Luis smiled like a Cheshire cat.
"I guess, I'm going skating with you guys tonight." Kayla told her and turned back to her peanut butter and banana sandwich.
"Come in!" A voice called from inside of the room.
Kayla meekly pushed the door open. Inside she found five girls sitting around the room, with all of their eyes on her.
"Hi, um, which one of you is Nicci?" Kayla asked.
"That's me." A girl, with blond hair and glasses answered.
"Oh, Hi, I'm your new room mate."
"Oh. Hello." Nicci answered, uncomfortably. She still hadn't gotten used to the idea of someone new moving into her room, even though it had been almost a month since Star's death. "Um, yeah...I'm Nicci, and this is Kat, and Mari Anne, and Connie, and Julie." Nicci replied pointing everyone out.
"Hi." Kayla replied. She had always been shy, especially in new situations. Right now she felt like sinking into the floor.
"We can help you unpack if you want." Connie offered, politely.
"No, it's okay. I can do it." Kayla replied lugging her suit cases through the door of her new dorm room.
Nicci took a good look at her new room mate. She wasn't ugly, but then again, she wasn't anything special either. She stood a mere 5'2", and had auburn hair, bright green eyes, along with a few freckles splattered here and there.
"I didn't catch your name." Nicci said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. It's Kayla, Kayla Bennett."
Nicci nodded. "Nice to meet you."
Towards the end of the day, Nicci was having troubles getting to know Kayla, she was painfully shy, and it was taking Nicci a while to try her open.
"So, do you have a boyfriend?" Nicci asked, as the two settled down for bed.
Kayla shook her head. "Do you?"
"Yup."
Kayla giggled. "Who is he?"
"You know Luis Mendoza, he plays hockey."
Kayla nodded. She had seen the Latino around school, he was in some of her classes. Kayla also knew that he hung out with Adam Banks, whom she had been crushing on since she saw him in her Biology class on the first day of school. She had been crushed when she found out that Adam, and Star Lawrence were going out, but it had been total fate that she had ended up rooming with Nicci, who had been Star's room mate. Of course Kayla had felt awful about Star's death. It had affected everyone at Eden Hall Academy in one way or another.
"Good night, Kayla." Nicci offered as she turned off the light.
"Night." She replied in a whisper.
Just a few yards away in the boys dorm, Adam Banks was tossing and turning in his bed. Ever since Star's death he had been having terrible night mares about the accident. Tomorrow would be the one month anniversary of that awful day. Adam was having the hardest time accepting it out of everyone. Finally, after a long while of tossing and
turning, restlessly Adam fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning when the girls came down to breakfast Adam noticed a read headed girl standing next to Nicci.
"Hey guys, this is my new room mate, Kayla." Nicci said, introducing her to everybody.
"Hey, aren't you in my History class?" Dwayne asked.
Kayla replied with a shrug. She actually didn't say much all during breakfast, leading most of the ducks to make the assumption that she was rude, and stand-offish. However, Mari Anne was picking up on something else. She noticed that Kayla was starring at Adam, ever once in a while Adam would glance back. There was defiantly something going on there.
"Hey, Portman, what's up with Banks and the Kayla chick?"
"What about them?" He answered, sleepily.
Mari Anne shook her head. After breakfast was over she went up to Adam.
"Hey Banks. What do you think of Kayla?" She asked, following him to his locker.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I mean...I know we haven't been that close of friends or anything, but if you ask me, it's time for you to move on."
"How can you say that? I loved Star with all of my heart. I just can't forget about her."
"You don't have to, Adam, But it's not healthy for you to brood like this!"
He shook his head sadly, and walked away.
"The world won't stop just because she's gone!" Mari Anne called after him. "You've got to move on!" She sighed dissapointedly as she watched Adam disappear into the crowd.
Banks stared at the ground his entire walk back to the dorm. He couldn't believe Mari Anne had, had the nerve to say that to him. And about a girl he'd known for ten seconds! He slammed the door open, something he'd never done and Portman, who busily trying to finish his homework in the last fifteen minutes before homeroom started, jumped.
"Damn Banksie, what'd they put in your cereal this morning?"
"Your girlfriend is a nosy bitch!" Adam plopped onto his bed
"All right I'm gonna pretend I didn't hear you say that, cuz if I did, I'd have to pound you."
"Never mind you wouldn't understand anyway." He grabbed his book bag and stormed out of the room slamming the door again.
First period was Ms. Rayson's math class, that class had been the one had gotten Adam and Star together. She had been lost on her first day of school and Guy and Connie had found out that she was in his class, forcing him (well not really forcing him, he had been pretty willing) to walk with her. She'd taken the empty seat on the left of him and he'd felt his heart smile. Star Lawrence had been a once in a life time sort of love. Why couldn't anyone else understand that? Just then Charlie sat in the seat to the right of Adam and studied the side of his friend's face.
There was a mixture or anger, sorrow and confusion registering on Banks' brow. A combination Charlie had never seen on him before. Adam had always been silent about his emotions and could hide things better then anyone else on the team. But the look on his face was screaming that he hadn't come to grips with the fact that Star was gone.
"Hey Banksie are you coming to the duck pond with us tonight after school?" Charlie leaned over and asked quietly. Ms. Rayson was a young teacher and relatively cool, she didn't care if her students talked as long as they were quiet and didn't interrupt the lesson.
"No I don't think so. I really don't feel like it." Banks looked up from his notebook
"Banks, it's time to move on."
"Why does everyone keep saying that?" He yelled.
"Mr. Banks, I'm surprised at you." Ms. Rayson turned around from the board and glared at him "Keep your conversations faint or save them for after class."
This was already wonderful start to Adam's day, his friends were upset him, he was getting in trouble with his teachers, and it wasn't even 9:00 yet. By lunch Adam had decided he was simply not going to say anything to anyone, he seemed to be having a hard time avoiding pissing people off that day.
Scooter walked Julie to her table and kissed her cheek lightly as she dropped into her seat. Julie had spoken to Charlie in English and he told her that Banks was still refusing to have any fun. She knew he wouldn't listen to one of the ducks he may however listen to Scooter.
"Hey Banks you got a minute?" Scooter leaned on the table.
Adam stopped poking at his turkey tetrozini, "Yeah." He got up from his chair and followed Scott out into the hall.
"Julie told me that she's kinda worried about you..." He started, gentally.
"What do you mean?" Adam asked, confused.
"I mean, that your not acting like yourself. She says that your not moving on like you should be, your still stuck on Star?"
"What would you know about it Scooter, she was my girlfriend, my first love." Adam snapped.
"You're right, but keep in mind I knew the girl since she was three. Star wouldn't want you to mope around and agonize over this, she wasn't like that. If you keep this up you run the risk of alienating all your friends. I don't think that's worth it."
Back at the duck's table Kenny was trying to get Kayla to open up. "So Kayla do you skate?" He asked just as Kat stole his apple.
"A little, not very well." Kayla answered quietly.
"That's okay I can show you." Fulton offered as the original ducks erupted in laughter
"Right Fulton, are you gonna put her in pads and make skate through the mall, like Bombay did to you?" Averman scoffed.
"Shut up Averman." The Bash Brother retorted.
"Why, did you wanna know?" Kayla was puzzled
"We're going to the duck pond to skate tonight. Since you're Nicci's new roomy you're invited." Russ answered.
Nicci pulled her head away from Luis's lips having heard her name, "What about me?" She asked.
"Never mind Mrs. Mendoza go back to your make out session." Russ rolled his eyes.
Nicci blushed and Luis smiled like a Cheshire cat.
"I guess, I'm going skating with you guys tonight." Kayla told her and turned back to her peanut butter and banana sandwich.