Prologue
Octavian Country Day High
Grade 11 Homeroom
8:25 am
The OCDH eleventh graders filed their way into their homeroom class. They were twenty-five minutes late, but no one really cared. The Pretty Committee - Massie Block, Alicia Riviera, Kristen Gregory, Dylan Marvil and Claire Lyons - made their way to their respective seats at the back of the class. Their almost boyfriends - Derrick Harrington, Josh Hotz, Griffin Alexander, Kemp Hurley and Cam Fisher - took their protective seats in front of their almost girlfriends.
The entire class was seated, waiting for the teacher to come in. Massie and a few other girls re-applied their Krispy Kreme Glossip Girl lip gloss, while most people just started absent-mindedly drumming on their desks and chairs. The minute Mrs Amazon stepped into the classroom, however, all fidgeting ceased.
"Good morning, class."
"Good morning, Mrs Amazon," the class replied dutifully.
"As you know, today is the first day of school, so we have new students."
The class groaned, but the Pretty Committee sat up and listened attentively.
"There are two new students. The first is Mari dos Santos. Mari, you can come in."
A girl walked into the classroom. She wore a black, floral-patterned knee-length dress with black ballet flats. Her blonde hair was in a high ponytail, and she had a nice smile and pretty blue eyes.
"Hello," she said. "I'm Mari."
"Hi, Mari," the class responded.
Mari took a seat in front, next to Chris Plovert, and the two of them started talking. Massie nodded and tapped something on her iPad mini. Mari dos Santos would definitely be a good addition to the committee.
"The next new student is Amarilis Milner. Amarilis, come in please."
As soon as Amarilis walked in, everybody froze. She wore a beige top that was cut just above her belly-button, black denim shorts and black knee-length Converse All Stars. Her auburn hair was left to flow down to her shoulders, and there were blue and green highlights and hair extensions, and pink and purple feathers and beads. It contrasted beautifully with her slightly tanned skin.
"Hello." She had a British accent, and she waved and smiled.
Everyone else waved back, except the PC. They were too stunned to even move.
"You can go sit over there." Mrs Amazon pointed to the only free seat - next to Cam.
Amarilis made her way over and sat down. It was then that people noticed that her left eye was lavender and her right eye looked golden.
"I like your eyes," Derrington said to Amarilis, leaning over the four other boys to talk to her.
"Thanks. I like your smile."
He blushed. "Thank you."
"Alright, class, since today is the first day, we'll just stay in homeroom. Tomorrow, however, I'll be assigning you to groups of six."
The bell rang, and everyone crowded round either Amarilis or Mari. The Pretty Committee had never felt so much like LBRs.
Massie Block's Current State of the Union
IN
Mrs Amazon
OCDH
Almost bfs
OUT
New Students
Feathers
Coloured hair
