"Drink your orange juice, sweetie. You don't want to miss your bus," Andy
said to Delia, who was sitting at the kitchen counter with a full glass of
orange juice and a poptart placed in front of her.
"But Dad, I hate orange juice!" Delia gave her dad an unhappy look.
"What! Since when?" Andy questioned, obviously surprised.
"Since this morning. I've decided not to drink anymore orange juice."
"But why?" Andy asked with a confused look on his face.
"Just because."
"Well, how about you start your non-orange juice drinking ways after you finish this glass," Andy stated.
"Fine," Delia whined as she looked at her dad miserably.
"Ephram, you're going to be late for," Andy was cut off by his son as he came down the stairs.
"School?" Ephram asked in a very annoyed tone. "No, I'm never late for school," he said, giving his dad an irritated look.
"Never say never, Ephram."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I'm out." Ephram left through the back door making the screen door slam.
*****
Amy walked up the hallway to meet Colin at his locker before the first bell rang signaling the beginning of their first class. Bright was standing next to Colin explaining how this one girl "made eyes at him" just a few minutes earlier that morning.
"Hey," Amy said with a smile on her face directed towards Colin. For some reason she was a little more bubbly today. "Guess what," she said hoping at least one of them would actually try to guess.
"Umm, the Browns are moving back to New York?" Bright asked sarcastically with a fake, eager look on his face.
"Nope, but close!" Her smile grew a little bigger. "I heard there's gonna be a new girl coming here. I think her name is Alyssa, or something like that."
"Is she hot?" Bright asked.
Colin and Amy looked at each other for a quick second and laughed.
"First of all, I haven't seen her. And second of all, I don't judge whether girls are 'hot' or not," Amy said defending herself.
"So you do judge whether guys are hot?" Colin asked jokingly.
"Of course, but don't worry. You're definitely at the top of my list," Amy said teasingly while smiling at Colin. She leaned over and quickly kissed him on the cheek.
"Well, we should probably get to class." Colin directed his words towards Amy and she nodded, still smiling.
*****
Alyssa stepped inside the school building. This school was huge compared to her school back at home. She tried not to make herself stand out too much. She slowly started walking down the hall, and a few minutes later she ended up in the office getting her schedule and locker number. Her guidance counselor sat down and talked with her for a few minutes about school until the first bell finally rang. The blonde-haired woman then walked the girl to her first period class and knocked on the door. The male teacher opened the door and smiled. He respectfully waved off the guidance counselor and welcomed the new student to his class.
"Class, this is Alyssa Taylor," he cheerfully said with a smile on his face. "She's the newest student here, and I'd appreciate it if you all make her feel welcome."
Alyssa stood in front of the class with her backpack on. Her arms were crossed over her chest, and you could tell the smile on her face was being forced.
"Alyssa, you can take the last seat in this row." He pointed to an empty desk behind a girl with red curly hair.
The redhead turned around in her desk to face the new girl.
"Hi," she whispered.
"Hey," Alyssa whispered back to her and smiled slightly.
Alyssa started to think to herself about how she already missed her old school.
Finally, about an hour later, the bell rang for first period to end.
*****
"Well, Doc, you have a new patient coming in about ten minutes. He just moved here. He's coming in for a checkup and to look at some possible choices for counseling," Edna read from the folder she held.
"Sounds interesting. What's his name?"
"Uhh. David Taylor. He's 45 years old," Edna confirmed.
"Any children?"
"Teenage daughter."
"Really. How old?"
"She'll be 16 in a couple of months."
"She sounds about Ephram's age. Interesting."
*****
Alyssa sat down at a table off to the side in the library. She opened her backpack and took out her pale blue spiral notebook. It was lunchtime now, but she wouldn't dare go into the lunchroom. She didn't even know anybody yet. She opened her notebook to the first empty page and started sketching. She didn't even know what she was drawing.
"Hey," a guy said.
Alyssa quickly looked up. She was obviously very surprised someone was talking to her. "Hi," Alyssa said and flashed him a quick smile. She looked back down at her notebook.
The guy looked down to see what she was doodling in her notebook.
"An eye?" he asked.
She shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "Sure. Why not?"
He laughed nervously. "Ephram Brown." He held out his hand to the girl.
"Alyssa Taylor," she said, slowly placing her hand into his just to be polite.
"Mind if I sit?" Ephram questioned.
"Well, actually. Actually I was just leaving." Alyssa hesitated with her words. She quickly got up and started walking towards the library door to leave.
Ephram stood up before she got too far out of hearing distance. "Nice meeting you."
Alyssa turned to look at Ephram, and she nodded with a little smile. After that she was gone.
"But Dad, I hate orange juice!" Delia gave her dad an unhappy look.
"What! Since when?" Andy questioned, obviously surprised.
"Since this morning. I've decided not to drink anymore orange juice."
"But why?" Andy asked with a confused look on his face.
"Just because."
"Well, how about you start your non-orange juice drinking ways after you finish this glass," Andy stated.
"Fine," Delia whined as she looked at her dad miserably.
"Ephram, you're going to be late for," Andy was cut off by his son as he came down the stairs.
"School?" Ephram asked in a very annoyed tone. "No, I'm never late for school," he said, giving his dad an irritated look.
"Never say never, Ephram."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. I'm out." Ephram left through the back door making the screen door slam.
*****
Amy walked up the hallway to meet Colin at his locker before the first bell rang signaling the beginning of their first class. Bright was standing next to Colin explaining how this one girl "made eyes at him" just a few minutes earlier that morning.
"Hey," Amy said with a smile on her face directed towards Colin. For some reason she was a little more bubbly today. "Guess what," she said hoping at least one of them would actually try to guess.
"Umm, the Browns are moving back to New York?" Bright asked sarcastically with a fake, eager look on his face.
"Nope, but close!" Her smile grew a little bigger. "I heard there's gonna be a new girl coming here. I think her name is Alyssa, or something like that."
"Is she hot?" Bright asked.
Colin and Amy looked at each other for a quick second and laughed.
"First of all, I haven't seen her. And second of all, I don't judge whether girls are 'hot' or not," Amy said defending herself.
"So you do judge whether guys are hot?" Colin asked jokingly.
"Of course, but don't worry. You're definitely at the top of my list," Amy said teasingly while smiling at Colin. She leaned over and quickly kissed him on the cheek.
"Well, we should probably get to class." Colin directed his words towards Amy and she nodded, still smiling.
*****
Alyssa stepped inside the school building. This school was huge compared to her school back at home. She tried not to make herself stand out too much. She slowly started walking down the hall, and a few minutes later she ended up in the office getting her schedule and locker number. Her guidance counselor sat down and talked with her for a few minutes about school until the first bell finally rang. The blonde-haired woman then walked the girl to her first period class and knocked on the door. The male teacher opened the door and smiled. He respectfully waved off the guidance counselor and welcomed the new student to his class.
"Class, this is Alyssa Taylor," he cheerfully said with a smile on his face. "She's the newest student here, and I'd appreciate it if you all make her feel welcome."
Alyssa stood in front of the class with her backpack on. Her arms were crossed over her chest, and you could tell the smile on her face was being forced.
"Alyssa, you can take the last seat in this row." He pointed to an empty desk behind a girl with red curly hair.
The redhead turned around in her desk to face the new girl.
"Hi," she whispered.
"Hey," Alyssa whispered back to her and smiled slightly.
Alyssa started to think to herself about how she already missed her old school.
Finally, about an hour later, the bell rang for first period to end.
*****
"Well, Doc, you have a new patient coming in about ten minutes. He just moved here. He's coming in for a checkup and to look at some possible choices for counseling," Edna read from the folder she held.
"Sounds interesting. What's his name?"
"Uhh. David Taylor. He's 45 years old," Edna confirmed.
"Any children?"
"Teenage daughter."
"Really. How old?"
"She'll be 16 in a couple of months."
"She sounds about Ephram's age. Interesting."
*****
Alyssa sat down at a table off to the side in the library. She opened her backpack and took out her pale blue spiral notebook. It was lunchtime now, but she wouldn't dare go into the lunchroom. She didn't even know anybody yet. She opened her notebook to the first empty page and started sketching. She didn't even know what she was drawing.
"Hey," a guy said.
Alyssa quickly looked up. She was obviously very surprised someone was talking to her. "Hi," Alyssa said and flashed him a quick smile. She looked back down at her notebook.
The guy looked down to see what she was doodling in her notebook.
"An eye?" he asked.
She shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "Sure. Why not?"
He laughed nervously. "Ephram Brown." He held out his hand to the girl.
"Alyssa Taylor," she said, slowly placing her hand into his just to be polite.
"Mind if I sit?" Ephram questioned.
"Well, actually. Actually I was just leaving." Alyssa hesitated with her words. She quickly got up and started walking towards the library door to leave.
Ephram stood up before she got too far out of hearing distance. "Nice meeting you."
Alyssa turned to look at Ephram, and she nodded with a little smile. After that she was gone.
