Chapter 1:

First Day of School

'I just want you close, where you can stay forever. You can be sure-' the alarm went off.

A groping hand emerged from under the sheets of the bed, and slammed onto the snooze button. The girl turned over and snuggled under her light blue and green Tweety Bird comforter. The lights flicked on in the small, sparsely furnished room and another girl walked in.

"Let's go, Kinara!" the girl said.

"¿Prima Carolyn, cinco minutos mas por favor?" Kinara asked.

"No way," Carolyn said. "You're gonna make us late, ¡Se levantas ahora!"

"Okay, okay," Kinara groaned, pushing the covers back. "I'm up, you happy?"

Carolyn grinned. She had honey brown skin and blue eyes. Her long, thick wavy black hair was pulled up in a high ponytail with one strand of hair on either side of her face. She was wearing a tight yellow tank top, stopping about four inches above her belly button showing her flowery design tattoo, and baggy blue capris. Around her neck was her uncle's golden gloves necklace. She left Kinara's room and went downstairs. Kinara rolled her eyes and walked over to her closet. Looking in the mirror on the door, she sighed. Her black and brown hair now stopped at her back. With a yawn, she opened her closet door and looked inside. She pulled out an outfit to wear for the first day of school. Kinara closed her closet, grabbed her towel, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.

About ten minutes later, Kinara stepped out of the shower. She looked around her room and sighed. She was, to her utter disappointment, nervous about her first day of school, but thankful that her cousin was there with her. By the time Carolyn come back upstairs, Kinara had changed into a pair of baggy black capris and a black baby-doll tee with gold writing on it that said 'Bow Down Before Royalty'. There was a golden crown above the words.

"Aren't you glad I took you shopping?" Carolyn smiled.

"Yeah," Kinara said, pulling her hair into a ponytail, "estatic."

"Oh, no you don't," Carolyn grabbed Kinara's hand and pulled her into the bathroom. "It's the first day of school. You gotta look good."

"What are you gonna do?" Kinara asked as Carolyn pulled the hair tie out her hair.

"Just trust me," Carolyn said, turning on the curlers. "You'll love it. Now close your eyes."

After finishing Kinara's hair, Carolyn went to work on her make up. Finished with that, Carolyn turned Kinara around to the mirror and told her to open her eyes. Kinara took a deep breath and opened them. Carolyn stood beside her cousin, smiling. Kinara stared at her reflection. Her hair was down and in spiral curls and her makeup consisted of gold eye shadow and black eyeliner. Kinara smiled.

"So…" Carolyn asked, "what d'ya think?"

"I love it!" Kinara shrieked, pulling her cousin into a hug.

"I thought you would," Carolyn smiled. "Now let's go. Viper's gonna drive us."

They grabbed their things and headed out the door, with a nutria-grain bar and a bottle of water in hand.

*Roosevelt High (7:45am)*

Stanley and Zero were the first to arrive at school that morning. They stood next to the flagpole, in front of the Freshman Building. Each member of D tent arrived one by one. The older boys dispersed once Twitch came. Zero and Twitch walked into the Freshman Building and into the office to get their class schedules. There was a line, but it wasn't too long. In a couple minutes, Twitch was up next.

"Name?" the lady asked.

"Brian Poletiek," Twitch said.

"One moment," she said, flipping through a stack of papers. She handed two papers to Twitch and he stared at them.

"This one's your schedule," she pointed to the first sheet. "And this one is your locker number and combination."

The lady pointed to the other sheet and looked at Twitch. He nodded, took the paper, and stepped to the side. He waited while Zero got his things. The two exited the office and headed to their lockers. They had lockers right next to each other; one apart to be exact. While they were comparing their schedules, a girl walked up to the locker in between them and began putting her combination in. Both boys looked at her, then at each other. She was a very pretty, yet familiar looking girl. She pushed her curls back, closed her locker, and walked off.

"Whoa," Twitch muttered. "Was that….?"

"Couldn't be," Zero shook his head. "She'd never look that girly."

"Okay..." Twitch said, turning his attention back to the schedules, "so, it looks like we've got Algebra and History together."

The bell rang when Twitch closed his locker, after testing the combination. Zero and Twitch did their handshake and they both went their separate ways to homeroom. Boy was this going to be an interesting day.

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