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~I hope you like this one! I think I may've dragged it on a little bit, but you tell me! Also, check my profile for pictures of the boho's when they were little. I have some good ones for Maureen, Mark and maybe Joanne. Suggestions?
~I know the chapter is called "...and the birth of the boho's" and yes i know they're just in kindergarten and haven't become bohemian yet but here it's the birth of the friendship!!
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The bus pulled up outside the school, and kids poured out of it, running onto the playground to wait until the bell rang. Mimi timidly walked over to the jungle gym where it seemed like most of the smaller kids were playing. She climbed up a few rungs and sat on the bar, watching the older kids run in the fields or play on the monkey bars. It wasn't until she turned around did she notice a boy sitting next to her.
"Hi." Mimi waved, "My name is Mimi, who are you?" The boy turned to look at her.
"My name is Roger, and I'm gonna be really cool," He nodded confidently, "Here watch," He tried to hang upside down on the rung he was sitting on, but his shoe slipped, causing his heart to skip a beat. He flushed with embarrassment and sat back down on the bar.
"No silly, you do it like this," A little girl was hanging upside down on the highest rung, and she waved a pudgy hand at them.
"I's Maureen," She said, hanging right side up now, "I like your shirt." She pointed to Roger's guitar shirt, sitting in between him and Mimi. Mimi noticed how small the little girl was, and she wondered if she was in Pre-School. The warning bell rang just then, and children began leaving the playground, making their way towards the school. They both began to climb down the jungle gym while Maureen simply pushed off the rung and jumped the five runs to the ground. Mimi's eyes went wide. "Woah." Was all Roger said.
"Hey! Mark!" Roger tapped his friend on the shoulder. The two had gone to preschool together, and had been best pals since. Mark grinned at Roger and waved at Mimi and Maureen, who felt out of place with the two friends, so Maureen took Mimi's hand. As they made their way to the school, they noticed a girl standing by the entrance, who hadn't left her spot since the bus dropped her off. Mark nudged Roger.
"Who's she?" He asked. Roger shrugged, and promptly began teasing Mark about his clothes because he knew how uptight his mother was, he and Mark used to make fun of their parents during snack time in Pre-School.
"Alright boys and girls, I hope you're all very excited to begin school, please line up at the front of the room, so I can show you where you'll sit. My name is Mrs. Glee, and I'm very eager to teach all of you this year," The young teacher stood in front of the students, who had made a line, wondering who they would be sitting with at the big hexagon shaped tables around the room. Tom hoped he could sit at the one near the blocks, so when it was playtime he could pick the first blocks.
"Robert Alvo, Gina Burke, Laurie Borsh, TOM COLLINS," The teacher pointed to the table in the middle and he walked over and wondered who he would be sitting with. A boy with a guitar tee shirt walked over to his table.
"I'm Roger," He said sitting next to Tom, "Woah, our sneakers match!" Both boys stomped their feet so they would light up. They barely noticed Mark, Mimi, and another girl sitting at their table.
"Hi Roger and Mark! I'm Mimi," Mimi waved to the friends she'd met earlier on the playground. Tom waved to her.
"I'm Tom!" He said. Roger shook his head.
"Man, you need a name as cool as the sneakers. What's your last name?" Roger asked him.
"Collins. I'm Tom Collins." Tom said, not very sure where this was going.
"Collins, that's way cooler than Tom! Everyone this is Collins! Hey, who are you two? He motioned to the unfamiliar girl and boy who had sat down."
"I'm Angel, the boy waved and blushed."
"I'm Joanne." Roger was surprised at how quiet and shy she was.
"I'S MAUREEN!" Maureen dashed over to the table and sat next to Mimi.
"Hey!" Mimi and Roger exclaimed.
"I like your bow." Angel reached out and touched the white bow in Maureen's dark curls.
"Thank you," She giggled, looking around at the others sitting at her table.
"Why yous all dressed up?" She asked Mark.
"My mom made me wear these clothes, I didn't want too." Mark blushed, "My name is Mark." Maureen smiled her huge smile and waved, making Collins chuckle.
"Hey! Why yous laughing at me?" Maureen's eyebrows furrowed.
"You're always so happy!" Collins said, which made Maureen laugh more. Mark admired how pretty Maureen was, even though she was so small. He didn't know how someone could be completely at ease with having all the attention on them; he would've been sweating buckets. But Maureen seemed thrilled that she was getting all the attention. Across the table, Joanne was thinking the same thing, but not admiring how pretty she was. Joanne was amazed by her size and all the attention she was getting.
"¡Oh, Dios mío! Qué estúpido soy!" Angel muttered when he knocked over the cup of crayons. Mimi's head snapped up and she stopped braiding a lock of Maureen's hair.
"You speak Spanish?!" She cried to Angel, who was sitting on the other side of Maureen. Angel nodded. Mimi smiled and began a conversation between her and Angel in Spanish, completely ignoring Maureen who was sitting right in between the two. She leaned back in her chair, crossed her arms, and stuck out her bottom lip, looking as though she was on the verge of tears.
"Maureen?!" Joanne asked, looking at Maureen to see what was wrong.
"Woah, are you okay?" Collins asked, his eyes widening at how sad and quiet she'd gotten. Mimi stopped talking to Angel and they both stared at Maureen.
"Chica what's wrong?" Mimi ran her fingers through Maureen's bangs but Maureen smacked her hand away.
"Yous ignored me when thems were talking to Angel and yous left me out and you don't like me anymore," Maureen pouted, turning away from Mimi.
"No I didn't sweetie! I was just talking to Angel for a second! You're still my friend." Mimi put a hand on Maureen's shoulder. Maureen's eyes brightened and she whipped around to face Mimi.
"REALLY?" She asked, her eyes shining. Mimi nodded. Maureen threw her arms around Mimi and laid her head on her shoulder.
"Will you be my big sister?" Maureen looked up at Mimi with her huge round eyes. Mimi shrugged.
"Well how old are you?" She asked. Maureen held up four fingers.
"I turned four last month." She said proudly. Mimi nodded.
"Well I'm five, so I guess I can be your big sister!" Across the table, Collins stared at the tiny girl.
"Your only four?" He asked. Maureen bounced her head up and down, "Woah! I'm gonna be seven soon! Why are you so small?" He asked, genuinely curious.
"I's not small," Maureen jumped up on the chair, "I's a big kid."
"Maureen Johnson get down from that chair or you're going in time out!" the teacher snapped at her. Maureen plopped herself down on the chair and made faces at the teacher when she wasn't looking. Mark and Roger hooted with laughter and shared high fives with her.
"Alright class, now go get your lunches, I'll call you up by table." Mrs. Glee stated, telling the table on the far left that they could go. Maureen smiled and rubbed her belly.
"Yay! I's so hungry" She stated.
"I want nap time," Roger dropped his head in his arms.
"All that hard core partying right Roger?" Collins teased, which set off a poking war.
"Table 4 can get their lunches and if anyone at Table 4 pokes someone one more time they'll stay inside for recess," Collins and Roger blushed and dashed for the cubbies. Angel helped Maureen get her lunch box when she wasn't tall enough to reach her cubby. Joanne watched her group members; silently wishing she were as outgoing as they all seemed to be. She was Joanne though, polite, proper, easy to forget. She hoped to make an effort to change that though.
Back at the table Mimi and Collins were having a string cheese fight, which Maureen and Roger happily joined into. It ended when Mimi caught Collin's whole cheese string in her mouth, in awe of everyone. Joanne laughed into her turkey sandwich, everyone else joining in.
"I can't wait to go outside!" Maureen bounced in her chair as she ate her cookies. Everyone nodded in agreement, except Angel, who she noticed was staring longingly at the chocolate chip cookie she was holding.
"Angel would you's like a cookie?" She held out the cookie. A grin broke out on Angel's face.
"Are you sure?" He asked, hesitantly taking the cookie out of her hand. She nodded and smiled.
"Maureen Johnson would you please come over here?" The teacher beckoned for Maureen to come over to the desk where she sat. Everyone at the table watched as Maureen's eyes grew wide and her face paled.
"Want me to go with you?" Mark piped up, feeling the need to protect the baby of the class. Maureen shook her head.
"No! I can do it by myself. I's a big girl!" She huffed away from the group and over to the teachers desk.
"Yes Ms. Glees?" She asked, putting on her best innocent smile that she had perfected over the years, using it to get out of trouble with her parents. Her large eyes shone.
"You're the first person in the class to gain a gold star." She pointed to a chart on the wall that displayed every student's name.
"Go and put this next to your name!" She handed Maureen a gold star. Maureen took it in her hands and galloped to the chart, sticking it right next to the "n" in Maureen. Behind her, the teacher gained the class's attention and began to explain the concept of the stars. She had Maureen come to the front of the room and explain what she did to get a gold star. Maureen waved to the class, cleared her throat dramatically and said; "To get my gold star I's shared a cookie with Angel!" She pointed to Angel, who blushed, "Them's was looking sad and looking at my cookies so I asked him if he's wanted a cookie and Angel said yes so instead of eating my cookie I's gave it up to my friend." Maureen beamed as some of the students clapped for her.
"See, if you're nice to others, you'll gain gold stars. And if you get 10 gold stars, your table gets to go to recess and get their lunch first!" Table 4 cheered for Maureen, "Now it's time to take a nap for a while before you go play outside." The students began to line up their mats and laid down. Roger was on the far left. Mark was next to him, then Collins, then Maureen, then Mimi, then Angel, then Joanne. None of the kids went to sleep quickly, all but Maureen and Joanne. Maureen was already tired, so she simply stuck her thumb in her mouth and went to sleep. Joanne had always been told to obey the teacher and adults quickly so she shut her eyes tight and drifted asleep too. Roger and Collins, however, ended up reaching over Mark to poke and laugh at each other, so Roger was moved to the other side of the room, next to a tall burly boy named Benjamin Coffin. Benjamin Coffin intimidated Roger so Roger turned and faced the wall, gently drifting to sleep as well.
When Joanne opened her eyes, she saw everyone still asleep. She shut her eyes again, but it was no use, she was far from tired. She tried to fidget as little as possible, to make it seem as though she was still asleep.
"Joanne?" the teacher asked softly. Joanne sat up and turned to the teacher.
"I was wondering if you want to help me do a little job?" She asked, beckoning for Joanne to come over.
"Can you put one of each paper in everyone's cubby please? You'll get a gold star!" Mrs. Glee handed her three stacks of papers, and a gold star. Joanne beamed as she stuck it next to her name, proud that she had been the first to help a teacher do a job. While she placed the notes in the cubbies, she looked at people's jackets and lunchboxes. Angel's was simple and plain, the kind of clothes and lunchboxes you'd see in the GAP or L.L. Bean catalogs. Mimi's jacket was purple with neon pink polka dots and sequins along the hem and wrists. Her lunch box had a doodle of a ballerina in a tutu on it, and was pink as well. Rogers jacket was red with blue stripes, and his lunchbox had racecars on it. Maureen's jacket was noticeably smaller than the others and was denim, more fashionable than some of the other jackets. Her lunchbox was pink with small white polka dots, and had her initials on it. MEJ. Collin's jacket was supposed to look like a jersey. It had a number on the back, and a red stripe on the sleeves. His lunchbox had a football helmet and stars on it. By the time Joanne was done, half of the kids were outside. Her friends from Table 4 were sitting together near Maureen and Angel, waiting for them to wake up so they could all go to the playground together.
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