Chapter 2:

The bus entered the school gates and we all went down. I searched for the boy I saw at the bus but he was nowhere to be seen.

"Junie B.! What are you doing way over there?" C'mon, let's look at the class board. We'll see if were classmates or not." Herb said and pulled me with him to the board. There were a bunch of students already there looking at the board to see which class they were going. I searched for my name along the board.

"Class 2…class 3…ah there it is." I said as I found my name.

Class4A:

Herb Tyler

Junie B. Jones

Jose Lopez

Lucille Olsen

Grace Garcia

Leonard Harper

May Murkee

Chenille Anderson

Chamille Anderson

Paulie Allen Puffer

William Wright

Warren Cooper

Ricardo Davis

Sheldon Potts

Jamal Hall

Charlotte Blount

Campbell Vallony

Roger Green

Shirley Gabriel

"Wow." I said to myself. But apparently I spoke that loud enough for Herb to hear. "Hm? Something wrong, Junie?" he asked. I shook my head. "Nah. It's nothing. I just noticed that almost all of our classmates this year were our classmates in kindergarten and First Grade." "Well, that's okay. At least the bros and I are there with you." He playfully poked my shoulder. I grinned and poked him back.

Huh…Lucille and Grace were back. Those two didn't speak to me us much when we turned first grade. Lucille was with Chenille and Chamille; those two annoying twins who just agreed with whatever Lucille said and kind of worshipped her like a goddess. But I was pretty sure they were just doing that for the popularity since, I had to admit, Lucille was really popular with the guys. I kind of heard a rumour that she dated all of the jocks in the football team but dumped all of them. I think she's currently dating Sheldon Potts who was kind of cute but seriously not my type.

All of my new classmates were my classmates in kindergarten except Herb, Jose, Lennie and May.

Ugh, May. I remembered her well. That girl didn't stop picking on me when we were first grade. She was soooo annoying. Then there was William. That boy was a cry baby when we were young but I don't know if he's still like that though. There were some other people too like Shirley, Charlotte, Paul (I don't like calling him Paulie), Roger, Campbell, and some others.

Me, Herb, Lennie, and Jose went to look for our classroom. "Class 4A…this one?" Lennie said and opened the door. There were already some kids inside and they were chatting as if they already knew each other. I wasn't very good with crowds so I subconsciously grabbed the sleeve of Jose's shirt. Jose noticed this and laughed. "It's okay, Junie B. They're just people. They won't bite." He teased and patted me on the shoulder. I nervously nodded and slowly let go of his sleeve.

I saw Lucille chatting with the twins and May. She seemed to be twirling around. Probably showing off her new dress where here nana bought from who knows where. They seemed to get along well.

"Junie B.! Oh my gosh is that really you?!" A voice shouted. I turned around to see a three girls running towards me full speed. Before I could react the three girls nearly squeezed me to death by hugging me.

"Wha—I—who?" I nearly fell off balance with the weight. The three let go and one girl with curly black hair pouted. "Awww Junie B. doesn't remember us! You really forgot us? It's me Grace! And this is Charlotte and Shirley! From kindergarten remember?" I blinked slowly trying to sum up the information.

"Ah! It really is the three of you! Oh my gosh you guys look so different!" I gasped looking at the three of them. Grace looked much taller and sportier looking than before. She wore her hair in a high ponytail and wore a red t-shirt with some blue skinny jeans and a nice pair of sneakers with lighting streak designs. She looked so pretty! Shirley had short hair with a headband to keep it in place. She wore a pretty top with a white skirt and some flats. She still looked feminine as before, I thought with a giggle. Charlotte still wore braids and had glasses like me only they were pink instead of purple. She wore a crème coloured dress that reached her knees and wore white shoes with short heels.

"Of course we look different, silly! Were in middle school now. You certainly look the same though. Except now you have glasses. But much much MUCH prettier!" Charlotte giggled. Shirley nodded. "Charlotte's right! You look reeaally cute Junie B.! Especially with the glasses." She winked. I blushed. "T-thank you guys. That's real sweet of you. B-but hey! You guys look really cute too!" I said not wanting to be rude. "Thanks!" Shirley said.

Herb, Lennie, and Jose approached. "Who are these Junie B.? Old friends?" Herb asked. I nodded. "Guys, meet Grace, Shirley and Charlotte. They were my friends in kinder. Shirley, Charlotte, Grace meet Jose, Lennie, and Herb. My best buds since elementary." The three guys waved. "'Sup?" Jose said. The three girls giggled. "That's a cool accent there, Jose." Grace said. While they talked, I was looking around. It seemed as if the teacher still wasn't here. I hope it isn't a scary teacher, I thought.

"Well, well, well…if it isn't Junie Jones." A bratty voice from behind me said. I turned around to see May smiling like a spoiled brat. "That's Junie B. Jones, May. You ALWAYS forget my B.! Why can't you get it through your thick skull, huh?" She frowned at that. "As if you weren't any better, Jones. Still as ugly as ever."

"Hey! Back off, May. It's no use saying that to Junie B. She's too pretty to be ugly unlike yourself." Charlotte said coming to my aid. "Yeah back off May. Or do you want to have trouble on the first day of class?" Lennie warned. May frowned at me and stomped away going back to Lucille.

"You okay, Junie B.?" Herb asked me. I nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. I've dealt with worse." "C'mon, let's just take our seats."

Our chairs had names on them to tell who sits where. Apparently, I sat next to Herb with Jose and Lennie just behind us.

All of the students took their seats while waiting for the teacher. The chair beside me though was still empty. "Is someone late or something?" I thought as I stared at it.

I didn't know who was going to be my new seatmate but that was the least of my concerns.

After waiting for 10 minutes or something, a woman came rushing through the door. She looked young around 20-25 and had short brown curly hair tied in a messy ponytail. She had lots of books and papers in her arms and seemed to be out of breath. "Oh gosh! I'm soooo sorry class! I woke up late, then I had to feed my cats, then I tripped on the way here so I had to go to the clinic! I'm so so sooooo sorry!" she bowed her head, really ashamed of herself.

"That's all right, teach! At least you came right?" Lennie teased. The whole class laughed, even May.

"A-ah…haha thank you. Now, let me introduce myself. My name is Mariel Kristen Rivera. But, I want you kids to call me Ms. MK." She said, smirking.

The whole class nodded.

"Good. Oh..um, Ms. Uh…" She looked at a piece of paper. "Ah yes, Ms. Jones?" "Yes, ma'am?" I asked. "Who is sitting next to you?" she pointed to the empty chair. "I'm sorry ma'am. I don't know." I said.

"Hmm, that's weird. The chairs here are supposed to fit the number of students." She frowned.

Then all of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. MK turned her head to the door's direction. "Oh? Who could that be?" She went near the door and opened it. We didn't see who she was talking to but it seems like that someone had something to do with our class.

"Hmm, OK. I see. OK. That's fine. Uh huh, yes. Okay, thank you." Ms. MK said. I stretched my neck a little to see who she was talking to. I saw from the looks of it, the principal. I gulped. Me and the principal usually had frequent talks in his office in my kindergarten and elementary days. It uh…didn't go out so well. And also, from the looks of it, it seems as if he has a student with him. I couldn't really see the student so I didn't know if it was a boy or a girl.

Ms. MK opened the door and let the student in.

I gasped.

It…It was him!

The boy from the bus!