AN: Continuation of the writers block…continuation of the story…-sigh-
T.J. stepped off the bus taking a deep breath and looked up at the sunny sky taking in the rest of the brand new day. "New day, new start, and a new prank just waiting around the corner. Heh heh heh." He stuck his hand in his pockets and walked up the stairs to Sperrow T. Agnew Middle School. It was a lot bigger than 3rd Street elementary and had a lot more kids. More diverse and mature than elementary indefinitely. As he walked by, he waved to some kids here and their and winked at a couple of girls. He had turned into even more of a social butterfly in middle school.
Spinelli followed T.J. into the building and ignored all of the hellos in her direction. She was still distracted about her grades and now she was thinking about T.J. suddenly. She was so confused because her feelings for him were a little stronger than usual but she decided to ignore it and shooed it away to the back of her mind. As she walked into the building next to T.J. she looked up and saw Vince and Gus hanging out by the lockers.
Like the others, Gus and Vince haven't really changed except for their clothes and Gus's height. He was actually a taller than Spinelli. He still sported a gray shirt but it was a short sleeved button up one that was untucked but only when he was at school. He wore some blue jeans too and kept his shoes well shined. It was a good change for him and it made him look less dorky…minus the glasses he still wore but they were smaller so that was a plus. Vince was still tall and sported a different jersey. This one was of the local basketball team. He had been to a few games and got a different players autograph each time. He hoped that when he turned 16 he could get a job as their towel boy or something. Just to be close to the action. He also traded his shorts for jeans but that didn't last long seeing how he had basketball practice after school every other day along with baseball practice on the other days with T.J.
"Yo, Teej!" Vince yelled across the hall. They both greeted each other with a "bro grab" and a short secret handshake.
"Hey Vince. How did that game go last night?" A game went on with the local team and no doubt Vince was there.
"It was great Teej. Real close game! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time." Vince made a couple of moves dribbling an invisible ball and making an invisible free shot. T.J. aided by making a rasping sound of a crowd cheering.
Gus sighed and kicked the ground. "Man I wish I could go to one of their games but I've been so busy with helping my dad fix up the house and homework that I haven't even had time to watch Behind the Scenes: The Bennie McChimp Story."
Spinelli laughed and smacked Gus on the back. "I can't believe you still watch that kiddy show! That is so 4th grade." Gus blushed and looked down. "Well Bennie McChimp calms me down, you know? It helps with all my test days and stuff…"
T.J. laughed and ruffled Gus' hair. "It's cool Gus. We all have those little guilty pleasures from elementary. Nothing to be ashamed of." Spinelli shrugged her shoulders and waved to the guys. "Sorry guys but I gotta get goin. I have to meet Grech at the library. Some quick studying to get me through first period. See you guys at lunch." As Spinelli turned to head to the library, she ran right into a blonde girl that dropped her books all over the ground.
"Ew! What do you think you're doing Spin-ugly!?
" Spinelli balled up her fist and looked up to see Ashley A. and her little gang of Ashley's standing behind her. "Why don't you piss off you bunch of rejects?!" All of the Ashley's erupted into high pitch laughter.
"Us? Rejects? Have you looked in a mirror lately? 'Cause the only reject I see right now is you. You're nothing but a low life Ashley reject and you're absolutely unbearable to even walk by in the hallway." That was the last straw. "Why you little bitch! I'm going to beat you up so bad that you're going to need plastic surgery to hide all of the bruises I'm going to give you." Spinelli got up and lunged out at the screaming Ashley's.
Suddenly T.J. grabbed Spinelli by the waist and pulled her back. "Stop Spinelli. You have more important things to do than to pick fights with people that know nothing about you." Spinelli used all of her strength to swallow her pride and take a deep breath before loosening herself from T.J. and flipping the group of Ashley's off and walking off towards the library shoving anyone that was in her way.
T.J. sighed and leaned down to pick up Ashley A.'s books. He handed them to her with a annoyed look. "Why don't you guys lay off Spinelli? She's going though a lot and the last thing she needs is someone ragging on her pride." He hated it when any of his friends take heat from people that don't know them personally, especially the Ashley's.
The Ashleys giggled and whispered to each other. Ashley A. gave T.J. a flirtatious smile and took her books. "Aw, don't take it so seriously T.J. We were just having some fun." The leader Ashley pulled on the sides of T.J.'s jacket to fix it and she leaned in real close to his face. "Don't take it personal. It doesn't look cute on you." She giggled running her hand on his cheek and walked off with the rest of her crew giggling. Vince and Gus looked at each other with a very confused look. T.J. was just as confused. He watched the girls walk away looking very puzzled wondering why Ashley A. was being so weird towards him. In elementary she couldn't stand him and now she was touching him.
"That was a little weird Teej…" Vince said walking up to his friend. T.J. touched his face and shook off the confusion. "Yeah I know what you mean. She's been acting like that towards me for a while now and its just really weird. Eh, it must be some kind of bug."
Suddenly the bell rang and the boy jumped as they grabbed their things and rushed to homeroom.
"Come on guys! We don't want to be late." T.J. exclaimed as they rushed down the hall to start the already strange day.
AN: Hope it was good this time. I got a whole story planned ahead. Hopefully it goes well.