Lilly: hi everyone! (even tho i dont think anybody is reading at this point...^_^') heres chapter 1! my friend Hayley is here joining me! i had previously spelled her name incorrectly in the prologue but i will be fixing that soon ^_^ Hayley...say hi and do the disclamer please!
Hayley: ! whats a disclamer-thingy?
Lilly: uhh...*sweatdrop* i think ill do it myself...i do not own any of the cannon characters in this story. they belong to Miss Meyer.
Anne's POV
We got our schedules from the secretary and started comparing them.
"What do you have first Hayley?"
"I have science, what do you have Anne?"
"Same."
"What you have second?"
"Math. You?"
"Same."
"Interesting...What do you have third?"
"Reading. you?"
"Same."
"OMG! THE SAME AGAIN?"
"Hayley...SHHHHHHHHHHH we're in an office. Shut. Up."
"..."
"Hayley?"
"What? You told me to shut up."
"Well I ment be quiet."
"Fine!"
"Shh!"
Hayley then takes my schedule from my hand and compares them.
"OMFG! WE HAVE ALL THE SAME CLASSES!"
"HAYLEY MARIE BLACKWATER! I TOLD YOU TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"WELL I'M SORRY THAT I'M HAPPY WE HAVE ALL THE SAME CLASSES!"
By this time the secretary had shoved us out of the office and we were yelling at eachother infront of most of the student body.
"Uhhhhhhhh Hayley...lets go...THIS WAY!" I said as I grabbed Hayley's wrist and ran down a random hall. At that time I didn't notice it but if I look back the only people missing were the gorgeous ones sitting on the steps.
Hayley's POV
We walked into science class and the first thing I noticed was that, that guy Jay was here. I hoped I would get the open seat next to him. I also noticed the only other seat was by this really weird guy...I really hoped I didn't get the seat next to him. The teacher then walked in and asked us for our schedules to make sure we were suposed to be in this class or something like that. We were transfering in the middle of the last semester. We gave him our schedules and he gave us our seats. Luckly I was given the seat next to Jay and not that weird guy. I felt sorry for Anne though, untill I looked back at her to give her a sympathetic look and noticed she was blushing. Instead I gave her an encouraging look and a thumbs up. She did the same back and made me blush.
The teacher then explained, mostly to us, that this sememster we would be studying three reptiles. First they had studied the iguana, and that we would start studing the snake, specifically the green anaconda, today. I started spazzing because I absolutely HATE reptiles. He then went into the storage room and got a cage out. Then after he got it to the front of the room, he took the cloth he had over it off and I really screamed. The whole room, except Anne, 'cus she knows why, laughed at me. I said sorry and class started up again. As he was talking, I kept looking back at Anne to see her reaction to his information to see if I should really be paying attention to what he's saying. She was getting consistently angryer so I took it as a sign that his information was wrong.\
Anne's POV
We walked into science class and I looked for all the empty seats. The only empty seats were next to that guy Jay and the gorgous guy I saw earlier. I didn't really care where I sat but I hoped I got to sit in the seat next to the gorgous guy. The teacher then walked in and asked us for our schedules. We then were assigned our seats. Hayley was given the seat next to that weird dude Jay. I was given the only seat left, next to the guy I am nameing Georgous. When I sat down and Georgous said "Hi." I started blushing, Hayley looked back at me and started to give me a sympethetic look when she noticed me blushing. She gave me an encouraging smile and a thumbs up making me blush even more. I did the same back too her. She blushed and turned around. The teacher then started explaining, mostly to Hayley and I, that we were studying three reptiles this semester. They had already studied the iguana and that we would be studying the snake, specifically the green anaconda, for the next week. He went to the storage room and brought out a covered cage. He uncovered the cage and imediately Hayley screamed. The whole class started laughing, except me 'cuz I knew she was deathly afraid of any reptile. Hayley blushed and apoligized. The class started up again and I got a good look at the snake. It was a beautiful albino green anaconda, but it looked a little under weight. The teacher started teaching, but was COMPLETELY wrong. It was pissing me off more and more the more that he spoke. (AN: Did I put enough mores in there lol) I stood up when he paused and said "Ya know, all tha shit tha's spewin' from yo' mouth is pissin' me off! Do ya not know how ta teach? All of yo' info is WRONG!" (AN: truthfully, my speach changes when i talk so i thought Anne's should to! it's a quirk my friends like to make fun of me for though.)
He told me "If your so smart, why don't you teach?"
I said "I will. And I'll teach ten times better than you ever could!"
I went up to the front of the class and took a deep breath before I began reciting all the information I had gathered over the years about green anacondas. "The green anaconda is the largest snake in the world, when both weight and length are considered. It can reach a length of 30 feet and weigh up to 550 pounds." At this point I had walked over to the cage, opened it, and was taking the albino green anaconda out of the cage. I noticed that everyone was becoming very nervous but I didn't really care. I knew what I was doing, and that's all I cared about. I also noticed Georgous, I still hadn't learned his name, was leaning forward and tensing up. I just thought of it as him being nervous about bringing the snake out. The teacher stepped up.
"Hey, you shouldnt do that. Green anacodas are venomous."
"No, they're not. They are constrictors. They catch their prey, coil around them, and squeese them to death. The only thing I really need to worry about this little guy is him squeezing my arm too much...or him biting too deep. It wouldn't be the worst that's happened to me. I learned to never handle a new snake at a zoo that is very venomous. Lets just say I wasn't at home for a while after that." I put the green anaconda back in its cage for a second and pulled my sleves up. "See? I'm considered an official snake handeler in all 50 states and Japan. This is proof of the days, months, and years I spent with snakes...and other reptiles." I showed him my arms with the many snake, and the ocasionall other reptile, bites. To say the least, the teacher was extremely shocked.
"Aren't you supsed to, I don't know, wear gloves when you handle snakes?"
"Sometimes, if the snake is venomous and likes to bite, but I choose not to. My choice completely. It gives the snake direct contact with my skin, specifically my body heat. If they get warmer faster, they're eaiser to handle."
"Oh...I see."
"Yeah."
I picked the anaconda back up and faced back twards the class. Everyone, except Hayley, was staring at me in amazed horror. Georgous was staring directly at my arms with an unreadable look on his face. I went back to teaching, but on the inside I was very confused.
"These snakes can be as big around as a grown man. They have some giant relatives, too. The giant snake opens its mouth wide enough to swallow its victim—sometimes fish or caiman (relatives of crocodiles) and even jaguars and small deer. Anaconda jaws are held together with stretchy ligaments so they can open wide enough to swallow prey whole.
The green anaconda is an aquatic snake. It lives in swamps, marshes, and slow-moving rivers. It's nocturnal, or active at night. An anaconda will hunt on land, but it prefers to stay in the water, where its huge size feels less bulky. The green anaconda can move swiftly both underwater and at the surface. To hunt, it lies at the surface of a pond or stream waiting for an animal to stop by for a drink. Its nostrils are located on the top of its snout, so it can breathe while almost entirely submerged. When it attacks, it springs from the water and grabs the unsuspecting creature with its small, sharp teeth, quickly wrapping its body around the victim and squeezing it until it stops breathing. It then maneuvers its prey into its mouth, usually headfirst, and powerful muscles contract in waves to crush the meal and push it down to its stomach.
The scientific name of the green anaconda is Eunectes murinus. Eunectes comes from a Greek word for "good swimmer".
In the wild, a green anaconda generally lives an average of ten years. The Boidae family of snakes includes anacondas, boas, and pythons.
One Spanish name for this snake is matatoro, which means "bull killer."
The reticulated python can grow to be longer than the green anaconda, but the anaconda is much heavier. The green anaconda can stay underwater for as long as ten minutes without coming to the surface to breathe. Green anacondas live in the tropics of South America, as far south as Argentina, east of the Andes mountain range. Most are found in the areas along the Amazon and Orinoco rivers.
The digestion of one meal for a green anaconda can take weeks. The snake can go for months between meals. Though anacondas have been known to attack people, there is no record of one ever killing a human.
The green anaconda is usually dark green with black spots. The spots along its sides have yellow centers. The female green anaconda is larger than the male. About six months after mating, a female anaconda gives birth to between 20 and 40 baby snakes." I finished out of breath. I looked around the room and saw some boys talking and laughing with eachother and one raised his hand.
"AND DON'T EVEN ASK ABOUT WHEN, HOW, WHY, OR ANYTHING ABOUT MATING! I KNOW ALL THAT STUFF BUT...BUT BAD MENTAL IMAGES!" I finished practically screaming. I put the snake back in its cage and walked back to my seat still with the bad mental images in my head. I was pretty sure the surrounding classrooms had heard me screaming but I didn't really care.
As I was walking back to my seat, my thoughts went to Georgous very randomly. I wondered why, but I'm known for my completely random and off topic thoughts so I just brushed it off as one of those times.
AN: Soooooooooooooooooo?
ok so i kno im not good at writing. but im barely a teen. im still in the 8th grade. im still learning. im doing the gathering ideas, wrighting the outline, rough draft, final copy, and betareading this all by my self (with help on ideas SOMETIMES) so please dont be toooo hard on me. im just writing cuz i enjoy it and i kno im not good but i dont really care. im getting better...slowly but im still getting better! So Love y'all! (as long as ur not a flamer)