After a lot of boring classes, lots of getting lost and lots of questions about my accent I was in gym or more commonly known as P.E class for us aussies, "I don't get you American's and your stupid classes" I grumbled after walking out of the locker room with Bree shifting in my new gym clothes . "Wait you're not American?" Adam asked sounding generally confused, "Do I sound American?" I asked making my Australian accent more pertinent.
While Adam was studying me still trying to work out what I was Leo and Chase walked over, "I hate gym class" Leo said bitterly. "Why?" Adam asked obviously forgetting about me and my accent. Right when he asked that a basketball came our way, Leo picked it up off the floor and attempted to dribble it but hit his foot, hard.
"Gah, that's why" he said grabbing his foot while glaring at Adam. "So big deal, you can't play basketball. Chess clubs where all the actions at" Chase stated looking quite cocky, as Bree stepped forward obviously to say something to sarcastic about Chase's Chess Club comment the basketball ended up in her hands.
"What do I do?" She started freaking out, "throw it" Leo suggested. Bree threw it and it bounced off a guy's nose making me crack up laughing, Bree gasped and ran over to the guy "wow you caught it with your face" sending me into a whole other level of laughing.
"So were you guy's home-schooled?" I asked looking at Chase and Adam with Leo standing next to me. "No we were kept in the- "Adam started but this time Chase interrupted him, "he means yes we were" He said looking at Adam as if he wished he could throw something at him.
"Oh okay" I said choosing to ignore whatever Adam was going to say, as we started to walk towards Bree Leo picked up another ball. "Just once I'd like to show these fools up and go all NBA in their faces, just like Bree" he complained, "Then why don't you?" Chase asked confused. "Look at me" He said seriously indicating to himself, "There's more meat on a dog bone" I pointed out without thinking before cringing at my lack of self-restraint.
"See!" He exclaimed pointing at me, "Yeah but now we have us to help you" Adam said while grabbing Leo by the shirt. "Huh?" Leo said sounding as confused as I felt, Bree (who had just joined us again) and Chase took a step back making me do the same; Adam picked up Leo as if he was a doll and held him by his shirt and pants. "Oh. My. Gosh." I blurted my eyes probably out of their sockets.
"What? No! These are my good shorts!" He screamed as he flew across the court and made a slam dunk. He fell to the floor with a thud making me wince, when he stood up there was an awkward silence. Then that silence turned into cheering, "what the hell?" I whispered to myself. "Yeah, I got skills!" Leo shouted making me giggle a little uncertainly, I stayed on the sidelines watching as everyone crowded around him.
About 10 minutes into Leo's 15 minutes of fame, an announcement sounded over our heads. "Attention students. The Pep rally is starting, Go Dingoes!" I rolled my eyes and walked over to Leo who was signing a ball for a blonde cheerleader. "Here you go baby" he winked as he handed the ball back.
"You guys rock!" He said to Bree and Adam as they walked towards us, "Ever since gym class everyone wants to be my friend. And there's been certain gentleness to my wedgies." He finished, "I mean it's the least we could do, and you gave us our first taste of freedom!" Bree exclaimed smiling widely but I found something bothering me about her sentence.
"What do you mean 'first taste of freedom'?" I asked looking at the three of them as Chase had gone off by himself a while ago, "uh she means that my mum married their dad who home-schooled them but I talked their dad who is now my dad into letting them come to school with me" Leo explained in one breathe.
I looked at Bree and Adam who both quickly nodded and agreed. "Okay" I said slowly calling bullshit in my mind.
"Yeah, and I tasted Salisbury steak," Adam interrupted keeping me from asking more questions and pulled some out of his pocket. "Hmm" he hummed "yum" he took a bite making me question whether he was in full working order upstairs. As Adam finished off his steak Chase strolled in looking very proud of himself, "Where were you?" I asked pushing some of my bright orange hair out of my face.
"Computer Lab taking med school courses, guess who just became a chiropractor in the Philippines" He grinned like a ninny. "Cool" I simply said getting more and more interested in this little family.
"Aw, look the doggy likes me" Adam called patting the mascot who was rubbing their head against him. "This is so much weirder than I thought it would be" I murmured looking around me thinking about what had happened so far.
"Hey I said that's enough!" Adam yelled grabbing my attention and attempted to walk away from the mascot, I chuckled and saw Bree talking to the guy she hit in P.E, I mean gym. "Dang it I really need to get used to this American stuff" I muttered to myself, "Hey I'm warning you Dog! You're messing with the wrong guy!" Adam shouted getting annoyed at the mascot.
"Man that mascot is going to get his ass whooped" I said grinning looking at Chase and Leo, "Why are Adam's eyes turning red?" Leo asked making me turn to see what he was talking about but Chase stopped me, "Hey Becca I'm pretty sure you left your phone on the bleachers why don't you go and check" He spoke fast and pushed me towards the bleaches making me confused.
As I spun around to tell Chase that my phone was in my bag in the locker room the mascots head suddenly caught fire causing me to gasp, a random football player came quickly ran over and put out the fire with an extinguisher.
A group of cheer leaders scattered after throwing a girl in the air making me scream, "I got her I got her" I heard Bree's voice but didn't see her until the girl fell onto the ground right behind a startled Bree, "oops over shot it" She spoke looking panicked. Noticing her face I quickly ran over to help, "Don't worry she knows a chiropractor in the Philippines" I consoled and walked off with Bree.
The fire Alarms finally went off making me curse, "What a delayed reaction" I grumbled walking over to chase still dragging Bree. "People, people statistics show that if we don't panic at least seventy percent of us will make it out alive" Chase announced stupidly, people started panicking even more and piled out of the room.
Bree and I were joined by Leo, Adam and Chase as a man and a woman walked through the doors looking very angry. By the way my friends reacted I would say these were their parents, "So, how was school?" I'm assuming Mr. Davenport asked sarcastically. "I'm just gonna go" I said awkwardly running away yelling behind me ignoring the looks I was getting from the parents "See you tomorrow guys!"
I had a lot to tell my mum about my first day.
