Author's Note: Hey everyone! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter. I hope you enjoy this one too. I don't have much to say. School is starting soon, and I have a lot on my plate. The updates might be awhile.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
Chapter Two
First Day of School
Adriana's POV
Date: Monday, August 23rd, 1967. Physical age: Around 8
So this is school. I don't know what I was expecting, but not this. This doesn't seem as bad as my older siblings make it out to be. I knew they were exaggerating. I mean, if school was really as bad as they say, why do they keep going back? Liars.
I grab Bella's hand and drag her away from the door. I feel bad for Melissa; being alone is that classroom. But better her than me. Plus, she'll be fine. I bet she's already made a friend. Why am I thinking about her? I should focus on making friends myself.
"Adri, let go." Bella whispers. I ignored her. Who should we talk to? While I have no problem going up to a groups of kids, I don't think Bella would like it. She's so shy. For her sake, I'll look for a small group or maybe someone by themselves. Yeah, that would be best. I see this girl sitting in the corner, all by herself. Oh, she's perfect!
"Hi!" I say cheerfully, walking up to the girl(still dragging Bella behind me). I let go of Bella and smile at the girl. The girl looks up at me before quickly looking back down at her hands. She looked surprised. I wonder why. And why isn't she looking at me?
"Hello." The girl whispered. Wow, that was low. How does she expect humans to hear her if she speaks so quietly? Good thing I'm not human!
"I'm Adriana. But you can call me Adri. This is my sister Bella." I say. The girl didn't look up. Rude. Or maybe she's just really shy. Sometimes Bella won't look us in the eye.
"Can we sit here?" I ask, trying to keep the conversation going. She nodded, so I take the seat in front of her. Bella sat behind her. Wow, she's really making this hard. Maybe I should find some else to be friends with.
"You don't say much, do you?" I ask. She nods. On the other hand, it might be fun to try to get her out of her shell.
"What's your name?" Bella asks. The girl looked up at us, but she doesn't make eye contact.
"Catherine. You can call me Cat." The girl- Cat answers. Seriously, she needs to speak up.
"Nice to meet you Cat. Why were you sitting here by yourself?" I ask. Despite being (annoyingly) quiet(I'm still getting used to Bella!), she seems like an okay girl.
"Because." Cat says. That's not an answer.
"That doesn't answer my question, but whatever. What do you like to do?" I ask. Come on, give me something to work with.
"Uh... I like playing with my dolls. And... playing dress up." Cat answers. Good, something I can work with. I like those things too!
"Awesome! Maybe we can play during recess." I say, then drop my voice to a whisper, "I brought some of my dolls."
"Really?" Bella asks. I nod. She rolled her eyes at me. Oh, stop it.
"Well... That sounds fun. I'd like that." Cat relies. She smiled at me. Yay! Finally.
"Great! We can-" I start, before getting rudely interrupted.
"Listen up class! I am Mr. Barrett. This is second grade. Now, you SHOULD have learned how to read and write in first grade. Raise your hand if you know how to read." The teacher asks. Wow. He's bossier than Melissa. I raise my hand, along with(10, 11, 12) 13 other students(excluding Bella). That's like only half the class.
"How many of you can write?" Mr. Barrett asks. Nine students dropped their hands. Seriously? Humans are a disappointment. If they weren't so fun to play with...
"How disappointing. I hope you don't expect me to make exceptions for you. You need help, ask your parents. Otherwise, don't complain." Mr. Barrett says to us. I drop my hand. I don't think I'm going to like my teacher. I wonder if I can switch.
"Now, by the end of this year, you will learn how to add and subtract, how to measure, and how to write proper sentences. I will cover basic Earth science and historic events. I expect you to pay attention." Mr. Barrett continued, moving to the chalkboard. Blah, blah, blah, blah; I stopped listening after learn.
"We will begin with seeing how much you learned in first grade." Mr. Barrett finished, grabbing a piece of chalk. I'm bored already. How much longer until lunch?
"Those of you who have lunch from home, you can go outside to eat. The rest, come with me to the cafeteria." Mr. Barrett says. Finally! I am STARVING. God. My stomach is eating itself. I wonder what Mommy packed. I hope she packed something good!
"Hey Cat, do you wanna eat with us?" Bella asks, grabbing her book bag(which I saw her put her lunch box in) and getting out of her chair. Cat pick her lunch box up(but left her book bag) and nodded. I picked up my book bag(which has my dolls) and my lunch box, then got up. We(and four other kids) left to eat outside.
"Hey Cat do all the second grade class eat at the same time?" I ask her. I wonder if Melissa can join us.
"Yeah I think so. Why?" Cat answers. I look around the schoolyard. I was about to reply, when I spotted my other sister.
"MELISSA! Over here!" I yell, waving. Melissa(and a blond girl) whipped around. Melissa smiles and shakes her head at me, before she and the girl walk over.
"Who's Melissa?" Cat asks. We walk over to one of the benches and sit down.
"Our sister. She's the one with the black hair. I don't know who the blond girl is." I answer. Who is she? I guess Melissa made new friend too. I hope she's nice.
"Hey. I know you. You're Anna, from the carnival." Bella says, as Melissa and the girl get closer.
"Yep! Nice to see you again." Anna says cheerfully.
"Well, it's nice to meet you! I'm Adriana. Let's eat." I say, interrupting Bella's response. I'm hungry; we can talk later. I open my lunch box.
"Let's. I am starving. I can hear my stomach growl." Melissa says, sitting down next to Kitty on the bench. I grab my sandwich and start eating.
"Hi, I'm Melissa-though I'm sure you already know that. You are?" Melissa asks, opening her lunch box and taking out her sandwich.
"I'm Catherine, but you can call me Cat." Kitty answers.
"She's our new friend." I add, my mouth full. Melissa and Bella glared at me.
"Stop talking with your mouth full!" Melissa demanded. Stop being bossy! Meany. I shallow and stick my tongue out at her.
"You're not the boss of me." I reply. Melissa takes a bite of her sandwich and shallows before responding.
"When Mom and Dad aren't around, yes I am." Melissa responds. I roll my eyes and go back to eating. Mm... ham sandwich.
"Okay. So what do we play?" I ask, after we all finish our lunches. It's still lunch time.
"We can play with my dolls." I suggest, putting my lunch box in my book bag. Cat nodded, Bella shrugged, but Anna and Melissa said no. So no playing with my dolls today.
"We can play tag." Melissa suggests. This time I was the who said no.
"Simon Say?" Melissa says. Oh! I love that game. Bella and I nodded.
"What's Simon Says?" Anna asks. What. She doesn't know what Simon says is. Are you kidding me?
"It's really simple. First, we pick to be Simon." Melissa says.
"You should do it. You're the one explaining the game." Bella replies. Melissa nods.
"Okay. So I'm Simon. As Simon, I'm going to tell you stuff that you have to do. Stuff like spinning, or jumping, or doing a handstand. The catch is, you only do what I say if the sentence starts with Simon Says." Melissa continues. She walks in front of us and turns to us.
"For example, if I say, 'Simon says jump,' you jump" Melissa explains. Then she looks at us expectantly. What? Oh, she wants us to jump.
"Oh, we're playing the games now. Okay." I say, starting to jump. The other girls start too.
"Now. If I say 'stop', you can't just stop. I have to say, 'Simon says stop,'." Melissa says. I stop jumping.
"Now, If I don't say 'Simon says', but you still do whatever it is I said to do, then you're out. If I say 'Simon Says', but you don't do what I say, then you're out. Last person playing wins. You got it?" Melissa finishes. Anna and Kitty nod.
"Good. Then we can start. Simon says touch your nose." Melissa says. I touch my nose.
"Simon says touch your toes." Melissa says. I reach down and touch my toes.
"Simon says spin around." Melissa says. I start to spin around. Whoa, I'm getting dizzy.
"Stop." Melissa says. I keep spinning. She didn't say Simon says.
"Anna, you're out. I didn't say Simon says." Melissa says. I hear someone stomp her foot.
"Simon says stop." Melissa says. I stop. Totally dizzy. I think I'm going to fall.
"Simon says jump." Melissa says. I jump.
"Jumping Jacks." Melissa says. No got fooled this time.
"Good. You're getting the hang of it. This will be a fun game. Yay!" Melissa says. She smiles at us. She loves being Simon.
"And Cat wins! Yay Cat!" Melissa announces. She cheated! Not Cat, Melissa. I don't how, but she cheated. She wanted me to lose.
"The teachers are calling us. Looks like it's time to go back to class," Cat says. It's over already? Great. More boring talk from my teacher. Someone kill me now.
"See you later Melissa, goodbye Anna." I say, walking away. Cat and Bella say their goodbyes and follow me.
"School is over, school is over. Time to go home. I going to eat a snack that hopefully my mom made." I sing, walking out of my classroom. Cat and Bella followed behind me. School is over for the day. And I kinda want a snack.
"There's Melissa; we have to go. Our big brother Eric is picking us up. He's probably here already." Bella told Cat. We said our goodbyes and left to join up with Melissa.
"Hey! Come on, let's go find Eric in the parking lot. I want to get out of here." I say to Melissa. We walked toward the exit.
"Eager. Didn't you have a good day?" Melissa asks. We exited the school and started looking for Eric's car.
"Lunch was awesome. This morning was good. The actual class time was boring, tedious, and I think my brain melted into goo." I complain. I feel like I got dumber.
"There he is! And I know what you mean. This is way too easy." Melissa answers back. We walk over to the car.
"I call shotgun!" Melissa says before I can even think about where I'm going to sit. Damn it! School is making me slower. I need to speed up. How do you speed up your mind?
"Fine." Bella and I say. We walk over to the car. I like Eric's car. It's red. Like my hair. I like red.
"Hey Eric." I greet him, climbing into the car. Melissa and Bella say similar greetings.
"What's with the lack of energy?" Eric asks, starting the car.
"A combination of hunger and boredom is to blame." Melissa explains. She could have just said school. I think he would have gotten the idea. Eric nodded.
"Did you have a good time?" Eric asks.
"We made two new friends and everyone was nice to us. All and all, it was a good day." Bella says.
"Hey, turn on the radio. It's too quiet in here." Melissa says. Eric turned it on and 'Respect' by Aretha Franklin came on. I love this song! I am in love with this song. I have Edward play it all the time(Daddy really shouldn't have bought me the song).
"(Ooh) What you want
(Ooh) Baby, I got
(Ooh) What you need
(Ooh) Do you know I've got it
(Ooh) All I'm askin'
(Ooh) Is for a little respect when you come home (Just a little bit)
Hey baby (Just a little bit) when you get home
(Just a little bit) mister (Just a little bit)," I sing along with the radio.
"I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong (Ooh) 'cause I don't want to (Ooh)
All I'm askin' (Ooh)
Is for a little respect when you come home (Just a little bit)
Baby (Just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (Just a little bit)," Bella sings. I sing along with the background singers.
"I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to give me my profits
When you get home (Just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (Just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (Just a little bit)
Yeah (Just a little bit)," Melissa sings. I'm still doing the background vocals.
"I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to give me my profits
When you get home (Just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (Just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (Just a little bit)
Yeah (Just a little bit)" I sing, switching to the main lyrics.
"Ooh, your kisses (Ooh)
Sweeter than honey (Ooh)
And guess what (Ooh)
So is my money (Ooh)
All I want you to do (Ooh) for me
Is give it to me when you get home (Re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (Re, re, re ,re)
Whip it to me (Respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (Just a little bit)," Bella and I sing.
"R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB," Melissa sings. That is her favorite part.
"Oh (Sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (Sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (Just a little bit)
A little respect (Just a little bit)
I get tired (Just a little bit)
Keep on tryin' (Just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of foolin' (Just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (Just a little bit)
(Re, re, re, re) 'spect
When you come home (Re, re, re ,re)
Or you might walk in (Respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone (Just a little bit)
I got to have (Just a little bit)
A little respect (Just a little bit)," The three of us sing together. This song is so fun.
"I love that song!" I say.
"You're not the only one." Melissa says. The next song comes on. 'Stop! In the Name of Love' by The Supremes. Yay!
So we sang along to every song that came on. I mean every song. The ride went by fast. But now we're home and it's time for a snack.
"Mommy! We're home," I announce, walking in. I walk into the kitchen. Yum, plate of cookies! I grab one and cram it in my mouth. Manners, shmanners- I'm hungry.
"Seriously Adri? Seriously! Can you at least pretend you have manners?" Melissa says, walking in. She grabs two cookies and hands one to Bella.
"That's like asking a fish to fly. It isn't going to happen." Bella comments. Hey! That's mean.
"Bella, Melissa, please don't exaggerate. And Adriana, you know better." Mom says, walking in. I shrug.
"Hey Mom. We had a boring, but good day at school. Did you miss us? I bet your day was boring too." Melissa says. Mom chuckled a bit.
"Did I miss you? Yes, very much. I won't say I was bored though. It was nice to have some peace and quiet," Mom says. I can't blame her. We all need a break sometimes.
"Well, we made two friends at school. Anna and Cat. And during recess/lunch, we played Simon Says. You know, we should bring chalk tomorrow so we can play hopscotch. Or maybe draw. That could be fun. Anyway, Cat won the game. Melissa was Simon. I got second place. After the game, we went back to class. I don't like my teacher, he's boring. I hope the rest of the school year isn't so boring." I tell mommy.
"Let's hope it's not. So, are you looking forward to tomorrow?" Mom responded. I nod. I may not like my teacher, but aside from that it's okay.
"Oh! But really sucks is that he gave Bella and I homework. We have to write about our family life. So we can prove we know how to write. Half of the class doesn't even know how to read. Can you believe that?" I continue, stopping to eat. I ate the last cookie, so I take the plate to the sink. Still a little hungry, so I grab an apple from the fridge.
"Really? Children are supposed to know how to read and write by second grade. I guess some just learn slower than other. Remember to dumb down your writing. No showing off your vocabulary." Mom reminded us. I know, I know. We have to be careful, yadda, yadda, yadda.
"I remember. Anyway, I'm gonna go upstairs and watch TV in my room. I think it's time for the Flintstones." I say, leaving the room.
"Wait up!" I hear Bella say. She and Bella join me on the stairs. Time to relax.
AN: So, sometimes in small town schools, first grade teachers don't do their job. That annoys the second grade teachers. They consider telling their male principle to fire the pretty 28-year-old, but then they remember that isn't going to happen. What are you going to do?
Sorry about the wait. Been a bit busy. And I've been working on my outline for this story. There's one chapter I'm looking forward to writing. As of now, it's the 10th chapter. That might change. The only reason I want to write it is that it has this one scene that is based on an awesome movie. I've also been working on the girls back story, powers, and stuff. Got it all written out. Just don't know when I'm going to mention it all.
But that's not your problem. Please review!
