Chapter 4 - Many Questions

"So Drakken escaped?!" exclaimed Ron. He fell back onto his locker and stared at the ceiling in disbelief.

"Yes, there is no footage of what happened but it was in the toilet - explaining the no footage part," Wade told them, "Apparently he escaped by going through the window but how; I'm still not sure,"

This was making no sense to Kim. First of all, why didn't they install cameras in the bathroom? She knew it was gross and everything but it was jail. Even if there was a guard outside, there should be a camera to see what the criminals were up to. Uh, that sounded wrong,she thought but she wasn't going to go into why. Another thing puzzled her: who would be stupid enough to open the window? And why wasn't it barred? Kim put her hand over her mouth in deep thought while Wade explained possible ways of the villain's escape. Then there was one other thing: how could Drakken fit through the open gap? Wade had said it was tiny and it when the officer discovered it, it was still the same gap as it was before. It just did not make sense...

Suddenly, the bell rang. Kim jumped slightly after being awoken from her thoughts by the loud noise. Kim looked at the clock on the opposite wall. They had five minutes to get to class.

"Gotta go Wade. TTYL." Kim said and put her communicator away. She looked at her friends who could only stare back at her. They didn't say anything until Ron broke the silence.

"Time to get to class," Ron said and the girls nodded. They walked together to homeroom, not uttering a word.

They got to class just in time. It was the usual scene: total chaos. Bonnie and her crew were sitting at the far back. They all had moved their desks into a small huddle and were gossiping while looking over at the jocks and giggling. The jocks were in the middle of the classroom. They were throwing paper airplanes to the front of the room where the geeks sat. When Kim, Monique and Ron had entered; one of the planes had directly hit a girl in the back of the head. The jocks laughed hysterically and gave each other high fives. The girl glared back at them and removed the airplane. She looked tearful but turned around and carried on working. Kim felt sorry for her but said nothing. The gang went and sat in their normal spaces; in between the jocks and the creative bunch that included artists, musicians and actors. They were (as usual) practicing what they do.

Suddenly, Mr. Barkin came in. Quickly, the scene changed dramatically. Bonnie's crew put their desks back in a row as quick as a flash. The geeks at the front sat up straight and quickly hid their work. Musical instruments and scripts were also put away so that the creative bunch were all back in their places. Meanwhile, the jocks leaped off their desks and into their seats. No evidence of paper airplanes could be seen. There was no more total chaos, but, what looked like, a perfect and behaving class. Mr. Barkin examined his students and called out all their names, while marking the register. Everyone was in today.

"Okay, everyone listen up. There is someone new joining us today," Mr. Barkin began. At once, all the class focused on the teacher. Normally, the class would just be in dream world after the register, but today was different. They were all eager to find out about their new classmate. Kim glanced at Monique who's full attention was on Mr. Barkin. Kim laughed inwardly. Knowing Monique, she probably was hoping for a new hottie. Questions were running through Kim's mind too:

Is this new person a guy or girl? What group will the belong to? Will they be nice or mean? Will they be popular or not? Will they be hot? Will they be friends with me? What are they like?I'll just have to wait and see...

Then, Barkin went to the door and gestured someone in. Everyone held their breath until the new person came in. It was a girl. Some looked disappointed because it wasn't a guy but then, they all noticed how pretty she was.

She had straight brown hair and a little side fringe that was tucked back neatly behind her ear. She had deep blue eyes and pale skin except for rosy cheeks, or was it blusher? The girl was average in height and quite thin. She was standing in front with her hands behind her back. She didn't look nervous but the opposite, calm and confident. She was also wearing Club Banana! It must have been from the new collection too because it was in the same style as Monique's. The girl was wearing a pink tank top with the Club Banana logo while Monique was wearing a red frilly t-shirt. They both were wearing the same pants though and All Star converses. The girl had pink ones, while Monique had red ones. Kim knew the Monique would admire her for her brilliant choice in clothes. But would Kim like her? She still had to find out. While analyzing her dress sense, Barkin was looking at her transcript. After a minute or so, he said,

"Would you care to tell us about yourself?"

"Alright then," the girl spoke, she had a calm voice with an English accent, "My name is Holly Alexandra Richards and I moved here from London. I came here with my parents and two brothers, Trent and James. I am 17 years old and I like to play sports like netball and rounders. I also like to play the piano and the electric guitar."

Lots of people in the class seemed to nod their heads in approval but Kim still wasn't sure. Mr. Barkin told her to choose a seat. She looked around and noticed a spare seat besides Kim. Holly smiled at her and began to walk towards her. Monique gave Kim a thumbs up and Kim grinned back at her best girl friend. There were spare seats next to Bonnie but she decided to sit here. Kim then made her conclusion; maybe this girl wouldn't be so bad after all.