After class it was lunchtime. "You're a really good singer." Benny said in the lunch line. "Thanks. But I kinda felt like Mrs. Jackson put me on the spot though." "Yeah, she does that to everybody. We all had to do something like that on the first day." "What did you do?" "I sang too." "Really?" "Yeah but I didn't get as much applause as you did." "Ouch." "Yeah…"

Then a blonde boy called for Benny. "Hey Benny! Over here!" We went over to him. "Who's that?" I asked. "That's one of my friends, Rory." We sat down at Rory's table. "Hey, guys, this is Jade. She's in my music and performing arts class. She's new here." I waved. "Hi." "Yeah, one of my friends in that class told me about you and that you're a really good singer." A brown haired girl said. "Hi, I'm Sarah."

Rory, out of nowhere, comes up to me. "I'm Rory! But you can call me 'The Rorster', 'R-Money', 'R-Dog'-" Benny cut him off. "Rory, I think she gets it!" He turns back to me. "And Jade, this is my best buddy Ethan." he says pointing to him. Ethan gave me a slight "sup?" nod. "Where'd you move here from, Jade?" Sarah asked. "I'm from Iowa." "Cool." She points to my necklace. "That's a really pretty necklace! Is that an amethyst?" I look down at it, then back at Sarah. "Oh, thanks! And yeah it is. It's my birthstone. I've had it since I was a baby. I never take it off. I don't know why, I just don't." I said and ate my lunch.

Author's Note: Sorry it's so short again