Chapter 4 (School Time Already)

"No school" Brooke growled as the alarm went off at 7am that Monday morning, "whoever invented school should be shot."

"I think they were" Jennifer said getting up to turn the screeching alarm off. "I'm with you on this one" she groaned getting back under her comforter, "no school" Not even 10 minutes later there was a knock on their door.

"I'll kill whoever it is" Jennifer said getting up and staggering to the door, "What!" she said as she opened the door.

"Well good morning to you too sunshine" Reid said with a grin as he pushed past her leaving Tyler in the hall.

"Come on in" Jennifer said yawning still half asleep, motioning for him to come in. Once Tyler was in the room Jennifer closed the door and went to lay back down on her bed.

"Are you girls going to get up" Reid asked shaking Brooke a little, "It's the first day of school"

"Reid since when do you like school" Brooke asked annoyed as he picked the pillow up off of her head.

"Well there are new incoming freshmen girls that I need to scope out" Reid said with a gleam in his eye. Brooke shot up and immediately "I figured it would get you up and awake"

Brooke looked at him for a minute and then without hesitation punched his arm hard. "Ow damn it girl I'm gonna kill Pouge for teaching you how to fight."

"Well you deserved it" she retorted glaring at him as she got up out of bed and went to the bathroom to change.

Jennifer was still under her blanket trying to block out the noise entering her ears. The next thing she knew her comforter was being pulled off of her leaving her exposed in her gym shorts, tank top and sock covered feet.

"What the hell….Tyler give it back now" she snapped as Tyler held her blanket out of reach.

"Nope" he said shaking his head at her while a small grin played on his lips, "its time for little Jenny to get up out of bed and go to school. Don't make me call Caleb."

"Yeah cause he can really do anything" Jennifer said reaching again. After the second attempt she gave up. "Fine, be an ass" she snapped at him coldly before getting up and grabbing her Spencer uniform off her chair and stalking to the bathroom as Brooke came out.

"Geez she's a little bitchy this morning" Reid said as he made himself at home in the room leaning back on Brooke's bed.

"She's always grumpy in the morning" Brooke said as she combed her hair out.

"I've seen her grumpy and she has never been this grumpy before in the morning" Tyler said looking back at the door of the bathroom, "Wonder what's wrong"

In the bathroom Jennifer put on her uniform which she actually kind of liked. Sure it was a drab color and not very stylish, but at least she felt like she was just like everyone else. She quickly washed her face and only put on some lip balm and braided her shoulder length hair into two French braids. Before stepping back out she looked in the mirror one last time. That night she had had a dream that Tyler finally saw her as more than a little sister and swept her off her feet. He also kissed her in the dream and it felt so real to her. She woke up feeling happy at first but then Reid and Tyler came and the minute she saw Tyler she remembered his words of thinking of her just like a little sister. That put her back into a grumpy mood and she felt bad about snapping at Tyler the way she did that morning. Stepping out from the bathroom she walked over to her closet and pulled out her shoes. Turning around she noticed only Tyler was there, Reid and Brooke were gone.

"Hey" she said softly, "Where did Reid and Brooke go?"

"Oh" he said looking up from the book he was reading, "They went on to breakfast. I told them I would wait on you."

"Okay" Jennifer said pulling her shoes on. "I want to apologize for snapping at you earlier"

"Its cool" Tyler started to say before she interrupted.

"No its not" she said quickly, "I was pretty rude this morning. I guess I just didn't sleep very well last night."

"Really, its fine." Tyler said as they began walking towards the door, "I know how you get when you don't get good sleep. You get really bitchy, cranky, pissed, annoyed, angry, rude"

"Okay I think I get it" Jennifer said laughing at this point.

"Come on lets go get some breakfast" Tyler said putting his arm around her shoulders as they walked down the hall.

Finally it was lunchtime and Jennifer couldn't be happier. It was by far her favorite subject so to speak. She got her tray of food and went in search of her brother, Pouge and Tyler since they all had lunch together. Once she spotted them she began heading in their direction but someone blocked her way.

"Jennifer" Kira Snyder said smugly, "I see the summer didn't treat you very well now did it. Such a shame"

"Kira can you just get out of my way so I can go eat my lunch" Jennifer said trying to get past her.

"Why are you in such a hurry" Kira said stepping in front of her again. "Got a hot lunch date, oh wait, you don't date do you." Jennifer tried to move again but Kira just once again stepped in front of her, "can I ask you a question before you go"

"What" Jennifer sighed getting really tired of dealing with the frizzy red haired girl in front of her.

"Since you've never been on a date does that make you a lesbian" Kira said laughing.

Jennifer's face turned a bright shade of red and as she tried to get past Kira for the last time, Kira stuck her foot out tripping Jennifer. She went sprawling on to the floor, food all over her. She got up and saw that everyone was laughing and pointing at her. She looked over at her brother's table and noticed that they too were looking at her. Caleb's face was full of concern, Pouge's with shock and Tyler's with anger. She just shook her head and ran out of the cafeteria, Caleb right behind her.

"Kira what the hell is your problem" Pouge asked as he and Tyler followed Caleb. "What did she ever do to you"

"Its just too easy with her" Kira replied laughing, "She's a loser and will always be a loser"

Tyler had to restrain himself from punching her. He would never in his life punch anyone let alone a girl, but something inside of him snapped at that moment. He and Pouge just left the cafeteria in search of Caleb who was in search of Jennifer.

Jennifer finally stopped running and found herself outside of the empty auditorium. She walked in the doors and breathed in a deep breath. Finally she looked down at her clothes and saw the damage. Mashed potatoes were all over her skirt and ketchup was running down her blazer, she even felt her hair and noticed that some corn was in it. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes. Jennifer couldn't believe that she was humiliated in front of the entire cafeteria, which was half of the student body right there watching her embarrassing moment. She could only sit there on the stage in defeat.