Middle School
Barrier Island: The Journey
Martin's Pov
"Martin! Wake up!" Rose said, and my eyes opened slowly, and I saw we were at a ferry place.
"How long was I out?" I asked, and Chris checked his watch.
"About four hours." He said, and I sat up.
"Why didn't you wake me up sooner?" I asked.
"You were really tired." He replied.
"Everyone!" Mrs McCormick said, and clapped her hands."I want you to get out of the bus in a single file line." She said, and everyone got up at one, and was shoving trying to get out of the bus.
"Man! That was the longest ride I have ever taken," Charlie one of the kids in my math class said, and I rolled my eyes. He had clearly never been on a cross country trip.
"Miss Lynch!" Mrs. McCormick said, and Rose turned around.
"Yes?" She asked, and she glared at Rose.
"You are supposed to be on the girl bus."
"No one told me that. I just started going to this school last week." She said. How did I not notice her before?
"You clearly didn't listen to me." Mrs. McCormick said, and I raised my hand.
"You never told her to get on the girls bus. You even looked straight at her when you were scolding me about being the president!" I said, and Mrs. McCormick just ignored me.
"You need to go there now! Mrs. March must be worried sick, because you weren't in the bus." She said, and Rose skulked away, head down.
Rose's Pov
I walked out of the bus, taking one last glance at Martin, before walking down the steps. I looked over, and saw that there actually was a bus. "Rose!" A voice said, and I turned my head to see my English teacher walk towards me.
"Mrs. March!" I said.
"Why were you in the other bus?" She asked.
"I had no idea there were two buses." I said, and Mrs. March led me to the line of girls."Thanks Mrs. March." I said, and stood behind a girl with a yellow jacket."Hi! I'm Rose!" I said, and the girl turned around.
"I'm Aviva." She said, and I shook her hand.
"Have you met Chris and Martin?" I asked, and she nodded.
"They're my best friends." She said, and I nodded thoughtfully.
"How long have you been friends?" I asked.
"About six or seven years." She replied.
"You?"
"About four or five hours." I said, and Aviva tried to hold back a laugh. "I'm telling the truth!" I replied.
"I know, it's just funny!"
"I know, but you don't need to laugh!" I said, and Mrs. March led us to the ferry. "Are we going to be able to sit together on the ferry?" I asked, and Aviva nodded.
"As far as I know." She said, and I saved a couple seats for Chris, and Martin.
"Do they usually have a knack for making friends easily?" I asked, and Aviva nodded.
"It's crazy how good they are at that." She replied, and the boys walked in. Well more like stampeded in.
"Boys are crazy." I remarked, and Aviva nodded.
"I know." Chis and Martin sat in the spots that I had saved, and immediately Martin started cracking jokes. I pretended to laugh at most of them, but some were pretty funny.
"So how long will the ferry ride take?" Martin asked, and Chris looked at his watch.
"About ten more minutes." He said, and Martin groaned.
"All this time on a bus, and now we have to ride a ferry?"
"Well, yeah." He said, and Martin slumped in his seat.
"This is going to be the longest ten minutes of my life." Just then the boat lurched to a stop.
"We have to turn back due to technical difficulties."
"OH COME ON!" Martin exploded.
"Martin Kratt! Be quiet!" Mrs. McCormick said, and Martin slumped lower in his seat.
"Okay."
The next few hours, we waited in the Ferry Service room, where you buy the tickets to ride a Ferry. That place had nothing fun to do, so it was pretty much like sitting on the bus, except you could walk around. Wait, you could do that on the bus too. It was exactly like riding the bus, just in a different location. Finally the ferry was fixed, and we were loaded again. I checked the clock before we left. 3:49. I groaned.
"Hey Martin, do you think they'll give us lunch when we get there?" I asked.
"I hope, I'm starving." He said.
"True that." I said, and we were loaded onto the ferry.
I apologize. I know I should have updated this chapter months ago! But I will try my hardest to update as fast as I can. Okay? I promise! I PROMISE! GOODBYE!