School Side Blues

A/N: Here you guys go. In this chapter, it is three weeks later and Shayla will be starting school. She is a junior. Here is a little info on her; she skipped the third grade so she is a year younger than the other girls. I know this started out focusing on AlexOlivia, but I felt like I could add in some of CaseySerena and their family. Just tell me and I will go back to just AlexOlivia.

An alarm clock blared in Shayla's ear. She woke up and groaned before stretching lightly. She ran a hand through her messy red hair and went down the hall to the kitchen. Casey was awake and sitting at the table. A cup of orange juice and an egg sandwich sat in front of Shayla's spot.

"Morning sweetie," Casey said, turning the page in the paper, a cup of coffee in her hand. She got a grunt in response, making her chuckle lightly. Shayla bit into her breakfast and chugged her juice before going to the shower. She let the hot water wash away the nights grime and relax her slightly nervous water.

"Save some water for the fishes!" Serena yelled through the door. Shayla rolled her eyes.

"You're one to talk Serena!" she yelled back before hopping out of the shower. She brushed her teeth and wrapped a towel around her body and one around her hair before walking across the hall to her bedroom. She shut and locked the door before looking through her closet. Serena and Casey had taken them shopping a few days after they moved in. They had already surprised her with her room. The walls were painted dark blue and the carpet was white and soft. The closet was off to the left with a dresser right beside it. Her bed was on the right up against the wall with a window at the foot. When she had walked in, on her bed sat two instrument cases. One contained a new silver trumpet with a care kit. The other one held a new guitar and a music book for both. Shayla had stared at it for a few moments before going over to examine them. She turned around to find Serena standing there, leaning against the door and smiling. The redhead hugged her new blond mother before playing a little bit.

Shayla shook out of her reverie and looked through her closet. She finally decided on dark blue jeans and a blue and white striped polo shirt. She pulled on a pair of old tennis shoes and grabbed her trumpet case and black messenger bag. She ran a brush through her red hair and pulled it up into a ponytail. She ran down the stiars and grabbed a frozen gatorade out of the freezer along with her lunch and went to the living room to put her things down by the door. Phaedra and Samuel were sitting on the couch half asleep and watching the TV while Serena got their clothes. She kissed her twin siblings on the cheek and sat down, letting Sammy crawl into her lap. They watched kids shows for a few moments before Casey collected the little twins to dress them. Shouting a goodbye to Casey and Serena, she grabbed her things and ran out the door to the bus stop.

"Don't forget you're babysitting the kids tonight!" Serena called as her daughter left.

The bus arrived ten minutes later. The doors to bus 875 opened, revealing a smiling bus driver and lots of noise.

"Welcome," she said, allowing her to get on the bus. Shayla walked nervously onto the bus and looked for an open seat. She found one beside a girl with dark brown hair and shy blue eyes.

"Can I sit here?" she asked lightly. The other girl looked up and moved her things over.

"I'm Shayla Donovan-Novak," she told her, sitting in the seat and placing her trumpet on her lap. The brunette looked over.

"Madison Turner," the brunette replied, holding a case close to her. Shayla peered at it lightly. It was long and rectangular.

"You play flute?" she asked, holding her trumpet case in her lap. Blue eyes briefly glanced up at her before nodding.

"Yeah. In the marching band," she replied. A smile lit up Shayla's face.

"I'm joining too. They sent me the music a few days ago so I know it and I can catch onto the drill really fast," she said. Madison smiled a little, glad to have a friend in Shay.

"So, tell me about this Mr. Wilder," Shayla said. The two began a discussion.

While Shayla was at school, Alex and Olivia were driving to work.

"It was really nice of Shayla to babysit all the kids tonight. It'll be fun to double date with Serena and Casey tonight," Olivia commented, turning to drop Alex off at her office.

"I agree. We should do it more often," the blond replied. They reached the building. Olivia leaned over and kissed her goodbye before letting her go. She drove to the precinct and sat at her desk. She did some paper work for a while before getting called out on a case.

At Forrest High School, Shayla discovered that she shared all four of her classes (Honors Calculus, Honors Chemistry, AP Spanish, and ADV band) with Madison. Through the day, she discovered that Madison had a twin sister, Peyton, who played saxophone, and a younger brother, David, who played trombone. Shayla, Madison, David, Peyton, and another boy, Jason Reed, were hanging out at lunch. Shayla took a bite out of her apple and took a drink of her water before looking around at the little group that had been assembled.

"So, how long have you been playing trumpet?" Peyton, with her dark brown hair braided so that people could tell the twins apart, asked.

"Since I was seven," Shayla replied, getting up to drop kick her apple core into the trash can. Her new friends stared at her in shock.

"Wow. How did you do that?" David asked. He brushed his light brown hair out of his dark blue eyes. She smiled at him for a moment.

"Soccer," she replied, sitting down and smiling at them. She took out her gatorade and sipped on the slushy liquid. Jason stared at her.

"You came on a bad day. We have a playing test today," he said. Jason was tall with black hair and hazel eyes. He was dating Peyton and the two were very close.

"I'm not overly worried about it?" Shayla replied. Jason was in her trumpet section and knew that their music was a little hard. The group of five made their way to the band room. Shayla, Maddy, and Peyton changed their shoes before putting their instruments together. Pretty soon they were starting on their tests. Shayla was after Jason.

"Ok Shayla, play letter E of the Opener," Wilder said. Jason and Maddy glared at him. Everyone knew that E was the hardest part of the opened. Shayla just smiled at him and brought her trumpet to her lips. She played the section flawlessly, astounding her teacher and the class. Class went smoother after that. As they were packing up, Shayla walked up to Maddy.

"Hey, I have to babysit tonight. You wanna tag along and help me?" she asked, adjusting her bag nervously. Maddy smiled at her.

"Will your parents mind?" she asked. Shay shook her head. She knew that Alex, Olivia, Casey, and Serena wouldn't mind at all.

"You can just get off with me," she said. Peyton and David wandered over and Maddy blushed a little.

"I kinda have to anyway. I got on at Jason's stop this morning, but my house is down the street from yours," she said. Shayla laughed and the bell rang. The group of five left to the buses.

The next chapter is Maddy and Shayla babysitting Luke, Nate, Jay, Kay, Kiki, Jen, Sam, and Phae.