Skipping ahead to nearly 3 weeks later. It was August 13, 2012. Which meant that it was exactly one week until school started. Today, it was Open House Day at the school. Open House is when schools are open for the day for the students who already attend it or will be attending it. Students go there, pick up class schedules, and sign up for the classes of the ones they'll be going to. But actually, Open House was completely optional. If you don't go, you could still get your schedules and know what classes you would go to. Leah wanted to go so she could get a little familiar with the school, and Naje wanted to go just because he wanted to. Nara and Fred would both go as well.

Fred, Leah, Nara, and Naje were all already at the school. It was 5 PM, which was the time Open House had started. They went to the main office together to pick up Naje and Leah's class schedules. After that, they went on to look for them. But they wanted to check each other's schedule to see if they had any classes together. They placed their schedule side-by-side.

"Oh snap! Leah, we have first period together!" Naje cheered. Leah checked to make sure. Naje was right. They high-fived each other.

"That's awesome! We have a class together right off the back!" Leah said.

"Biology 1." Naje said. That was the subject and name of the class.

They went to look on the schedules to see if they had another class together. And sure enough, they did.

"And we have another class together!" Leah shouted. "The very last one." Naje checked, and now it was Leah who was correct.

"Team Sports?! That's basically P.E." Naje said.

"We have P.E together too? Wooooooooooow so we can spend the last period of the day either playing or just chilling? I like the sound of that." Leah assured. Naje and Leah high-fived each other again.

Then they finally went ahead to look for their classes. Since Leah and Naje had the very 1st period together, they all went together. Then they broke into two groups to consume less time. Leah was with Nara and Naje was with Fred. Leah and Naje saw their childhood friends/neighbors and notice that they were gonna have classes with them too. Also since Leah and Naje had the very last period together as well, the family met up with each other. After signing up for the last class, they all left and started to head home. When they got home, Leah had a few questions for Naje about the schedules and the high school itself. So she joined him in his room.

"Naje, I have a few questions." Leah told him.

"Ask away." Naje said.

"Alright. We have 8 classes. Do we go to all 8 of them in one day like we did in middle school?" She asked.

"Actually no. But you do go to all 8 of them on Fridays. On the other days, you only go to 4 of them. It's like this.. 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th period, you go to all of them on Mondays, and Wednesdays. Those are what we at the high school call "A Days" or just "Odd Days" since those numbers are odd. 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th period, are what you call "B Days" or "Even Days" since those are even numbers. And you go to those classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And like I said, on Fridays, you go to every class. 1st-8th period." Naje explained to her.

Lead nodded her head. "Okay. I get it." She assured him. "Another question though. What about lunch?"

"I'm not gonna lie. Lunch confuses me sometimes. Lunch will be determined by your 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th period. But you'll always go to your first two classes first before you go to lunch. But they'll all have a list in the classroom of which lunch you go to. We also call them "A Lunch" and "B Lunch." Naje told her.

"That even sounds confusing.. But I'll understand it." Leah said. "One more question. How long does the class periods last?"

"90 minutes..." Naje said.

"90 minutes?!" Leah said in a shocked tone of voice.

"A whole 1 hour and 30 minutes." Naje said to her.

"That's a little too long. Middle school classes were only 45 minutes." Leah mentioned.

"Well not high school. That's why we only go to 4 classes a day." Said Naje. "And lunch will be 45 minutes everyday. But on Fridays, all classes will be 45 minutes." Naje added.

Leah just shook her head. "Sheesh. I wish they still had it like the high school." Leah said.

"Me too.." Naje agreed. "But that's just the way it is. You'll get accustomed to it."

"Yeah yeah. I know. I hope so.."

"You will." Naje assured her.

"But I'm glad we have a few classes with some of our friends that we also have together. Michael and Michelle in the 1st period. Nicole in 8th. My best friend!" Leah said.

"Hey! I thought I was your first friend." Naje thought.

"You are, but Nicole's my best female friend." Leah explained. "Besides, you're my brother. That's more important than being a best friend because that means you're not going anywhere."

"Got that right." Naje said as he and Leah bumped fists.

That was it for that day.

A week later, it was time. Time for the first day of school for Naje and Leah. It was 6:40 in the morning. The bus would arrive by their house fifty minutes later, but Leah and Naje like to wake up early so that they can watch TV or sometimes play the XBOX for a bit before they left the house. They were up and getting dressed. Fred and Nara were also up because they wanted to see the kids before they headed off. So they just waited in the living room and watched while they're at it.

Naje wore a grey, tight but not too tight, compression shirt, navy blue colored jeans, and black and white Jordan shoes, a black wristwatch on his left wrist, and last but not least, his new golden squared stud earrings he got for his birthday.

Leah was wearing a plain white shirt, a black skirt with black leggings underneath, and the black shoes a schoolgirl would wear. She also had her diamond stud earrings on and had the same hairstyle Kimi had in the first season of All Grown Up.

They were both dressed and ready to go now. They joined their parents in the living room and watched TV with them.

Nara was smiling at them. "Look at you guys." She said in a proud tone of voice.

"Can you believe it, babe?" Fred directed at Nara. "Now both of our kids are high schoolers!" Fred cheered as he got up and hugged the kids around their shoulders.

"I'm so proud of you guys. Naje, I was already proud of you when you entered high school last year. And now Leah is going too." Fred said in a fake crying voice. "I told myself I wouldn't cry.." Fred wiped non-existing tears away from his eyes. The kids and Nara laughed at him.

"Drop the act, dad." Leah jokingly said. Fred started to laugh as well.

"But in all seriousness though. I am proud of you guys. I mean that." Fred said with a smile on his face. But he was serious.

Nara got up and joined the hug. "And I am also proud of you two." She said.

"Thanks you guys." Said Leah.

"That really means a lot." Naje added.

They all watched TV until it was time for Naje and Leah to leave the house and wait for the bus. Naje and Leah got up and put their backpacks on their backs. Nara and Fred gave them one last hug.

"Have a good first day back to school kids." Nara told them. "Look after each other as well." She added.

"Yeah. Naje, Leah's the only sister you have. Leah, Naje's the only brother you have." Fred stated.

"In other words, you guys are the only sibling the other has." Nara said.

"No need to tell us twice." Leah told them.

"We've been watching over each other since 1999." Mentioned Naje. Fred and Nara smiled.

"We know, guys. We know." Said Nara.

"Have a nice day at school, kids." Fred said to them.

"We love you!" Fred and Nara said.

"We love you, too!" Naje and Leah replied. "See you later!"

Naje and Leah left the house as their parents watched on until the kids went out of sight. Naje and Leah met up with their friends at the bus stop. They were conversating until the bus came. They all got on and the ride to the high school was on. 15 minutes later, they arrived. Their friends all got off the bus first. Naje asked if they would go on ahead so that he could have a moment to talk to his sister and so that they could be the last ones to get off the bus. They stepped foot off the bus and stood there for a while.

"Well..." Naje said.

"Here we go.." Leah finished.

They were ready to live their high school lives. Together now.