38. Third
Violet Marie Hill was 14 when she met Raven Michelle Saunders for the first time.
In her fourth class of the day, Violet felt pretty good. She had already made two friends which was a personal best for her. She looked around the room and saw the one of the girls already seated was one of the African American girls from her second period.
"Hi," Violet said as she slid into the desk beside her.
"You're Violet right?"
"Yeah, you're Raven?"
"Raven Saunders, pleased to meet you,"
"Same. Oh, uh, Violet Hill"
"Enjoying your first day, Vi?" Raven asked.
"About as much as anyone could enjoy the first day of school,"
"Yeah but we four more years of this place,"
"My brother said I was gonna get stuffed in a trash can…"
"Sounds like my brother. Hey, we have lunch after this; you want to sit with me and my friends?"
"Yeah, I'd like that, so long as I don't see the other girl who invited me to eat with her.