Disclaimer: See chapter 1.


The New Girl
Chapter 4

"Hey guys!" Diz said cheerfully as she walked through the door.

I saw her before I had heard her coming. That's the way it is with Dizzy, I thought. She's so quiet when she walks, you can't hear her feet on the floor. Sure, she can be loud if she wants to, but she's a great choice if you want help sneaking up on someone, or even something. Scares the living hell out of all of us when she walks up behind and taps us on the shoulder. Higgins once jumped at least six feet into the air when she snuck up on him for the first time. It was an accident 'cause she didn't know he couldn't hear her, but it was hilarious, anyway! Sometimes it's downright scary, though.

"Hey yourself!" I replied with mock severity, "Where have you been?!"

"Sorry Johnny, I'll never do it again, I promise," she replied sarcasticly, crossing her heart slowly and holding out her other hand to show she wasn't crossing her fingers.

Everyone laughed, but I couldn't help an embarassed blush from creeping across my face, which only succeeded in making everyone laugh harder. I really couldn't help it, these days all I seem to do is blush when I'm around her. She's still my best girl/guy friend ever, but somehow I feel something different when I'm around her now. I think I've always had it at the back of my head, ever since my first day of eighth grade in Buenos Aires East High School, when I bumped into her and scattered everything she was carrying across the far reaches of the never-ending hallway, and when I saw her run in the regional track competition held at our school. She won, of course, hands-down, but it was the way she won that made me stare in wonder at her for the rest of the day. She could run for such a long time, while all the others were panting and trying fruitlessly to catch up, she would be at the head of the pack, running far, far away from the rest, with what seemed like (and ultimately, as I came to find out later, was) no effort at all. She was so graceful when she ran, and when she walked and when she......

"Diz," Bobby asked questioningly.

I snapped out of my trance when I heard her name.

"Yeah?" she said, turning her head towards him.

"Where's Sara?"

"Ooh," Carl said childishly in a shrill sing-song voice, "Bobby's got a crush! Bobby's got a crush!"

He immediatley blushed bright red, but Diz interviened.

"She decided to go to sleep, said she wasn't that hungry," she said nonchalantly, but I caught a glimpse of something in her eyes just before she turned away. It looked like some kind of compassion, some kind of suppressed emotion or feeling or something which, for Dizzy (the Dizzy I knew, at least) wasn't a normal, everyday occurance. It was so strong for that one second that I couldn't help but wonder.

What DID happen back there?!


HA! I finally got it done! I've been SOOOO busy with school lately! The teachers seem to think that the more work they give us, the higher we'll be able to score on tests which is SO not true for some people I know! I got 102% in everything, though! the x-tra 2% is from x-tra credit. I can't believe they took the forums down! That was SO unfair! Oh well, I still have this! By the way, this was just an itty-bitty chapter until I get some more time to write, o.k? The next one will be longer, I promise! Stick with me, though, 'cause as I said, I AM really busy! Hope you liked it! (By the way, I know I didn't give many hints, but the first chapter wasn't in anyone's POV (point of view), the second was in Sara's, the third was in Dizzy's, and this one was in Johnny Rico's. Sorry if I caused any confusion, and sorry about that one swear word, it won't happen very often, I promise!) Hasta Luego, Ja Ne, and all that good stuff!