I see the three teenagers standing next to each other near our classroom's front door. I've never seen them waiting for any of the kids at school before. I know they are our mentors. They remind me of my sisters and I, except, one of them is a boy. My guess is that he's Buttercup's mentor. My sisters and I walk over to them, slowly.
With confidence, I say, "Hello, my name is Blossom, and they are Bubbles, and Buttercup." I point out each sister as I introduce them. The teenagers all smile.
One of the girls actually looks fairly similar to Bubbles. She has blonde hair, and soft green eyes. She looks incredibly loving, and she has a camera around her neck. She has a soft voice, "Bubbles, I'm Freesia, we're going to go to a park right now, and we'll do something special for our first day. Does that sound good to you?"
Bubbles looks up at Freesia with excitement bubbling out of her skin. "I'd love to! What are we going to do today?" Her voice is high and obviously energized.
"Well, today we're going to the park, and we'll take some pictures. Then, tomorrow, we'll work on painting reactions and things of the pictures we took. It'll be really fun." Freesia seems like a free spirit, and obviously has hardly any cares in the whole world.
The teenager on the right isn't a girl. He's a boy. He turns to Buttercup, "Buttercup, I'm Brenden, we'll be going to my house today to work on some new martial arts skills." In response to that Buttercup jumps up in the air and yells. I can tell she's incredibly happy.
The last teenager is fairly tall, and has long, silky brown hair. She's wearing a striped, red sweater and jeans. She's also the last to speak, "Hello, Blossom. My name is Sheri, and I'll be taking you to my house when you're ready. I'm going to let our session today be a surprise." She sounds very smart. I can tell that I'll learn a lot from her.
She takes my hand and we walk off the playground together. I look up at her, and smile. On the way to her house we talk about what I did at school today. I tell her about how much I was looking forward to this all day long. She tells me that she was looking forward to it, too.
We arrive at her house. I look around and see how pretty her massive house is. It's very decorated, and I remind myself not to touch anything. I'm sure my sisters are being total monsters at the other houses - playing with everything they can get their hands on. She leads me upstairs to her room. I see that she has two desk areas set up. It's very organized. I smile at the sight of it.
She asks me to walk over and sit at my desk. I think to myself, "This is my own special place. I don't have to worry about hiding anything from my sisters here. They'll never get to see it." I smile with those thoughts. Sheri sees my smile and asks if I like it.
"Oh, Sheri! It's wonderful! It's everything I ever dreamed it would be! What are we going to do first?"
"Well, I thought I'd see what you know. I've made you up a few worksheets that have very broad questions on practically everything. It will show me your strengths, and weaknesses. This way we can go over them together, and we'll use today as a day to get to know each other."
She hands me a thick packet of worksheets. I actually get excited about them. I can tell she spent a long time making them. I start on them. She actually has pencils there for me. She sits down next to me, at her desk. "While you work on those, Blossom, I'm going to work on my homework. If you have any questions or anything, feel free to ask. Tell me right when you're done so that we can go over them together!"
I start looking at the packet and smile. These are so easy! As I flip through the pages, the problems get harder and harder. I'm doing pretty well. Some of these problems look like something a third grader could do. I've always been smarter than most kids my age. I finish the packet, and say, "Sheri, I'm finished." At that moment she practically jumps out of her chair and runs over to me, to go over the packet. I wonder how I did.