Chapter Two: School Dayz
The day progressed. Lost and tired, Ashley found herself heading towards the lunch room with her lunch wrapped in a handkerchief dotted with bunny rabbits. She made her way through the push and pull of the busy corridors. When she entered the lunch room she walked to the back table and flopped down in an empty seat.
"Hey Ash!!!! Long time no see!!!"
Ashley was pleased to find all of her good friends sitting at the table. Kim, a thin but nice looking girl sat eating her rice (which seemed to be ritual) with her painted chopsticks. She waved at Ashley, pushed her glasses further up the bridge of her nose and resumed eating. Steph sat next to Kim with her earphones on. She looked up and smiled. The black haired girl also wore glasses. Kayla sat across from them. Her tall body was easily recognizable. She had short dirty blond hair that ended at her jaw bones. Laughing a bit, she leans back in her chair. A bubbly grin sat next to Kayla with her arms slung over her shoulders. The girl was unmistakably Leah.
The group was in an uproar of laughter. Ashley groaned and banged her head on the table. The giggling girls abruptly stoped laughing and turned to look at the mound of black hair that covered Ashley's face. Steph perked a brow and took her earphones out of her ears. She smiled at her.
"You look like death." She said in a monotone voice.
"Long day! You wouldn't believe!!"
Ashley rose her head to look at everybody.
"But I'm glad I'm back because I missed you guys."
"Yuppers! This year will be fun! I heard that we are getting some exchange students. Four of them." Leah says in a single breath as she bounces up and down in her chair "I hope they're girls."
"You talk too much." said Kayla and rolled her eyes before finishing her lunch.
Steph leans ahead, "So. What you doing after school chicki?"
She put her elbow on the table a places her chin in the palm of her hand.
" I gotta run grandpa's shop for an hour or so. He's got to go with mom to get his pills."
Ashley picks up her fork as she pokes at her noodles that lay in her lunch bowl. Looking board and tired she said aimlessly,
"I need more weekend and less week."
She smiled and laid her fork down after she had finished.
"So where are these exchange students from?"
Steph and Kayla shrugged and looked at Kim.
The small girl wiped her mouth with her sleeve. She cleared her throat before she replies.
"I'm not sure. But rumor has it that they're from some kind of colony......sounds weird."
Ashley laid her hands in her lap as she blinks a couple of times at Kim.
" Uh....A colony?"
"Yah that's right." Kim said as she began to pack up her left over food.
"Actually, they're already here. I saw one of them. A blond haired one."
Kim interrupts before Steph could say anything else. " Yes! I did too. If I'm right, they should be in school tomorrow."
Knowing that Kim is usually right, Ashley relaxed her body in the chair and continued to eat her lunch.
She glanced at her course schedule and sighed.
"Oh joy...Consumer Studies."
Steph leans over and looks at Ashley courses to confirm.
"Ah...cool! We're in the same class!!!!! Wicked!"
Ashley feels a bit better that Steph is in one of her classes.
"It's better than a bunch of nerds and burnouts." Ashley thought to herself.
The day progressed. Lost and tired, Ashley found herself heading towards the lunch room with her lunch wrapped in a handkerchief dotted with bunny rabbits. She made her way through the push and pull of the busy corridors. When she entered the lunch room she walked to the back table and flopped down in an empty seat.
"Hey Ash!!!! Long time no see!!!"
Ashley was pleased to find all of her good friends sitting at the table. Kim, a thin but nice looking girl sat eating her rice (which seemed to be ritual) with her painted chopsticks. She waved at Ashley, pushed her glasses further up the bridge of her nose and resumed eating. Steph sat next to Kim with her earphones on. She looked up and smiled. The black haired girl also wore glasses. Kayla sat across from them. Her tall body was easily recognizable. She had short dirty blond hair that ended at her jaw bones. Laughing a bit, she leans back in her chair. A bubbly grin sat next to Kayla with her arms slung over her shoulders. The girl was unmistakably Leah.
The group was in an uproar of laughter. Ashley groaned and banged her head on the table. The giggling girls abruptly stoped laughing and turned to look at the mound of black hair that covered Ashley's face. Steph perked a brow and took her earphones out of her ears. She smiled at her.
"You look like death." She said in a monotone voice.
"Long day! You wouldn't believe!!"
Ashley rose her head to look at everybody.
"But I'm glad I'm back because I missed you guys."
"Yuppers! This year will be fun! I heard that we are getting some exchange students. Four of them." Leah says in a single breath as she bounces up and down in her chair "I hope they're girls."
"You talk too much." said Kayla and rolled her eyes before finishing her lunch.
Steph leans ahead, "So. What you doing after school chicki?"
She put her elbow on the table a places her chin in the palm of her hand.
" I gotta run grandpa's shop for an hour or so. He's got to go with mom to get his pills."
Ashley picks up her fork as she pokes at her noodles that lay in her lunch bowl. Looking board and tired she said aimlessly,
"I need more weekend and less week."
She smiled and laid her fork down after she had finished.
"So where are these exchange students from?"
Steph and Kayla shrugged and looked at Kim.
The small girl wiped her mouth with her sleeve. She cleared her throat before she replies.
"I'm not sure. But rumor has it that they're from some kind of colony......sounds weird."
Ashley laid her hands in her lap as she blinks a couple of times at Kim.
" Uh....A colony?"
"Yah that's right." Kim said as she began to pack up her left over food.
"Actually, they're already here. I saw one of them. A blond haired one."
Kim interrupts before Steph could say anything else. " Yes! I did too. If I'm right, they should be in school tomorrow."
Knowing that Kim is usually right, Ashley relaxed her body in the chair and continued to eat her lunch.
She glanced at her course schedule and sighed.
"Oh joy...Consumer Studies."
Steph leans over and looks at Ashley courses to confirm.
"Ah...cool! We're in the same class!!!!! Wicked!"
Ashley feels a bit better that Steph is in one of her classes.
"It's better than a bunch of nerds and burnouts." Ashley thought to herself.
