***Chapter 2
Marinett speeds her way through the highway, and manages to find a descent spot on her high school parking lot.
"Ah…" Arianne breathes in and gets out of the car, "So this is Kapolei High."
Marinett takes out the keys from the ignition, and zips them up in her bag. She gets out of the car, locks the door, and shuts it closed.
"Yeah" she replied, "Let's check our classes…"
The two walk away from the car, and heads toward the high school grounds. They spend the next half hour checking out the campus, and making sure they knew which classes to go to.
"Dad really moved us to the right place this time huh?" Arianne joked
"Whoa, yeah…" Marinett agreed, "You got that right…"
They were sitting down on one of the tables outside of the buldings, and facing away from the Pepsi Machine behind them.
"You know what I noticed?" Arianne asked
"What?"
"We're the only one's that speak straight English…"
Marinett laughed, and Arianne soon followed. The bell rang, and they grabbed their bags off the table.
"I'll see you at lunch?" Marinett commented
"Yup." Arianne replied
"See yeah then sis."
"Yup!"
They walk away from each other. Arianne going west, and Marinett going east. Marinett's first class was Algebra, and Arianne Language Arts.
"Oh great…" Marinett grumbled heading towards her class, "Algebra. Exactly what I need in the morning…"
Marinett starts to walk faster, and faster to her class.
"INo!/I" she thought, "II am going to be bso/b late!/I"
She took another glance at her schedule, and realizes that the class was only three rooms ahead. She rushes in, and finds a seat four seconds before the bell rang.
"Well, well…" her teacher said, "The returning class of Sophomores huh?"
The whole class was silent.
"Well for those of you who don't know I'm Mr. Higa." he continued, "Some of you might know me from last year."
Some students laugh as he gave a few looks at a bunch of guys, and a few girls. Marinett felt out of place. She was new. She had never lived in another place besides California her whole life. Her dad traveled, and took the family with them. She wasn't used to new things. Ever since she was younger. She had always hated moving. Hawaii wasn't any different.
"Now…" Mr. Higa announced, "Are any of you new here? Raise your hand."
Marinett hesitated, but slowly raised her hand.
"Oh!" he had a surprised look on his face, "The only one huh? What? No one else but her moved in?"
The class laughed
"Well, I think we should start class with a proper introduction." He handed out his hand to her, "Stand up…"
He smiled sweetly at her.
"IHe seems nice/I" she thought, "IAll the students seem to like him/I"
"So, what's your name Ms?" he asked
"Uhm…" she started
"Oh, c'mon…" He laughed, "Don't be shy."
"Marinett"
"Where did you move from?"
"Santa Clara, California."
"I see, I see…Do you have any other siblings here?"
"Yeah. My twin sister, Arianne."
"That's great! Let's have everyone else introduce themselves…"
He pointed at the bottom left corner of the room.
"You…" he demanded, "introduce yourself to Marinett here."
And so it began. There had been 25 students in the class counting Marinett, and everyone had introduced themselves. A few sounded nice, some sounded snobby, and a couple of guys fooling around in the back.
"Thank-you" Mr. Higa said, "Now we'll begin class. Please take your seat again, and thank-you Marinett."
He smiled back at her, and walked towards the board.
He started off with basic algebra, the things she had learned in 6th grade. Then to more complex things, some of the things she had been studying up on before she had moved. Marinett couldn't pay attention. She kept dozing off. Staring at the dry erase bored blankly. She knew she had a far away look in her eyes, and deep down she wanted to stop. She wanted to pay attention, but she couldn't. The bell soon rang, and class had ended. Marinett grabbed her stuff, and walked out of the room.
"Aye!" a voice called behind her, "Aye! New girl!"
She turned around, and saw a Filipino boy with spiked hair, baggy pants, and a baby blue shirt with a car on it rushing to her.
"You're name's Marinett right?" he asked
She felt flushed with fever.
"IOh gosh/I." she thought, "IHe's so cute!/I"
She was unable to speak. She nodded instead.
"Oh." he started, "Coo'"
She giggled
"Yeah" she responded
"Well, yeah," He began again, "Sorry yah if I nevah introduce myself well back ovah there. Shame tha's why."
She giggled again.
"That's ok." She responded looking at his bright brown eyes, "IOh wow they're gorgeous/I" she thought
"Well. My name's Devon" He sounded embarrassed, "But my friends call me Dev"
"Ok" she replied, "I'm Marinett"
"Yeah" Devon laughed, "I know"
They both laughed at the awkward moment.
"Well, I'll see you around aight?" he said slowly walking away
"Sure." she smiled
That was it. He rushed to his friends, and she was left there with butterflies in her stomach, and her lungs barely holding on to her breath.
"IOh god/I" she thought, "II bhave/bI to find Anne"
***End of Chapter 2
