Btc900: I dunno why I thought this story was like AC... Whatever. I don't
own much in this story, but I think we all know that I do own something
right? Uh, I confused myself. R&R!
EM-T: I did finish your story about Animal Crossing the other day, just didn't review. Lol. Anyway, I used to live in Arizona, but then I had a cross-country move... which sucked by the way. I liked your story, and whoever else is reading this should really check it out! :) Oh, and I'll try to paragraph more... but it'll be hard. I have a tendency to clash things together all in one paragraph. *Cringes* Sorry. (They do it that way in published novels, so that's kinda why I did it that way)
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Chapter 2:
Once noon rolled around, I figured I would check on my junior rankings. I started to leave, but then Ash threw an M&M at me and said, "Dude, I wanna go, too." I rolled my eyes and reluctantly agreed. This was going to be a long day, I thought.
Once we got down to the courts, I found out I was ranked higher than I thought! 5th in class! Only... that was the last in line. I went up to the Junior Team coach, and she said, "Hi! I'm Amy! Do you want to challenge the 4th in rank?" I just nodded.
She waved some people over, and these people had to be at least 2 times my age. Anyway, one was a girl who had hair dyed blue, and one was a guy with spiked blonde hair. The girl was *really* tall.
"You must be Ash, and you must be Sarah-May, correct?" the girl asked us. He nodded, but I scowled and said quietly, "No... it's Sam. My name is Sam."
She didn't seem to hear because she started talking before I finished. Once she stopped saying how hard she was going to beat us, she ran over to the baseline and screamed, "READY!" I rolled my eyes and grabbed a few tennis balls, ready to serve, when the coach yelled, "Okay! It's break time! Everyone off the courts!"
I stood my ground, not budging as all of them except my partner stampeded out of the courts. Ash gave me a look of bewilderment as to what I was going to do, when the coach came to us and said, "Didn't I say break time? I know you're only, what, 9, but when I say break time, you are supposed to go to the food courts!"
I hated it the way everyone treated me so far, except Ash, of course. He smiled at me and said, "Sorry. Lots of people do that to you, huh?" he asked, referring to the age mistake. I nodded and then ran back to the coach and said, "Look, I know you're busy, but the headmaster said a coach was going to show me around campus. Do you mind?"
She stared at me, then said, "Sure! Take a left and there's the food courts!" I smiled at her stupidity, then said, "No. SHOW ME AROUND." She smiled, then said, "Ask that boy. He'll know where the food courts are." I got mad, so I picked up my racquet and stormed out as Ash followed.
Once we arrived at the food courts, I asked, "Ash, you have some friends you can hang with, right? Well I'm going to go get me a sub and some soda, kay?" He shook his head, saying, "No, I'll come with you. I don't know anyone here." I smiled, then said, "Fine with me."
I walked over to the chef lady and asked for my order, then she said, "Sorry, honey, the only thing we serve here are nutrition drinks and smoothies. Guaranteed to fill you up." My eyes widened and I heard myself gasp in awe. "Nothing but nutrition drinks and smoothies," I repeated emotionlessly. I walked back to a table that Ash was at and sat down.
"What happened? Are you waiting for your sub?" he asked. I shook my head with no expression on my face and said, "Nothing but nutrition drinks and smoothies." His eyes widened, too and he said, "You're kidding." He ran up to the chef lady and came back with 2 artificially flavored chocolate smoothies. "Here," he said, "We have to eat SOMETHING."
When we got back to the Junior courts, they were still closed until 3pm, so we went around to look for someone to show us the campus. We found one coach and so we immediately ran up to him and asked him to show us around. "Sure!" he said.
It was really great to hear that from at least ONE coach. He took us back through the main building and around a corner of the street. We saw a fountain and some cobblestone sidewalks, and then we came to a fairly large building. "This," the coach explained, "is the Training Center and back behind it is the Trophy Display Center. That's the Headmaster's pride and glory."
He toured us around to see the pool, library, pet shop, shoe store, tennis warehouse, and the giant-sized gym. He said on weekends that we could leave the Academy and travel wherever we want. He said there were mailboxes in case we want to get mail, and a small post office on the corner. He also said that there are flyers sent out once a month to let us know when we can go back home to see our families. I was really overjoyed to know that.
Once he filled us in on all that, he ran off to where ever he came from, leaving me and Ash in the park. It was about 2pm, so I started to head back to the dorms. "Wait!" Ash said. I turned around to see him looking really funny, and said, "What do you want?" He made a cute face and said, "I wanna go to the pet store." I laughed and said, "Oh all right. Which way is it?"
Once we got back to the dorms with a goldfish and a kitty cat, the cat being mine, he collapsed on his naked mattress and he yelled, "Sami? Could you please go down the hall to the linens room? There's some comforters and pillows..." I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, whatever."
I went down the hall and grabbed a couple pillows and a huge "sleep ware" kit, before heading back. I was barely managing to get it all down the hall, when I tripped over the pillow case that was unnoticeably hanging out and fell on my face. Ash opened the door to see me face down on the carpeting and stooped down to help me.
"How did you fall on your face?" he asked trying to drag the linens in the dorm. I got up and smiled and said, "It's a blonde thing." He seemed to stop for a moment to examine my hair.
Indeed, it was neon yellow as always. I usually kept the two front orange highlights separated from the rest, but today I just strung it all up in a tight ponytail. I smiled at him, since I kinda felt like he was staring at me, and that was an uncomfortable feeling.
We put the linens on the beds and situated everything. His goldfish was on his desk, and my cat was curled up on his lap. After a while, he got tired and fell asleep. I watched my cat nuzzle him with affection and pat him tenderly with its paws. I suddenly realized I was smiling at them, and I quickly stopped.
Soon, I fell asleep too hearing the birds quietly twitter. One moment I was feeling content and relaxation, the next I felt a slimy thing wiping my cheek. My eyes shot open to see my cat in my face and Ash right above the cat.
I jolted back and ended up falling off the bed and hitting the floor. He did a short gasp and said, "You okay?" I smiled up at him and said, "No. I died." He laughed and picked my cat up, and then, as I thought he would, threw the cat on me. I caught it and smiled warmly at him. He wasn't nearly as bad as I thought he would be. Which, in fact, wasn't entirely too good of a thing. Not at all.
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Btc900: Yeah, I know. This chapter did *nothing*. Actually, it sets up everything for the next chapter. Someone gets their a** kicked! Literally! You'll see! Just keep reading!!!!!! Who will it be? And WHY? My sugar high is dying... gotta go get some more grape soda...
EM-T: I did finish your story about Animal Crossing the other day, just didn't review. Lol. Anyway, I used to live in Arizona, but then I had a cross-country move... which sucked by the way. I liked your story, and whoever else is reading this should really check it out! :) Oh, and I'll try to paragraph more... but it'll be hard. I have a tendency to clash things together all in one paragraph. *Cringes* Sorry. (They do it that way in published novels, so that's kinda why I did it that way)
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Chapter 2:
Once noon rolled around, I figured I would check on my junior rankings. I started to leave, but then Ash threw an M&M at me and said, "Dude, I wanna go, too." I rolled my eyes and reluctantly agreed. This was going to be a long day, I thought.
Once we got down to the courts, I found out I was ranked higher than I thought! 5th in class! Only... that was the last in line. I went up to the Junior Team coach, and she said, "Hi! I'm Amy! Do you want to challenge the 4th in rank?" I just nodded.
She waved some people over, and these people had to be at least 2 times my age. Anyway, one was a girl who had hair dyed blue, and one was a guy with spiked blonde hair. The girl was *really* tall.
"You must be Ash, and you must be Sarah-May, correct?" the girl asked us. He nodded, but I scowled and said quietly, "No... it's Sam. My name is Sam."
She didn't seem to hear because she started talking before I finished. Once she stopped saying how hard she was going to beat us, she ran over to the baseline and screamed, "READY!" I rolled my eyes and grabbed a few tennis balls, ready to serve, when the coach yelled, "Okay! It's break time! Everyone off the courts!"
I stood my ground, not budging as all of them except my partner stampeded out of the courts. Ash gave me a look of bewilderment as to what I was going to do, when the coach came to us and said, "Didn't I say break time? I know you're only, what, 9, but when I say break time, you are supposed to go to the food courts!"
I hated it the way everyone treated me so far, except Ash, of course. He smiled at me and said, "Sorry. Lots of people do that to you, huh?" he asked, referring to the age mistake. I nodded and then ran back to the coach and said, "Look, I know you're busy, but the headmaster said a coach was going to show me around campus. Do you mind?"
She stared at me, then said, "Sure! Take a left and there's the food courts!" I smiled at her stupidity, then said, "No. SHOW ME AROUND." She smiled, then said, "Ask that boy. He'll know where the food courts are." I got mad, so I picked up my racquet and stormed out as Ash followed.
Once we arrived at the food courts, I asked, "Ash, you have some friends you can hang with, right? Well I'm going to go get me a sub and some soda, kay?" He shook his head, saying, "No, I'll come with you. I don't know anyone here." I smiled, then said, "Fine with me."
I walked over to the chef lady and asked for my order, then she said, "Sorry, honey, the only thing we serve here are nutrition drinks and smoothies. Guaranteed to fill you up." My eyes widened and I heard myself gasp in awe. "Nothing but nutrition drinks and smoothies," I repeated emotionlessly. I walked back to a table that Ash was at and sat down.
"What happened? Are you waiting for your sub?" he asked. I shook my head with no expression on my face and said, "Nothing but nutrition drinks and smoothies." His eyes widened, too and he said, "You're kidding." He ran up to the chef lady and came back with 2 artificially flavored chocolate smoothies. "Here," he said, "We have to eat SOMETHING."
When we got back to the Junior courts, they were still closed until 3pm, so we went around to look for someone to show us the campus. We found one coach and so we immediately ran up to him and asked him to show us around. "Sure!" he said.
It was really great to hear that from at least ONE coach. He took us back through the main building and around a corner of the street. We saw a fountain and some cobblestone sidewalks, and then we came to a fairly large building. "This," the coach explained, "is the Training Center and back behind it is the Trophy Display Center. That's the Headmaster's pride and glory."
He toured us around to see the pool, library, pet shop, shoe store, tennis warehouse, and the giant-sized gym. He said on weekends that we could leave the Academy and travel wherever we want. He said there were mailboxes in case we want to get mail, and a small post office on the corner. He also said that there are flyers sent out once a month to let us know when we can go back home to see our families. I was really overjoyed to know that.
Once he filled us in on all that, he ran off to where ever he came from, leaving me and Ash in the park. It was about 2pm, so I started to head back to the dorms. "Wait!" Ash said. I turned around to see him looking really funny, and said, "What do you want?" He made a cute face and said, "I wanna go to the pet store." I laughed and said, "Oh all right. Which way is it?"
Once we got back to the dorms with a goldfish and a kitty cat, the cat being mine, he collapsed on his naked mattress and he yelled, "Sami? Could you please go down the hall to the linens room? There's some comforters and pillows..." I rolled my eyes and said, "Yeah, whatever."
I went down the hall and grabbed a couple pillows and a huge "sleep ware" kit, before heading back. I was barely managing to get it all down the hall, when I tripped over the pillow case that was unnoticeably hanging out and fell on my face. Ash opened the door to see me face down on the carpeting and stooped down to help me.
"How did you fall on your face?" he asked trying to drag the linens in the dorm. I got up and smiled and said, "It's a blonde thing." He seemed to stop for a moment to examine my hair.
Indeed, it was neon yellow as always. I usually kept the two front orange highlights separated from the rest, but today I just strung it all up in a tight ponytail. I smiled at him, since I kinda felt like he was staring at me, and that was an uncomfortable feeling.
We put the linens on the beds and situated everything. His goldfish was on his desk, and my cat was curled up on his lap. After a while, he got tired and fell asleep. I watched my cat nuzzle him with affection and pat him tenderly with its paws. I suddenly realized I was smiling at them, and I quickly stopped.
Soon, I fell asleep too hearing the birds quietly twitter. One moment I was feeling content and relaxation, the next I felt a slimy thing wiping my cheek. My eyes shot open to see my cat in my face and Ash right above the cat.
I jolted back and ended up falling off the bed and hitting the floor. He did a short gasp and said, "You okay?" I smiled up at him and said, "No. I died." He laughed and picked my cat up, and then, as I thought he would, threw the cat on me. I caught it and smiled warmly at him. He wasn't nearly as bad as I thought he would be. Which, in fact, wasn't entirely too good of a thing. Not at all.
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Btc900: Yeah, I know. This chapter did *nothing*. Actually, it sets up everything for the next chapter. Someone gets their a** kicked! Literally! You'll see! Just keep reading!!!!!! Who will it be? And WHY? My sugar high is dying... gotta go get some more grape soda...
