Amanda walked through the hall of Winslow, it was the middle of second
block and she had just made it. It was one of those bad hair days, it was
raining, she woke up late and had no breakfast. Her heels clicked on the
floor as she walked to her second block math class which wasn't exactly her
pleasurable idea at the moment. Sighing she adjusted her bag, her short
black and white plaid skirt bounced as she walked, ove rit she wore a baggy
white tailored top with a few buttons done up. She looked up at the clock,
'twenty minutes left, why am I even going' Amanda turned and the corner
and almost banged right into Ronnie and Harry. Amanda stopped quickly and
silently gasped a bit. Ronnie gave her a harsh scowl whereas Harry looked
a little surprised to see her.
"AJ, shouldn't you be in class?"asked Ronnie crisply.
"I just got here,"explained Amanda looking over to Harry to get her to back off.
"Well classes do start at eight fifteen, maybe if it's not too hard you can pull yourself out of bed and into class sometime,"said Ronnie.
"I know when school starts,"said Amanda annoyed,"My dad is the vice- principal, it's kinda in the territory."
"Yes we all know your father is the vice-principal,"said Ronnie.
"AJ, just go to class,"said Harry.
"I think we should do a bag check,"said Ronnie.
"She's fine,"said Harry calmly trying to stop a full out war breaking out between Ronnie and Amanda.
"What the hell? You wanna check my bag for what?"said Amanda defensivly.
"For anything that shouldn't be in the school, drugs, weapons, gang paraphinalia,"said Ronnie listing off items.
"Oh my god, what do you think I'm some gang banger,"said Amanda waving her arm,"Ask Mr.Senate if I do drugs or any of that."
"Ronnie, just let her go to class,"said Harry.
"Okay AJ, open your bag up,"said Ronnie ignoring Harry's suggestion.
"No,"said Amanda looking for a way to escape the situation.
"AJ, it is policy when I staff member asks you to open your bag you do it,"said Ronnie,"Or you can go discuss this with Mr.Harper."
"Fine here's the fucking bag,"said Amanda dropping her bag on the floor at Ronnie's feet. She quickly walked and brushed through the two of them as she walked away. She could here Ronnie throwing a fit over her reaction and Harry telling her she went to far. Harry looked down the hall to see Amanda quickly dash around the next corner but he knew if he went after her she'd be gone by the time he got to the end of the hallway.
"See I told you, she walks around here like she owns the place,"said Ronnie.
"Ronnie, you went to far,"sighed Harry softly.
"I did not,"said Ronnie defensively,"Who knows what she's got in that bag." Harry picked up the light weight bag and opened it to find it relatively empty except for a roll of tape, a hair scrunchie and a hair brush. He looked over at Ronnie who was desperate to know what was in the bag.
"A roll of tape, a brush and some hair thing,"said Harry solemnly. Ronnie fell quiet, she knew she was being rough but it was something about Amanda, she seemed almost to challenge her without knowing it. Harry did the bag back up and walked away from Ronnie.
On his way to the stairs to the dungeon Harry passed Danny who was on his way back from the office.
"Trying a new way to connect with the kids Harry,"said Danny looking down at the bag Harry carried.
"No, it's AJ Guber's,"said Harry looking down at the bag,"Her and Ronnie had another run in, Ronnie demanded a bag check."
"Hey what is Ronnie's problem with AJ anyways, like she's lippy at times but she's a good kid,"said Danny.
"I dunno, I think niether of them know,"said Harry shrugging,"Must be some territorial female thing, ya know I piss on my ground you piss on yours."
"Yeah but what territory do they got?"asked Danny creasing his brow.
"Who knows,"said Harry.
"Well I gota get back to my class,"said Danny. Harry nodded as Danny went to walk away. Harry continued back down to the dungeon and got ready for his next class.
*****
After school Amanda sat in her father's office waiting for him to finish so she could go home.
"Hey what am I going to get for Christmas?"asked Amanda looking over at the calendar. They were in the second week of December, Hanuhaka had was over and Amanda was bowed out of participating, she was raised a Christian but wasn't a religous practicer, which was to the dismay of Scott who was looking forward to having Amanda there.
"I don't know,"said Scott,"I wasn't really planning on doing anything for it."
"What? No Christmas?"asked Amanda,"That's nuts."
"Well I've never really celebrated it before,"said Scott looking up from his papers.
"Please Daddy, a small tree I'll decorate it,"said Amanda,"C'mon we'll do nothing of a religous matter, please."
"We'll see,"said Scott.
"Please,"said Amanda.
"Fine,"sighed Scott.
"So can we go Christmas shopping after this?"asked Amanda.
"If I say yes will you be quiet and let me get this done?"asked Scott.
"Yup,"nodded Amanda.
"Fine, we'll go,"said Scott. Amanda smiled and jumped up, she walked towards the door.
"Be back in an hour or so,"said Amanda before leaving the office. She walked through the office and headed towards the hall when Steven called her name from inside his office.
"AJ come in here please," Amanda backed up and walked into his office.
"What's up Mr. Harper?"asked Amanda standing just inside the doorway.
"Take a seat please,"said Steven. Amanda shrugged and sat down in the chair across from his desk.
"Ms.Cook expressed some concern today with me over you,"said Steven slowly,"She said you two have had some confrontations."
"See wanted to bag check me today,"said Amanda,"For no reason besides I was late."
"Well if is policy staff members can ask students at any time for a bag check,"said Steven.
"I know but god, even Mr.Senate told her to back off,"said Amanda.
"Well she said this has happened more than once,"said Steven.
"What can I say the woman has it out for me,"said Amanda.
"Well there is an obvious dislike between you two and I'm going to dig deeper into it but it really isn't in Ms.Cook's nature to be like that,"said Steven,"Just stay away and avoid each other please." Amanda nodded.
"So how are things going for you?"asked Steven.
"Fine,"said Amanda,"Besides the whole Tyler thing I'm having a good time at Winslow."
"That's good,"said Steven,"You can go now." Amanda nodded and got up, she left the office and walked down the hall she knew exactly where she was going and where she wanted to be. SHe made her way down the stairs giving a quick hello to Danny as she continued down them til she got to the dungeon stair case. Taking a deep breathe she ran down them til she came to the door. She was about to walk in when she looked in the window of the door and seen Ronnie leaning on Harry's desk talking to him as he wrote on the board. A scowl came over her face as she took her hand away from the knob, taking one more look she turned quickly on her heel and stormed back up the stairs in the hallway. Walking down the hall she went to the bathroom, it was dark and musky but it was empty. Amanda kicked a stall in as she walked over to sinks, she kicked at various invisible objects before groaning in defeat. 'That stupid bitch' thought Amanda. Amanda ran her hand through her hair as she caught a glismpe of herself in the mirror, she then looked at herself fully in the mirror again.
"Oh my god Amanda Jane Guber, you are jealous,"said Amanda to herself as she walked towards the mirror,"Jealous over Harry Senate." Amanda stood there bewildered at the revealation she came too.
****
"C'mon Harry you gotta come to the Chritmas party, it's just a dinner thing nothing big,"said Ronnie as she watched Harry write on the bored for tomorrow morning's frist block class.
"I dunno Ronnie,"said Harry,"I don't know if I'm up for it this Christmas."
"C'mon it'll lighten you up and get you in the spirit,"said Ronnie,"I'll pick you up and we'll go." Harry sighed knowing the only way to get Ronnie off his back over the faculity Christmas party. This year they decided since there was no money for a on the house Christmas party they would all just go out for dinner as a party. Harry turned and looked at Ronnie.
"Fine I'll go,"said Harry.
"Great I'll pick you up at six thirty,"said Ronnie smiling. Harry forced a grin back when something caught his eye, he seen through the window of the door a head of dark chocolate colored hair, as it went up the stairs Harry recongized Amanda walking up the stairs. He silently sighed inside knowing Amanda had seen him with Ronnie, 'damn if only Ronnie wasn't here, god she's annoying, what the hell did I ever see in her?' thought Harry.
"See maybe this'll prove to you ya need to get out on New Year's Ever,"said Ronnie.
"No, New Year's Eve I'm spending at home, it's my night to sleep,"said Harry knowing he wasn't going to get any sleep on New Year's Eve, his cousin was coming into town for the holidays, a bit of an escape from his hellious soon to be ex-wife and Harry knew him and Kevin Riley would be dragging him out.
"We'll see,"said Ronnie smirking. Harry nodded as she stood up straight off the desk.
"Well I gotta go,"said Ronnie,"So Friday at six thirty?"
"Friday,"said Harry. Ronnie nodded and walked out of the room with a glow of satisfaction.
*****
Scott walked through the mall with Amanda, they had only been there for a couple of hours but she allready had him loaded up with bags of Christmas decorations and presents, mainly most of them she picked out for herself.
"Do we really need all of these?"asked Scott as he followed her carrying the bag.
"Yes Dad, c'mon get with it,"said Amanda,"We even took out the religious factor for you, it's all commerical and gift getting."
"Well that's the true spirit of Christmas now isn't it?"asked Scott sarcastically.
"Oh my god Dad, did you actually just say something witty and rude?"asked Amanda smiling.
"It wasn't rude, it was just an opinion,"said Scott secretly enjoying Amanda's smile of joy as she seen her Dad wasn't all tight about things.
"Well don't forget you get gifts too,"said Amanda.
"AJ, shouldn't you be in class?"asked Ronnie crisply.
"I just got here,"explained Amanda looking over to Harry to get her to back off.
"Well classes do start at eight fifteen, maybe if it's not too hard you can pull yourself out of bed and into class sometime,"said Ronnie.
"I know when school starts,"said Amanda annoyed,"My dad is the vice- principal, it's kinda in the territory."
"Yes we all know your father is the vice-principal,"said Ronnie.
"AJ, just go to class,"said Harry.
"I think we should do a bag check,"said Ronnie.
"She's fine,"said Harry calmly trying to stop a full out war breaking out between Ronnie and Amanda.
"What the hell? You wanna check my bag for what?"said Amanda defensivly.
"For anything that shouldn't be in the school, drugs, weapons, gang paraphinalia,"said Ronnie listing off items.
"Oh my god, what do you think I'm some gang banger,"said Amanda waving her arm,"Ask Mr.Senate if I do drugs or any of that."
"Ronnie, just let her go to class,"said Harry.
"Okay AJ, open your bag up,"said Ronnie ignoring Harry's suggestion.
"No,"said Amanda looking for a way to escape the situation.
"AJ, it is policy when I staff member asks you to open your bag you do it,"said Ronnie,"Or you can go discuss this with Mr.Harper."
"Fine here's the fucking bag,"said Amanda dropping her bag on the floor at Ronnie's feet. She quickly walked and brushed through the two of them as she walked away. She could here Ronnie throwing a fit over her reaction and Harry telling her she went to far. Harry looked down the hall to see Amanda quickly dash around the next corner but he knew if he went after her she'd be gone by the time he got to the end of the hallway.
"See I told you, she walks around here like she owns the place,"said Ronnie.
"Ronnie, you went to far,"sighed Harry softly.
"I did not,"said Ronnie defensively,"Who knows what she's got in that bag." Harry picked up the light weight bag and opened it to find it relatively empty except for a roll of tape, a hair scrunchie and a hair brush. He looked over at Ronnie who was desperate to know what was in the bag.
"A roll of tape, a brush and some hair thing,"said Harry solemnly. Ronnie fell quiet, she knew she was being rough but it was something about Amanda, she seemed almost to challenge her without knowing it. Harry did the bag back up and walked away from Ronnie.
On his way to the stairs to the dungeon Harry passed Danny who was on his way back from the office.
"Trying a new way to connect with the kids Harry,"said Danny looking down at the bag Harry carried.
"No, it's AJ Guber's,"said Harry looking down at the bag,"Her and Ronnie had another run in, Ronnie demanded a bag check."
"Hey what is Ronnie's problem with AJ anyways, like she's lippy at times but she's a good kid,"said Danny.
"I dunno, I think niether of them know,"said Harry shrugging,"Must be some territorial female thing, ya know I piss on my ground you piss on yours."
"Yeah but what territory do they got?"asked Danny creasing his brow.
"Who knows,"said Harry.
"Well I gota get back to my class,"said Danny. Harry nodded as Danny went to walk away. Harry continued back down to the dungeon and got ready for his next class.
*****
After school Amanda sat in her father's office waiting for him to finish so she could go home.
"Hey what am I going to get for Christmas?"asked Amanda looking over at the calendar. They were in the second week of December, Hanuhaka had was over and Amanda was bowed out of participating, she was raised a Christian but wasn't a religous practicer, which was to the dismay of Scott who was looking forward to having Amanda there.
"I don't know,"said Scott,"I wasn't really planning on doing anything for it."
"What? No Christmas?"asked Amanda,"That's nuts."
"Well I've never really celebrated it before,"said Scott looking up from his papers.
"Please Daddy, a small tree I'll decorate it,"said Amanda,"C'mon we'll do nothing of a religous matter, please."
"We'll see,"said Scott.
"Please,"said Amanda.
"Fine,"sighed Scott.
"So can we go Christmas shopping after this?"asked Amanda.
"If I say yes will you be quiet and let me get this done?"asked Scott.
"Yup,"nodded Amanda.
"Fine, we'll go,"said Scott. Amanda smiled and jumped up, she walked towards the door.
"Be back in an hour or so,"said Amanda before leaving the office. She walked through the office and headed towards the hall when Steven called her name from inside his office.
"AJ come in here please," Amanda backed up and walked into his office.
"What's up Mr. Harper?"asked Amanda standing just inside the doorway.
"Take a seat please,"said Steven. Amanda shrugged and sat down in the chair across from his desk.
"Ms.Cook expressed some concern today with me over you,"said Steven slowly,"She said you two have had some confrontations."
"See wanted to bag check me today,"said Amanda,"For no reason besides I was late."
"Well if is policy staff members can ask students at any time for a bag check,"said Steven.
"I know but god, even Mr.Senate told her to back off,"said Amanda.
"Well she said this has happened more than once,"said Steven.
"What can I say the woman has it out for me,"said Amanda.
"Well there is an obvious dislike between you two and I'm going to dig deeper into it but it really isn't in Ms.Cook's nature to be like that,"said Steven,"Just stay away and avoid each other please." Amanda nodded.
"So how are things going for you?"asked Steven.
"Fine,"said Amanda,"Besides the whole Tyler thing I'm having a good time at Winslow."
"That's good,"said Steven,"You can go now." Amanda nodded and got up, she left the office and walked down the hall she knew exactly where she was going and where she wanted to be. SHe made her way down the stairs giving a quick hello to Danny as she continued down them til she got to the dungeon stair case. Taking a deep breathe she ran down them til she came to the door. She was about to walk in when she looked in the window of the door and seen Ronnie leaning on Harry's desk talking to him as he wrote on the board. A scowl came over her face as she took her hand away from the knob, taking one more look she turned quickly on her heel and stormed back up the stairs in the hallway. Walking down the hall she went to the bathroom, it was dark and musky but it was empty. Amanda kicked a stall in as she walked over to sinks, she kicked at various invisible objects before groaning in defeat. 'That stupid bitch' thought Amanda. Amanda ran her hand through her hair as she caught a glismpe of herself in the mirror, she then looked at herself fully in the mirror again.
"Oh my god Amanda Jane Guber, you are jealous,"said Amanda to herself as she walked towards the mirror,"Jealous over Harry Senate." Amanda stood there bewildered at the revealation she came too.
****
"C'mon Harry you gotta come to the Chritmas party, it's just a dinner thing nothing big,"said Ronnie as she watched Harry write on the bored for tomorrow morning's frist block class.
"I dunno Ronnie,"said Harry,"I don't know if I'm up for it this Christmas."
"C'mon it'll lighten you up and get you in the spirit,"said Ronnie,"I'll pick you up and we'll go." Harry sighed knowing the only way to get Ronnie off his back over the faculity Christmas party. This year they decided since there was no money for a on the house Christmas party they would all just go out for dinner as a party. Harry turned and looked at Ronnie.
"Fine I'll go,"said Harry.
"Great I'll pick you up at six thirty,"said Ronnie smiling. Harry forced a grin back when something caught his eye, he seen through the window of the door a head of dark chocolate colored hair, as it went up the stairs Harry recongized Amanda walking up the stairs. He silently sighed inside knowing Amanda had seen him with Ronnie, 'damn if only Ronnie wasn't here, god she's annoying, what the hell did I ever see in her?' thought Harry.
"See maybe this'll prove to you ya need to get out on New Year's Ever,"said Ronnie.
"No, New Year's Eve I'm spending at home, it's my night to sleep,"said Harry knowing he wasn't going to get any sleep on New Year's Eve, his cousin was coming into town for the holidays, a bit of an escape from his hellious soon to be ex-wife and Harry knew him and Kevin Riley would be dragging him out.
"We'll see,"said Ronnie smirking. Harry nodded as she stood up straight off the desk.
"Well I gotta go,"said Ronnie,"So Friday at six thirty?"
"Friday,"said Harry. Ronnie nodded and walked out of the room with a glow of satisfaction.
*****
Scott walked through the mall with Amanda, they had only been there for a couple of hours but she allready had him loaded up with bags of Christmas decorations and presents, mainly most of them she picked out for herself.
"Do we really need all of these?"asked Scott as he followed her carrying the bag.
"Yes Dad, c'mon get with it,"said Amanda,"We even took out the religious factor for you, it's all commerical and gift getting."
"Well that's the true spirit of Christmas now isn't it?"asked Scott sarcastically.
"Oh my god Dad, did you actually just say something witty and rude?"asked Amanda smiling.
"It wasn't rude, it was just an opinion,"said Scott secretly enjoying Amanda's smile of joy as she seen her Dad wasn't all tight about things.
"Well don't forget you get gifts too,"said Amanda.