Even though my class was only 60 minutes long. I was still bored to death. It was computer class in school and we were suppose to be learning html. Since I knew html better then the teacher, I was amusing myself by hacking into the schools mainframe. I had done this tons of times before but it just didn't give me the thrill like it used too.
I mean sure I can change peoples passwords and change desktops and stuff but it just wasn't fun. I noticed the teacher coming around the corner so I quickly closed what I was doing and opened up an extra page.
"Lauren? Are you done your work already?" The teacher asked me looking over my shoulder.
I just rolled my eyes at her and twirled my pen in my fingers. Once she was satisfied with my work she walked on. Teachers had been weird like this all week. I guess they all knew I had been sent to a correctional camp. I looked at my computer screen, but this time I noticed something wrong. I backspaced 'By:Type' and put 'By:Lauren'.
We still had another twenty minutes left so I got back into the mainframe and found the network for my best friends computer. She was sitting two rows across from me.
"I think I am going to die of boredom.-Lor" I typed the msg and sent it to her with a link for her to sent a msg to my computer.
"No kiddin'. Christ, I can't figure out this html thing. Can you send me a copy to hand in?-Kaylee
"Sure, np. So, whats the schedule for lunch?-Lor" I replied, attaching a copy for the html.
"Two senior guys are fighting at 11:30 in DQ's parking lot. Then two junior girls are fighting at 12. It won't be much of a fight though.-Kaylee"
"Wicked, signing off now. Meet you by our lockers.-Lor"
Once signing off I grabbed my kit bag and left when the bell rang. As I made my way through the halls, I knew alot of people were watching me. They knew I was a JD even though I didn't really look the part. I was short, I mean really short, 5'1.
I threw my kitbag in my locker and met Kaylee at the staircase. As we made our way to the door, the rest of our crew met up with us. In total, there were 7 of us, three girls, four guys. They seemed to be the only ones who were comfortable with me anymore.
We made our way to DQ to watch the guys fight. It was about a 15 minute walk there. There are always cops patroling around the school during lunch so we had to go far to fight.
The fight didn't last very long, considering one guy fought the entire time from his back. We were waiting for the next fight to start when I heard someone behind me.
"They finally let you out of your cage, I see." A cold voice said from behind me.
I knew who it was even before I turned around. Paige MacPhee stared back at me, a smug grin on her face. Me and her had always been at each others throats since junior high. Just looking at her pissed me off.
"You should be the one in the cage, I mean with a face like that." I said shrugging.
"You better watch your mouth or I will screw up your face even more then it already is." Paige said, approaching me.
She wasn't all that tall either, on a few inches taller then me. I had fought her before, she was all talk and no skills.
"Your gonna screw up my face?" I asked laughing.
I stopped laughing appruptly and threw the first punch. It connected with her nose and a painfull crack could be heard.
"You bitch!" She yelled and tried to throw a punch at me. Her nose was bleeding heavily so she couldn't see very well. She stumbled forward and I was on top of her in a minute.
"You know what? Being in a 'cage' for so long really pissed me off. So you should watch your mouth and your back or I might decide to take it out on your face." I said to her.
"Lor, we got cops! Get outta there!" I heard Kaylee yell.
Even though it wasn't much of a fight, I knew it would still be one to the cops. I quickly got off of Paige and rejoined my crew. We ran as fast as we could until we got into a small park. Standing in the trees so we couldn't be seen, we collapsed to catch our breath.
"Smooth, you haven't even been back for a full week and you are already fighting again." Kaylee said laughing.
"Oops, my bad." I said laughing.
We decided to skip school for the rest of the day. Paige wouldn't tell who she was fighting with, she knew better. But the cops had gotten a look of me and might be around.
After school I walked home slowly. It was a long walk, I was suppose to take the bus but walking is better then being home. When I got home my mom was there already starting supper. As usual she didn't even look me as I grabbed an apple before heading to my room. I didn't really mind that part because usally is she said something to me, it wasn't very nice.
I ate my apple as I worked on my homework. Before I knew it my mom was calling my name, supper was ready. My dad was home and didn't say hi to me either, typical. I ate without saying anything, I just stared at my plate. I went back to my room again to play with my computer.
Sure enough about an hour later the silence was broken. I could here my parents screaming back and forth even though my door was shut. I did make out bits and pieces of the conversation.
"She was a mistake" the rest was muffled then "social services!" That was my dads voice.
"Its just a matter of time before she gets in trouble again!" My mom yelled.
I pushed my black hair out of my eyes as I flopped down on my bed. I grabbed my discman and put my earphones on. I turned the sound up as loud as it could go. I fell asleep listening to this song.
I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
Hope it's over when I open them
I want the things that I had before
Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again
Hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
Hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry
Close my eyes when I go to bed
And I dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world's so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
Tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it's all okay
I laugh aloud so my friends won't know
When the bell rings I just don't wanna go home
Go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I don't believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world is so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you say
That I will understand someday
No, no, no, no
I don't wanna hear you say
You both have grown in a different way
No, no, no, no
I don't wanna meet your friends
And I don't wanna start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Some days I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now...
I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I mean sure I can change peoples passwords and change desktops and stuff but it just wasn't fun. I noticed the teacher coming around the corner so I quickly closed what I was doing and opened up an extra page.
"Lauren? Are you done your work already?" The teacher asked me looking over my shoulder.
I just rolled my eyes at her and twirled my pen in my fingers. Once she was satisfied with my work she walked on. Teachers had been weird like this all week. I guess they all knew I had been sent to a correctional camp. I looked at my computer screen, but this time I noticed something wrong. I backspaced 'By:Type' and put 'By:Lauren'.
We still had another twenty minutes left so I got back into the mainframe and found the network for my best friends computer. She was sitting two rows across from me.
"I think I am going to die of boredom.-Lor" I typed the msg and sent it to her with a link for her to sent a msg to my computer.
"No kiddin'. Christ, I can't figure out this html thing. Can you send me a copy to hand in?-Kaylee
"Sure, np. So, whats the schedule for lunch?-Lor" I replied, attaching a copy for the html.
"Two senior guys are fighting at 11:30 in DQ's parking lot. Then two junior girls are fighting at 12. It won't be much of a fight though.-Kaylee"
"Wicked, signing off now. Meet you by our lockers.-Lor"
Once signing off I grabbed my kit bag and left when the bell rang. As I made my way through the halls, I knew alot of people were watching me. They knew I was a JD even though I didn't really look the part. I was short, I mean really short, 5'1.
I threw my kitbag in my locker and met Kaylee at the staircase. As we made our way to the door, the rest of our crew met up with us. In total, there were 7 of us, three girls, four guys. They seemed to be the only ones who were comfortable with me anymore.
We made our way to DQ to watch the guys fight. It was about a 15 minute walk there. There are always cops patroling around the school during lunch so we had to go far to fight.
The fight didn't last very long, considering one guy fought the entire time from his back. We were waiting for the next fight to start when I heard someone behind me.
"They finally let you out of your cage, I see." A cold voice said from behind me.
I knew who it was even before I turned around. Paige MacPhee stared back at me, a smug grin on her face. Me and her had always been at each others throats since junior high. Just looking at her pissed me off.
"You should be the one in the cage, I mean with a face like that." I said shrugging.
"You better watch your mouth or I will screw up your face even more then it already is." Paige said, approaching me.
She wasn't all that tall either, on a few inches taller then me. I had fought her before, she was all talk and no skills.
"Your gonna screw up my face?" I asked laughing.
I stopped laughing appruptly and threw the first punch. It connected with her nose and a painfull crack could be heard.
"You bitch!" She yelled and tried to throw a punch at me. Her nose was bleeding heavily so she couldn't see very well. She stumbled forward and I was on top of her in a minute.
"You know what? Being in a 'cage' for so long really pissed me off. So you should watch your mouth and your back or I might decide to take it out on your face." I said to her.
"Lor, we got cops! Get outta there!" I heard Kaylee yell.
Even though it wasn't much of a fight, I knew it would still be one to the cops. I quickly got off of Paige and rejoined my crew. We ran as fast as we could until we got into a small park. Standing in the trees so we couldn't be seen, we collapsed to catch our breath.
"Smooth, you haven't even been back for a full week and you are already fighting again." Kaylee said laughing.
"Oops, my bad." I said laughing.
We decided to skip school for the rest of the day. Paige wouldn't tell who she was fighting with, she knew better. But the cops had gotten a look of me and might be around.
After school I walked home slowly. It was a long walk, I was suppose to take the bus but walking is better then being home. When I got home my mom was there already starting supper. As usual she didn't even look me as I grabbed an apple before heading to my room. I didn't really mind that part because usally is she said something to me, it wasn't very nice.
I ate my apple as I worked on my homework. Before I knew it my mom was calling my name, supper was ready. My dad was home and didn't say hi to me either, typical. I ate without saying anything, I just stared at my plate. I went back to my room again to play with my computer.
Sure enough about an hour later the silence was broken. I could here my parents screaming back and forth even though my door was shut. I did make out bits and pieces of the conversation.
"She was a mistake" the rest was muffled then "social services!" That was my dads voice.
"Its just a matter of time before she gets in trouble again!" My mom yelled.
I pushed my black hair out of my eyes as I flopped down on my bed. I grabbed my discman and put my earphones on. I turned the sound up as loud as it could go. I fell asleep listening to this song.
I close my eyes when I get too sad
I think thoughts that I know are bad
Close my eyes and I count to ten
Hope it's over when I open them
I want the things that I had before
Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door
I wish I could count to ten
Make everything be wonderful again
Hope my mom and I hope my dad
Will figure out why they get so mad
Hear them scream, I hear them fight
They say bad words that make me wanna cry
Close my eyes when I go to bed
And I dream of angels who make me smile
I feel better when I hear them say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world's so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
Tell me everything is wonderful now
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now
I go to school and I run and play
I tell the kids that it's all okay
I laugh aloud so my friends won't know
When the bell rings I just don't wanna go home
Go to my room and I close my eyes
I make believe that I have a new life
I don't believe you when you say
Everything will be wonderful someday
Promises mean everything when you're little
And the world is so big
I just don't understand how
You can smile with all those tears in your eyes
When you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
No
No, I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now
I don't wanna hear you say
That I will understand someday
No, no, no, no
I don't wanna hear you say
You both have grown in a different way
No, no, no, no
I don't wanna meet your friends
And I don't wanna start over again
I just want my life to be the same
Just like it used to be
Some days I hate everything
I hate everything
Everyone and everything
Please don't tell me everything is wonderful now...
I don't wanna hear you tell me everything is wonderful now