After homeroom, the class dispersed to thier first period classes.
Sean and Lauren walked slowly through the hall.
"Whatcha got?" asked Sean.
"French III" said Lauren cringing.
"Ehh. I've got remedial Algebra."
"You win." Lauren said. Sean laughed. They stopped outside of Lauren's french classroom.
"Um...see you later, Lauren." said Sean quietly, staring deep into Lauren's eyes. He took her hand and squeezed it, giving her a slow smile before turning to hurry to class. Lauren watched him go, then went into class, sighing as she took her seat in the back.
"Today we're going to be learning how to conjugate the imperitive tense." said Mrs. Mahoney, the strict teacher with a heavy French accent.
"It's imperitive that this class go by as quickly as possible so I can get to computer essentials. With Sean." thought Lauren, dazing off.
"Hey...Mahoney is going to catch you if you keep gazing into space like that." said a friendly voice next to her. It was that girl Manny who had been at Craig's that night.
"Oh...I must have gotten lost in my thoughts." said Lauren, reluctantly pulling herself out of her day dream.
"This is the last class that you would want to doze off in. Last time someone fell asleep, she made sure they failed her class and had to stay back a whole year."
"Eesh. Harsh." Lauren said startled.
"Yeah, I know. That was years ago...since then I haven't heard of anyone even missing a homework assignment for her class."
"Woah."
"So what were ya thinkin' about. Or should I say who? Or is that too obvious a question..."
"What? Oh, you mean Sean...no, I was just thinking about...God how does everyone know already?"
"Good news travels fast. Especially about the new kid. And especially if there's any drama related to it."
"Drama?"
"Emma."
"But Sean said that there wasn't anything between them anymore."
"To tell you the truth...there's not. But Emma is really possesive. Don't tell her I said that. I mean she's my best friend. But sometime's she's hard to handle. She kinda just goes with her gut a lot. And it's not always the right thing to do."
"Well I don't want any drama, and I don't want to be known as the girl who stole Emma's boyfriend, but I'm not one to give up on a good thing just cuz' other people are jelous."
"Good. Cuz' she'll get over it. I mean she hasn't even mentioned him for the past couple of months. It's been Craig this, Craig that."
"Craig?"
"Yep."
"I kinda got the vibe that you two-"
"Eh let's not go there. It's a sticky situation. Craig is a total hottie and a nice guy and he likes me and everything, but even though YOU may be ready to stand up to the wrath of Emma, I'm so not."
Lauren chuckled. "So...you're just going to forget about him?"
"Oh..I wouldnt say that..." said Manny secretively.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not sure I should tell you..."
"Aw, come on, I'm new, I don't know anyone to tell."
"Alright...I guess you're cool. Well, Craig and I have actually been seeing eachother on the sly for like two weeks now."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah! Isn't it so Romeo and Juliet?"
"Definitely...that's so cute! Actually I was in the same situation back at my old school as you are, but that ended badly. I'd rather not talk about it."
"I understand. Doesn't matter anymore though, right? I mean ya got Sean. And he's definitly one of the hotter kid's in our school, even if he has a reputation for being a bit rowdy..."
"What do you mean?"
"Well do you know the reason why him and Emma broke up?"
"No..."
"Well, you know Jimmy, right?"
"I think so...basket ball fanatic?"
"Right. Well him and Sean got into an intense fight and Emma tried to stop it and Sean sorta pushed her down into some leaves."
"That's grounds for breaking up?"
"I guess it is for Emma. But thier relationship had been a bit rocky as it was."
"Ooh. Well, he's been great to me so far. I don't see one thing wrong with him."
"Aww, that's so cute. Corny, but cute." They both laughed.
"I hope the two of you enjoyed your little conversation, becasue you'll be continuing it with me to-"
RRRRIIIINNNNGGG
"Oops, gotta go, sorry Mrs. Mahoney, we'll talk later!" said Manny quickly, pulling Lauren out the door with her.
"We were THIS close to major trouble." said Manny laughing.
"I don't know what I would have done if I had to repeat 11 th grade." laughed Lauren.
"Hey girls. Parlez-vous Francaise?" said a cheerfull voice behind them.
"Oui, tres bein aussi!" answered Manny as the girls turned around to face Craig.
"What's up?" asked Craig, giving the slightest wink to Manny who beamed, looking away.
"Well, I have to get to computer essentials, see you two there!" said Lauren, excusing herself from the couple. She couldn't think of a better match. Both were always so happy and optimistic. She ran to her locker to drop off her French book and found a not stuck in her locker door. It read "Lauren- Somehow I think our little talk had no point what so ever..so this
is a written warning. BACK OFF.
Emma."
"Back off my ass." thought Lauren to herself as she hastily slung her purse over her shoulder and went to the computer lab. One of the first in, she grabbed a chair up front. People started filing in groups at a time. Fianally, Lauren spotted Sean.
"Hey" he said,squeezing her shoulder slightly as he pulled out the seat next to her.
"Hey." she said, smiling at him sweetly.
"How was French?"
"Actually it was fun. I had a nice conversation with Manny."
"Yeah, she's nice. She doesn't make opinions on people she doesn't know." He said pointedly refering to Emma who was sitting two rows behind them.
"Hey man!" said Craig coming in with Manny and Spinner.
"Dude. Guess what." said Spinner, excitedly shaking Sean's shoulder.
"Uhh, Spinner...I think Jimmy's wants to see you. Look, see? He just called you. Go...go fraternize."
"Yo, Jimster!" said Spinner, walking away from the four, just as Emma came up, and sat next to Manny.
"I guess you didn't see me Manny." she said.
"Sorry." Manny apoligized, shurgging her shoulders.
"What was Spinner about to say?" Sean asked Craig curiously.
"N-nothing. Probably some plot he had to get back at someone as usual, you know?"
"Are you sure? It sounded big."
"I'm sure Craig's right." Lauren said, giving Manny a nervous glance.
"Whatever." said Sean. Manny pressed her palms together mouthing thank you to Lauren while Sean wasn't looking. Emma, however, noticed. She shot a hurt look at Manny and turned to her computer and started working on homework.
"Alirhgt class, settle. I don't care if you talk quietly, but make sure you're working on your projects."
"So...what exactly do we do in this class?" Lauren asked Sean.
"Well, right now, we're making power point's on whatever topic you want."
"That's cool. What did you choose?"
"Irvine Welsh. My favorite author."
"Trainspotting. Very good book."
"Yeah. I saw the movie when I was like ten."Sean said.
"And it didn't scar you for life?" Lauren asked with a grin.
"Naw, I saw some pretty rough things living with my parents, and they were much more realistic then what I saw on the screen."
"What made you so infatuated with the movie at such a young age?"
"Well I didn't really understand much of it. All I understood was that Renton got away from a bad life. And that was all I wanted back then."
"That why your family moved here?"
"My family didn't move here. I moved in with my brother."
"Oh. Well it doesn't matter how you got out, it's that you did it that matters, right?"
"Yea." said Sean, half heartedly. "So what are you going to do yours on?" He said, trying to change the subject.
"Ewan McGregor." said Lauren.
"As in the guy who played Renton?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because he was your inspiration." said Lauren, turning to her computer to start working. Sean looked at her for a few secconds longer. He hadn't ever met anyone quite like her. She could take a simple phrase and make it so powerful that you felt that she had conjured the words up herself to fit the occation exactly.
"Whatcha got?" asked Sean.
"French III" said Lauren cringing.
"Ehh. I've got remedial Algebra."
"You win." Lauren said. Sean laughed. They stopped outside of Lauren's french classroom.
"Um...see you later, Lauren." said Sean quietly, staring deep into Lauren's eyes. He took her hand and squeezed it, giving her a slow smile before turning to hurry to class. Lauren watched him go, then went into class, sighing as she took her seat in the back.
"Today we're going to be learning how to conjugate the imperitive tense." said Mrs. Mahoney, the strict teacher with a heavy French accent.
"It's imperitive that this class go by as quickly as possible so I can get to computer essentials. With Sean." thought Lauren, dazing off.
"Hey...Mahoney is going to catch you if you keep gazing into space like that." said a friendly voice next to her. It was that girl Manny who had been at Craig's that night.
"Oh...I must have gotten lost in my thoughts." said Lauren, reluctantly pulling herself out of her day dream.
"This is the last class that you would want to doze off in. Last time someone fell asleep, she made sure they failed her class and had to stay back a whole year."
"Eesh. Harsh." Lauren said startled.
"Yeah, I know. That was years ago...since then I haven't heard of anyone even missing a homework assignment for her class."
"Woah."
"So what were ya thinkin' about. Or should I say who? Or is that too obvious a question..."
"What? Oh, you mean Sean...no, I was just thinking about...God how does everyone know already?"
"Good news travels fast. Especially about the new kid. And especially if there's any drama related to it."
"Drama?"
"Emma."
"But Sean said that there wasn't anything between them anymore."
"To tell you the truth...there's not. But Emma is really possesive. Don't tell her I said that. I mean she's my best friend. But sometime's she's hard to handle. She kinda just goes with her gut a lot. And it's not always the right thing to do."
"Well I don't want any drama, and I don't want to be known as the girl who stole Emma's boyfriend, but I'm not one to give up on a good thing just cuz' other people are jelous."
"Good. Cuz' she'll get over it. I mean she hasn't even mentioned him for the past couple of months. It's been Craig this, Craig that."
"Craig?"
"Yep."
"I kinda got the vibe that you two-"
"Eh let's not go there. It's a sticky situation. Craig is a total hottie and a nice guy and he likes me and everything, but even though YOU may be ready to stand up to the wrath of Emma, I'm so not."
Lauren chuckled. "So...you're just going to forget about him?"
"Oh..I wouldnt say that..." said Manny secretively.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm not sure I should tell you..."
"Aw, come on, I'm new, I don't know anyone to tell."
"Alright...I guess you're cool. Well, Craig and I have actually been seeing eachother on the sly for like two weeks now."
"Seriously?"
"Yeah! Isn't it so Romeo and Juliet?"
"Definitely...that's so cute! Actually I was in the same situation back at my old school as you are, but that ended badly. I'd rather not talk about it."
"I understand. Doesn't matter anymore though, right? I mean ya got Sean. And he's definitly one of the hotter kid's in our school, even if he has a reputation for being a bit rowdy..."
"What do you mean?"
"Well do you know the reason why him and Emma broke up?"
"No..."
"Well, you know Jimmy, right?"
"I think so...basket ball fanatic?"
"Right. Well him and Sean got into an intense fight and Emma tried to stop it and Sean sorta pushed her down into some leaves."
"That's grounds for breaking up?"
"I guess it is for Emma. But thier relationship had been a bit rocky as it was."
"Ooh. Well, he's been great to me so far. I don't see one thing wrong with him."
"Aww, that's so cute. Corny, but cute." They both laughed.
"I hope the two of you enjoyed your little conversation, becasue you'll be continuing it with me to-"
RRRRIIIINNNNGGG
"Oops, gotta go, sorry Mrs. Mahoney, we'll talk later!" said Manny quickly, pulling Lauren out the door with her.
"We were THIS close to major trouble." said Manny laughing.
"I don't know what I would have done if I had to repeat 11 th grade." laughed Lauren.
"Hey girls. Parlez-vous Francaise?" said a cheerfull voice behind them.
"Oui, tres bein aussi!" answered Manny as the girls turned around to face Craig.
"What's up?" asked Craig, giving the slightest wink to Manny who beamed, looking away.
"Well, I have to get to computer essentials, see you two there!" said Lauren, excusing herself from the couple. She couldn't think of a better match. Both were always so happy and optimistic. She ran to her locker to drop off her French book and found a not stuck in her locker door. It read "Lauren- Somehow I think our little talk had no point what so ever..so this
is a written warning. BACK OFF.
Emma."
"Back off my ass." thought Lauren to herself as she hastily slung her purse over her shoulder and went to the computer lab. One of the first in, she grabbed a chair up front. People started filing in groups at a time. Fianally, Lauren spotted Sean.
"Hey" he said,squeezing her shoulder slightly as he pulled out the seat next to her.
"Hey." she said, smiling at him sweetly.
"How was French?"
"Actually it was fun. I had a nice conversation with Manny."
"Yeah, she's nice. She doesn't make opinions on people she doesn't know." He said pointedly refering to Emma who was sitting two rows behind them.
"Hey man!" said Craig coming in with Manny and Spinner.
"Dude. Guess what." said Spinner, excitedly shaking Sean's shoulder.
"Uhh, Spinner...I think Jimmy's wants to see you. Look, see? He just called you. Go...go fraternize."
"Yo, Jimster!" said Spinner, walking away from the four, just as Emma came up, and sat next to Manny.
"I guess you didn't see me Manny." she said.
"Sorry." Manny apoligized, shurgging her shoulders.
"What was Spinner about to say?" Sean asked Craig curiously.
"N-nothing. Probably some plot he had to get back at someone as usual, you know?"
"Are you sure? It sounded big."
"I'm sure Craig's right." Lauren said, giving Manny a nervous glance.
"Whatever." said Sean. Manny pressed her palms together mouthing thank you to Lauren while Sean wasn't looking. Emma, however, noticed. She shot a hurt look at Manny and turned to her computer and started working on homework.
"Alirhgt class, settle. I don't care if you talk quietly, but make sure you're working on your projects."
"So...what exactly do we do in this class?" Lauren asked Sean.
"Well, right now, we're making power point's on whatever topic you want."
"That's cool. What did you choose?"
"Irvine Welsh. My favorite author."
"Trainspotting. Very good book."
"Yeah. I saw the movie when I was like ten."Sean said.
"And it didn't scar you for life?" Lauren asked with a grin.
"Naw, I saw some pretty rough things living with my parents, and they were much more realistic then what I saw on the screen."
"What made you so infatuated with the movie at such a young age?"
"Well I didn't really understand much of it. All I understood was that Renton got away from a bad life. And that was all I wanted back then."
"That why your family moved here?"
"My family didn't move here. I moved in with my brother."
"Oh. Well it doesn't matter how you got out, it's that you did it that matters, right?"
"Yea." said Sean, half heartedly. "So what are you going to do yours on?" He said, trying to change the subject.
"Ewan McGregor." said Lauren.
"As in the guy who played Renton?"
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Because he was your inspiration." said Lauren, turning to her computer to start working. Sean looked at her for a few secconds longer. He hadn't ever met anyone quite like her. She could take a simple phrase and make it so powerful that you felt that she had conjured the words up herself to fit the occation exactly.