Alanna sighed. First day of high school. It didn't help that her family had just moved to town last month, she hadn't had the chance to meet anyone yet. Her twin brother Thom was going to a private high school about for hours away with a scolarship.
Alanna sat on the end of her bed,in her blue jeans and black shirt. She didn't care what she wore as long as it was comfortable.Alanna was a tomboy; she loved sports,skateboarding, and couldn't care less about dresses and makeup. As well she couldn't stand how girls just stood around gawking at guys. Guys were good for playing hockey with, not judging which ones had better hair. She couldn't be more differnt than her twin brother.
Thom was a gifted student, who's life revolved around school. He the quiet type and preferred doing math problems then watching sports. Alanna didn't care about her grades. As long as she kept her grades at a average score she was fine.
"ALANNA," Coram yelled from the kitchen "You're going to be late!"
Coram was a close friend of her fathers. Her father was a scientist and spent most of his time at the lab, trying to invent who knows what. When he was home he was resting from his work. The twins and their father barley talked to each other, let alone saw each other.
"Coming" Alanna yelled back.
She ran out of her room,slamming the door and down the hard wood stairs into the kitchen and began eating breakfast as her brother came down.
"Morin Alanna, Morin Coram" Thom said.
Alanna thought Thom was extremly lucky. He didn't start school until next week. He was leaving in three days; he was going to live on campus.
"Come on Alanna cheer up" Thom said.He could tell by the look in his sisters eyes that she was dreading the first day.
"Easy for you to say. You don't start school till next week" Alanna complained.
"Come on, Alanna you'll be late for the bus" Coram said.
"OK OK " Alanna grumbled, as she pick up her bag and headed for the door. "Bye, see you after school"
Alanna left her house and walked to her bus stop at the end of her street. She noticed a bunch of other kids were coming to the same stop.A few of them seemed to be Alanna's age, but Alanna didn't ask them to confirm it. The bus pulled up and the kids pilled onto the bus. Alanna sat down in the crowded,loud, bus when another boy came and sat next to her.
"You're a freshman aren't you" the boy asked.
"Yeah" Alanna replied."How'd you know?"
"Well I've never seen you before,and I didn't think you moved in the middle of high school. Anyways I'm Gary and you are?" he said, smiling.
"Alanna" she replied.
"So Alanna did you just move here." Gary asked.
"Yeah last month" Alanna replied
"You planning on trying out for the cheerleading team"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!" Alanna yelled.
"Wow calm down" Gary said.
"Sorry it's just I can't stand all that stuff with the skirts and all. I prefer playing the sport, not cheering for the players" Alanna said.
"Really eh? What's you fav sport" Gary asked.
"Well I really like hockey" Alanna replied.
"Cool I love hockey. Captian of my team" Gary said.
They bus continued along the bumpy roads, making stops adding more yells to the bus, until finally the bus stopped in front of the school. The students rushed to exit the bus, leading into a big heap of pushy teenagers. The bell rang in a matter of mintues and Alanna scurried off to obtain her schedule and locker number.
After much pushing through crowds,and getting lost, Alanna got her schedule and found her locker.
"Err this dumb locker won't open" Alanna said as she cursed under her breath. Suddenly a boy came up and hit the locker and it opened.
"How did you do that?" Alanna asked, shocked.
"I had that locker last year. They moved me but normally you keep your locker for the four years you're here." The boy said. "I'm Jon. What's your name?"
"Alanna" she replied.
"Well, I need to get to my own classes, catch ya later" Jon said as he went to his own locker.
"HEY Alanna" someone yelled, who ounded familar to Alanna.
Alanna turned around to see Gary walk up to her.
"YO my locker's right next yours" Gary said.
Alanna checked her schedule Math, English, Lunch, History and Science. Alanna was pretty good at math but her worst subject was English. She headed off to math class, hoping she would find her way around without getting lost.
After doing her best to not get lost, she headed towards the cafeteria. SHe hadn't got lost yet but she was keeping notes to remeber all her teachers and where all her classrooms were.
She bought her self her lunch and glacned at the crowded caf,looking for a place were she could eat her lunch. She saw Gary and Jon and she when over to there table hoping they would let her sit. Gary seemed really nice and Alanna hoped she would be able to get to know him better.
"Hey Alanna" Gary said as she sat down. "How was your day so far? Didn't get lost did ya?"
"Not bad. Better then I had expected. And no I did manage to get all my classes on time" Alanna answered.
"Oh I didn't introduce you to everyone. I heard you already met Jon. That's Raoul and that's Alex" Gary said.
Alanna and the rest of the guys began exchanging stories of their summers, then making their prediction for the NHL turnouts. the lunch bell rang and many students began to turn in every dirsction all scrambling to get to their classes on time.Alanna went off, using the directions Gary had gave her, in search of the History classroom. She quickly entered and sat down, not reconzing very many people. The teacher walked in as the class became silent. Her teacher looked quite old. She found his name was Mr, Oalu but everyone called him Myles. She enjoyed her first History class, Myles was a good teacher and made History much more exciting.
After her first history class came science.After the somewhat boring class she finally exited the school and borded the bus. She saw Jon whoo waved to her. She made her way and sat down, remembered seeing him at her bus stop.
"So Alanna how was your day?" Jon asked as the bus began to move.
"Not bad." Alanna answered.
"Well I really didn't get to talk to you much at lunch. So when did you move here?" he asked.
"Last month" Alanna answered.
"Hey I saw you move in. Do you have a brother?" Jon asked
"Yeah he's my twin but he went to a private school because he got a scholarship" Alanna said.
The two talked the bus ride home until finally it was there stop. Alanna said goodbye to her three new friends (Raoul also took the same bus as Gary, Alanna and Jon.) and then ran to her house. She though that this year wouldn't be so bad after all. She needed to get used to this.
Authors note- this is the second version of this chapter as i Re did it because the old version seemed well my worst story.. hehe..
Alanna sat on the end of her bed,in her blue jeans and black shirt. She didn't care what she wore as long as it was comfortable.Alanna was a tomboy; she loved sports,skateboarding, and couldn't care less about dresses and makeup. As well she couldn't stand how girls just stood around gawking at guys. Guys were good for playing hockey with, not judging which ones had better hair. She couldn't be more differnt than her twin brother.
Thom was a gifted student, who's life revolved around school. He the quiet type and preferred doing math problems then watching sports. Alanna didn't care about her grades. As long as she kept her grades at a average score she was fine.
"ALANNA," Coram yelled from the kitchen "You're going to be late!"
Coram was a close friend of her fathers. Her father was a scientist and spent most of his time at the lab, trying to invent who knows what. When he was home he was resting from his work. The twins and their father barley talked to each other, let alone saw each other.
"Coming" Alanna yelled back.
She ran out of her room,slamming the door and down the hard wood stairs into the kitchen and began eating breakfast as her brother came down.
"Morin Alanna, Morin Coram" Thom said.
Alanna thought Thom was extremly lucky. He didn't start school until next week. He was leaving in three days; he was going to live on campus.
"Come on Alanna cheer up" Thom said.He could tell by the look in his sisters eyes that she was dreading the first day.
"Easy for you to say. You don't start school till next week" Alanna complained.
"Come on, Alanna you'll be late for the bus" Coram said.
"OK OK " Alanna grumbled, as she pick up her bag and headed for the door. "Bye, see you after school"
Alanna left her house and walked to her bus stop at the end of her street. She noticed a bunch of other kids were coming to the same stop.A few of them seemed to be Alanna's age, but Alanna didn't ask them to confirm it. The bus pulled up and the kids pilled onto the bus. Alanna sat down in the crowded,loud, bus when another boy came and sat next to her.
"You're a freshman aren't you" the boy asked.
"Yeah" Alanna replied."How'd you know?"
"Well I've never seen you before,and I didn't think you moved in the middle of high school. Anyways I'm Gary and you are?" he said, smiling.
"Alanna" she replied.
"So Alanna did you just move here." Gary asked.
"Yeah last month" Alanna replied
"You planning on trying out for the cheerleading team"
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!" Alanna yelled.
"Wow calm down" Gary said.
"Sorry it's just I can't stand all that stuff with the skirts and all. I prefer playing the sport, not cheering for the players" Alanna said.
"Really eh? What's you fav sport" Gary asked.
"Well I really like hockey" Alanna replied.
"Cool I love hockey. Captian of my team" Gary said.
They bus continued along the bumpy roads, making stops adding more yells to the bus, until finally the bus stopped in front of the school. The students rushed to exit the bus, leading into a big heap of pushy teenagers. The bell rang in a matter of mintues and Alanna scurried off to obtain her schedule and locker number.
After much pushing through crowds,and getting lost, Alanna got her schedule and found her locker.
"Err this dumb locker won't open" Alanna said as she cursed under her breath. Suddenly a boy came up and hit the locker and it opened.
"How did you do that?" Alanna asked, shocked.
"I had that locker last year. They moved me but normally you keep your locker for the four years you're here." The boy said. "I'm Jon. What's your name?"
"Alanna" she replied.
"Well, I need to get to my own classes, catch ya later" Jon said as he went to his own locker.
"HEY Alanna" someone yelled, who ounded familar to Alanna.
Alanna turned around to see Gary walk up to her.
"YO my locker's right next yours" Gary said.
Alanna checked her schedule Math, English, Lunch, History and Science. Alanna was pretty good at math but her worst subject was English. She headed off to math class, hoping she would find her way around without getting lost.
After doing her best to not get lost, she headed towards the cafeteria. SHe hadn't got lost yet but she was keeping notes to remeber all her teachers and where all her classrooms were.
She bought her self her lunch and glacned at the crowded caf,looking for a place were she could eat her lunch. She saw Gary and Jon and she when over to there table hoping they would let her sit. Gary seemed really nice and Alanna hoped she would be able to get to know him better.
"Hey Alanna" Gary said as she sat down. "How was your day so far? Didn't get lost did ya?"
"Not bad. Better then I had expected. And no I did manage to get all my classes on time" Alanna answered.
"Oh I didn't introduce you to everyone. I heard you already met Jon. That's Raoul and that's Alex" Gary said.
Alanna and the rest of the guys began exchanging stories of their summers, then making their prediction for the NHL turnouts. the lunch bell rang and many students began to turn in every dirsction all scrambling to get to their classes on time.Alanna went off, using the directions Gary had gave her, in search of the History classroom. She quickly entered and sat down, not reconzing very many people. The teacher walked in as the class became silent. Her teacher looked quite old. She found his name was Mr, Oalu but everyone called him Myles. She enjoyed her first History class, Myles was a good teacher and made History much more exciting.
After her first history class came science.After the somewhat boring class she finally exited the school and borded the bus. She saw Jon whoo waved to her. She made her way and sat down, remembered seeing him at her bus stop.
"So Alanna how was your day?" Jon asked as the bus began to move.
"Not bad." Alanna answered.
"Well I really didn't get to talk to you much at lunch. So when did you move here?" he asked.
"Last month" Alanna answered.
"Hey I saw you move in. Do you have a brother?" Jon asked
"Yeah he's my twin but he went to a private school because he got a scholarship" Alanna said.
The two talked the bus ride home until finally it was there stop. Alanna said goodbye to her three new friends (Raoul also took the same bus as Gary, Alanna and Jon.) and then ran to her house. She though that this year wouldn't be so bad after all. She needed to get used to this.
Authors note- this is the second version of this chapter as i Re did it because the old version seemed well my worst story.. hehe..