Chapter 7
"Dang Sango, you look tired." Miroku looked Sango over; she was a mess.
"Yeah, bad night last night. Okay, lets get to work on this paper people. Miroku, how's that comic strip going?"
"Great. I finished three comics, and I'm going to make one more, then I'm pretty sure I'll be done."
"I just checked on the poll outside; there's nearly two-hundred answers! I'm going to take them home and count them out tonight. Tomorrow I can start making the results into a bar graph. Also, I've got two of the articles written. My appointment with the principal is on Wednesday. That night I'll type the two interviews together and fix it up."
"Sounds great. I have my pictures getting developed at Wal-Mart." Sango smiled as Mrs. Youngblood passed, "So Thursday we'll go to the computer lab and put this baby together!"
"Sounds great." Kagome lowered her voice to talk to Sango, "Hey, what's your AIM screen name?"
"Oh, I don't have one. My mom thinks it's unsafe. She also "knows" I will get addicted like everyone else and, since the only internet connection is in her room, I'll want to be on it all the time."
"Wow. I have my own laptop and it has a wireless connection. It's pretty slow, but it works."
"I think I'm going to ask for a laptop for Christmas, then I'll buy the wireless connection card."
"You know how?"
"I'll figure it out." They both laughed. Miroku looked over at them and rolled his eyes.
"You girls laugh too much." He muttered, only making them laugh harder.
*****
"You have seventeen fifty left."
"Thanks." Sango walked over to where Miroku had told her to meet him. She found Miroku sitting at an otherwise empty table in the far corner. She remembered noticing at the beginning of the year that no one ever sat here. This is perfect. She thought as she walked up to the table and sat across from him.
"Hey."
"Hey, you look better than you did in first period."
"Yeah, I had PE and I took a shower and stuff then. And now I'm a bit more awake."
"That's good. Hey, did you get my email?"
"No, I didn't have a chance to get on the computer last night. It's in my mom's room, so I don't get on much."
"Bummer."
"Was it something important?"
"No," he looked up at the ceiling, "Just asking if you wanted to go to the prom with me. No biggie."
Sango laughed, "Of course. I would love to go to the prom with you. Besides, with whom else would I go with?"
"Well, you'd be surprised..." he muttered, barely audible.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing. So anyway, I finished the comic strips, I thought you might like to read them." He pulled out two sheets of paper, both filled with comic strips. "I made a few more than four so we could chose which ones we like best."
Sango took them and read while she ate a grilled cheese sandwich. She laughed and sandwich bits went flying. Her hand shot to her mouth as Miroku laughed. "You really are hilarious."
With her mouth still full, she managed, "Gee fanks." Sango continued to read the comic strip. She swallowed her mouthful and looked at Miroku, "Do you have a pencil?"
"Yeah." He tossed her one and she started making tally marks on the comics she liked. "I'll let Kagome read them next period and give them to you after school."
"Great. Hey, its time to go."
"I really they need to extend the lunch time to thirty minutes." She said as they walked to the trashcan, "Twenty minutes just isn't enough."
"Yeah. So what do you have next?"
"Video Production. You?"
"Reading."
"Cool. Hey, I'll see you after school, 'kay?"
"'Kay. Bye." Miroku waved as he took his turn towards the tenth grade hallway. Sango continued towards the senior hallway.
She walked into the Video Production room and over to her and Kagome's table where Kagome already sat. "Hey Kagome. I got something for you to read." She handed her friend the two pieces of paper.
After a few good laughs, and finishing the comics, Kagome laughed again, "These are great!"
"Yeah, Miroku's really talented. Hey, mark off a four of your favorites, and those will go in the paper." Kagome got out a pen and marked the same comics as Sango.
"Well that's settled."
"Good afternoon people. Everyone get seated and quiet down, I need to take roll!"
"Dang Sango, you look tired." Miroku looked Sango over; she was a mess.
"Yeah, bad night last night. Okay, lets get to work on this paper people. Miroku, how's that comic strip going?"
"Great. I finished three comics, and I'm going to make one more, then I'm pretty sure I'll be done."
"I just checked on the poll outside; there's nearly two-hundred answers! I'm going to take them home and count them out tonight. Tomorrow I can start making the results into a bar graph. Also, I've got two of the articles written. My appointment with the principal is on Wednesday. That night I'll type the two interviews together and fix it up."
"Sounds great. I have my pictures getting developed at Wal-Mart." Sango smiled as Mrs. Youngblood passed, "So Thursday we'll go to the computer lab and put this baby together!"
"Sounds great." Kagome lowered her voice to talk to Sango, "Hey, what's your AIM screen name?"
"Oh, I don't have one. My mom thinks it's unsafe. She also "knows" I will get addicted like everyone else and, since the only internet connection is in her room, I'll want to be on it all the time."
"Wow. I have my own laptop and it has a wireless connection. It's pretty slow, but it works."
"I think I'm going to ask for a laptop for Christmas, then I'll buy the wireless connection card."
"You know how?"
"I'll figure it out." They both laughed. Miroku looked over at them and rolled his eyes.
"You girls laugh too much." He muttered, only making them laugh harder.
*****
"You have seventeen fifty left."
"Thanks." Sango walked over to where Miroku had told her to meet him. She found Miroku sitting at an otherwise empty table in the far corner. She remembered noticing at the beginning of the year that no one ever sat here. This is perfect. She thought as she walked up to the table and sat across from him.
"Hey."
"Hey, you look better than you did in first period."
"Yeah, I had PE and I took a shower and stuff then. And now I'm a bit more awake."
"That's good. Hey, did you get my email?"
"No, I didn't have a chance to get on the computer last night. It's in my mom's room, so I don't get on much."
"Bummer."
"Was it something important?"
"No," he looked up at the ceiling, "Just asking if you wanted to go to the prom with me. No biggie."
Sango laughed, "Of course. I would love to go to the prom with you. Besides, with whom else would I go with?"
"Well, you'd be surprised..." he muttered, barely audible.
"What?"
"Oh, nothing. So anyway, I finished the comic strips, I thought you might like to read them." He pulled out two sheets of paper, both filled with comic strips. "I made a few more than four so we could chose which ones we like best."
Sango took them and read while she ate a grilled cheese sandwich. She laughed and sandwich bits went flying. Her hand shot to her mouth as Miroku laughed. "You really are hilarious."
With her mouth still full, she managed, "Gee fanks." Sango continued to read the comic strip. She swallowed her mouthful and looked at Miroku, "Do you have a pencil?"
"Yeah." He tossed her one and she started making tally marks on the comics she liked. "I'll let Kagome read them next period and give them to you after school."
"Great. Hey, its time to go."
"I really they need to extend the lunch time to thirty minutes." She said as they walked to the trashcan, "Twenty minutes just isn't enough."
"Yeah. So what do you have next?"
"Video Production. You?"
"Reading."
"Cool. Hey, I'll see you after school, 'kay?"
"'Kay. Bye." Miroku waved as he took his turn towards the tenth grade hallway. Sango continued towards the senior hallway.
She walked into the Video Production room and over to her and Kagome's table where Kagome already sat. "Hey Kagome. I got something for you to read." She handed her friend the two pieces of paper.
After a few good laughs, and finishing the comics, Kagome laughed again, "These are great!"
"Yeah, Miroku's really talented. Hey, mark off a four of your favorites, and those will go in the paper." Kagome got out a pen and marked the same comics as Sango.
"Well that's settled."
"Good afternoon people. Everyone get seated and quiet down, I need to take roll!"