This chapter has tons and tons of edits. Sorry, before I just wasn't very
satisfied with anything about it. So I changed and added stuff. Plus my
boyfriend said it was too plain. ( Enjoy.
Laura giggled as her favorite teacher walked in front of them.
"Hey Miss Higman!" Michael chimed up, only taking his eyes off of Lianna for a moment.
"Yeah it's me." Miss Higman stood beside Mr. Dedmon, feeling like the teachers should stick together and keep their power.
Griping Baron's hand tighter, Laura just smiled happily in all the confusion.
Lianna spoke next, nudging Laura with her foot as she saw her and Baron holding hands. "I wonder why we're the only ones here?"
They all went silent in their own thoughts and nothing seemed to move for a good minute except the occasional happy-sigh from Laura. They all jumped as all of a sudden the intercom came on. It was Mr. Swisher. "Good morning students. This week is the last week before Christmas break. I hope you all have a good holiday and I hope that you all will take advantage of tutoring tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday to catch up with any work that you're missing or if you are having any trouble.." he went on to say some things about keeping your grades up and not burning someone else's house to make yours look good but the small group wasn't listening.
"MR SWISHER!" Michael suddenly yelled out loud, only making the others annoyed for that was the most obvious thing in the world. He jumped down, over Baron, off of the planter and started to run to the doors of B hall. "I'll go see if he's in the office!" was the only 'hint' to where he was going.
Lianna watched him closely, turning her head to stare after him longingly, with a worried look in her eyes.
"GOOD IDEA." Mr. Dedmon screamed after Michael as the doors closed behind him.
"That's weird. Why would Mr. Swisher announce stuff when no one is here except us? And he doesn't even know we're here." Baron quirked a brow. "And how come we haven't seen him? You said you looked everywhere except the band room and the teacher's lounge, right Lianna?"
Lianna nodded slowly, looking to Miss Higman.
"And Miss Higman was in the teacher's lounge. Was Mr. Swisher in there?" Baron looked to Miss Higman as well.
"No.. I was the only one in there." Miss Higman replied.
"And Laura, you checked the band room, right?" Baron continued to ask questions, turning his eyes to Laura for the answer.
"Yeah.. only Mr. Dedmon was in there." Laura looked up at Lianna, who had turned to watch where Michael had run again.
"Maybe he's not here. He says basically the same thing everyday. Maybe it's a recording." Baron looked around at the others as he spoke, looking for a response.
Michael came running around the corner, panting silently. "He's not there. The creepy thing is, the button to turn on the intercom was pushed in.. And he was still talking over it when I got there.." He took his place on the planter again, stepping over Laura and Baron and just barely avoiding Lianna's foot.
"That's creepy?" Lianna looked over to Michael, happy that he was back and that she could stare at his perfect face.
Everyone just sat in silence for a few moments, watching the large clock outside the cafeteria wall closely as the hands never moved an inch.
"Hey! The clock is broken!!" Lianna screamed, almost in Michael's ear, and so suddenly it made everyone jump.
"It's been broken for ten years, Lianna." Michael's eyes showed a confused concern.
"Oh.... Oh yeah..." Lianna slouched sadly and continued watching the clock, not knowing why she had looked to it in the first place.
Laura was the only one not looking at the clock. She stared off into the distance. " Mr. Dedmon? Will you tell us the legend again..?"
Mr. Dedmon nodded slowly and opened his mouth to start the age old tale. "Almost forever and a day ago, our town's hero, Kuro Hayano, climbed atop a white wolf and that wolf took him to the Temple Of Time where he told The Kazuikana about his village. He spoke of the people and of the culture, stopping to mention many times the Festival of Ai. "He explained to The Kazuikana how the annual celebration was always the day everyone looked forward to. How the streets filled with people to watch the parade that always took weeks to plan. And it was also the time where many fell in love. There were fun games for the younsters, like the goldfish game, where they used little nets to catch goldfish and got to keep the ones they caught. It was everyones favorite game. "Kuro told The Kazuikana how much he dreamt that the Festival of Ai would be everyday. He said that all life would be so perfect and everyone would be happy. The Kazuikana agreed with him and told him that he could make his dream a reality. "The Kazuikana promised to make the Festival of Ai everyday as long as Kuro would sacrafice his ability to feel love. He would be sacraficing his own love so that others could fall in love. "Kuro agreed after much thought and so lost his love. He climbed back atop the white wolf and it took him home, where he lived out the rest of his days sad and alone as his village filled to the brim with happiness until the day he died. "Not much more to the legend except that after Kuro died, the Festival of Ai returned to an annual event and rumors that, wherever he was, he was in love."
Lianna sighed contently and, keeping her eyes on the clock, blinked slowly. Laura smiled as her favorite tale was finished.
Suddenly, everyone gasped as the clock hands moved backwards with a loud click. The clock had always been stuck on 12:01 and now that it read 12:00, a loud 'bong' came from it's face. It bonged 12 times and then finally stopped. They had all calmed down and just stared at one another when Laura squealed louder than they ever had heard before.
"WOOOWWWWWWW. LOOK AT HIM!" Laura let go of Baron's hand and stood up, straightening her arm in the air to point at someone in the distance.
They all squinted and watched the approaching figure.
Lianna jumped onto the wood bench, eyes wide. "Woooowwwwww."
Miss Higman and Mr. Dedmon just watched as the two girls swooned over the figure that was still approaching.
Baron gave Laura a confused look and, realizing she wasn't even paying any attention to him, looked to Michael who was just as confused.
Lianna jumped off the bench and walked over to stand beside Laura.
"Back off, you got Michael." Laura's voice was sharp and yet filled with kindness.
"Well you got Baron!" Lianna whispered loudly, noticing the kindness only slightly.
"Who?" Laura turned to look at Lianna, a confused look on her face.
Lianna gave her a weird look and shrugged mostly to herself. "Baron sucks anyway, forget I mentioned him." she looked to her feet and blushed slightly. "Besides.. You're right.. I gotta follow my heart."
As the figure came closer, Laura rushed over to him, Lianna close behind. "Hiya, stranger." she grinned sideways and tilted her head slightly, her heart-hoops shining in the sunlight.
Hope you enjoyed the changes. I thought it was a lot better. I'm probably going to be adding a few more chapters today. If you think they're good, please please r&r. I kinda lost interest in writing this.. But I'll continue if people like it. ( Thanks. I love you. Bye.
-Laurachan
Laura giggled as her favorite teacher walked in front of them.
"Hey Miss Higman!" Michael chimed up, only taking his eyes off of Lianna for a moment.
"Yeah it's me." Miss Higman stood beside Mr. Dedmon, feeling like the teachers should stick together and keep their power.
Griping Baron's hand tighter, Laura just smiled happily in all the confusion.
Lianna spoke next, nudging Laura with her foot as she saw her and Baron holding hands. "I wonder why we're the only ones here?"
They all went silent in their own thoughts and nothing seemed to move for a good minute except the occasional happy-sigh from Laura. They all jumped as all of a sudden the intercom came on. It was Mr. Swisher. "Good morning students. This week is the last week before Christmas break. I hope you all have a good holiday and I hope that you all will take advantage of tutoring tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday to catch up with any work that you're missing or if you are having any trouble.." he went on to say some things about keeping your grades up and not burning someone else's house to make yours look good but the small group wasn't listening.
"MR SWISHER!" Michael suddenly yelled out loud, only making the others annoyed for that was the most obvious thing in the world. He jumped down, over Baron, off of the planter and started to run to the doors of B hall. "I'll go see if he's in the office!" was the only 'hint' to where he was going.
Lianna watched him closely, turning her head to stare after him longingly, with a worried look in her eyes.
"GOOD IDEA." Mr. Dedmon screamed after Michael as the doors closed behind him.
"That's weird. Why would Mr. Swisher announce stuff when no one is here except us? And he doesn't even know we're here." Baron quirked a brow. "And how come we haven't seen him? You said you looked everywhere except the band room and the teacher's lounge, right Lianna?"
Lianna nodded slowly, looking to Miss Higman.
"And Miss Higman was in the teacher's lounge. Was Mr. Swisher in there?" Baron looked to Miss Higman as well.
"No.. I was the only one in there." Miss Higman replied.
"And Laura, you checked the band room, right?" Baron continued to ask questions, turning his eyes to Laura for the answer.
"Yeah.. only Mr. Dedmon was in there." Laura looked up at Lianna, who had turned to watch where Michael had run again.
"Maybe he's not here. He says basically the same thing everyday. Maybe it's a recording." Baron looked around at the others as he spoke, looking for a response.
Michael came running around the corner, panting silently. "He's not there. The creepy thing is, the button to turn on the intercom was pushed in.. And he was still talking over it when I got there.." He took his place on the planter again, stepping over Laura and Baron and just barely avoiding Lianna's foot.
"That's creepy?" Lianna looked over to Michael, happy that he was back and that she could stare at his perfect face.
Everyone just sat in silence for a few moments, watching the large clock outside the cafeteria wall closely as the hands never moved an inch.
"Hey! The clock is broken!!" Lianna screamed, almost in Michael's ear, and so suddenly it made everyone jump.
"It's been broken for ten years, Lianna." Michael's eyes showed a confused concern.
"Oh.... Oh yeah..." Lianna slouched sadly and continued watching the clock, not knowing why she had looked to it in the first place.
Laura was the only one not looking at the clock. She stared off into the distance. " Mr. Dedmon? Will you tell us the legend again..?"
Mr. Dedmon nodded slowly and opened his mouth to start the age old tale. "Almost forever and a day ago, our town's hero, Kuro Hayano, climbed atop a white wolf and that wolf took him to the Temple Of Time where he told The Kazuikana about his village. He spoke of the people and of the culture, stopping to mention many times the Festival of Ai. "He explained to The Kazuikana how the annual celebration was always the day everyone looked forward to. How the streets filled with people to watch the parade that always took weeks to plan. And it was also the time where many fell in love. There were fun games for the younsters, like the goldfish game, where they used little nets to catch goldfish and got to keep the ones they caught. It was everyones favorite game. "Kuro told The Kazuikana how much he dreamt that the Festival of Ai would be everyday. He said that all life would be so perfect and everyone would be happy. The Kazuikana agreed with him and told him that he could make his dream a reality. "The Kazuikana promised to make the Festival of Ai everyday as long as Kuro would sacrafice his ability to feel love. He would be sacraficing his own love so that others could fall in love. "Kuro agreed after much thought and so lost his love. He climbed back atop the white wolf and it took him home, where he lived out the rest of his days sad and alone as his village filled to the brim with happiness until the day he died. "Not much more to the legend except that after Kuro died, the Festival of Ai returned to an annual event and rumors that, wherever he was, he was in love."
Lianna sighed contently and, keeping her eyes on the clock, blinked slowly. Laura smiled as her favorite tale was finished.
Suddenly, everyone gasped as the clock hands moved backwards with a loud click. The clock had always been stuck on 12:01 and now that it read 12:00, a loud 'bong' came from it's face. It bonged 12 times and then finally stopped. They had all calmed down and just stared at one another when Laura squealed louder than they ever had heard before.
"WOOOWWWWWWW. LOOK AT HIM!" Laura let go of Baron's hand and stood up, straightening her arm in the air to point at someone in the distance.
They all squinted and watched the approaching figure.
Lianna jumped onto the wood bench, eyes wide. "Woooowwwwww."
Miss Higman and Mr. Dedmon just watched as the two girls swooned over the figure that was still approaching.
Baron gave Laura a confused look and, realizing she wasn't even paying any attention to him, looked to Michael who was just as confused.
Lianna jumped off the bench and walked over to stand beside Laura.
"Back off, you got Michael." Laura's voice was sharp and yet filled with kindness.
"Well you got Baron!" Lianna whispered loudly, noticing the kindness only slightly.
"Who?" Laura turned to look at Lianna, a confused look on her face.
Lianna gave her a weird look and shrugged mostly to herself. "Baron sucks anyway, forget I mentioned him." she looked to her feet and blushed slightly. "Besides.. You're right.. I gotta follow my heart."
As the figure came closer, Laura rushed over to him, Lianna close behind. "Hiya, stranger." she grinned sideways and tilted her head slightly, her heart-hoops shining in the sunlight.
Hope you enjoyed the changes. I thought it was a lot better. I'm probably going to be adding a few more chapters today. If you think they're good, please please r&r. I kinda lost interest in writing this.. But I'll continue if people like it. ( Thanks. I love you. Bye.
-Laurachan