~Moon hangs around
a blade over my head
reminds me
what to do before I'm dead~
Bethany stretched herself out as her music started blasting slightly on her MP3. She had been out of bed half an hour and had already gotten to the bathroom before anyone else in her family could. Her family was fairly small, but it could be as hectic as the biggest household when it came to fighting over the bathroom.
She stripped off her gray jammies and started pulling on her outfit for the day.
~Night consumes light
and all I dread
reminds me
what to do before I'm dead~
Black was her main color, her fashion following her from birth to sixteen. She pulled on a pair of black cargo pants, securing them with a black belt with a ninja design on the side. (Her mom wouldn't let her get the one with the spikes because she said Bethany could barely be trusted with anything she could hit people with, let alone something she could hit people with that had spikes on it.) After putting on her black tank with a see-through long sleeve shirt over it, she pulled on her socks and then her black combat boots.
She went over to her mirror and put her hair up into a long, secure pony tail that would keep her god awful curly hair out of her face. (She still hoped her mom's genes would kick in more and make her hair straighter and more manageable.)
~Sun reclines, heats my mind
reminds me what to leave behind
light eats night and all I never said
reminds me what to do before I'm~
Loud knocking could be heard on her door, along with some equally loud yelling. "Bethany, hurry up! You and Jamie are gonna be late, and your dad still needs to drop off Andy." Her mother screamed at her, that being the only way to get anything heard on the other side of the wall.
"Just a minute mom." She mumbled as she applied some black lip liner and then black lip gloss over it. She ignored her eye liner, being too lazy to try and add it without poking her eye out today. She pulled on her long, girlish trench coat and grabbed her binder as she opened her door. She took about two steps away when she hissed and flew back in.
~To see you
to touch you~
She slammed her door shut as she fumbled with her chain necklace that had her dragon ring on it one handed. She left it on there since she knew her fingers would probably never be big enough to fit it. She juggled the necklace, her MP3, and her binder as she got the chain to clasp together. She turned the sound down on one ear as she walked down the hall.
She went into the kitchen where her two younger brothers were finishing up their breakfast. She didn't even bother to sit down as she practically inhaled her food. "You're onna oke to eath if ou eep oing hat." Andrew told her warningly as he ate his burnt toast.
"Chew your food with your mouth closed, Andy." Sara called to him as she checked her weapon before putting it back into the holster.
~Epochs fly, reminds me
what I hide, reminds me
the desert skies
cracks the spies
reminds me what I never tried~
"You should talk." Bethany told him as she downed her coffee. She made a sour face after she swallowed. "Andy, did you make coffee again today?"
"Uh huh, Jamie gave me a quarter to do it for him." He told her proudly.
She winced at her mug and put it into the sink. "Yeah, I could tell." She said as she glared at Jamie.
~The ocean wide
salted red
reminds me
what to do before I'm~
He shrugged innocently. "What?"
"You know what."
"Have no clue what you're talking about."
"Yeah ya do."
"No, I don't."
"Uh huh!"
"No way!"
"Now I know you two aren't beginning to fight, are you?" Ian asked them both sternly. They both looked down.
~To see you
to touch you
to feel you
to tell you~
"No dad." They both mumbled as Andy laughed at them quietly.
"Good, now all of you grab your stuff so we can go." He told them. The boys grabbed their back packs as they all three of them started out the door. Sara opened the door for them as they kissed her on the cheek before they left.
"Alright, love you guys. Be good. And don't you dare hurt anybody." She warned them as Bethany shrugged. "I'm serious, young lady, I don't want to go to another discipline conference for at least two weeks." She told her. "Stay still a second." Bethany put her hands up as her mom checked her for weapons.
"C'mon, mom!" She whined.
"Don't you c'mon me, Bethany Marie Nottingham, I know you!" Sara told her. "Done, have a good day at school."
"Alright." She mumbled as she went out the door, her dad behind her. The kids waited in the hallway impatiently as their parents prolonged their good byes.
~The sun reclines.... Remind me
the desert skies.... Remind me
the ocean wide salted red
reminds me what to do before I'm~
"Ewl!!" Andrew said as he turned his head away.
"Okay, enough traumatizing us as you make out, let's go!" Bethany said as she started walking to the car. She claimed shot gun first and jumped in when her dad hit the locks so that Andy wouldn't try to steal it by coming from behind the chair and sitting down.
She turned her other head phone back up as she hit the repeat button.
-Later-
~To see you
to touch you
to feel you
to tell you
Lahahahahaha.
Lahahahahaha.
Lahahahahaha.~
Andrew had already been dropped off and Jamie was lounging on the seat as their dad pulled up to the school. He opened the door and got out, barely waving before he started rushing toward his locker for his Science AP book. Bethany leaned over to kiss her dad on the cheek. When she did, he took away her MP3 player.
"Daddy!" She whined.
"It's not allowed in school. Sorry, sweetie."
"It's only not allowed in school if they see it...."
"Go to school, Bethany."
She hissed. "Fine, bye dad." She said quietly as she shut the door to the car and her dad drove off.
Bethany started up toward her school, her face stoic as she passed the hundreds of people that she didn't know, but who knew her. People cleared out of her way as she had a clear path to her first class. She accidentally bumped into a girl who was standing in the middle of the hallway as she talked into her cell phone. The girl turned to her and glared. "Hey, watch it bi-" Her mouth shut as Bethany glared back at her.
"What?" Beth asked her coldly.
"Nothing, nothing." She mumbled as she walked off. "Freak." She whispered.
'Damn straight.' Bethany thought to herself as she started off for class again, rubbing the adjoined silver lined circles on her wrists. She felt them heat up slightly and smirked. She turned her head to the side. "Am I amusing you, Dom?" She asked playfully.
"I don't get tired of watching you do that." He told her as he walked beside her. She felt him scoot close enough to just barely be touching her shoulder. He was the only guy that was allowed to do that, and she knew he did it to chase away any competitors. She rolled her eyes. 'I shouldn't let him do that. It's not like we're dating or anything. We're just friends.'
Bethany saw her class and turned away from him. "Later."
He nodded his head. "Yeah, later." He said quietly as he walked off.
Bethany walked into the class and could hear people grow quiet. Since there was no teacher present, she walked past her usual seat to the back of the class and stood by the desk she liked. It was already occupied. She tapped the kid on the shoulder and smiled. The guy stared at her in shock. She motioned with her head for him to move. He grabbed his book and went toward the front.
She sat back in her seat just as Teresa came into the classroom. "Hey."
"Hey."
Teresa took the seat next to her. They had been best friends since birth and they figured it would stay that way through out the rest of their lives. No teacher showed up when the bell rang, so everyone started doing whatever they wanted until the sub walked in.
"Hello class. My name is Mr. Anderson and I will be your sub for today. Your regular teacher, Mr. Myers is out due to... medical problems." He announced to the class. Teresa and Beth looked at each other and laughed inwardly. "It's nothing serious and he shouldn't be gone for more than two weeks."
Bethany accidentally laughed a little too loud at that one.
"Do you find something about your teacher being injured funny, miss?" Mr. Anderson asked her.
"No, I think it's funny that the school is covering for someone who tried to grope one of his students and got two broken arms for it. Nice to know we're being left in the best of hands." She told him seriously.
The guys eyes narrowed at her a bit. "What's your name, kid?" He asked her angrily. The rest of the kids tilted away, knowing who would win this.
"Bethany Nottingham." She said proudly. She saw him flinch, even though he tried to hide it.
"Well, er, then Bethany, how would you know if his injury is a result of him trying to grope a student or not? How do you know that's not a rumor?" He asked, his tone much lighter than it had before. Teresa was in tears from laughing so hard and having to keep it in. Bethany smirked and winked at him as she said,
"Believe me, Mr. Anderson, I know."
Coming Attractions:
The Smart One
Eli: Hey all! Glad so many people like the new story! Here's her info:
Age: 16 Grade: 11
More to come with more chapters. Thanks for the reviews! The song is 'Before I'm Dead' by the Kidney Thieves.
a blade over my head
reminds me
what to do before I'm dead~
Bethany stretched herself out as her music started blasting slightly on her MP3. She had been out of bed half an hour and had already gotten to the bathroom before anyone else in her family could. Her family was fairly small, but it could be as hectic as the biggest household when it came to fighting over the bathroom.
She stripped off her gray jammies and started pulling on her outfit for the day.
~Night consumes light
and all I dread
reminds me
what to do before I'm dead~
Black was her main color, her fashion following her from birth to sixteen. She pulled on a pair of black cargo pants, securing them with a black belt with a ninja design on the side. (Her mom wouldn't let her get the one with the spikes because she said Bethany could barely be trusted with anything she could hit people with, let alone something she could hit people with that had spikes on it.) After putting on her black tank with a see-through long sleeve shirt over it, she pulled on her socks and then her black combat boots.
She went over to her mirror and put her hair up into a long, secure pony tail that would keep her god awful curly hair out of her face. (She still hoped her mom's genes would kick in more and make her hair straighter and more manageable.)
~Sun reclines, heats my mind
reminds me what to leave behind
light eats night and all I never said
reminds me what to do before I'm~
Loud knocking could be heard on her door, along with some equally loud yelling. "Bethany, hurry up! You and Jamie are gonna be late, and your dad still needs to drop off Andy." Her mother screamed at her, that being the only way to get anything heard on the other side of the wall.
"Just a minute mom." She mumbled as she applied some black lip liner and then black lip gloss over it. She ignored her eye liner, being too lazy to try and add it without poking her eye out today. She pulled on her long, girlish trench coat and grabbed her binder as she opened her door. She took about two steps away when she hissed and flew back in.
~To see you
to touch you~
She slammed her door shut as she fumbled with her chain necklace that had her dragon ring on it one handed. She left it on there since she knew her fingers would probably never be big enough to fit it. She juggled the necklace, her MP3, and her binder as she got the chain to clasp together. She turned the sound down on one ear as she walked down the hall.
She went into the kitchen where her two younger brothers were finishing up their breakfast. She didn't even bother to sit down as she practically inhaled her food. "You're onna oke to eath if ou eep oing hat." Andrew told her warningly as he ate his burnt toast.
"Chew your food with your mouth closed, Andy." Sara called to him as she checked her weapon before putting it back into the holster.
~Epochs fly, reminds me
what I hide, reminds me
the desert skies
cracks the spies
reminds me what I never tried~
"You should talk." Bethany told him as she downed her coffee. She made a sour face after she swallowed. "Andy, did you make coffee again today?"
"Uh huh, Jamie gave me a quarter to do it for him." He told her proudly.
She winced at her mug and put it into the sink. "Yeah, I could tell." She said as she glared at Jamie.
~The ocean wide
salted red
reminds me
what to do before I'm~
He shrugged innocently. "What?"
"You know what."
"Have no clue what you're talking about."
"Yeah ya do."
"No, I don't."
"Uh huh!"
"No way!"
"Now I know you two aren't beginning to fight, are you?" Ian asked them both sternly. They both looked down.
~To see you
to touch you
to feel you
to tell you~
"No dad." They both mumbled as Andy laughed at them quietly.
"Good, now all of you grab your stuff so we can go." He told them. The boys grabbed their back packs as they all three of them started out the door. Sara opened the door for them as they kissed her on the cheek before they left.
"Alright, love you guys. Be good. And don't you dare hurt anybody." She warned them as Bethany shrugged. "I'm serious, young lady, I don't want to go to another discipline conference for at least two weeks." She told her. "Stay still a second." Bethany put her hands up as her mom checked her for weapons.
"C'mon, mom!" She whined.
"Don't you c'mon me, Bethany Marie Nottingham, I know you!" Sara told her. "Done, have a good day at school."
"Alright." She mumbled as she went out the door, her dad behind her. The kids waited in the hallway impatiently as their parents prolonged their good byes.
~The sun reclines.... Remind me
the desert skies.... Remind me
the ocean wide salted red
reminds me what to do before I'm~
"Ewl!!" Andrew said as he turned his head away.
"Okay, enough traumatizing us as you make out, let's go!" Bethany said as she started walking to the car. She claimed shot gun first and jumped in when her dad hit the locks so that Andy wouldn't try to steal it by coming from behind the chair and sitting down.
She turned her other head phone back up as she hit the repeat button.
-Later-
~To see you
to touch you
to feel you
to tell you
Lahahahahaha.
Lahahahahaha.
Lahahahahaha.~
Andrew had already been dropped off and Jamie was lounging on the seat as their dad pulled up to the school. He opened the door and got out, barely waving before he started rushing toward his locker for his Science AP book. Bethany leaned over to kiss her dad on the cheek. When she did, he took away her MP3 player.
"Daddy!" She whined.
"It's not allowed in school. Sorry, sweetie."
"It's only not allowed in school if they see it...."
"Go to school, Bethany."
She hissed. "Fine, bye dad." She said quietly as she shut the door to the car and her dad drove off.
Bethany started up toward her school, her face stoic as she passed the hundreds of people that she didn't know, but who knew her. People cleared out of her way as she had a clear path to her first class. She accidentally bumped into a girl who was standing in the middle of the hallway as she talked into her cell phone. The girl turned to her and glared. "Hey, watch it bi-" Her mouth shut as Bethany glared back at her.
"What?" Beth asked her coldly.
"Nothing, nothing." She mumbled as she walked off. "Freak." She whispered.
'Damn straight.' Bethany thought to herself as she started off for class again, rubbing the adjoined silver lined circles on her wrists. She felt them heat up slightly and smirked. She turned her head to the side. "Am I amusing you, Dom?" She asked playfully.
"I don't get tired of watching you do that." He told her as he walked beside her. She felt him scoot close enough to just barely be touching her shoulder. He was the only guy that was allowed to do that, and she knew he did it to chase away any competitors. She rolled her eyes. 'I shouldn't let him do that. It's not like we're dating or anything. We're just friends.'
Bethany saw her class and turned away from him. "Later."
He nodded his head. "Yeah, later." He said quietly as he walked off.
Bethany walked into the class and could hear people grow quiet. Since there was no teacher present, she walked past her usual seat to the back of the class and stood by the desk she liked. It was already occupied. She tapped the kid on the shoulder and smiled. The guy stared at her in shock. She motioned with her head for him to move. He grabbed his book and went toward the front.
She sat back in her seat just as Teresa came into the classroom. "Hey."
"Hey."
Teresa took the seat next to her. They had been best friends since birth and they figured it would stay that way through out the rest of their lives. No teacher showed up when the bell rang, so everyone started doing whatever they wanted until the sub walked in.
"Hello class. My name is Mr. Anderson and I will be your sub for today. Your regular teacher, Mr. Myers is out due to... medical problems." He announced to the class. Teresa and Beth looked at each other and laughed inwardly. "It's nothing serious and he shouldn't be gone for more than two weeks."
Bethany accidentally laughed a little too loud at that one.
"Do you find something about your teacher being injured funny, miss?" Mr. Anderson asked her.
"No, I think it's funny that the school is covering for someone who tried to grope one of his students and got two broken arms for it. Nice to know we're being left in the best of hands." She told him seriously.
The guys eyes narrowed at her a bit. "What's your name, kid?" He asked her angrily. The rest of the kids tilted away, knowing who would win this.
"Bethany Nottingham." She said proudly. She saw him flinch, even though he tried to hide it.
"Well, er, then Bethany, how would you know if his injury is a result of him trying to grope a student or not? How do you know that's not a rumor?" He asked, his tone much lighter than it had before. Teresa was in tears from laughing so hard and having to keep it in. Bethany smirked and winked at him as she said,
"Believe me, Mr. Anderson, I know."
Coming Attractions:
The Smart One
Eli: Hey all! Glad so many people like the new story! Here's her info:
Age: 16 Grade: 11
More to come with more chapters. Thanks for the reviews! The song is 'Before I'm Dead' by the Kidney Thieves.