Strange Days at Blake Holsey High
Chapter 4: The Calm Before the Storm.
Aryn woke up refreshed and relaxed and alone, because both Josie and Corrine were still asleep. It was Monday morning, and Aryn had her first day of classes. She had agreed to be in the science club, but she wasn't sure that Josie and Corrine really wanted her to be in it if they were unwilling to talk to her about it. Maybe they just had to learn more about her and if they could trust her. If she was them, she wouldn't trust herself either; they had no reason to, but they also had no reason not to. Aryn heard an alarm clock go off and saw Corrine's arm reach out to turn the alarm clock off. She pulled the covers off her head and sat up, facing Aryn.
"Oh. I didn't think you would be up, Josie always sleeps late. Did I wake you?" Corrine asked as she jumped out of bed, neatly folding the sheets in careful creases. Aryn watched Corrine's daily routine unfold as she made her bed, got her clothes out nice and neatly, set things into place. Aryn was dumbfounded that she was so organized, she'd never been that way in her life.
"Are you scared about your first day of school?" Asked Corrine, interrupting Aryn from her thoughts. Aryn shook her head.
"Why should I? I have you and Josie to help show me around, maybe Vaughn but I don't know him all that well... I'm sure I'll be fine. I've been to a prep school before, and I've handled all of them on my own. This is the first one where I think I am going to have friends though, I didn't really want any before I met you and Josie. I was being really childish, upset that I am here at another prep school, but I think this one may be interesting." Aryn stated doing her morning routine and got dressed for school in the school uniform with a few odds and ends to add herself into the mix. She put on her fork bracelet and guitar pick earrings and a paperclip necklace.
"What is all that stuff? Did you make it yourself? It's really cool." Corrine commented on her unusual style of jewelry. Aryn nodded her head and straightened her little bit of the room. Corrine went to Josie's side and tried to wake her up, but the alarm hadn't gone off yet.
"How much longer does she have until we have to be in first period?" asked Aryn with a few glances toward the sleeping room mate.
Corrine looked at her watch, "Fifteen minutes. She'll have plenty of time. She always does. How many schools have you been to before this one?"
"I've been to so many, that I've lost count. Too many, if you ask me, but not enough, if you ask my mother. She thinks that I have some behavioral problem, and then only way to fix it, is to instill some stricture by attending prep schools. I still cannot believe that I had been accepted here, with my record... ouch. Not too pretty, if you know what I mean." Aryn fastened her watch to her wrist and sat down on her not-so-neat bed. Corrine was at her desk gathering up her homework and putting them into organized folders.
"Well I am glad that you like it here, especially glad that you like me and Josie. I'm sure you'll like Marshall and Lucas once you meet them, and Vaughn is pretty nice too once you get to know him a little bit more. But let me tell you, Vaughn and Josie have been side stepping each other for a while now, so if you liked him, I wouldn't do anything." Corrine said as she stood up. Suddenly the last alarm clock rang for several minutes until Josie grunted and groaned and got up tot urn the alarm clock off. She was certainly not a morning person.
"Morning." she muttered as she rushed around getting ready.
"Uhh..Josie? We're going to go down now, okay? See you in Science..." Corrine rushed out the door before she could protest. Aryn scratched her head in a confused manner, then shrugged her shoulders and left, following Corrine down the hallway.
After the long extensive tour from the day before, Aryn was surprised that she remembered hardly any of it at all, but she followed Corrine where ever she took her. Aryn had her schedule, and found that it didn't differ from Corrine's much, besides her having Theater and Corrine having Choir.
"You're taking theater? So is Josie and Lucas. Marshall is taking another class, and then Vaughn has his sports." Corrine sat down in an empty seat, and Aryn sat down next to her.
"I wanted to take choir, I love singing, but it was full and I freeze on auditions. It's really bad, my voice just squeaks. I need more confidence in my singing, but I think that singing is very personal and I am vulnerable when I sing. I guess, I don't know. Anyway, what class is this?" Aryn looked around curiously.
"This is Science, with Professor Z. He's really cool. Josie and Vaughn have it too, and you'll get to meet Lucas and Marshall." Corrine waved Vaughn over as he entered the room. He sat down at the table behind them and waved to them.
"Hey. What're you doing? Where's Lucas and Marshall? I haven't seen them since Friday." Said Vaughn as he got out his Science book.
Corrine started talking to Vaughn when Josie came in and took a seat beside Aryn. She threw her books on the table and put her head down on the cool table surface.
"Professor Z! Sorry, but this is Aryn. It's her first day, and she said she wanted to join the science club." Corrine told the older man. He had mousey brown hair and horn rimmed glasses.
"Oh. Hello. I am Professor Z. So..you're interested in joining the science club? I have to teach class now.. Where's Lucas and Marshall?"
"We're right here, don't have a catastrophe." said a short mousey haired kid with glasses that closely resembled Professor Z.
"Hey Lucas! Where have you been, and where's Marshall..?" asked Corrine as Lucas put his things on the table that Vaughn was situated at. Aryn was playing with a string on her skirt, as another voice said, "I'm right here. You're so nosey Corrine. I'm kidding! I'm kidding.." Aryn looked up to see who had been speaking, he sounded familiar...
"Marshall--?" Asked Aryn with a shocked look on her face.
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Author's Note: Hi, I forgot I had this story, I haven't been writing on anything lately with school starting again. Thanks for all the reviews. -Ash