Helen Zaas Walked down the Halls of her high school with her backpack hanging from her shoulder with some hot cocoa from Dunkin Donuts in the other hand. Her long blonde hair was flowing down her back as she made her way down the hallway to her locker. She came to her locker and flipped her hair back so some of it was draped over her shoulder and she grabbed the lock and started to do her combination. 32-24-17 Click. Her locker opened and pictures of her boyfriend Derek Kowalski. Were posted all over her locker. They had been going steady for years now. She had met him when she was a freshman and he was also a freshman. Their eyes met and they sensed true love at first site then he got the nerve to ask her out.
He was a shy kid with brown hair and had his bangs down which Helen thought was so cute with his hair that way. He had big brown loving eyes that would make you go soft if you looked into them for 1 second. They loved each other and they looked so cute together. After all they got voted the cutest couple for 2 years in a row. Going for their third year. This was the beginning of their Junior year.
She grabbed her notebooks and pencils and put them in her bag then she kissed the picture of Derek before she closed the locker. She then continued on down to homeroom. While she walked down the hall she was thinking.
"Maybe I'll get Alexis or Natasha in my homeroom!" "That would be so great." "For classes an hour and a half long I'd better know somebody and have something to do during those boring lectures."
She walked closer to the door. "This is it, 305." She turned the handle and walked into the classroom. The teacher was rather chipper but It was the first day of school. "Mrs. Peterson" She read on the board. Mrs. Peterson jumped out to greet her.
"Oh hello dear!"
Helen just gave a nervous smile to her as she looked around the classroom. "May I see your ID?" She kept looking and scoped out Alexis in the third row.
"Ummmmm, uhhhh yeah sure, here ya go." She handed it to the teacher. Mrs. Peterson read the card. "Helen Zaas." "All right here you go."
Everyone in the class started laughing at her. Helen groaned as she went to her seat. She sat down next to Alexis. "Hey Helen!"
"Hey Alexis, I'm so glad that you are in my homeroom."
"Yeah I know me too, I thought I would die until you walked into the room." "Hey Helen, let me see your schedule."
"Ok sure." She handed her the schedule and just sat at her desk giving dirty looks to the people who turned around and laughed at her. "This is major hell."
Just then Helen heard a huge, "Oh my god!" She looked at Alexis. "What, what happened, what?" Alexis giggled in excitement. "We have all our classes together!"
"Really, that's great!" The bell rang. Mrs. Peterson quieted the class down. "Ok class lets quiet down as we begin the new school year. Today will be a special day because you all are in the newly renovated school. Helen got frustrated. "A big whoopee doo!" "Oh my frickin god." Alexis looked over at her and laughed. "C'mon Helen, give her a break she's a wicked nice teacher." She looked over at her. "Yeah, yeah I guess she is pretty nice."
The bell rang. "Onto period 1!" "Ok Alexis I have to make one stop before we go to first period." Alexis looked at her weirdly then agreed to go with her. Helen walked down the hallway swinging her hips and smiling at all the people in the hallway. She made her way to locker #308 and found her favorite person, Derek. Alexis saw him and then knew what was going on. She patted Helen on the shoulder and said. "Ok guys you have your fun but don't be late for class." She walked away laughing and thinking. "They are the cutest couple."
Meanwhile back at the locker. "Hey Derek." Helen said while hiding her face and blushing. "Helen, my favorite girl, come here." She walked over to him and he gave her a big hug. "Now what is it, is there anything wrong?" Her eyes teared up and he knew something had happened. "My cat Hershey got put to sleep a few days ago because he was getting really old and was going to the bathroom all over the house. We had only had him for 4 years and he got put down and I miss him so much!" She threw herself into his arms and he hugged her. "Everything is gonna be ok." "Show me that sweet smile that I love so much." She stopped crying and looked into his eyes then smiled. "Lets get to class honey." She smiled and they held hands to class then sat next to each other.
"Hello class I'm Mr. Crossman and I am your English teacher for this year." "Today we will be reading from one of my favorite books." "We will be reading Romeo and Juliet." "Turn to page 437 in your Literature book. The period was boring. Alexis was reading the story with pure feeling as if she was Juliet. Helen just sat there staring at Derek as they wrote notes to eachother.
"C'mon Helen you've got to chin up. I'm sorry about your cat. I hope you get over it very soon and realize that there was nothing you could do about it. He lived a good life and you loved him and he loved you so you were both happy. Now I know you ignored him for about 2 years now and I think he got depressed when that happened but you gave him great final days with love and care that he will never forget. And remember He will always love you."
"Thanks Derek, I am very sorry that I did ignore him and pay more attention to My new kitten after I promised him I would never forget him! I broke my promise and I feel terrible and If I could go back in time I would change that and pay more attention to him. Thanks for all your love and support It's really helping me get through this tough time. I love you Hershey and I always will!!!!!"
Helen started crying at her desk and hid her face in her hair. The teacher heard her crying. "Helen what's wrong?" "Do you need to go to guidance?" She didn't answer. Derek moved over to her desk. "Mr. Crossman her cat just got put to sleep and shes really broken up about it." The teacher nodded then gave a look that he was disappointed for her also.
He hugged her and she cried on his shoulder. "It's ok Helen, It'll all be ok." She cried the whole period then lunch came and she was with a very dry emotion. Like the feeling you get after crying all day when something like that happens and you just feel empty inside. She sat in Derek's arms all through lunch and he gave her a chocolate chip cookie he had bought for her to make her feel better. Alexis didn't know what to say to her.
Derek just rocked her body slowly back and forth in his arms. Third period came and it was Algebra with Mrs. Lavery. Helen looked at this new face. She wrote a note to Alexis.
"Hey this Mrs. Lavery looks really nice. I mean she's blonde and she's Canadian. Aren't Canadians known to be nice? Well anyway I know Algebra will be fun this year with this teacher."
"Yes, yes definitely I mean she looks wicked nice It looks like she'll make Algebra wicked fun."
The lectures began. Reviewing over skills learned in the past grade just to refresh memories. Helen kept looking at this new teacher. Some thing is wrong. She whispered to herself. "Why isn't she looking at anyone?" She looked into Mrs. Lavery's eyes and then turned around to see where they were going. She looked when the teacher moved and they were on the same exact spot on the wall in the back of the room where they had been every which way she moved.
(Ring! Went the bell)
"Fourth and final period is Science!" This was Alexis' favorite class. They got up to science class slowly but surely. 3 flights of stairs they barely made it. They were both out of breath when they got to the top. Helen wiped her forehead. "Whew, it's like climbing Mount Everest."
They got into class and It was out of control. The teacher didn't know how to control the class and didn't yell. "What a putz." It was a fun last period just running around the class and goofing around and chatting with friends. Felt like lunch time. But one person was listening to the attendance. It was Seamus O' Grady. He heard the name "Helen Zaas" and saw her raise her hand and say here then run around and have fun all period long. He thought.
"Helen Zaas." "What an ass she had." "It was like perfection for him." He longed to meet her, to talk to her, to be with her.
The class ended and the high schoolers split up and got on their busses and went home. Derek came home on Helen's bus so they could hang out together and kiss and be the couple they were. The first day of school was a great day to start off the new year.
