Tommy and Phil made it to their homeroom and seated themselves beside each other.
"So, see anyone we know, yet?" Phil asked Tommy.
"Nope."
Just as Tommy had said that, the door opened and Lil walked in.
'Crap!' Tommy thought to himself.
"Take a seat, Miss Deville." The teacher told her. Lil looked around. Her gaze landed on Tommy for a second.
"Hey Lil!" Someone called. "Over here!"
"Oh, hey, Leslie." Lil stated as she walked over to where her friend was sitting. "I am
sooo glad I have at least one friend in here." She made sure Tommy could here that last
part.
Tommy turned his head and started to talk to Phil, pretending he didn't hear what Lil had
just said and making believe it didn't hurt.
"So, um...do we have any other classes together?"
Phil looked at Tommy dumbfounded.
"We already went through this, T. Remember, we all compared our schedules?"
Tommy looked confused.
"Uhhh." Phil sighed. "Kimi and I have third, fourth, and fifth period together. Kimi and
Lil have seventh period together. You and Kimi have sixth period. And you and Lil have
fifth period together. Oh yeah, we do have another period. We have seventh period
together."
Tommy didn't really get any of what Phil just said, considering he managed to cram all
that into less than five seconds of explaining.
"Oh, right, now I remember. Thanks." Tommy said sheepishly.
A few moments later, the bell rang.
"All right, kids. On to your first period of the day. Don't forget to come back here first
thing tomorrow morning."
Tommy and Phil headed out the door.
"Don't forget that we all have the same lunch wave this afternoon." Phil called to Tommy
as he ran down the hall to get to his first period class.
"Great." Tommy said under his breath.
As Tommy started down the hallway, he felt someone bump into him.
"Sorry." He mumbled without looking up.
"Well next time you should be more careful." The voice snapped at him. "And watch
where you're going."
Tommy recognized the sweet, high- pitched voice, now full of anger and annoyance.
"Well, excuse me, princess." Tommy sneered. "I didn't realize you owned the hallways."
"Well, it seems to me, Tommy that I can't own anything without someone going through
it and invading my personal space."
"Well, you know what, Lil..."
"Excuse me, Tommy." Lil said irritably. "I really don't have time for this. I have to get to
class."
Tommy watched as Lil strolled down the hall. He realized at that moment that he was losing one of his best friends in the world.