Chapter 8: The beginning is here

As Aj was holding onto her, Meghan felt safe, and warm, although her expression said otherwise. "Excuse me young man, would you mind watching Meghan? I have to go somewhere immediately" G-man asked Aj. Aj only looked at Meghan as she gasped in surprise at what G-man had asked Aj. Aj nodded his head in acceptance. "I will tell your principal so you do not get in trouble" he assured Aj. G-man left immediately as Aj helped Meghan get up. She tried to avoid his eyes, but then he noticed this. He took her chin and raised it so that she looked right at him. "Don't worry. I won't try anything" he said as Meghan smiled as she relaxed herself. She had thought Aj would surly try something to get them back together. But hearing this, made her relax knowing Aj, wouldn't back down on his word.

She went to her locker (right outside the stair section which were blocked off by doors incase of a fire...) got her flute, her homework, and anything she would need that day out, took out her back pack, put her shoulder bag on her locker's hook, but everything but her flute in it, and closed her locker. She smiled at Aj to tell him she was ready. She had band, then Gym (her last periods on silver days-there were two days, blue and silver, where their schedules would change like band to health and gym to skills). Aj nodded and they started walking towards the auditorium where Meghan had band. She went to one of the side entrances and knocked. Mr.Heckenger (her band teacher) walked over to her, she asked permission to enter, he granted it, but took them aside away from the bands stare and asked "what took so long Meghan? The period's already half over. And who's this?" He asked calmly eyeing Aj. "I fainted, and G-man, my body-guard asked Aj to watch me while he did something extremely important" Meghan said in her usual cheerful voice she always had throughout the day. She went in, un-packed, was greeted by Nichole, and Grace (a different Grace than before) said hello back and watched as Aj took a seat. Mr.Heckenger turned around and asked if Aj could listen to them play and tell him what he thought of it. If he could hear most of the instruments, if it sounded right etc. He nodded and everyone started playing the piece "Disney" (which is a song for a band, and it combines 5 Disney songs together, changing key signatures as it goes along) Meghan felt nervous as her ex-boyfriend watched her mostly but played as she usually played, as one of the best flute players in her band rehearsal (there is another period that is 7th grade band and the 2 BEST flute players are in that group. Other wise, it was just Nichole and Meghan in this one). The period ended and Aj told Mr.Heckenger what he thought of the play as Meghan packed up. Just as she was getting up, Josh (her friend Shaina's boyfriend) told her "Meghan? Why are you walking around with Aj now? I thought you two where friends and no longer going out?" He said confused. "We are still friends. But my body guard asked him to watch me because he had to do something" Meghan said smiling yet again as she would always do while talking to any of her friends.

Aj finished talking to Mr.Heckenger and walked over to Meghan as Josh started to leave. He asked what that was about and all she said was "He just had a question for me". Aj smiled and nodded and they walked off towards the gym. Once they got there though, they had to separate. Aj went right towards the boy's locker room and Meghan went left towards the girl's locker room. She went to the back row of the first column where her, Winnie, Ronnie, Grace (yet still a different one than the other two), Bonita, and Seray were all changing. At the site of her they all squeaked because they didn't hear her coming (which they usually do). She gave a little chuckle as Ronnie gave her the sneakers she took off earlier and the gym clothes that Mr. Horton (their gym teacher) gave her and asked Ronnie to give it to Meghan. Meghan only sighed at the sight of yet more goldish looking clothes. But this time, it looked more of a beigeish color and Meghan only gave out a sight of relief that it wasn't more gold. Ronnie and Winnie chuckled at the reaction their friend had.

They went out of the locker room only to find all the boys out already and once Meghan had gotten out, they all turned their heads at her, watching her. The only one that wasn't, was Aj who was laughing at a joke his friend Samuel had just said. She smiled when he looked at her, gave her a wink and started towards his attendance spot in another gym class (there are 3 classes in they gym at a time). Once all 3 classes had finished with the attendance, the other 2 classes were called over to Mr.Hortan's area of the gym. Everyone came, including the teachers, so that they could explain they were yet again doing a turkey trot practice. As everyone sat next to each other, Meghan joined Ronnie, who was joined by Winnie, and Aj also sat behind Meghan so that he was still watching her like he was told to. Everyone groaned as they were told they were going outside to run the long track of the turkey trot (which was the whole of 7 fields, 2 baseball fields, 2 tennis courts, 1 football field and 2 soccer fields, all touching each other at the boundaries).

All the class were told to go, Meghan had jogged the whole thing, not taking a stop, and finished first while everyone else still had ¾ of a way to go, except Winnie, Ronnie, and Victoria who had a half a way to go. Meghan was shocked at herself. She had had asthma since 3rd grade, and now it was gone. She assumed it was because of the head piece. She rested on the fence of the tennis fields and watched Aj jogging around the 1st baseball field. She smirked to herself knowing that he had comforted her earlier that day. She saw him as a friend now, not as a possible boyfriend.

Just as Ronnie, Winnie, and Victoria were nearing her, (She was on the top part of the fence by the way, so her feet were on the middle pole and her hands were clasping the fence) Meghan started to have another vision. She clutched her head without thinking. Winnie, Ronnie, and Victoria saw this and ran faster towards Meghan. Meghan awoke to find them running towards her. She scrambled her brain to remember what happened then, realizing what she had seen, screamed "Aj, MOVE!" just as he rounded the second baseball field (which was at the other side of the foot ball). He heard her and looked up puzzled.

Seeing that he wasn't taking a different course, Meghan shot up and started running towards him, knowing his life was on the line. The beads on her hair, as well as her hair blew against the wind as it hit her face. She was at least 10 feet from AJ when she burst into a sprint, then as she got to him she pushed him down the mini hill that connected the baseball field to the beginning of the track.

Everyone started staring at her as Aj tumbled down. Meghan tried catching her breath when a hand shot up from the ground and grabbed her by the ankle. She screamed and Aj stumbled up, as Scott also sprinted towards meghan. Meghan was half way into a hole, when her arms gave way and she fell. Both Scott and Aj had grabbed her arms just as her arms gave way. They both pulled her up with all their strength as everyone stared at them, not daring to get closer just in case.

Meghan screamed loader as the dead weight on her leg got even heavier, but both Aj and Scoot had managed to actually get her out. She tumbled out as the hand let go of her. She tumbled right onto Aj AND Scott! She blushed her crimson red and they all looked at each other.