"Did you have fun?" Sarah asked her cousin Christy as they sit in the backseat of the car on the way home from Christy's summer camp.
"Yeah, but I like all the outdoorsy stuff. You probably wouldn't have liked it," Christy told her. "So has Michael been harassing you instead of me?"
"A little but I put him in his place," Sarah replied. "Don't let him give you any crap."
"I wish it were that simple but the 'rents usually side with me anyway so it doesn't really matter," Christy explained.
"That is right you have younger sibling privileges," Sarah teased.
"Christy, do you want me to make anything special for dinner?" Beth asked.
"Mashed potatoes would be nice," Christy answered.
Sarah and Christy talked the rest of the trip home. The next week passed by quickly, and before the realized it, summer was over. Sarah agreed to attend private school on the condition that she was able to continue her guitar lessons. So on the first day of school, Sarah found herself dressed in the same uniform as the other students well at least the girls.
Sarah was putting some of her new text books in her locker when she was approached by two girls.
"You're Michael Pryor's cousin aren't you?" a girl with the largest head of feathered hair Sarah had ever seen asked.
"Yes," Sarah answered.
"In that case, let me introduce myself. I'm Charlene Thomas, and I think you and I are going to get along wonderfully," the head underneath the hair said.
"Why would you think that?" Sarah questioned.
"Charlene is most popular junior in the school," her brunette sidekick responded.
"Don't mind Heather. She is just a little jumpy about her social standing now that you're here," Charlene replied.
"Right, I'm late for English," Sarah told them before trying to make a break.
"It's lunch, dear. There are no classes," Charlene said with a smile.
"Oh, I'm taking an English placement test," Sarah explained.
"During lunch?" Heather questioned.
"Yeah, during lunch," Sarah said before hurrying away.
"Tell me again. Why are we being nice to her?" Heather asked Charlene after Sarah was out of site.
"She is our ticket to the senior parties," Charlene reminded her friend.
"I just wish she wasn't a freshman. How is this going to look?" Heather questioned.
"It'll look like we've come across the next Charlene Thomas and have taken her under our wing," Charlene replied, "And Michael will be thankful that we befriended his poor little cousin that he'll ask me out."
"Ask you out? What about me?" Heather demanded.
"I'm just more attractive than you, Heather. Sorry, it is true," Charlene said.
That night at the dinner table, Michael objected, "No way. I agreed Sarah could invite whoever she waned. Christy and her dorky friends are not coming to my party."
"Christy, it is your brother's party," Beth said. "You can have your own party later."
"Can Amy and Laura at least spend the night since I'm not invited to the party?" Christy asked.
"No," Michael told her.
"Yes, that will be fine," Beth said turning to glare at Michael.
Michael got up from the table and left the room.
"Is it all right if I invite Christy and her friends?" Sarah asked her aunt.
"I did say you could invite anyone," Beth replied.
"Awesome," Sarah said with a smile.
A few days later, Sarah was sitting in the school library working on an English paper. Michael walked in and spotted his cousin.
"You aren't friends with Charlene are you?" Michael asked sitting in the empty chair next to Sarah.
"No, defiantly not," Sarah answered.
"Why would she say that she is your friend?" he questioned.
"I don't know she is pretty strange. She keeps writing me notes and leaving them in my locker. You know what, Michael? She is probably a lesbian," Sarah replied.
Michael thought it over in his head.
Sarah broke into his thoughts with a bout of laughter, "Michael, she wants you to invite her to your stupid party," Sarah told him.
"Speaking of that how many people are you inviting?" he asked.
"One, plus Christy and her two friends so that would be four," she replied.
"You're inviting them?" Michael whined.
"I believe your parents told me I could invite anyone I wanted," she told him.
"Fine, but only because people will think they are your friends from Philly," he replied before leaving her to join his friends.
Sarah went back to writing her paper. She found a system to this school. If she kept to herself, she finished almost all of her homework during the day leaving her evenings free practice her guitar. She was dying to start a band, but form the looks of this school, she was going to have to look elsewhere for musicians.
Over in California, David stood in front of his new school. It was huge, and it wasn't like her wasn't used to city schools. David clutched his schedule and attempted to find his home room. It had been so much easier last night at the open house when the halls hadn't been filled to capacity with jr. high kids greeting each other after the summer break.
David found the room and took a seat in the front of the room and waited for class to begin.
Just like in Philly the teachers ask the students to introduce themselves to the class and say a something about themselves. When it was David's turn he said his name and added that he had just moved here from Philadelphia.
"Is that in Ohio?" a girl asked.
"Yeah, Philadelphia, Ohio, Jenny," a boy told her. "Were in a gang?" he asked David.
The teacher was about to break up the question and answer session when David replied, "Are you a movie star?"
The boy looked confused and only caught on when half the class started laughing.
A note from Banana Belle
It wasn't much, but it was something. I know it has been way too long, but be glad I waited I really wanted to just kill all the characters and end it. I'm not sure when the next update will be but keep reviewing because most of the time I see a new review I think about working on the story.
"Yeah, but I like all the outdoorsy stuff. You probably wouldn't have liked it," Christy told her. "So has Michael been harassing you instead of me?"
"A little but I put him in his place," Sarah replied. "Don't let him give you any crap."
"I wish it were that simple but the 'rents usually side with me anyway so it doesn't really matter," Christy explained.
"That is right you have younger sibling privileges," Sarah teased.
"Christy, do you want me to make anything special for dinner?" Beth asked.
"Mashed potatoes would be nice," Christy answered.
Sarah and Christy talked the rest of the trip home. The next week passed by quickly, and before the realized it, summer was over. Sarah agreed to attend private school on the condition that she was able to continue her guitar lessons. So on the first day of school, Sarah found herself dressed in the same uniform as the other students well at least the girls.
Sarah was putting some of her new text books in her locker when she was approached by two girls.
"You're Michael Pryor's cousin aren't you?" a girl with the largest head of feathered hair Sarah had ever seen asked.
"Yes," Sarah answered.
"In that case, let me introduce myself. I'm Charlene Thomas, and I think you and I are going to get along wonderfully," the head underneath the hair said.
"Why would you think that?" Sarah questioned.
"Charlene is most popular junior in the school," her brunette sidekick responded.
"Don't mind Heather. She is just a little jumpy about her social standing now that you're here," Charlene replied.
"Right, I'm late for English," Sarah told them before trying to make a break.
"It's lunch, dear. There are no classes," Charlene said with a smile.
"Oh, I'm taking an English placement test," Sarah explained.
"During lunch?" Heather questioned.
"Yeah, during lunch," Sarah said before hurrying away.
"Tell me again. Why are we being nice to her?" Heather asked Charlene after Sarah was out of site.
"She is our ticket to the senior parties," Charlene reminded her friend.
"I just wish she wasn't a freshman. How is this going to look?" Heather questioned.
"It'll look like we've come across the next Charlene Thomas and have taken her under our wing," Charlene replied, "And Michael will be thankful that we befriended his poor little cousin that he'll ask me out."
"Ask you out? What about me?" Heather demanded.
"I'm just more attractive than you, Heather. Sorry, it is true," Charlene said.
That night at the dinner table, Michael objected, "No way. I agreed Sarah could invite whoever she waned. Christy and her dorky friends are not coming to my party."
"Christy, it is your brother's party," Beth said. "You can have your own party later."
"Can Amy and Laura at least spend the night since I'm not invited to the party?" Christy asked.
"No," Michael told her.
"Yes, that will be fine," Beth said turning to glare at Michael.
Michael got up from the table and left the room.
"Is it all right if I invite Christy and her friends?" Sarah asked her aunt.
"I did say you could invite anyone," Beth replied.
"Awesome," Sarah said with a smile.
A few days later, Sarah was sitting in the school library working on an English paper. Michael walked in and spotted his cousin.
"You aren't friends with Charlene are you?" Michael asked sitting in the empty chair next to Sarah.
"No, defiantly not," Sarah answered.
"Why would she say that she is your friend?" he questioned.
"I don't know she is pretty strange. She keeps writing me notes and leaving them in my locker. You know what, Michael? She is probably a lesbian," Sarah replied.
Michael thought it over in his head.
Sarah broke into his thoughts with a bout of laughter, "Michael, she wants you to invite her to your stupid party," Sarah told him.
"Speaking of that how many people are you inviting?" he asked.
"One, plus Christy and her two friends so that would be four," she replied.
"You're inviting them?" Michael whined.
"I believe your parents told me I could invite anyone I wanted," she told him.
"Fine, but only because people will think they are your friends from Philly," he replied before leaving her to join his friends.
Sarah went back to writing her paper. She found a system to this school. If she kept to herself, she finished almost all of her homework during the day leaving her evenings free practice her guitar. She was dying to start a band, but form the looks of this school, she was going to have to look elsewhere for musicians.
Over in California, David stood in front of his new school. It was huge, and it wasn't like her wasn't used to city schools. David clutched his schedule and attempted to find his home room. It had been so much easier last night at the open house when the halls hadn't been filled to capacity with jr. high kids greeting each other after the summer break.
David found the room and took a seat in the front of the room and waited for class to begin.
Just like in Philly the teachers ask the students to introduce themselves to the class and say a something about themselves. When it was David's turn he said his name and added that he had just moved here from Philadelphia.
"Is that in Ohio?" a girl asked.
"Yeah, Philadelphia, Ohio, Jenny," a boy told her. "Were in a gang?" he asked David.
The teacher was about to break up the question and answer session when David replied, "Are you a movie star?"
The boy looked confused and only caught on when half the class started laughing.
A note from Banana Belle
It wasn't much, but it was something. I know it has been way too long, but be glad I waited I really wanted to just kill all the characters and end it. I'm not sure when the next update will be but keep reviewing because most of the time I see a new review I think about working on the story.