Chapter 8: Global history, Explaining, New faces

"Hello." The class said rather dully.

"Freddy, Leni? How about you two tell the class about yourself?" Freddy rolled his eyes at this.

"Come ON Ned do we have to?"

"FREDDY! It's Mr. Schneebly here!"

"I'm sorry but can I puh-lease call you Ned. It feels weird calling you Mr. Schneebly after 5th grade if ya know what I mean."

"Yes Freddy, I know, Can you try and call me Mr. S then, because if you call me 'Ned', then everyone else will."

"Fine, Mr. S."

"Thank you."

"Any time."

"OK, Leni. How about you tell the class about yourself first?"

"Fine, I guess, since my darling twin," she said, looking at Freddy who was in the process of putting on his headphones and tuning out everything. "is being so cooperative this morning."

"Damn straight" Freddy said before he turned on his CD player.

"UGH! Anyway, hello! My name is Eleni Jones. My friends call me Leni. I am in the band known as School Of Rock and I am the old groupie and new singer. Um, and I hate preppy people and preppy music." She got a lot of glares for that. "And I think I'll let my brother continue."

"Uh Freddy?" Mr. S said.

"What?"

"Tell the class about yourself, you dumbass!" Eleni said to her older brother.

"Bite me. Anyhoo, my name is Freddy Jones, I am this wonderful girl's twin brother. I am also in the band School Of Rock, only I play drums. If you stay outta my way then I'll stay outta your way, and this is how I plan to spend this rest of this year! Uh, that's about it."

"OK! Ha, what a great sense of humor Freddy has. Uh, Leni, there's an empty seat next to Ashley. Ashley can you raise your hand?" Ashley raised her hand. "Uh Freddy there is an empty seat next to Grace. Grace, please raise your hand. "Grace raised her hand but had a very resentful face.

Eleni's Pov

I walked over to the girl that Ned said was Ashley. I miss my old school. I'd be in Art right now with Katie. I miss her already! I wonder how Freddy's coping without sitting next to her. I got to my seat and sat down. I stretched out my hand to shake the girl Ashley's hand.

" Hey! My name's Eleni, but you can call me Leni or El if ya want." Ashley surprisingly took my hand.

"I'm Ashley. Welcome to Lindenhurst."

"Thanks."

"So what's Ned like for a teacher? I mean Mr. S."

"He's actually really cool. Why do you and your brother keep calling him Ned?"

"Well that's his first name and it's a really long story. Hey! I got an idea! If you want to, then why don't you come over after school? We can hang out, and I'll explain the WHOLE thing to you."

"That sounds great!" she smiled.

"Oh but right now I gotta go: it's time for me to get to Art." "Oh joy(!) Oh, ick, I got Science! I'll talk to you after school, I guess." "Yea ill meet you at the fountain outside in the front?" "Yea great see ya there!" "Bye" "Bye" And I walked out of the classroom to meet Freddy for science ick!

%&Freddy's Pov&%

I walked over to this girl, 'Grace', did he say her name was? Oh joy, sounds like a prep name. I can't wait. I got to my seat with all the thoughts of my friends and how there's band practice tomorrow! YES!

"Hey, I'm Freddy."

"Good for you wanna cookie?" Grace asked.

"Excuse you?!"

"I said 'do you wanna cookie?' Of course I was joking, loser."

"Wow, you're nice."

"Thanks!" And she gave me a fake cute smile. Great, I get to sit next to a mean prep! How cold can you get? Then she asked me a question.

"Whatcha listening to?"

"Metallica. You probably never heard of them, or any rock band for that matter. Britney Spears seems more to your liking."

"EXCUSE ME! Britney sucks! I happen to like Metallica and rock very much, thank you! And I have my own rock band too, and I am also a drummer. Surprising yes?"

"Very! But congratulations, you wanna cookie now?" She giggled.

"No, that's ok. Oh and by the way I'm Grace." And she held out her hand.

"I know, Ned told me." And I laughed, she did too surprisingly. Jeez, people here are like on crack: they're mean one minute and nice the next.

"Hey" she said, outta nowhere.

"Yea?"

"How come you refer to him as Ned?"

"Long story! If ya want you can come over after school and I'll explain it to you?"

"Can I take a rain check? I got band practice."

"Yeah, sure, just tell me when you're free. I would have band practice but it got postponed till tomorrow."

"Aw, that sucks."

"Yea just a little. Hey how about you come over tomorrow and I'll teach you how to really rock!" I said jokingly.

"Or I'll show you!"

"So you'll come?"

"Sure. Anyways, I gotta go. I got Math next. Seeya tomorrow, Freddy."

"Yea, see ya." And I walked out of the room to see Leni waiting there.

"FREDRICK ANTHONY JONES!" I heard Eleni call. Oh God, she must be mad! Last time she called me that I was 6 and ripped off all her Barbie heads.

"Yes Eleni Rhianna Jones?" I said sweetly.

"We are 3 minutes late to our next class now! Thanks to you, we might have to keep introducing ourselves."

"Sorry." I said laughing she always looked so funny when she was mad.

"Let's go, asshole."

"UNCALLED FOR, EL!"

"Don't care!" And with that we walked to our science class.

&! 5 Hours Later !&

Eleni's Pov

I walked over to the fountain with Freddy following me whining something I couldn't understand. I hated when he did that.

"What are you complaining about now."

"I miss everyone and why are we going to the fountain?"

"Because I invited my new friend Ashley over today. "

"Fascinating. Is she hot?"

"For one, I don't judge girls and for two, I thought you liked Katie?"

"Well, I do! I need someone to make her jealous though."

"You, my friend, are the biggest idiot I have ever met."

"Why do you keep saying that? You sound like Summer."

"Gee, I don't know, maybe because it's true and Summer's my friend and all, but NEVER compare me to her."

"Never say never."

"You just did....Twice."

"Screw you."

"I think I'll pass."

"I hate you."

"No, you don't."

"So?" Finally Ashley walked over.

"Omg! I thought you'd never come! You have no idea what it's like being here with an idiot."

"HA! Sorry, I had to ask Mr. Schneebly something."

"Ashley, this is my twin brother Freddy, don't worry we don't have to hang out with him if you don't want to."

"Aw, I'd feel bad leaving him by himself," she said, and pinched his cheeks. Oh, God! Please don't like him – he's horrible! "Besides, how can you leave something so cute behind." Count to ten El, just count to ten.

"Gee, I don't know. Maybe like this. "And I walked away dragging Ashley with me.