{A/N: I know, so far all of the chapters have been geared more towards the girls, and this chapter is the same. I suppose it's because I am a girl and I'm better writing things about girls...or something. Anyway, I promise I'm going to write more about the guys soon, especially Sam. Thanks for reading guys, and keep the reviews coming. ;D}
Ch. 3: Final Exams
"When the world around you
is not what it seems
the only thing you can count on
are your dreams."
---
Marisa tapped her number two pencil nervously against the desk. At OSHS final exams counted for 10% of your grade for the year, (the mid-term also counts as 10%) which when it came time for averaging the grades, wasn't really all that much. It sure seemed like a lot though. Marisa looked around the room, people were biting there nails, taping there feet on the ground, and fidgeting around in their seats. On everyone's faces was a look of sleep depravation, probably up all night cramming for the test. Except of course Tiffany Brooks, the most popular girl in school, she had Sherri acting as her own personal assistant, she was sitting in the corner desk way in the back applying yet another coat of makeup.
Mrs. Sharpton walked in, the first exam was math. Later on in the day was the history exam.
"Good morning," Mrs. Sharpton said cheerfully, looking at the room full of groggy teens. She got no response. "C'mon guys, just one more day and your done!" she started to hand out the exams.
Once she finished the room became quiet, all you could hear for the next 90 minutes were the sounds of people hitting the buttons of a calculator, and the sound of pencil of paper. There was also the occasional sound of someone turning a page. Marisa was pretty good with math she didn't like it much though. The test was no problem for her, even though she had been up all night worrying about it, not that she would have slept anyway, Marisa was a bit of an insomniac. Reggie on the other hand, was horrible in math, a huge English or history essay she could do, but she wasn't so great with numbers, and this year was doubly bad, as sophomores had to take chemistry, which was like taking a second math course! Marisa finished the test 45 minutes early, she glanced over at Reggie who was still hard at work, then started reading a book she had brought with her. Reggie finished just a few minutes before the bell.
When the bell rang at around 9:30 Marisa and Reggie went to meet up with Trish, who since she was in a different geometry class, was taking the test in a different room. The three had made plans to meet Twister, Otto and Sam at the shack. When they got there the guys were already there, drinking shakes and eating fries. At noon they would all have to go back to school for their second exam, they couldn't agree on where to go until then. Twister and Otto wanted to go skate at mad town. Marisa wanted to go shopping. Reggie and Trish wanted to go to the amusement part, and Sam just wanted to chill at the shack. The teens decided a compromise was in order. They stayed at the shack for an hour, then went to the amusement park for an hour, and then went skating until they were due back at school.
"Sorry we didn't get to go shopping Risa, maybe we can go after school today?" Reggie asked on the way to the class where she, Trish, and Marisa would be taking there history final.
"Nah, it's all right I've got all summer to shop." Marisa replied.
"You sure?" Trish asked, surprised her friend would pass up an offer to go shopping.
"Yeah, plus I'm kinda tired, I think I'm gunna go one and go to bed."
They walked into the class, a few people were already there, by the time the teacher came the class was full. The teacher passed out the exams and everyone got started on them.
The bell rang at 1:30, Marisa went right home as she planned. She walked into her empty house. Her Mom and Dad were working, and Lyndsay was only in the second grade, they didn't have finals. She'd be home around three. Marisa went to her room and plopped down on the bed. Her cat, named Princess, was already laying there. She petted Princess until she eventually fell asleep.
---
The next day was pretty much the same, except Tuesday's exams were English and chemistry.
After school Marisa went home right away again. This didn't worry the gang much, she spent a lot of days in bed, on account of her not sleeping at night.
Reggie, Trish, Otto, and Twister all went surfing. The girls met the guys at the beach. The first thing Reggie noticed, well second if you count Twister's well built body, though Reggie had been noticing that a lot lately, was a bruise, a little larger then Reggie's fist right on Twister's hip.
"Wow Twist, that looks sore, what did you do now?" She asked.
Twister hesitated. "I slipped getting out of the shower last night."
That whole afternoon Reggie tried to shake off Twister's newest accident. There was just something about it though. The bruise didn't really seem consistent with something you'd get falling out of a bathtub, though if you fell just the right way, anything was possible Reggie thought. It was kind of gross looking, black and purplish colored. Reggie winced just looking at it.
---
That night Twister lay awake in bed thinking about that day. He also thought about Reggie, he did that quiet often actually. He really liked her, more then as a friend, and sometimes he thought she felt the same way.
"Should I tell her what's really going on?"
"No, she wouldn't understand."
"Sure she would Twister, she's your friend, plus she really cares about you!" Twister thought, fighting with himself in his head.
"I should tell her, she's one of my best, and most caring friends. If I can't tell her, who can I tell?" Twister said to himself just before falling asleep.
---
{A/N2: Hey guys, sorry this is a little short, it's only about a page shorter then the last ones in my notebook, but since there's not much dialogue, its all in paragraphs, it looks MUCH shorter. I'm feeling some more writers block coming on. :P I'll write again as soon as I come up with some more ideas.}
{Reviews... Thanks again guys for reviewing...
Laura: Tell lemonjello I said hello! And tell him I said sorry, but I do write the fic on paper first. :( It's recycled paper though and I recycle them after! :D
Mike: Last chapters writers block wasn't as bad as I thought, I guess I was just kinda lazy. 1. Oh he's fine, I just had to keep him from going to the party. :P 2. This would ruin my plot if I told you. 3. It was Sherri who had the party, but she's not going to be super depressed or anything...but she's definitely going to be pissed off. 4. Another plot ruiner.
Spice of Life: Ah, yes, I know how that is, I have five little sisters under the age of five. (Two of which are one month old twins!)}
{A/N3: Oh yeah, and in the first chapter, there were a lot of spelling/grammar mistakes because when I changed the quote after I uploaded the story, I changed it in the wrong file I had it saved as, which was the one I had before I spell checked and read it over. So I fixed that, and fixed a mistake in the second chapter as well.}