Authors Note: Ok sorry it took so long to get this up. The chapter has been done for a while; I've just been lazy and didn't post it till now. :p well any way just read it. And just so you know I'm too lazy to do disclaimer fro this chapter too. R&R
Title contest: OK "Magic in Hamden" sucks as a title so I'm going to let you guys pick the title of this story; just leave it on the review board.
Chapter 2: Another Boring Day of Suck
Peter had just walked into the school building and knew it was going to be another boring day. The various fights already happening around the school was nothing new to him and got boring real quickly. Blacks fighting Spanish, Spanish fighting Blacks, and Whites opening bet pools on the fights. As part of Peter's normal morning routine he stopped in the café to buy a bottle of Mountain Dew Code Red from the soda machine. As Peter removed the bottle from the machine he perked up when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"Hey Peter" Replied Tiger Lily. Peter just called her Lil. The two had been best friends since they could remember. She had light brownish, reddish skin and long black hair being held up by an Indian headband around her forehead, tight blue jeans and a black tee shirt that said "If you're going to regret it in the morning, sleep in till the afternoon." The Indian Head Band was technically not allowed in the school since it was a gang color but thanks to the ACLU they are allowed to wear them.
Maybe I should explain the gangs in Hamden High. There are four gangs split up by race. The first one is the black gang named the "Hoods" with the black Dew rags as their color. The Spanish gang named the "Diablo's" with the bandanas that either had a Mexican or Cuban flag on it. The flag depended on where they were from but were the same gang. The white gang actually call themselves a fraternity, "Alpha Omega", and is known for the red blazers. And then there were the Indians called the "Redskins" and were known by the beaded headbands. Almost all the Indians in Peter's school were a member.
Lily was in the Redskins and was considered the Medicine woman in the gang. Peter was considered a member of them but because he was not an Indian, he wasn't allowed to wear the colors. The members of the Redskins are either from the Mohegan or Pequot tribes. The Redskins also believed in the ways that there ancestors lived and respected nature and all things in it. While they are the most passive of the gangs, they were the strongest so the other gangs left them alone for the most part.
Well anyway getting back to the story at hand. After Peter said hi to Lil he opened the soda he just bought. He breathed in the cherry scented fizz that came out of the bottle making him giggle. He put the opening to his lips and drank down at least a quarter of the bottle. If you looked closely at Peter's eyes you could see small red swirls mix in with his gray eyes. As Peter felt the first of the caffeine enter his body he jumped up on top of the lunch tables then jumped as high as he could.
"CAAARRRROOOOOOKAAAKOO!" Peter shouted for the whole school to here. This told everyone that he was wide awake. Lil just giggled as he watched him.
"Must you do that every morning?" She asked.
"It's the best part of waking up." Peter replied. Lil just giggled and walked out to her first class.
Lil and Peter saw each other again at 3rd period, Geometry. The bell rang and they took their seats with the rest of the students and the teacher began her lesson.
"Ok class, please take out your homework from last night" said the teacher
"WE HAD HOMEWORK!?" Peter shouted with a shocked look on his face. Lil just sighed, this being almost daily thing for Peter.
"Peter honestly, do I need to start calling you every night to remind you?" Lil said to Peter.
"Hey that's a good idea. Thanks Lil" Peter said smiling at Lil. She just sighed.
The rest of the day was really boring. This was nothing new to Peter. He never perked up at school until lunch. Of course he never ate the stuff that the school made. But he got to sit with Lil and a few of his other friends. All Peter had been strawberry milk.
"Hey I just did the stupidest thing ever..." spoke up Peter's friend James. He was a big guy over six feet tall, h and short brown hair. He was pretty much your average computer geek but you wouldn't be able to tell by looking at him.
"What?" Peter asked as he took a sip of his milk.
"I joined the Marines" James replied. When Peter heard this he did a spit take on the floor.
"WHAT? ARE YOU NUTS?!!" Peter yelled.
"I don't know. I know I'm not going to collage so why not. Besides they gave me this cool t-shirt" James explained as he stood up to show off his shirt.
"Pain is weakness leaving the body" Peter read aloud on James's shirt.
"Ohh that reminds me Peter, we still need to come up with slogans to put on t-shirts for the Native-Craft fair coming up" Lil told Peter. Peter really couldn't think of any goofy sayings that weren't taken yet.
"I'm drawling a blank. Oh by the way, what did the fair committee decide on advertising?" Peter asked Lil.
"There just going to run ads in the Hamden Chronicle since it's free." Lil explained to Peter. Peter was about to say something about that when he got an idea in his head. Peter then smiled evilly.
"Ohh No, Lil you need to watch what you say around Peter" James said, knowing whatever Peter had planned, it wasn't going to be good
AN: O no, Peater has a idea. will it solve world hunger or will it cause WW3? find out in chapter 3. When will 3 be up? Even I dont know :p.