"The world is black and hearts are cold
and there's no hope that's what we're told
and we cant go back it wont be the same
forever changed by the things we've seen"
- The world is black, Good Charlotte
"Riley!" Riley stopped in her tracks as she heard her name being called. She turned slightly, and smiled slightly as she saw Madison walking towards her.
"Hiya Maddie" She said giving her friend a kiss on the cheek
"Heya Riley" Madison responded
"So whats up?" Riley asked as the two girls continued their journey to the school
"Nothing much. How was your weekend?" Madison asked
"Sooo much fun." Riley said, her eyes lighting up.
"What did you guys do?" the other girl asked
"After we left the school, John drove us to Jersey, to the mall. Stephie and me tried on all these clothes, and John bought some of them for us"
"By some, how much do you mean?" Madison asked
"The majority." The girls laughed. "Anyway, we saw Bombay Dreams on Broadway on Saturday, and Randy surprised me and came down."
"I can see from your hickey"
"Hush. Then we all chilled that night and figured out what we were going to do regarding Rand's idea. Yesterday we went to the park with my cousins." Riley summed up as they started up the pathway to the school
"Oh man that sounds like fun"
"It was, next time its you, me, Stephie and Jackie. We'll terrorize the place!" Riley laughed. They came to a stop in the lobby of the school.
"I'm going to Ms.De's office." Madison said, silently asking a question
"I'm just gonna go to my locker. See ya later Maddie" Riley said and walked away from one of her few friends.
Madison walked down the hall to Ms. De's office.
"You are late!" Jackie said
"I was talking to Riley"
Mr. Santiago stopped eating. Ms. De and Ms. Jameson stopped midconversation.
"Is she ok?" Ms. De asked
"Where is she?" Ms. Jameson asked
"Is she still mad?" Mr. Santiago asked
"She's fine, at her locker, and since she isn't here, yes I think so" She responded to her teachers.
Jackie then asked Madison something, and they left the room, as did the other girls.
"Ok…now what?" Mr. Santiago asked
"You aren't eating" Ms. De said, noticing that his food had remained the way it was since Madison had entered the room
"Oh…I don't want to"
"Ok this is serious, Riley isn't talking to us, and Mr. Santiago isn't eating" Ms. Jameson said
"Can someone get me Randy's phone number?" Ms. De asked
"Why?" Mr. Santiago asked, throwing away his breakfast
"Maybe if I talk to him…." She began
"She'll get more upset and never ever speak to us" Ms. Jameson cut in
"Or we can figure out how to fix this" Mr. Santiago said
"Can we get the phone number?" Ms. De asked rising from her chair
"She's working open house for me today" Mr. Santiago said
"Open house is today?" Ms. Jameson asked
"Yes. For the accepted middle-schoolers" Ms. De said "So you think you can get it?" She asked Mr. .Santiago
"No. But Madison can" He responded
"Don't call her Madison, you'll scare her"
"I know, that's the beauty of it"
"Alright get the number" Ms. De said and they left the room
Shakespeare class
Riley walked into the class room, knowing someone was behind her, not really caring who it was.
"Ms. Smith" Mr. Santiago said from behind her
Ok maybe she should have cared a little more
"Yes?" She asked, turning towards him, her eyes showing no emotion
"Are you ok?" He asked
"Fine" She said and took her seat
Ok, so she was talking to him, she was just being cold, and probably mean.
"Don't forget you are working open house for me this afternoon"
"I'm not the one who usually forgets things." Riley responded not looking up from her book.
Her teacher opened his mouth to answer but was cut off by Jackie running into the room.
"RILEY YOU ARE HERE!" She squealed and threw her books on the floor and hugged Riley
"Ow my ears" Mr. Santiago said
"Hush" Madison said coming up behind him
"She didn't talk to me" He said looking at his other student
"Did you really expect her to?" Madison asked looking at him weird.
"Well" Mr. Santiago began
"You must be high." Madison said to him, walking by him
Mr. Santiago looked at the girls, who he counted on to make this his favorite class. Crap this was gonna be….depressing. He sighed and began his class.
Nothing.
No comments
Bell rings.
End of class.
Nothing.
Mr. Santiago left the class room and walked into Ms.De's.
"You look like hell just ran over you Antonio" The teacher said to him
"They didn't say anything through class. Nothing. Not one thing."
"My class either" She said
"Fuck" Both teachers said, feeling hopeless
After school, open house, in the cafeteria
"Maddie, I need a favor"
"Dude, first first names, now nicknames, you are so gonna get your ass fired" Madison said
"I'm starting to think that would be a good idea. Can you get me Randy's number"
"Uh…Santiago? I doubt that you are gonna get Riley to talk to you by trying to steal her boyfriend."
"I'm not gay!" He responded
"But if you were, none of the girls here would be trying to get with you"
"Yea it was either me be gay, get a girl"
"And neither was possible?" Madison asked
"No. God said no. So then I was thinking I should date Bianca, the other English teacher here, but we decided not to"
"That woulda caused her drama actually"
"Yea. I guess. So get me the phone number?"
"I'll try, but if she finds out you got it from me, it's your ass"
"I have a nice ass!" He protested
"What was that Mr. Santiago?" Mr. Michaels asked him
"Uhhh…" Mr. Santiago said, panicking
"Mr. Michaels, whats the cost of bipeadalism?" Riley asked sliding up next to him, seriously confused about the subject
"Oh well" The Anthropology teacher began and they walked off
"Did she just save me?" The Shakespeare teacher asked confused
"Yes. But she was actually confused about that topic"
"Oh. Damn."
"I'll get the number" Madison said and walked off
sometime later
"Hey Riley, can I use your phone?"
"Yea sure, yours being a bitch again?" Riley asked
"Watch your language" Mr. Santiago said from behind them
Riley wordlessly passed Madison her phone. Madison took the phone and called her dad to tell him to pick her up at 6. Then she went through the phone book and got Randy's number. If Riley ever found out about this, she was dead.
Madison quickly walked back to the table and gave Mr. Santiago the number as she passed him.
He left the room, and handed it to Ms. De
"We'll call him tomorrow at lunch" She said and turned away from him