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DISCLAIMER
First off, in chapter one, when giving out Elaine's age, I said she was sixteen, which is obviously wrong. She's twenty-six. Sorry about that. Higher Ground characters don't belong to me. They belong to Fox Family. I only own Cecilia, who'll be showing up in the next chapter. I know it's probably not necessary to add all of their ages, but I'm going to anyways.
The next Monday, Scott entered the hallways of West Moore High.
"Hey, who's that?" sixteen-year old Shelby Merrick asked in interest.
"I don't know. He's kinda cute though," sixteen-year old Juliette "Jules" Waybourne responded.
"Hey!" her boyfriend, sixteen-year Augusto "Auggie" Ciceros protested.
"But not as cute as you," Juliette was quick to assure. Shelby laughed. Just then, the blond-haired, blue-eyed boy walked up to them.
"Hi, I'm Scott Barringer," he introduced himself.
"I'm Juliette Waybourne, this is my boyfriend Auggie Ciceros," Juliette introduced the two.
"Hola," Auggie greeted. He and Scott shook hands.
"I'm Ezra Friedkin and this is my girlfriend Daisy Lipenowski," sixteen-year old Ezra Friedkin continued.
"Hey," sixteen-year old Daisy Lipenowski said.
"And I'm David Ruxton," sixteen-year old David Ruxton finished.
"Nice to meet you all," Scott said.
"Where did you transfer from?" asked Ezra.
"Havert High," Scott answered.
"Why'd you transfer?" Juliette wondered.
"Dad says this place has a better football scholarship," Scott replied.
"Oh, great. That's just what we need. Another jocko," Daisy said sarcastically.
"Hey! I'm not another dumb jock!" Scott protested indignantly.
"All right, all right. Let's not get into it," Juliette said hurriedly. Then, "Do you have your schedule?"
"Actually, I need to head on over to the principal's office to get it," Scott responded.
"I'll take you," Shelby offered eagerly. Her friends stifled a laugh. She glared at them, and then led the way to the principal's office.
"Hey, Mr. Markasian," Shelby greeted.
"Hello, Shelby," the principal, Frank Markasian acknowledged. "Who's this?" he queried.
"Scott Barringer. New boy," was her answer.
"My dad called you. I think he got all the classes figured out," the boy added.
"Barringer, Barringer…" the man muttered, looking through his papers. Then, "Ah, yes. Here we are." Scott took the paper and he and Shelby looked over it.
"English? I got the same class. Come on," she stated. With that, they headed for the door.
"Thanks, Mr. Markasian," Scott said before the door shut.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
As far as I know, I made up Havert High. If it's an actual school and you don't want me to use it, tell me and I'll change it. And there'll be more school scenes later in the story, I just thought this would be a good way to end the chapter.