A/N. Hi, my name is Gabz. I'm 13 and this is my first fanfiction. I just want to say that I'm English so I'm not really that sure about American schools and everything so some details might be way off so I'll apologise now in advance. So…sorry! Anyway, the gang have just started high school and they're sixteen, I'm not sure if that's right either, eek! Please leave a review and tell me what you think. big smile
Prologue.
"Ashley Funicello Spinelli! If you're not downstairs in…" Flo Spinelli's voice drifted into her daughter's bedroom from the kitchen downstairs.
Spinelli groaned and kicked her duvet off, she sat up and took a second to remember why she didn't want to wake up. Then she remembered…first day of high school
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Gretchen Grundler walked downstairs and into the kitchen. She walked over to the fridge, pulled out a carton of orange juice and put it onto the table, as she got a glass she looked at the calendar on the wall. September the first was circled in red and inside the small block it said "Gretchen's first day!" Gretchen gulped slightly before filling her glass with orange juice.
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Vincent Pierre LaSalle was running across the pitch, he had the ball in his hands and all the other players were far behind him. He was getting closer and closer and…
BEEP BEEP BEEP
Vince groaned and opened his eyes, flinging his hand out of the covers. It came into contact with his alarm clock and the beeping stopped, abruptly.
"Vincent!" Called his mother from downstairs. "Get up! You don't want to be late for your first day." Vince felt as though someone had punched him in the stomach as he remembered what day it was.
"No," He muttered, sarcastically. "We wouldn't want that."
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Theodore. J. Detweiler lay in bed, having a mental argument with himself over everything.
'Get up'
'Don't get up'
'Wear your cap'
'Don't wear your cap'
'The sky is blue'
'The sky is purple'
Groaning, T.J clambered out of bed and trudged into the bathroom. He turned on the cold-water tap and then splashed water over his face.
'Don't go to school.'
'Tender!'
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Gustav Patten Griswald sat on his bed, fiddling with the corner of his duvet. He was already dressed and had already eaten his breakfast. Now he was left to sit and worry before leaving for his new school.
'At least I won't be the only new kid.' Gus thought, trying to see the bright side.
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Michael Blumberg walked down the stairs, singing with as much cheerfulness as he could muster.
"When ever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect and whistle a happy tune, so no one will suspect I'm afraid."
Mikey walked into the living room and sat on the sofa. He opened his new school bag and checked that everything he needed was in it. Then he took a deep breath and stood up.
"Hello young lovers, whoever you are. I hope your troubles are few…"
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At The Bus Stop.
Mikey and Gus stood at the bus stop together, looking paler than ever.
Mikey's hair had been gelled back and his usual clothes replaced with a pale blue and white polo shirt and a pair of blue denim jeans. He had lost a fair bit of weight over the years but he was still tall, and probably a bit scary looking to people that didn't know him.
Gus had his hair spiked up at the front and was wearing a cotton, royal blue t-shirt and a pair of black pants with trainers. He had grown about 3 inches over the summer so he know longer had that 'new kid' look…he just had the 'I'm new' look.
"Aren't we kinda early?" Gus asked, trying to break the silence.
"It is always better to be early than late my small friend." Mikey replied, staring into space. Gus began to roll on the balls of his feet, he looked round just in time to see Vince racing around the corner.
"Hey guys." He said, flashing them a quick smile. Mikey and Gus said 'hi' and took in Vince's appearance.
His hair was the same as always though a little bit longer, but gone were the shorts and the number 1 shirt. They were replaced with a pair of baggy, khaki pants and a dark green sleeveless t-shirt that had 'Winner' written across the back. He had also grown even taller so that he was nearing 6"2.
"So what you been up to?" Gus asked, playing with the straps of his bag.
"Not much." Vince said, shrugging his backpack of and letting it fall to the floor. "We were at my brother's in Michigan."
"Cool. It was only me and Mikey here."
"Where were Spinelli and Teej?" Vince asked.
"Did I hear my name?" Said a voice from behind them. They all turned around to see T.J's face grinning at them.
T.J was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a red t-shirt and his cap…backwards of course. He had grown quite a bit, now bordering on 5"9.
"Yeah," Vince said, slapping him on the back. "I was just askin' where you and Spin were over the holidays."
"I was in France." T.J explained. "Becky's idea…something about 'love' and all that crap" T.J pulled a face. "I thought Spinelli was staying here."
"She was," Said a girl's voice, matter-of-factly. The boy's turned around again this time to see a girl with red-brown hair. "But she ended up going to New York with her parents. Isn't that right, Spinelli?" Gretchen turned to her right, obviously expecting to see Spinelli standing next to her. "Spin? Spinelli?" Gretchen groaned and walked up the street and around the corner. The boys stayed silent, trying to hear what was being said.
"…c'mon, Spinelli!"
"I ain't comin'!" Said another voice.
"Spinell…"
"No! They'll laugh at me! And I look stupid!"
"No they won't, now come on."
Gretchen returned back to the group, she stood in front of them for a second then quickly moved aside revealing Spinelli. Spinelli 'eek'-ed and went to hide behind Gretchen again but Gretchen pushed Spinelli gently in front of her. The boys all stared at her, eyes wide.
Spinelli had ditched her hat and pigtails and had left her raven black hair down so that it tumbled down her back. She was wearing a pair of black leather pants and a red 'boob tube' that showed off her midriff.
"What?" Spinelli snapped. Mikey smiled at Spinelli, Gus waved and Vince said 'Hi' but T.J continued to stare open-mouthed at Spinelli until Vince nudged him. Even then all he could do was nod. Gretchen shook her head. It was gunna be a looong year.
A/N. So what do you think? Please review!
