DISCLAIMER: I don't own 7th Heaven or anything related to it. Suing me would be very, very dumb. But if you are dumb, then go on and sue. There is some gunk on the bottom of my shoe that I can scrape off for you.

"I remember how my first day was here," he said when they were waiting for the secretary to get Kennedy's information ready. There were only two other students in the office but already she felt crowded. This is going to be a long day, she thought.

…

Ginger sat down on the opposite side of the classroom, where Ruthie said she had been sitting, and proceeded to give Marina and Ruthie dirty looks throughout the entire class. Ruthie was going to say something to the teacher after class, but Marina stopped her.

"I've never had anyone fight my battles before and I'm not going to start now that I'm in a new school."

Chapter 6: Another Brick In The Wall; Part 3

It was only three class periods in and already Kennedy felt like she was in hell. The last time she had been a new student, she was still a young child and children except easier than teenagers; especially high schoolers. Everywhere she went, she felt eyes beating down the back of her head, as if they were trying to find out the secrets of her soul. Also, girls were staring at her when she walked down the hall with Martin and Mac.

Do they think that I'm dating one of them? She asked herself, although she mused that she wouldn't mind if she were with Mar… Shut up, mind. Shut up!

It was between third and fourth period. Kennedy was standing in front of her locker, back to it, waiting for Martin. He had said that he'd help her get to her classes but he was no where in sight. "Where are you?" she whispered under her breath. Kennedy glanced around the hall and then let her eyes rise up the stairs to see if he was there. Nope, not there either. The warning bell rang and the students began to shuffle towards their respective class rooms.

All the sudden, Kennedy started feeling very claustrophobic. Her breath came in shallow swallows and she leaned tighter against the locker, frantically moving her eyes around the hall.

Her breath wasn't calming and in seconds she thought that she was going to pass out. She closed her eyes and whispered, "Please get here, please get here, please get here…"

"Hey, we got to go if you want to make your class."

She opened her eyes and found them gazing into his. She did stop breathing for a moment before his eyes narrowed and she said, "Yeah, we better go."

The hall was clear, except for a single straggler, so Martin decided to break the rules. He reached down for her hand and once he had hold of it, he ran, guiding her with him down the hall. She ran along his side, half-reveling that they were linked.

Suddenly, he stopped and turned, gently yanking her with him. A small pain shot through Kennedy's wrist but she didn't mind. Not only was he touching her, he was trying to help her.

They reached the classroom just as the bell rang and the let go of each other as they entered. The teacher gave them a look before returning her gaze to the attendance book spread out in front of her. Martin flashed Kennedy a smile and led her to a desk where she could sit which was behind him and next to Mac.

I wouldn't mind doing that again, they both thought simultaneously.

Marina and Ruthie were walking down the hall when they met up with Kennedy, Martin and Mac. The sisters hadn't seen each other all day and were surprised to see the others reactions to the day. Kennedy swore her shy younger sister would be upset but she had a grin on her face and she and Ruthie had linked arms. Marina, on the other hand, thought her cool, older sister would already have a boyfriend, or at least a large group of pretty new friends. Kennedy was just with Martin and a boy that she didn't know.

"Hey, so how was it?" Marina said when the groups closed the gap between them.

"It was fine," Kennedy said, crossing her arms in front of her.

"Well, then…" Marina said before smiling at her older sister and waving a goodbye. "I gotta get to..." She looked down at her schedule, "English."

Kennedy watched the younger girls stroll down the hall before she heard Mac say that he had a class, too. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the boys nod at each other and then there were two.

Martin looked at the beautiful girl next to him. She was staring off at the half empty hallway, waiting for nothing in particular. "So, lunch?"

She turned to him abruptly but didn't say anything. He was about to ask again before he realized that she didn't know where the lunch room was or what the kids here did for lunch. "Oh, umm… So, do you want to have lunch with me outside?"

"Yeah, sure," Kennedy said uneasily. She still wasn't sure about the school but she was happy that Martin was taking an interest in her.

He linked arms with her and the two made their way through a series or corridors. From where they were, the lunch room was on the other side of the building and there wasn't any shorter way to get there. In three minutes or so, they made it to the lunchroom doors. From outside they could hear the rumblings of the students chatter. Kennedy felt a nervous pang in her lungs and reached her hand down for Martin's. Once she found it, she took hold and gently squeezed.

"Here we go."

The rest of the day went by without much excitement. Marina and Kennedy got a lot of homework, some of what they understood, some of what they didn't. By the last bell, they were tired, hungry and bored. School was definitely in session.

Kennedy stood at the entrance doors. Martin had left her there because he had baseball try-outs and he didn't want to be late, although he doubted that he wouldn't get on the team. They had made plans to meet up after at the Promenade. Kennedy would have looked forward to it more if Mac wasn't going with them.

The wind rose a bit and a pleasant breeze hit her face, sending a few pieces of stray hair whipping around her face. Her bag was rested on the cement railing because it was so heavy. Several groups of students passed her coming down the steps to the grassy campus area. She glanced over them but still didn't find Marina. Her impatience was growing. Where the hell is she?

About ten minutes, and several annoyed looks later, Marina and Ruthie came popping out of the school entrance, laughing. By this time, Kennedy's patience had worn out. Marina saw this and said, "So, Ruthie, do you need a ride home from school?"

"Well, if Kennedy doesn't mind," Ruthie said, blissfully unaware that it was only a protection strategy to keep Kennedy from yelling, in hopes that the drive will cool her down.

"No, I'm fine with it," she said and led them to the car. As they drove home, Ruthie and Marina chatted about their day. Little did Kennedy know, they were omitting the part about Ginger being mean to Marina.

After they got home, Marina decided that she wanted to study with Ruthie and once again she got out of her sisters rage. At this point, though, Kennedy didn't mind. In only an hour she was going to see Martin. Her mind raced with silly romantic thoughts about how Mac would be called away and they would have alone time.

It took her a little over than a half an hour to get dressed but once she was, she had on a purple fitted long sleeve top and a pair of jeans with sneakers. She went for casual because she didn't want him to think she liked him, even if she did.

At 5:30, she went downstairs with her hair down and said, "Alright mom, I'm going out."

"Don't go for too long, Kenny. I'm feeling tired and I don't know when Marina's coming home,' she heard her mother say from the kitchen.

Kennedy wanted to tell her mother to grow up and take care of her own children but she that might upset her and Kennedy would have to watch her sister all night instead of just a few hours. "Okay, I love you, bye."

Why can't I have a normal family? She thought.

I know that I haven't updated in a really long time but my computer has been broken and I've had to do it in borrowed time at the Library. Also, writers block and I think I'm getting worse at this than better. Oh, well. Could Be A Camden update Friday maybe. Saturday the latest and I'll update quicker. But reviews help me update so get to them!