Chapter 1 "Addiction"
Beth was standing at her locker digging through the papers and books to find a pen… and her homework. Things began to tumble from the shifting weight and began to fall. She held her hands out to stop it just as another pair of hands attached to thin arms reached out to help.
"Thanks Jessie." Beth said turning around to he super tall best friend.
"No biggie… anything to keep them in your locker and off my head." Jessie said sarcastically. Even though Jessie stood nine inches above Beth's 5'3" figure his locker was directly under hers.
"Well we couldn't let your brain have anymore damage now could we?" Beth said kneeling down next to him and giving him a hug.
"How was your summer?" She asked. Even though she knew exactly were he had been for the last two moths.
"Same ole same old. Did I tell you I made the football team?" Jessie asked still picking through the rubble of his own locker.
"Have you seen my science book?" Jessie asked.
"Yea… hold on a sec." Beth knelt back down next to him and reached her arm in his yellow locker. She hand emerged again holding a book with reddish-pink cover over it.
"Tada!" Beth said as she stood back up. She pulled out her yellow cover book and added it to the pile of books on the ground. She shut her locker and grabbed the books.
"See ya in seventh period." Beth called to him making her way down to Ms. Smith's room. She sat by Tequila and pulled out a notebook and the pen she had found hiding at the bottom of her locker. She flipped the notebook open and began to write notes to all her friends asking what they'd been up to and how their summer was. Last but not least… Jessie. Since they both know how each other's summer went she told him all the junk that happened today… after she put her signature ending she put her phone number and told him to call her.
"Okay you can go." Ms. Smith said not taking her eyes off the white Mac computer. Beth grabbed her books and ran out the do to English… Mrs. J style. Beth made her way to class, dogging the occasional nerd who's over stacked book pile had fallen over and handing out the notes to her friends.
"Hey Jay!" Beth said to Jalyn handing her a welcome back note. Jalyn pulled out a note and pulled out to more.
"Hey Kay!" Beth said pulling her skinny dark haired friend into a hug. She handed her one of the notes and went over to Taylor and hugged her as well.
"Here you go Taylor. Some reading material." Beth said handing her the not and sitting in her seat. Beth felt a tug on the back of her shirt. Taylor handed Beth a note and she put it in her back pocket with the others. She would have to wait until her next bathroom break. Mrs. J walked in and instantly pulled out an overhead page from behind one of her many huge dictionaries. The students moaned and Mrs. J wore a satisfied look on her face. Beth sat at her desk for the next thirty-three minutes coping page after page of literary terms and notes.
"Next class! Get a move on!" Mrs. J shouted to the kids. They snatched the books out from under the table and headed for the door. Beth walked down the hall to the girl's bathroom and pulled out the notes. They were all practically the same, all asking how her summer was and that she looked cute with a tan. Beth put them back in her pocket and headed for seventh period. She accidentally brushed arms with a guy.
"Sorry" She muttered engrossed in a note she had found on the floor.
"No big there Lil Becky." Beth snapped her head up. She knew that fraise. It was one of Jessie's many little things he said.
"Hey Jes." Beth said with a huge grin.
"Whatcha got? Aww more notes? Am I note loved enough top get a note?" Jessie said making Beth do her Jessie giggle and pull out the special note for Jessie. He handed her one in return and they walked into Mrs. Smith's science class. Since they got to choose where they got to sit, Beth pulled Jessie along and sat him in the middle of herself and Jalyn. Jessie handed both girls a note but Beth's was nicer looking and Jessie had tried to do his best to write very neatly. Beth peeled the folded layers of paper away showing Jessie's scratchy handwriting. She read it all the way down them stopped at the bottom. In boldish print Jessie put his phone number and call me . Beth pulled a sheet of paper of her notebook and wrote to Jessie telling him to call her when he got home from his football practice. He agreed and they focused back on Mrs. Smith who was babbling on about natural gas.
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