Beginnings part 2
A big blue pick up truck drove around the curb in front of Seventh Shore High School. Arthur got out of the front seat and said, "Thanks dad! I have practice today, so pick me up at 4:30, 'kay?"
Mr. Curry responded, nodding, "Sure. Have a good day!" He drove away and Arthur waved, carrying his book bag and a sports bag. Arthur was the star of the JV swim team. In fact, the coach was thinking of bumping him up to varsity. He was, after all, the best sophomore swimmer the school ever had. Actually, he was the best swimmer the school had ever had.
Arthur went to his locker and put his stuff away, got some books too. He desperately pushed them in, for they were too big for his locker. "Dude, you should really get a bigger locker!" shouted James Mercado. He was short, Asian, had dark hair, and he was Arthur's best friend. "Dude, they don't even HAVE lockers my size." Arthur laughed, doing a friendly clap greeting to James.
"I think that you wouldn't have any locker problems if you weren't on the swim team. Why don't you just quit? The Atlantic Ocean isn't enough swimming for you?" Arthur laughed as he finally got his locker closed. "I'm just too good. I belong in the water." "And there goes your ego." The two best buds walked to first period together. They had a field trip today, and they didn't want to miss the bus.
Getting on the bus, the two sat together. "Cheese buses; you gotta hate 'em." Adrian Sanders, a black, athletic, and very friendly classmate of theirs sat in the seat next across from them. "Hey Adrian." Said James. "Hey guys. Do you know what kinda place we're going? It's supposed to be this new aquarium thing." "It's the new Seventh Shore Maritime Research and Recreation center." Said, Arthur. He didn't say it, but he was excited to go there.
The rest of the bus was humming with kids talking loudly and jumping up and down. They didn't care where they were going, because they just wanted to go! "Settle down kids!" Yelled their science chairman, Dr. Smith. "I need to take attendance!" And with that, he began going through names. Arthur's name was always called early, for he was a Curry.
"Arthur Curry?" "Here" "Okay, let's see, Kako Cynna?" "Here!" Kako had just ran up the steps of the bus. "Sorry I'm late!" Kako walked past the teacher into the densely populated area of the bus. Kako was a beautiful girl, but most people didn't know a lot about her background. They knew that she got her dark hair from her Inuit descent, but that was about it. Everyone knew, however, that she was extremely popular, being the friend of Melinda Cory, the resident teen queen of the sophomores. Melinda was always being snobby and mean, but Kako was there to subtly keep her in check. However, Melinda wasn't on this bus, so she didn't know quite where to sit. She passed a bunch of guys who were whistling at her in the sexual harassment sort of way. She saw her friend Adrian, so she said, "Hey Adrian, do you mind if I sit next you?" Adrian smiled, moved over and said, "We haven't been trip buddies since the fifth grade." She sat next to her and laughed. The boys looked to them. Adrian noticed and said, "Oh these are my friends-" "James and...Arthur...right? You're in my chem. class?" she asked, instantly recognizing the two. "Yeah we just never talk." Replied James jokingly. Arthur was too busy gazing at Kako's smile.
"Hello class, I'm Doctor Marilyn Rose, and I'm a certified marine biologist. I'm head of the best and only marine life research team here in Seventh Shore." The class stared, mouths agape, at her attempt at interesting the sophomores. The Seventh Shore Maritime Research and Recreation Center looked like half museum for kids and half vacant research laboratory. It was plain white on the inside and out, and apparently had close to no workers or visitors. It could seriously need a makeover, and it was brand new.
Arthur, James, Adrian and Kako all sat next to each other during the orca demonstration. Arthur paid the most attention as the killer whales flopped and swam through the water. He felt one with the creature and that he could feel its emotions. Just as he was dazing into his own little world of the sea, James waved his hand in front of Arthur's eyes and said, "Dude, are you alright?" Arthur shook his head and said, "Yeah I'm okay. Hey look its his big splash finale!" The whale flew into the water, and then suddenly splashed downwards, causing the entire class to get wet. "Oh jeez, now I'm soaking!" yelled a girl from the top of the stands.
"I like the water. It's very refreshing." Said Arthur. "Me too. It's nice." Replied Kako, smiling at Arthur. They stared at each other for about a minute and she winked at him, and his face got even redder.
A/N: Hey guys please review, this episode isn't done yet, so I'll print Part C soon. Happy Haloween!