I'm trying to work out my spacing issues to make it a little easier to read, let me know if this is better or not. Sorry it took so long, I've been swamped with school and everything, it's been crazy.
Soon came the first day of school. Madison woke up bright and early and took a shower before waking Cheryl, who was not a morning person. After fighting with her little sister for a while on why she couldn't wear jeans to school, she fixed her hair then braided Cheryl's hair as well.
She was putting on some light make up when her father walked by the door "Morning Daddy,"
"Morning sweetheart," he said with a warm smile.
Madison was a little nervous about the first day of school, it was more than normal first day jitters. Starting school this year would be a totally different experience, she had never been in an integrated classroom. Madison knew that things were going to be tough, but she had no idea that it was going to be this tough.
As Madison approached the school, she saw picketers and police everywhere. She got out of the car and scanned the crowd for a familiar face.
She spotted Gerry and Julius first. "Hey boys, some day huh? Hey Emma."
She watched at Gerry tried to introduce Emma to Julius and was disheartened when she stalked off in the other direction.
She shot Julius a sympathetic glance. "I hate to tell you, but that's probably going to happen a lot. But don't worry, I promise it will get better. I'll see you two later."
With that she walked off to try and go into the school. When she was approaching the doors she saw Sunshine. "Sunshine!" she called over the angry protestors.
He stopped and turned around and cracked a smile when he saw her approaching, "Hey, how are you this morning?" he asked.
Madison decided to make light of the situation, "Well if you don't count the fact that I was nearly trampled by protestors, I'm fine. And you?"
He looked down at her and gave a warm smile, "I'm better now that I've found a kind face among all of the angry ones."
She blushed a little and smiled, "Well, uh we should probably go inside" she stuttered.
While fighting their way through the masses into the school, Madison heard someone taunt Sunshine, "We don't need you here either, hippy boy." Then another, "Did you hear what he said?"
Madison knew those guys and decided to take a stand against them, knowing that they wouldn't dare say anything to her for fear of the backlash from the football team, she grabbed Sunshine's hand, "Come on Ronnie, let's go inside."
Once inside, Sunshine turned to her, "Since when do you call me Ronnie?"
She grinned, "Well did you really want me to call you Sunshine?"
He gave a little chuckle, "Good point."
"Sunshine? There's been something that I have wanted to ask you." She said biting her bottom lip.
"Ok, what is it?" He said, furrowing his eyebrows.
She leaned in and whispered, "Did you really kiss Gerry at camp?"
When she backed away she noticed his smile and a slight blush.
"Yeah, I did… but only because he called me a fruitcake first."
She grinned, "Come on, let's get you to class."