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Jonny's POV
I took one of the newspapers and stuffed it in my bag so I could read it later. The five minute bell warning rang and I leave the lonely hallway. I looked around and there were too many people in the halls. It's so crowded in here, we are all packed like sardines. How are people supposed to move in here? I finally got to turn the corner into A hallway. My classroom was all the way near the entrance. Thank goodness there aren't that many people in the section of the school. I entered the room and there was Jerome. Sitting right in the middle of the class writing his name on a paper.
"Mr. Skidmore? I am Mrs. Johnson." She introduced himself.
"HI." I greeted her. She looked surprised. I saw Jerome look up at us out of the corner of my eye.
"Oh well, I didn't know you were American." she sounded surprised and I smiled at her.
"Jonny?" He asked me. I turned to look at him.
"What's up?"
"What is that?" He pointed at my bag. I looked down and it was the newspaper sticking out of the side pocket. Crap, I forgot to close it. I looked down as if I was confused. I knew exactly what it was though. I pulled out the article.
"Hmm, good question." I started to pretend to look at the paper trying to 'figure out' what it was. "This isn't from back home. It says 'Frobisher Times' but I don't remember buying any newspaper here." I looked at Mrs. Johnson and then at Jerome. I acted confused but Jerome glared at me.
"Oh well then, just do what you want with it. Have a seat next to Jerome."Mrs. Johnson I walked over to him, pulled out the chair next to him, and sat my stuff down. Then I sat down with Jerome.
"Hey Jerry. Who else is in this class?" I asked him.
"Don't call me Jerry." He whispered angrily. "What is that you've got there?"
"It's an article about Joy." I explain to him.
"What does it say!" he asked eagerly trying to get to my bag.
"Hey! If you want me to find your friend then you have to chill."
"Chill? Look I don't speak your American gibberish." He is getting on my nerves.
"Well I won't sip a cup of tea with your language either, Jerry." I tried to insult back.
"Hey that was a good one."
"Oh hey thanks. I was trying to go for you know a british stereotype kind of thing." He seems like a cool guy, but he knows how to get his way around people.
"Alright class. Today we will…" Mrs. Johnson got along with the lesson.
12:00 P.M. Drama class
I walked into the room to find Mara in this class with me, as well as second period with Mr. Winkler. I sat down next to her since I couldn't in History. I am the TA in that class. Fabian and Nina walked in and sat down on the couch across from us. Mr. Winkler still wasn't here.
"Hey guys." Nina smiled at us.
"Nina can I talk to you for a minute?" I asked her.
"Yeah sure." We both stood up and walked out of the drama room. As we stood in the less crowded hallway she asked me, "What's up?"
"Well a few minutes before school started, Mara and I went down that abandoned hall." I pointed to the empty hallways doors. "Well I found something about that Joy girl. I didn't tell Mara but I want to. It doesn't add up though." I picked out the newspaper. "I started reading it in third period since I didn't have anything else to do. Well look!" I pointed to the section where I found horrifying information. Nina read it and gasped.
"She's dead?" Nina exclaimed.
"Shhh!" I cautioned. "You don't want anyone to here. I don't think she's dead. I think it's just someone pulling a prank. Look at the date. This was printed before she even left the school. No I think the staff knows what happened and where she is. Look when I found her file, I found something very intriguing inside of it. I will show you what it is after my water polo practice."
"Oh you are in water polo too?" Nina asked me.
"Yeah." I smiled at her. We really do have a lot in common.
Fabian's POV
Nina and Jonny are walking towards the hallway
"Mara?" I asked her.
"Yeah?" She responded.
"Do you think Nina likes Jonny?" She looked concerned.
"I hope not. I know you like her. And between you and me, I really like Jonny. He was sweet talking me this morning." Oh thank god.
"What are you two going on about?" Jerome came up to us and sat next to Mara. He put his arm behind her.
"Jerome? What do you think about Jonny and Nina?" I asked him confidently.
"Oh those two? I think they look sweet together, don't you agree?" My self-esteem dropped, as well did my chest. "Mara you look lovely." He smiled and looked down at her.
"Thank you, Jerome." She responded grabbing her bags moved next to me. Jerome rolled his eyes and looked away from us. I looked over to Nina and Jonny. They were laughing and walking toward us again.
"Hey Jerry." He smiled deviously at him. Jerome turned his head to glare at him.
Mr. Winkler entered from the hallway.
"Hello class!" He raised his voice and it became silent. He looked over to Jonny. "Ahhh, you are in the class too? Splendid." He put his hands together and smiled. He turned to the stage and jumped on it. I think he is only twenty six. "Two new students in two days. Coincidence that they are both American and within the first two days of my teaching career. Are you two related?"
"No." They both said simultaneously. Mr. Winkler smirked and began the practice.
Jonny's POV
After Drama
"So Mara, do you want to go to town after school today?" I asked her. She smiled.
"I would but I have this big project coming up in Mr. Winkler's."
"The family tree one? How do you know about that he only told me."
"Yeah I know." She smiled again. She is really sneaky, but not nearly as bad as me.
"Okay well, do you need help with it?" I asked her. I want to spend more time with her to get to know her better.
"I might."
"Are you sure? I could-" She cut me off.
"I said might…" She smiled and walked off. Oh, man! I really want to spend time with her. She's leavin me at the edge of my seat here… Which is what she wants me to be doing... Hard to get huh? I looked over as she turned the hallway.
Patricia's POV
5th Period (Spanish)
I walked into the classroom and Mr. Enriquez looked at me.
"Patricia. Sit in the front. I don't want you in the back anymore. You don't interact without Joy here." He nodded to the front table.
"That was only one day!" I challenged him. He have me a strict look and sternly pointed at the table until I started walking forward. I heard someone walk into the room as I trudged very slowly.
"Ah, Mr. Skidmore is it?" I heard Mr. Enriquez talking. He's probably leaving for a little bit…
"Yeah." I heard the familiar voice. No! I turned around. There he was. The new American boy
"You may sit next to Patricia. She needs a new partner." He smiled at Jonny. "You do know her right? You two are in the same house."
"Yeah." He came to sit by me. Great just what I need. Another person around me that I will hate. "Hey." He said to me. I looked away. "Do you need to talk about-"
"No." I cut him off.
"Okay. But I think I have some idea of where she is." No way! How could he have any idea of where she is? He has never even seen her before. He is behind it! I have to play this smart.
"After this class. It's our last one." I told him.
"No it's not. I have swimming and water polo. Unless you want to sit in the locker room with me for the break?" Of course I don't, but I need to find out where she is.
"Okay…" I told him.
"You are talking again?" Mr. Enriquez said. Then he began the lesson after the bell. In the middle of class I looked at Jonny as he was writing. His eyes are a real deep blue. Way deeper than mine and my sister's. His tan skin looked lovely just like a Californian surfer would. He is the perfect model of a Californian. His blonde hair all did up. It looked soft and plush. His face was flawless and smooth with no blemishes or scars. His jawline is sharply squared just like Josh Hutcherson. He had the built of Robert Pattinson, tall and stout. More built though, heavier. He looked at me. I gave a disgusted looked and then looked at my paper. I have nothing on it. I looked at his and he had almost everything done. He is brand new, how does he know this stuff?
"Do you need help?" He whispered in the quiet classroom.
"No." I said instantly. I thought about it. Then looked at the clock. I could tell her was still looking at me. There was only a few minutes left of class and there was no way I was going to finish this stuff. He was waiting for me to give my real answer. I kept quiet trying not to embarrass myself. He started writing again and then bumped my shoulder. I looked at him and he was looking at me, then he looked down. He was trying to hand me his paper. I smiled at him.
"Thank you." I whispered with relief. He smiled at me and took out his notebook. I wrote down all of the answers, it's not like it's a test. I got a couple wrong on purpose though, I'm not that smart. When I was done I looked at what he was doing, I couldn't see though. He was covering the paper with the cover by holding it up. I saw the girl across look at what he was doing and then she looked at me and smiled, then went back to her work. I tapped his shoulder and he looked at me, closing his notebook. I gave him back his paper. I want to ask him what he was doing so bad. He opened it again and continued. Every other minute he would look at me. The bell finally rang. He put his notebook back into his bag and got up waiting for me. When I was ready we walked out of the classroom.
"Where is the pool?" He asked me. I took him down H hall and at the end of the hall was the indoor swimming pool. It was a decent size pool, and a very nice one. No one but the coach, I presume, was in the area. I spotted the boys changing room and he grabbed me, heading in the direction. We walked in and no one was there.
"What if someone comes in here?" I asked him.
"We tell them we were just having a small conversation." He answered. "Now about Joy…" He proceeded to tell me everything he knew about her disappearance. I wasn't surprise that he suspected about the teachers being in on her leaving. What I can't believe was that they said she was dead in the news paper. What if someone at the school found out? They would definitely challenge it. Which is was I am planning to do.
"We have to say something about this. We have to speak up!" I insisted.
"No!" He denied. "If we do that then they will know and do something with us too." I thought about it. Jonny was right. What if that was the reason they took her. "There is a way we can do this under cover, sort of. I will sneak into his office whenever I can and gather information."
"Okay." I looked at him. I knew he was smart. He knows what to do even before it happens. His eyebrows were rested as if he was relieved to know I was listening to him. He gave a small side smile.
"Ech hem…" I turned to see someone was standing in the entrance. I instantly dropped my eyebrows to show I wasn't happy to see him when I realized it was my awful boy equivalent, Ryot. "So just curious, were you thinking this was your dressing room, Patty?" This boy is a menace. "Because if so-" Jonny cut him off. I could see he was knowing where this was going so he stopped it.
"Hey, um, I'm Jonny. Are you on swimming too?" He said trying to be as polite as possible.
"Yeah. You're another new American? Probably better than the rest of the team?" Ryot had no room for anything that wasn't an insult, or trying to be.
"I wouldn't say that," Jonny paused and smiled, "yet." I laughed. He looked down and smiled at me.
"I will see you later." I smiled back and exited the room bumping Ryot at his shoulder, though taller than me.
Hey guys sorry for taking forever on this but I got my pc repaired. I will be posting regularly again.
