Chris (Continued)

"No!" I landed on my bedroom floor, and the coldness of the floor woke me up and bought me to my senses.

"Everythin' alright in there?" My brother Jake knocked on the door. I probably woke him up with the fall.

"Yeah!" I called back as I untangled myself from my thin blanket. "What time is it now?" I threw my blanket onto my bed and opened the door on the side away from the windows which led to the bathroom.

"It's only six forty two." Jake replied and went downstairs. I went through my regular morning routine as usual. I walked into my room and changed into a black button down shirt and navy blue jeans.

"Hey Jake, where's my socks?" I hollered.

"Oh, ummm…" Jake became quiet for a while. There was a crash before I heard Jake's footsteps running up the stairs. "Here they are!" Jake opened the door and threw a fresh pair of socks at me, but they landed a foot away. We stared at it for a while before we finally laughed.

"Thanks. I never knew you had such bad aim." I picked up the socks and put them on.

"I'm still tired. It's not easy takin' care of a teenager like you." He chuckles and goes downstairs. I grabbed my book bag off of my chair and went to the kitchen. On the table, there was a cup of red juice for me as Jake drank his.

"Going to school, see you." I drowned the drink and ran to school.

Dawn

"All sophomores please report to the South Auditorium. Again, all sophomores, report to the South Auditorium. Thank you." The Assistant Head Master voice sounded in every classroom.

"I bet you it's another new kid." My friend Lisa sighs as she hauls her backpack onto her back and waits for me to put away the homework I was working on. "There are four new kids in total. There were two this past two days, and two a week ago." The both of us walked down the less crowded stairway which led to the backstage of the South Auditorium. There are a total of four auditoriums in my school; North, South, East, and West.

The North Auditorium is generally used for plays that the drama department puts on and freshmen meetings. The South Auditorium is used for concerts that the music department puts on. The S. Auditorium is also where the sophomores hold their class meetings. The East Auditorium is used only for the junior and senior class meetings. The West Auditorium is rarely used now because a girl died there and her spirit still lingers there.

Lisa and I made our way to the front of the auditorium where most of the sophomores were heading. As we sat down in the middle of the auditorium, a familiar figure appeared on stage with the Assistant Head Master. She tapped on the microphone as the sophomores began to settle down.

"Thank you for coming. As you all can guess, we have a new student today." Most of the people groaned and others murmured amongst themselves. "I hope all of you will welcome him to our school warmly." She smiles to the boy as he stands up and makes his way towards the microphone. That was when I realized who he is and I gasped.