Time Warp

Chapter 3:

New term, New Year.

A/n: Have decided to give each narrator two chapters in a row. BTW have never really had any experience writing from within the mind of a teenage boy so R&R & let me know if I'm doing it wrong.

Narrated by Eric Delko (CSI: Miami).

First day of the new school year. I awoke to my older sister Marisol, screaming at me for leaving the bathroom in a mess the night before. I had received a phone call last night from my girlfriend, Calleigh Du Quesne, since she had promised me before she left for the holidays that she would call when she returned. My father had been patient for the first three hours but as our conversation neared the four hour mark he calmly reminded me that we had school starting the next day so I had been forced to say goodbye. I had had my shower while on autopilot & therefore had left the bathroom in quite a mess. I walked towards the bathroom to see what exactly I'd made a mess with & found the bathroom floor covered in the clothes I had been wearing the day before. My towel was strewn partly over the clothes & partly over the edge of the bath. Some of my sister's makeup kit had fallen off the basin bench & her main concern was the foundation that had spilt while she was showering staining the outfit she had been planning to wear. I tried to get back to my bedroom before my sister noticed I was there but wasn't quick enough.

"You are so going to pay for a new outfit!! You are such a pig. You would think at your age that you would have learnt how to clean up after yourself. If you don't replace this outfit I'm going to make sure mum knows about what you & your moronic friends did over the summer." She informed me with an evil grin. I knew I was in a catch 22 situation. If I bought her the new outfit it would mean having to go in a girls clothing shop & potentially be seen by kids at school, but if I didn't buy her the new outfit, she'd go & tell our parents about the parties I'd been going to over the summer, especially the party that I had gone to & got completely wasted. I couldn't afford to start the school year grounded. But at the same time I had to make sure not to get spotted by anyone I knew. I realized that if I got spotted by the cheerleaders I could always cover my tracks by getting something nice for Calleigh. I decided not to answer Marisol, & headed back to my room to get ready for school. Just as I was heading downstairs, I remembered that I had football training after school & doubled back to grab my gear.

As we got to the bus stop, I noticed my sister was already complaining about her outfit to her friends who, when they saw me, all shot dirty looks in my direction. I rolled my eyes at them & headed over to my mates. My best friend Tim Speedle, (nicknamed Speed), lived two doors down. He was always the first of my friends at the bus stop. I walked over & explained what had happened. He agreed I was screwed but offered to try & pacify my sister. I laughed & told him it was his funeral & watched as he walked over to her only to have her yell at him for "conspiring to pervert the course of justice". I grinned at him as he returned to where I was standing & he poked his tongue out at me. I raised my eyebrows & he shrugged.

By the time the bus pulled into the school grounds, I was eager to find Calleigh & continue our conversation of the previous night. I dumped my gear in my locker & headed to where the cheerleaders hung out between classes. Calleigh was sitting in the middle of the group, avidly telling them of her trip. She had thirteen bags beside her which were obviously filled with presents. As I got closer she started handing them out. Then she realized she had one left over. I thought at first that maybe it would be for me but then I remembered that our thing was to anonymously leave the gifts in each other's lockers. Calleigh seemed to be looking around for someone.

"Where's Abbey? I have a skirt & top here I just know she'll love." She spoke in the southern accent I loved, reminding me why I was keen on her. She noticed the other girls all exchange looks.

Calleigh had left the week before school finished & had not been there to witness the uh… cat fight between two of the cheerleaders, Abbey Sciuto & Samantha Spade, over Samantha's boyfriend, Danny Taylor. At the same party my sister had reminded me of, Abbey had almost finished an entire bottle of Tequila & then been caught by Samantha, Elena, Elle & JJ making out with a very drunk Danny. The next day at the local sports oval, Abbey & Samantha had had it out while a very hung-over Danny tried to console Samantha to no avail. It had taken most of the guys on the football team to hold Samantha off Abbey. Abbey had then stripped off her cheerleading outfit to the amusement of most of the guys & thrown it at JJ's feet. Being the head cheerleader it was JJ the girls had to answer to. After yelling that she would no longer submit to JJ's brainwashing control, Abbey had stormed home in her underwear. Luckily for her she didn't live very far away from the oval. Strangely no-one had seen her anywhere for the rest of the holidays. Rumors of course had surfaced that she had attempted suicide & been shipped off to the psych ward of some hospital half way across the country. But nothing was confirmed. As the girls quickly explained this to Calleigh, I snuck up behind her placing a finger to my lips when the girls noticed my arrival.

"Guess who?" I whispered in her ear, covering her eyes with my hands at the same time. She squealed & jumped up to hug me. The girls laughed as she unintentionally knocked us both to the ground. As we got to our feet the bell rang & we groaned as we grabbed our bags & slowly made our way towards our first class.

As we passed the front office I noticed a girl about our age coming out of it. She had her nose buried in a school map & obviously wasn't watching where she was going. I chuckled to myself as she walked right into the back of Danny Taylor. I watched him help her with her things then hurried to catch up to Calleigh & the others. We took our seats & I have to admit I was a little bummed when Calleigh decided to sit in between Sam & Elena. But there wasn't much I could do so I sat down next to Speed with Derek Morgan on my other side. Since it was only the first day back none of us really paid attention to Dr Mallard. Instead we spent the whole lesson talking to each other about our holidays & wondering which teachers would give us homework on our first day back. Tony was telling anyone who'd listen about the bus trip to school this morning.

"I'm serious, guys, she was on the bus this morning & she was wearing complete black. Even her make-up was black. She looks like she's trying to be Marilyn Manson or something." As I had only just tuned in I asked Speed who Tony was talking about.

"Abbey Sciuto. Apparently she's turned freak since the incident at the end of last year." Since class hadn't officially started just yet I looked around to see if I could spot her but she was no where to be seen. Just then, Nick bumped Danny T's arm.

"Look who's here…" Everyone looked up to see Abbey Sciuto walking into the classroom. Tony was right everything she was wearing was black! We all pretended not to watch Danny's reaction as she entered but we couldn't help laughing as his face went bright red. I noticed the same girl I'd seen bumping into Danny, walking in behind Abbey & couldn't help watching as she sat down. When the class officially started, Dr Mallard noticed her & had her introduce herself. Aiden Burns, from New York City. As she sat down Abbey seemed to be giving her a run down of who was who. I turned my attention to watching Calleigh as she told her friends more stories about her trip to Texas. I tuned out of what was going on & started wondering about what this year was going to be like. This new girl, Aiden seemed pretty shy but then she was new. I couldn't help feeling that this year something was going to change…

When the bell rang for lunch I grabbed my stuff, hoping to 'bump' into the new girl before we got to the cafeteria but Abbey & her new geek friends seemed to be controlling where she went for now. I headed over to where the guys were & sat down next to Calleigh & Speed. But I also had a perfect view of what was going on at Aiden's table. Everyone was still talking about what had happened during their summers & Calleigh seemed very interested in the fight between Sam & Abbey.

"So what exactly did you guys see her doing?"

"Duh! What do you think? Making out with Danny of course!" said Sam, sarcastically.

"So I notice you haven't broken up with him, Sam. I mean either both of them were to blame & you should dump him or they were both too drunk to understand what they were doing & you shouldn't be angry at her." I smiled. Calleigh was always trying to keep the peace between Sam & whoever she was fighting with.

"No. Danny's not to blame because she came onto him! He didn't even know what was happening."

"So then Abbey mustn't have known what she was doing either."

"No Abbey knew exactly what she was doing. I for one am glad she's taken herself off the team. But look at her now. She looks like a freak!" Everyone except Calleigh & I laughed. Calleigh frowned but smiled at me when she noticed I hadn't laughed. She stood up & took my hand.

"Come on, let's go somewhere else."

"Where?" I asked.

"I don't know. We have gym class next why don't we go over to the gym & get ready so we don't have to later." I grinned & stood up to follow her.

Samantha made a noise that sounded like "Humph".

As we headed to the gym I couldn't help looking over at Aiden & the geeks. They were happily chatting away oblivious to us even walking past them. We got to the gym & went into our respective change rooms to get changed. When I walked out of the room into the main gym, Calleigh was leaning against the wall. She walked over to me & kissed me lightly.

"I missed you when I was in Texas. I wished you could have come." I was lost for words as usual. Calleigh seemed to know that whenever she kissed me it always made me speechless. She giggled & lifted her hand to mess up my hair. I laughed & pulled away, then grabbed her wrists & pulled her close. This time I initiated the kiss.

"Ahem." We both jumped apart & turned to see the basketball coach, Coach Micheals, standing nearby looking quite amused.

"Why aren't you two in the cafeteria? Lunch still has ten minutes left."

"Can't we just stay in here? I mean by the time we get back to the cafeteria the bell's gonna ring & we'll have to head back over here anyway. So we may as well stay." I said, hoping the coach would see it our way.

"Fine but no more making out. Save that for after school." We nodded & went to sit over on the bleachers. Calleigh spent the time telling me more about Texas & before we knew it the bell was ringing & our classmates were filing into the locker rooms to get changed. Suddenly there were screams coming from the girls' changing room. Calleigh & I looked at each other as the cheerleading coach, Coach Forrester, bolted into the change room to see what was wrong. We could now hear someone crying. I could see Calleigh was getting worried so I lent over & hugged her trying to comfort her. The coach came out & called to Coach Micheals to call 911. Calleigh turned to me & I could see tears in her eyes. She tried to get up & go into the change room but I held her back.

"Don't worry. Just let the coaches deal with it." I tried to calm her but she started to cry. All I could do was hold her close & stroke her hair while we waited to find out what had happened.

A/n: Who's screaming? And why? This chapter turned out to be longer than I thought. Again let me know if I got into the mind of a teenage boy well enough or not…