Two weeks later, school started. Juliet had her hair done up by Ginger and Ginger bought a Juliet a new backpack with a pretty design on it. She kissed Juliet's forehead before Juliet headed to her new fifth grade classroom. She was greeted by her teacher, Mrs. Landers. "Hi, you must be Juliet!" she smiled. "We've heard lots about you, in particular!" Mrs. Landers explained. Juliet didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing. Juliet smiled back anyways. "Come in, come meet your classmates." She invited. Juliet strode inside, looking around at all the new faces.
Juliet located her freshly cleaned desk and set her book-bag down. She walked over to a group of girls and introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Juliet." She smiled sweetly. The girls turned to her and smiled. One girl stepped forward.
"I'm Katie. This is Jude, Lucy, and Maryanne." Katie pointed to each girl. Juliet cringed a little but at the name "Maryanne". She waved shyly at them and turned around looking at everyone else. A familiar face came into her view.
"Shawn?" Juliet asked.
Shawn smiled around and waved at her. "Hi Juliet!" he greeted. Juliet walked over to him.
"You're in this class?" Juliet asked.
"Crazy, right? I can't believe we're in the same class." Shawn said, eying her temple. "Your gash is healed up." He noticed. Juliet nodded. Before Juliet could say anything else, they were directed to take their seats. Juliet sat down and stared ahead at her teacher.
"Alright class, I'd like to start out by introducing myself. I am Mrs. Landers." She placed a hand on her chest. The class greeted her in unison. "Now, I'd like to go around the classroom and have everyone say their name and a few interesting facts about themselves." Mrs. Landers directed.
Katie started first. "I'm Katie Longhorn. My parents are divorced, my favorite color is red, and I have a hamster." She smiled at everyone and sat down.
Then Lucy. "I'm Lucy Jade. I like playing outside and I am in a dance class." She introduced herself.
A few more people went and it was Juliet's turn. "Hi, I'm Juliet O'Hara. I am adopted. I like the color green, and I already know how to divide by twelves." Juliet smiled proudly and sat down.
Shawn went a few people later. "Hello, I'm Shawn Spencer. I like the color blue, pineapples are awesome," Shawn made a face like he was thinking really hard. "And, the only person I know in this class is Juliet." He shrugged and sat down.
Jude went next. "My name is Jude Francis and I can juggle." Jude sat down.
Finally, Maryanne introduced herself. "Hi, I'm Maryanne. My favorite color is green, I like to play dress-up, and I love candy." Maryanne giggled.
Mrs. Landers clapped her hands together and thanked everyone. "Alright, let's all get our name-tags decorated." The teacher handed out small, folded pieces of paper to everyone.
"You can decorate these however you like." She smiled giving each person a box of crayons.
Juliet began drawing circles and patterns on her name-tag. She had a feeling that this was going to be a great year.
Two months later, Juliet was settled into her school life. She had become good friends with Shawn and Lucy. Juliet rarely got in trouble except for one day.
It was about a month into the school year and Juliet heard Katie talking about her mom to her clique.
"She is so mean. She took away my dessert because I didn't clean my room." Katie said. "I hate her. She is the worst mom ever. I wish I had a new one." Katie continued. "Oh, and one time, she spanked me. I could report her for that." Katie crossed her arms as her clique gasped. Juliet felt her body become invigorated with fury. She stomped over to Katie.
"Really Katie? Your saying that you hate your mom because she spanked you?" Juliet clenched her fists. Katie nodded. "Are you kidding me? You make such a big deal out of that? What if your mom hit your head into a counter and made you bleed? What if your mom killed your dad? What if your mom kidnapped you and smashed beer bottles over your head? What if your mom made you breathe in smoke for an hour?" Juliet yelled louder than she had planned. Katie stared intently. "Your mom has never done that. So, if I were you, I would be careful what you wish for because your life isn't half as bad as some people's." Juliet turned around and sat at her desk, breathing heavily. Mrs. Landers furrowed her brow and told Juliet to go to the principals office. Juliet sighed and walked down the hallway to the office. She walked into the principals office and sat down.
"Hello there." The principal greeted. "What brings you here?" he asked.
Juliet sighed. "I yelled at someone. Why don't you ask my teacher?" Juliet crossed her arms.
The principal dialed Mrs. Landers' extension number and asked her about the incident. He thanked her and hung up. "So, you kinda blew up on her, huh?" he smiled.
Juliet nodded. "She deserved it. She doesn't know what pain is." Juliet mumbled.
The principal nodded. "But you do, don't you?" he asked, almost in a sarcastic way.
"I do. You wouldn't even be able to relate to the amount of pain that I've been through." Juliet played with a button on her pants.
"I see. Well, Juliet, it is inappropriate to yell at a peer for stating an opinion." He scolded.
"It was a dumb opinion coming from a worthless, pampered, bratty mouth." Juliet fumed.
The principal gasped. "I'm going to call your mother and let her know what is going on." He flipped through a binder of phone numbers and dialed Ginger's number. Ginger answered and the principal informed her of the situation. Ginger requested to talk to Juliet.
"Juliet, can you please explain to me what happened?" Ginger asked,
"Katie was talking about how she hated her mom and how she spanked her and stuff and I told her off." Juliet explained shortly.
"What did you say?" Ginger asked.
"I said that she doesn't know pain and hurt or anything and that she is dumb." Juliet explained, nonchalantly.
Ginger sighed on the other line. "Juliet, I know that that is a weak spot for you and I know you were just speaking your mind, but you cannot do that." Ginger explained.
"Okay. I'm sorry." Juliet apologized.
"Alright, I'll see you after school. Bye." The line went dead and Juliet turned to her principal.
"I am sorry for speaking my mind when I shouldn't have." Juliet told.
Shawn overheard Juliet's argument with Katie and walked over to them, who were now giggling again. "I bet she cries every night at home about her parents." Katie giggled.
Shawn walked over to them. "You guys should stop making fun of Juliet. She wasn't lying about any of that. Her dad abused her very badly and you have no right to make fun of her." Shawn scolded. The girls stared. "You girls are really mean, and Juliet is my friend, so if you say anything mean about her again, I'll have my dad arrest you." Shawn threatened. The girls smiled.
"Shawn likes Juliet!" they cooed. Shawn groaned and sat back down at his desk.
Juliet walked out to the playground, knowing that her class was at recess. She was immediately bombarded some girls singing, "Shawn likes Juliet!" multiple times.
"What do you mean?" Juliet asked.
"Shawn likes you!" Katie sang.
Juliet furrowed her brow and walked over to a throughly embarrassed Shawn. "I don't really like you like that. I was just telling them to stop being mean." Shawn talked towards the ground.
Juliet shrugged, "It's okay. I didn't believe them anyways." Juliet replied awkwardly.
Shawn nodded and Juliet turned away. She sat on a swing and pumped her legs a few times. Lucy walked over to her and sat down. "Shawn likes you." She giggled, a giant smile across her face.
"No. He was just saying that they were being mean." Juliet retorted.
Lucy giggled, "Ooh, do you like him, too?" she asked. Juliet didn't reply. "I promise I won't tell anyone." Lucy promised.
"I don't really like him. Maybe just a little bit." Juliet smiled a little bit.
Lucy giggled and practically bounced off of her swing.
A few minutes later, Mrs. Landers called everyone inside for dismissal. Juliet walked in, avoiding Shawn for obvious reasons. Juliet grabbed her backpack and walked out of the classroom with Lucy. They waited for their parents to pick them up while they talked.
Ginger arrived at the school and brought Juliet home.
"Ginger, what happens when you like someone?" Juliet asked.
"Well, I guess you eventually become really good friends." Ginger replied, keeping her focus on the road.
"What happens when you like a boy?" Juliet asked.
Ginger took a second to reply, "If they like you back, then you might start dating, but that's not until you are older." Ginger smiled.
Juliet nodded. "How old?" she inquired.
"About fifteen of sixteen." Ginger explained with a chuckle.
Shawn strode into his house and greeted his dad. "Hi son. How was school?" Henry asked.
"It was okay." Shawn replied nonchalantly. Henry nodded. "Dad?" Shawn asked a few seconds later.
"Yes, son?" he replied.
"What do you do if you like a girl?" Shawn asked.
"Usually, you can ask them if they like you back, and if they do then you might start dating. You might even get married." Henry explained. Shawn nodded thoughtfully. "Why do you ask, Shawn?" Henry asked, a smirk coming to his face.
"I may or may not like a girl." Shawn smiled.
"Well, does she like you?" Henry asked.
Shawn shrugged, "How would I ask her?" he rested his chin in his hands.
"That's the thing, you can't. You just have to figure it out somehow." Henry explained. Shawn sighed and nodded
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