Monday. The first day of school.
Cade anxiously pulled on a sweatshirt hoodie over a T-shirt with her worn jeans and canvas Converse, attempting to get her blonde hair in order before Pony knocked on the door, "Cade? Come on!" he called, knocking on the door,
"All right Pony. Cool it." She said, running outside, grabbing her navy blue backpack and joining Johnny and Pony over by the Curtis house.
"Where's Dallas?"
"Out….again." Cade said as they walked to school. Ponyboy and Cade were in 8th grade while Johnny was a freshmen. Johnny shook his head and they continued on to school.
Cade walked into the office to the extremely scary secretary, who was typing something.
"Um, yes, hello?"
No answer.
"Hello? HELLO!"
"NO SHOUTING!" The principal yelled at Cade, slamming his office door.
Still no answer.
"Hello? Speak? Move….do something."
The secretary finally looked up,
"Whoa! What, did Halloween come early or do you just like that mask?" Cade said to her, silently laughing at the woman.
"What can I do you for?" she droned, scratching her mole.
"Yes, uh, I'm new here and I need my schedule."
"Ok." The secretary said and continued typing.
Cade waited there for about ten minutes before she got bored,
"I think a glacier just passed us…." She noted, playing with some crystal thingy on top of the desk.
"Don't touch anything."
Cade stopped and tapped her fingers on the wood as the homeroom bell rang right after 1st period.
"Uh, let me rephrase this. I'd like my schedule BEFORE the school year ends."
She hurried down the hallway in the middle of 3rd period after a very long lecture about being rude and she hurried to her locker, turning it and turning it,
"Damn this locker! OPEN!"
It flew open and she fell back, all her papers flying everywhere.
"Need help?"
She turned around to see a guy with somewhat curly black hair and tan skin holding out his hand,
"Yea. Thanks. I'm new by the way, Cade."
"Danny. Nice to meet ya." He said, grinning
Cade and Danny walked to Cade's 3rd period Biology class over in the Science wing,
"So, nice to meet you Danny."
"You too, Cade, I have a feeling we will be seeing each other again today." He added before walking off grinning. I opened the door to my Biology class and went in.
"So, was it seriously as bad as you thought it was gonna be?" Pony asked as we walked home after school.
"Nah, at least you're in most of my classes and I hope I NEVER have to see that secretary again." She said, laughing slightly as they reached Pony's house,
"See you later, then." Pony said, grinning.
Cade looked at him and waved, walking towards the house. Pony looked down at his books and grinned, before looking out to see Cade walk away before going inside,
"Hey Darry." He said as soon as he entered the house and he saw another face he hadn't seen in a while,
"Casey?"