A/N: Thanks for the positive reviews on this story! I'm enjoying writing this and I hope you continue to enjoy it. So apparently today is a day off for most schools? Lucky. We don't get Columbus Day off and believe me, a day off from school would be such a blessing right now. Anyway, enough of my rambling.
Camille's alarm started to ring, causing her to groan and get out of her bed. It was officially the first day of school and the start of her last semester. She checked up on Stephanie and Jo and saw that they were still sleeping so she took this opportunity to take a shower first. Mentally, she started to review what classes she had for the day – Government, English Literature, Chemistry, and Acting IV.
Palmwoods Academy had a total of eight classes, alternating between the four every day. The usual subjects had to be taken – History, English, Math, Science, Computer Literacy. The only difference from other schools were that extracurricular classes and sports were mandatory. Extracurricular classes were mainly the arts - Acting, Photography, Creative Writing, Film, Design, Music, etc. Sports included – Basketball, Hockey, Football, Soccer, Tennis, Rugby, Swimming and more.
The gang each had a specialty – Camille with acting, Jo and writing, Stephanie had photography; while the boys were more interested in sports such as Kendall and hockey, Carlos with soccer, James chose rugby, and Logan had tennis.
By the time Camille had finished her shower, Jo was waiting in the common room for her turn. It didn't take them long to get ready as they made their way to the boys' rooms.
"One thing is for sure," Stephanie adjusted her tie, "I'm not going to miss these uniforms."
The other two nodded. Everyone wore the same type of uniform – girls had gray skirts that was a little above the knee, a white button up shirt and a red tie; boys had gray slacks, a white shirt with a blue tie. In the winter, blazers were optional. It was fairly easy to distinguish who was in what grade level, which was indicated on their ID's.
"Hey," Carlos happily greeted them as he kissed Stephanie.
Jett was standing next to the boys but looked uninterested in what they had to say. Jo stood by him and kissed his cheek, which made him smile. They spent a few minutes looking at each other's schedules.
"Looks like Jett and I are with you," Jo happily looked at Camille and Kendall.
"Great," she dragged out.
"Can't wait," Kendall's sarcasm went by unnoticed by the couple. Camille snickered at his response.
"Sweet," Carlos spoke up, "That means I've got Stephanie, James, and Logan."
Stephanie playfully rolled her eyes, "Carlos, James, behave yourselves. Logan and I actually want to pass our classes."
James and Carlos gave her a sly smile, "Of course."
Logan looked at his watch, "We better get going. See you at lunch?"
They split up with Camille and Kendall trailing behind Jo and Jett. They held hands and occasionally kissed as they walked to class. The other pair rolled their eyes, already dreading the start of their day.
"If there's any partner projects for this class," Kendall whispered, "I call dibs on you."
"Ditto," Camille gave him a fist bump. Just then, her phone buzzed and she pulled it out to see a text message from Logan.
You looked good by the way ;)
She tried to hide her smile and quickly replied, Thanks. So do you, I'm a sucker for the semi-formal look.
He quickly answered, I'll keep that I mind…
Watch yourself =P, Camille responded before putting her phone away.
The four of them sat down and waited for the teacher to start his lecture.
"Good morning graduating class," Mr. Davis smiled to his audience, "Welcome to Political Science, or Government class. Here is the syllabus that outlines what I expect from you and tells you of all assignments and projects."
They looked over it and noticed that a group project was to be completed by the end of the year, rather than a test. Kendall quickly grabbed Camille's arm.
"Partner!"
She giggled at his reaction and nodded. Jo saw the interaction and looked sad for a small second before covering it up with a smile as she asked Jett to be her partner. Camille took note of her best friend's facial expression and found it a bit odd. She made a mental memo to ask Jo about that later.
The first day seemed to go by fast as Camille found herself in one of her favorite spots – the theater room. It was her last class of the day and she couldn't have been any happier. She set her stuff down on one of the seats and walked up the stage to greet her classmates.
"Hi Camille," Jennifer V. gave her a genuine smile.
"Hey Jennifer, I like your bangs," she commented. Her bangs were no longer in front of her face but to the side and had grown over the summer.
"Thanks," Jennifer V. subconsciously moved it. From the three Jennifers, she was the nicest. Jennifer A. didn't know the definition of nice and Jennifer H. was always trying to outdo the blonde leader.
Camille took a seat on the floor as her teacher, Ms. Edinburg appeared.
"Ahh, I see most of my students have returned," her melodic voice echoed through the stage, "Let's quickly go over the syllabus so we can get started."
Half an hour later, Camille and the rest of the students were asked to partner up to practice various exercises. She saw an unfamiliar face at the side and she made her way over to him.
"Hi," she held out her hand, "I'm Camille."
The boy smiled, "Nate."
"Are you new here? I don't recall seeing you in my previous acting classes," she asked.
He shyly answered, "Yeah, I am. I moved a few months ago from Washington."
"Oh wow," Camille responded, "Well welcome to Palmwoods Academy."
Ms. Edinburg's voice echoed from below the stage, "Is everyone partnered up? Good. Say hello to your partner for the rest of the semester."
Camille and Nate looked at each other with a shy smile.
"So I guess we're partners," she said out loud.
Nate's eyes twinkled, "I'm looking forward to this semester."
A/N: And the drama will slowly start to unfold. As I've mentioned, updates won't be as often. I've got midterms coming up and I have yet to start on my research papers. Senioritis is still very apparent in college. =X Please review and let me know what you think. Thanks!