A.N. I know the title is lame but I don't want to spoil what's going to happen in this chapter. Of course almost everyone knows that the first day of high school is always the hardest, but I doubt that most of you have experienced what's going to happen here...
The gang had decided to go in separately to get their schedules, and then meet in the cafeteria. It turns out they randomly shared some classes, but not all, so it was okay. Shareena and Emmitt were secretly very happy, for they shared four out of six classes. One of these classes was Home Economics, which they took because Shareena enjoyed making Goth items for herself, and Emmitt wanted to make a sci-fi themed bag. Unfortunately, the teacher was like Shareena's mom, as they found out that very same day.
The class's first task was to make a decorative couch blanket with a large piece of material for the base and scraps for the decoration. Unfortunately, the teacher, Miss Boolite, color stereotyped the class by making the girls use pink and the boys use blue for the base. The boys were lucky, since blue was tolerable, but Shareena refused to make a blanket with any pink in it. Not only that, but something about the base she was given caused her to feel weird, but she dismissed it as being the color. Since she refused to make the blanket, this of course led to an argument with Miss Boolite. Shareena tried to tell Miss Boolite that she hated pink and preferred black, blue, and purple with maybe some red, but she wouldn't listen. Miss Boolite couldn't understand why a girl would hate pink as, as she believed that pink was the perfect color for girls, and thought that black was for funerals and formal parties only. The argument got so heated that Miss Boolite turned to an ultimatum:
"Either you make the blanket using pink or you will get kicked out of class with an F!" Miss Boolite snapped, forcing the base into Shareena's arms.
That's when things became horribly wrong, for Shareena immediately realized that weird feeling she got earlier was not from the color, but the material itself! Her eyes widen, her pupils contracted, and she felt a hot itching sensation on her skin where the material was touching. Even worse, she couldn't remove the material due to somehow feeling stiff. No one noticed her, except for Emmit since he had been looking at her with sympathy during the argument, but he dismissed her expression as fury. The last thing Shareena recalled was suddenly becoming short of breath. After that, she lost sense of what was happening, and collapsed onto the ground. That was when Emmitt realized that something was wrong.
"Shareena!" Emmitt gasped, getting out of his seat and rushing to her.
Miss Boolite frowned as she was about to scold Emmitt for leaving his seat without permission, until she noticed Shareena crumpled onto the floor.
"Goodness!" Miss Boolite gasped, concerned, as she went over to Shareena too.
Emmitt quickly thrust the base off Shareena, and found rashes where her skin had touched the material.
"I have to get her to the nurse!" Emmitt panicked, picking her up, and quickly grabbing the hall pass; he then started running to the nurse's office.
Jim, who was in the class so that he could make a superhero costume for himself, asked Miss Boolite if he could follow Emmitt.
"Of course, I'll come too." Miss Boolite nodded. "Class, continue working, I'll be right back."
Emmitt reached the nurse in almost no time, and pounded on the door. The nurse soon open the door, and looked shocked at Shareena's condition.
"Nurse...please...help her." Emmitt gasped, catching his breath.
"Of course, quickly, in here." The nurse nodded, directing Emmitt to the back room.
Emmitt gently lay Shareena down on one of the beds there, kneeled next to her worried.
"Young man, if you could please wait outside I'll attend to her right away." The nurse said gently.
"What's wrong with her?" Emmitt asked, reluctantly getting up.
"It appears to be an allergic reaction, I'll have to give her a shot." The nurse explained as she gently led Emmitt out the door. "Tell me, what did she touch before she fainted?"
"It was the material we were using in Home Economics, I think it was wool." Emmitt explained.
"A wool allergy." The nurse realized. "It's rare but treatable."
"Thank goodness." Emmitt sighed, relieved.
The nurse then shut the door and Emmitt went to one of the chairs to wait. Jim and Miss Boolite soon arrived, and Emmitt explained the situation. Miss Boolite was horrified, and apologized for unintentionally hurting Shareena. Emmitt at first wasn't going to forgive her, but changed his mind when he saw how worried Miss Boolite was.
Luckily the shot worked, and Emmitt, Miss Boolite, and Jim were allowed to see her. Miss Boolite apologized to Shareena about thrusting the wool at her, and Shareena forgave her due to wool allergies being rare. Emmitt then told Miss Boolite that gender can't be represented by one color for all people were individuals. Miss Boolite, ashamed, agreed with him and apologized to Shareena for forcing pink on her. Since no teacher had ever apologized to her before, Shareena forgave her instantly. The nurse then came in and told everyone that she had called Shareena's parents and that Shareena needed to rest for the day.
When her parents arrived the nurse told them about Shareena's allergy to wool and that it would be best for her to go home for the rest of the day to finish recovering. Her parents agreed, and Shareena told the nurse the rest of her schedule so that her teachers could be notified. Shareena then said bye to Emmitt and Jim.
The next day, Shareena was back to her old self and Emmitt was so overjoyed that he hugged Shareena right away. The rest of the gang, who all had also been concerned about Shareena, were a little stunned by this display of affection. Shareena and Emmitt then admitted that they had been dating ever since the day after the dance before middle school graduation. The rest of the gang was shocked, but grateful that Shareena and Emmitt had decided to wait until high school before telling them. The gang, even Gug, then accepted Shareena and Emmitt's relationship (Gug still winced with disgust when Shareena and Emmit kissed though).
As for Miss Boolite she told the class that they could now use whatever colors they wanted for their blankets, and that their uncompleted blankets would count as extra credit. She then handed Shareena materials made out of cotton instead of wool. Miss Boolite still preferred pink, and Shareena still hated pink, but they never argued about color again.
The rest of high school went by uneventful compared to the wool allergy incident. There were good teachers and bad teachers, good classes and bad classes, you know the same as any high school. Each member of the gang ended up with a favorite teacher and a least favorite teacher. As for Shelley, she was crushed when she learned that Emmitt and Shareena were now a couple, but as the years passed she got over it and even found someone else.
The years passed, and then came graduation. The gang had never been more excited. True, they were really happy and excited when they graduated from middle school due to leaving Miss Kisskillya behind, but not as excited due to continuing school in general. This time it was different, since college is optional.
P.S. Shareena and Emmitt did end up going to the prom together, and Shareena did wear the black dress she liked years ago. As for the rest of the gang, well, Lemonjella and Orangejella went with a couple smart guys from their chemistry class. Jim was still going out with that one girl, Lana, from middle school - it turns out she loves superheroes too, especially Wonder Woman, and had a secret crush on Jim the whole time. Gug only went to be with his friends and to dance since couples were optional this time. Duncan met a nice girl named Deanna who had a deaf aunt. She started to teach him sign language, and they ended up going to the prom together.