Mostly a filler chapter.
"BEATELS!" shouted the teacher.
"The dog ate my homework!" me and my brother cried.
We looked at each other. We both had fallen asleep in class. Not good.
"Now would you two like to discuses which one of you will come to the board?" said the teacher hotly. I guess she doesn't like people falling asleep in her class.
"I nominate Sally." said David immediately.
"I decline and nominate David!" I muttered.
"I reject under the grounds of I have no idea what's happening here!"
"Let's go." said the teacher dragging me up to the board.
I stared the equation. "Find x." said the teacher.
I grabbed a marker and circled the tiny x on the misshaped triangle.
"Does that covered it?" I asked.
Can you blame me. It was the first day of school. End of cool summer night and beginning of long autumn days and honestly my brain doesn't start working until Tuesday. The class laughed.
"No does that does not cover it." she said angrily. "What is the answer?"
I glanced at the problem. "Forty-two?"
"How did you figure that out?" the teacher growled.
42 is the answer to life! "I did the math."
"Go sit down!" she ordered.
Suddenly someone tapped my shoulder. It turned around. It was some boy. Gale I think. He handed me a folded note. I opened it.
42?
David.
I quickly scribbled down a reply.
It's the answer to life.
Sally.
I handed the note to Gale. Who handed it to Rose who handed it to Haley, ect.
I looked around for familiar faces.
Let's see,
David's here, looking at the clock.
Shirley's here, writing stuff on his hand.
The two faced pompom sluts were here with their leader. Candy.
She was pulling down her shirt trying to show off her nonsexist chest to Shirley but he wasn't paying attention.
I looked at her followers. Britney and Chelsea.
Chelsea was short and had red hair. She was writing stuff in here note book.
Britney the tall blond was staring dreamily at Gale.
Gale was as tall as Britney and had shoulder length black hair and looked totally opposite to what she usually dated. He was drawing in his note book. Gale was an ok guy, and he's also my next door neighbor. He tapped my shoulder again and handed me a another note.
Like I believe that.
David.
I stuck my tongue out at him and prayed that this class would be over soon.
Josie's pov.
Most of my day was just a blur of angry teachers and paper cuts but now it was finally art class. I usually good with art but today my mind was blank of what to draw. This stupid canvas was mocking me. I looked to David who was sitting next to me.
He was drawing a grizzly scene of a baby kitten kicking the butts of some tough looking pit bulls wearing beanies and gold chains. I couldn't help but laugh. David looked at me.
"You hate it?" he chuckled.
"No I like it. But I think mines better." I said sarcastically.
"Yeah I like how it captures the America today as it assembles one day and collapses the next." he said.
"Wow that was so…deep, but I haven't drawn anything." I said.
"Oh… well why not?" he asked.
"I haven't thought of anything." I said with a twinge of sadness.
"Really? Your usually the first." he said scooting next to me.
"I know." I said.
We stared at the canvas.
"David am I losing it?" I asked worriedly.
"That's not possible." he said patting my shoulder.
I smiled. I like talking to David. It reminded me of all the good times we've all had. Suddenly an idea came into my head. I grabbed my pencil and began to sketch.
"Hey David?" I called still drawing.
"Yeah." he said.
"Remember all the times we went to the lake." I asked.
"Yeah." he said dreamily.
"I think those were the best days of summer," I smiled. "Hanging out on the lake, skipping rocks, jumping off the swing…" I trailed off.
"I think that night was better. Roasting marshmallows, catching fireflies, pranking you guys that was awesome!" said David.
"That was cruel." I muttered still smiling.
"Oh remember when we all slept on the boat, and then Hunter woke up and freaked out." he laughed.
"He dumped us into the lake!" I cried. But I couldn't help but laugh.
"Shirley got fish in his pants!" I laughed.
"I heard that." said Shirley walking by us holding paint.
We stifled our laughter but the way Shirley ran around with the fish in his pants. You'd think he was on fire.
"Alright everyone! Pencils down!" cried our teacher.
I put down my colored pencils. With out realizing it I had colored a whole picture. I quickly folded it up and put it in my bag.
"Alrighty everyone, next time we're doing hand prints! don't forget to bring your hands!" she cried.
"I think she was serious this time." said Shirley at lunch.
"I don't know dude. She hasn't been the same since she had that nervous breakdown." I said. "Sally want my pizza?" I offered.
"Sure, here my pudding cup." she traded.
"Uh, can you open this up for me." I asked handing her my root beer.
"I can do it." offered Shirley.
He took the glass bottle and tries twisting the top it didn't budge.
"On a different note," I said.
"No wait! I can get this!" he cried. It still didn't work.
"Let me try." said Hunter. He gripped the bottle with his tee shirt but it didn't work either.
"So Sally, what did you do in band?" I asked ignoring the gripping battle in the background.
"I tried to play the piano with my feet." she said.
"I can't get this stupid bottle to open!" cried Hunter angrily.
"My turn." said David. He pounded on the bottle. It still didn't work.
"Man, what this thing made of?" I asked examining the drink.
"Not sure," said Sally. She took the bottle and opened the top. "Here you go." she said handing the drink to me.
The boys slammed their head on the table.
"Would it make you feel better if I told you guys that you loosened it?" she asked.
"Yes." said Hunter.
"Ok then." she said eating her pizza. "So what did you draw?" she asked me.
"Oh it a picture of us at the lake." I said twirling my pasta with my fork.
"The time that we fell asleep in the boat." she said.
"That's the one." I said.
"Well don't keep us in suspense. Show us." said David.
I reached into my bag.
"Just don't laugh ok?" I asked.
They murmured in agreement.
I showed them the picture.
I guess I'm a good artist because they didn't say anything for a while. It was a sketch of the time we went to the lake. It was a crystal clear pond with rich green grass growing around it and tall willows surrounding it. It was like just for a second I froze my favorite memory of us. A memory I would keep forever. If I was lucky.
At the far end of the pond was Shirley and Sally. Shirley was pushing Sally on the little wing we had and she was just about jump into the pond. She was wearing a her black bathing suit top and MY ripped up shorts. Shirley was wearing black board short and was in mid Pointing and was on the shore of the lake. He was skipping(or pelting) rocks at Hunter and wearing orange board shorts and a matching unbutton shirt. Hunter was in the water spitting out water out of his mouth like a fountain. Dork.
Then there was me. I was wearing my pink one piece with my blue shirt tied in the back. I was laying on the pier with my hand behind my head looking very content…when in reality I was actually falling off the pier.
"Wow." said David.
"That's our lake." breathed Sally.
"Sure is." I said folding the picture up.
"Oh I miss the lake." said David.
"How could you we by it everyday from school." said Sally.
"Yeah but its not like we could back until next summer." said David.
"And why the hell not! It's still technically summer people!" she cried.
Nobody looked enthusiastic.
"Come on guys. We could still go back. And is summer really over when school starts. I say we do something while the weathers still nice." she said.
"Your not going to let this go are you?" asked Shirley.
"Not till you agree to go with me." she said determinedly.
"Well I'm gamed lets go this Friday." I said cheerfully.
"And after school." agreed Hunter.
"Why?" asked Shirley.
"I left my radio there." he admitted.
"Well then we'll have music to do our homework to." said David.
Sally dropped her pizza.
"You do homework?" I asked shocked.
"Oh my god!" shouted Sally. She grabbed her cell phone and dialed a number.
"Hello Pastor Steve, has hell frozen over?" she asked.
David rolled his eyes.
"Well my brother said he was going to do his homework! Yes I know church is the place to be in a time like this. See you next Sunday." she hung up.
"Uh, Sally you know your not Christen right?" said David.
"Of coarse not. My name is Sally." she said and went back to here soda. David pushed her soda away.
Sally's pov.
After lunch I went to the bathroom to wash my hands. School pizza is still the greasiest. And that's when I saw the Candy. I pretended that didn't notice her. She was applying eye shadow. Like that would really change that fact she was evil!
"Hey Sally," she said sweetly turning to me. "didn't get to see you this summer." she said.
"Yeah well when you generally don't like some one you usually don't spend your time tiring to seek them out to talk to them." I said.
"Oh well I just thought we would see each other more often, you know with Shirley and everything."
That caught me by surprise, but I didn't let it show. "Oh really with what?" I asked not sound concerned. Maybe even bored.
"You know. Us dating and everything." she said.
I laughed before I could stop myself. "You two- haha I mean, dating?" ooh that sounded harsh. Oh well.
"Well it's not official but he has been dropping hint all this summer." she said matter-of-factly.
"Yeah I'm sure that's what he's been talking about." I muttered scrubbing my nails.
"Yeah well if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath." she said.
"That the difference between me and you. That and I know how to put on eye shadow." I said.
"You know I would love to shut the black hole of a mouth you have up." she growled.
"With what that planet you call an ass?" I asked innocently.
Suddenly the bell rang and a young blond girl walked in hold six different books.
"You should go. Wouldn't want to keep your little Aphrodite's waiting." I said.
She growled and walk off.
I walked up to the girl. "Hey there kid were your bag?" I asked.
She looked up at me through her think rimed red glasses.
"That mean girl's friend took it." she said sadly.
"The girl with the red hair?" I asked.
She nodded.
Now that pissed me off. I put a comforting arm around. "Don't worry about it. Let's go." I said we began to walk her out.
"Where are you taking me?" she asked frightened.
"To get you book bag back." I said.
We stepped out of the bathroom where I saw Chelsea talking down to some younger kids. Figures she cant take on someone her age.
"Hey Chelsea!" I shouted.
She looked up to me. I gestured for her to come here.
"What?" she growled.
"That's a nice bag you got." I said simply.
"Yeah I found it." she lied.
"Did you happen to find it off a four foot little girl with glasses?" I asked.
"What's it you?" she snarled.
"The fact that it's not ok to be picking on these kids because you cant pick on anybody your own size. So I suggest you quit it, unless you want the entire school to know your horrible secret." I shot.
He eyes widen.
"You wouldn't dare. No one would believe you." she said.
"Are you really willing to take that chance?" I asked.
She said nothing but handed the bag back.
"Thank you." I said.
"You wont tell anyone right?" she nervously.
"No but I don't see what the big deal is." I said.
"Well you wouldn't." she growled.
"Yeah well when you're ready to stop being a- QUACK!." I said. It might have been harsh but I think that girl needed to hear it.
"AAAAAAAHHH!" she took off running down the hall. That felt good.
I went back to the girl.
"Here's your bag back." I said to the girl. She squealed and ran off.
"Nice to meet you too." I smiled and walked off.
"Thank god schools over!" cried David.
"Definitely. Hey I'll catch up to you guys later I have to call my mom." said Shirley walking around holding up his cell phone.
"Later." we called.
"Oh me to I have to talk to Taylor about the science fair." said Jo.
"Oooh Taylor. I'll go help." said Hunter.
"Ew. Later guys." said Jo.
"Looks like it just you and me little sis." said David putting his arm around me.
"Good so you can run home and put my bag away." I said.
He growled. "Fine but you get to call mom and answer the back to school questions."
"Ok. I'll go to Limericky's for sandwiches. What do you want?" I asked.
"Ham on rye." he said.
"Fine." I mumbled.
"See this is why I love you. Compromise." he called running to our house.
"Love you to bro." I said and started walking.
"Hey mom, I know your probably in a meeting or something I don't care about. So just to let you know we're all alive and we're all going to be around so call us if you need us. So… love you, later, bye." I hung up the phone. I was walking by a series of small shops. And that's when everything became a lot more complicated.
"Oh come on! Why wont you go out with me?" cried a nails on chalkboard voice. I walked towards the voice. I saw it was Shirley running away Candy. I made the mistake of moving closer.
"Because… because," she looked around and his eyes landed on me. "Because I already have a girlfriend." he cried running to me
I looked around. He couldn't possible mean me. But then he did it. He took my hand in mine.
"Aren't we dating?" he asked.
"Wha- Aragh! Yeah, yeah we're dating." I said strained. He just stepped on my foot.
"Oh really. Didn't mention that before." said Candy cynically.
"I don't like you, why would I tell you?." I said recovering from my foot.
"Well if I know anything about relationship is that they don't last." she said. What the hell is happening here? My god shes got the biggest boogie in the world on her cheek. Oh crap she talking. Maybe I should listen.
"So when you two breakup I'll be there. Waiting, see ya around." she said.
Shirley guided me into Rickys. Where I bitch slapped him.
"Ow! Ok I deserved that." he admitted.
"Damn straight." I growled.
"Come on Sal! You totally saved my butt. Please just pretend to be my girlfriend. Please!" he cried.
"No." I said simply.
"Please!" he begged.
"No!" I growled.
He fell to his knees and peopled started to stare. "PLEASE!" he begged.
"No and people are staring!" I cried.
"PEASE!" he shouted.
"OK FINE!" I screamed.
"Yay!" he cheered.
"But your buying us lunch!" I growled.
"I'm perfectly fine with that." he said cheerfully.
Does this guy ever stop with the happiness. "But no kissing, you have to buy me food and carry my books to class." I said.
"Ok." he said.
"Stupid, stinking, ungrateful-" I muttered walking away.
We were all at our sparkling pond. Tadpoles were swimming dragon flies were buzzing and we sat in a clearing munching on our sandwiches.
So there we were eating out sandwiches and listing to a story that I would regret telling them.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAH!" They laughed.
I hugged my legs and Shirley wiped off his sunglasses. It might not have been helpful that we were sitting together.
"Thank you for enjoying my misery." I mumbled.
"Sorry." said Jo still laughing her head off. "We though that you guys were into each other but this is just - Hahahahah!" she laughed.
"Hey!" we cried at the same time. "Do not! Shut up! Stop that!" I slapped Shirley. He slapped me back.
"Hey knock it off you two." said David.
"God I don't how you guys think you could make this work. You guys fight like an old married couple!" said Hunter.
Shirley rolled my eyes. "Hey I'm good actor. Hey I'm a damn good actor what are you guys talking about." he muttered.
"Really?" said David.
"Yeah I pretend like I like you guys all the time." he said.
They booed him and started throwing stuff at him. I pick now of all time to sit next to this guy.
"Ow! Hey- what the- eerrrgg- ok really with the brownie?" I asked holding it up.
"It has bite missing!" I showed them missing bite. David threw it and it bounced off my head. "Thank you."
Shirley stole my brownie.
"Hey. Give me." I said taking the brownie back.
"No give me!" said David taking it out of my hand. He took a bite. "Yum! Hey!" he said.
Hunter swiped it from him. "Ha ha!" he cried.
"Zonk!" shouted Jo from behind Hunter. "You guys want it? Come and get it." she cried.
She took off around the shores and we chased after her. We chased her down the pier. And yes we were doing this all for a chocolate pastry. Once she reached the end of the pier there was nowhere left to run.
David grabbed Jo by her waist and dove into the lake.
We waited by the edge and didn't see them come up.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Where's that brownie?" asked Hunter.
"Your concern for your sister touches me." I retorted.
Suddenly their head surfaced.
"There they are!" said Shirley.
"Not cool David." said Jo splashing him. "I'm wearing my contacts!" she growled.
"You wear contacts?" I asked.
"Yes and now it feels all weird. Thanks a lot!" she said sitting on the pier.
"How was I to know?" he called.
"Well it looks like we're both stuck with something dreadful." I said looking at Shirley.
"Really?" he asked with his armed crossed.
"Yeah." I said brightly.
"Oh that reminds me." he said and he shoved me off the end of the dock.
I fell into the cool watered and surfaced immediately.
"Really?" I asked angrily.
He bent over the end and looked at me. "Really."
I have him where I want him now. I sprang out of the water and grabbed him the collar causing him to fall in.
His head came up out of the water. "Thank you for that!" he shouted with his glasses half on his face.
"Your welcome." I said sweetly.
"Wow… sparks." said Hunter sarcastically.
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