~September 1, 2009: Age 14
Today was the day that Roxie and I began high school. I could hardly contain my excitement. No really, I wasn't looking forward to this. It was both a good and bad thing that Matthew wasn't gonna be starting high school. On fact, I don't think he ever went to go have any sort of education other than the books that my parents had. But anyway, Roxie and I were waiting at the docks with a bag of luggage full of clothes and necessities that would last us the week until we came home. We were waiting for our parents to come take my family boat to sail us over to the Royal Academy island and I can tell you this, I was nervous as fuck. Why? Because I knew I wasn't gonna fit in with the other guys. I knew I was gonna get my ass beat (if I didn't beat theirs first).
"Aw, don't worry about it, Rusty. We'll do just fine! And hey, we've got each other, right? No need to hang with the other guys if you don't like them! You can come hang with me! Chances are I'm not gonna like the other girls. Ooh, I just hope the dorm room isn't filthy!"
Typical Roxie. Always talkin' about how things might not be clean and the like and then stressin' over it. But her words of comfort had no effect on me. I still didn't wanna go. Just then, I saw our parents walking over to the docks.
"You guys ready to head off?" my Dad asked us. We nodded, tiredly, and jumped into the boat. Our families soon followed behind and jumped in with us. My Dad untied the rope from the dock, opened the sail, and soon enough we were off.
After about 2 hours of sailing, we made it. The first thing Roxie and I saw when we laid eyes on the island were 4 other students, 2 boys and 2 girls, both being hugged and kissed by their families. My Dad sailed into the dock safely and tied the rope around the post of the dock. We got out and stepped onto the island when I heard my Mother. "Wait, Rusty! Give me a hug and a kiss, sweetheart." I put my stuff down and smiled, walking over to my Mother to bid her a farewell for the week. She did as she said and whispered a "good luck. I love you." in my ear and then pushed me off. I waved to my Dad, who waved back and smiled, and then waited for Roxie while she said goodbye to her parents.
I looked around and saw the other kids dispersing from their families and went right to the dorm. I looked back and saw our parents leaving in the boat and Roxie picking her stuff up. "You ready to head to the dorm?" she asked. I took in a deep breath in and out and nodded. I picked up my bags and walked alongside her towards the dorm. It was past the school, to the back of the island, and to the right. There it was. The place I was gonna be livin' in until the weekends was right in front of us. I walked ahead as Roxie followed behind me and I cautiously opened the door. Inside stood a yellow wood-boarded wall and red tile room (which I would guess was the living room) with couches, a television, computers, and other furniture that made the room look like home. Then I saw the kids...one girl with blonde hair pulled up, another girl with brown hair that was in braids and a green and yellow hat, a blonde-haired boy talking on a cell phone, and a red-haired boy with blue sunglasses who looked like he just didn't give a fuck. He looked like the ultimate douche.
"Hey, guys! Come on in!" yelled the blonde-haired girl. "I'm Summer! And this is my friend, Liberty!" she said motioning to herself and then Liberty. I waved and then turned to see Roxie stumbling in with all of her bags. "Oh, jeez! Sorry! Let me help you with those." Summer said, darting towards Roxie to help with her bags. Then I finally looked toward the two guys. The one on the phone hung up his call and smiled at me.
"Hey, I'm Travis!" he said as he shook my hand, "What's your name?"
"Rusty." I said rather bluntly. So far Travis seemed pretty cool. He didn't really look like the douchebag sorta guy that was standing next to him. Travis picked up my bags and carried them into the boy's bedroom. He plopped them onto a bed that was placed against the left side of the room and then walked back out and sat on the couch. The girls, I take it, were getting' settled in their own room. "Come have a seat, Rusty. Let's all get to know each other a bit. We're all gonna be together like his for the next 4 years, so we might as well get used to each other a little right now."
With a small bit of hesitation, I sat down next to Travis and then stared at the douchebag that was still leaning again the wall next to our bedroom doorway. I looked at Travis, nudged him, and then nodded to him. He took the initiative and asked him, "S-so, what's your name?"
"Shut up, chump. You should know who I am. I'm a legend, you know." Fucking fantastic! I know who my new enemy is gonna be. "Uhh, I'm sorry, I've never heard of you." The so-called "legend" smacked his hand against his face and sighed. "Wow. Wow. How sad. Well, since you don't know who I am, I am none other than Chaz McFreely! The one and only king of all things extreme! The Sports Legend, as others call me, and I am at your service, bitches!"
Well then, it looks like we've got ourselves a narcissist! Typical narcissistic attention fag. See what I mean? This is just one of the many places where you'll find theses types of guys. Travis rolled his eyes and looked at me. I looked right back at him and asked, "Should we get to class?" I knew Travis was gonna ask the same thing, but nonetheless he nodded in agreement and we got up to get to the school building. But first and foremost, I needed to check on Roxie. I peeked around the girls doorway and saw them giggling and doing each others hair and talking about—eh, girl stuff, I guess. Whatever that was. Roxie seemed to like Summer and Liberty so I smiled and let them be.
I quickly, then, grabbed Chaz and lead him out to the school building to start class.
Class seemed like it took forever! Basically all we did today was get to know each other and the teacher, Ms. Rosalyn. She gave us our uniforms that were obviously supposed to be worn every single fucking day, and we also got our textbooks and shit. Yee-haw. So excited for this. The only new friend I've actually made so far was Travis. I never got to know the two other girls and I hated Chaz. These next 4 years were gonna be fun.
After the day was over, we all made it back to our dorms and got ready for bed. We heard all the girls scream, "Goodnight, everyone!" from their room, but I got a special goodnight from Roxie outside the dorm. And, no, everyone, she did not kiss me. What did I tell you earlier? I am certainly not the type of guy who's looking for love! And I would never date Roxie! She's too OCD and her and I have been friends for way too long. All we did was talk about our day and have some privacy away from the others. That's all. Roxie isn't the type to just leave me hanging at the end of the night.
But anyway, I threw on a black t-shirt and baggy old pants my Father gave me and then crawled into bed. I watched Travis and Chaz fight over the television remote for our bedroom for about 15 minutes. Travis wanted the television off and Chaz wanted it on. Stupid arguments, but eventually Travis won and they went to sleep. "Goodnight, chumps." Chaz managed to say over his anger. I breathed in and out and started at the ceiling for a bit while everyone else was asleep. I knew I was gonna have to go through this for the next 4 fucking years. Yippee.
'Sup, everyone? Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up. I was in Canada for 2 weeks with my Dad...but I'm back and I'm gonna finish this story! It still needs a few more chapters xD The next chapter is gonna be awesome! Trust me on this one~ I might be a bit slow on gettin' them up though cuz I'm getting my drivers permit on Tuesday and I wanna start driving sooo bad O_O But more chapters to come! It's gonna be good!