Because my summer break officially started on Wednesday, I'm going to update sooner.

Yay.

Oh, and the actual chapter itself is the exact number of words as last chapter.

1,115

Double yay.

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Chapter 14

~Noah's Point-Of-View~

And thank God that the dance has been canceled. There was no way on Earth that I was going. Student Government or not. But, that's more of information of the past. It's now mid-February, instead of January. So, let's see what's happened:

A new semester has started. This means that Cody and I no longer share the same first period, Izzy and I now have three classes together, I now have my last semester of P.E. for the rest of my life, unfortunately P.E. is one of those classes that Izzy and I have together, thankfully Cody's in that class, unfortunately Sierra is in that class too. Valentines day was just a stupid day on a Saturday or Monday or something like that, but I don't remember much except for the fact that SG had to sell candy for people to buy for their 'sweet-hearts'. My mother bought me a Kit-Kat. Also, warm weather is soon approaching, Sophomore year is almost over, I finally got my bus acceptance letter, and a whole lot of other stuff.

Let the new semester begin.

I'm waiting at the corner of Lee Avenue and Underway Street. And it's a dreary, overcast wintery day – complete with a sort of snow flakes that turn into water once hitting the ground. And it's cold. Like, twenty degrees or something. There are about three other people out here with me. I only know Jennifer Alton, and that's because I have science class with her. In fact, I think she just moved into my neighborhood. But that is beyond the point.

I'm waiting for the bus. And according to the chart that I have, it should be arriving in about two minutes. I surely hope that there is a heater on it. I kick at a spot of black ice, and nearly slip. I manage to regain my equilibrium. And I do know that I'm not doing that again.

A rumbling sound approaches, and I turn towards it's direction. It's the bus. Number 89, and it's not necessarily new looking. Everybody starts walking towards it before it stop, then it stop, and they board the transportation. I follow suit.

Well, it doesn't smell as bad as I thought it would. In fact, I can't detect any odor. Well, besides the stink of about four or five different colognes. God, what is it with people and wearing perfume? Do they not understand that when half the bus is wearing a different scent each, that it doesn't smell nice? And then some people put on way too much.

I then realize that the bus driver has started to drive off, and I'm still not sitting down. Isn't that a safety risk? And why isn't there seat-belts on the bus? Oh, wait, I forgot. It's a bus. So now I'm walking down the aisle and scanning for an empty seat. I end up almost at the back of the bus before I see a seat. Well, not almost, because there's about four or five rows behind me, and about five people are sitting back there. I quickly slid into the empty seat. I was on the inside, with my backpack on the outside of me.

And I'm wondering how long I have on this contraption.

The bus makes another stop, and I almost slide out of my seat. Two people board onto the bus.

"Hey Naiomi!" I heard someone shout. And it was a familiar voice. A very familiar sounding voice. Said Kellie walked down the aisle, and sat in the seat in front of me.

"Hey Izzy." the girl responded.

Oh, crap. She rides this bus. She rides this bus. She rides this bus! Why? Why is this happening to me? Why am I being put up to this? What sin did I commit to receive this issue?

I tilted my head upward to see Izzy pop up from her seat to talk to her friend. Then her eyes brightened and by way of red and green, she popped up besides me; somehow managing to shove my backpack into the opposite seat.

"Hey Noah! I didn't know that you rode this bus! You must have just started riding it today! That's what it is, isn't it? Yeah, it must be. So, hey! Oh, meet my friend Naiomi!" she rambunctiously told me, before jumping back to her friend's seat. Soon enough, her friend was look over at me. She waved.

"Hey, I assume that you're Noah." she told me.

"Yeah." I replied, thinking that it's way too early for all of this excitement. I was expecting a quiet bus ride. Well, not quiet, but nobody was going to bother me quiet.

"I'm Naiomi." and she extended her hand towards mine. I shook it. "So you're the guy that this crazy girl's been talking about at lunch just about every day."

"What?" Izzy shouted. Her friend rolled her eyes.

"Don't act stupid. You talk about him all the time." Her friend smirked at Izzy. Izzy narrowed her eyes.

"How dare you." Izzy then crossed her arms, huffed, turned around, and walked over to her seat.

The bus driver made another stop, and I try my best to not slide out of the seat.

"She makes quick stops. You'll get used to it soon." Naiomi told me.

Izzy comes back over. "Okay, I'm better now. Izzy forgives Naiomi."

"Naiomi isn't done talking to Noah. Come back when Naiomi is done talking to Noah before Izzy gets pissed off." she told her. Now I see why they're friends.

"Okay, Izzy shall be back! Muah-ha-ha-ha!" and then she ran off to her seat.

"Secret: don't piss her off as much. She wants to be friends with you," Naiomi tells me, "or at least she says that she just wants to be friends with you." then she winks.

"Um, thanks. I think." I tell her.

"Now excuse me because I have a friend to attend to. Last time she was bored, she started to throw pencils out the window and got suspended from the bus for about two weeks."

"Okay, bye."

And now I'm alone to be alone and happy. And nobody bothers me for the rest of the bus ride. After three more stops, the bus finally pulls up to the back of the school. Everybody finally files off, but I have to wait until the people on the back decided to let me off. Inconsiderate jerks. I bet they have no home training. But I guess that's how the bus rolls. Oh, wait, pun not intended. Forgive me.

So, I updated sooner than what I expected.

But updates should be once a week now, give or take.

So please review, because I typed this in one day.

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