AN: Hello my peeps! (And yes, I do mean the sugar-coated marshmallow peeps. I WILL EAT YOU ALL!) I've been grounded for the past 3 days, and I can honestly say that it is good to be back. I actually wrote the first part of this chapter the old fashioned way- with paper and pencil. Coincidentally, this was how The English Assignment got started- me, grounded, bored, and with paper, a pencil and an idea. AAAANYWAYS, enjoy the chapter!
September 3rd:
Right now I would say 'forget life', but in all honesty, life is the forgetter and I'm the forgotten. But forget life anyways.
Middle school, so far, is terrible. I've made it halfway through my first day and so far middle school is just like elementary school. But at least my plan of sneaking in darker clothes worked. Now I look like a rock and roller instead of a fairy princess. So that's at least something.
But even with the awesome new clothes, I'm still the quiet wallflower and right now I'm eating lunch by myself. So much for making friends…
I just heard a crash And then there were running footsteps. And now there are two out-of-breath kids sitting across from me. I should probably stop writing and find out what the heck is happening.
Hey Journal. I just got back home from school. And I think I now have to acquaintances in middle school. Maybe even friends.
So it turns out that the two boys who almost crashed into my lunch table were running from Dash and Kwan, two jerks from my private school. Luckily, they never really talked to me, like everyone else. Looks like they've found their new target. It's a shame too- the two kids, a Tucker Foley and a Danny Fenton, seemed like nice enough kids.
After losing Dash and Kwan- nothing can deter a middle school boy quite like a lunch line- and collapsing across from me, Danny and Tucker were literally too exhausted- they'd been slammed into lockers then chased halfway through the school, or so they told me- to get up. So they stayed.
Tucker, after catching his breath, introduced himself right away. He, apparently, is a "meat connoisseur"- basically, he eats a lot of meat. Being an ultra-recyclo-vegetarian, I naturally found it disgusting. But other than that Tucker is a pretty cool guy. He knows a lot of technological stuff, which is pretty cool. He's even learning how to hack stuff from his PDA, AKA his "baby." I think he's just as much of an aspiring techno geek as I am an aspiring Goth.
Danny, in a direct contrast to Tucker's openness and talkative nature, was generally quiet. After Tucker introduced himself, Danny introduced himself. But he did it to the bare minimum, saying hi and his name was all. And he practically whispered what he did say. I think he's just shy.
After Danny gave his brief introduction, we fell into an awkward silence. Wanting desperately for it to end, I suggested they go get their lunches, as they hadn't eaten yet. Taking my suggestion, they did. But instead of going to sit somewhere else afterwards like I thought they would, they came back and sat across from me again. Even more shocking, I think it was Danny who suggested they did so. Maybe he's not as shy as I thought.
In the 20 minutes that followed, I learned that Danny and Tucker had just met each other in their first class this morning. None of us really knew anything about each other. But in those 20 minutes, I learned quite a bit.
Danny's parents are scientists, and he lives in that one house with the Ops center on top of it. (I was wondering what was in there, but I never would've guessed that it was someone's house.) He didn't say what kind of scientists they were though, instead telling us that he himself wanted to be an astronaut when he got older. Danny's the type of kid who, once he gets used to you, is quite talkative. But he was still pretty quiet, and I didn't miss the slight stutter in his voice.
Tucker was even more of an open book than Danny was. All you had to do was ask him a question and he'd be off on some sort of a tangent. If any other person talked as much as he did, I'd find it extremely annoying, but because Tucker talked about interesting stuff, like video games, music, and technology in general, it was fun to have a conversation with him.
Forget what I said earlier. I don't just have two acquaintances in middle school, I have two friends. We even have all but two classes together!
It feels good to have friends. It really does. For the first time ever, I'm looking forward to going to school tomorrow.
First there was one,
Just me alone.
Then it happened and suddenly
There were three,
Him, him, and me.
Now I'm no longer by myself
And I don't know how I feel about this.
It was a sudden change
As everything I knew got rearranged.
Before, no one talked to me;
I was alone and less than happy.
But it was normal and normal was safe,
Safe were the ways of yesterday.
But now you're here and all that has changed;
Nothing now will ever again be the same.
You've taken me out of my comfort zone,
But I suppose that is better than being alone.
Day one of middle school: complete.
AN: BOOM! Sam met Danny and Tucker. What will happen now? Will Sam survive Middle School? (Jk, we all know she survives!) Will she be the same person when she gets out, that's the real question! Is Paulina to make an appearance? Where is Grandma Manson? What will happen next? Seriously, you guys give me some ideas! Reviews, favorites, and follows are, as always, greatly appreciated! Have a nice week and I shall see you all next week (or whenever I choose to update next)!