Jade's POV
It was a Friday, which meant I had school today. After school, Alexa and I were going to work on our first song for Jalexa. We were still working on our first song. The band name was our two names combined, the first 'a' is pronounced like it is in Jade. I showered, changed into my variation of the uniform, and brushed my hair out. I grabbed my bag, double checked to make sure I had my homework, and headed downstairs to breakfast. Our housemother, Trudy, was the housemother for our parents. Although a lot of changes have been made since. Now, multiple grades can live in a house, and there are more rooms. Also, Trudy is a good twenty years older, so she has graying hair, and more wrinkles than she did in our parents' pictures. The caretaker, Victor, is still the same. Our parents told us about an elixir of life that Victor is on. Aunt Nina and my dad helped make it. No, Nina isn't my aunt, we just call our parents' friends aunt or uncle.
The rest of the house soon trickled in, my brothers, David and Simon, Aunt Nina and Uncle Fabian's kids, Sarah, Liana, and Bradley, Aunt Joy and Uncle Jerome's kids Jessica, Jason, and my boyfriend, James (I got a kiss!), Aunt Mara and Uncle Mick's kids, Megan, Mabel, and Max, and finally, Aunt Amber and Uncle Alfie's kids, Alexa (my best friend), Adam, and Annabelle, or Isabelle. She has a lot of nicknames, but I call her Isabelle.
"How about we go out after school?" James asks. Ugh, I get a sinking feeling, knowing I'm going to have to blow him off.
"Sorry, but Jalexa's song is almost done, and I'll be with Alexa at the coffee shop," I say. He looks disappointed, and I feel worse. I've been blowing him off for a few weeks now, and I feel worse every time.
"K. As long as you don't run into any attractive coffee drinkers," he says with a goofy smile.
"Great, so I can ask out a cute muffin eater?" I ask innocently.
"NO!" he yells, and we both laugh.
Liana's POV
Perfect. Another day of school. I hate school, and not just because of the thousands of boys drooling over me, but because my grades aren't as great as Sarah's, or anyone's. Even Bradley's grades are good, and he finishes his homework at midnight, right before going to bed. I am the last one out the door, but as usual, Sarah and Jessica are waiting for me. I sling my bag over my shoulder, and we begin the short walk to the main building, the school. When we're almost there, Sarah ditches us for David.
"Do you think you'll ever get a boyfriend?" Jessica randomly asks as we pass through the door. I stare at her weirdly.
"I mean, almost every guy in this school has a crush on you, even the younger ones," she explains.
"Well, that's just it. They're just crushes. Doesn't mean we would actually work in a relationship," Jessica just nods. "And I still can't believe you're dating my brother!" it's been awhile since they started dating, but it still bugs me. Jessica just laughs, and we go to our lockers. I pull out my stuff for science, one folder, and slipped it into my bag. We ran to get to the classroom before the bell rang. Our science teacher is Jade, David, and Simon's grandfather, who is also on an elixir of life.
"Okay class, today, you will be getting your tests back," Mr. Sweet started, and proceeded to walk around the room, handing out the tests. I crossed my fingers, and silently prayed for some luck. Nope. No luck. At the top of my page was:
D+
Liana, please see me after class.
My stomach sank, and I felt like crying.
"Whaddya get?!" Jessica asked with huge smile on her face. Great, now I felt worse. I just shook my head, looked down, and bit my tongue to keep from crying. Jessica's face fell, and she looked at my sadly. Jessica knew about my grade problem.
When the bell rang, I went up to Eric's desk. Yes, I call him Eric. We all do, except for Jade, David, and Simon who call him grandpa. It's weird that right now, I was terrified to get near the man I celebrate Christmas and Thanksgiving with.
"Liana I've been noticing a fall in your grades recently. As of now, I think it would be best if I got you a tutor "
"Eric please no. I can try harder, I just -"
"Or I can call Nina and Fabian and see what they have to say," I stayed silent.
"Very well. Your new tutor is Wyatt Evans, an advanced science student," I just nodded, and left.
