Author's Note: Welcome back to the second chapter of my story. I want to thank Kyrah101 for reviewing my story and I hope you continue to like it.
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Seaford High School
September 10th, 2012
Unlike most of his friends, Milton was happy to go back to school. Now don't get him wrong he enjoyed his summer vacation, Scotland was pleasant and the science camp he went to was also delightfully enjoyable. Only he missed the challenging environment of school, learning new things, seeing his friends daily as well as Julie, and this year he was excited to run for freshman class president. Ever since he saw the sign-up sheet last year before school let out he's been thinking of campaign ideas all through his summer. He really thinks he can make a difference for the underclassmen and has many different ideas for campaign ideas and how to change the way things are at Seaford. The ginger haired teen was also hoping that his girlfriend would want to help him with his campaign, seeing that any excuse to hang out together was a good excuse.
Milton has barely seen Julie all throughout summer and it killed him inside because of it. They were both busy with their family's respective vacations and their summer camps so they had to survive on phone calls, texts, and Skype but they even struggled to keep up a daily schedule of that. When they planned to meet up at the museum after practice Saturday Milton was stoked to finally see his girl after two months apart but sadly their plans failed to go through. Apparently her parents decided to have a last minute family cook out with her extended family so she couldn't see him. He was disappointed but understood and instead the rest of his day preparing for school and the school election. The couple revised their plans to meet up in the library before class hence the reason he was sitting at one of the tables with a notebook and pencil in front of him waiting. Principal Buckett informed them that they were allowed to start putting up campaign posters next week so he was strategizing the best places to set up his posters.
The boy was in the middle of writing when he felt two hands cover his eyes,
"Guess who?" An all too familiar peppy feminine voice asked him. Milton smiled at the sound of it,
"Julie!" He exclaimed while quickly turning around to pull his girl in a hug but did a double take when he saw her appearance
The girl was wearing a short black summer dress with black wedges with her hair down in waves, her face donned in makeup, and her glasses nowhere to be seen. The girl standing in front of him looked nothing liked the Julie he said goodbye to before leaving for Scotland and he couldn't stop himself from gaping at her.
"J-Julie?" He stammered out in shock
The girl grinned, "The one and only, you like my new look?"
"Yeah, yeah you look good it's just very different from how you-you used to look. Why the change?"
Julie shrugged as she moved to sit down next to Milton at,
"No reason in particular just wanted a change for the new school year, put myself out there. After all we're going to need a change if we're going to rule the ninth grade this year."
"If we're going to what?" The ginger haired sought to confirm
"Rule the ninth grade sweetie. Since I'm going to join the cheer squad and you the football team we're going to be a power couple and rule the ninth grade. Erica said that it's pretty much written in stone."
Her boy cocked her head in confusion,
"Erica as in Erica Straffman?" The ginger haired boy sought to confirm
"Yeah Victor Straffman from the Black Dragons twin sister. We became close over cheer champ as well as Cathy and Stacey they're like my new bffs." Julie rambled
The boy remembered her posting on her Facebook and Instagram pictures of her with them together doing trivial things. That was a shock to him to see especially when he realized just how close she's gotten with the girls considering how different she was to them. Cathy Davis, Stacey Wiseman, and Erica Straffman were basically wannabees, they adored Grace and her clique and wanted to be just like them. He vaguely remembered Kim ranting about how pathetic it was to see them practically kiss the floor Grace walks on and how much of a clone they were to her.
"Bffs huh? What happened to Kelsey? I thought she was your best friend, and she said that you haven't talked to her all summer." Milton pointed out
Julie's face flickered with disgust before her face smoothed out,
"I was just so busy in Cancun and cheer camp that I completely forgot about keeping in touch with her." The brunette girl informed her dismissively
The boy arched a brow in surprise,
"Really well you didn't have that much of a problem keeping in touch with me over the summer." He pointed out
"That's different keeping in touch with you is so worth it but with Kelsey she, she had other things to worry about anyway." Julie tried to explain but something about her explanation didn't sit right with him
"Wait but that-"
"Why are we still talking about this let's talk about something else, like the football tryouts which is this Friday and Saturday and you need to prepare if you want to make the team."
"I'm just trying out for kicker I don't need to prepare that much and I've been practicing most of my summer anyway." Milton reassured her
"True but you should still prepare anyway to be perfect." Julie argued
"What I'm more focused on right now is the upcoming election and my campaigning. I was wondering if you would be interested in being my campaign manager?"
Julie raised her eyebrows in surprise,
"Oh uh that's sweet of you and I'll be glad to help I'm just not sure how much since I'll be busy with other things. Why don't you asked some of your friends to help out?" She suggested
"Well Kim is also running for president and Jack is most definitely going to help her and as for Jerry he's not into politics and Eddie from what I heard he's running for representative." Milton explained
The brunette girl snorted,
"Eddie as student representative, that's hilarious who would vote for him?" She sneered rudely
Milton sat back in his seat stunned at something so rude that came out of his mouth,
"Julie that's really rude of you to say."
"I'm sorry but it's the truth he's a try hard and no one likes people like that."
Milton continued to stare at his girl in shock but before he could say anything the first bell rang signaling them to go to first period,
"Well we better get to class, hey let's compare schedules." Julie said as if she didn't just insult one of his best friends
1st Period Algebra
Of course Jerry's rotten luck. He has algebra first period. If that wasn't bad enough he has Heather in the class as well so he has to see his ex-girlfriend be happy without him for his entire freshman year. He hated that looking at her still made his heart skip a beat and ache longingly to be able to hold her again like he used to. Today she was wearing a light yellow ruffle top with white pants and cover up while her brunette hair was done up in a half up half down do. Like always she looked so beautiful and Jerry wished that he was still allowed to sit near her and claim her as his girl.
Jerry still doesn't understand what he did wrong, he thought everything was perfect between them, he thought they were both happy. Only according to Heather she needed space and felt like Jerry was co-depending on her too much for it to be a good relationship. If the Columbian was being honest with himself he will admit that he wanted to spend a lot of time with her to avoid spending lots of time at home. His padres were in the middle of a messy divorce and when they spent any more than an hour in the room glass end up being thrown across the room at each other. This was his mami's second divorce, her first was with his older half sibling's father back when Camilla was around six at the time while Jerry was only two.
Jerry didn't want to spend his summer around his parents screaming matches so he made sure to always do something outside the house and thankfully he had a perfect one. Towards the end of eighth grade Jerry tryout for the high school dance team. It was his dream to be a part of their team since they won almost every competition or at least placed in the top three. The only downside was that Smooth was still on the team and Jerry still hated the guy for what happened back in seventh grade. He made the team and towards the end of summer he had dance camp to keep him busy for a few weeks but once that ended he was back to being bored. Most of his friends had plans for their summer vacations so he couldn't hang with them.
Milton and Kim had their family vacations, Jack spent time in Bakersfield with his father as well as Colorado for a family reunion before going to church retreat thing. Eddie didn't have much going on with him so he hung out a lot with him but as much as he likes Eddie that eventually got boring. His only other options were to hang out with his younger hermanitas but even they had plans for the summer. Paula hung out with Leslie obviously and they spent lots of times at the Seaford pool, while his two youngest sibling Caterina and Natalia hung out together with their friend Gracie Bell. So his only other option was to hang out with Heather which he was more than happy to do since she was his girlfriend. They hung out at the mall, pool, movies, beach, anywhere where they could and he loved every minute of it. At first she was into it, but slowly if Jerry was being honest she something changed in her and she wasn't as into it. Then the next thing he knew she texted to meet him at Falafel Phil's and was breaking up with him.
The Columbian was brought out of his thoughts when a hand was suddenly on his left shoulder,
"Hey man!" Randy's voice exclaimed in his ear causing him to jump in surprise from where he sat in the back of the class and turned to his left to look at him
Randy Plotski was a good friend of his but not as close to him as the Wasabi Warriors are. They mostly hung out inside school and sometimes outside at the Bayview mall or the skate park but they only talked about harmless topics.
"Hey Randy how was your summer?" The Wasabi student asked his friend after a quick hug
"Good I spent most of it in Malibu at my family's beach house getting tan and surfing all that stuff what about you?" Randy answered as he sat at the desk next to him
"Nothing really special my familia stayed in Seaford and I spent hanging out with Eddie and Heather. Dance camp and my birthday party was the best parts of summer." Jerry enthused, remembering the day
The party was held at the beach where Kim, Jack, Eddie, Milton, and Heather were all in attendance since school just ended and they haven't left for their vacations yet. It was one of the best birthday's he had; all his friends were there as well as family and they all had a good time swimming, dancing, playing volleyball and stuffing their faces with food. For once his los padres weren't arguing and were civil to each other out of respect for him.
"That sounds awesome man I wished I could've came but my family left to Malibu literally the day after school ended." The brunette apologized
"It's fine really man no hard feeling I get it." Jerry reassured him
"So, why aren't you sitting with your girl?" Randy asked, head gesturing over to where Heather sat surrounded by her friends
Jerry's face sobered at the question, "She's not my girl anymore, we broke up a few weeks ago."
"Oh man that's rough, I'm sorry."
"It's cool honestly I mean I still like her but it's over." The Wasabi warrior told him while his eyes strayed over to his ex again
"I wish I can relate but I never had a girlfriend before the closest relationship I had was flirting with Cathy before she got asked out by Arthur." Randy disclosed wistfully
"Well relationships suck yo, so you're not missing anything." Jerry hissed bitterly
"C'mon that's not true you get to makeout with a hot chick whenever and wherever you want what's not to like about that?" His friend challenged
"When said chick breaks up with you and smash your hearts in a million pieces?" The boy retorted, eyes trained on his desk
"Well the chick is now coming over." Randy warned
"Wait what?" Jerry asked then looked up from the desk to see Heather making her way over to him
"Crap what do I do?"
"Don't ask me but damn has she gotten hot." Randy commented causing him to glare at his friend
"Seriously Randy?" He hissed and all he did was shrug in response
"Hey Jerry." Heather greeted him lightly, stopping him from continue to berate his friend
Jerry turned to now look face first at his ex-girlfriend, "H-hi Heather um how are you?"
The girl in question smiled nervously at him, "Good, how are you?"
"Good."
"Look I don't there to be any awkwardness between us this year. We had a good run but I think we can both agree something was missing between us. Maybe one day we can be friends?" She proposed to him hopefully
"Yeah maybe one day." The boy agreed with a forced smile of his own, he never was able to say no to her
The school bell rang causing anymore conversations between the two exes to cease while their teacher entered the room. She gave him another weak smile before walking back over to her seat and Jerry's own forced smile fell from his face when her back was to him.
"Okay I might take back what I just said, that was awkward as hell." Randy conceded while snickering; Jerry punched him hard in the arm in retaliation
Atrium hallway
Thankfully Milton's morning day classes went by smoothly. He didn't do much, if any work since it was the first day so most of his teachers just gave a speech about what to expect in their respective class. The ginger haired teen was more than ready for his AP Biology class since it was his dream to either follow in his father's footsteps and become a scientist or an astronomer and both fields required knowledge of science. Also, he was lucky that in the class he shares it with Sidney and Albert; a few acquaintances from LARP as well as band before he had to quit this year if he wanted to play on the football team. Some of his other classmates were Arthur Turner, the mall owner's son who was an obnoxious jerk, as well as Nigel Vaughn a prep boy who Milton doesn't really know but seems nice enough.
After class ended he went to the notice board in the atrium to sign up for the upcoming elections as well as the other clubs and teams he was interested in joining. The boy had to try and gently nudge his way through the crowd, not wanting to fully push out of fear for upsetting the other students surrounding the notice board. When he finally got to the front his eyes scanned over the clubs and teams that was offered; sports teams, student council, yearbook, etc. Once the pen was free for use he signed his name under the football, student council, LARP, and A/V club sign up board.
"Hey Milton." Eddie's voice greeted him before the ginger haired teen saw him; the boy turned around and smiled at him
"Hey Eddie."
"So you're really signing up for freshman prez huh? You look to have some stiff competition against Kim and Grace Overland." Eddie observed with a dreamy look in his eyes as he looked at the sign-up sheet
"Yeah luckily I haven't seen Kim around yet since the last time I saw her she was still giving me dirty looks for running." Milton disclosed with a frown on his face
He didn't want this campaign to put a strain on his friendship with the girl. He's come to think of her as one of his best friends and the thought of it ending because of an election truly frightens him.
"We all know by now she's very competitive so take it as a good sign that she thinks you're competition."
"I guess, what are you signing up for?" Milton asked after he finished writing his name
"Student representative and choir only I don't want to have too much on my plate since I'm going to be starting my own band." The boy in question shared as he signed his name under the student council sheet
The ginger haired teen raised an eyebrow in shock at the latter of what he said,
"You're starting a what now?" The boy thought he might've misheard him
Eddie rolled his eyes, "A band and don't give me that look if you can join the football team I can form a band." He argued
"That's different."
"How so?" The shorter teen challenged
"Well for one I know how to kick a football really well after practicing over the summer. You don't have any experience trying to run a band and all you can play is the cello which isn't a normal band instrument unless it's a jazz band."
"I can sing to Milton like really good my mom said so, and all girls wants a guy who can sing to them. Probably even Grace." Eddie retorted before following the taller teen to the school cafeteria
"What is up with this new obsession over her?" Milton asked in exasperation
Grace Overland the queen bee of their class and has been ever since elementary school. Her clique consisted of Lyndsey Pryce- who was rude unlike Grace as well as a huge gossiper-, Katie Miller-the sweetheart and golden girl of the group then Lorie Sullivan-overachiever who demands to be the top of her class. Then there were the boys; Brad Wolfe and Brett Parker who were actually not rude at all like Lyndsey and Lorie. Brad was the equivalent golden boy to Katie's golden girl and was laid back and easygoing while Brett was more rough around the edges; sarcastic and snarky but had a good heart. Grace herself was, in Milton's opinion, was actually a nice girl and he doesn't understand Kim's hatred for her. Unlike her best friend Lyndsey, Grace is friendly and has no problem talking to other people that aren't in her social circle. She doesn't look down on people that aren't as wealthy as her and never treats people bad. Only Kim swears that the girl is actually just as mean as Lyndsey; she doesn't doesn't outwardly show it. Kim believes that she's a wolf in sheep's clothing but Milton doesn't believe her.
"Because I finally figured out how I'm going to become popular this year, I need to date one of the populars and who isn't more popular than Grace?" The yellow belt boy asked rhetorically
"Or you could become friends with Brett and Brody, that's easier and more realistic." The ginger haired teen suggested
Eddie looked horrified at the thought, "Are you crazy, those guys are scary, they're more developed while I'm in my beginning stages of puberty. Brett asked me to pass him a tube last year in science and I nearly peed my pants!"
"Well you're only fourteen so you should be in the beginning stage and what do you mean Brad's nice, yes I'll admit Brett can be intimidating but he's also nice too." The taller boy reasoned before pulling open the cafeteria doors, the smell of food immediately hit his nose
"Mm that smells so good! I think I smell pizza." Eddie moaned in hunger with a grin as he sped walked over to the lunch line, Milton followed suit
"So you're serious about this whole band thing huh? How did that even come to mind?" The ginger haired teen asked while grabbing a tray
"I was sitting in my living room a few days ago watching Justin Bieber's documentary Never Say Never-" The other boy began causing the taller one to roll his eyes
"Oh boy." He muttered, already not liking where this was going
"Hey don't judge me Bieber is a ladies man with millions of fangirls in love with him and I thought to myself why? And realized it was because he can sing and dance like an angel. Ladies loves men who can sing which is why Bieber and One Direction are so popular. So what better way to become like them is to follow in their footsteps." The yellow belt continued before turning in line to tell Marge the lunch lady what he wanted for his entrée
The two ceased their conversation for the moment to get their meals then pay at the register before seeking out a table to find. The cafeteria wasn't as crowded as he thought it would be since most of the students were definitely outside in the courtyard soaking up the warm California weather, which made it easy to find an empty table. Milton briefly thought that they maybe should've sat outside as well courtyard before dismissing it, it would've been too difficult to find an empty. Thankfully the boy spotted Albert and Sidney sitting at a table with just the two of them so he headed over there.
"Really Milton, you want to sit with them? They're so uncool and I'm pretty sure Albert hates me." Eddie complained
"Do you see any empty tables because I sure don't, and Albert doesn't hate you he just…doesn't think you're all that smart educationally speaking and he prefers speaking with people he deems smart."
"Well I think he's an ass and can't we sit with the gang instead?"
"Last I heard Jack and Kim have third lunch. I'm not sure about Jerry though."
"I'll text him right now, well when my hands aren't holding a tray." Eddie backtracked on second thought
Milton smiled at the boys when he got to the table,
"Hey Sidney, Albert mind if we sit?" He asked politely
"Of course not." Sidney replied before Albert could even open his mouth
The two newcomers sat at the table and Milton pretended not to see the traded look of disgust between Albert and Eddie. Milton wouldn't call Albert and Sidney his friends but more like acquaintances, they were friendly to one another in the shared classes they had but never made plans to hang out outside of school minus school clubs. Like for instance he LARP'S with Sidney but technically that doesn't count since they're not really acting like themselves but a character. Only when they talk to each other it's always pleasant and Milton enjoys his company since Sidney was a sweet guy just socially awkward and shy, with Albert though things are different. The best word to describe their relationship is frenemies, Albert seems to have a desire to have a 'friendly rivalry' with him and beat him academically at anything and everything. In the classes they share Albert asks him about his grades while boasting about his grades, then in academic decathlon he always tries to one up him even though they were on the same team. Despite his obvious jealousy and clear personal issues he has with him, his fellow ginger haired never is outwardly rude to him. He's polite and cordial but makes snide remarks under the pretense of 'jokes'. Milton isn't the confrontational type so he swallows any remarks he has and continues to be nice to him.
"So, Milton I noticed that your name wasn't on the academic decathlon list yet when do you plan on signing up?" Was the first thing out of his 'rival's' mouth
Oddly enough the fact that Albert has this information doesn't surprise him, that should say something to him. The boy sighed and took a long drink from his water bottle to prolong answering.
"No, I'm not going to do it this year." Milton answered after finish drinking
"May I ask why?"
"Well since I'm running for president, trying out for football, LARP, and have to balance that with my two AP classes and karate I wasn't sure if I'll the time for anything else." The boy in question explained
"Oh, so you're not good at prioritizing." Was what his sometimes friend concluded
"I didn't say that." The Scottish teen countered
"But you pretty much implied it. It's okay Milton not everybody has the skill to prioritize things that are supposedly important to them." Albert sympathized with a malevolent look in his eye
Milton glared at him but didn't say anything, like always. The quartet sat in silence for a bit, eating their lunches while Eddie was typing away on his phone.
"Hey Jerry's in the courtyard so I'm going to go join him okay?" The yellow belt told him
The ginger haired teen was a little disappointed that his friend was leaving but understood, Eddie didn't like the other two people at the table and the feeling was mutual with Albert.
"Yeah okay see you later." Milton told his friend who smiled before grabbing his lunch tray and leaving the table
"So you're joining the football team." Sidney prompted the Scottish teen
Milton smiled at him, the one thing he really liked about the boy was his kind heart. The refusal to get involved in whatever vendetta Albert has on him.
"Yeah it was Julie's idea." The boy explained
"Oh so you two are still together?" Sidney asked
"Yeah around two years and I could never be happier."
"That's sweet I wish I had a girlfriend but girls don't even talk to me."
"Don't give up hope one day you'll find your special one sometimes it just takes time."
"So you said you signed up to be student council president what made you want to join?" Albert swiftly changed the subject
"Well I think I can make a difference at this school and It'll look good on college applications."
"Interesting I think I might join as well." His fellow ginger haired said, eyeing him with a glint in his brown eyes, clearly wanting a reaction
Milton refused to give him the satisfaction and simply smiled at him.
"Cool the more the merrier."
Falafel Phil's, Bayview Strip Mall
The rest of the school day went by pretty fast in the Columbian's opinion. He didn't do much in any of his classes and before he knew it the last school bell rang and he was leaving through the double doors. Thankfully he didn't see much of Heather for the rest of day so he was able to just enjoy the easy first day before the work began. In most of his classes he shared them with his friends which he was thankful for because it gives him someone to cheat off of, without their knowledge of course.
Karate practice came and went which was a nice way to work out his frustration over his messy love life and home life. It was also entertaining to see Jack and Brody's face off as they competed to see who was the better karate student, well Jack was Brody didn't seem all that interested. The other new student, Sloane was quiet and didn't seem all that interested in making friends with the group and kept to herself. Jack's little sister, Audrey was really good at karate, no surprise there considering who's she's related to. She was a better karate student than Eddie and Milton which was proven when she sparred with the both of them. With Jerry though they were evenly matched since they were both green belts which Jerry was happy for since before her he had to spar with the two yellow belts who weren't challenging.
After practice was over the original Wasabi Warriors all headed to Falafel Phil's for a nice meal. After practice. Jack and Kim sat on one side of the booth while Milton and Eddie were across from them and Jerry grabbed a chair from a table and brought it over to the booth to sit in. They ordered their food and now sat with their meals all eating and summarizing how their first day was.
"So I was really happy that I shared my eighth period with Kelsey even though Brody is on there as well." Kim finished he tail with a dark look on her face
"But besides that I'm ready for drama club to start later on in this week and get started on planning the fall production." She continued
"What play do you want to do?" Jack asked the blonde
The girl in question shrugged, "I'm not sure maybe The Addams Family or Hairspray." The girl pondered before taking a sip from her drink
"I love the Addams Family. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid." Jack enthused with a grin
"Wednesday Addams was my first childhood crush." Jerry told the group as he thought back to his childhood days; the group looked at him in confusion
"I hated that movie. The whole family freaked me out and gave me nightmares." Eddie spilled with a shudder as he played with his falafel ball
"Well my day was pretty good I can tell I will already love my two AP classes and I'm ready for the football tryouts on Friday." Milton added with a grin
"You're really serious about this whole football thing huh?" Jerry realized
"Of course I'm not going to be confined to my nerd stereotype just because that's what everyone sees me as. I'm a pretty good kicker and I'm all for joining a team." Milton said
"Okay understood I hope you make it." Jack offered causing his friend to smile
"Yeah me too and if I don't well I'll have the election to keep me busy."
"Right the election for president, well don't be too sure." Kim told the boy with a shark like grin
"Look Kim no matter what happens I hope this election doesn't strain our friendship okay?"
"Of course not when I win I'll make sure not to act any different." Kim promised causing the rest of the group to share concern looks
"Well my day was okay but Heather's in my Algebra class which blows yo but I signed up for the dance team." The Columbian told the group
The one thing he looked forward to the school group was joining the high school's dance team, Seaford High Dance team. The dance team was really good and won their last two competitions in a row ran by Layla Corazon. The only bad thing was Smooth, aka Dan Brennan was also on the team.
"I'm starting a band which will get me all the chicks, most importantly Grace."
Jack rolled his eyes at his friends lovesick attitude as he chewed on his falafel ball while Kim scowled at the mention of the queen bee's name,
"Ugh, are you seriously on a mission to win that bitch's heart?" Kim hissed
"Duh! She is hot, popular and powerful. What more could you want in a girl?"
"There's so many things wrong in what you just said." Milton muttered with a shake of his head
"Can you even sing Eddie?" Jerry inquired
"Yes I've been told I have the voice of an angel." Eddie boasted with a smug smile on his face
"By who your mommy?" The blonde questioned earning a chuckle from both Jack and Jerry
"Maybe which is why I also joined choir."
"Choir boy." Jerry snickered, Eddie glared at him
"Shut up Jerry."
"Well back to the election Jerry and Eddie can you guys help with my campaigning?" Milton asked the boys
"Sure as long as you help me with mine for student rep?" Eddie asked and the boy nodded
"Yeah you'll need all the help you can get…friend." Kim said
Jerry leaned over to whisper to Eddie,
"Why do I feel like this election is going to cause a lot of drama between the two of them?" Jerry asked his friend who shrugged his shoulders
"Trust me you're not the only one."
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