Daniel's eyes flew open after the third ring on his alarm clock. He yawned and wiped at his eyes slowly turning his head to see the time. 6:00am. He sat up in his bed and scratched his head. He hated waking up early but it's what you must do when you're a high school student. He didn't like getting looks from freshman every year. They all pretty much were a bit scared of him but he pushed the thought out of his mind when he got up and did his everyday morning routine.

Getting in his car he took a look at his watch. 7:00. Feeling his phone vibrate he pulled it out of his pocket seeing it was from his mother again. She had been trying to get a hold of him ever since he refused their invite to go to Paris over the weekend. He wasn't necessarily upset with his parents. It's just he didn't like spending time with them. Being with them was a bit awkward for him so it wasn't his intention to be around them.

Driving to school he tried to avoid the thoughts of his high school career ending and his future quickly starting. "One more year left buddy...One more year." He sighed to himself. It being the first day of school he couldn't wait to see familiar faces and a lot of new ones. Pulling into the parking lot he stepped out of his car, grabbed his bag and walked up to the school.

[[Out Of Cookies: Sorry guys for starting so late! It wasn't my intention. But my schedule is opening up and I should be on a lot more now.]]

Aaron yawned and woke up on his own, he hadn't needed an alarm to wake up in a while. He stretched and stood up, checking his clock as he did so, 5:30, just like usual. He grinned as he realized that it was the first day of school, he couldn't have been more exited if he had tried. He then started his almost daily routine, showering, shaving, getting dressed, the works. He ran down the stairs after getting ready for the day, smelling food. His mother smiled, "Ḩsn Ābn aş-Şbāḩ ، Hl ʼNt Mstʻd Lhdhā al-Ywm؟" He nodded, "Nʻm Sydty! Lā Ymkn ʼN Tntz̧r!" His mother chuckled as she placed some food for him on the table.

After he finished eating he checked the time, and decided that he could go. He grabbed his bag, kissed his mother, and was out the door and in his car, headed to school. He checked for his phone a bit late, and found it on the floorboard of his car. He made a mental note to not leave his phone in the car again, that's how he broke the last one.

Once he was almost there his mind started buzzing with activity. Like how exited he was to be able to work with the Freshmen in soccer, and how great it would be to see all his friends every day again. His mind began to wander in the direction of if he would be able to keep his grades up of not, he hoped so, bad grades meant no sports, and no sports meant a sad Aaron. He pushed those thoughts out of his head as he pulled into the parking lot. He grabbed his stuff and, slinging his bag over his shoulder, jogged up to the school.

((OOC: Here's a little translation for the above conversation, I probably won't be needing to do this often since we're focusing on school life. Anyways:
Ḩsn Ābn aş-Şbāḩ ، Hl ʼNt Mstʻd Lhdhā al-Ywm؟ Translates to, Good morning son, are you ready for today?

And, Nʻm Sydty! Lā Ymkn ʼN Tntz̧r! Is, Yes ma'am! Can't wait! (:))

Ashling Kire Jones blinked her eyes open and brushed her golden hair out of her eyes, she hesitantly placed a hand on her stomach, frowning. After a moment she stood up and quickly took a shower and then made her way back to her room to get dressed.

Ash looked down at her stomach again, wondering about when the baby got bigger...How she was going to hide that from her parents when they for once were not on vacation. For one...She definitely wasn't going to get rid of her baby...And two. She had absolutely no clue how she was going to tell Daniel...Or what she was going to tell him. No one had a damn clue what was going on with her...Shaking her head and forcing herself to not think about it too much, Ash just finished her outfit with a jacket, headed downstairs for some breakfast, and then began heading off to school.


Ash parked her Mustang Cobra in the parking lot and then headed up to the school, spotting Daniel and Aaron, she waved to them and then looked back at the school.

Braxton Lelaine had, in one of his usual fits of stress induced insomnia, been up since twelve pm the night prior. A light rim of what looked like bruising, though only Periorbital "dark circles", made themselves known around his eyes, bloodshot and irritated as they were. Other than that though, the teen was primed and ready for this dreaded day, his light stubble shaven, his curly locks of brown hair forced into complacency, and the Integral Calculus book he had inwardly hoped to not find, held with a light grip in his hand.

Though he was well known for his dedication to school and the hours upon hours of homework he was assigned nightly, Braxton had never actually been a fan of institutionalized learning. In fact, he hated it, despised it, loathed it, wished nothing more than for it to fall into ruin and chaos. Yet, he would go every day, stare disinterestedly as the teachers continued to flap their mouths at the other students, and then go home to suffer under a wave of assignments, like he had every other year.

Sighing at the thought, the teen began to search for the key to his 1964 Impala SS Hardtop Sport Coupe, the car it had taken him three long years working at a local nursery, answering every idiot who walked in there’s questions and concerns as to why a tropical plant died in the winter when they tried to plant it or how it was that their tomato plants and a number of other deeply rooted plants wouldn't grow in the smallest pots known to man. It had been an excruciating time for Braxton, a time he was very glad was over. Still, he couldn't help but shudder at the memory of the ordeal, flipping over yet another Medical journal his father had left around the house. When after what seemed a half hour of searching had gone by, Braxton finally gave up and addressed his mother in the other room, trimming the indoor plants she grew for the local Cannabis club.

"Mom, have you seen my key anywhere? I swear I left it on the counter," he questioned lightly, bringing one hand to his chin as he did so. For a moment the woman was silent, only the clipping of shears being heard through the house.

“Nora borrowed the Impala last night, she had an interview this morning in the next town over,” the woman called back absently, continuing to trim her plants once she was done.

Though he did well to show no outward signs of irritation, Braxton’s blood curdled at the comment, picturing his notorious party girl of a sister taking his baby to the next town over. Interview his ass, she was probably using it to pick up guys, like she had with any other thing he bought. Still, he knew quite well there was nothing he could do and only silently made his way out the door, brooding as he did so.

It seemed he would have to walk to school.

Bells jingled as Georgie pushed through the curtain that hung in the doorway of her closet in place of a door. She had been up since the sun's first rays had broken through her window and fallen into her eyes, it had given her plenty of time to put together an outfit for the first day of school. Getting up early sucked, especially after a summer of being able to sleep in, but it at least allowed her to get a shower before the rest of the family woke up and used all the hot water. All through the summer Georgie hadn't gotten up before absolutely necessary, which was normally just in time to get ready for rehearsal, and even then she didn't put a whole lot of time into getting ready because she would just be getting nasty from dancing anyway.

Tapping down the stairs in a memorized pattern Georgie's brilliant red hair bobbed around her pale face. Due to a combination of being inside a theatre all summer and being celtic she was always pale but that worked the best for her style. For the first day of school she had chosen a cute flouncy dress, black with multiple colored plaid, lace tights and black four inch heals with laces. Not for anything in the world would Georgie give up the chance to show off who she was, but her outfit choice didn't show off much of her figure. The heals, however, would not do for walking to school like she had in the past and because this was her senior year she finally got the car. Sure it was only a Kia, but at least it was a car.

"Peace out!" Georgie yelled up the stairs at the rest of the family, who was still getting ready. Snatching a muffin off the counter and the keys off the hook on the wall she cruised out the door. Taking off down the road she cranked down the window and blasted her music. It wasn't a long drive to school from where her family lived but if she had waited any longer she would have been doomed to driving younger siblings to school, besides it wasn't so bad to be early on the first day of school, and the younger ones didn't understand relationships. The youngest, Nathaniel, constantly made fun of her for "catching cooties" from her boyfriend ever since he had walked onto the porch after one of their dates.

((OOC: Sorry about the post. I'm on vacation and we were heading out to dinner so I just threw it together quickly.))

Violet tilted her head ever so slightly, looking out the window to the backyard of her home. Her light blue eyes studied the various greens and the little splatters of color her and there from her mother’s ‘garden’, like she ever went near it anymore. Violet sighed inwardly, she had been up since 3 AM and had already heard her parents leave for work a few hours ago. Violet only really slept for a few hours at a time. It wasn’t as if she couldn’t help it because if she wanted to sleep longer Violet was sure she could after a few days or so. No, Violet just didn’t like sleeping. There was too much to do and too much to think about. Sleeping was a waste of time in her secret opinion, so she went to bed around midnight and slept for an hour or two before getting up again.

Running a hand through her fiery red hair, Violet stood up and stifled a yawn. She had about an hour to get ready before driving to school. Plenty of time. Violet thought as she went to her closet, looking through her clothes. She reminded herself that there was practice after school and she couldn’t miss it since she was, after all, captain of the swim team. Violet picked her outfit and laid it out, then went into the bathroom to take a quick shower and get ready for the day. Looking into the mirror she couldn’t help but wince at her appearance. Of course make-up could hide anything so it wouldn’t be a problem on the outside. The black eye was finally healing, as were the other bruises that were scattered along her body in various places.

Violet could still remember the first day he had hit her. It had been a few months after they’d been together. Violet had thought things were going great. Then one night they were parked way out, where you could see an overview of the city. They were sitting on a blanket in front of the car. He was in the mood, she wasn’t, she kept pushing him away, and then suddenly he slapped her across the face. For the first few times he was ‘so sorry’ afterwards. Always doing nice things to try and make it up. Violet took a deep breath and started up the shower.

As she dressed awhile later Violet’s thoughts turned to him again. She always told herself that she would get away some how. That one day she could be free of him. Violet also wondered why he even bothered to stay with her. She knew he was cheating on her – like it wasn’t obvious. She just couldn’t pinpoint exactly who it was. Maybe it was even more than one person. She frowned to herself and then tied her long red hair back into a ponytail –examining herself briefly in the mirror. A simple light blue off the shoulder top and a pair of dark blue hip-huggers paired with her black sneakers. There was a change of clothes already in her locker for after practice so she didn’t have to worry about that.

After applying her makeup and some extra stuff to hide the bruise, Violet grabbed all her things. She did a double check and got the keys to her dark blue Toyota Corolla and headed off. Part of her was dreading it and part of her was happy about it. School was her escape from the practically non-existent home life she had and Swim Team was the escape from him and everything else she wanted to forget.

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

The alarm clock never ceased to annoy Nyame, especially during the wee hours of the morning. The sun had barely started to rise outside, so she surmised that it was still pretty early. Pulling her hand out from under her pillow, she clicked the snooze button, and hid under the covers once more.

BEEEEP. BEEEEEEP. BEEEEP.

The snooze button only gave her another ten minutes of sleep before waking her with a buzz seemingly louder than before. Letting out a small yawn, she switched off the alarm before sliding out of her comforter and onto the floor. With still blurry eyes, she rose to her feet and walked towards her dresser. Every night before she went to bed, she tied her hair in a simple, but decisive braid. She nimbly unwrapped and combed her dark chocolate hair- this was one of the morning rituals that she wasn't too enthusiastic about. Breakfast was a bit of a hassle, though. Nyame was so busy preparing for today, she forgot her mother's request to get groceries. The only food that resembled anything near breakfast was a chocolate granola bar. On any other day, she would try to find some other solution, but today she decided to settle with what she had. Not to mention she didn't want to be late for the first day of school.

After a quick shower, she walked upstairs, back to her room to pick out an outfit. Her style wasn't very complex- just simple jeans and a very long-sleeved top would suffice. As she pulled on her outfit for today, she turned her gaze to the clock hanging on the wall. "6:32, is that right?" she asked herself aloud, a hint of worry hanging on her tone. Pulling on her shoes, she sped out of her room and sprinted down the stairs. Grabbing her bag off of the banister, she craned her neck to look to the second floor. "Have a nice day, everyone!" she shouted to her younger brother and mother, before grabbing her pair of keys and running out the door.

Stopping for a moment, she glanced around the neighborhood. As usual, she was trying to figure out a more....interesting route to school. She did a 180 degree turn and jumped over her fence, past the backyard, and over a short hedge. "Morning, Braxton!" she greeted cheerily as she passed by him, running down a sloped street.

The roof of the school grew closer. "Almost there....." she told herself calmly, pulling herself up and over a stone wall. As she sat atop the wall, she immediately noticed a bunch of new faces, as well as some familiar ones, and smiled as she noticed Daniel in the crowd. She lost balance and fell backwards, right on top of her friend. "Sorry, Danny...." she murmured in embarrassment, laughing nervously as she tried to get back on her feet.

Ashling kept walking up the steps until she paused, pulling her iPod out of her backpack and putting on Parallels by As I Lay Dying, anyone standing even Semi-close could probably hear at least the drums, bass, and guitar.
Glancing around for Daniel again, she quickly spotted him mere seconds before Nyame fell on him, shaking her head, she held back a laugh at the sight, brushing her gold hair out of her blue eyes, "Nice, Nyame. Nice." Ash said to them, drawing out the last 'nice', with a small laugh. She clapped and then walked toward them, turning down the volume on her iPod so that she could hear their reply.

Aaron waved back at Ashling, and quickly continued on his way, no way was he going to be the last one in class again this year. He was about to go in search of his locker when he noticed Nyame, he brushed it off, it really wasn't all that unusual to see her doing something like sitting on top of a wall. But then she fell off, he tried his hardest to not laugh as he ran over, "Are you guys okay?" He asked hurriedly, his accent thicker than it was before, giving away who he'd spent his summer with. He grinned as he held his hand out for Nyame, hoping she'd accept his help and not leave him standing there awkwardly.

Once she'd gotten up, his grin softened slightly as he looked around. He shook his head, "Can you believe that we're finally seniors?" He asked his voice filled with excitement, "I really can't wait to get the year started! I mean...?" He seemed confused by his own question/sentence/thought, though anyone that knew him vearry well knew that was just how Aaron was. After think for a long moment, he just shrugged and grinned, giving up on trying to figure out how to word what he was thinking.

EDITT!!!

Daniel wasn't aware of his friend , Nyame sitting above him him until she greeted him in an odd way by falling on top of him. Falling onto his stomach the wind was knocked out of his body. It wasn't that she was heavy, it was the fact that he didn't expect it to be raining students. Waiting for her to get off of his back he regained his balance onto his feet and arched his back to stretch.
"Hey Nyame...," he coughed. "You're all right..it's cool." Seeing his other 'close' friend, Ashling, he wore an artificial smile. "Yeah, yeah laugh it up." He placed his hand on her head and ruffled her hair. "It's hilarious." He stuck out his tongue out at her and picked up his bag then returned his attention to Nyame. "Now, Birdie what were you doing?" People liked to call her 'Free Bird' but he preferred 'Birdie'.
Arron walked over and he smiled, "Hey bud, I'm good. Yeah, I can't wait either. I'm pretty excited too." His smile grew.

Nyame looked up at Aaron's extended hand. Smiling, she reached out for it and stood up. She said "Thanks, Aaron!", unaware of the slight blush on her cheeks. Almost immediately afterwards, she tilted her head slightly. "Hey, your accent....sounds a little different." Usually, his accent wasn't too noticeable. But, apparently grew stronger over the break.

As she brushed off her sleeve, she turned to Daniel. "I just found a new shortcut to school. I was just testing it out, that's all....." she replied, trying her best to hide her embarrassment. She then turned to Ashling, who was making her way towards them. And as usual, she had to say something about her clumsiness. She rubbed her bruised shoulder and replied, "I-I didn't do that on purpose, if that's what you're thinking."

"Yeah, it's so crazy! The years really sped past." she replied to Aaron, reaching down to pick up her bag from the ground. She really meant it, though. The fun she had with her friends over the last few years really made her high school experience enjoyable. She reminisced for a bit, looking up at the sky as she looked back on the memories.

Ashling smirked, "I wasn't going to 'laugh it up' but now that you mention it...Hahaha." She raised an eyebrow and pulled her iPod off, tossing it in her backpack that she dropped while she was laughing. Ash's eyes went wide when Daniel messed up her hair, "Eah! Daniel...You boys have no idea how long it takes people like me to do their hair!" She squeaked, attempting to fix her golden blond hair.

"Ello, Aaron!" Ash smiled at him and waved while she was still trying to fix her hair.

Aaron grinned, "You're welcome!" He thought about commenting on the fact that she was blushing, but he let it slide. He tilted his head to the side, "Does it? I haven't noticed... Must be because we went to visit my Jdh, my grandmother, for a few weeks. We just got back a few days ago." He nodded, "But don't worry, with any luck my accent will be back to normal soon and you should be able to actually understand what I'm saying." He grinned at Daniel, "I'm glad Nyame here didn't hurt you too badly." He said with a wink, he was glad that his friends didn't try to make sense of what he had said, they probably knew better. He nodded, "Yeah, it almost seems like we where freshmen just yesterday, and now look at us." he shoved his hands in his pockets as he thought of all the crazy things that had happened in the last three years. His goofy grin softened into an actual smile at Ashling, "Hey there." He paused, trying to think of a way to put what he was thinking into words, "You know what, I think a slightly messier hairstyle looks good on you. But that's just me." He shrugged.

Violet pulled up to the school and parked, surveying the campus a moment, searching for anyone she knew right away. Then she spotted them in a little group close to the wall that divided the school from the woods behind it. She smiled faintly to herself before getting out of her car and started to walk over to them. She noticed that some commotion must've just happened because Daniel was brushing himself off, as was Nyame. "I miss all the fun stuff don't I?" She asked with a small chuckle as she drew near to the group.

She brushed a few strands of her hair away from her eyes and sighed softly with a smile. Violet watched them all briefly and shook her head a bit. "So how was everyone's summer?" She asked curiously. "Anyone do anything exciting?" Violet shifted a bit adjusting her bookbag on her shoulders just a bit.

(Was just a bit confused on what all was like...the start of a new school year or just like after a weekend xD. Soo if it was actually a weekend and not back to school change it too: 'how was everyone's weekend' xD)

Nyame shrugged and smiled. "Don't worry, I can understand you just fine." she noted with, closing the flap on her bag. If this was the first time meeting Aaron, she would've had a little trouble figuring out his accent. But over the years, she's grown accustomed to it. Looking at Daniel and back to Aaron, she chuckled and rested her arm on her best friend's shoulder. "I think he'll be fine. Besides, I'm pretty sure Danny's used to me falling on him from high places by now." Yup, this wasn't a rare occurrence for her, and that very thought made her shake her head in embarrassment.

Footsteps grew closer to the group, and she raised her bowed head to look at the person approaching them. "I'm kinda glad you missed this....it wasn't as fun as it looked." she replied to Violet, rubbing her sore arm a little. Then, she gestured a "so-so" with her hand at her second question. "It was.....alright."

What began as a lazy walk through the parking lot turned into almost a run, but Georgie didn't want to seem too enthusiastic to be back. Rounding the final corner her attention was immediately drawn by the group congregating around the wall; the seniors, finally, and they seemed to be just getting their feet under them for the best year yet. Scanning over the faces in the group quickly she saw Violet, Ashling, Nyame and Daniel; all of whom she got along with to various degrees of the concept, picking up her pace a little bit Georgie was about to shout hello when she caught the accented voice. Coming to a dead stop for just a moment Georgie mentally checked over her appearance, fixed her hair and continued to walk with a determined cool.

"It's been all summer," Georgie thought as she got close enough to hear them talking about summer. "A whole summer for things to be different..." Out of a nervous habit she began messing with her boyfriend's class ring that she had on a bracelet instead of a necklace, he wasn't here yet but she seemed to remember him saying something about the fact that he would probably be late. "But not that different."

Finishing off the last couple steps up to the group, Georgie fell into the clump near Daniel and Nyame. They were more her kind of people, as opposed to Violet and Ashling, athletics had never been her thing unless you counted dance. Doing her very best to avoid looking at Aaron too long she waved to everyone, in her typical over-the-top fashion, as not to interrupt what was being said and stifled a giggle from coming into a strange part of what was probably a strange conversation.

Nyame peered past Aaron at Georgie, and smiled. "Hey, good morning!" she greeted with enthusiasm, waving back with an equal amount of vigor. She then raised her arm closer to her face, she pushed back her sleeve and stared at her watch. It was 30 minutes to 8. Letting her hand fall back to her side, she rubbed her shoulder again. "So, do you guys want to sit down somewhere to wait?.....You know, before class starts?" she asked, holding her hands behind her back.

She hated to admit it, but she just didn't want to be standing up in the group, partly because she was almost the same height as Daniel. Then, she blinked. "Wait, why am I so worried?" she suddenly asked herself, trying her best not to let her confusion show, "Height isn't an issue between friends......" Touching her palm to her forehead, she laughed almost inaudibly to herself, the confusion obviously getting to her.

Aaron waved as Violet approached, eyes widened at Violet’s question, “Did I do anything exiting over the summer? Would I have it any other way?” He asked, leaning in slightly, “I went to visit my grandmother for a few weeks, three, to be exact. I hadn’t seen her since we moved here when I was....” He paused, thinking, counting in the air with his left index finger, “Four! I was four. Anyway, I met cousins I didn’t know I had! Heck, I met cousins my parents didn’t know I had. My grandmother told me I look a lot like my father when he was my age, but I have my mother’s nose,” He was beginning to ramble, “And how proud she is that I’m good at Krh al-Qdm, I mean football, I mean soccer.” His hand connected to his forehead with a smack, “Oh, and I rode a camel!” He finished, almost acting as if riding a camel was the highlight of his summer.

He grinned and waved at Georgie with his own over-enthusiastic, and not to mention goofy, wave. “Go-od morning Georgie! Did you have a good summer?” He asked, drawing out the word 'good' for effect. He looked over at Nyame, “Err, we can sit if you’d like, wouldn’t bother me.” He tilted his head to the side, but let her strange action slide as a "Girl thing."

Ashling stuck her tongue out at Aaron like a child and the smiled cheerfully at him, "Why thank you, Aaron, but you don't need to be nice...My hair looks horrible." She shrugged, still trying to fix it, but soon gave up. She waved at Nyame, Violet, and Georgie with a smile, "How has everyone been?" Ash wondered a loud. She doubted Georgie liked her much, but Ash always tried to be nice, because she liked everyone, and didn't like it when people were uncomfortable around her or anything like that.

Ash cocked her head to the side a little, "A camel?" She wondered a loud as she stared at Aaron with slight confusion. "Awesome!" Ash laughed a little. "I want a Camel...And I want to name it...Patrick. Where would I have to go to do that?" She asked, and then randomly poked Daniel in the back of his head before quickly trying to put her hands in her pockets and pretend to look innocent.

Laughing at the antics of the group, she listened intently to Aaron's summer story and Ashling's reaction to the camel part before launching into her own summer summary, "well I didn't see any of you guys at any of my shows over the summer." Turning to every person there she gave each and every one their own special mock glare. "Not that it's a big issue seen as I do shows every summer and you guys have lives. Other than shows, which were awesome by the way, I can't say that I did much of anything. 'I can't... I have rehearsal', you guys know the drill." Moving closer to Nyame, Georgie hip bumped her and laughed due to the height difference. "Can't be tired yet, Nyame, school hasn't even started yet."

It hadn't really occurred to her how much she had missed school and the friends that came with school until she was standing and talking with them again after the summer. This summer had seemed especially long for some reason, it probably had something to do with this year being senior year. Seniors got all the cool privileges and better chances of getting a good part in the school musical and/or solos for choir, both of which Georgie was a part of. The thought of classes made her check her phone and turn off the sound. Still nothing from her boyfriend, but there was a text message from her sister all pissed off about leaving before she was ready to go causing her to walk.

She smiled as Georgie's hip bumped her, then replied with another bump in return. Waving her hand in the air in dismissal, Nyame replied "Oh, it's nothing. I just......feel a little winded from running here, that's all.", silently hoping that her excuse sounded remotely believable. Almost as a way to confirm what she said, she pulled out a bottle of water and began to drink a bit.

Then, she turned her attention to Daniel for a moment, taking a few steps towards him. "What about you, Danny? Was your summer break memorable?" she asked teasingly, nudging his shoulder lightly. She automatically pictured him traveling to Hawaii, or visiting family. Stuff of that nature. But a small part of her wondered if it was wilder than that. After all, he was a playful person.

Tell Me...What is your wish...?

►Daniel○James•Walker◄

Daniel was a bit idle due to his tired state but kept a face as if he was listening to the conversation. When Nyame nudged his shoulder he quickly turned his head towards her and nodded. He actually went to Paris for a week when he started getting calls from his mother to come visit their home to get a little stress off of his back. He figured there was no need bringing family problems into the conversation so he just mentioned his trip
"Me? Yeah...it was fairly nice. I went to Paris for a week. There's a small private house that my parents don't go to anymore...They decided to go to their more exotic homes during the summer... So I visited it instead." He didn't want to mention that the only reason the home was still rented was because his family knew he would be visiting without them.
"It wasn't as fun as I thought it would be...," He snapped his fingers suddenly getting an idea. "We could go there spring break or something if any of you are interested."

Listen to my roar...

Craig Arthur Grant

Craig slammed the door behind him and stormed out of the house. His mother was still talking at him from the kitchen, she never yelled and that was worse than anything, about the fact that he needed to be more mature and learn to do his duty to the family. Blah, blah, blah. Both of his parents had been shoving the whole situation down his throat all summer without listening to anything he had to say about his own life. It wasn't fair or cool. Craig was an adult now and should be treated as such instead of being treated like a stupid kid who doesn't know how to run his own life. This morning his father had taken Hannah to school a little early because she was so eager to get there... and his father was so eager to leave him alone with his mother so that she could try to use the stupid guilt trip. "Don't turn your back on this family," she had said. "How can you be so selfish? Do you want to see your sister back in dangers' way?" On and on and on about how terrible he was until finally he couldn't take it anymore.
Stopping wasn't even a thought as he passed the car. Craig had the keys and everything but that left too much time for his mother to potentially catch up with him and keep talking. The school wasn't too far and he could probably use the exercise as all the sports were for the jocks and not the nerds. Jogging had always been something Craig enjoyed so it didn't take him too long to reach the school where he could already hear most of the people he really knew at the school, a lot of the people who were seniors with him. Georgie's red hair shown like a beacon in the morning sun. It had been almost a month since he had seen her last, stupid parents, and his heart jumped right into his throat as he walked up behind her.
"Good morning all," Craig said. Moving in next to Georgie, the other side from Nyame, he slid his arm around her waist and kissed the top of her head. "Morning beautiful."

Make a wish into the well and hope to hear your echo.

Dreams of Paris danced around in front of Georgie's eyes as she dreamed about going anywhere for spring break, especially anywhere that would get her out of the house, but before she could say anything and familiar voice came out of no where. "Good morning all," came Craig's voice from off to the side. Moments later his arm was snaking around her waist and he was kissing the top of her head. "Morning beautiful."

Eyes darting across the space she glanced at Aaron to see if he would react at all, that would be the sure sign, before she inclined her head to Craig. He was taller than her, but then again most people were so it wasn't anything worth noting, so she fit against him so that her head it the small hollow at the top of his chest which is where she let it rest now as she looked up at him. "Glad to see you finally showed up," Georgie mocked with a sweet smile on her lips. "I was beginning to worry you might actually be late for a day of school" Pushing up on her toes for a brief second she kissed the corner of his mouth.

"You can paint with all the colors of your mind.....if you try."

Nyame raised her brows in surprise at Daniel's response. "Wow, I didn't know your family had a house in Paris...." she said, strumming her fingers on her bookbag strap. Her family was very work-oriented and devoted, so traveling around and vacations were things she could only dream about. Then, she blinked. "You were alone?" she inquired, a hint of concern lingering in her voice, "I hope you weren't lonely, man."

She turned her head to Craig, nodding a silent greeting as he walked towards the group. Her default shyness resurfaced, especially since she didn't really know him. She took three steps back, and let herself lean on the wall partition. Looking off to the school building, she couldn't help but notice the couples' exchange of affectionate greetings. She smiled thoughtfully for a very quick second, before getting back on her feet. "Yeah, it'd be awesome to hang out in Paris. I've never been." she replied with fervor, a very bright smile reappearing on her face. She then tugging on her sleeve, she said "Hey, I'm gonna go. I have to pick some stuff up from my locker, but I'll catch you guys later."