Charolette Anne Jenkins's Story

Anne and her father, the science teacher, walked into the building about 15 minutes before the bell rang. "Daddy I'm gonna go find Joel. Love you." She kissed his cheek and ran off down the hall. "See you in class sweetie." he called after her. She stuffed her bag in her locker, pulled out her phone, and secretly texted Joel.

To: Joel
Hey pal. Wats up? Stil on 4 tonite at the movies??--<3Anne"

She slipped her phone into her pocket, and grabbed her Chem book for her first block. She walked towards the cafeteria for some last minute breakfast. Up ahead was Chloe, she thought "Chloe! Hey! Wait up!" She ran ahead to catch up to her.

Angelica woke up in her large plush bed. She rolled over under the down comforter and let her hand reach out and turn off the soft music coming from her clock radio. She pulled the sleep mask up to her forehead and sat up. At first she was a bit confused, she quickly remembered that it was the first day back at school. The first day was always the worst, you had just really gotten used to late nights and sleeping in and now you had to wake up bright and early to get ready. Angelica checked her phone quickly for any new texts or notifications. Seeing that she had none, probably because everyone else was just getting up as well, she went and took a quick shower. She dried her hair with a blow dryer and curled it into a simple style that she did often. She then opened her closet and tried to decide what to wear. Once she had settled on a cute but comfortable outfit that fit well with the planned temperature for the day she applied her make up. She went with a simple ring of dark eyeliner and a light pinkish lip gloss that mainly just added some sparkle and shine.

She then headed downstairs for breakfast. Her mother met her at the bottom of the grand staircase. "Love the shoes, hate the jewelery."
"Good morning to you too mother." Angelica retorted rolling her eyes at her mother's comments. She walked down the stairs and walked into their dining room. There was a lot of food laid out on the table but her family rarely touched it. She picked up a muffin from the table and unwrapped it. She broke off little pieces and popped them into her mouth. Once she was done, she quickly went and brushed her teeth before checking the time one more time before heading out to the car for school.

She stepped out of the car and closed the door. She walked up toward the school building without looking back to see the black vehicle drive away. She entered the school and walked toward the spot near Whitney's locker where they always met, it was perfectly situated smack dab in the middle of their lockers. "Hey Girlies, hopefully you haven't had too much fun without me." She said smiling to her friends. "Chlo, I am in love with your dress."

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Joel awoke fairly late to his mother shouting at him from the hallway outside his bedroom. He rubbed his eyes and rolled out of bed. He dragged his feet all the way to the bathroom and splashed some cold water on his face to wake himself up. He quickly jumped in the shower and tossed on a pair of jeans and the first t-shirt he saw. He then ran out into the kitchen. His mother insisted on him eating breakfast but he declined the offer and told her he didn't have time or he would be late. He stuffed his cellphone into his backpack and kissed his mother on the cheek before heading out the door just in time to catch a ride to school with his older brother who was heading out to work.

He didn't even look at his phone until he was at school. He scanned through the messages as he was heading through the front doors. He read the text from Anne and typed out a quick response.

To: Anne

I totally forgot, but sure, sounds good. I'll invite Tia.

He headed to his locker and put his backpack inside on the little hook. He then quickly looked around for Tiana, he couldn't seem to find her anywhere. He took his phone back out and sent her a text as well before shoving his phone into his pocket.

To: Tiana

T, Lemme know when you get here. We have to compare schedules.

He couldn't help but wonder if they would have any classes together this semester. He hoped that they did, it always made class less awful if you had a friend in it, even better when it was one of your best friends.

Anne's phone buzzed and she snuck into the bathroom to answer it. It was from Joel. Ugh, our time is gonna be Tiana and me fighting over Joel. He's my best friend. And I can't even spend some alone time with him anymore. She hit reply.

To: Joel
I only have enough $ for 2 tickets...

She stuffed her phone back in her pocket, then went to see her dad. She had to complain. It was eating her up. She found her dad at his desk. "Hey dad. Can we talk before class starts."
He looked up. "Sure sweetie."
"Well," She took a seat in the front desk. "Joel and me were supposed to go to the movies tonight. He wants to invite a girl that has a crush on him. I don't really want her to come because it's my alone time with him, and I hate seeing girls all over him. I don't know what to do. I told him I only had money for 2 tickets."

"Honey, I think you should tell him how you feel. You have had a crush on him for a long time. Don't you think he deserves the truth, since he's such a good friend?"

"I guess so, but what if he turns me down, or it wrecks our friendship? I'm scared." Then the bell rang. "Better get to class. See you 3rd period." She grabbed her stuff and headed to her first block, English with Whimee.

Zoey picked up her papers in a hurry and ran back inside the school. It seemed like he was following her but that might just be because he needed to go to school. She walked around the school a few more times until she heard the bell ring. "Oh great.." She sighed not knowing where Mrs.Whitmee's classroom is. She looked down the halls but most of the kids had scattered. She pulled out her schedule to see what else she had in store for today.

Warning Bell (9:05)
First period (9:10-9:55): English - Whitmee, R.
Second period (9:55-10:40): Mathematics - White, E.
Break (10:40-10:55)
Third period (10:55-11:40): Gym - Lexus, D.
Fourth Period (11:40-12:20): Drama - Whitmee, R.
Lunch (12:20-1:05)
Fifth Period (1:05-1:50): French - Croteau, J.
End of the Day.

She walked to the end of the hallway and noticed the room, there she saw Chloe sitting in a chair. Zoey hated being late but she had no choice so she slowly entered the room, "Sorry I'm late... I'm new..." She said shyly. She was walking to the back of the room when her name was called out. She turned slightly to see the teachers face. "Twins huh?.... Well I want everyone to move their desks to the sides of the room so we can play a game! After you move the desks make your chairs into a circle!" Mrs.Whitmee said. Zoey put her school bag down and started to move a desk like the others. A girl with glasses looked over at her and whispered, "Mrs.Whitmee is like that... She's the drama teacher... She's pretty much the best teacher ever." Zoey smiled as they looked at Mrs.Whitmee who was standing in the middle of our circle.

When it got to Anne's turn, she was already bored.

"Hey everybody!" She said, eager to get it over. "I'm Anne. I love pizza and I want to go into medical forensics. You know, like the girl from Bones." She tried to sound peppy and excited. The teacher smiled at her, aproving of her job choice, then pointed to the next kid. Anne dazed out, thinking of what to tell Joel. She didn't want to mess it all up.

((sorry its so short))

Before Drake knew it, it was his turn to talk in the circle. He'd been too interested in what other people had to say, that he hadn't spent any time planning his response.

"Um, I'm Drake," he muttered, "My favorite food is probably sushi and . . . well . . . I guess I'd like to play for the NFL or the NBA, or be a sports therapist or something."

He had lied. He really had no idea what he wanted to do when he grew up-- he just said something that would live up to his reputation. Sports were great, but was he really good enough to play professional basketball or football? He needed to seriously start thinking about what he would do after high school.

(Sorry guys for posting so late... I was grounded for a while and overall just had an insane week D:)
Tiana cursed quietly to herself as she checked her watch for the several dozenth time, then craned her neck to look down the street. Her bus had been fifteen minutes late now, and still no sign of it yet. She chewed her lip anxiously as she took out her phone, wondering if either of her friends had texted her to ask where she was. She saw she had gotten one message:

From: Joeellll(:
T, Lemme know when you get here. We have to compare schedules.

Even amidst all her stress, she couldn't help but smile at knowing that Joel had some concern about what classes she had. She could only hope they'd get the same ones, after all, she had only had a crush on him from the day they met a few years ago, and she loved spending time with him, which included all of the great conversations and inside jokes they had. She hit reply and typed in a quick message.

To: Joeellll(:
Sorry, I've been stuck at the bus stop for a really long time, and at this rate I'll probably be late... but maybe I'll catch you during break? Or maybe we'll have the same class, I hope!!

As she hit send, she looked down the road for her bus, and saw it slowly making it's way towards the stop. She eagerly bounced up and down on her toes as she put her phone away and went fishing through her bag for her wallet. She opened it up quickly as she stepped onto the bus. She produced her bus pass and let the driver see it before going to take a seat near the back. The ride went by quicker than expected and she had arrived at school before she knew it. Standing up from her seat and smoothing down her outfit she saw that according to her watch, she still had five minutes to spare before class. She ran the short distance from the bus stop to the school building as fast as she could and after bursting through the front doors, headed straight for her locker. There was next to nobody remaining in the halls and she saw Joel wasn't at his locker, he had probably gotten to class already. She shoved her bag inside and then stopped to take out her schedule, figuring she didn't have a lot of time to meet up with Joel, so she might as well take a quick look for herself then make a mad dash to class. She saw her first class was English with Mrs. Whitmee, so she grabbed her English books and made her way over there as fast as she could. As she did, she wrote a quick text to Joel hoping they could arrange to meet later.

To: Joeellll(:
Sorry that things didn't work out this morning, maybe we can connect during break? That is, unless you have Whitmee for English first block. That's where I'm headed right now! See you there maybe?

As she hit send, she just hoped he had remembered to set his phone to silent.
She got to the classroom with only seconds to spare, and right away noticed how all the chairs were set up in a circle. She looked around to see if she could find Joel, but it didn't seem like he was. She did see her... Sort of friend, Anne sitting among everyone, but the spots on either side of her were taken so she had to sit with some people who she didn't really know. The teacher explained some 'get to know your classmates' game, which Tiana thought sounded extremely dumb, but it was at least a bit more interesting than boring old class. Tiana half listened until it came to her turn, she was one of the last.
"I'm Tiana, I like ..." she had to think pretty hard about her answer, even though it was such a simple question, "I like French fries the most, I guess... and when I grow up I think it'd be cool to be a pilot." she said it rather quiet, not loud enough for even half the class to hear, but thankfully the teacher didn't call her out for it.

Zoey watched as teacher pointed at each student as they said their names. She racked her brain for any memories and remembered some, but a lot were very new to her. She smiled at them, trying to figure out what they were thinking. When Mrs.Whitmee finished the circle she stood in the middle again. "Well class that was... good... I think that Whitney and Zoey did very good. So now I'm going to assign you a "buddy". This buddy will be your seating partner. I'm going to give you 5 minutes to get to know your partner." She cleared her throat as she began to say names. "Chloe with Anne, Drake with Joel, Tiana with Zoey, Whitney with Angelica, Sebastien with Cameron, etc..." Zoey got up from her chair and looked across at the girl who claimed to be Tiana. She smiled as she walked over and put out her hand. "Hi I'm Zoey... You're Tiana right?"