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Chapter 2 God! School!
“AVALON!!!” a man’s voice shouted from behind them.
“Oh god…” Avalon muttered as she turned rolling her eyes.
“Avalon!” the man runs up behind the two girls sweaty and panting. “Good lord! You guys walk too fast!”
“What do you want?” Avalon stopped walking asking him sharply.
The young boy wiped the sweat off of his forehead as he caught his breath. “I wanted to walk with you, Avalon.” the boy smiled innocently. “Is it ok?”
“Well you’re already here aren’t you?” Avalon hissed as Mia started to giggle.
His face brightened up, “Thank you!” He started to hum a tune that was stuck in his head.
“SEAN!!”
“Sorry…” he rubbed the back of his neck. His fingers ran roughly through his curly, dirty blonde hair. He was smart, but not too bright. He had the same general tastes as Avalon, while Mia just out there, buying whatever had a penguin or monkey on it. He was about an inch taller than Avalon and too unfit to keep up with Avalon and Mia’s power-walking skills. Well, even Avalon had to teach herself to walk at Mia’s speed.
They heard the first bell ring in the distance telling the students to get to their classes.
“Oh my god! I’m late!!” Mia ran full speed to school leaving Avalon and Sean in a dust ball.
“Shouldn’t we be running too?” Sean asked Avalon.
“Nah… my first period teacher doesn’t give a rat’s a**.” They strolled into school five minutes after the tardy bell rang.
“What if we get caught?” Sean kept frantically looking all around for teachers.
“You dumb a**! They’re teaching!”
“Well, what about administrators?”
“AVALON!!” a new voice shouted at her.
Avalon froze. Sean looked back at the voice and started laughing. “Boy aren’t you lucky this morning Avalon?”
“Well, this isn’t a first!” The voice called out again.
Avalon turned around and almost burst out screaming. She kept her cool long enough to ask, “Why the ******** you scare me like that?!”
The girl giggled, “You don’t have to get so mad, stupid!” the girl walked to her locker and opened it. She looked in the mirror that was taped to the inside to see Avalon’s reaction. Avalon was looking straight into the mirror smashed her fist into her other hand. It made a loud smashing sound that flooded the hallways for a second. “So, Avalon, what’s your excuse today?” the girl grinned through the mirror as she pulled out two binders, one for herself and one for Avalon.
Avalon’s face went blank and paler than usual, “Actually, Ember…” she fiddled with her messenger bag. “I… was hoping you’d help me with that today, I’m fresh out sort to speak.” Ember caught Avalon’s facial expression, then her own pondering one.
She had thick curly, brunette hair that extended half way down her back. She wore her hair up in a lose ponytail, but a bit neater than Mia’s. She had brown eyes, and wore light makeup. She close enough to Avalon’s size that they could share clothes, if they happened to share a taste, which wasn't too often. Ember had a preppy taste, even though she was anything but. Insane and hyperactive maybe, in fact sure, but not preppy.
Ember closed her locker lightly and gave Avalon her note book. “Oh no, something happened. What happened?” she asked, searching her friend’s careful face.
“Something happened?” the confused Sean asked. He looked at Avalon and then saw it too. “…oh…”
Avalon laughed half-heartedly, “Nothing big, I’ll tell you in class, ok?” Avalon took Ember’s arm in her own and pulled her along. “Don’t get caught, Sean!” she yelled back to him with a wink. The next second they were gone around the corner and Sean was all alone.
Oh my god! What am I supposed to do now?! Where do I go? Where do I go? Sean ran into the bathroom and flipped down the toilet seat and sat there.
Meanwhile, Avalon let go of Ember’s arm right before they walked into the classroom. Ember and Avalon had the same first period. Avalon strolled in after Ember hoping that the teacher wouldn’t see her.
“AVALON! You’re late!” The teacher shouted from his desk, not even looking up. “What’s the excuse this time?”
“Please Mr. Sambers, her cat died yesterday. She’s had him since she was five.” Ember whispered to the teacher as Avalon caught on and acted depressed. That wasn’t too hard for her. Avalon sat down in her seat behind Ember and put her head down on the desk.
“Avalon, I’m sorry for your loss, but my classroom isn’t your dedicated nap class. However, you can do that in Mrs. Jenes’ room!” the students laughed at the Mr. Sambers’ joke.
Just then the announcements came on telling every student to rise and recite the Pledge of Allegiance, everyone except Avalon that is. “Avalon!”
“Ok! Ok!” Avalon stood up and started reciting her version of the pledge:
“I pledge allegiance, to my hell.
Of the united dumb asses who can’t save themselves.
And to that fat man, in the gay house,
Who can’t kill a mouse!
This Town sucks,
And no lucks,
For I hate you all, and forever this pledge I yell!”
The classroom burst out laughing, Ember’s snort-laughs being the most noticeable. “AVALON!! You better be glad I’m not writing you up for disrespecting my classroom and the country!”
“Didn’t you just hear? I could care less.”
Mr. Sambers sat back down in his desk. “You guy’s get a free day…” he popped two Advil into his mouth.
Ember turned to Avalon, “Ok. All jokes off. You don’t normally disrespect Mr. Sambers. You’re lucky you get A’s in here y’know.”
“I know,” Avalon took out her iPod. She couldn’t decide to listen to Cannibal Corpse or Evanescence. Avalon liked all kinds of music, as long as it wasn’t rap or her parents attempting to sing. “Pick Axe Murder sounds good…”
“What??!!”
“Relax, it’s a song.”
“Oh… ok… so what’s with the unusually bad attitude?”
“Ask Mia, I don’t feel like saying it again…” Avalon put in her headphones and turned the volume all the way up. Death Metal rang through the classroom.
“AVALON!” the teacher screamed.
“…meh…” She turned it down a little, only a little.
Wow, I’m glad her cat didn’t REALLY die…Ember thought to herself. But what if she’s not acting? What if she’s like this because of whatever happened?
The bell finally rang. Sean ran out of the bathroom. FREEDOM rang through his mind, accompanied by the chorus of Hallelujah. Oh, I better go find Avalon… What was Ember talking about that could be wrong? Sean walked down the hall as the classroom door in front of him swung wildly open…
Thud.
“Oh my god!”
Demoness0605 · Wed Mar 14, 2007 @ 09:05pm · 2 Comments |
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