Mia Rain: Bayside High

First Day of School

My alarm clock start buzzing. It awakened me and Nina for the worse. She groaned. "Stop!" She said groggily. I rubbed my eyes before seeing the timer.
7:00am. School time! I turned off the alarm and rolled out of bed. Nina yawned, stretching. We walked to the bathroom and did our morning routine. We took turns showering and picked out our outfits for the first day. We got dressed, applied makeup and packed our backpacks with school utensils. "Are we taking your car?" Nina asked. I shrugged. "Until Randi gets one." I joked, smirking. She chuckled as we came downstairs. Morgan stretched and rubbed her stomach. "Where's Mom? I'm hungry!" She whined. Nina smiled widely. "I'll cook breakfast! I taught myself how to make blueberry muffins." She said. I smiled warmly. She missed all the times to make breakfast with us and now she can. We sat on the dinner table, waiting patiently. It's only 7:10. My phone buzzed. I cheered quietly and texted everyone on the groupchat.

Mia💃🏻🎤: SCHOOL'S BACK!!!

Bubba😭♥️: Yess! More pranks, more detention and annoying Belding😜

Lisa💓👑: lol anyone excited for Halloween?

Slater😎💪🏼: Yess!🔥🔥🔥

Kelly💋❤️: I think I'll be Wonder Woman🤣

Mia💃🏻🎤: cool! :) maybe I be Harley Quinn

Bubba😭♥️: here's your Joker babe😜

Slater😎💪🏼: can't wait to see u with green hair😂😂

Mia💃🏻🎤: see u guys at school!

*all text back ok*

"Breakfast is ready!" Nina said. We made our plates and ate the pancakes. They're delicious! Morgan smiled. "Mm! So good! Unlike Mia's terrible eggs." She said, rolling her eyes. Ugh! It was one mistake. I looked at her annoyingly. "I accidentally burned them." I told her. Nina giggled and dropped her plate in the sink. We finished our breakfast, grabbing our backpacks. Her phone buzzed. "Mom texted she has a doctor's appointment. Dad is driving her there." She told us. I nodded in understanding. "We'll drop off Morgan on the way to school." I said, pulling out my keys. "Guys!" Morgan called. We looked at her confusedly. "I'm homeschooled, remember?" She reminded. We had a moment of realization. Oh. I completely forgot. Nina reread the text and smiled sheepishly. "Yeah. Mom said she's on her way after the doctor." She told me. I nodded in understanding. She rubbed Morgan's shoulder. "Keep your phone on and don't answer the door if it's not our parents." I said. She nodded while we wrapped our backpacks around our shoulders. I closed the door and honked my car. We got inside, closing my doors. We backed away from the driveway and on the way to school. In my rearview mirror, Mom's car was present. Nina turned on the radio. I smiled as we danced to a few songs on her playlist.

Arriving, we parked in the parking lot and got out. She turned off the radio. I wrapped my backpack around my shoulder and came to the entrance. Nina followed behind. Her eyes widened, seeing the view of Bayside. I chuckled. "Like it?" I asked. She quickly nodded. "Wow! No wonder you love it!" She said. Someone cleared their throat. We turned to see Randi with his arms crossed. "What?" I said. He fake smiled. "I'm glad I got my license so you girls wouldn't pick up your boyfriends on the way." He said sarcastically. I playfully rolled my eyes as we searched for our lockers. Nina's was surprisingly near Randi. Dylan walked pass me, smiling. I returned the gesture. I stuffed my books inside and pulled out my English notebook and folder. A pair of hands covered my face. I madly blushed, knowing it's Zack. "Who are you?" I teased. He hummed in response. "I'll give you a hint. He's handsome, fun and affectionate. His name is Zack Morris." He flirted. Ugh, he's too cute! We chuckled and hugged. I smelled his cologne through his shirt. He smell good! "I'm excited you and Nina are here!" He said. I nodded in agreement. "Mainly Nina. She deserves a head start after what happened with Calvin." I told him. Zack and Randi is aware of why Nina didn't come to the hospital. Hopefully, she'll handle the first day in a new school. Suddenly, he was shoved against the lockers. My jaw dropped. What just happened? He groaned in pain and rubbed his forehead. I looked up to see Troy smiling sweetly at me. My cheeks burned red. I waved awkwardly. He returned the gesture and kissed my cheek. Zack managed to get up. He growled angrily as he walked off. "Some asshole." He muttered. "Language Mr. Affectionate." I sassed. It wasn't long until we noticed the gang's reaction. Slater couldn't help chuckling. Nina facepalmed her forehead. "This is gonna be a long day." She said. I nodded in agreement. The bell rung. We gathered our stuff and went to first period.

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After History period, Troy and Dylan was in basketball tryouts now. Zack is very protective if I'm even alone with him. I stuffed my notebook inside my locker and made eye contact with Randi. He nodded, motioning me to run off. I quietly walked off to the gymnasium. The Bayside Tigers are practicing and dribbling the balls. Troy's Dad, Coach Bolton blew the whistle. "Danvers! Let's go!" He called. I smiled as Dylan got up from the bench. One of the players tossed him the ball and practice began again. Man, I wish I wore or had anything to show support for them. Troy saw me and smiled. His smile is really...whoa. My cheeks burned red. I giggled. I snapped out of my thoughts when Dylan scored another basket in the net. Coach smiled proudly toward him and Troy. "I'm impressive, Bolton and Danvers! Congratulations! You're on the team!" He said, shaking their hands. The team including Chad congratulated them. Yay! I cheered happily. Coach Bolton ended practice today. They picked up their towels and walked up to me. Dylan smiled. "Aww, look who came to support us!" He teased. I rolled my eyes and chuckled. "Well Duh. You both were amazing." I said. Troy looked at me in awe. "Thanks Mia." He said and hugged me. I hugged back. His hugs are so warm...kinda because of his sweatiness. We parted. My phone buzzed with texts from Randi.

Randi🤪❤️: are they on the team???

Randi🤪❤️: Zack is asking Qs about u🙄

Randi🤪❤️: are u done saying hello???

I sighed. "Everything ok?" Dylan asked. I looked up and nodded. "Just Randi texting me. Let's get to lunch!" I said. Troy smirked, kissing my cheek. "Alright. Give us time to shower." He told me. I madly blushed. He had to make me blush? They went back to the locker room. I waited patiently by the door.

We came to the Max where everybody sat on the original booth. Their attention laid on us in shock.
Zack seemed really appalled. Randi fake smiled and waved. "Oh hey guys! Mia, Dylan and Troy! Come sit!" He said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes as we sat or grab chairs to sit. Zack kept giving silent glares at Troy. Lisa cleared her throat. "How was tryouts? Are you in?" She asked. Dylan nodded, smiling. "Also Troy became team captain!" He told her. Everyone congratulated them except Zack. "Awkward." Randi whispered. Slater smirked and patted his shoulder.
"I'm now team captain of the wrestling team!" He said. What? That's amazing! Jessie hugged him before Max arrived with plates of burgers and fries.
I smirked. "Seems like we got three ball players in this group." I joked. We laughed. Zack fake chuckled. "It would've been great if there's only two." He said, growling at Troy. The laughing died down once we heard his comment. He returned the gesture. I inhaled a deep breath. "Ok! How should we celebrate these players making a team?" I asked. Screech's face lit up. "I know! But it involves holy powder." He said. We shared confusion.

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At 7pm.

Screech's idea is AWESOME! We gathered at his house for the get-together. He turned on Take it Off by Ke$ha. "Let's party!" He cheered.

We laughed and danced while throwing holy powder at each other. Kelly threw a powder of blue onto me. I laughed a little hard. I ducked once Nina threw green powder and it landed on Lisa. She screamed crazily, pulling out her phone. "Party selfie!" She called. We posed as she snapped two group selfies. Dylan hugged me tightly. I was a little surprised but hugged back. We parted. "Thank you. I never had friends who'd do this for me." He said, smiling. I returned the gesture. "Now you do." I told him. Zack smacked Troy with a hand of blue powder. He yelped, falling to the floor. Are you kidding me? This is getting dumb. He smiled and kissed my cheek. "All better." He whispered. I madly blushed. He's lucky he's cute.