Suddenly

Suddenly Chapter 11

Chapter Eleven

Every new beginning

It was the start of school in 99 and Ricks mum drove us to the new school on our first day, Michael Learns to Rock in the CD changer and morning traffic on every side. Anxious emotions were the order of the day as Rick, Joe and I got off the car at our new school. There were one hundred and seven stairs leading up to the school and the drop off point was at the base of that stairway. The school was actually very old but in great shape, it was in a different environment than our previous school. It was a standing landmark of our community.

Beautiful talking bodies whisked pass us on the concrete catwalk in front of the administration building as we awaited directive as to where we were to go. I looked at Rick and Joe with disbelief and amazement at how many beautiful girls were at this school. We grinned at each other gingerly without the utterance of a word, our faces told the tale of teenage boys and their wondering imaginations.

The school line up was over and the principal had completed his welcome back to school speech. Newly transferred kids were now being ushered to their new classes. It didn't take too long and we were lead to our new class. Imaginations soon became a frightful reality, 11A was our destination, on arrival the kids in this class welcomed us and we took our designated seats. School was still on holiday so to speak, the timetables and schedules for lessons hadn't been decided yet.

This staggered start gave us boys the opportunity to mingle with the town folk. The other boys in our newly found class seemed very odd and different in comparison to our old friends from my previous school. They spoke about college applications and outlandish topics of agenda. They were very academically inclined and knew what their careers were going to be. They seemed to have their lives all mapped out. At my old school nobody talked about serious stuff like that, we laughed most times and enjoyed just being teenagers. It would take me some time to get accustomed to this new jungle.

On the far right of the school huddled the hyenas, they prowled and snarled their teeth trying to be offensive and brutal. In the middle area on the soft green grass and under the shade of the trees stood the herd of pink lipped lionesses, beautiful and poised on their pedestals, staring at their newfound prey. Not too far away lurked their suitors, watching and waiting in the nearby camouflaged bushes.

At the hang out spots at school during free time, the howling and boastful carnal behavior scented through the corridors of this school, it was a hierarchy of stature and wealth that ruled. Rich kids walked the hallways as if they were the royalty who owned the rest of us.

Rick, Joe and I were tough guys from a tough school, we spoke a different lingo, money wasn't our dealio, we were apex predators and alpha males, we lived for the now. We didn't make the rules but it was an animal world after all, we were beasts of a different nature, there were no rules and no limits. Only the fittest and toughest would survive to walk these hallways.

Being the new kids on the block, the novelty wasn't too far away, the other boys feared us because of the notorious image of our previous school. We were seen as dangerous, ruthless troublemakers. We came from across the pond, from a school that was famous for cultivating bad boys. This fearless facade scared away the boys but attracted the opposite sex. Girls were taking an extra interest in us and I can't say that I wasn't enjoying the attention.

Rick cleaned house like a pro, he had female friends in every area code of the school. He had girls eating out of the palm of his hand. Dating three girls at the same time was a walk in the park for him. Joe was the more calculated of us three, he was patient and timeous in his pounce to grab his prey. I on the other hand wasn't after anyone or anything at that juncture. I thought that a new school would help me forget yet instead I would see BE in almost every girl that walked pass me, I wished she was here too.

My class had more than its fair share of high school beauties. They flocked around us because we were seen as bad boys. We weren't something they were accustomed to. Rick and I especially stood out, our attire was gangster, we had worn boots with open buckles which chimed as we walked, our shirts weren't tucked in our trousers, we were tie less and our belt buckles were unfastened.

As assertive as we seemed, I was still very naive and unsure of myself. I sat next to a sweet girl named Julie Coven, she had long beautiful plaited hair, her black framed specs rested on her cute button nose and her unsure smile was something I looked forward to every morning. Julie wore a long school dress and long white socks which covered all the skin on her legs, she was pure and innocent, all of her characteristics reminded me of BE, the way she sat, the way she dressed and carried out herself, it was all BE. It was all taking me back to the girl that I had left behind at my old school.

Julie Coven was peculiar and very school orientated, her studies meant everything to her and I admired her work ethic. Watching her diligently get on with her studies made me do the same, I found her mannerisms attractive. With Julie's inspiration I started to accelerate at my studies and my grades soared higher every week. I saw a meekness and beauty in Julie that I had once seen in BE. Sitting next to Julie I wondered what BE' would be doing, I was temporarily distracted by Julie but I still missed BE very much.

Just when I thought I was getting comfy with Julie, Libby Tyler moves in for the kill, she approaches me during break and we began to talk. She held her own and I was entertained somewhat by her charm and smile. Libby was worlds apart from Julie, she was tall with almond shaped starry black eyes, a pointy rich nose and her short shoulder length hair tossed as we spoke. She was confident and knew what she wanted.

I loved a good tune and I was always humming a song, hearing me whistle or hum a song gave her a window of opportunity to speak to me about music and her favorite type of movies. I enjoyed looking at her smile and she had the longest sexiest legs I had ever seen. I was reeling in her web and sure to be her next romantic victim. Most of the guys regarded Libby as one of the hotties of our class and I was definitely on her radar to say the least.

We spoke often and I enjoyed talking with her until one morning she said something that changed the whole game, she spoke about a girl in her dads tuition class, she said the girl had asked about me. Libby's dad was an economics teacher and he would tutor classes of kids during afternoons at their home.

"Which girl!?", I asked, she replied it was a girl from my previous school, the utterance of her name sent my heart into a spiral, it was her, it was my BE. Libby said that this girl had asked about me and added that this girl thought I was cute and she inquired about how I was doing. If Libby stood any chance with having anything romantic with me, it had all vanished at the news of BE asking about me. Libby didn't realize it but her idle conversation about a girl I used to know sparked into life new feelings and thoughts about BE and took her chances from slim to none.

My attention was whimpering and my concentration levels during lessons fell, my mind couldn't get off BE, I was thinking of her more now than ever before. "Why did she ask Libby about me, just me and not Rick or Joe, there must be a reason why she had thought of me? Was I missing her? What was really happening to me?" Here I am surrounded by all these beautiful girls who should be keeping me occupied, yet I can't get my mind off a girl who's miles away in another school.