Opposites Attract

Another day at school (part 1)

October 28th, 2013 -

Beep, Beep, Beep.

The sound of that alarm clock could only mean one thing; yet another day at school for April Mendez, better known as AJ. AJ woke up, rubbing her eyes with one hand while using the other to try and reach over to her nightstand. AJ finally got a grip on her glasses, and put them on, her vision immediately seeing improvement. AJ weakly pushed the covers off of herself, secretly wanting to curl back up in bed, but she didn't mind school all that much; it was just the hassle of waking up and getting ready that bothered her. AJ's school has a very strict policy when it comes to the dress code. So strict in fact that they gave the students uniforms on the first day. AJ search around her closet, and eventually found the black button up shirt her school provided her. The shirt also had the school's crest on the pocket. AJ proceeded to put on the rest of the uniform, which also included a plaid black and red skirt with high knee socks, and her usual high-tops since her school had no policy on shoewear. AJ, after preparing herself in her bathroom, ran down the stairs, where her mother was preparing breakfast, and her father was reading the daily newspaper in the kitchen.

"Good morning, honey." AJ's mom spoke out as soon as she saw her daughter. AJ smiled and planted a quick kiss on her mom's cheek, before grabbing an apple from the nearby fruit bowl.

"Good morning, momma, papa." AJ said, not only to her mother but her father, who was caught a little off guard by his daughter's statement. AJ quickly walked over and kissed her father on the cheek, similar to how she did to her mother. AJ then turned quickly on her feet, and headed towards the door, before her father's rather booming voice raised up.

"Um, April?" AJ's dad exclaimed. AJ stopped dead in her tracks; she knew when her dad used her full first name, that she was either in trouble, or he needed to talk to her right away. AJ slowly, and hesitantly, turned back around to face her father, who still had glasses on from his reading. "Are you not going to have breakfast?"

"Oh no. I'm walking to school today, so I'm just going to have this apple on the go." AJ replied. Her father set the newspaper down on the dining table, causing AJ to rub her lips together in anxiousness. AJ's father was rather strict, and to be quite honest, he even scared AJ at times. AJ's dad has had a history of anger issues, but her father was normally a calm headed person when it came to issues that bugged him.

AJ's father cleared his throat, and rose the paper back up to eye level. "Walking? With who?"

"With Kaitlyn and Seth. You know? My best friend and her boyfriend?" AJ somewhat sarcastically fired back. AJ's father was never good at reading discreet sarcasm, and AJ took full advantage of that.

"Well, just be careful, OK?" AJ's dad spoke with some concern in his voice.

"I will, papa. Well, I better get going, or else is going to flip on me for being late to school. Trust me, I've heard the rumors about him, and they're not pretty." AJ expressed in a joking manner. AJ quickly gave her parents another set of cheek kisses on her way out, grabbing the backpack next to her front door on the way out. AJ exited out the door, just in time to run into her best friend Kaitlyn and her boyfriend Seth, who were approaching AJ's front door.

"Well, there she is! The lady of the hour! Nice to see you finally rolled out of bed." Kaitlyn jokingly told her best friend. Kaitlyn and AJ had been best friends since they could practically remember, and they are so closely knit that, to each other, they called each other their sister. Kaitlyn's remark earned herself a chuckle from AJ, as well as her boyfriend, Seth Rollins. Kaitlyn and Seth had been dating for some time, and as of recent, they have been trying to help AJ find someone, so that she doesn't feel like the third wheel. They thought of every possible guy, but none of them seemed to match up with her.