Ripples (for now...)

Chapter three

"Ahh. You must be our new student. Come, introduce yourself." The teacher smiles warmly at me.

"In French?!" I exclaim worriedly, boy forgotten.

"Oh no, that part comes later." She soothes. Umm....alright..here I go.. I take a deep breath, looking anywhere but at him. "Uh, hey." I smile nervously. "My name is Carleiah Jaynes." The teacher nods and I sit in the only seat available, which is, thankfully, as far away as possible from him...You know....I should at least make an effort to learn what his name is...

*lunch*

So, my morning in a nutshell, I get reprimanded by whatshisname, then I end up switching classes from Spanish II to French I only to find that He's in French as well...Ugh...Perhaps lunch will be better, I could use a break. I'm gonna get to see one of my best friends, although ironically enough, she is Lilacs cousin. Her name is Lydiah. Or as I like to call her "Li". I walk to the commons after third period to meet up with Lydia.

"Leia!" I hear a voice peal from across the room.

I look around and see her before I break into a full blown grin.

"Li!" I wave her over to the seat next to me. Once she sits down I hug her tightly.

"I have missed you SO much! It's official. Tell mom to take you out of homeschooling and run away with me!"

Li and I laugh and smile as she exclaims dramatically.

"Oh! How I wish I could get out of the evil witches clutches!"

We laugh uproariously, drawing tons of attention. I look at her, smiling.

"Seriously though, I love your mom to bits but homeschooling you in high school is the only decision she's made that I hate."

"So you've said only about a million times." Li rolls her eyes and hugs me again. "Trust me, as much as I love you, I do also enjoy homeschooling."

I sigh and nod.

"Yeah, I know, but I still wish you'd reconsider it..."

"I know..."

I chuckle and pull away.

"Now let me eat, otherwise I'll be forced to take you to class with me."

She laughs and we enjoy a pleasant lunch with some clever banter between us and a couple other friends, when the subject to marijuana being legalized comes up. I try to stay out of those conversations as much as possible.

Joyce Monrowe, one other girl, who I used to be close friends with, decides to loosen her lips.

"I'll bet Carleiah is more than happy about this new development." She says with pursed lips and an innocent yet disdainful look on her face. As if she has no idea what she's doing. .She promised not to tell others..Maybe I can still save my "good girl" reputation.

I blink and look at her blankly.

"I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Oh really? Then you explain what you did over your Thanksgiving break. I'm sure everyone is dying to know."

I raise an eyebrow at her astonished.

"Excuse me?"

"Did I stutter? Of course I am just assuming that you aren't under the influence right now, so that would make one think that you could competently answer the question."

I gape at her and look around the table, all is quiet and everyone is looking at me. Oh no..I can feel the tears welling up..That was uncalled for! I get up from the table and pick up my tray, I need to get out of here, ASAP.

"Excuse me, but I think I've lost my appetite."

Joyce snorts, disbelieving.

"Or she's off to get a hit or two before classes start."

I suck in a breath, hurt and quickly turn away from the table, running towards the mostly hidden stairwell by the drama room, chanting in my head, 'I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry, it isn't worth it.' Once I get to the stairwell I collapse and bust up into tears. About five minutes later I hear someone coming down the stairs and curl up into my sweater more, not wanting anyone to see that I've been crying.

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Okay, I am so sorry that I haven't been very active, I had kind of an idea how to continue but not a concrete way and so I hadn't even touched my notebook.  I promise to try to be better now, I have a little bit of an idea on how to continue.  Again, I am SO sorry...Thank you for your patience!

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