haymond

Rebecca

She made her way back through the living room toward the kitchen island and reached for the box of honey loops on the countertop that her little brother likely left there earlier. She poured the cereal into the bowl. As she headed for the fridge to fetch the milk her phone buzzed again.two times Bzzzzt. Even though it was just the third day of school she only briefly saw her two best friends Rebecca and Lila yesterday in chemistry.
Emma was really upset that summers over now and school is starting again , just like Lila she hates getting up early but who doesn't anyway? Well , that is except for Rebecca ; she always has so much energy after waking up. Her thoughts hovering on Rebecca , Emma and her were paired up for this falls chemistry project. She put down her spoon and picked up her phone from her tote bag. Speaking of the devil. She read the text on her Lock Screen, Rebecca had sent her a a message . Yooo check this out. Emma unlocked her iPhone 7 opened the messenger app tapped on Rebecca's chat and a picture of her mom balancing a bowl on her head filled to brink with Cheetos popped up in the chat . Emma grinned. Like mother like daughter she thought. Rebecca really was a spitting image of her mother at least when her mom was her age.
She typed back. Meet me a the locker room we need to discuss our chemistry project. She put down her phone.

Emma finished up breakfast reached for her jacket on the rack in the corridor leading to the front door and rushed outside. Except she forgot something like so many mornings "Shoot I forgot my Keys" she mumbled into herself. For a moment before she turned around she glanced at the sprinklers in the front yard of the house across the street. It smelled like fresh and wet grass like you would expect on a windy september morning. As she opened the door again she noticed an unopened letter from a law firm on the small table right next to the entrance where the Brightman's always put their car keys and letters. She read the senders address. Lakefield Drive 189 H3B Willson and Schmick incorporated. She had heard that name before and for a brief moment she used all her brains processing power to remember where from but she couldn't. Weird. She shook her head and grabbed the keys to her 2012 Toyota Prius that she got for her 15 birthday last summer and headed out the door once more.

She swiftly opened the door to the passenger seat threw in her bag and circled around the car to get into the drivers seat. She put in the key turned it and ignited the car.

In the school parking lot she slowed down the car matching the tempo limit. She saw Lila and Rebecca who were both standing in front of Rebecca's beautiful Toyota Camry. You could make out Lilas unique reddish brown hair from a mile away especially on a sunny september day.They didn't notice her as she drove past them. She confidently parked between a 4 by 4 pick up truck and a bmw sedan. There was a lot of high end cars like these at Haymond high , despite it being a public school the kids there all live in upper middle class households.
Reaching for her bag she looked over to the spot across the parking lot were Rebecca and Lila were just standing but they weren't there anymore and had likely already gone inside the school building.

In the hallway Rebecca was leaning against Emma's locker. It was seven fifty and the usual morning crush of students was already trotting through the hallways. Emma could make out Ashton and Clay in the crowd.
"Good morning Becc" Emma said. "What's up Brightman" Rebecca replied coquettishly.
Rebecca loves to call people by their last names for some reason, maybe because her dad used to be a non commissioned officer at the navy in Maine in his 20s. " I have already thought about what we could do for our project Becc" , "Slow down girl it's only first week of school and you are already so anal". "Look I don't want to fail anymore classes and my Dad yelled at me because I got a D in math last semester". "Ok so what did you want us to do" Rebecca asked. " since we need to make something practical I thought we could make a lava lamp" . "Wow that's a really good idea" Rebecca said brightly she looked impressed. " by the way , where's Lila" Emma asked , " oh she is talking to Ashley at the commons , someone spread a rumour that Ashton is into Lila" .
They had English in their first period. The three of them only had a few classes together this year. Emma was really worried during summer about them growing apart and maybe that was just the beginning of it . "Ok well if you see her tell her to meet me at my locker at lunch break , you should come too" , "I will " Rebecca said as she turned around heading for the stairs the small heels of her suede boots clanking on the tiled ceramic floor . Her English class was on the second floor while Emma's was on the first. Emma looked around as if searching for someone then she too made her way to the stairs and headed for her class.

Emma was right about something ,Freshman year would change everything in their lives.