Fifteen Hours Of Beauty

Fifteen Hours of Beauty-Part 1

"Ring..." goes the school alarm of Waterfall High School. It's time for recess and everyone comes out of their classrooms.

"Buckteeth alert, everyone!" shouts Martha. "Watch out for those braces. It'll knock you over! Ooh, shiny teeth Lil, where did you get them?"

Lily fakes a smile and walks back to her locker as quickly as she can. She turns the combination and opens the locker door. Mathematics, geometry and algebra books fall onto the floor. Lily kneels down to grab her books when suddenly, another hand comes for her books and a voice says, "Let me help you." It is Harry, Lily's best friend since elementary school.

Harry is 5'10". Tall guy. Nerdy, with a few pimples here and there, still he is kind of cute, albeit not boyfriend cute. Not those wears-nerd-glasses-and-look-i'm-a-cute-nerd-jock-whatever-they-call-themselves dudes. Oh and his sparkling green eyes. You never miss 'em.

"Are those people teasing you again?" Harry asks.

"They never stop," sighs Lily.

"I can't come over to study tonight. I have an essay that's due tomorrow and I haven't even started!"

"It's okay. Well then, see you tomorrow."

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Lily, walking home alone, thinks, "Martha is always so mean. The school prom is next week and I'm sure she's going to be crowned 'Prom Queen'. She is going to show off her crown - again! I just can't stand her..."

Lily's foot hits something. It is a jar of candies. There are red, orange, yellow and green candies in the jar that look like jelly beans. Inside the jar, Lily finds something - a piece of paper with complicated symbols and a diagram of the human body.

"I love candies! Let me take them home. After all, no one seems to want them." Lily wonders, "Looks yummy! That piece of paper must be put there by some nerdy kid. Oh well."

At that night, she pops one candy into her mouth before she sleeps.

"Mmm...tastes like heaven...wait now it's chicken, oh no ha ha it's heaven..." Lily thinks and then falls asleep.