Roseville Middle School

The Hangout

" Ummm... Isabelle!"  Louie yelled at me as I prepared to leave the Biology Lab. 

I stopped right in front of the door and turned, he rushed towards me and pushed me out of the door. 

" Come. " He pulled me into a deserted hallway.  

" What?!"  I asked him. 

" Do you want to come over to my place?"  He asked me,  " To... Study of course." 

We looked past the corner and saw Nuela looking at us. 

" Course, I still have a lot I need to catch up on."  I told him, my eyes pointing at Nuela. 

He turned and Nuela immediately slapped him. 

" You told me that you were only friends, you only met her today."  She screamed at him. 

He seemed stunned. 

" Nuela, she's the new student.  I only met her today, it's true.  Right?"  He turned to me for a reaction. 

Suddenly Kayla skipped out of her classroom right into Nuela. 
" Oh, hi Nuela, Isabelle...  Louie."  

Then she pulled the very angry Nuela out into the sun. 
" Come on before we get into more trouble."  Louie pulled me to the entrance of the school. 

He rode a bike while I skateboarded.  At last we arrived at his place. 

" Mom!  My friend is over to help me revise."  He yelled.

His mom popped her head out of the kitchen door and smiled at me. 

" Okay Louie, just don't make a huge mess."  

We went up the stairs and arrived at his room.  His room was a simple room with a bed, a desk and a wardrobe.  He sat on his bed and pulled a chair out.  

" Please don't tell my mom about my computer, she doesn't let me have a computer because she'll think that I'm gonna watch videos and play video games."  He told me, retrieving a computer from under his pillow. 

We played video games and then went to Roseville Park.  He asked me if I could teach him how to skateboard.

" You mean that you don't know how to skateboard? " I asked him, a bit astonished. 

" Yea, don't tease me about this.  My mom didn't let me do anything except study and read and all those boring stuff."  He said, blushing a bit. 

" Oh, okay."  I started skating.  " But you have to catch me first."  

I skated all around the park as he chased, we had a blast until the sky started to get dark. 

" Stop, stop Isabelle."  He yelled, his voice sounded tired

" Come on, didn't you say that you were a football player?"  I teased. 

Louie was one of the most important players in our school, he was also the captain this year, most likely to be voted prom king. 

I slowed down and he suddenly leaped and tagged me. 
" Gotcha!  Now you gotta teach me how to skateboard."  He laughed, sweat pouring down his face. 

I frowned and shoved him.  He fell directly onto the floor and smiled. 

" Fine, but we're gonna have to do it tomorrow, right after our test."  I reminded him of the test we had tomorrow. 

" Yea, right.  And please do not mention this to anyone and try to act normal tomorrow when Nuela asks you where we gone. "  He said, then walked me home. 

I closed the door, Dad comes to tell me that Mom's visit will be earlier and she's coming today. 

" Okay Dad, I'll make sure to dress nicely for our dinner tonight."  I said to him when I was halfway up the stairs.

Opening the door to my room, I sighed.  My two big suitcases were still half unpacked and some of my clothes were thrown onto my bed. 

" Come on Charlotta, seriously?  You come home earlier just to grab your clothes from my suitcase and make a mess?"  I shouted out. 

My sister's room was just next to mine so I was pretty sure she could hear me. 

" No I didn't get anything, all of my stuff was in my suitcases."  She shouted back.

Right, she brought five suitcases and nine boxes of stuff here.  All of them were filled to the top. 

I sighed and closed my door.  Found a blue dress with a belt. 

' Ding, dong.' 

The bell rang and I felt my sister go down to open the door. 

" Honey!  How are you?"  I heard my mom say. 

" I'm okay."  

Then I heard Lilliana shriek as she saw Lia.  Lilly likes that cat so much but she's mine, don't know why she didn't bother take it when we left. 

Then I heard her run up the stairs. 

" Izzy! It's Lilly."  She shouted. 

I quickly got dressed and tied my hair up in a neat braid. 

She bursted into the room, strangling me with her hug. 

" Hi, Lilly.  How are you?"  I choked. 

She let me go, though I was the younger twin she always treated me as if I was older.  Our oldest brother Brandon walked into my room as if he owned it and started setting up his computer. 

" Brandon, your room is beside mine."  I told him,  " The one to the left of me."  

He grumbled and packed his computer again. 

" Why are you here early?"  I asked Lilliana. 

" Cause, we're coming over for holiday.  Mom wants us to relax for a bit since Brandon keeps on worrying her head off by working all day. "  She explained.  " Remember he's in college and am graduating next year so he's working as hard as he'll ever be."  

" And you guys are coming over to annoy me when I'm at school."  I said, matter- of- factly. 

Lilliana giggled and we fell back into the bed.