Saving Grace

Chapter 3: Just Friends

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    I woke up with a jolt. I heard yelling coming coming from downstairs.

"Get the fuck up!"

I quickly realized that I have school today. I leaped out of bed and put on a dark blue sweatshirt and dark navy blue jean shorts. I slipped on a pair of black Converse and went downstairs. I cooked up some blueberry waffles and started to eat. I saw dad grab a waffle  and started to gnaw on one.

"Gotta go." I said and left the kitchen. I stopped in front of the front door, to tuck in my tail and hide my ears. I then opened the door, and started to school.

I saw Travis up ahead, and I decided to say hello.

"Hey Travis!" I said, scaring him.

"Oh! Hey Grace. Just to say, you did not scare me. I heard you from a mile away!" He commented.

"Ha ha. Very funny." I said. I think he could smell the sarcasm from 10 miles away.

"Anyways, do you need a tour guide of Phoenix Drop High?" He asked me.

"Yeah, that would be nice. Thanks!" I said as we walked there.

When we arrived, the school was bustling with doing and action. I had no idea how I was going to survive.
"First off, I need to get my schedule and locker number from the office." I said.

"Okay. The office is right over here." Travis said as he brought me to a room next to the door. He opened it, and I went to the front desk.

"Are you new?" The lady with rainbow hair at the desk asked.

"Yeah."

"Name?"

"Armstrong. Grace Armstrong."

"Here is your locker number and schedule. By the way, my name is Laila."

"Thanks Laila." I responded as I walked out the door, and started my way to my locker.

"34-7-11." I murmured as I open my locker, to see textbooks, pencils, and pens already there for me to use. I unloaded everything from my backpack into my locker, and took a look at my schedule.
"Science. This will be fun!" I said. The bell rang, as I rushed to my class.

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I finally got to my first class, and walked through the door. I saw an empty seat next to a girl with long, bright orange hair. I sat down next to her, to see that she was wearing a beautiful green dress.

"Hi! You must be new. I'm Cadenza!" She said putting out her hand.

"I'm Grace. It's nice to meet you!" I said, and shook her hand. Then a man bursted through the front doors of the classroom, and stood at the front desk.

"Hello class!" He exclaimed.

He seems a little too excited to be a teacher. Whatever.

"Hello Professor Modzilla." The class groaned.

"We will have another group assignment today." Professor Modzilla exclaimed, as he started writing our partners on the board.

Garroth - Alexis
Kyle - Levin
Lucinda - Kiki
Cadenza - Grace
Dante - Nicole
Travis - Kawaii-chan
Logan -  Donna
Dmitri - Yip
Zane - Gene

"Your assignment is to replicate a South America volcano! And to get extra credit, make it work. It's due Monday. Go find your partners, and get started!" He said. Everyone got out of their seats and rushed to their partners. Because me and Cadenza were sitting next to each other, we got right to work.

"I think we should use a paper mâché volcano and a steel skeleton." Cadenza recommended.

"Good idea! And we could use a vinegar and baking soda chemical reaction to make it really work!" I added on.

"Squee!!! And we can use red food dye to make it look even more real!" Cadenza squealed.

"Great! When can we meet?"

"How about this weekend?"

"That's fine with me. As long as it's not at my house." I murmured the last part.

"It's fine! We can do it at my house." She said. I guess she heard me. Oh well.

RING RING!!!!!

"Good luck!" Modzilla said "Class Dismissed." He said as the sound of chairs screeching across the wood ground. My cat ears were killing me cause' they're sensitive to loud noises. I noticed the Cadenza was staring at me. Oh no...

"Are you okay? It seems that you're hurt in a way." She asked me.

"I-I-I-I'm fine." I stuttered.

"You know, you can trust me. I'm your friend, right?"

"Yeah. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then!" I said as I got up from my seat.

"See Ya!" She said as she walked out the door.

This may actually not be half bad!

I walked out of the door to bang right into someone!

"Oops! Sorry." I apologized to whoever a banger into.

"It's okay. I wasn't looking where I was going." Said the boy I ran into. He pushed his blonde out of his face to reveal his sea blue eyes. He pulled my up to my feet. "Are you new here?"

"Yeah. It's my first day here."

"My names Garroth. Yours?"

"Grace. Nice to meet you Garroth." I said, smiling.

"What's your next class?"

"Advanced combat." I replied.

"Really? No girl has been in advanced combat! That I know of"

"Really? Cool! Than I guess that I'm the first!" I said.

--RING RING RING RING--

"I'll see you there!" I said as I ran off to advanced combat.

"I'll see Ya!" He said, as he got surrounded by three girls... One has black hair, one had purple hair and cat ears, and one had white---

IS THAT SASHA?!?!?!?!