Life of A Fifth Grader

2) The JEL Group

   ^Hailey's POV^

" Hi." Joseph says to me. I look at his hair and chuckle. "Nice hair, reminds me of a hedgehog." I ruffle his hair and laugh. "Hey!!" He quickly puts his hair back in place and glares at me. He punches my shoulder lightly and gives a quiet laugh. "Hey!!" I cross my arms and pretend to be hurt. "How dare you?!" I start glaring at him so he glares back.

"I'm going to win, I bet you $2!" I smirk, still staring into his brown eyes.

"Keep dreaming!!" He stares into my blue eyes. "I'm fine. I'll just go with the facts." I reply.

"I'm definitely winning. That's a fact." I say as Joseph's left eye twitches. I bite my lip to hold in a laugh.

Suddenly, someone put their head between us which makes both me and Joseph turn our heads to them, surprised.

"Oh...uh...hi?" Yeah Hailey. Great way to say hi. Stupid.

The girl backs up and looks at me kindly with her hazel eyes. Her long black hair reaches her thighs...
"Hi! I'm Emma!" She smiles at me, showing her teeth. I smile back, "Hey, I'm Hailey."

"I love your hair!! Oh my gosh!! You have blue eyes?!? That's so cool!" She looks at my face and stares into my eyes. I hear Joseph laugh. "Really Emma?" He says. I nudge him in between his ribs and he nudges me as well. "To be honest Emma, I think your hazel eyes are more cool than my blue eyes." I compliment her.

"Thanks.." She says, a little bit shocked.
I nod, "It's true." Emma smiles at me, some sadness filled in her eyes.

I stare into her eyes, as if I could learn what causes that sadness. Her eyes dart somewhere else and I sigh. "I like you guys. Maybe we can hang out sometime?" I ask Joseph and Emma. I hope these two can be my friends, they seem nice and I would like to get to know them better.

They both stay quiet at first, exchanging looks, then Joseph turns to me. "Yeah, sure. We can hang out together during recess and sit together at lunch." I can hint some excitement, happiness, and nervousness in his eyes.

"I'm so excited! I think you'll be a great friend Hailey. So....see you at recess, okay? Recess is in a few." Emma goes back to her seat, which isn't far, just the table in front of me and Joseph.

I smile and look at the digital clock on the wall, "Yup.." I face back forward in my seat and sigh.

Maybe this school isn't so bad..

~Recess Time~

"Sup." I say as Joseph and Emma walk towards me. "Hi!" Emma says, smiling.

I'm wondering how she can keep smiling. Doesn't it hurt her face?...

"Hi." Joseph says, staring into my eyes. An awkward silence fills and I decide to interrupt.

"Joseph, from now on I am going to call you baby jojo, or just jojo. No buts, no cuts, no coconuts." I say. Joseph rolls his eyes. "If I get to call you Lee. Short for Hailey.." He shrugs.

"As long as you get your nickname, Baby Jojo." I cross my arms, and look at Emma. "Now, we need a nickname for you." Emma opens her mouth to say something but shuts it, thinking.

"Can you come up with a nickname? I don't really know any for the name Emma." I ask her, shrugging. "Uhh..." Emma puts a hand on her hip.

After a couple of seconds Emma speaks, "I got it! How about Em? It's not the best but I'm okay with it."  I put my hair on my chin, making it seem like a long beard and run my hand through it, pretending to think. "Hmmm..." I catch a glimpse of Emma smiling. Others stare at me but I don't care. I let my hair go back into place. "Yeah, Em sounds great to me! So...Its Jojo, Em and Lee. If we put the first letters together that spells......" I stop and laugh, realizing that is spells JEL, kinda like gel. "Heh..sorry.." I laugh again and sigh. Emma giggles, "I know, it spells J-E-L."

Joseph clears his throat and all of our attention is on him. "Wanna play tag? Wait...girls don't like running, right?" He says, a small smile tugging on his lips. I frown and hit his arm playfully, "Dude! I like to run! I mean yeah, some don't like running but there are some who do. Right Emma?" I look at Emma, giving her the side-with-me face. She smirks, "I don't like to run." I hang my mouth open. "Rude!!" I pretend to be hurt and look at the ground.

"Hey Lee..?? I think you have an admirer." I look back up when Joseph speaks.

I see a boy, waiting for his turn to go down the slide, staring at me. His light, brown eyes look away when he catches me watching and runs his hands through his hair. I furrow my eyebrows. "Gross."

"Oh..him? That's Mario." Emma says and frowns. "What's wrong Em?"

"I-I...uh..nothing. Everything's fine." She gives me a false smile.

"So...you guys up for some tag?" Joseph asks us, distracting us from Mario. I'm glad he did interrupt. "Yeah! And you're it!" I tag him and quickly run away, laughing out loud. I hear footsteps following behind me, "You cheated!" Joseph whines from behind. I chuckle, "No. I was just one step ahead of you!" I shout from behind my shoulder.

I smile. I've got friends. I know I might've only known them for a couple of minutes or an hour, but I feel like I've known them forever. The JEL group was definitely meant to be...

😄 I GOT WIFI! I know I told you guys that I wouldn't be posting during my vacay😎😏 but I'm bored. I already ate, i swam in the beach and in the pool, I already explored my hotel room, though it's more like an apartment. ❤️feel free to comment your opinions on this chapter, you can say why you liked it or why not, just say anything! I love to know what my readers think, it also helps me improve, also sorry IF there are mistakes in this chapter. BYEE MY LOVES✨

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