Shine On Me

Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

Mitchie's P.O.V.:

Yes! I thought as I grabbed all of my things and made a bee line towards the door as the final bell for the year rang. No more school for a whole 3 months! God only knows why everyone has to take finals on the last week of school.

I could hear the others kids running out of their class rooms like they were on fire as well as the beautiful sound of lockers closing with such a finality behind it that a smile spread across my face.

"Mitchie," I heard familiar voices call from down the hallway. I turned to see my best friends Sierra, Jared, and Michael running towards me in the stampede. Oh my gosh, they have way too much energy! It's only 11:30! I thought, chuckling to myself.

"Hey guys! Why is everybody awake this morning? It's not even noon yet and we just spent the whole morning testing. Something's wrong with you people, I swear," I said to them when they caught up and we all headed for the door.

"Nah, nothing's wrong with us," said Jared slinging his arm around my shoulders. "You're just cranky."

"Whatever," I said shrugging his arm off and continued walking towards the front doors to freedom.

"Jeez! Someone didn't get their nine hours of sleep!" muttered Michael.

"Someone was up at 4:30 taking care of a 3 year old scared of the monsters her Uncle Michael said were coming to get her, so yes I am little cranky. Don't make me climb up there," I threatened, turning to glare at him. Standing at a whopping 6'4'', weighing about 200 pounds of muscle, Michael was the lovable giant of the group. He loved and protected everyone he was close to. He was a quiet person who kept to himself for the most part, at least until he got to know you or until someone hurt somebody he cared for. That was when the "giant" came out of him.

"I didn't do anything," he said putting his hands up in the world renowned sign of surrender.

"You heard mama short stack, don't make her climb up there," said Jared who was walking with Sierra. Jared has been my best friend since... as long as I can remember. He was the second lovable giant of the group, at least to me he was. Standing at 5'11", also weighing around 200 pounds, Jared was also the little/big brother of the group. Though Michael was the eldest of us all, by a year, Jared took it upon himself to be the over protective one of the group.

"I can climb you, too." I said glaring at him.

"No, thank you. I don't want that beef." He aid moving Sierra in front of him.

"Oh, what a strong man you are, using your 5' 5" girlfriend as a shield," said Sierra. "Get off of me!" she pushed his hands off of her shoulders and walked out of the door.

"Ah babe, come on! You know it was a joke! What is shorty gonna do?"

"Keep making fun of the short, you're gonna wind up with cut breaks," she threatened.

"Oh! You'd think they'd save the domestic violence for when they managed to trick some poor sucker into dating them but since that'll never happen, they have to turn on each other," Said Natalia, the self-appointed queen of the school who was, as always, followed by her pack of "loyal" minions.

I let out a sigh of frustration. So much for getting away unscathed.

"Yeah, so sad to see even the freaks don't want each other," Followed Megan or as we like to refer to her, minion number one.

"You have a good summer, too," I told them trying to stop the argument that I knew was coming and walk away hoping the guys would follow.

"I'd rather be a freak than a self-centered bitch that has to buy her friends," Jared said to Natalia and then he turned to Megan and the other minions. "What's up rent-a-homies?"