Twisted Gems

Home Stretch

3 weeks later

It's been a pretty rejuvenating, relaxing, and productive 3 weeks. The following week after my visit to the school, I finished my algebra 2 extra credit and passed the test which brought my grade up from a 74 to an 86, even higher than I expected. Me and Justin also started building our prism and alternated between our houses to work on it. And for some reason Deon and Amari thought Justin was my boyfriend. I don't know why some people think that we can't be friends with the opposite gender. It felt good to call him that though. My friend. 

 I also informed Mrs. Jackson about my decision to go to the school and she was thrilled about it. But no one outside of my family and Soleia know yet though. Then the week after that we were finally on spring break. For spring break our family took a trip to the Florida aquarium, Busch gardens, and went to the beach. I was able to stay up as late as I wanted and not have to face the repercussions the next morning. 

This past Monday, me and Justin worked on the final part of our physics project: the slideshow and made sure to hit every point in the rubric. Which brings us to today, the Wednesday where we finally present everything.

Justin's point of view

I hope I don't sound ridiculous but I think I have a crush on Onya. I don't know how it happened but I've been thinking about her since spring break. Maybe it was bonding about how annoying our siblings are, her fantastic art skills or her being a boss at this project.  She's special. The spring fling dance is coming up in 3 weeks, I should probably ask her to that...as a friend of course, just in case she doesn't feel the same way. I hope that we don't stop talking to each other after we present the project. 

Back to Onya's point of view

After History was over I got a course request form from Mrs. Jackson for my 12th grade classes that I filled out in between classes.  American Government and Economics were already there since they're required. I'm gonna have a free period and study hall, which meant I had room for 3 more classes. African American studies is a definite must for me. I'll probably add Forensics there, too, because the Flash really got me interested in that kind of stuff. Who knows, maybe I might become a CSI just like Barry Allen. Lastly, I'll add film because who's gonna pass up the opportunity to walk around that fancy school with that nice camera? Once I finished filling out the form, I decided to spend the rest of that time rehearsing for my presentation until the bell rings.

Before I knew it, I heard a loud DINGGG! I packed up my things and headed to Mr. Peters class. Once I got there, it was dead silent, you could literally hear a pin drop. Everybody was so laser focused on practicing for their presentations. I scanned the room until me and Justin made eye contact. "Hey, Onya. You ready to present today?", Justin asked. "I'm ready to get this presentation over with." I replied. "Nah, I feel you. I stayed up until almost 2 am rehearsing the slideshow.", he continued.

"2 am is crazy. Especially considering that you live so far from school. It's amazing how you're so alert. Caffeine I'm guessing?", I ask. "You know it. I drink so much monster energy. They might as well sponsor me. Since we pretty much have this slideshow engraved in our brains, can we change the subject?", he said. "Sure."

"You know how the spring fling dance is coming up?", he started. "Yeah, It's all Jessica and Gracie talk about since they're on the planning committee. From what I heard, the theme is bold and beautiful. I know most of the juniors are planning on going but after last month's party, I think my social battery is on E. Plus all the underclassmen treat this as their prom. It'll be awkward to go without a date. What about you, do you plan on going?", I replied. "Yeah, I'm just gonna go with a few friends from my precalc class. This is the first school dance I've been to since freshman year homecoming which was terrifying. Now that I've gotten used to big social gatherings, I'm ready to bust a move on the dance floor.", he finished.