Her name was June, named for the month she was born. She is a young and bright girl who lives on the countryside with her father and older brother. Her mother had left her when she was three. Now at age 16, June is making her life, she attends school in the closest city to her home, which happens to be 20 miles away. Her dad drives her to school every morning and her brother picks her up every afternoon. A typical day for June consists of waking up at 6:00 AM, leaving for school by 7:00 AM and starting school by 7:45 AM. She is a Junior in high school and has 6 classes each day, AP Physics, AP World History, AP Statistics, AP Language and Composition, Drawing, and Programming. She goes through these classes every day and ends school at 2:30 PM. By 3:00, she is back home and doing homework. Generally, June would spend two and a half hours studying, go eat dinner at 5:30 PM and after that, go outside to the barn to ride her horse, Misty, then groom and feed her before putting her in her stall for the night. This had always been a typical routine for June, until recently. Her life was taking a turn as she was beginning the Junior year of her high school career. She met someone on that first day of high school, someone who would change her life. His name, Greyson, a transfer student to Jefferson High.
... that changes everything
Sarah was starting her junior year of high school. Looking at herself in the mirror, she saw a pretty average blonde haired, blue eyed, teenager. She was neither in the popular group, nor one of the many cliched outsiders. Sarah was a nobody. She liked to blend in and lay low. It was her way out of not only this town, but her house. No one knew it, but her father was a high functioning alcoholic that often took his anger out on his family. With her older sister now in college, it had turned to her more often. Laying low in general was a good strategy.
Across town, Ryan was prepping for his final year in high school. While he wasn't the stereotypical quarterback of the football team, he did fit into the popular crowd. His sports of choice included basketball and soccer, either of which might line him up for a scholarship next year. Ryan had a group of close friends and a lot of adoring acquaintances. It wasn't easy juggling his athletics and keeping the grades up, but he was just that good. The supporting parents didn't hurt either.
It might be a cliché romance, but it will be fun to see what the year and beyond holds.
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This is a story I wrote years ago, or at least partially wrote. As I transcribe it here, I have tried to update it a bit and give the characters/story more depth than what I had when I was younger. Hopefully it all gets pulled together!