Unexpected | girlxgirl

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Riley

We walked back to the classroom and everyone was staring at us, including the boy who tripped me.  Brooklyn began to pick up my books and glared at everyone. "Can I help you?" Everyone quickly continued talking.

Brooklyn handed me my bag and scowled at the boy who tripped me. We walked to the back of the classroom and sat down.

The teacher came in and told everyone to be quiet. She explained how the schedules worked and then began teaching.

I looked at Brooklyn and mouthed the word boring, she mouthed back I know right.  In between class periods, we figured out that our schedules were exactly the same except for two classes. Our first was Science with our homeroom teacher, Mrs. Mavine, then we had History with Mr. Dortise, and English with Mrs. Laviner, then we had free period which was one of the only times we were separate.

I met two girls in free period named Evelyn and Marylyn, who were cousins. They asked me if I wanted to sit with them.

This might not be as bad as I thought! I said mentally.

Brooklyn and I met back up for music with Mr. Devon, who is really nice. We both love music, and you would think that we would like the class, right? Wrong! Listening about music and learning about it was way different. Plus, we have to play recorders like the third graders! Each of us will eventually play in front of the rest of the class, which is going to be horrible because of my stage fright.

After Music, we headed to lunch. I met up with Evelyn, Marylyn, and Brooklyn, who introduced us to another girl. Her name was Raquel. She seemed awesome, and wore a 5 Seconds of Summer band shirt, who are one of my favorite bands. She also had aquamarine colored hair, which I had always wanted.

It was the perfect day.

Until...

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Brooklyn

"Yeah so I was like, screw it, and I just dyed my hair anyway!" Raquel laughed.

We were all having a good time at lunch, talking a mile a minute, and ignoring our food. The macaroni tasted like dust, anyway.

"I want blue hair," Riley pouted. I reached over and ruffled her head. "Whoa! Your hair is freaking soft!" I exclaimed, petting her. Marylyn, Evelyn, and Raquel all reached over and pet her as well.

"Hey guys!" We all heard a sickly sweet voice and sat back down. "Can I sit with you?" I glanced at Riley. "Sure..." She said, much to the silent protests of Evelyn and Marylyn.

"I'm McKenna. And you are?" She said. "I'm Brooklyn," I said. "I'm Riley." Riley whispered. "Nice to meet you!" McKenna chirped, then dumped a carton of chocolate milk on Riley's head. She screeched and jumped up. I stood up and pushed McKenna away from our table, and ran after Riley, who had taken off in the direction of the bathroom.

"Riley, wait!" I called after her, running out of the cafeteria and into the bathroom. "Are you okay?" I asked her. She had slumped down onto the tile floor in a heap. "What did I do?" She whispered. I sat next to her and wrapped my arm around her. "Nothing. She's just a selfish, little, good for nothing, godawful, bi-" I was cut off by Raquel bounding into the small room and crawling over to us. Marylyn and Evelyn followed suit.

"You should've seen it, Riley! I slapped that fake tan right off her face, she's gotta have a handprint for the next week! I got detention, but god, it was so worth it." Raquel rambled.

We all burst into laughter and did a group hug. "Thanks, guys," Riley whispered. I didn't know what she meant, but I nodded anyway.

The rest of the day flew by, and it was our last class, which we all had together. It was study hall, and we snuck out and hung out in the gym.

We ran around like idiots, doing cartwheels and riding around on maintenance carts and god knows what. After 30 minutes of craziness, we all lied down on the wooden floor and stared at the metal ceiling. There was a peaceful silence for a few minutes until the bell rang, signaling that the first school day was over.

We exchanged numbers within our little group, and we split up. Marylyn and Evelyn were picked up by their parents, Raquel skateboarded home since she lived so close, and Riley and I got on the bus. Since we lived just minutes away from each other, we were on the same bus, number 37.

I found a seat in the back, and had Riley sit right by me. We talked for a while, until the bus came to my stop. I said goodbye to Riley, and walked down the street to my new house.

I stopped at the mailbox, grabbing the mail from this morning, and unlocked the door. After school, I was always home alone, since my brother, Brendon, always had some sort of sports practice or game.

I made myself a sandwich and created a group chat on iMessage between me, Riley, Marylyn, Evelyn, and Raquel.

Me: sleepover at mine on friday?

Riley: I'm in

Raquel: ofc

Marylyn: Yassss

Evelyn: YES PLS

I happily turned off my phone and curled up on the couch, dozing off until I fell asleep.