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Chapter 1

      The wind was howling through the night. Nobody could sleep, all we could do is wish. Wish that the storm would pass, wish that we would make it out alive. Kya and I are just sitting there sitting at the window, watching the rain fall onto the ground.

Beep beep beep. My alarm clock goes off.

     I drag myself out of bed. I hear Kya wake up in the other room. Time to get dressed I think sarcastically. Soon I am by my closet deciding what to wear: jeans and a black shirt or a maroon dress. I choose the jeans and the black shirt. I look nice in this outfit. I wear it all the time. My wavy brownish black hair makes this outfit look good. This means if anyone had to bet on what I was going to wear it would be jeans, black shirt, and white converses. It was basically my normal every day. I also bring another shirt for homecoming dress up. "Jen are you almost ready? I have to be to school early today I told you this yesterday!"

"Yeah, just a minute I am putting my shoes on", I yell back

In the morning my parents are already at work, so we don't really see them until we get home at night.

     I lace up my converses, slip them on and go. I run downstairs and grab my bag. I go to the key hook, grab my keys and run out the door. I meet my little sister Kya in the car. I throw my backpack in the back seat. I turn the car on, put it in gear and drive to school. "So...how was your time over at Kara's house yesterday?" I ask

"It was okay we talked about the usual stuff. You know school, drama, guys, and well we talked about some other stuff.", Kya said

"Okay. That sounds good did you finish your project for school for Germany?", I ask her

"Yeah, we got it done. It looks awesome! I am excited for you to see it tonight at the world showcase. You will be amazed." Kya tells me

"I bet", I tell her

      I turn into the school's driveway and down into the parking lot. Colorado is amazing with sunrises. They always look beautiful in the morning. Even when it is freezing outside. The trees make a perfect scene for a picture, that's why I have my sister take one every morning.

     We walk inside the building. It sounds like a zoo with all of the ranting, roaring, and the screams across the hall. It is homecoming aka spirit week. Kya goes by her friends and I go by Claire. Thank the amazingness of people that I met Claire. She is amazing. We are two peas in a pod. Claire understands me unlike anyone else, and I understand her like anyone else. She is also a blonde fashionista. She can rock socks and sandals, leopard print, and many other combinations. Today after the football game she is having her birthday party. I have to bring Kya so that she won't complain.

    Claire and I walk to class. We have half of our day together which is amazing. If we have trouble with a problem for homework, we can just ask each other. The worst part of our morning is that we have Mr. Mertle. Mr. Mertle is an old-fashioned history teacher. If anyone talks he yells at you. You have to follow his rules and if you don't you will be stuck in the office for the rest of the semester. At least he lets us go on our phones if all of our work is handed in. Claire and I take our seats. We sit next to each other, which is actually really cool of Mr. Mertle

"Good morning Warriors. Today we have a pep-rally at 2:30! We have one every day this week for spirit week! Lunch is tater tot casserole. Have a good day everyone. See you all later!" The voice fades out.

     The voice on the loudspeaker is Cindy. Cindy is the "perfect" student. She gets straight A's, is cheer captain and also does charity work for little puppies. I asked once if I could help and she said no. Why would you stop someone from helping charity?

"Good morning class. Today will be a free day. You can do whatever you want if you just stay quiet." Mr. Mertle says

     Sweet! This is amazing! I finished all of his homework last night, so I can just chill out and go on my phone. I put on my maroon scarf so I can be counted as participating in spirit week. Two guys walk in from our grade in maroon shirts. Its Kyle and Stephen. They are two peas in a pod, just like Claire and I. They also aren't complete idiots. They have good grades and stuff. Stephen is dating Claire. They have been together for a few months now. Claire keeps trying to set me up with Kyle, I just don't know yet if I want to date him. Claire says that he is perfect for me, but I'm not 100% positive yet.

     Kyle and Stephen take their seats in front of Claire and me. They were late because they have to take count of all of the participants for spirit week. Mr. Mertle got an email of this the last week and called them up to the front of the class for them to explain why they will be late this week, every day. Later in the hour, I help Kyle with a history question. When I explain to him the answer I look in his eyes. His eyes are a beautiful, hazel. I may be crushing on him.

     Mr. Mertle's class ended. During Mr. Mertle's class, it was cool. Kyle and I talked more. Kyle and Stephen are very cometic and sarcastic all of the time. I like that they are funny. They are also not idiots like all of the other boys in our grade. Most guys in our grade would parade around and party on weekends. Kyle and Stephen don't. They get their work done, do things for the school, and even have jobs. Most people in my grade say that jobs are overrated. I don't I have one with the courthouse. I am a filer. I put the cases in alphabetical order, and sort many things. Once in a while, I get put on a case, but not often.

     I get to second hour. We have a block system so we only have 5 classes. Mrs. Bethany is an amazing English teacher. She makes learning fun. Instead of sitting down and doing ten-million assignments, Mrs. Bethany has us do activities to learn things. Sure we will get an assignment a day, but when you understand that assignment and can finish it in ten minutes, that's a different story.

     Mrs. Bethany always has something up her sleeve. Freshman year she got proposed to in front of our class by Mr. Mertle. She said yes. They had dated forever. NOBODY expected him to propose, but he did say to take your phone out and record to somebody. The wedding was beautiful. She invited me because I am her favorite student. Seriously, Mrs. Bethany gives me food, asks me if I need a hug, and even gave me a day with no assignments pass when my dog died. She is the best teacher ever. I do not know what I would do without her she is literally the best teacher ever.

     When that awesome class ended it was time for Lunch. I like lunch because I get to eat, talk to my friends, and just get to be happy. When I finally get my lunch after being waited out for at least 10 minutes, I went to go find Claire. Claire, of course, was waiting for me at the back table. The back table only has 2 seats for the lonely people. We sit back there sometimes just to be alone. We talk about how our second-hour class went since we don't have it together. It went pretty well for us both.

     The bell rings and we say our goodbyes even though we share the rest of the day together. I walk to my locker and get my stuff for my next two classes. I have a study hall for 5th period so I work on my homework or go on my phone. For 3rd hour we have Mr. KFC which would be the weirdest name, but we have Mrs. Bell. Mrs. Bell's first name is Taco. We have some pretty weird last half of the day names.

     At 2:30 we go to the gym for our homecoming pep rally. It is the big game today. There is a lot of cheering. If we win this we will go to state for the 10th time, so this is a big deal.

Thank you for reading my new book! I have been working on this book for my language class and liked it so much that I decided to post it on wattpad. I hope you enjoy the rest of this book. I will be posting a new chapter every day for the next ten days because there are 10 chapters to this story. Have a nice read! Thats all for now BYE!!!!!!