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Chapter 2 - THE BIG PLAN

The big plan

Well, it's the first day of school and with all the fake smiley faces and 

"welcome back to school" posters pasted all over the school halls and rooms, 

It was plain obvious that the teachers were exasperated at seeing us as 

much as we were. Immediately we got in, we were given silly do's and don'ts 

which I think is totally Harry Potter-like. I mean like, hello? This is high 

school not drudgery camp! The klutziest thing about the whole deal was that

the do's were practically the same with the dont's.

DO'S AND THE DONT'S

woe betide you if you DON'T do IT

• Don't go outside. Do stay inside

• Don't sleep in the loos. Do stay in class

• Don't use your phones in class. Do keep your phones in your bags.

• Don't use swear words in class. Do use good words

• Don't come late to school. Do come to school early

• Don't snob at your teachers. Do Do what the Don't says.

Signed: Principal Wilbur

Well, I can see myself breaking all those rules already. Number one I can't 

possibly stay inside all day like who even does that? I'd have to talk to my 

friends of course cause that's the only thing that makes high school life 

worth living for ANYONE and I definitely do NOT sleep in the bathroom. 

The first thought of anyone who gets in there is to get back out as fast as 

possible. the school loos is literally WAY at the end of high school hygiene. 

The only thing it doubles as is a potential do-your-make-up-and-don't-getdisturbed and cry-your-heart-out room. And for the fourth rule, I've really 

got to use my phones cause I've got to, who'll keep tabs on the EPC as the 

honourable club president, not that I'd be SUCH a dyke to actually waste 

potential Facebook and internet time doing WORK. The EPC just comes out 

as a really good excuse whenever I'm caught. Come on! Facebooking during 

class is like the HIGHLIGHT of high school. Besides, swear words are the 

stuff that's totally in vogue now. These days no one wants to hear:

"Oh dear jolly Mary, how do you do this fine morning?"

"Oh I do well and if I may, how does thou do as well?" I mean like seriously? 

That's so 1781! As for the last rule, that would only happen if I get up early 

(which will never happen). The only rule I'm comfortable with is no snobbing 

back at a teacher. I'll be probably fast asleep if the class is boring or on 

facebook if I'm too hyped to bother.

"Hey there Summer!" Dawn said, running up to me from the library. As a top 

A student and plus, a terrific nerd, Dawn basically LIVES in the there. I for

one do not know where that is. 

"What's up?"

"I'm cool. Just checking out the guys and hoping their biceps are crushworthy" Shayna walked up to meet us, plopping five chocolate truffles into 

her mouth. Sometimes, I wonder how she manages to live through all that 

junk.

 She flashed a paper in my eyes, grinning.

"Here. We've a got a funny list of dos and don'ts in my class. Good riddance!"

I looked at it. The rules were pretty much the same. The don'ts' were the 

same with the dos.

"Our teachers are crazy. I mean, rules in high school? That's like so 1543!"

Dawn and I agreed. Carlizza ran up to meet us, waving and screaming 

excitedly. She fastened the strap of her bag tighter around her pink sequin 

jacket. 

"I asked him guys and he said yes!" We squealed and jumped around as 

noiselessly as we could. I took out my list and ticked Carlos's name off.

" Now that's one down and four more to go"

" I'll ask Elan before bio" Dawn said, taking a deep huge breath " Hope he 

says yes" 

" I'm so asking Harry right now!" Shayna shrieked. I looked around and 

turned to her.

" Where is he..." yeah Shayna was already skipping her way to Harry before 

I could breath properly. We watched her laugh and flirt with him and then 

she skipped back to us, excited. 

" He said yes!"

" Girl power!" Carlizza yelped. I ticked Harry's name.

" So that leaves you and me June and I do NOT know who to ask."

" This is high school Summer. You'll find someone soon"

" Yeah. Like Richie Wagner" Shayna said, nodding at the tall red-head with 

freckles and green eyes. I grimaced.

" He is chugging down a three-foot long burger down his throat"

" That's what boys do to impress girls" Dawn said

" Not working..."

" Look Summer" Shayna yipped " He winked at you!" I looked away and 

ducked behind my fash mag.

" There's Robbie Oldsberg, Matthew Lord, Duke Wells..."

" Cut it out Carliz. They're so NOT my type"

" What do you want then? A jock? The hunkiest hunk?" Shayna half 

screamed. 

" And what's wrong with that?" Yeah EVERYTHING was wrong with THAT 

but a girl can have dreams can't she?

" Have you forgotten the popularity code? Jocks date the CCPS, nerds date 

the dorks" 

" How could I ever forget? The tragedy of high school" I muttered, 

exasperated. " Hey where's June?" I asked, looking around. 

" Have no idea." Carlizza said, twirling her hair round her finger as soon as 

Carlos walked up to his locker. She grinned at him and he grinned back. " 

Probably watching Cameron talk about um... what?" We laughed and headed 

off to our lockers. Luckily, we all have one side by side. We literally hang out

everyday and talk every spare second we have together. 

 After classes, We found June in the cafeteria, slouched against a single 

seat in misery. She twirled her straw around her soda lazily and now and 

then, grabbed a cheese pizza up to her mouth and dropped it back again. 

She was staring at something. Or rather someone. I frowned. Cameron 

Williams. The bratty know-it-all guy with a huge chip on his shoulder.

"Uh-oh" Dawn whistled

"Proud he-goat. June needs saving ASAP" Carlizza asked.

"Don't know but we'll find out" We grabbed our lunches and sat next to 

June, filling up every space. 

"What's up?" I asked

"Fine" She murmured dejectedly, playing with her cheese.

"How do you like the food change today?" Carlizza asked "Nice right?"

"Yeah" She laid back on her seat, looking even more miserable.

" I asked Harry to the dance" Shayna said excitedly " And he said yes!" I 

MASSIVELY rolled my eyes at her. Just great, like that was helping things 

here.

"Come on June. What's the matter? Is anything wrong" I ran my hand 

through her straight brown hair. 

"You can tell us" I whispered. She sighed, looking away and batting her 

eyelids in an attempt to wade off the tears. Tough luck. They coursed down 

her eyes and ran down her cheek while I gaped at her, shocked. June never 

really cried. Even when we would cry our eyes out each time we watched 

totally emo-movies on lifetime, June never did. That's saved a lot on tissue.

"Come on June. You don't have to cry"

"No" She swiped the tears away, stiffening "No I'm crying to forget"

"Forget what?"

"Nothing guys. It's really nothing"

"Come on June!" Shayna said, rubbing her back softly. "What are friends for

if you can't tell us your problems? Come on June you can tell us anything"

"It not much. I asked Cameron out to the dance and he said no"

"Ohhhh…" We cooed sadly. Dawn looked away and Shayna bit her lower lip.

"I'm sorry June…" Carlizza began but June cut in.

"No. It's no big deal. If I don't go to the dance, it'll still be fine…"

"Nonsense!" I barked "That's pure nonsense. You will go to the dance and you

must! Darn it June why can't you move on? Why can't you face the fact that 

Cameron is a jerk and doesn't deserve to be loved? He's not the only boy in 

school and not even halfway close to the best. You can find other guys. 

Better guys June. Guys that will appreciate you. Not one that doesn't care 

about you! Why you just simply face the fact?"

"No! It's him or no one else…"

"No it's not! Why, you sound so obsessed already June! Are you so much in 

love that you can't see? Can't you see Maxwell hills? the guy's totally in love 

with you!! He's artsy, loves music and is fun to be with yet you're losing your 

mind over some ungrateful wretch who can't even like you in return" Ok yeah

the Maxwell hills story is all a fib but he seems like a pretty nice guy. Let's 

face it. I'd totally recommend a frog prince to June to help her get over 

that miserable jerk.

"Calm down Summer"

"No! You need to have some sense knocked into you June. You've been 

crushing on Cameron since middle school and what have you gotten in 

return? What?" June didn't speak or even look at me. Instead, she slipped 

out of her seat quietly and bounded out of the cafeteria angrily. I slammed 

the back of her seat, feeling mad at both her and myself.

"The girl's stupid!" Dawn screeched, flailing her arms out wide. "Damn plain 

stupid"

"Don't be so mean Dawn" Carlizza said. Dawn glared at her.

"But it's the truth and you all know it. Why can't she just face it and stop 

wasting her time?"

"Well, she's obviously a die-hard romantic." I sighed "And I can't help but 

feel terrible for how I'd shouted at her."

"Yeah" Shayna said "That was a bit too mean on your part". Just then I 

spotted the wretched pride-gloated brat striding out of the cafeteria and 

felt the irresistible urge to wrench his gut. He had his nose buried deep in a

book and watched the crowd with a queer disgusted look. Have I told you 

how much I HATE HIS GUTS? I felt my insides burn in anger and without 

stopping to even think, I walked up to him and stepped in his path.

"Summer!" Dawn called "What are you doing?"

"Come back Summer" Carlizza cried frantically "Come back!!" I looked back 

just in time to see Shayna smile and lay back on her seat, folding her 

shoulders.

"Let her be. Oh I'm so gonna love this!"

"Cameron!" I hollered. He looked back gracefully and walked on like I was 

the world's scumest scum of the earth and the feeling was mutual. Cameron 

hates me as much as I hate him.

"Oh you brat!" I muttered "Just you wait and see" I ran after him and 

grabbed him by the shoulder. He looked at me, adjusted his glasses and 

sneered.

"What do you want?"

"Oh don't act like it's the end of the world Cam" I said, feigning a smile.

"You don't fool me one bit. And don't call me Cam"

"Oh yeah?" I said, glaring at him "Why not? Is that your girlfriend's pet 

name for you now?" I added intentionally and went on before he could say 

something lame "And besides, Cameron's such a bore and I can only 

remember your name when I think of... yeah. Loser, jerk and a thousand 

more obscenities" He rolled his dainty little eyes at me and sighed.

"I'm not in the mood for your squabbles. What do you want?"

"Do you like June?" His eyes crinkled in confusion.

"What?"

"You heard me. Do you like June?"

"Who the hell's June?" I gasped. He didn't even know who she was? Poor, 

poor June! 

"Who asked you out to homecoming?"

"How's that any of your business…"

"Of course it is! Now answer my question!"

"Look here Summer. I don't know what's your deal with me but I'll kindly 

suggest that you move out of the way before I push you out. I've got much 

more important things to do with my time"

"Push me? In your dreams weasel!. And bet you I'm not leaving till you 

answer my question, even if we have to have push each other"

"I'm busy with this Summer…" He said, raising a book up to my face.

"Oh keep that aside!" I flung the book away and he looked at me, wide-eyed 

"We all can read as well as you proud goat!"

"What the heck is wrong with you?"

"No. What's wrong with you? Who the hell do you think you are? All because 

you cracked some lame case on the school canteen which is so lame itself 

and wasted meaningful ink writing your miseries down in a piece of toilet 

paper, you feel that you're so hot that every girl in the universe would be 

after you?"

"What the heck…?"

"You're such a jerk! A mean God-forsaken jerk!! Do you know that June, that

same girl you claim not to know but turned down has been madly in love with 

you since middle school?"

"Madly in love with me?"

"Yes! Terribly in fact and it's killing her. She's so sad and lonely right now 

and yet she won't give up on you yet you fool that you are will never man up 

and be nice. All you care about is yourself and your stupid books!"

"You're crazy Summer! Completely crazy!!"

"No you're the crazy one coward! You're a jerk for saying no to my friend. If

only you'd be nice and get to know her more or at least be nice and 

approachable, you'd know that she's a very nice person with a kind heart."

"Oh wait, are you trying to force me into a relationship?"

"Oh you've got the nerve!" I said through gritted teeth. "Just who do you 

think you are? I wouldn't even wish you on my enemy!"

" Then get out of my way you psycho!"

"Of course I will. Gladly in fact. I need to take some fresh air so I'll leave. 

But remember this" I drew close and hit him on the chest with a finger "no 

matter how much my friend likes you, I'll make sure she forgets about you. 

And whether you like it or not, she will make it to the homecoming" With 

that, I sneered at him and trounced off, leaving him shocked and dazed. The

girls cheered, thumping me on the shoulder like I'd won a trophy.

"You really got him Summer" Dawn said "No one has ever talked to him like 

that"

"Did you see the look on his face?" Shayna said excitedly "He was like…

Whhhhhhat?"

"...The fuckkkkkkkkkk...?" Dawn drawled. I huffed and sat down.

 "He's such a jerk. What does June even see in him?"

"Don't know, don't care. All I know is that Cameron doesn't deserve her and 

I'm going to make June see that" I said, warming up. That's how most of my 

crazy ideas came. They didn't brew or move in, they just rushed in, sped up 

and set my mind thinking. 

"We could find June someone else. It doesn't have to be Cameron"

"But she's sworn that it's him or one else"

"Then we will make her chose someone else. I have a little plan in mind for 

that.