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.