Chapter 8: A New Beginning

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CHAPTER 8

A NEW BEGINNING

"Good Morning Grandpa" said 17-year-old Arnold Shortman as he walked in the kitchen to get some breakfast before heading to school

Putting his paper down Grandpa replied with a usual laugh "he-he morning Shortman, are you going to be out late today?"

"Um well I was going to pick up my motorcycle today from the shop"

"Good Luck with that" laughed the man knowingly "just to let you know we have a new border coming in a couple of hours"

"Oh, so that rooms finally ..."

"yeah yeah yeah, it's finally booked, and for one year" smiled the elderly man as he too a sip of his coffee

"Wow how.. "

KNOCK, KNOCK

Finishing whatever it was that he was eating, Arnold looked up and said "that must be Gerald" the boy stood up as a sign that he was leaving "so do you want me to come home early and help them with moving in today Grandpa?"

"naaaah I can handle it, they'll probably be settled in by the time you finish school, go and have some fun with your friends and do whatever you kids do these days"

With a smile, Arnold replied "thanks Grandpa"

Arnold took his back pack and answered the door, right there stood Gerald, he was still taller than Arnold, but he never changed his hair style, nor his trademark red 33 shirt and black jeans.

Gerald smiled and pointed his finger out to the right side "WOW whose bike is that?" he asked

Arnold popped his head out the door to take a peek "I think that it's the new boarder's,"

"Now that's a nice ride," said Gerald while still staring at the sleek black bike

"Yeah" agreed Arnold

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As they started walking towards P.S. 318, they spotted Lila and Stinky holding hands

"Man Arnold, I still can't believe that you just broke up with her, I mean, that was your dream girl since like when... 4th grade?"

Arnold put his head down "She's not my dream girl Gerald, Helga is, and you know it"

"I know I know, sorry man, but you need to move on, I mean you've dated a lot of girls and they never last, I don't know what ever happened between you and Helga, but face it Arnold she probably moved on too"

"But none of those girls compare to her, I lov..."

In an annoyed tone Gerald said "aaah man not this again"

Arnold just sighed, "lets just go, forget about it"

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Walking off the plane the dark-haired female, tuned many heads, yes she was beautiful, she wore a white tight shirt, and a black jacket not covering the curves she had in all the right places, black jeans that fit her just right, her hair was long and wavy, her black chain boots clinked with every step she took getting even more heads turning, she also wore dark shades.

She was mysterious, She was confident, and no one messed with her, her name... was G

G spotted the person she was looking for; she walked up to him and crossed her arms "How's my bike Alex?"

"I'm fine Thank You for your concern about me," said the Middle aged man, he wore a suit and was a little bulky, he had brown eyes and brown short hair "glad you made it, let's go look for your bags"

"You mean this bag," said G while holding the light-weight object in the air

"That's all you have?" asked Alex with a raised brow

"Doi" replied G

"Alright then, lets just go" they walked up to a Ford Mustang and drove off...

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Alex pulled over to his destination, "alright were here" he shouted

Lost in her thoughts G really didn't pay much attention as to where they were going, so when she stepped out of the car her jaw dropped to the ground.

"OH HELL NO! Alex, I'm not staying here"

"Oh come on G, this is paradise compare to all the places you've lived"

Shaking her head no, and waving her arms up in the air she yelled "no no no no no way am I ever going to live here"

"Look G what's the big deal, its like living on your own, you'll have your own room, no parents but maybe a family who would look out for you, everyone in there would supervise and make sure that you would stay out of trouble"

"I told you! I don't want a stupid family!" yelled G

"You have a choice, either you take part in this program or go back to jail"

"fiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnne" G stomped up the stoop, she looked back towards Alex, biting her lip for she really wanted to tell him off "let's get this over with already"

With a sly grin he replied "ah, now that's more like it"

They knocked on the door, when it opened, out ran many animals; G just raised an eyebrow "some things never change" she thought

"Why hello there" said an old man as he waved inwardly "you must be the new boarder, come on in"

The trio walked down the hall and Grandpa showed G to her room "so what ya think?"

"Wow, finally a comfy bed ooooo can't wait to sleep tonight" thought G as she looked at her new place to stay "Um it's alright" she replied

Alex spoke up; "good you think so, now I want you to meet everybody who lives here.."

"oh yeaaaaah, everybody's waiting in the living room to meet ya," said Phil

Even though no one could see through her shades, G just rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, she followed not saying a word

Phil pointed at each border as he called up their names, well this is ...

My son Miles and his wife Stella they both said "hello" at the same time, the couple was coming towards her to give her a hug but seeing that G was backing away, settled for a weak unwelcomed handshake instead.

And this is Mr. Hyunh "he-lo" said the man as he waved

Crossing her arms and leaning towards one side, G just nodded at everyone as they were introducing themselves.

And this is Ernie Potts "hey kid"

Suzie Kokoshka "Hi"

Oskar Kososhka "why hello there little girl"

"And I'm Phil but you can call me Grandpa"

"and who could forget Pookie, hey were did she go Pooooookie" called Grandpa as he scratched his head

Out came Pookie wearing some weird outfit that G couldn't make out what it was

Making weird hand signals she replied "why hello there Eleanor" G couldn't help but let a little smirk escape, "whoa, did she just..."

Alex cut her thoughts short by saying "well now that you've met everybody I will introduce you..."

"just to let you know the whole pack isn't here," said Grandma "you forgot Kimba"

Clearing his throat Grandpa said, "she's right we can't forget Shortman"

"Oh that's our son Arnold" replied Stella

G started to panic, she kept looking around in all corners, not wanting to even look at him, she wanted to run but Alex was blocking the way and it would look weird too. "Just relax G" she gulped "he probably won't even recognize you"

Noticing her weird reaction Miles said, "oh, he's at school right now"

G calmed down, and now she couldn't even speak and just nodded

Alex spoke up again, "well we can introduce you to him later" he cleared his throat "this is Helga G Pa..."

Terrified G just covered his mouth and with a threatening voice stated "NO, no one calls me by THAT name, just call me G"

Everyone was shocked as to how weird she was acting; they looked at each other and shook their heads "ok"

Alex looked at his watch "well then, I'll be coming in on Sunday night to check up on things, I'll bring in your school papers and your employment ones too, have a good weekend and stay out of trouble"

"yeah yeah yeah, don't has to worry about that Alex"

G started to follow him out the door when suddenly Alex turned around and said "Go and have lunch with them"

"But I was gonna go check on my bike"

"Its fine, go and meet them, then you can settle in"

With an exaggerated tone she said "Fine!"

"I just want to get rid of you" she mumbled angrily as she walked back into the home

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