Chapter the First

My first detention, sh*t!

Amber’s P.O.V

“Are you sure that we’re going to make it before he actually notices that we’re not in the class?” I question Eva as we rushed to our Biology class.

     The moment Eva mentioned that we were going to be late I begged for us to go to class. Being the really carefree person that she was, she pleaded so that we stayed another five minutes. Five minutes led to ten and ten led to fifteen. We were fifteen minutes late for my favorite class for crying out loud!

     “The man barely remembers who’s in his class so we are safe, I think,” She says, not really assuring me here.

     I let out a sigh, bracing my bag on my shoulders as we ran down the hall to the Biology lab. The thing I hated the most right now was the fact that my hair was still dripping wet and it got my clothes damp too. My outfit was an eye sore but who gives a damn right? Not me.

     I wore dark jeans which won’t tight, a baggy blue sweater and a red under-top. My shoes were a pair of yellow converse. To say that I looked like a clown wasn’t a hyperbole in this case. Most clowns had red or orange hair and dressed in mismatched colors. This is where I came in. Red hair, check and a combination of blue, black, red and yellow in my clothing, check.

    Yup, I was a nerd clown, just great. Yes, the sarcasm was intended, trust me.

     Eva and I got to the classroom door panting. We were yet to catch our breaths when the door suddenly opened. My eyes immediately opened to their full extent while Eva’s face became pale. The only thing I could say now was, FML!

     “Oh how kind of you two to finally join the class. Now if you have a valid excuse for being late, then you can enter and get on with your experiments while I go collect a few things from the staffroom,” Mr. Hendrix says.

     Eva then smirks at the teacher and the look in her eyes had the word ‘lie’ forming in them. This girl would lie to any teacher just so that she would get out of trouble. My best friend was a sly one at that, if I do say so myself.

     “We were printing our projects at the library and the printer got jammed so we had quite a wait. We’re truly sorry for being late for class, you know that we’re better than that. If you’re wondering, our hairs are soaked because some douchebag played a prank on us. I’m going to get him for this!”

     My mouth hangs open at the fluent lie which Eva told the teacher. She’s smart to take the lead because she knows full well that I can’t lie to save my life.

     Mr. Hendrix nods in understanding and then speaks up, “If that’s the case, you girls are excused. Place your projects on the desk.” With that he began walking away but I couldn’t keep the lie within me anymore. 

     “Mr. Hendrix wait up! It’s all a lie; we didn’t go print our projects!” I exclaim and the teacher turns around. The expression he once had on his face turned into a disappointed one. Eva even shot me a death glare.

     “We were skylarking in the pool. We’re truly sorry!” I blurt out, exposing ourselves even more. Knowing my best friend pretty well, I didn’t dare look at her because she would murder me on the spot.

     I can’t help it! Mr. Hendrix is my favorite teacher and I couldn’t watch Eva lie to him like that! All the other times she did, I wasn’t involved in it! Yes, I have a lying problem when I’m involved, deal with it.

     “If that’s the case, kiss coming into my class goodbye. Detention, now,” He said calmly, not shouting at us.

     Eva and I simply nod in agreement and made our way towards the room where detention was held. My best friend haven’t muttered a word as yet but I knew that the battle of the besties was coming up soon. Just give her any second now; she’s going to explode mercilessly any time soon. One... two... three-

     “You f*cking idiot, my plan had already succeeded! What type of nerd are you? To me you were supposedly an intelligent being!” Eva wails, grabbing hold of the collar of my sweater and halls me up. To say I was scared right now would be an understatement.

     “I-I’m sorry but I couldn’t keep it in!” I defend myself.

     “Whatever Amber, you’re buying me lunch because of this mess!” She says, letting out a calm breath and continues our journey down the hall after letting go of my collar.

     Talk about ‘problem solved’ or what?

     For the while, that matter has been resolved. We continued our journey to the detention classroom. To be quite honest, I have never gotten detention before and I don’t know how it felt. Sure I saw it on movies but I still haven’t experienced it before today.

     Our school didn’t have after school detention. You ducked up; you paid for it at once. Yes, I replaced the swear word with ducked, problem? I hope not!

      Pushing the door of this room open, Eva and I made our way inside the room. It was actually empty excepting the presence of the sleeping warden and a familiar looking bag. It was a red and black bag exactly like mine. It was placed on the desk where all bags were to be placed. Both our bags were the exact same, the brand tag was still on both of them.

     Placing our bags on this desk, Eva and I took seats at the front of the classroom and started small chat. She was still a bit upset at the fact that we got detention but I could tell that she calmed down a great deal.

      “I’ll want a portion of fries, two pizzas, a slice of chocolate cake, that special pudding that we’re having today. Oh and before my diet is screwed, I’ll prefer a diet coke instead of the regular,” She states an entire shopping list for what she wanted for lunch today.

      “You must be kidding E! One, your diet is already screwed and two, what if I wanted to gas my car today!” I reason.

     “One, my diet is not screwed yet and two, you don’t even own a car!”

    The two of us started laughing for whatever reason we had. A few cheerful tears escaped my eyes because I couldn’t stop myself. Every time I decided to stop, Eva would have this goofy look on her face and then the laughing fit starts all over again.

     We continued to catch up with each other. Upon realization of the situation, I don’t really know what the distinct time limit for a detention period is! Oh well, I guess we’ll have to wake the warden sooner or later. We’ll be like prisoners asking when our release date was.

     “I’m getting out of this boring place,” Eva announces out of the blue.

     “Oh, so now I’m boring you?” I gaped in shock.

     Shaking her head and letting out a soft laugh, she got up from her seat. Heading towards the desk where our bags were rested, she grabbed hers and then turned to face me. “You’re not boring Amber, I said that this place was. Wanna ditch this non constructive atmosphere?”

     “Oh no, you don’t,” I say, following behind her as she headed for the door.

    Her hand was already positioned on the handle of the door but I pulled her back. She fixes her bag on her shoulder and then gives me a begging look. I kept my face straight as we had our mental argument. She seemed to understand what I was trying to tell her because she rolled those beautiful grey eyes of hers in annoyance. 

     “A,” She says, addressing me with her personalized nickname for me.

     “E,” I also reply, keeping my face straight. A, E, I, O, U... Those were the vowels, yes-a-roo! I can't believe I just thought of that...

     “There is nothing to do here Amber! Let’s just leave-“

     Eva didn’t have the chance to complete her sentence because the door flew open and was held back quickly enough before it slammed directly in her face. Her eyes were wide open at the site of the stopped door; my eyes were also bulging out my eye sockets.

    The person who pushed the door open entered the room and at the same speed he came in, he took his bag and left. Banging the door on his way out, I swear I heard this guy mutter, ‘She f*cked with the wrong guy’. 

     “D-D-D-Did that just happen!?” Eva lets out, sliding to the floor in astonishment. I remained paralyzed in my position because both of us knew who exactly that guy was.

     “I-I-I-It did. Jaden Brat really did almost destroy your face with a door,” I comment, getting my composure back.

     The look on Eva’s face never went away and we remained this way for the next five minutes. She then got a little frustrated and decides to remove her earrings. Don’t ask me what her plans to do with those were because I too had no idea. She then drops them lightly onto the floor beside her.

     “Huh? W-What is going on? I thought I heard earings fall to the floor. Why did I hear damn earrings fall to the floor?!” The once sleeping warden exclaims from the front desk.

      Eva and I both turn to stare at this man in disbelief. You mean to tell me, Jaden Brat burst through the door, banged it on his way out and he didn’t hear that but her heard when Eva’s earrings made contact with the floor?! Un-fudging-believable! 

     “Um…” I say, managing to mutter a sound.

      “You two,” He says sternly, pointing his finger at us. We waited for him to continue his sentence and he did just that. “Get back to your seats! Now write down four hundred lines stating ‘I will learn how to behave well in my classes’.”

     Eva and I didn’t move as we stared obscurely at this man in his early twenties. He wasn’t all that bad looking at all, he was eye candy to make my point even clearer. He has a mop of brown hair, hazel eyes and a well framed body from what I see. The name on his desk read ‘Mr. Jones’ and I guess that he doesn’t really have a qualification to teach so the principal dumped him in here.

     “Did you girls not hear me? Get your skinny butts in those chairs and get down to writing!” He scowls at us and not waiting twice, we scurried to our previous seat.

    This was going to be one hell of a long detention, if I do say so myself. A shaken best friend, a grouchy warden who was just waken up and myself, the nerd clown for the day, all in one room wasn’t the best combination ever made.

     Oh well, let’s just see how all this goes by.

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I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter! Okay, I know that it's crappy but don't say it outloud, okay? Just keep it a secret between you, myself and the rest of the world's population! ~•.•~ 

Picture of Mr. Jones to the side ---> 

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