"Dear Diary. If musicals have taught me anything, it's that you should follow your dreams and never give up... But here we are, FIRST DAY OF SOPHOMORE YEAR! And... uh... I look around at this place that I just moved to and I ask myself, 'Why Me?' " She then slammed her diary closed, having just tried to do a 'Heathers' style diary entry. 'Maybe this won't be as bad as I think it will be!' She thought, trying to be optimistic...

 But boy was she wrong. She understood none of her classes, especially math, the cafeteria food was disgusting compared to her normal lunches at home, and because of her new sleep schedule, she got extremely tired and fell asleep in about two/thirds of her classes, causing her to receive a weeks detention.

If this day was an indicative sample, she'd be dead in no time. On Friday, after detention, Laura was heading for the restroom when she heard a guy yelling in the men's room.

"IT'S FROM JAPAN! IT'S-A GREY OBLONG PILL!"

'What is he talking about? Some type of foreign drug or something?' She thought. It was then that she decided that she'd wait until he came out to ask. A considerably long wait later, a short guy walked out and Laura bumped into him.

"YO, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, TALL A**"

"Sorry, sorry, sorry, I.. uh..." She said.

"Wait... it's afterschool, what the hell are you doing here?" The short boy said.

"Well, I could ask you the same thing," Laura inquired.

"Ehh, just some dumb play for extra credit."

"lucky," Laura whispered. "I, uh, had detention. Slept in class."

"Oh. It's your first week and you got detention already?"

"Wait, how'd you know it's my first week?"

"I've never seen you here before. I think I would've remembered seeing you," the short, yet sorta charming guy remarked.

"So, did you just move here or..?"

"From Minnesota. I actually used to be homeschooled, so this whole.... The setting is kinda new to me."

"Well, hope you get used to it."

"Me too.... OH, By the way, I'm Laura," She said, extending a hand.

"Rich," the tiny male said and he shook it.

Rich was around 5'5 with dirty blonde hair that had a red streak in the center. He wore a blue tank top with an eyeball and camo pants. Because of his height, Laura assumed he was a freshman but asked to make sure, she asked.

"Junior. You?" He said.

"Oh, I'm a sophomore." She said.

Rich Was Shocked. Not only was she taller than him, but she was younger too! Embarrassed, he tried to escape the situation.

"Um... Well, I gotta go.."

"Oh ok.. wha WHa WAIT!" Laura stopped him before he could leave, having just remembered WHY she stopped him in the first place.

"I.. uh... I heard you yelling something in the bathroom. 'It's From Japan, It's A Grey Oblong Pill?' What is that? Foreign drugs?"

Rich just stood there, silent and still, twitching slightly....

"Umm.... You okay, dude?" Laura suddenly got worried.

"We can't talk about it here, someone might hear us!"

"Oh, I doubt it's that big of a de-" As she was saying that, Rich grabbed her by the arm and dragged her to....