~Riley~

I reluctantly wake up to the deafening sound of my alarm. Great, it's Monday. Another week of school where I walk alone in the hallways and eat by myself at lunch. My parents don't know I'm a loner at school and they certainly don't know I get bullied by the popular kids. Fortunately, my dad isn't my teacher anymore since he decided to torture Auggie by working at his school instead.

I slowly get dressed and ready for school before heading downstairs; making sure I look happy in front of my parents so they don't ask questions about school.

"Good morning sweetie, I made breakfast."

"Thanks mom, but I'm not that hungry and I'm gonna be late, " She looks at me skeptically so I quickly add, "I'll just get something on the way to school" I smile at her, hoping that she believed me.

"Okay, but make sure you eat. You know, breakfast is-"

"The most important meal of the day," I interrupt her "I know mom. I really should go now, I love you." I run up to her and peck her on the cheek.

"Bye sweetie, have a good day at school."

Ugh school.

~Farkle~

"Yess! It's Monday! Another beautiful week to learn something new every day." I look at my watch and see that I've got plenty of time to get ready for school.

I get up and get dressed, deciding to wear a black t-shirt that spells GeNiUS in periodic elements rather than a turtle neck in this summer heat. I wear jeans and converse and look at myself in a nearby mirror.

"Heyyy, not bad Farkle. You don't seem like such a nerd today," I say to myself, "ahh who am I kidding? You're the school's biggest nerd."

I head towards the kitchen and see a note on the fridge from my dad saying:

'I took the helicopter for a ride with your mother. There's food in the fridge son'.

I take my time to make a sandwich and eat it whilst watching today's news.

Time flew by and before I knew it, it was almost time for school. I hurriedly pack my bag and swing it on my shoulder as I close the front door behind me. I grabbed my bike from the garage and cycled to school: My place of worship.

~Maya~

Waking up, I called out for my mom, even though I knew she wouldn't be home. It was worth a try at least.

"Hey, mom? You home?"
...
No reply. Of course. What did you expect maya?

I took my time whilst getting ready for school, not caring how late I might be. School hours are ridiculous anyway. Besides our last yearbook, for some reason, said I was the most popular girl at school. That's gotta give you some sort of special treatment right? I was just about to pour my cereal when I received a text from...my mom?

Mom: Working day and night this entire week. Promise I'll make it up to you x.

"Pfft, yeah right." I scoffed. I've given up on believing in my mother's promises, she never keeps them. She doesn't realize that I'm not a little child anymore. That just by saying one word I'll believe that everything will be okay. She doesn't realize that her promises don't mean anything to me. But I play along.

Me: That's ok. You can make it up to me by letting me choose the movie for girls night ;)

"Sometimes I swear I'm better off without her."  I sigh. With that I ate my breakfast, brushed my teeth and fixed my hair then headed out the door.

Thanks for a miserable morning mom.

~Lucas~

"Son you better get up or you'll be late for school!" I hear my dad yell from downstairs.

"Dad I'm awake, I'm ready, all I need is breakfast. Calm down." I say as I run downstairs and pat him on the back when I walk past him, towards the kitchen. "Besides, I've got plenty of time to spare."

"Well, do you have your car keys?"

I stop in my tracks. I slowly turn around looking at him questioningly with narrowed eyes. "M-My what?"

He just laughed in response. "Son you're 16. You've driven a tractor before in Texas, and I've let you drive my car bef-"

"That was Uncle Sam's car..."

"Yeah well, I didn't want my car to be torn to shreds, you were 13 at the time." He laughed. "What I'm saying is , you're actually a pretty good driver, I've given you lessons in my car and I trust you enough to start driving your own car. Here," He threw me the keys, "it's a good job you've got time to spare. I'm guessing you'd be pretty rusty so you'll need to practice before driving to school." He just smiled at me. I ran up to him and hugged him.

"This is awesome, thanks dad," as we part from the hug I tell him "oh and...you wouldn't tell anyone I hugged you, right?"

With a snigger he told me to eat my breakfast before I drove the car.

This will boost my popularity like crazy. Man, I can't wait to get to school.

A/N: Just a chapter to kinda introduce what the characters are like in this story. I doubt every chapter will include everyone's point of view. There's obviously more to come, I'm just not sure when :)