"A journey of discovery for sixteen year old Adam, after some devastating news"
Chapter One: January It's 7.15 am on Monday morning. I wake up with a start as the clock radio on the chest beside me suddenly blares into life. I raise my tousled bed-head off the pillow to peek under the...
"Flooding ourselves with more than just information"
A continuation of my return visit to meet Clare: “I’m still rather intrigued to know who this person named Abby is,” Clare reiterated. She was still bent forward with her left knee and upper torso sprawled upon her desk, her...
"Abby angers me but Clare proves a calming influence after some under desk persuasion."
Return to Clare ‘As one door closes and another door opens’ as the saying goes and to say that I was living that saying would not be too far a stretch of the imagination. To put you in the picture,...
"Hayley has more fun in detention than she thought possible"
Hi, I'm Hayley. I'm sixteen with brown curly hair down to my shoulders and freckly skin. I'm a sophomore and last night I had detention for the first time. I cried when Mr. Hall gave me detention for texting in...
"I had two decisions: Scream or suck."
I only stayed after school for honors society meetings or literary art club, nothing else. I couldn’t stand walking those hallways when it wasn’t required, especially being a senior. When the clock struck 2:00 PM, it was dangerous to stand...
"She doesn't sleep with random guys at parties...so she thought."
Classes were due to start in roughly two weeks. After years of studying, stressing, winning awards, and being a try hard, I simply wanted at least to relax. I just recovered from grueling wisdom teeth extraction as well, so my...
I walk into class and take my seat in the middle. My girl, Lacy, takes her seat next to me. "What's up girly?" she asks. "Hey!" I say excitedly, maybe too excitedly. "Okay, spill.” “Spill what?” “Who is he?" "Who...
"This will be the best Christmas vacation ever!"
It was about a month after the incident with Mr. Hernandez when Amy's next milestone materialized. It was mid-December, and everyone was in a flurry about the soon-to-come Christmas Break. Amy and her mother were sitting down one evening to...
"Ian's High School experience achieves climax on prom night"
The days were already getting longer. It was nearly eight o’clock at night, and the sun was only just now dipping below the horizon. The California sky turned tangerine. It was stunning. But not as stunning as Elizabeth. I heard...
"It was time to make amends to the school janitor!"
A few days later Amy was in Mr. Cramer's biology class once again. Her week with him up and mother home again, things had returned to the normal schedule, although Amy still stopped by after class every couple of days...
