The Young And The Hopeless, chapter 3
Third lesson went by really slowly. We had Geography. We watched a video about flooding for the full hour. Finally, the bell rang for lunch and everybody headed off in different directions. Rachel, Shauna, Nikita and Scott started to walk in the direction of our form room, where they usually eat. I stood out side our classroom, waiting for Leigh, Mike and Tre who had to stay back for talking.
"Hey, can I eat with you today?" came a voice from behind me, I swivelled round, noticing Billie Joe.
"Yeah, sure you can, just waiting for these three rebels to get out and we'll go meet David and Chris, if that's ok?" I answered.
He nodded. Next thing I knew someone had landed on my back as they jumped on me. Spinning round, the attacker fell off.
"Hey, Tre, you got out then?" I said as he fell.
"Yep. The other two have to stay for like fifteen more minutes." He informed me.
"Ok then. Anyway, Tre, do you mind if Billie hangs with us today? It's just he's a bit of a loner and I took pity on him and... " I joked before I was cut off.
"Hey, shut it," said Billie, playfully punching me in the arm.
"Sure he can, wanna go now, I'm starving" and with that the three of us went to find David and Chris.
~~Leigh's POV~~
Man, detention sucks. I'm always being stuck with it. It's Tre's fault, he's the one who kept poking Mike and me. However, you can't stay mad at Tre. I'm not actually that mad at him, though.
It's got me some alone time with Mike. I've kinda had a secret crush on him for a while now, but I haven't told anyone, not even Simone.
Miss Mellor left the room, after giving us a long lecture about talking in class. Yawn. She told us to be quiet and just sit there. Yeah, like that would happen anytime soon with us around.
I turned to face Mike, who was sat next to me and poked him on the shoulder. He looked at me, and I looked away, pretending I hadn't done anything.
"Leigh, I'm not stupid, we're the only two people in here." He laughed
"Hey! Don't blame me! It was Jenkins!" I said, in what was meant to be a hurt voice.
"And who's this Jenkins?"
"My friend." I said shortly.
"Why haven't I met him? Is he a boyfriend, and if he is, is the reason why I haven't met him that I might be jealous?" he asked.
"Why would I have an invisible boyfriend? I'm not that sick." I retorted as we both giggled.
Wait a minute, did he just say... ? Did Mike just say that he might be jealous if Jenkins was my boyfriend? No way. He's probably having me on.
~~Billie Joe's POV~~
I never expected this on my first day. I expected being the outcast, but it seems I got put in a class full of punks. Cool.
Simone seems cool, but I haven't talk to any of the others yet. But just from watching and staying quiet, I have found out that Tre is the dirty one, who is always hyper. Simone is the female equivalent to Tre so it seems. Chris is obsessed with random things and likes to talk about his mom. David, is well, David. Rachel is quiet but very crazy. Scott is obsessed with guitars. Shauna is the quiet one. Nikita is quite snappy. Mike seems to be the badass of the group and Leigh; she's the pretty one.
~~Mike's POV~~
Our detention finally ended, and we made our way to the picnic benches where we ate at lunchtimes. We took up three benches in total, one at which no one sat, but we used it for jumping on, smashing up, and other disruptive stuff.
"Hey there you guys!" Simone called from the table she was about to jump off of.
"Hello" I grinned as she did a somersault off, landing on top of Billie, and quickly standing back up, biting her lip.
"Mike, Leigh!" Tre shouted. "Miss Roach was rushed into hospital this morning, we just found out before you came, some prefects told us."
"What's happened to her? Hope it's serious." I beamed, I really hated our headmistress, she seemed to pick on me, just because I didn't do my work and constantly disrupted class.
"She banged her head on something. It's sent her a bit crazy." Called David from the hill he was running down, racing Chris.
"Ah well, maybe it's for the best." I smirked at the thought of Miss Roach being in a mental institute as I sat next to Leigh and started eating my packed lunch.
"Hey, can I eat with you today?" came a voice from behind me, I swivelled round, noticing Billie Joe.
"Yeah, sure you can, just waiting for these three rebels to get out and we'll go meet David and Chris, if that's ok?" I answered.
He nodded. Next thing I knew someone had landed on my back as they jumped on me. Spinning round, the attacker fell off.
"Hey, Tre, you got out then?" I said as he fell.
"Yep. The other two have to stay for like fifteen more minutes." He informed me.
"Ok then. Anyway, Tre, do you mind if Billie hangs with us today? It's just he's a bit of a loner and I took pity on him and... " I joked before I was cut off.
"Hey, shut it," said Billie, playfully punching me in the arm.
"Sure he can, wanna go now, I'm starving" and with that the three of us went to find David and Chris.
~~Leigh's POV~~
Man, detention sucks. I'm always being stuck with it. It's Tre's fault, he's the one who kept poking Mike and me. However, you can't stay mad at Tre. I'm not actually that mad at him, though.
It's got me some alone time with Mike. I've kinda had a secret crush on him for a while now, but I haven't told anyone, not even Simone.
Miss Mellor left the room, after giving us a long lecture about talking in class. Yawn. She told us to be quiet and just sit there. Yeah, like that would happen anytime soon with us around.
I turned to face Mike, who was sat next to me and poked him on the shoulder. He looked at me, and I looked away, pretending I hadn't done anything.
"Leigh, I'm not stupid, we're the only two people in here." He laughed
"Hey! Don't blame me! It was Jenkins!" I said, in what was meant to be a hurt voice.
"And who's this Jenkins?"
"My friend." I said shortly.
"Why haven't I met him? Is he a boyfriend, and if he is, is the reason why I haven't met him that I might be jealous?" he asked.
"Why would I have an invisible boyfriend? I'm not that sick." I retorted as we both giggled.
Wait a minute, did he just say... ? Did Mike just say that he might be jealous if Jenkins was my boyfriend? No way. He's probably having me on.
~~Billie Joe's POV~~
I never expected this on my first day. I expected being the outcast, but it seems I got put in a class full of punks. Cool.
Simone seems cool, but I haven't talk to any of the others yet. But just from watching and staying quiet, I have found out that Tre is the dirty one, who is always hyper. Simone is the female equivalent to Tre so it seems. Chris is obsessed with random things and likes to talk about his mom. David, is well, David. Rachel is quiet but very crazy. Scott is obsessed with guitars. Shauna is the quiet one. Nikita is quite snappy. Mike seems to be the badass of the group and Leigh; she's the pretty one.
~~Mike's POV~~
Our detention finally ended, and we made our way to the picnic benches where we ate at lunchtimes. We took up three benches in total, one at which no one sat, but we used it for jumping on, smashing up, and other disruptive stuff.
"Hey there you guys!" Simone called from the table she was about to jump off of.
"Hello" I grinned as she did a somersault off, landing on top of Billie, and quickly standing back up, biting her lip.
"Mike, Leigh!" Tre shouted. "Miss Roach was rushed into hospital this morning, we just found out before you came, some prefects told us."
"What's happened to her? Hope it's serious." I beamed, I really hated our headmistress, she seemed to pick on me, just because I didn't do my work and constantly disrupted class.
"She banged her head on something. It's sent her a bit crazy." Called David from the hill he was running down, racing Chris.
"Ah well, maybe it's for the best." I smirked at the thought of Miss Roach being in a mental institute as I sat next to Leigh and started eating my packed lunch.
