User blog:AnubisSibunaAunbis/This is Reality - Chapter One

 Morishige Sakutaro  Age 17, Senior.  Okay, so I guess you&rsquo;re starting with my day. Well, I woke up, got dressed, and drove to school. No car accidents, nothing. I&rsquo;m not a reckless driver for your information, so you can go put that on your little blog.  I haven&rsquo;t done anything to myself yet, so don&rsquo;t ask me anymore personal questions.  I was walking through the halls of this hell hole - I mean high school, when I bumped into the Mouse herself, Ari Sykes. She&rsquo;s recently dyed her hair back to black, I honestly prefer it like that. It&rsquo;s not like I look at her too often.. she&rsquo;s just in a lot of my classes. Maybe just two.  &ldquo;Oh sorry Morishige..&rdquo; she said while looking down at her shoes. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s fine Mouse.&rdquo; I said while walking past her. Like I said, not the social type. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Striding through the halls is easy when you&rsquo;re taller than everyone else and they seem scared of you. It&rsquo;s kinda funny to be honest. They&rsquo;re all just so short, like Mouse. But she makes it.. kinda.. cute? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Okay, moving on to the next person please? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: 'Crafty Girls'; color: rgb(255, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Anna Hemmings <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 18, Senior.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Oh, hi! Okay, so I guess you&rsquo;re following me around then? Great. So, I just had my Spanish test, and I nailed it! So, I&rsquo;m at my locker with my friend, Alia-Grace. She&rsquo;s ranting about some shoes she found at the mall, I don&rsquo;t really know. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Alia-Grace!&rdquo; I said. &ldquo;I get it! The Saks counter ripped you off!&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">She frowned. &ldquo;But they have my $250!&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I swear, this girl never shuts up sometimes and I need to send her to the mall to make her shut up. That&rsquo;s where she gets her center of concentration, so I can just leave her there for like 3 hours. It&rsquo;s a fool-proof plan to be honest. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Okay, just go ask them for something called a.. I don&rsquo;t know.. refund?!&rdquo; I asked. Sometimes, she might need a knock in the head to get something, but I still love her. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Oh yeah!&rdquo; Alia-Grace said. &ldquo;Thanks!&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I rolled my eyes and walked away from her, putting my headphones in. Music blasted to my ears and I couldn&rsquo;t be better right now, until I bumped into someone. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Oh sorry..!&rdquo; I said to the slightly taller guy in front of me. He was blonde, had glasses.. I think I remember him from somewhere? Oh yeah! My AP calculus class! <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Oh.. uh.. I.. uh..&rdquo; he stuttered. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Are you okay?&rdquo; I giggled. Okay, yes, I am too giggly, but that&rsquo;s who I am! It&rsquo;s probably annoying the hell out of Nerdy Blondie in front of me. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Um.. yeah! Totally fine.&rdquo; he said, and then walked off. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Huh, I wonder who he was. I know I&rsquo;ve seen him in my class, just what is his name? Jackson.. Jeremy.. Jacob.. what was it? Eh, I&rsquo;ll figure it out later. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: 'Contrail One'; color: rgb(4, 221, 40); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Lysander Raptis <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 17, Junior. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Ah, so you&rsquo;re stalking me again? Awesome. Well welcome to my world. A world filled with blazers, ties, and cooking ingredients. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;You know Lys,&rdquo; my friend - yes friend - Nathan started off. &ldquo;If you cut the rich talk, the cooking ingredients, and the navy blue blazers, you could be a normal high school kid.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Then where&rsquo;s the fun in that? I mean, I have to be known somehow, this is high school dude!&rdquo; I said while we walked down the halls. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Nathan is really smart too, but sometimes he doesn&rsquo;t get my logic. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Well someone already has a crush on you, and someone asked you to be on Honesty Hour.&rdquo; Nathan pointed out. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">To those of you that are ignorants and didn&rsquo;t read the prologue, Honesty Hour is an interview with Katherine Waters, a junior blogger. She interviews you on the topic of the week, and if you want to make something happen, she might make it happen. So that&rsquo;s why this week&rsquo;s was relationship week. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">So apparently, this mystery girl might be in a relationship with me by the end of the year. Well, we&rsquo;re only a month into school, so.. good luck Katherine. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Lys, I hate to interrupt your thoughts on Queen Elizabeth and coriander, but we have to go to class.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: Norican; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Aaliyah Coleman <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 17, Junior. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hey! Wait, why are you following everyone around again? Ugh, anyways, this past month of school has been boring as hell. Like seriously? More European History? If that Lysander guy goes and runs his mouth again, I&rsquo;m gonna need some duct tape. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I was walking through the halls after 3rd period with my friend, Candy White. I think she was saying something about a football game next weekend or something. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Hey Mints, um.. who&rsquo;s that guy staring at me over there?&rdquo; I looked over her shoulder. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">There was a tall, dirty blonde haired guy looking at me. He was cute I must admit. He was also surrounded by a bunch of guys in varsity jackets and girls with tiny skirts. He seemed more.. real I guess, which was a plus out of him looking at me and being cute. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Oh him! That&rsquo;s Patrick Montoya, captain of the football team. Single, and sensitive.&rdquo; Candy said. &ldquo;And yes - I said sensitive.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;What do you mean sensitive?&rdquo; I asked. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a jock.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the point,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s breaking the stereotype I guess.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Or maybe he can just be really sensitive, not meaning to break any stereotype.&rdquo; I pointed out. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Either way, that Patrick guy kept sneaking glances at me, pretending like I didn&rsquo;t notice. And to be honest, it was kinda cute. Not that I was staring back or anything. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Can you stalk someone else now? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: 'Alfa Slab One'; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Todd Davies <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 18, Senior. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Okay now you&rsquo;re gonna follow us into class? You&rsquo;re really obsessed with this interview thing, jeez. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Well, currently, I&rsquo;m sitting in History, being super bored. We&rsquo;re supposed to be taking notes but like.. don&rsquo;t we know all of this stuff from like, last month? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I turn around and see a girl, looking down and writing. Her blonde hair was covering her face but I knew who it was anyways. And no, this isn&rsquo;t being a stalker, she just sits there everyday. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Bridget Harrow. She&rsquo;s actually really smart, the teachers always tell her that she did a good job on this test, etc. I mean, she doesn&rsquo;t talk much.. she mostly nods, or says, &ldquo;Thank you.&rdquo; I think she should talk more though. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Mr. Davies?&rdquo; the teacher, Mrs. Clifford asked. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Uhm, yeah?&rdquo; I asked. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;The answer to the question please?&rdquo; she said. I was thinking too much and I didn&rsquo;t realize she asked me a question. Oh God. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;The answer is 1912.&rdquo; Bridget spoke from the back. She talked.. Bridget Harrow talked. For me. Okay, this is just getting too crazy. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Thank you Ms. Harrow.&rdquo; Mrs. Clifford said while giving me a look that said, &ldquo;Pay attention more.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Well who cares. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; color: rgb(153, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hazel Windsor <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 15, Sophomore. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Ahh, so now you&rsquo;re gonna follow around the freshest one out of all of us? Well, I don&rsquo;t really think you need to follow me around, since I have absolutely nothing to do here. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Since I&rsquo;m a sophomore, nothing happens with us. And when I say nothing, I mean nothing. We don&rsquo;t do anything that would be worthy of sending a tweet or something, so we just sit around like lazy asses. Which isn&rsquo;t true to be honest. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">And since we&rsquo;re also a month into school, relationships are being built. Yes there are the couples who have been together since like 4th grade, and yes there are the couples who get back together every week, but this is the real deal. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Nothing happened to any of the freshmen, because.. they were freshmen. So this year, as a sophomore, I am determined to make something happen. Yes, I know you said you can fix me up with that guy who&rsquo;s crushing on me, but I&rsquo;d rather do it myself. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Ugh, I seriously wish you picked another sophomore, they&rsquo;d understand my problems here. I&rsquo;d rather be talking to them then sitting through whichever class this is. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: 'Bowlby One SC'; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Austin Moran <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 18, Senior. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;">Oh great, you&rsquo;re back? I know you said you were going to make me and Alia-Grace happen, but seriously? Why follow me around everywhere? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">And maybe just before this I was looking at her again. You don&rsquo;t know that. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Todd, do you think she likes me?&rdquo; I asked while we were at our lockers. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Who likes you?&rdquo; he asked, absentmindedly. Pretty sure he was thinking of his own girl. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Alia-Grace, you idiot!&rdquo; I said. Sometimes people don&rsquo;t listen when you really need them to, am I right? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Ahh, the girl with two names?&rdquo; he said, and I nodded. &ldquo;She probably likes you, don&rsquo;t sweat it.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;And how do you know?&rdquo; I asked. &ldquo;You like a girl who no one knows and you&rsquo;re definitely not Katherine, relationship master.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not the wizard, but I think I would know a thing or two after 18 years of life.&rdquo; Todd said. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Whatever,&rdquo; I rolled my eyes. &ldquo;Good luck with the girl who doesn&rsquo;t talk.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I left him at the lockers and bumped into the blonde girl, who recently got a haircut.. not like I know that. I mean.. what? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Oh sorry!&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Saks is not taking my refund requests.&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">And the only one who would say something like that would be, Alia-Grace Martin. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s okay.&rdquo; I laughed awkwardly. &ldquo;Just make sure you get your money back!&rdquo; <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Then I walked away. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">How can you walk away after saying that?! Okay, I really need some help, I just sounded way too annoying there. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">Why do you always have to make everything so hard for me to do? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 32px; font-family: 'Give You Glory'; color: rgb(30, 255, 213); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Ari Sykes <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Age 17, Junior. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Ugh, why did I do that? Why did I let him walk away? He actually talked to me for once! I should&rsquo;ve carried on the conversation! <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Wait.. why am I talking to you again? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Anyways, Morishige noticed me for once! Did you do this? What type of magical powers do you have? Wow I ask too many questions. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">It was nice for him to notice me, even though he called me Mouse, it was still worth it. Ugh, I feel like I&rsquo;m a 10 year old again. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Since I have no friends, I&rsquo;m walking through the halls by myself. I mean, I&rsquo;m claustrophobic so I guess it&rsquo;s better for me not to walk around with anyone, right? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">And then I felt an arm being draped over my shoulder. My first instinct to say was, &ldquo;Sorry, wrong girl,&rdquo; but then I looked up and saw who it was. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Okay, if Morishige has made two encounters with me in the past 7 hours, this has to mean something right? Or maybe I&rsquo;m just overthinking it. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Hey Mouse.&rdquo; he said. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Um.. what are you doing?&rdquo; I asked. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&ldquo;Hanging out,&rdquo; Morishige replied. <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Thank you Katherine. But I&rsquo;m not sure if this is real or not, I mean, this is reality right? <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(74, 134, 232); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~:~:~:~:~ <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms,cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 19px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hahaha, well they obviously do not know the other sides of the stories. Let&rsquo;s just hope they find out soon enough.