Chapter 2 Chapter 2 First Day Of School


    Chapter 2 Chapter 2 First Day Of School


    I got up early the following morning and quickly got ready for school. As usual, I put on a lot of


    foundation and concealer to hide the bruises. I took up my bag and the house key and went


    downstairs.


    My stepfather was sprawled out on the couch, an empty bottle of beer hanging loosely in his hand.


    He was fast asleep and snoring loudly. I tiptoed through the living room and head to the front door. I


    was really hungry, but I didn''t want to risk him waking up if I cook breakfast. I opened the door quickly


    and ran down the porch steps and began my journey to school.


    Since I got ready early, I reached school with a lot of time to spare. I walked passed the parking lot


    where a lot of students were gathered and went into the school building. I then head down the hall to


    my locker.


    "Ka!" I heard my name being screamed. I knew exactly who it was immediately. I turned around


    with a wide grin on my face.


    "Jazzy!" I greeted one of my best friends; Jasmine Thomas. She finally reached me and flung her


    arms around me.


    "Girl, I missed you so much!" She eximed, squeezing me tight.


    "I missed you too." I replied, then pulled away. "How was Thand?" I asked.


    "It was great. I can''t believe summer''s over." She said.


    "Yeah, me too." I sighed.


    "Hey, have you seen Kevin or Lucas yet?" She asked.


    "No," I replied. Kevin Harris and Lucas Martin were my other best friends. It has always been the


    four of us since middle school.


    "Hey, hey, hey. Look who''s here." I heard a familiar voice behind me. Jasmine and I turned around


    to see Kevin strutting towards us.


    "Speak of the devil and he appears." Jasmine teased, grinning widely.


    "Kevin!" I said, an automatic smile forming on my face. I really missed him, even though we did


    see each other a couple of times during the summer.


    "How are my two favourite girls?" He asked, hugging me and then Jasmine. The three of us then


    After we got our books, we stood in the hallway and continued talking. ss was not going to start


    for the next five minutes. I then looked down the corridor to see Lucasing towards us.


    "Lucas!" I greeted when he neared us. I then looked at him and frowned. "What the hell happened


    to your hair?"


    Lucas smirked and ran his hands through his new hairstyle. His ck hair wasb over to one


    side. Much like how Justin Bieber used to wear his hair. "I wanted a change. Pretty cool, huh?"


    "Dude, you look ridiculous." Kevin stated.


    "You''re just jealous that I''m going to get all the girls now. I mean, no one will be able to resist this


    look." He said smugly.


    Jasmine and Iughed. Lucas looked at us. "What''s so funny?" He crossed his arms.


    "Keep telling yourself that buddy." I patted his cheek teasingly. Okay, I was joking because any girl


    would want him, with or without the new hairstyle. He also knew how to charm thedies. Kevin as well.


    After all, they were both handsome, intelligent and funny. However, Kevin was more of the flirtatious


    one.


    "Whatever, you know it''s the truth." He replied. Suddenly, the shrill of the warning bell cut off any


    more conversations. We began to walk to our homeroom that we were in together.


    We went to the back of the ss and sat down. Kevin and Lucas sat beside each other, while


    Jasmine and I sat in front of them. The teacher was not here as yet, so I got up from my seat and went


    to sit on Kevin''sp, so we can continue to talk until the teacheres. Jasmine copied my actions


    and sat in Lucas''p.


    "What did you do for your summer vacation, Lucas?" Jasmine asked.


    "Parties and going to the beach mainly." He responded.


    "Yes. Lucas and I partied hard and picked up honeys at the beach." Kevin added, giving Lucas a


    high five. "We invited Ka a couple of times though, but she only came once." He added, holding up


    one finger.


    "I was preupied most of the time." I defended.


    I didn''t want to tell them the real reason I couldn''t make it. It was hard to get out of the house


    during the summer, because of An. I would lock up in my room mostly. But I couldn''t tell them that


    because my friends did not know what my home life was like. I was afraid to tell them.


    "I wish I was here." Jasmine said. Just then our teacher, Ms. Baker walked into the ssroom and


    Jasmine and I sprang up from the boys''p and went to our seat quickly. Thank God we made it in


    time, before our teacher looked around and saw us. Ms. Baker greeted us and then began with roll call.


    ******


    "All of the trigonometric functions of an angle can be constructed geometrically in term of a unit


    circle centered at O." Mr. Malcolm, my maths teacher was saying, while I tried to keep my eyes open.


    I don''t normally sleep in ss but, right now I wanted to sleep for two reasons. One, I could not


    sleepst night, because An was up all night, so I waited until he went to bed, which was reallyte.


    Two, I really, really hate trigonometry.


    "The trigonometric functions are most simply defined using the unit circle. Let be an angle


    measured counterclockwise from the x - axis along an arc of the circle...." Mr. Malcolm continued. I rest


    my head on my hands and soon I didn''t hear anything else as his voice trailed off.


    "Ka." I heard my name being called after a while, but I was too tired to lift my head.


    "Ka!" I heard again and I groaned. Just five more minutes, please.


    "Miss. Green!" The person shouted and I shot up quickly, looking at a very frustrated and angry Mr.


    Malcolm. The studentsughed in amusement. "Miss. Green, can you please solve this trigonometric


    problem?" Mr. Malcolm asked, crossing his arms.


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    I shifted my eyes from him and squinted at the board to the problem he pointed on.


    Solve sin


    x


    +2=3 for 0°< x <360°.


    Uh? Why is that equation so long? And is trigonometry really important in life? God, I really hate


    trigonometry!


    Mr. Malcolm gave me an angry look. The look he gave me with his beady little eyes could kill. He


    began to tap his foot, waiting impatiently for my response.


    "Um...six?" I said the first number that came into my mind. Mr. Malcolm shook his head and went


    over to his desk. I knew exactly what wasing next. He was the hardest teacher there is. He doesn''t


    let anything slide.


    With a detention slip in hand, Mr. Malcolm turned back to me. "Pleasee for your detention slip,


    Ka." I got up from my seat and approached him. It didn''t make any sense to argue because he


    would just give me another one. That was who he is. "Next time, please refrain from sleeping in my


    ss. It''s disrespectful." He added in a hard tone.


    I took the slip from him, rolling my eyes at hisment. I made sure he didn''t see me, because he


    would definitely give me another one for doing that as well.


    I sighed. Great. In all my seventeen years of living, I have never ever went to the detention room.


    Not only was it my first detention, but it was also on the first day of school.


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