The Dramaticalness of 7th Grade, Chapter One

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Oh, great. A sub. She called out names, with a student correcting her every-so-often.

"Anderson, Bailey," the substitute called out.

"Here," Bailey said.

Bailey was one of my friends, partly because she was best friends with one of my best friends, Josephina Williams. I call her Josie. I guess we were just automatically friends. After all, we were linked together.

"Knipe, Franchesca." No reply was heard. The substitute cleared her throat. "Knipe, Franchesca!"

"What?" Frankie asked. She'd been gossiping with a girlfriend as usual. "Oh, right. Here! By the way, it's Frankie."

The substitute rolled her eyes and continued. Franchesca "Frankie" Knipe is one of 'The Four'. 'The Four' is what normal and unliked people call the four girls that are the only ones that guys like. Well, almost all of them. The other three girls are Michelle Flint, Amber Missoula, and Evangelina Tucson. They have that whole 'nice when they want to be' thing going on. I guess they're my friends - I'm friends with nearly everyone - but they can be mean to me, too.

"Lee, Alexandra."

That's me. But I prefer 'Alex'. "Here. But my name is Alex," I said to the sub.

She continued on with the list. "Messina, Erin."

"Here," Erin replied.

Erin is one of my best friends. I met her in the fifth grade. She had just moved here from Albany, so I welcomed her into my group of friends. She got along with everyone pretty well, but there were some difficulties near the end of sixth grade. But luckily, we resolved our dispute sometime in September, and we're friends again. BEST friends.

"Sanders, McKayla."

"Here."

McKayla is in-between. She's nice, but she's linked to preppular people. She is also a very religious person. She believed in God - very strongly. I glanced at the clock. In six minutes, our fifty-five minute second period class would be over. The sub hadn't even finished the role yet!

"Scranton, Luke."

"Here."

Ew. Luke Scranton. Ew. He rides my bus and is one of the biggest pervs in the grade. He loves to annoy one of my best friends, Anabelle "Belle" Bonn. He had been in the Nutcracker Ballet with her, so she would call him a nutcracker - that was his role - just to bug him. Unfortunately, he would act as if she had called him a 'cracker' and then start calling her racist. That jerk.

"Valsosta, Elina."

"Here."

Elina "Leenie" Valdosta is also one of my best friends. I have LOTS. But my number one best friend would have to be Christina "Chrissy" Bielefeld. Our friendship has lasted for almost five years. I can talk to her about everything. Guys, looks, preppulars, you name it. Next would have to be Belle. She came in the middle of third grade, and we've been best friends ever since.

Just then, the bell rang. Our substitute had just finished taking the role for 26 people. How sad...

I headed down the crowded hallway to my locker. Ugh.... Next was P.E. with Mrs. Harris. Today was going to be all about the wonders of the alcohol unit. Yippee! Not. I grabbed my gym bag, picked up my AEO purse/tote, and came face to face with... Andrew.

***♥***

Andy Hall is a red-headed loser that is constantly asking me out. I knew what he was going to say, but I'd used mostof the excuses that I could already.

"Hello, Alex."

"Andy." I nodded.

"So, will you go out with me?"

"Oh, I'm sorry, Andy! But... I'm just not willing to turn lesbian for you." Woah. That was a good one.

He pretended to be hurt. "Ouch, Alex. That cut me deep. Hey, will you tell me when you break up with Danny?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever," I replied. Daniel "Danny" Joycer is my boyfriend. My second REAL boyfriend. Before Danny had been Parker Palermo. He turned every girl against him when I broke up with him, saying how he'd never liked me and other crap. Now, he wants to be friends.

The rest of the school day went by pretty fast. Of course, that's what middle school is.

When I got home, the first thing I did was log onto my GMail account. I was instantly IMed by my friends Dylan Seacrest and Ty Canton.

ssmallfry918: hillo!

livelaughlovealex: hola!

ssmallfry918: ...

ssmallfry918: hi!

livelaughlovealex: lol, hi 2 u 2 dylan =]

livelaughlovealex: whats up?

ssmallfry918: nmjc hbu?

livelaughlovealex: im about to talk 2 ty. h/o

ssmallfry918: ok

ttyccantn77: hey

livelaughlovealex: ty!!! :)

ttyccantn77: haha. whats up?

livelaughlovealex: i need music 2 listen 2!

livelaughlovealex: what do u recommend?

ttyccantn77: it ends tonight

livelaughlovealex: kk

livelaughlovealex: by who?

ttyccantn77: all-american rejects

livelaughlovealex: kk

livelaughlovealex: oOo good song

livelaughlovealex: but i like Dirty Little Secret

ttyccantn77: idr like it

ttyccantn77: o well

livelaughlovealex: crap gtg

livelaughlovealex: i sw-wy!

livelaughlovealex: :(

ttyccantn77: bye :(

livelaughlovealex: cya at school 2morro!

ttyccantn77: k bye

livelaughlovealex: k

livelaughlovealex: bye!

livelaughlovealex: gtg

livelaughlovealex: sry

ssmallfry918: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ssmallfry918: :(

livelaughlovealex: sw-wy! bye!

You have signed out of GMail.

I shut down the computer. Ty and Dylan are my best guy-friends. They're the coolest. My other best friends are Samantha "Sam" Macon, Belle, Erin, Leenie, Chrissy, AnnaMarie Evans, Claire Cantanzaro, Josie, Rana Patna, Leah Edwins, and Alice Richards. Katherine Fisher and Kayla "KK" Wuhu are my best friends out of school, as well as Gabriella "Gabby" Darbs. Katherine is my 5th-grader neighbor, and I've known KK since I was little. She's a year younger than me. Gabby is in the same grade as me, but she goes to a different school. She's on my swim team, which is how we met.

I spend most of my time on the computer, but I aslso like reading. Lately, I've been reading a lot more.

I took a long shower and got ready for bed. Sleep doesn't come easily for me; there are always too many thoughts in my head.

***♥***

The rest of the week was basically same as always. I was eagerly anticipating Monday, though. We would be going on break because of MLK Jr. Day. I was going skating with Dylan, Ty, and Chrissy.