Sunday, October 2, 2005

   AEGFF Chapter 6!
Um, yeah. I wanted to post this earlier, but no one effing lets me on the comp!! lol, it sucks. Anyway, enjoy.

Chapter 6

The next few days went by similarly. The only days Tera didn’t hang out with them was when she was reading another book. Usually, she hung out with them after, telling them exactly what happened; most of the books she read were longer than the total amount of books they’d read in their entire lives. Sadly, before they knew it, class was back in session, and Max didn’t expect to see Tera except on days off. He made his way to his first class, Journalism; according to his father, his mother was a journalist.

“All right… I suppose everyone is here.” Mr. Bohr muttered, until the door flew open. Max turned his head, and smiled with surprise. Tera walked down the stairs in her pajamas and bunny slippers, her hair sticking out in odd angles. Some of the students laughed, but she was far too tired to care. The teacher sighed and checked a book; apparently, he checked attendance with it.

“You’re the new student, I suppose.” Mr. Bohr muttered, snapping Tera into consciousness. She nodded dimly, sitting down on the stairs and putting her books into her lap. The teacher pointed to a vacant spot, where Tera decided to make her way. As luck would have it, it was by Max. This was the only class Max had that P.J. and Bobby didn’t; somehow, he didn’t think it would be so bad now that he had a friend.

“Miss, please introduce yourself.” Mr. Bohr said, leaning against his desk. Tera nodded and stood up, trying to fix her hair a little. She cleared her throat, and brushed wrinkles off of her blue-striped nightshirt.

“My name is Tera Aoki, and I’ve been transferred here from CCC; Calgary Community College.” Tera stated, “I moved back to Spoonerville from Canada over the summer, and I can’t wait to begin classes again.” She sat down again, and received a flurry of questions. However, most were about how cold Canada was, and whether she had to stay in an igloo.

She told them she stayed in a two-storey igloo, but informed Max that Canada was actually really nice any time other than winter. Class was uneventful; they only had an orientation about what branches of journalism there were. Tera had fallen asleep on Max’s shoulder, and he had to wake her at the end of class. His shoulder was drenched with saliva; Tera had had a lot of time to drool during the lecture.

“C’mon Tera, there’s a break between classes that you can use to actually get dressed.” Max chuckled as Tera walked off, nodding. He walked around campus, taking the break to socialize with Bobby and P.J.. He told them about where Tera had transferred from. However, what had really gotten their interest was her comment on coming BACK to Spoonerville.

“You mean she was here before?” Bobby asked, tipping his sunglasses as he filled him mouth with Cheddar Whizzy.

“I guess so… you were at Stacey’s party, and she mentioned it a few days ago. Was she there?” Max asked, watching Bobby shake his head.

“Tommy Gunn was there… you remember her, don’t you? Skinny short girl with long-ish black hair?” Bobby said, and it clicked. Tommy Gunn! That was Tera’s nickname in high school. She only socialized with boys, but people thought that she might’ve been friends with Roxanne. It seemed so stupid to him that he could’ve forgotten.

“That IS Tera, Bobby. We just didn’t know her name until now.” Max sighed, cuffing his friend, “I’m gonna go see what she’s doing; I thought she would be meeting us here.” His friends waved as he walked away. Fortunately, he bumped into Tera a few feet away from the guys. It would be a good time to confront her.

“Oh, hi Max!” Tera grinned, clapping him on the shoulder, “what do you have next? I have English Literature and Physical Education.” She smiled as Max rubbed his shoulder; she’d always been told she had “hulk like strength”. He smiled and leaned against a tree, smiling at her.

“Well, my next class isn’t too important. I remember you from before now too.” Max grinned back at her, “Tommy Gunn was what we called you in high school, wasn’t it?” He smiled as she beamed proudly at him.

“Yessir, that’s what you guys called me. Weren’t you always getting called Maxie the Geek and Goof of the week?” Tera asked, looking at him sympathetically when his smile dropped, “if it makes you feel any better, I didn’t call you that. If anyone else did it around me, I creamed them.” She smiled and punched his arm amiably, as they walked back to meet their friends. Unfortunately, a bell sounded, and Tera had to leave.

“I’m sorry Max, I have to go to class. See ya.” Tera said, smiling and turning away. Quickly, she snuck one last glance at him as she ran, blushing slightly as she did. Max hadn’t noticed; he was too focused on getting to his next class with Bobby and P.J..

I'm satisfied with the length of this chapter. It seems really long since last week's short one... O_O
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