A Night Of Fairy Dust: Chapter One

THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL          

Piper sat in her chair looking in her mirror pondering about her life. It’s my senior year in high school and I want it to be perfect, I’m tired of just being “that girl”, I don’t want to be the “it girl”, but I do want to be noticed this year. “Hhhhh”, she sighs in disappointment. “What next”, she mumbles to herself. She picks up her hairbrush and starts to brush her long red hair. “Well a boyfriend would be nice”, she laughs to herself, but she sighs, “Easer said than done”, she set’s down the brush, last year I dated Justin, but he’s to immature, I'm gonna need someone I can be serious with to, might as well wait until school starts to decide."huhh" I sigh.          

With that decided she gets up to pick out her clothes of school the next day. At that moment her sister slams the door open. Boom! “OMG, it’s not fair. You get to go shopping for new clothes and I’m stuck with my clothes from last year,” Krissy says with venom in her voice. She walks over to her bed and flops on it, “Huff.” Piper looks at her sister, “The only reason I got new clothing is because I have a JOB and I bought it with my own money. Mom had nothing to do with it so if you want new clothes to bad GET A JOB goodness gracious it’s not so hard a concept now if you will excuse me I have some planning to do. She picks out her clothing totally ignoring her seething sister who is still pouting on her bed. After choosing her clothes she goes to the radio and plays her favorite CD, “The High Road,” by Jo Jo. Then turns off the lights and goes to bed, once again dreaming of a different realm, one were she belongs she just doesn’t know it yet.





The next day at 6:45 am          

Beep, Beep.......Beep, Beep ……Beeeeeeeeeeeep!“Oh, shit”,” Oh, shit I’m so freaking late, you stupid snooze button.” Piper yell’s at the alarm clock. “It’s the beginning of the year and it’s already freaking started, well like they always say, “fashionably late”, but I don’t think that applies here.”

She jumps out of bed and runs to use the bathroom. When she comes back in she yells at her sister,” Krissy, WAKE UP, WERE GONNA BE LATE, if you hurry up we can go to McDonalds on the way there.” She runs and grabs her clothes off her bean-bag chair and runs to the shower she gets in and out within 15 minutes. She puts on her new fuchsia tank top the one with the purple color changing fairy on it, and her denim ruffle shirt. She puts on her make up, fluffs her hair, and grabs her stuff. “Hey Krissy, are you ready to go.” She asks as she grabs her keys and slips on her pink pumps. “Born that way,” Krissy answers sarcastically.



7:35am Hoover High School          

Ring.........................Ring............................

After the bell rings the teacher in a calm and kind voice declares to the rowdy class. “Hello students, my name is Ms. Clementine, and I will be your art teacher,” the class quiets down to listen to her speak, “I’m new her so you will have to endure with me, I don’t know how your last teacher did things, but I will probably wont be doing it the same way,” she says as she walks to the front of the classroom. “I know most of you have known each other since elementary, but for the benefit of those who haven’t, we will be playing a name game where we will be getting into groups and making name tags,” she instructs the class. “There are colored pencils and markers over there on the counter,” she points to the left of the classroom by the windows, “and poster board and construction paper over there, now get into groups of seven with people you don’t know preferably.” She points to the cupboards facing the class.          

She turns to go take attendance, but the door opens and a girl walks in. “Sorry I’m late,” Piper apologizes. “Who mite you be?” Ms. Clementine questions Piper. “I’m Piper Colman. I am really, really sorry I’m late,” I apologize again. “Well it’s the first day so I will let it go, take a seat. Your going to have to ask one of your peers what we are doing while I take attendance,” says the teacher. I thank her and take a seat.          

After I find my seat I go to ask my neighbor what we have to do but stop dead in my tracks. Omg, he is freaking hot! “Hey I’m Piper,” I say flirtatiously. “Hey, I’m Ryan,” the boy reply’s with a grin. I ask him, “Are you new here?” he laugh’s “That, obvious”, “Yeah, I use to live in Guthrie, it’s about 8 miles from Spring Brook State Park. “That not very far, we go Camping at Spring Brook all the time”, I smile at him and say, “Well we should probably get started then, do you know what we‘re supposed to be doing any way?” He tells me the directions and we get started. After we finish the assignment I doodle until bell rings.

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After class I head to my locker to put away my stuff from art class, but I don’t put away my personal sketch book since I like to doodle in it all the time, I close my locker and get ready to walk to my next class but I run into something and all my stuff falls to the floor . “Oops’, splat, “Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry are you ok,” I apologize. “Oops, I’m sorry it’s my entire fault I  didn’t see you turn around”, he apologizes with embarrassment. “Oh, Kevin right?” I ask him politely. “You remembered my name,” he replies arrogantly. I just stare at him like he’s dumb. He clears his throat nervously. “Oh yeah”, then he bends down to pick up my stuff. When he comes back up I go to grab my stuff from him but he doesn’t let go rite away so I stop and look up at him, “what,” I say impatiently. “You’re really good you know,” he says in a serious tone. I’m confused so I say, “Huh.” I’m starting to think this guy really is crazy. He smiles and points the papers in his hands and says, “Your sketches.” Wow, do I feel bad now or what, he was just trying to giving me a complement. “Thanks”: This time when I go to grab my stuff he lets go I smile and turn to leave after a little while I felt a prickling at the nap of my neck. I turn around and he is still staring at me, I turn back around and pick up my place, “Creeper,” I whisper to my self.          

I get to my class just before the bell rings. When I get to class there are only two seats left I hurry up and grab one by a girl with brown hair. I sit and say, “Hey I’m Piper. What’s your name?” I ask. “Demi Garcia” she answers with a smile, I smile back. The teacher Mr. Lecher starts the class, economics. I whisper to Demi, “So you a senior?” “Yep, how bout you?” she asks whispering to. “Yeah, finally to I thought this year would never come.” I giggle a little to loudly and the teacher hears me. Do you have something to share Miss. Colman?  Mr. Lecher asks annoyed for being interrupted. “No, Mr. Lecher won’t happen again.” I reply apologetically. I look at Demi and mouth “After class” then I turn back and take my notes for the class until the bell rings for lunch.

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After class I follow Demi to the student’s center, “Wow, I didn’t know money was so complicated”, I say with a smile. “Yeah, who would think that as teenagers we have such an impact on the economy!” She smiles and walks toward the pop machines. She gets a Sobe Life Water. She takes a drink and we walk towards the lunch room. When we get in there, there is a crowed around a girl lying on the floor. I feel drawn to the girl so I go to where she is lying on the floor, and bend down to get a better look at her. “Tyler went to get the nurse; I hope she’ll be ok.” Some girl says beside me in a soft voice. The girl’s hair is in her face so I brush it away. Her eyes flutter open, and I suck in a breath, her eyes look like they have wind swirling around in them. “Hey there” she says with a smile. “So how long was I out this time?” the girl says as she starts to sit up. “Hey there yourself, and are you sure you should sit up.” I ask concerned. “Nahh, I’ll be fine”, she says as she rubs the back of her head. “Sure you are, maybe you should wait for the nurse to get here”, I say to her calmly. “What, no way am I seeing the nurse, she’ll just try to mommy me like they all do. I just need to go outside and get some fresh air,” she says standing up. Then she looks back at me.”You can come if you like, to make sure I’m ok, if you’re that worried.” she says as she starts walking toward the doors. I look at Demi and she says, “We’d better, she might faint again and this time no one would know it happened.” So we follow the girl outside.

         “So what’s your name anyway?” I ask the girl. She looks back at Demi and me, “Naomi’s the name, how bout you?” she asks in return. “I’m Piper, and this is Demi.” I answer for both of us. We walk until were out in the open, then she stops and sits down in the grass, so we join her. “So what grade you in anyway?” I ask her. “Senior, how bout you two?” she asks looking at me. “Same” Demi and I say at the same time. We sit there for a little longer then Naomi stands up and brushes off the grass on her lap, “Well I guess we gotta get back to those stuffy classrooms” she laughs and we stand up to. She looks at us and says, “We should hang out this afternoon you’re the only kids I really know here and it would be nice to hang wit someone.” Yeah sure we could all go to my house we proudly have snacks and we could chill and watch a movie.” I offer. “Great, hears my number.” She hands it to me waves and walks away. We follow her back into the school.



2:50 pm after school Pipers car.          

In my car there is Demi, Naomi, Krissy and me. We’re going to Krissy’s and my house to hang out, I introduce my new friends, “Krissy this is Demi and Naomi I met them today at school, Demi, Naomi this is my little sis Krissy.” Hey” Demi and Krissy say and Naomi says “Sup.” I pull out of the school parking lot and Krissy turns on the radio a starts to sing along. I look in the rearview mirror, “So Naomi did you just move here?” I ask. “Yeah, the folks wanted to move to the city where were closer to a hospital incase I get sicker.” She replies looking out the window. I ask her, “So what do you have?” she looks at me, “Huhh…oh me been sick, ah we don’t know yet, other than fainting today I’ve been getting better since movein here kinda spooky since I was, well it seemed I was gettin worse then when we got to the house I started feelin a lot better,” She says. “I week to Colorado a week before school started but we had to come home early cuz I stated getting sick, they were mad cuz when we got back I felt better like there was only a hint of me been sick left then today I feel like I could run circles around town,” Demi says with a laugh. “Piper got sick about that time to, she was throwin-up and had a fever thought she was gonna miss some school then three days ago she felt fine.” Krissy adds. “Hey that’s when I got back.” Demi informs everyone. The car is quite except for the radio then Naomi says, “Sssppoo-kkiiee.” Then we all start cracking up, but I be the smart one and stop so I can keep my eye on the road. We get to the house and go inside.