6. Dance your cares away.lydialiedAugust 28 2015, 12:17:41 UTC
It was Delia’s idea, naturally. Normal teen girls go to dances. It’ll be good for you Lydia. It’ll make your father feel better... Delia’s words echoed in Lydia’s head but it had been the last ones about her father that had finally made Lydia surrender. He had seemed somewhat happy to see Lydia go out like a so called normal teenager which was a little consolation. At first. However in the midst of a darkened gymnasium with terrible music filled with people she didn’t know nor did she care for, Charles Deetz’s happiness was quickly forgotten. Just an hour, Lydia told herself. I just have to stick around for a hour and then I can get the hell out of here.
At least Lydia had brought her camera. She made her way around the gymnasium, taking pictures at anything that caught her eye when someone off by the wall caught her eye. Discreetly, Lydia edged closer to get a better look at the stranger.
Mark was in a similar situation of trying to appease his parents by coming to the dance and like Lydia, he had decided to bring his own entertainment. A tape deck with a mix of music he had played on his Hard Harry radio show was concealed in his jacket with some cords to attempt a hook up to speaker system. If things got boring Mark could at least liven the dance up with music that wasn’t churned out by the corporate market machine. What was said about this was that this was Marks’ plan B. His plan A had been to actually try to fit in. To actually try and talk other people but that had failed miserably. Now he had edged his way over to the sound system and had begun to hook up his tape deck when the hairs on his neck stood up. Someone was behind him.
Pausing, Mark looked over his shoulder to confirm the feeling and spotted the goth girl. He hadn’t seen her around school before. As casually as he could, Mark tried to hide what he was doing by keeping his back to the girl while still looking over his shoulder. “Um, hey”.
It was still warm as the nice weather lingered on from summer, almost too warm for the first day of school in Zelda's opinion. Couldn't summer vacation have been extended for a few days or weeks more? Anything to put off Zelda's start at a new school. As she approached the building Zelda took a deep breath to calm herself. Why was she so damn nervous? It was just school! She would be fine. Worst case scenario is she wouldn't talk to anyone and would that really be that bad?
The first thing Zelda had to do was check in at the office for her schedule when she heard an announcement over the PA instructing all new students to go to classroom 103. What's this about? Zelda wondered as she headed off in search of classroom 103.
Mark was at his new locker when the announcement over the PA system went out. Oh great. What now? It was bad enough that the school paper here liked to publish a pictured list of the new students but what other embarrassments did the new students have to endure? If he could have gotten away with not going Mark would have but his dad was one of the new teachers. He would ask about this later on and if Mark lied...well, that would just one more topic on the lecture list. Sighing, he grabbed his backpack and headed to room one hundred and three.
Once there he saw a woman, a teacher probably, sat at the desk and a short line of students in front of it. Mark joined them and when he got to the front he saw what this was all about. "New students buddy system?" He read off the paper. "What, are we back in kindergarten? Why do we need a buddy?"
"It's a new program to help students integrate into life here at Hubert Humphrey High. What's your name?"Mark looked at the teacher over his glasses, thinking all the while how much he didn't want to
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At least Lydia had brought her camera. She made her way around the gymnasium, taking pictures at anything that caught her eye when someone off by the wall caught her eye. Discreetly, Lydia edged closer to get a better look at the stranger.
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Pausing, Mark looked over his shoulder to confirm the feeling and spotted the goth girl. He hadn’t seen her around school before. As casually as he could, Mark tried to hide what he was doing by keeping his back to the girl while still looking over his shoulder. “Um, hey”.
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The first thing Zelda had to do was check in at the office for her schedule when she heard an announcement over the PA instructing all new students to go to classroom 103. What's this about? Zelda wondered as she headed off in search of classroom 103.
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Once there he saw a woman, a teacher probably, sat at the desk and a short line of students in front of it. Mark joined them and when he got to the front he saw what this was all about. "New students buddy system?" He read off the paper. "What, are we back in kindergarten? Why do we need a buddy?"
"It's a new program to help students integrate into life here at Hubert Humphrey High. What's your name?"Mark looked at the teacher over his glasses, thinking all the while how much he didn't want to ( ... )
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