• OUR GROUP IS HERE

    Chapter 1

    “SHUT THE HELL UP ABOUT ELMO!!!!!” Jennifer, also known as Fear, screams as she runs around in circles inside of the old tree house in Carly‘s, also known as Pen, backyard.

    “Looks like I showed up at the right time.” I sigh as I walk through the small room. Both Melissa/Snoop and Taylor/Tay help me up onto the table where Catlyn/Catie stands, trying to calm the group down. I put my fingers into my mouth and whistle so everybody stops what they’re doing. “HEY! SHUT UP!!”

    “Nice to see you too, Alice.” Jacob/Momo calls from the mini sofa he was sitting on.

    “Yes, it’s always nice to see me.” I joke as I flip my hair back behind my shoulder as only a prep would do.

    And, sure enough, Snoop screams, “PREP!! PREP!!!!!”

    “HEY, DON’T INSULT MY NATURE!!” Fear yells as she turns back from her little spot in front of the mirror on the desk in the corner.

    “Hey, wait. Since when do we have a mirror in here?” Tay asks.

    “Gee, I wonder.” Catie replies sarcastically as she spins the wheels on her skateboard. It’s black with a neon green skull on the bottom that glows in the dark.

    “WELL, LET’S MAKE SURE WE’RE ALL HERE!” Pen shouts as she grabs the clipboard and pencil off of the desk next to where Fear was putting her light, wavy blonde hair up into a pony tail.
    “Mmmk…..Alice?”

    “HOLA!!” I shout as I wave my hands over my head and jump up and down like a crazy spazz.

    “Check. Blue?“ No answer. “Okay, not here. Catie?”

    “Poptarts are made of moldy bread with s**t in the middle.” She replies.

    “Check. Fear?”

    “DAMMIT YOU MADE ME SMUDGE MY MASCARA!” Fear shouts in frustration.

    “Check. Ino?”

    “ANIME ROCKS!!!” Ino/Anne screams.

    She runs around in circles and her short, dark brown bob pokes Fear in the eye as she screams, “NOW IT LOOKS LIKE I CRIED!!!!!”

    “Check. Jay?”

    “Huh what!? Sorry I wasn’t paying attention.” Jason/Jay, Momo’s two year younger brother, replies like an idiot as his dark brown hair falls in front of his face. He frowns and tries to blow the bangs away but they just fall back down, in a bigger clump than before.

    “Check. Momo?”

    “PRESENT!!!” The 13-year-old boy jumps up from the couch and does the same thing I did.

    “STEALSHER!!” I scream at him as I throw a banana at his head.

    “Check. Pen? Oh, I’m Pen.” She laughs pathetically which makes the rest of us do the same (well, not Fear. She’s still freaking out about her makeup) and checks herself as ‘present’, her waist-length, light purple hair flying all over the place. “Rina?”

    “God bless you sweetheart.” Ino’s best friend replies as if somebody has just sneezed.

    “Err, check.” We laugh again (Fear STILL freaking out!) and Pen continues, “Snoop?”

    “YO YO WHAT UP MY DOGS!?” My best friend screams as she runs around with my sunglasses, Catie’s Volcom hat, and Momo’s black hoodie and gold chains on. “MY NAME’S MOMO YO I’M MOMO!!!”

    “Check.” Pen cracks up and calls the last name, “Taylor?”

    “My life will never be the same.” The girl’s dark brown locks fly around her face as she shakes her head at Catie with wide eyes.

    “Check! That’s all-

    “WAIT! WAIT!!!!” A girl wearing a ninja costume jumps through the window, flat on her face. She stands up and bows like she’s a gymnast that just performed and says, “AND SHE STICKS THE LANDING!!!!”

    “Andddd Blue’s here.”

    We all take our seats around the clubhouse and I stand up and shove Pen into a beanbag chair. “Oh, yeah, thanks, Alice!”

    “You’re welcome!” I grin and everybody laughs as I push my long, thick black hair away from my face. “Well, I’ve got an announcement, guys.”

    “ARE WE EATING PIE!?” Jay shouts as he shoots forward.

    “Ew, I hate pie.” Catie remarks, disgusted.

    “WELL I HATE YOU!” Jay replies as he walks towards Catie, trying to act all tough.

    “GUYS!” I shout, and everybody freezes. I sigh and then continue, “If I don’t get an A in the final history exams, my mom’s gonna ship me off to some fancy school in Cali.”

    “WHAT?!?!” Everybody screams as they jump up.

    “No, way, Alice. You can’t move!” Snoop steps in front of everybody and looks like she’s about to cry.

    “I won’t have to if I pass these exams.”

    “But you can’t do that, you’re Alice!” Momo says.

    “Oh, yeah, thanks for the support!” I reply sarcastically.

    “Hey, first of all, I was just speakin’ the truth. And two, I don’t want you to move, either!”

    “Then we gotta help Alice!” Pen shoots forward and shouts, “WHO’S WITH ME!?!?”

    “YEAH!!!!!!” Everyone screams in unison.

    “WE MUST!!!!!” Taylor yells as she pumps her fist into the air.

    “IT IS OUR DESTINY!!!” Blue runs around in her homemade ninja costume and trips over her own shoes.

    “My mascara’s still smudged.” Fear pouts and crosses her arms.

    I laugh at my best friends, having no idea that soon enough, I’d be leaving them.