Sophie was an unknown within her peer group. She had
attended her high school for three years, but still no one knew who she was.
Sure, she had friends and enemies, but no one could tell what she was good at
it. She was bright, but in the second class for every subject. She was athletic
and fit, but never got into the highest teams or races. She liked to read and
draw and write, but never really showed anyone anything. Sophie- to her
classmates- was boring. So on Monday when Sophie got up and got dressed and had
breakfast, nothing special happened. When she went to school, she arrived
without much difficulty. She never missed her bus, she never forgot an umbrella
and she never left her lunch behind. Sophie’s mind was like clockwork. There
was never a minute spare. In fact, the only thing that made her break out of
her monotonous, repetitious personality was when people started to talk about reptiles.
When the topic was reptiles she would get animated and enthusiastic, and no one
had made the mistake of calling a frog a reptile after Sophie’s ‘outburst’. It
had not been pretty, and since then people had tried to stay away from her.
Because of that, she remained an unknown entity. Most students didn’t know her
name. She was normally referred to as Lizard or Snake or simply Scales. She
liked being called Scales the best, and her small group of friends would call
her that. Of her five friends, one was a cars expert, another a fish expert, a
third knew everything about plants, the fourth never said anything because she
was always reading feverishly and the last one was fluent in eight languages.
They were all freaks, but Sophie didn’t think that any of them other than her
had come to terms with that.
‘Scales, what time is it?’ Poppy- the plant fanatic- asked.
Sophie looked at her watch.
‘Ten past.’
‘Ten past what?’ Chloe- the language nut- asked.
‘One.’ Sophie answered. Nicole, or Gills, stood up.
‘Time to go then.’ She said. Sophie, Nicole, Poppy and Dana-
the cars expert- all stood up as well. Helen- the avid reader- did not stand
up. The other five sighed and ripped the book out of her hands.
‘Hey! It was just getting good!’ Helen shouted. Dana rolled
her eyes.
‘You say that every day Hel.’ She grumbled.
‘I do not!’
‘Yes you do.’ Poppy and Chloe said in unison. Nicole laughed
and helped Helen up. The six girls walked to their lockers and got their
textbooks out for the next class. Sophie groaned audibly when she saw that she
had Geography next. She hated Geography. Not to mention the horror of the new
seating plan. In between Graham and Fiona. Graham was an idiot, and said the
most moronic things. He never payed attention, and he was that kid that asks a
question two minutes before class is finished. Fiona was a visually based
trademark blonde. She insisted on wearing makeup to school even though they
weren't allowed to, and everyday she was sent to the office to get rid of it.
The only good thing about the new arrangement was that Sophie had been put
across the table from Kadar. Sophie adored Kadar. Not that anyone knew. Sophie
kept to herself and even though she constantly told herself that she would
always tell the truth, she knew that if somebody asked her if she liked anyone,
she would lie and say no. Sophie piled her books into her arms and walked to
Geography.
Sophie arrived before her teacher and leaned against the
wall. Her teacher may have been the worst part of Geography. Mr Chalk. Mr Chalk
was not only a Geography teacher, but was also the school principal. Which made
him dull and terrifying. It wasn't fair. Mr Chalk arrived and ushered the class
in. Sophie sat down at her seat and waited for Mr Chalk to hand out the sheets
for that lesson. A pair of sheets floated down in front of Kadar. Sophie
grabbed one and chuckled quietly as Kadar rolled his eyes.
I have absolutely what this story was. Not a clue. I have no idea what I was going to do with this. I don't recall any character personalities, plot points, ideas. I honestly completely forgot about this story. Which implies...
Not to be continued.
Aw. It was actually pretty interesting...
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