Sprung Luck

"Eeek!" I heard a scream beyond the hard maple-wood door of my dorm.

Suddenly the door flew open and Jayla burst into the room, waving a peice of paper in the air.

"What is it?" I asked, trying to sound intrested, though I'm not really, because I am sunk into The Outsiders, a book that I have read many times again.

"MY SONG! Oliver wants me to play it in front of the whole school! And I'm singing it with Mote and he's playing his bass and I'm playing my guitar of course at the dance! At the...dance... the whole school...uh oh..." she explained excitedly, though her voice failing as she relized what she was saying. Jayla Albright is the most talented musician I know, she can sing and play the guitar. That's all, but it's amazing what she can do with it. She is the knowing friend, and she loves everyone and everything, except 2 things: Strawn Macs, and singing in front of a crowd. (You'll learn more about Strawn Macs later)

Lanie and Alice walked in. "Hey, guys, what's goin' on?" Lanie asked curiously. She reached for the paper. "Hey, its your song... oh, yeah, Avery did you hear? Jayla's finally gonna sing!" Lanie said in a mischeviously, but really caring.

Ah, Lanie Holland. The head mistress' daughter. She is definately a tech nerd, and picks on everyone all the time! She is understanding though, and artistic and talented. And very smart. Though not as smart as Alice.

Alice Kingsley is definately the shiest person, though speaks wonders when she does talk. She is overly smart and has always been in the advanced classes. She is my best friend and is wanting to be a writer. She is beautiful, though the 'pops' pick on her because of her name being the exact same as Alice in Wonderland's Alice. What a kawinkidink, huh? But the group takes care of her. No matter what. That's our rule. Always take care of each other.

"Hey, stop messing with her! Jayla, come on, its not that bad!" I heard the achingly farmiliar voice behind Alice to see, the menace of my life, whom I have known all her life, Penny. My dear sister. She's Jayla's best friend, and my futernal twin, in all ways. We are nothing alike in any way, though we both take care of the other girls because we're the second oldest. (I'm the older one!) But we always take care of each other, sadly, no matter what.

That came in today.

"You're gonna be fine! Trust me, I'm just as nervous as you," Alice encouraged, "I might have my story entered into the paper."

"Oh, congratz!" I called down from my top bunk. "To both of you!"

Though we all were excited now,  Jayla stayed frozen. Rigid in shock, Penny walked over. "Hey, what's wrong? It's just in front of the class, what's the problem? I mean haven't they all heard you sing?"

Jayla turned slowly, staring at Penny. "It's in front of the whole school, at the...dance."

Everyone broke apart, calling such like:"Dude, you're hit!" and "Yeah, good luck, charlie!"

Jayla walked over to her single bed and slumped down, closing her eyes and whimpering.

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"Poor Jayla! What is she going to do?" Alice worried.

"I don't know! I get that you're worried, but Jayla is gonna get through this." I replied, taking my hot choclate from the coffee guy, while Alice got her accessories to dress her coffee up. "She always does." I added behind the cup lid, taking a drink.

"But what if she doesn't? She could end up choking like Brittnay."

Huh. Didn't she that one coming. Brittnay Hue was Strawn's best friend, before Brittnay choked while performing with Strawn at the talent show last semester.

"Uhh. Insert shudders here." I say as we walk to our Home Ec. extra cirricular class.

Alice chuckles as we walk in, and as soon as we step in, the bell rings, and we hurry to take our seats before we're counted tardy.

-Avery Jove