Chapter 24 – School again **FAST FORWARD TO TUESDAY** (Jacquie’s POV)

“Honey school” mum says waking me up.
“Okay” I say getting up and rubbing my eyes.
I walk into the kitchen and my mum hands me some clothes.
“Eww these are ugly,” I say.
“That’s your uniform we bought you yesterday” she says.
“What?” I ask.
“This school has a uniform,” she says.
“No you’re kidding me,” I say.
“Nope” she says walking off.
‘Great, this uniform is like seriously ugly’ I say to myself.
It is a tartan skirt with a white shirt.
‘Well its not that ugly I’m just not into skirts’ I think again.
Mum comes back into the kitchen with a pair of black leather shoes.
“Oh yeah and these are some shoes we bought, quickly” she says “By the way Mark will pick you up at the shopping center so you're gonna have to walk there but it’s only a short walk”.
“Fine” I say.
I walk to the bathroom and have a shower, When I finish I go into my room, dry myself and look for things I can add to my uniform. Black stockings? May as well I laugh ‘Why the hell do I have Matt’s tie in here?’ I ask myself. I must have packed it by accident, oh well a tie wouldn’t hurt. I get dressed, I find a black jacket and I put that on as well, I pack my bag and walk into the living room.
“That jacket isn’t apart of the uniform,” my mum says looking at me.
“So” I say.
“Take it off it’s not even cold” she says.
I take it off and lay it on the seat.
“A tie?” she asks.
“Yes” I say.
“No that’s not apart of uniform either,” she says.
“Fine geez” I say taking it off “How about stockings MOTHER?”
“Don’t speak to me like that” she say and then calms down “The stockings are fine I’ll go get you a jacket if you’re cold”
She walks out the room and reappears with a blue jacket.
“Man the uniform is so…stupid” I say taking it from her and putting it on.
Mum glares at me and walks off.
“Okay ready?” Mark asks.
“Yeah” I say.
We walk out of the house and get in the car.
“I guess mum isn’t coming,” I say.
“Yeah” he says, “She is going to Kay’s again”
“I’m sorry she is like treating me like trash,” I say.
“She isn’t, she’s just making friends” he says starting the car and begins driving me to school.
“I’ll speak to her okay?” I ask
“Nah, it’s alright,” he says.
We stay silent until I get to school.
“See ya at the shopping center” he says.
“Okay see ya then” I reply.
I walk to the office.
“Hi there and welcome to your new school” the office receptionist says.
“Thanks” I say.
She passes me a piece of paper, I look at it and it’s a timetable. She passes me another.
“The first paper I handed you was your timetable and the second is a map of the school, would you like someone to help you around?” she asks.
“Umm sure” I say.
“Okay” she says, “Follow me”
I follow her as we walk the halls, People were looking at me but it didn’t bother me as much as it used too.
We walk up to a kid that is reading a book, He is quite tall and has brown hair.
“Michael” she says to him.
“Yeah” he says lowering his book but still reading.
“This is Jacquie she is new and I was wondering can you show her around please,” she says.
“Okay mum” he says and finally stops reading.
The receptionist walks off. I look at his face he has black-rimmed glasses and his eyes wear a weird yellow/green colour.
“Hi Jacquie as you now know I’m Michael” he say.
“Hey” I say.
“Well what can I exactly help you with?” he asks.
“Umm where do I go for class for a start” I say.
“Okay have you got a time table yet?” he asks.
“Yeah” I say passing it to him.
“Okay” he say looking at it “Well your first class is English in E16 which is the same room as mine so I’ll show you that when we go, your next class is Music in PA2 okay umm did my mum… I mean receptionist give you a map?” he say.
“Umm yeah” I say taking it out and passing it to him.
“Well it’s here,” he says showing me.
“Well I think I know how to read a map,” I say.
“Yeah, sorry I wasn’t sure exactly what to tell you” he says.
“Well okay” I say.
He smiles sorta awkwardly.
The bell rings.
“Okay to English” he says.
I follow him. We walk to a room and he opens the door, We both enter, I go to the teacher and introduce myself to him.
“Okay go sit down,” he says rather angrily.
I sit next to Michael.
“Don’t worry about him he is always angry” he says.
I take out a book for English.
“By the way does this school have lockers?” I ask
“Nope” he says.
“Damn” I say.
“Yeah we had them for a year or two and then they took them away, I don’t know why I rather liked them” he says.

2nd Period…
I walk to Music, I go inside and talk to the teacher.
“Oh hello I’ll add you to my roll now, take a seat” she says.
I sit right in the back, A couple of other students come in. Two boys stop and look around for seats, They see seats next to me and sit at them, I pull out a book for music.
“Hey” I hear someone whisper.
I turn and see it’s one of the boys that had just entered the room, He has brown hair and green eyes and looked quite tall.
“Hi” I say.
“Who are you?” he asks.
“I’m Jacquie and you are?” I ask.
“I’m Jared and this Andrew,” he says.
Andrew waves and I wave back. Andrew has black hair and blue eyes he looked quite gothic.
“So” I say.
“Got any friends yet?” Jared asks.
“Well I know umm Michael” I say.
“Michael who?” he asks.
“I dunno his last name,” I say.
“Does he have glasses?” he asks.
“Yeah” I reply.
“Michael Phillips I’m guessing then” he says.
“I dunno” I say.
“Well I think it is cause he is the only Michael that wears glasses at this school” he says.
“Okay” I say.
“Well he is our friend but he doesn’t like us that much anymore” he says.
“Why?” I ask.
“He likes to spend most of his time reading and we like doing more than just that and we tried to stop him from being such a bookworm and we accidentally teared his book” he says.
“Oh” I say.
“Yeah we said we were sorry we even bought him a brand new copy of it and he still doesn’t like us,” he says.
“Yeah he’s a bit too…Serious” Andrew adds.
“Okay” I say.
“Jared, Andrew and …Jacquie please stop chatting and write down these notes” the teacher says to us.
We all start writing.


Lunch…
“So wanna hang with us?” Andrew asks.
“Yeah” I reply.
I follow them over near some steps and we sit.
“If we see Michael we will call him over okay?” Jared says.
“Okay” I reply.
I pull out my phone and check the time.
“Are you anxious or something?” Jared asks taking a bite of his sandwich.
“Nah, I was just seeing if I could call a friend my friend from America” I say.
“You have friends from America?” he asks.
“Yeah, I’m from America” I say.
“Really?” Andrew asks.
“Yeah” I say.
“Awesome, Where in America?” Jared asks.
“New Jersey” I reply.
“Like it?” he asks.
“Hell yeah” I say.
“Oh, I heard its bad” Andrew says.
“Well that’s a whole lot of crap,” I say.
“Umm okay sorry” he replies.
“It’s fine,” I say.
“Michael over here” Jared yells out.
Michael turns and sees us and walks over.
“I see you have met… them,” he says.
“Yeah” I say.
“I believe we have names,” Jared says.
“So” he says.
“You could use them” Jared replies.
“Why should I?” Michael asks.
“Cause we call you by your name” Jared says getting up.
“So” Michael replies.
“What the hell is wrong with you? We are sorry about tearing your book, we even bought you a new one what else do you want?” Jared asks.
“I dunno” he replies.
Jared sits back down.
There’s an awkward silence. Andrew breaks it.
“So are we mates again?” he says.
Michael shrugs “I guess”.
“Okay” Andrew says.
Michael sits down next to me and pulls out a book and begins reading, Jared rolls his eyes,
Andrew tries to make conversation.
“So did you do much in New Jersey?” he asks.
“Umm I skateboarded and umm hanged with my friends,” I say.
This catches Michael’s attention.
“You're from America?” he asks.
“Yeah” I say.
“Okay that’s umm cool” he says and goes back to his book.
“You skateboard?” Andrew asks.
“Yeah” I reply.
“Cool know any tricks?” he asks.
“Not really” I say.
“I skate too,” he says.
“Yeah, he is pretty good at it” Jared says.
“Thanks” Andrew replies.
I look over at Michael, he is still reading.
“So what are you reading?” I ask Michael.
“Nothing that would interest you” he says.
“I was just asking,” I say.
“Sorry I just don’t like being bothered when I’m reading” he says.
“Okay” I say.
We continue eating out lunch.
A girl comes up to Jared.
“Hiya Jared” she says.
“Hi Kirstin” he says.
“Forgot about me?” she asks and then looks over at me, “Or have you replaced me?”
“Forgot sorry, Lets go now okay,” he says getting up and taking his bag.
He walks off with her without saying bye.
“Umm can you fill me in Andrew?” I ask.
“Well that was Kristen, and Jared and her are like going out and yeah, she’s keeps thinking that Jared is cheating on her, I don’t know why though” he says.
“Okay” I say.
“I know why” Michael says.
“Why then?” Andrew asks.
“Because she was cheated on before and she was heart broken and she doesn’t want it to happen again” he says.
“Right, Lee Hunter and Johanna Kase I remember that now” Andrew says.
“Yeah exactly” Michael says.
The bell rings.
“Damn I’m up to a good chapter” Michael says.
“Oh well” Andrew says.
I look at my timetable. Maths in M27.
“Cool you’re in my class” says Andrew from over my shoulder, which makes me jump.
“Oh sorry” he says.
We walk to M27 and go inside and me once again telling the teacher who I am, I go and sit with Andrew.
“Man I hate Maths, I can’t wait for art,” I say under my breath.“You like art?” Andrew asks.
“Oh yeah” I say.
“Cool” he says.


Home time…
I walk out of Art (5th period) and make my way out the school.
“Hey Jacquie wait up” I hear Andrew yell.
I stop and wait for him.
“Hey” I say.
“Hey” he says.
“So” I say beginning to walk, as does he.
“Are you walking home?” he asks.
“Nah, I’m going to the mall and my mum’s boyfriend is picking me up,” I say.
“Okay cool, I’m going to the mall to buy some stuff so I’ll walk with ya” he says.
We continue walking till we arrive at the mall.
“Okay see ya,” I say to him.
“See ya,” he says walking through the mall doors.
I look for Mark’s car and I find it. I open the door and get in.
“Heya Mark” I say.
“Hi” he says, “How was school?”
“Oh good” I say.
“Cool” he says starting the engine and driving off.
We drive in complete silence.
When we arrive at home I go inside and lie on my bed. I look over at the clock its 3.30pm. I so wanna call Gerard but I can’t cause it would be like 1.30am and I don’t wanna wake him up. I go into the living room and sit next to Mark, He is watching some sort of sport program.
“So have you seen mum?” I ask.
“Nope, she's been with Kay all day” he says.
“Okay, I don’t care what you say I’m gonna talk to her when she gets in” I say quite angrily.
“Don’t,” he says.
“I’m sorry my mum is being a bitch” I say and walk into my room.
I hear the front door open.
“Hey honey” I hear my mum say to Mark.
“Hey babe” he says.
I walk out to see them two hugging and kissing.
“Umm mum I need to talk to you,” I say.
They both stop and mum walks over to me and we go into my room.
“Mum your acting like well… a bitch” I say to her.
“No I’m not,” she says.
“Hello you always ditch Mark to go to your friends and forget about us and then he always buys you stuff and all you do is wear it and leave, if you don’t stop it he is gonna think you’re a gold digger” I say.
“You're right” she sighs.
“Really?” I ask in disbelief, she was agreeing with me for once.
“Yeah, I’m never here to stay with him and talk to him” she says “I’m gonna spend more time with him”
“Okay mum” I say happily.
We walk out of my bedroom.
“I’m sorry Mark,” she says going up to him and hugging him.
Mark smiles at and I smile back and go back in my room.

Dinner…
We are having dinner in the dining room.
“Yum this is really nice” Mum says
“Yeah I make the best spaghetti,” he says proudly.
I continue eating.
When I finish I put the plate in the sink and go back in my room. I look at the time YES it’s 8.20am in New Jersey I can call Gerard. I pick up my phone and call him.
“Heya baby girl” he says.
“Hey Gee Gee” I say.
“Why did you call me today?” he asks.
“Cause I miss you” I say “And to tell you how school was”
“Awesome” he says.
“Well school was pretty good except I gotta wear a school uniform and it looks weirdish” I say.
“I bet you still look awesome with it on” he says.
“Aww thanks” I say.
“You make anything look good,” he says.
“Aww your so sweet” I say.
“Make any friends?” he asks.
“Yeah” I say.
“Tell Me,” he says.
“Okay there’s Michael he is kinda weird and there’s Jared and he’s pretty cool I guess and Andrew he’s goth I think well he looks goth I’m not sure he’s awesome” I say.
“Anyone else?” he asks kinda nervous.
“No, Gerard are you okay?” I ask.
“Oh I’m fine its good to see you are making friends…w...o a… g...ys” he says but says the end quietly almost like it was under his breath.
“What gee I didn’t hear what you just said?” I ask.
“Never mind I gotta go see ya,” he says.
But before I could say bye he had hung up.
‘What was wrong with him?’ I asked myself.
“Hey honey that show we were watching last night is on gonna watch it with us?” mum asks.
“Yeah mum I’m coming” I reply and join them.


Gerard’s POV (At school {before school})
“So Gerard hows Jacquie?” Matt asks.
“She’s fine” I reply.
“Doesn’t sound like it” Matt says.
I look through my bag for my drawing book, I find it and pull it out and begin drawing some random comics.
“Gerard what is up man?” Matt asks.
“Don’t matter,” I say.
“Please tell me dude,” Matt says.
“No Matt” I reply.
“Please?” Matt asks.
“Stop it” I say.
“Tell me” Matt says.
“Get lost” I say.
“Tell us?” Ray adds.
“Stop asking” I say.
“WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE TWO WORDED REPLIES GERARD, WHAT THE FUCK IS UP?” Matt yells.
“Shut the fuck up nothing is wrong, get over it” I say
Lucy and Paula sit next to me.
“What’s up?” Lucy asks.
“Nothing” I say.
“Please tell us what’s up with you and Jacquie” Paula says.
“How do you know its about me and Jacquie?” I ask and stop drawing.
“It’s obvious to us girls,” Lucy says.
“I don’t wanna talk about it,” I say.
“Okay can you at least put it into one of these categories?” Paula asks.
“Yeah whatever” I reply.
“Okay” she says “Argument, Fight, Break up or Jealous”
“Umm well jealous I guess” I say.
“Oooh I see, Friends or guys?” She asks.
“I’m not saying anything,” I say
“It’s guys,” she says. Lucy nods.
“How the hell do you do that?” I ask.
“Easy” Paula says.
I look back down at my drawings and continue.
“You can talk to us about it you know” Lucy says.
“I don’t wanna” I say.
“How about us?” Ray asks
“Maybe later” I reply slightly peed off.
“We are here for you” Matt says.
Lucy rubs my shoulder, I look at her and she stops goes red and turns away, I go back to my drawings.
“So umm Gerard can I call Jacquie by any chance?” Matt asks.
“Umm okay why?” I ask.
“I need to ask her a couple of things,” he says.
“Okay” I say.
Matt walks off behind the corner.


Matt’s POV
I dial Jacquie’s number.
“Hey Matt” she says answering.
“Hey” I say.
“What’s up?” she asks.
“Not much, Umm Jacquie I need help” I say.
“Umm okay sure what is it?” she asks.
“I think something’s up with Paula” I say.
“Really why?” she asks.
“Well she doesn’t seem to act how she used to like she doesn’t talk to me as much she seems to get angry and then go talk to Lucy and then they go off and, like, shop” I say.
“Umm it might be that time of month,” she says.
“I don’t think so,” I say.
“Maybe she might just need some time alone or maybe you kiss her a bit too much” she says with a little laugh at the end.
“Yeah you might be right,” I say.
“Umm Matt?” she says.
“Yeah” I say.
“Is Gerard okay? He was acting sorta weird,” she says.
“Yeah” I say lying since I did sorta know why.
“Okay thanks” she says.
“Okay I better be going see ya” I say.
“See ya Matt say hi to everyone for me okay” she says.
“Okay” I say and hang up.

I walk back to everyone.
“Well Jacquie says hi,” I say “And also Gerard she was kinda worried about you”
“Why?” he asks.
“She said you acted weird, I’m guessing on the phone when you were talking to her” I say.
“Okay” he says going back to his drawings.
Ray tries to look at it but Gerard moves it so he can’t.
“Gerard what you drawing?” Ray says trying to look at it again.
“Nothing” Gerard replies moving his drawing so Ray can’t see again.
Ray looks at Lucy and she shrugs.
“Tell us what is bothering you,” I say to Gerard.
“Fine, geez you guys won’t quit” he says frustrated.
“Thanks” I say.
“Well… She got some new friends and well…” he says but stops.
“They are guys aren’t they” Paula says.
“You so gotta stop doing that,” Gerard says.
“Can’t help it its obvious to me” she says.
“Well yeah they are guys and yeah” he says looking at his shoes.
“Okay what’s to worry about dude?” Ray says.
Lucy shakes her head.
“Ray it means Gerard is scared Jacquie will go off with them, BUT ITS OBVIOUS SHE WON’T” Paula says.
“You never know Paula, what happens if she does?” Gerard says.
“She won’t you should know that you are really close to her and know practically everything about her” Paul says.
“Still” he says looking up at the sky.
Paula rolls her eyes and leans on me.
The bell rings.
“Whoopee class” Ray says sarcastically picking up his bag.
We walk to class.

Jacquie’s POV
After Matt called me I went back to watching TV. Ever since I told mum she was acting like a bitch she has been cuddling up to him, This was great… for them but made me feel lonely and miss Gerard. I go into my room and sit on my bed staring at the picture Gerard had drawn, I know, I’ll send him an email and Mikey and the rest of them emails, I get back up and go to my laptop and turn it on, I go onto my email account and start writing a letter for Gerard:
Hey Gee Gee
How are you?
I’m kinda bored and I thought I would write you an email.
I’m missing you heaps; I wish I was there with you.
So far all I have done since I’ve got here is shopped really. I’ve bought heaps of clothes plus my phone and laptop.
Yeah it must have cost like over $4000 for all the stuff I got but Marks really nice and he bought me it all. Yay me I guess.
Well anyways talk to you later
Love Jacquie
xoxoxo

I send it and start writing emails to everyone else. But when I come to Mikey’s I remember that Gerard said he a little crush on me. What was I supposed to say? Well I can’t lead him on or anything. I write:
Hiya Mikey
How you going?
I told you I was gonna send you emails. Bet you didn’t I was.
Well anyways are you still learning how to play guitar?
Cause you are pretty good, better than me.
Well I gotta go byes
Love Jacquie
xoxoxo

I send it and get off the Internet and turn my laptop off, I go and lie back onto my bed staring at the ceiling. I was bored no doubt about it, I toss over and look at the wall, It was bland and boring just a plain black wall. THAT’S IT!
“Mark can I paint something on my wall?” I yell out.
“Umm what?” he says and then he walks into my room.
I jump up from off the bed.
“Can I make like a mural thing on the wall?” I ask.
“Umm okay but I don’t have any paint” he says.
“Don’t worry, I’ll draw it now and then tomorrow we can go shopping and I can get paint, well after school” I say.
“Well okay” he says and walks out.
I pick up a pencil.
This wall was big. And now it was my big black canvas, Yes a big black canvas I could draw whatever I wanted. DAMN I can’t think of anything, I don’t get it when I want to draw something I can’t think of anything. A skull? No, A Cemetery? Umm hmm no too… done before. Oh ta … hell with it I’ll wait till I can think of something.
“Mark I can’t think of anything to draw so don’t worry about shopping okay,” I yell out.
“Okay” he says.
I sit back on my bed, I lay back.
Stupid drawers block.
Man what am I to do?
Sleep? Too early.Call Gerard? He is in class; well at least I think so.
Listen to music? Nah
Watch TV? No I don’t wanna watch my mum and Mark kissing
Fine I’m going to watch TV.
I walk into the living room and Mum and Mark are watching TV no kissing OMG yes, I sit next to them and watch TV with them.