Just Another Day

Lydia:
" Rawr," I yelled when Catherine turned around from her locker. I was clutching Lance's arm and bounced up and down slightly. She clutched her heart and gasped a bit, but was smiling the whole time.
" Lydia, you scared me half to death!"
" Yeah, she has a habit of doing that," Lance mumbled. I punched him in the arm as hard as I could, which really wasn't that hard, 'cause he just laughed it off.
" Anyway," he said between laughs," you wanna go to the coffé shop with us?" She bit her lip and her eyes scanned around the hallway. I saw that Lance smiled a bit, just a little tug at the edge of his lips before he let it drop.
" Well..."
" Come one," Lydia squealed," it can't hurt!" After about 10 long seconds she finially gave in. We walked to the car as quickly as possible and claimed our normal spots. Lance started the drive to the coffé shop.
" Hey," he called while keeping his eyes on the road," Lyd's and I are going swimming this weekend. You up for it." She bit her lip again, I guess it was a mannerism of hers.
" I guess so," she mumbled. Lance pulled into the parking lot and we all got out and walked through the doors.

(Catherine)
I tried to act like it was a hard decision whether to go with them or not, but it was so easy, swimming, with Lance? Oh I'm getting overexcited, I thought to myself, Lydia is coming too.I hurried after them to the car, already trying to decide which bikini to wear. I pondered on the way to the coffee shop. We got there, and walked in, I got a frappuciono, and sat down while Lydia and Lance ordered, I'm so overeacting, its just coffee and swimming, and they're BOTH going to be there I'm being silly. I drank my coffee waiting for them to come sit down.

Emily

"So, where should you take me?" he asked. He smiled up at me. He knew he could control me, manipulate me. I hated him.

"I don't know, Jared. Where do you want to go?" Before I unlocked the doors, I wrapped my arm around his neck and gave him the worse noogie I could.

"Stop, stop!" he shouted, but I wouldn't let go. I couldn't believe right after work I had to take my little brother out. The downsides of having your mother pay for your car.

"Now get in the car, rat."

I drove down the main road, passing every store possible.

"Have you decided yet, rodent?"

He crossed his arms. "If I knew you were going to be mean, I wouldn't have begged mom."

"I hope you've learned your lesson." I could see him looking at me from the corner of my eye. He had a horrible, nasty look on his face.

"Just kiddin'!" I leaned over and tickled his stomach.

"Stop, stop!"

"Now, seriously, where do you want to go?"

"I want ice cream."

I drove to the ice cream shop and parked the car. I looked in the window as we passed by, and saw Gwen standing there, her boss yelling at her from the back. I sighed, wondering why I was always seeing the most random people at the worst times...

Gwen

"...not paying you to sit here with your nose stuck in a--"

"Okay, there's a customer here. You can stop being unprofessional now," I snapped at my boss, who sometimes had the nerve to shout at her employees in front of the patrons. And, well, let's just say that at that point, I didn't give a flying rat if she fired me.

The girl who approached the counter was somewhat familiar, but the kid with her wasn't. "What can I get for--weren't you at the party? You look sorta familiar."

"Yeah," she said. "Emily."

"Gwen."

"I know," she nodded, and I laughed. I'd been getting really bad lately about remembering who I met, their names, things like that.

They put in their orders, and while I scooped their ice cream, I tried to strike up a conversation. "So, how've you been lately?"

I'm just letting you guys know that I won't be here from this afternoon until around Monday (UK time).
Sorry it's such short notice, my parents have only now decided to tell me that we're going away for a few days... ¬_¬
This Storybook is slowly dying though, to be honest. But if it does pick up, include my character in stuff if you like

xoxo Skins

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.

The next day...

Alexis

I walk into Flash Animation. Last night was tiering, and my voice wasn't completely back to normal. I sit next to Peter.

"Hey!" I say. Realizing my voice is still weak, I try again.

"Oh, hey Alexis!" Peter says.

"I have the best news ever! I think I told you last week about the GFC singing copetiotion, right? Well, anyway, I won second. I am moving on to national!" I say, almost yelling from excitement.

"Thats really cool, you deserve it." Peter responds.

"And... I am not done with the good news yet. Besides one adult, I get to bring a friend to the national competition. We are staying at the Hilton hotel in Washington D.C! And, well, do you want to come?"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, I mean, I was going to invite Ollie, but something is up there. So, I thought, you know, why not invite Pete?"

"I would love to, wait when is it?" He asks slowly.

"This weekend, saturday and sunday." I respond excitedly.

"I think I can come. I will give you a call later to be sure though."

"Okay, here's my cell." I say. I whip out a sheet of notebook paper and write my number down. Peter grins.

(Catherine)
I dug through my drawer, mumbling to myself "Where is it?' Over and over again. Then I saw it, my white bikini with the blue dots, finally! I grabbed a towel and changed quickly, throwing the towel over one shoulder, I ran from the apartment and down the stairs, sitting on the bench, i scanned the street for the familliar black car."Relax!" I muttered, "its just swimming.'

Ollie

I sighed heavily as I stared at my father. He was laughing at me, again. My sister was doing exactly the same thing on the other side of the room. I was sat on the sofa trying my best to ignore them, which was getting harder and harder every day.

"Will you just shut up?" I grunted.

"It's not our fault you can't get a girlfriend," My sister laughed.

"I don't want a girlfriend." I muttered under my breath.

"What? Would it kill you to speak properly?" She rolled her eyes.

I wanted to kill her right now. Why couldn't she just shut up? I had too much on my mind as it was. Peter hadn't spoken to me since what happened yesterday. My sister was calling my name now, but I just closed my eyes and ignored her.

"Ollie!" My sister shouted.

"I don't want a bloody girlfriend!" I suddenly shot my head up. "I'm gay!"

The second I said it, I regretted it. Without even thinking about waiting for their response, I stood up and practically ran out of the house. Going home tonight is going to be fun, I thought sarcastically as I headed towards school.

Lance:
I pulled up to Catherine's house and smiled when I saw her waiting on a bench. She jogged up to the car and slipped in the back seat.
" Hey guys," she chirped happily. Lydia turned fully around in her front seat to say hi and I waved backwards before pulling off.
" Did you bring a change of clothes, dear," I asked with a sly smile on my face. I heard her gasp slightly and I laughed to myself.
" N-no!" Lydia turned around and jumped into the backseat, I rolled my eyes at her.
" It's okay," she squealed," I brought extra dry clothes just in case." I reached back and hit her in the head.
" No you didn't," I laughed. I saw her rub the back of her head in the mirror and stick her tounge out at me.
" Well, you brought a shirt, just let her wear that!" I groaned and pulled into the parking lot of the swimming pool.
" Sure, whatever. We're here."

(Catherine)
Oops, I forgot a change of clothes, well thats just lovely. Lydia practically leaps into the back seat, and they go on about shirts, or something like that, we pull up to the pool, and I'm suprised that no one is there "Um, where is everybody?" I asked, confused, I stepped out of the car and stretched, looking around, it looked nice enough, nothing disgusting around it. Then it clicked, of course Lydia and Lance came here, becasue no one else comes here!

Alison

The whole rest of the week was a total drag. I tried to avoid Pete and Ollie, and the study group quickly died out. Everything was waaay too awkward with them.

On the positive side, though, I was supposed to meet Emily on Friday, after her job, and we'd hang out. It was something to look forward to.

As I roamed the school halls, I bumped into Alexis. I hadn't seen her since the party.

"Hey, how's it going?" she asked in her cheerful tone. Her voice seemed a bit raspier than usual.

I shrugged. "Not bad. How 'bout you?"

"Great!" she squealed. "I'm so excited, I'm going to the national GFC singing competition in D.C.!"

Her ebullience was catching, and I found myself clapping my hands and exclaiming, "Awesome!" while she jumped up and down.

"You really deserve it," I said, and she grinned.

"Thanks so much! Sorry, I've gotta dash now!" She waved goodbye and I watched her skip down the hall.

Amazing how just talking with someone for five minutes could make me feel so much better.

Ollie

I simply stood there and stared at my phone, even though I'd hung up five minutes ago. My father had finally done what he'd always wanted to do. Any hope of returning home tonight was shattered, he'd kicked me out.

Shaking the thought out of my head, I spun around. Someone suddenly bumped into me.

"Sorry!" I spoke quickly.

"It's all ri..." Alison smiled nervously. "Oh, hey Ollie."

The both of us were silent for what felt like forever. The psychology study group hadn't gone so well. Peter hadn't spoken to me once since what happened.

"So..." I said pointlessly. "What lesson have you got now?"

"Psychology," Alison giggled. "You're in the same class as me, remember?"

Wow. I must have looked like a complete idiot.

"Oh yeah," I rubbed my neck. "Cool,"

Mentally slapping myself, I turned my eyes away from hers. Cool? I mean, seriously? God, I needed a life.

I turned my eyes back to Alison's face. She was so pretty... but that was it. She wasn't hot or sexy, just... pretty. I didn't understand it. Looking at Alison carefully, I paused. Maybe...

Before anything else could happen, I quickly leaned in towards her. Seconds later my warm lips were pressing against hers. Come on, I thought to myself. This is right, bloody enjoy it.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Alison suddenly pushed me off her.

Emily

I was simply walking down the halls, spying as usual, keeping quiet as usual. Something weird happened.

Allison and Ollie were kissing. What?! It doesn't make sense! Ollie is gay! And Allison is a girl! What was happening.

Ollie was not the only one confused anymore...

Lance:
I walked up to the pool and dived in quickly, the girls were already splashing around.
" It's so lucky that we don't have school today," Catherine laughed. I smiled slyly and nodded.
" Amazing," I said. I mean, come on, it was Friday! Nothing important would be going on at school anyway... A large splash of water hit me in the face and I coughed, glaring at the two girls pratically doubled over with laughter.
" What was that for," I scowled.
" It...was Cat's idea," she said between laughs. I sunk down under the water and swam up towards Cat. When I was close enough, I grabbed her by the legs and threw her into the air, watching her legs flail around aimlessly before cathing her on the way down and dunking her.
" Payback," I said while smiling. She glared at me, which only made me smile more.

Hey, long time no see, the story was on the verge of death, but it looks likes its on the brink of life. I miss you guys.

Peter

From the that day on the since Ollie rejected me I avoded him and Alexis like the plague. Only hanging out with the twins, the the new girl Cat they met and Alison most of time. And spending more time at my job or at the dance studio. I was so totally confused and messed up now.

I had a free period now so I decided to wonder the halls a little a bit. Til I saw Emily peeping on something that seem to be juicy.

"Hey Emily," I whispered.

"Oh, hey Pete!," she almost yell, but kept her voice low.

"Watcha lookin' at?" I asked with a rose brow.

"Oh, nothin' really," she answered.

"Sure does look interesting to me," I said. Since I was like almost a full head taller than her I raised on my tip-toe and my heart shattered into pieces.

OLLIE WAS MAKING OUT ALISON!