THE BEST AND WORST TIMES

High school is a major event in a person’s life; it is both the best and worst years of ones life. Enjoy

Chapter 1

“Woohoo, last one is the pool is a rotten egg!” Lincoln Burrows called as he jumped into the pool.

Right behind him was Michael Scofield Lincoln’s bother and Veronica Donovan Lincoln’s girlfriend; then followed Fernando Sucre, Jill Rose, Nika Volek, Paul Kellerman and Kristine Kellerman. The close friends laughed as they played in the pool together. Tomorrow was the first day of school and for Michael, Fernando, Nika, Jill and Kristine it would be the first day of high school. The group had spent countless days and nights together doing stuff like swimming in the Burrows and Scofield pool over the summer break. Tomorrow they would start a new chapter in their lives.

“Well I hope you guys enjoy your last hours of freedom because tomorrow Principal Henry Pope controls the next four years of your lives” Paul warns them.

“I can’t believe how fast summer went” Jill said.

“I know seems just like yesterday we graduated middle school,” said Nika.

Lincoln splashed in the water and then turned to the others. “Oh and by the way, at school you don’t know Vee, Paul or me because we don’t associate with niners” Lincoln joked.

Michael swam over to his brother and put Linc in a headlock and pulled him under water. The others laughed at the two brothers as they wrestled in the pool. After a few minutes Paul and Sucre joined in. The girls took this time to hop out of the pool and dry off. “Boys they never grow up” Veronica laughed.

“Yeah” Nika said as she watched Michael.

The guys finally got out of the pool to dry off. It was getting late and everyone had to start getting home and ready for school tomorrow. Paul and Kristine were first to leave and followed by Sucre. Veronica made her way over to Linc on the patio and sat on his lap. “Well tomorrow it’s back to reality,” she said and giving him a kiss.

In the house Michael was finishing cleaning up the kitchen. Nika wondered in after getting changed in the bathroom. “So are you excited” Nika asked him.

“Yeah I guess, it will be different,” Michael said while putting the last few dishes away.

Nika moved over and put her hands on the counter and licked her dry lips. “So what are you doing after school tomorrow?’ she asked.

“Ah Sucre and I are getting together” he tells her.

While they stood in silence Jill entered the room. “Well Nika it’s time to go, my mom is here to pick us up,” she told her.

They said their goodbyes to Michael and the two girls left. Jill and Nika chatted all the way to Nika’s house and promised to meet up tomorrow at school. “So are you excited?” Jill’s mom asked her as they left Nika’s place.

“Yeah and nervous” Jill admitted.

Once they got home Jill got out of the car. She looked over at her neighbor’s house and realized there was movement in the house. “It must be the new neighbors,” she thought. She saw a girl with auburn hair sitting on the front porch. She looked to be about her age and wondered of she was going to Crane High as well.

The movers worked really quickly to get their stuff in the house. The whole house was covered in boxes. Sara Tancredi made her way up to her new bedroom. Most of her stuff was still packed up. She searched through the boxes until she found the ones with her bed sheets and quickly made her bed. She turned to another box that had her some of her clothes. She decided what she was going to where on her first day of school and hung it on the back of her door. Sara was both excited and nervous about starting high school. Not only because she was going to a new school, but also because this would be the first time Sara would go to a real school period. Since the time she was four her mother had home schooled Sara. They had lived in a small town but when her mother got sick and was diagnosed with breast cancer, they moved to the big city of Chicago so she could be closer to her doctors.

Sara lay on her bed thinking about how different their lives were going to be now. She had so many questions about high school, what ware the other student like? The teachers? What would her classes be like? As these questions ran through her mind and then there was a knock at the door.

“Sara are you in there?” her mother called.

“Yeah I’m here,” Sara said as she sat up on her bed.

“Do you have everything ready for tomorrow?’

“I think so,” Sara said nervously.

Sara’s mom smiled and sat next to her on the bed. “Don’t worry, you are going to love high school Sara. High school can be the best time of your life. You will make lots of new friends and who knows maybe a boyfriend” her mother winks at her.

“Mom” Sara blushes.

Her mom laughed, “I know you father said no dating until your married but it can be are little secret.”

Sara leaned her head on her mom’s shoulder and let out a sigh. It was going to be different not spending the day with her mom. Her mom and her were so close and it would be hard for both of them to get used to it.

“Well you better get some sleep sweetie, tomorrow is a big day” her mom said as she got off the bed and headed for the door. “Goodnight sweetie.”

“Goodnight mom” Sara responded as she turned off her light. She lay back on her bed and thought about what the next day held for her.

Early the next morning Michael’s alarm clock went off. Still half asleep he reached his hand over to hit his snooze button. After having two months of staying up late and waking up late, his new routine would take some time to getting use to. Throwing the covers off his lean body, the warmth of his bed was gone. Michael crawled out of bed and made his way to the bathroom.

In the kitchen Christina was making her sons favorite breakfast, blueberry pancakes. Lincoln strolled into the kitchen carrying his school bag and his football gear.

Christina sighed, “Can you not bring that smelly stuff in here, your room already smells like a locker room, I don’t need the kitchen smelling like it too.”

Linc groaned and then threw it in the hallway. Just as he sat down Michael walked in.

“Oh there's my new high school student” Christina smiled.

“Mom” Michael mumbled as he blushed.

Linc laughed “My favorite day of the school year, Initiation Day!”

“No Linc you better not initiate your brother or any other grade nine student” she scolded him and wiggled her finger at him.

“Oh come on mom, it’s a tradition. I went through it” Lincoln tried to reason with her. “It’s our way of saying welcome to Crane High.”

“I don’t see how writing niner, on some poor kids forehead or making them sing a song standing on the table in the cafeteria is welcoming” she argued.

“I’ll be fine mom” Michael assured her. “Besides I know where Linc sleeps”

“Hey mom you can’t let him do another science experiment on me when I’m sleeping. I’m still recovering from the last one, my hair is just starting to grow back”

“Well if you initiate him, I can’t stop him. Now you better go, I don’t want you late for your first day” Christina told them as she cleared the table.

Both brothers grabbed their bags and walked to the driveway where Linc’s new used car was sitting. As Linc jumped in the driver seat, he honked the horn. A moment later Veronica came out of the house next door and ran to the car. “I see we may actually be on time today” Veronica said giving Linc a kiss and hopped in the passenger seat. Michael sat in the back trying to ignore the two lovebirds.

Sara grabbed her bag from her room and made her way down the stairs. Her father was in the kitchen drinking his coffee and reading the newspaper. The coffee pot seemed to be the only thing that was out of the boxes. Cupboards where empty, counter were bare. The floor on the other hand was still covered in boxes. They were having an interior decorator come in and design each room in the house so there was no point in unpacking everything yet.

“All set Sare-bear,” her father asked.

“I believe so" Sara smiled.

“Oh let me get my camera, this is a big moment” her mother said as she ran into the living room and searched through like fifty boxes.

“I have to go mom, I’ll miss my bus” Sara said running out the door before she can chase her.

Sara crossed the front lawn and started to walk down the sidewalk. As she passed her neighbors house, someone came out of the house. Sara smiled at the girl.

“Hey you must be my new neighbor. I’m Jill,” she said.

“Yeah, I’m Sara.” The two started walking down the sidewalk together.

“So what grade are you in?” Jill asked.

“Nine” Sara answered.

“Oh me too!” Jill said excited. “First day of high school”

“Yeah, well it’s my first day of school period. I was home schooled” Sara told her.

“Oh well this will defiantly be an experience for you” Jill laughs.

The two girls talked all the way to the bus stop. When the bus arrived they sat together. They went over each other’s timetables and realized the had first and third period classes together as well as lunch. The two really hit it off and talked the whole way to school. As the exited the school bus, Sara looks up at the school. She couldn’t believe how big it was and thought for sure she was going to get lost.